Events

Organizer: HRSA
Presenter:  https://www.hrsa.gov/

Disability and Language Access – How to Meet Your Legal Obligations and Make Your Programs Accessible

The Disability Access session will review some important questions, including:

• Is your organization communicating effectively with individuals who have vision, hearing, or speech disabilities?
• Is your medical equipment accessible to patients with disabilities?
• Is your facility accessible to individuals with mobility-based disabilities?

The session will also summarize relevant law, explain your obligations as they relate to disability access, and discuss how you can meet those obligations. We will touch on specific topics related to disability access, including physical access, medical access, and effective communication.

Note: For programs and services that receive federal financial assistance, federal civil rights laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability. Recipients of HRSA funding must ensure that individuals with disabilities have equal access to all of their programs and activities.

The Language Access session will:

• summarize relevant laws;
• explain HRSA recipient obligations as they relate to language access; and
• discuss how you can meet those obligations.

The session will also review the process of creating a language access plan. This serves as your organization’s roadmap to providing quality language access services. We will also examine common challenges that organizations face when trying to provide language access services and review practical solutions for how to address those challenges.

Note: Federal civil rights laws prohibit discrimination against individuals who are limited English proficient (LEP). Recipients of HRSA funding must take reasonable steps to ensure LEP individuals have meaningful access to all of their programs and activities.

Service Animal Requirements: How to Modify Your Policies and Procedures to Ensure Equal Access

Service Animal Requirements: How to Modify Your Policies and Procedures to Ensure Equal Access During this session, we will:

• Provide an overview of disability access laws related to service animals;
• clarify what is and is not a service animal;
• compare and contrast service animal requirements in different settings;
• discuss common service animal accessibility challenges and how to overcome them; and
• hear real-world case studies and applications of service animal best practices.

Under federal law, people with disabilities generally have the right to use service animals anywhere the public is allowed to go. Service animals serve a diverse range of purposes and service animal requirements are different depending on the setting. These two factors have led to misunderstandings about the rights of people with disabilities who utilize service animals, which in turn results in discriminatory treatment and accessibility challenges.

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Organizer: National Consortium of Telehealth Resources Centers
Presenter:  www.telehealthresourcecenter.org

In response to the behavioral health crisis and growing digital divide, the Delaware Libraries have launched a three-pronged initiative to increase access to health and social services utilizing the public library infrastructure. The initiative consists of (1) deploying telehealth/teleservice booths in key rural libraries, (2) disseminating hundreds of Chromebooks and WiFi hotspots to public libraries statewide, so patrons can check out devices like they would a library book, and (3) hiring a traveling community nurse to focus on treating the uninsured, underinsured, and undocumented. We recognize that the public libraries see some of the most vulnerable populations and understand it is our duty to adapt to best meet the needs of the communities we serve.

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Organizer: HRSA
Presenter:  https://www.hrsa.gov/

HRSA’s Office of Regional Operations (ORO): Connecting and Supporting HRSA Grantees and Stakeholders throughout the Nation

This session will provide an introduction to HRSA's Office of Regional Operations (ORO), and will cover when and how to engage ORO, technical assistance, and special initiatives available through 10 regional offices; how to engage with partners and stakeholders on HRSA priorities (including effectively responding to COVID-19); and upcoming events and activities across the nation.

HHS OIG - Detecting and Reporting Fraud

This session will provide an overview of HHS OIG’s role in combatting fraud, waste, and abuse. The OIG will discuss fraud indicators, why people commit fraud, some case examples, and how to submit complaints to the HHS OIG.

Time & Effort Reporting

This session will provide participants with tools to use in your organization to ensure you are in compliance with time and effort reporting. In addition, we will debunk the myths on what is required vs. what is a best practice.

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Organizer: Wyoming Telehealth Network
Presenter:  http://wyomingtelehealth.org/

This webinar series will provide a foundation in understanding how telehealth providers can identify the best candidates for telehealth, how to keep those patients engaged throughout their visit, and how to create more health equity through telehealth. We will examine approaches from different specialty providers and telehealth managers who will inspire innovative approaches providers can use in their own practices.

As the pandemic continues, telehealth continues to be the most viable tool to help patients and providers maintain treatment and deliver healthcare in a safe, effective and affordable manner. Join us for one or all three parts of the series!

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Organizer: HRSA
Presenter:  https://www.hrsa.gov/

HRSA ORO Region 10 in collaboration with Region 10 Opioid Learning Collaborative and the Primary Care Associations will host a virtual forum to deliver technical assistance to Primary Care Association stakeholders to enhance understanding of issues, needs, and opportunities regarding clinical decision-making for tele-behavioral health services in rural and underserved areas.