Innovator Agent Bulletin – 3/5/21
A. (TC) CCO health-related services convening Presentation proposals due 3/12
B. (TC) Health-related services office hours 3/9, 4/13
C. (TC) REALD lessons learned for Phase 1 organizations 3/15, 4/29
D. (TC) VBP webinar for CCOs: Using VBP to reduce health disparities 3/17 (new registration link)
E. (TC) VBP webinar series for providers (with no-cost CME) 3/17, 4/21, 5/19, 6/2, 6/16
F. (TC) Virtual training opportunity: Planning a collaborative CHA and CHP for your unique community 4/1–6/30; training requests due 5/24
G. (TC) Virtual CAC Conference: Save the date! 6/8–9
H. (TC) SBIRT webinar training series February–September
I. (TC) OHA COVID-19 health care provider webinars 3/11, 4/8
J. (TC) COVID-19 response ECHO for Oregon clinicians – Part III 1st and 3rd Thursdays
Repeated items
A. (TC) CCO Health-Related Services Convening 2021: Using HRS for resilience and rebuilding after COVID-19 Presentation proposals due 3/12
Contact: Anona Gund (ANONA.E.GUND@dhsoha.state.or.us) or Anne King (kinga@ohsu.edu)
Request: Please share with your CCOs.
The Oregon Health Authority Transformation Center, in partnership with the Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network at OHSU (ORPRN), is issuing a call for presentation proposals for the 2021 health-related services virtual convening (May 24–25, 2021). We invite presentations from CCOs that showcase innovation in the topic areas listed below. We are especially interested in showcasing initiatives that are targeted at priority populations and center equity in their approaches. Presentations will be 30 minutes.
PRIORITY TOPIC AREAS
Addressing the statewide housing availability crisis
Increasing provider awareness and utilization of Flexible Services
Creating complementary strategies for HRS & SHARE
Leveraging HRS to support implementation of Community Information Exchange (CIE) systems through community engagement
Braided funding strategies to leverage HRS resources
Sustaining partnerships built through COVID-19 and the wildfires
Increasing access to behavioral health services and supports
PRESENTATION PROPOSALS
To submit a presentation proposal, please send the following to Anne King (kinga@ohsu.edu) by Friday, March 12. Proposals should be no more than one page and should specify:
Summary of initiative, including description of activities, relevant partnerships and outcomes
The goal of the initiative and the issue it seeks to address
Description of how equity is centered and/or priority populations are targeted
Alignment with priority topic areas listed above
Description of methods for audience engagement (see below)
Presenters (up to three)
AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT
We strongly encourage presenters to consider innovative alternative presentation formats that engage and entertain the audience more than traditional PowerPoint presentations (keeping in mind this convening will be virtual). Some suggested alternative formats could include:
Pecha Kucha storytelling
TED talk-style inspirational speech
Recorded video interviews or zoom calls with CCO and community partners
Other innovative formats — be creative!
Details on the convening:
When: May 24 and 25, 2021 (9 a.m.–2 p.m. each day)
Who should attend: CCOs and their partners involved with health-related services, including community benefit initiatives and flexible services. CCO staff working on HRS are the primary audience for this HRS convening. There may be relevant sessions that CCO partners working on HRS will benefit from attending. CCOs should work with their HRS partners to determine which partners to invite and to share the registration details.
Register for the conference here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYlce6pqzkjGdwo8QYMaLo5XQws7wj1732L
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting, and a calendar invite.
Goals: By attending this conference, participants can expect to:
Increase their understanding of HRS work at other CCOs
Learn about innovative approaches to HRS
Discuss and share ideas about leveraging HRS to promote community resilience and rebuilding in the post-COVID-19 context
B. (TC) Health-related services office hours 3/9, 4/13
Contact: Anona Gund (anona.e.gund@dhsoha.state.or.us)
Request: Please share with CCO staff that work with HRS flexible services or community benefit initiatives – or that work with the HRS Exhibit L annual report.
