With spring upon us and April starting in just over a week, it’s hard to imagine that the first wave of “Open Enrollment” for the Affordable Care Act is coming to an end. The term “open enrollment” refers to the period of time during which individuals who are eligible to enroll in a Qualified Health Plan, can enroll in a plan in the Marketplace. For coverage starting in 2014, the Open Enrollment Period is October 1, 2013–March 31, 2014. So,…
Tuesday, March 18, marked the kick-off event in which Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) and three Delaware health centers are joining together in Project ECHO Buprenorphine – another of CHC’s ECHO programs. Dr. Daren Anderson, Dr. Richard Feuer, Dr. Marwan Haddad and Agi Erickson, the Project ECHO manager, represented CHC and the Weitzman Quality Institute (WQI) as they traveled to the Delaware Medical Society on Tuesday to jumpstart the bi-weekly ECHO BUP video-conferencing sessions. Additional WQI staff setup…
This blog post was written by Kasey Harding-Wheeler, the director of Integrated Care for Special Populations here at the Community Health Center, Inc. Friday, March 14th marked the end of an era at Community Based Services as we said goodbye to our long time office manager, Louise Moschini. Louise has been a part of the CHC family for 19 years, bringing a smile and kind greeting to those visiting 33 Ferry Street for as long as some of our patients…
This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Lynne Thomas Gordon, CEO of the American Health Information Management Association which is the premier association of health information management professionals worldwide. AHIMA is actively engaged in assisting hospitals and medical practices to prepare for the transition to ICD 10 medical coding in October.
This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Bradley Merrill Thompson, FDA law expert and General Counsel of the mHealth Regulatory Coalition, the voice of mobile health technology stakeholders in Washington. He addresses recent regulations passed by the Food and Drug Administration that govern the use and development of medical mobile apps aimed at health care consumers as well as the medical profession.
This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margret Flinter speak with Dr. Darshak Sanghavi, Managing Director of the Engleberg Center for Health Care Reform at the Brookings Institution. Dr. Sanghavi discusses their social media campaign to better inform clinicians and the public about changes to the health care industry under the Affordable Care Act. They are partnering with the Kahn Academy, a free online learning service, to produce tutorial videos to explain payment and care delivery reforms underway as a result…