Health Care Homes
Learning Collaborative Webinars
The Health Care Homes Learning Collaborative hosts periodic webinars to provide opportunities for health care providers and community partners to learn about practice transformation.
Trends in Mental Health & Levels of Care
July 16, 2024, 12pm – 1pm
Our mental health care systems need a transformation. We need to normalize conversations around mental health, invest in education, identification, and prevention, create better ways to access care and be better prepared for crisis. Reviewing current trends in mental health in youth and different levels of care as potential access points will provide attendees with a better understanding to offer comprehensive care. Multiple resources will be reviewed as well as access to free psychiatric consultations for prescribing providers.
Learning Objectives
Participants will enhance knowledge and skills to:
- Review trends in mental health.
- Clarify the demand for services.
- Discuss challenges in accessing care.
Presenter: Joshua Stein, MD Board Certified Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist PrairieCare/Psychiatric Assistance Line (PAL) Brooklyn Park, MN
Register for the Trends in Mental Health webinar through WebEx.
Understanding Billing for CHW Services in MN – Medicare and Medicaid
June 5, 2024, 12pm-1pm
Whether you’re a health care provider, administrator, or Community Health Worker (CHW), this webinar will provide practical guidance for how clinics can effectively bill for CHW services and enhance your understanding of CHW billing. Presenters include Kristen Godfrey Walters with Minnesota Department of Health, Ann Nyakundi with MN CHW Alliance, Eric Snyder with Excelsior Bay Group, and Megan Ellingson and Megan Nieto with CHW Solutions.
Learning Objectives:
- Overview new Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Billing Codes for Community Health Integration and Principal Illness navigation
- Provide examples of successful billing and reimbursement for these new codes
- Discuss the potential opportunities for these codes in Minnesota
- Review Minnesota Health Care Program codes for CHW Education services and highlight examples of successful strategies for billing, reimbursement, and sustainability.
View the slides from the webinar: Understanding Billing for CHW Services in MN – Medicare and Medicaid (PDF)
The webinar recording may be accessed from the YouTube HCH Playlist: Understanding Billing for CHW Services in MN – Medicare and Medicaid (YouTube)
The State of Colorectal Cancer in Minnesota
March 19, 2024
This webinar from the MDH Comprehensive Cancer Control Program (CCCP) highlights data on colorectal cancer incidence and mortality, and screening rates statewide and among populations experiencing the largest disparities for colorectal cancer. The CCCP team shares current guidelines and options for screening, and tools to support or improve colorectal cancer screening in clinics. Two primary care clinics also share ways that they have improved their screening rates.
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will be able to describe the populations more heavily burdened by colorectal cancer in Minnesota.
- Participants will be able to clearly outline to their patients the current screening guidelines and options for colorectal screening.
- Participants will be able to come up with 1-2 ways that they will enhance or implement changes in their clinic to improve colorectal cancer screening rates.
View the slides from the webinar: The State of Colorectal Cancer in Minnesota (PDF)
The webinar recording may be accessed from the YouTube HCH Playlist: The State of Colorectal Cancer in Minnesota (YouTube)
Care Coordinators: Bridging Care for Diabetes Management
February 8, 2024
Diabetes self-management is complicated, and supporting patients with diabetes can be challenging. Bridget Ideker from MDH explored these challenges and provided practice-based learning, tools, and resources to address them.
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will be able to state 2 ways to use the PAID scale for patients with diabetes.
- Participants will be able to define diabetes distress.
- Participants will be able to state how to refer diabetic patients to Diabetes Self-Management and Education Support (DSMES).
View the slides from the webinar: Care Coordinators: Bridging Care for Diabetes Management (PDF)
The webinar recording may be accessed from the YouTube HCH Playlist: Care Coordinators: Bridging Care for Diabetes Management (YouTube)
Developing Innovative Models of Care Post-COVID
December 12, 2023
This webinar highlights how Health Care Home clinics are responding to primary care workforce shortages post-COVID. Zora Radosevich from the Minnesota Department of Health Office of Rural Health and Primary Care kicks things off with a short presentation, then leads a panel discussion with Health Care Home providers from Stellis Health, Riverwood Healthcare, and HealthPartners.