CCO staff are invited to participate in office hours in support of developing the 2020 CCO Health-Related Services (HRS) Exhibit L annual report. This series is hosted by the Oregon Health Authority’s Transformation Center. See attached flier for additional information. Other Guidance: Additional HRS guidance, including an Exhibit L guidance document, are available on the Transformation Center HRS website: www.oregon.gov/oha/HPA/dsi-tc/Pages/Health-Related-Services.aspx
C. (TC) REALD lessons learned for Phase 1 organizations 3/15, 4/29
Contact: Renee Harger (renee.a.harger@dhsoha.state.or.us) and Craig Mosbaek (craig.mosbaek@dhsoha.state.or.us)
Request: Please share with your CCOs.
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) would like to announce the following learning series: “REALD Lessons Learned for Phase 1 Organizations”. This meeting series will replace the REALD Technical Workgroup and focus on hearing from partners on lessons learned while operationalizing REALD. Please share with your operational leaders and colleagues and consider registering! If you’d like to present on lessons you’re organization has learned, please contact Renee Harger and Craig Mosbaek.
3/15, 3–4 p.m. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reald-lessons-learned-for-phase-1-organizations-march-meeting-tickets-135384287047
4/29, 1–2 p.m. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/reald-lessons-learned-for-phase-1-organizations-april-meeting-tickets-135384666181
Phase 1 providers are:
Hospitals except for licensed psychiatric hospitals
Health care providers within a health system
Health care providers working in a federally qualified health center
D. (TC) VBP webinar for CCOs: Using value-based payment to reduce health disparities 3/17, 1–2:30 p.m.
Contact: OHA.VBP@dhsoha.state.or.us
Request: Please share with your CCOs.
CCO staff are invited to learn from Marshall Chin, MD, MPH, a nationally renowned expert on how to design and use concepts within value-based payment models to reduce health inequities. Dr. Chin will also be available for a 30-minute one-on-one call with each CCO team in the weeks following the presentation to talk further about your CCO’s care transformation and VBP challenges for advancing health equity.
Wednesday, March 17, 1–2:30 p.m.
See flier for full details: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/HPA/dsi-tc/Documents/VBP-CCO-Equity-Webinar.pdf
(NEW LINK) Register in advance for this meeting: https://www.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJIsdOmrpjgpHGHJ_V6EnX7-Onw8TpApyAc
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
E. (TC) Value-based payment webinar series for providers 3/17, 4/21, 5/19, 6/2, 6/16
Contact: OHA.VBP@dhsoha.state.or.us
Request: Please share with your CCOs.
Primary care, behavioral health, and maternity care providers are invited to a five-part webinar series focused on increasing readiness for VBP and taking advantage of the additional flexibility VBPs offer for innovatively redesigning care models. See flier for full details and registration: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/HPA/dsi-tc/Documents/VbBP-Webinar-Series-Spring-2021.pdf
· March 17, noon-1 p.m.: Value-based payment: Is it disrupting health care for the better?
· April 21, noon-1 p.m.: What do you need to know to negotiate VBP agreements?
· May 19, noon-1 p.m.: Learnings from COVID-19 and how they may impact the adoption of VBPs
· June 1, noon-1 p.m.: VBP for behavioral health providers: How do we keep from being left out?
· June 16, noon-1 p.m.: VBP and maternity care: What have we learned so far?
Speakers: Art Jones, Jeanene Smith, Janet Meyer (Health Management Associates)
F. (TC) Virtual training opportunity: Planning a collaborative CHA and CHP for your unique community 4/1–6/30; training requests due 5/24
Contact: Tom Cogswell (thomas.cogswell@dhsoha.state.or.us)
Request: Please share with your CCOs.
