Mon

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

ALL

Registration 

Attendee check in, pick up name badge and conference material. Brown bag lunch optional. 

Mon

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

ALL

Opening General Session 

Welcome message, health center introduction, conference overview, and Qual IT Care Alliance network project goals. Hear about what's new for the 2019 - 2022 project cycle. 

Mon

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

ALL

Keynote Presentation: Bringing Lost Patients Back into Care 

Dr. Joe Ravenell, MD, of NYU, presents on his groundbreaking approach to engage patients and improve cancer screening rates. Patient engagement is a complex and challenging process, and requires innovating methods that reach the patients where they are, such as barbershops, churches, and other community locations. 

Mon

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

OPS

Medical Billing and Coding Bootcamp 

Learn how payers evaluate, pay, or deny your claims. Learn the basics of insurance company rules and standards. 

Mon

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

CLIN/QI

Community Engagement in Action 

Engage in a lively collaborative discussion with Dr. Ravenell about how to implement the innovative community engagement methods he presented in his keynote. 

Mon

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

IT

Securing Confidential Information 

Hear from a panel about the challenges and solutions related to securing and auditing access to especially sensitive information like employee-as-patient data and care data regarding substance abuse, HIV, and behavioral health. 

Mon

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

EXEC

HealthEfficient Board of Directors Meeting 

HealthEfficient board members only. 

Mon

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

ALL

Tableau: Ask the Experts 

Meet with Qual IT's resident experts Chris Utman, PhD, and Lassine Cherif to answer your questions and work hands-on with Tableau. 

Mon

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM

OPS

Breakout Session: Medical Billing and Coding 

Participate in a facilitated discussion with your peers and experts on how you are using medical billing and coding to maximize revenue for your health center.

Mon

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM

CLIN

Transforming Your Health Center with NACHC's "Elevate" Program

Learn about and explore NACHC's new tools for the modern health center, Elevate and the Value Transformation Framework. NACHC's Elevate program managers will describe how the program can benefit your health center and prepare you for a value-based world.

Mon

4:15 PM - 5:00 PM

IT

Breakout Session: HIT Needs, Goals and Strategies for Your Health Center and the HCCN

Meet with Qual IT network leadership from HealthEfficient, DCPCA, and MACHC to discuss your HIT needs and learn all about how the new Health Center Controlled Network (HCCN) project can help you meet your goals. A great session to get oriented to the Qual IT network for new and long-standing members.

Mon

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

ALL

Reception

Enjoy hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar with your colleagues from around the network. Make new friends, and catch up with your old friends. Great networking opportunity.

Tue

8:00 AM - 8:50 AM

ALL

Networking Breakfast 

Enjoy connecting with your peers and colleagues at this continental breakfast.

Tue

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

ALL

Vendor Booths

Meet with key vendors likely to include eClinicalWorks, Relias, and Netgain.

Tue

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

ALL

Keynote Presentation: Oral Health is Health!

Hear from Dr. Bob Russell, DDS, the state Dental Director for Iowa, with his inspiring presentation about the critical importance of developing a medical model of care for oral health, and integrating primary care and dental strategies.

Tue

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM

OPS

Optimizing Your Patient Panels to Maximize Efficiency and Care

Learn how to empanel patients to create the optimal panel size, determine how many patients a provider should see a day, and target ratios for various care team members.

Tue

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM

CLIN

Breakout Session: Oral Health Integration Strategies

Join a roundtable discussion with your peers and Dr. Bob Russell on how to increase medical and oral health integration in pursuit of the vision Dr. Russell shared in his keynote.

Tue

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM

HIT

Best Practices in Health Information Exchange

You're connected to your regional Health Information Exchange (HIE). Now what? Hear from a panel of your peers about best practices to make the most out of your HIE, includeing sending referrals electronically using P2P, integrating data from external sources into your EHR, and operationalizing admit/discharge notifications.

Tue

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

OPS

Engaging Patients with Emerging Technologies: Kiosks, Patient Portals, and Wearables

Hear from a panel of your peers on how they are using patient access tools such as the patient portal, kiosk, Healow products and others to improve operations and care.  Find out what challenges they have encountered along the way, success stories and plans for the future.

Tue

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Clin

UDS Clinical Changes for 2019 and 2020

One of our most popular sessions every year: Learn about the key UDS changes that will impact your workflow and quality improvement activities for this year and next. Find out what you need to be measuring now and what workflows will be impacted.

Tue

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

IT

Implementing 42 CFR Part 2: Protecting Data Privacy for Patients with Substance Use Disorder

Learn about the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)’s revised Substance Abuse Confidentiality Regulations (referred to as 42 CFR Part 2) and how it may affect your health center. The session will provide an overview of the critical changes affecting health centers, including common definitions, and how the changes may affect integrated medication-assisted treatment (MAT) and Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) programs.

Tue

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Clin

Breakout Session: Launching and Optimizing Substance Use Disorder programs at your health center

Join nationally-renowned Dr. Erik Gunderson for a deep dive discussion on Opioid Use/Substance Use Disorders. This session will continue into the networking lunch and offer an opportunity for those that are working on OUD/SUD programs to gain a better understanding of how to operationalize the program. This builds on Dr. Gunderson's presentation at our last conference.

Tue

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Networking Lunch

Chat with your peers and colleagues about the conference sessions you've attended and discuss the successes and challenges you've faced at your health center.

Tue

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

OPS

Billing and Revenue Cycle Topics TBA

Shellie Sulzberger, a billing and coding expert, returns to our conference with more strategies and up-to-date information on maximizing your billing and coding.

Tue

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

CLIN/QI

Population Health and Analytics in the Qual IT Network

Learn how fellow members of the Qual IT alliance are using Tableau, Relevant, Azara/CPCI, i2i and other tools to advance their analytics and population health goals.

Tue

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

IT

Health Information Technology topic TBA

Description TBA.

Tue

1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

CMO

CMO Round Table: Addressing Provider Burden

Learn how CMOs and clinical leaders are addressing provider burden with EHR optimization, scribes, and more innovating solutions.

Tue

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

OPS

Getting the Most from Your Payers

Learn how to appeal bulk denials and negotiate better contracted rates with your insurance companies

Tue

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

CLIN/QI

Clinical Quality Improvement for Reducing Cholesterol

This session will highlight what clinicians, care teams, and QI staff need to know about the 2018 ACC/AHA Cholesterol Guidelines that impact routine clinical practice. Topics will also include how to tackle challenges that health centers may have in preparing to report on the new UDS Statin Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease UDS measure (CMS 347v2) and how to overcome barriers to statin use.

Tue

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

HIT

Voice Technology: Using Eva, Scribe, Dragon and More

Hear about the options eClinicalWorks has to offer on using voice technology to reduce provider burden using eCW's EVA virtual assistant, virtual "Scribe" functionality, and others.  Discuss challenges with the options and what others are finding.

Tue

4:05 PM - 4:30 PM

ALL

Next Steps for Your Health Centers and the Qual IT Care Alliance

How will the Qual IT Care Alliance help your health center meet its strategic goals over the next 3 years? What resources will the network bring to bear for your health center?