MMHSUD Awardees

Dear PMHCA and MMHSUD Awardees, 

You are invited to participate in the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) Technical Assistance Innovation Center (TAIC) Quarterly Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, February 5, 2024, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET. 
 
Please feel free to forward this email to any other members of your project staff and/or partners who may benefit from participation. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at mch-ta-innovation-center@jbsinternational.com.

Zoom information to come.

Thank you and we look forward to you attending our quarterly webinar meeting!

Sincerely,

MCHB TA Innovation Center Team

You are invited to the roundtable discussion, "Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Screening for Perinatal Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Roundtable," hosted by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau’s TA Innovation Center, scheduled for Thursday, December 5, 2024, 3:00 pm – 4:30 p.m. ET. 

This roundtable discussion will address the complexities of using screening tools for perinatal mental health and substance use disorders, focusing on cultural and linguistic responsiveness. We aim to delve deeper into the workflows, processes, and context surrounding these tools, exploring how they can better inform patient experiences, guide next steps, and shape follow-up care. The session will highlight the importance of considering the entire process—both before and after the screening—to ensure patients receive appropriate support.

Facilitator:

Nancy Byatt, DO, MS, MBA, DFAPA, FACLP, Executive Director, Lifeline for Families Center & Lifeline for Moms Program, Professor with Tenure of Psychiatry, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Population & Quantitative Health Sciences, Medical Director of Research and Evaluation, MCPAP for Moms
 

Panelists:

Camila L. Arnaudo, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Interim Vice Chair of Education for the Department of Psychiatry, Medical Director Addictions Treatment Recovery Center, IU Health, Bloomington, Co-Medical Director Indiana CHAMP Program

Janelle Palacios PhD, CNM, Nurse Midwife, Researcher, Consultant, Professional Speaker, Founder, Encoded 4 Story

Jasmine L. Garland McKinney, PhD, LCMHCA (NC), NCC, Postdoctoral Research Associate, The University of Maryland

Sara Wagner Moyer, PhD, RN, Senior Clinical Research Coordinator, School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University
 

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Meeting ID:875 5866 4135 ; Passcode: 188637
 

Please feel free to forward this email to any other members of your project staff and/or partners who may benefit from participation. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at mch-ta-innovation-center@jbsinternational.com.

Thank you and we look forward to you attending!

Sincerely,

MCHB TA Innovation Center Team

Dear PMHCA and MMHSUD Awardees, 

You are invited to participate in the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) Technical Assistance Innovation Center (TAIC) Quarterly Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET. 

This meeting will feature updates from the TAIC including a review of upcoming TA activities and overview of the TA resources recently released. In addition, the TAIC will conduct a strategic planning session to get input on TA needs including speakers/topics of interest for future quarterly meetings. The strategic planning session will consist of poll questions in addition to brainstorming activities.
 
Please feel free to forward this email to any other members of your project staff and/or partners who may benefit from participation. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at mch-ta-innovation-center@jbsinternational.com.

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Meeting ID: 883 1911 3131
Passcode: 664534

Thank you and we look forward to you attending our quarterly webinar meeting!

Sincerely,

MCHB TA Innovation Center Team

The MCHB TA Innovation Center will be offering a peer-to-peer sharing session for PMHCA and MMHSUD awardees on 
Increasing Provider Reimbursement:  Incentivizing Program Participation Through Use of Consultation Billing Codes

Co-facilitators: Dr. John Straus, M.D, Founding Director of MCPAP

Session Moderator: Liz Carr


This session is scheduled for 
Monday, November 18, 2024, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Eastern
You can register for the session here.

 

Questions to Guide the Discussion

1. How do you engage the providers your programs serve to use billing codes?  
2.  How have you informed enrolled and unenrolled providers that billing may be an option?
3. What have been some of the challenges and how have you responded to those challenges?
4. If codes are not turned on, what guidance do you have for how programs can advocate to get them turned on? Is there a policy requiring or strongly encouraging third party payers to turn on and honor the PCP consultation code in your state/territory?
5. Tell us about how using the Interprofessional Consultation CPT codes can help with  sustainability? 
6. For those in areas using CPT codes for consultation time, when do your enrolled PCPs use these billing codes? 
7. What should other Access Programs know about using these codes? What limitations should programs be aware of?

We look forward to connecting with you!

Thank you,

MCHB TA Innovation Center Team

Things to Note:

• Peer-to-peer learning sessions are designed to promote dialogue among peer PMHCA and MMHSUD awardees using an informal virtual meeting format to discuss challenges, share ideas and successes, and exchange lessons learned in the implementation of your programs about a range of topics.
•  These sessions will be scheduled for an hour, with an extra 30 minutes built in for additional discussion and Q&A for interested participants. Sessions will be “lightly facilitated”, meaning that the floor is yours and facilitators will be there to keep the discussion moving along, but will otherwise be in the background to allow sufficient time and space for you to engage with one another directly.
• Your feedback on these sessions is welcomed and encouraged. A QR code link to a brief feedback form will be provided at the beginning and end of each session. We want to hear from you!

PMHCA and MMHSUD TA Opportunity: Get hands-on Technical Assistance (TA) help for local data collection and management through upcoming office hours


The MCHB TA Innovation Center is offering drop-in office hours to assist PMHCA and MMHSUD program staff with program evaluation. Subject matter experts from Windrose Vision will support your team in the planning, design, and implementation of an evaluation of your program by providing guidance on evaluation tools and strategies. A sampling of the areas of TA being offered include:

• Spreadsheet development and data tracking 
• Selecting primary program evaluation questions 
• Selecting measures and instruments to align with program goals 
• Identifying available data 
• Collecting new data 
• Power and sampling strategies 
• Data analysis

This is an exciting opportunity for you to explore ideas and find solutions to your data collection challenges, as well as methods to measure outcomes for your program. This session will offer 1:1 TA while also providing an opportunity to hear challenges and solutions among peers.
 

Please drop-in during this hour to ask questions about evaluation strategies and practices for your PMHCA or MMHSUD program. We look forward to seeing you!

Thank you,

MCHB TA Innovation Center Team

PMHCA and MMHSUD TA Opportunity: Get hands-on Technical Assistance (TA) help for local data collection and management through upcoming office hours


The MCHB TA Innovation Center is offering drop-in office hours to assist PMHCA and MMHSUD program staff with program evaluation. Subject matter experts from Windrose Vision will support your team in the planning, design, and implementation of an evaluation of your program by providing guidance on evaluation tools and strategies. A sampling of the areas of TA being offered include:

• Spreadsheet development and data tracking 
• Selecting primary program evaluation questions 
• Selecting measures and instruments to align with program goals 
• Identifying available data 
• Collecting new data 
• Power and sampling strategies 
• Data analysis

This is an exciting opportunity for you to explore ideas and find solutions to your data collection challenges, as well as methods to measure outcomes for your program. This session will offer 1:1 TA while also providing an opportunity to hear challenges and solutions among peers.
 

Please drop-in during this hour to ask questions about evaluation strategies and practices for your PMHCA or MMHSUD program. We look forward to seeing you!

Thank you,

MCHB TA Innovation Center Team