CCOs, local public health, hospitals and tribal health departments that are collaboratively developing community health assessments (CHAs) and community health improvement plans (CHPs) are invited to a shared training opportunity. As a requirement through CCO 2.0, CCOs must collaborate with a number of key partners, including local public health authorities, to develop a shared CHA and CHP. This virtual training is built on a distillation of best practices from several industries; the Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships model; and previous state CHA/CHP alignment work. See flier for more details: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/HPA/dsi-tc/Documents/Training%20Announcement-CHA-CHP%20Development%202021.pdf
Contact Tom Cogswell (thomas.cogswell@dhsoha.state.or.us, 971-304-9642) by May 24, 2021, to request a training.
G. (TC) Virtual CAC Conference: Save the date! 6/8–9
Contact: Tom Cogswell (thomas.cogswell@dhsoha.state.or.us)
Request: Please share with your CCOs.
The Transformation Center will be hosting a virtual CAC conference on June 8-9. Session times are yet to be determined. Session topics will be discussed at the next CAC learning collaborative meeting on March 9, 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
H. (TC) SBIRT webinar training series February–September
Contact: antecedent@ohsu.edu or Alissa.Robbins@dhsoha.state.or.us
Request: Please share with your CCOs.
This SBIRT webinar training series is supported by the Oregon Rural Practice-based Research Network’s (ORPRN) ANTECEDENT project. ANTECEDENT focuses on addressing unhealthy alcohol use in Oregon. The project team intends to work with over 80 primary care clinics and provide each clinic with the evidence and tools they need to help patients with moderate to severe alcohol use disorder through the use of screening and brief intervention and medication assisted treatment. See flier for details: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/HPA/dsi-tc/Documents/SBIRT-webinar-series.pdf
I. (TC) OHA COVID-19 health care provider webinars 3/11, 4/8
Contact: Britt Parrott (britt.d.parrott@dhsoha.state.or.us)
Request: Please share with your CCOs.
To provide a consistent venue for COVID-19 information sharing, OHA’s Chief Medical Officer, Dana Hargunani, M.D., will host regular information sessions for Oregon health care providers. All upcoming sessions will be noon–1 p.m.
J. (TC) COVID-19 Response ECHO for Oregon Clinicians – Part III 1/7-6/17, 1st and 3rd Thursdays, noon – 1 p.m.
Contact: oen@ohsu.edu
Request: Please share with your CCOs.
Oregon clinicians are invited to participate in the third cohort of the COVID-19 Response ECHO, sponsored by the Oregon ECHO Network. ECHO is a tele-mentoring program that uses videoconferencing technology to combine brief expert presentations with interactive and practical case presentations from participants. The overall goal of ECHO programming is to build new capacity for care at the community level.
Focus of this ECHO
This 12-session program will support clinicians, staff and other health care professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jointly presented with the Oregon Health Authority, sessions will look at Oregon's response to the pandemic, the state of the science in treatment and prevention, and offer guidance to practices for systems change.
• Learn strategies to optimize the treatment and prevention of COVID-19 while keeping staff and others safe
• Stay current on the Oregon Health Authority’s latest guidance for Oregon health care practices
• Receive guidance on evidence-based treatments for COVID-19
• Share and receive advice on systems change within practices
Benefits of participation include:
• No cost to you or your facility
• No-cost continuing medical education (CME) credits
• The opportunity to present your tough cases and receive feedback from a multidisciplinary team of specialists and your peers
How to participate
Sessions for this cohort will occur via videoconference on the first and third Thursdays, noon–1 p.m., January 7 through June 17, 2021.
This program is open to all Oregon clinicians, health care staff, and other health care professionals.
For more information, please visit www.oregonechonetwork.org.
TO REGISTER, VISIT: https://connect.oregonechonetwork.org/Series/Registration/1335
Drop-in participation (no CME): https://echo.zoom.us/j/2382480348?pwd=d1dGS3lIeUt6QXRWR3p4d2x3VFlQUT09
Password: 874887
Laura Kreger, MPH
Program Coordinator
OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY
Health Policy and Analytics Division
Transformation Center
Cell: 503-487-7409