Learning Objectives:
- Explain impact of primary care workforce challenges in Minnesota post-COVID.
- Identify innovative models of care for addressing workforce challenges.
- Describe strategies for attracting and retaining clinical staff.
View the slides from the webinar: Developing Innovative Models of Care Post-COVID (PDF)
The webinar recording may be accessed from the YouTube HCH Playlist: Developing Innovative Models of Care Post-COVID (YouTube)
Using the Connection Model to Bridge Clinic and Community
November 16, 2023
This webinar is a continuation of the webinar Overcoming Socioeconomic Barriers in Rural Minnesota Using a Connection Model. In this session, Dani Protivinsky, CentraCare, explores where and how to start building your own unique partnerships at the clinic and community level. Learn how to address social determinants of health and play a pivotal role in patient outcomes. Discover how the connection model and other resources, including the Take 5 model, can help you identify gaps and opportunities in practice and partnership to roll out your own plan of intervention.
Learning Objectives:
- Develop a unique framework that aligns with your level of existing needs.
- Launch the Take 5 method in your approach (awareness, adjustment, assistance, alignment, advocacy).
- Implement and commit to the cause.
The webinar recording may be accessed from the YouTube HCH Playlist: Using the Connection Model to Bridge Clinic and Community (YouTube)
Overcoming Socioeconomic Barriers in Rural Minnesota
September 26, 2023
Explore a connection model created, designed, and implemented by CentraCare to connect rural community members with appropriate health services. Dani Protivinsky, Director of Health Equity and Community Health Improvement at CentraCare, shares how their team of nurses, health educators, and staff members used culturally and linguistically appropriate connections and creative interventions to gain patient and community trust while reducing disparities.
Learning Objectives:
- Implement a reliable process of support for providers, care team, and patients.
- Develop and launch tools needed for outreach, reporting and workflow.
- Identify sustainable outcomes and improved health measures that align with larger strategic plan.
The webinar recording may be accessed from the YouTube HCH Playlist: Overcoming Socioeconomic Barriers in Rural Minnesota (Youtube)
Intercultural Effectiveness Webinar
June 28, 2023
This webinar was designed to enhance intercultural effectiveness for Health Care Homes stakeholders and community partners. Presented by HealthFinders Collaborative, a southern Minnesota community health center and health care home, this presentation provides valuable insights and tips for building strong connections with culturally unique patient populations, with a focus on serving the Latinx and Somali communities.
Learning Objectives:
- Recognize and deepen understanding of bias, privilege, and equity.
- Break down barriers cause by social determinants of health.
- Practice organizational and individual allyship.
View resources from the webinar:
- Addressing the Social Determinants of Health - Critical Questions (PDF)
- Community Health Improvement Matrix, Social Determinants of Health in Rice County (example) (PDF)
- Community Health Improvement Matrix, Social Determinants of Health in Rice County (blank copy) (PDF)
- Intercultural Effectiveness Webinar PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
- Resource Guide for Intercultural Effectiveness Training - Terms and definitions, book and movie recommendations (PDF)
- Spectrum of Power Internalizing Health Equity (example) (PDF)
- Spectrum of Power Internalizing Health Equity (blank copy) (PDF)
The webinar recording may be accessed from the YouTube HCH Playlist: Intercultural Effectiveness Webinar (YouTube)
Introducing: Health Care Homes New Progression Model and Portal
Learn about the new Health Care Homes Progression Model and the portal and application process introduced in October 2022.
View the sides from the webinar: Introducing: Health Care Homes New Progression Model and Portal (PDF)
The webinar recording may be accessed from the YouTube HCH Playlist: Introducing: Health Care Homes New Progression Model and Portal (YouTube)