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Bi-State's 2006 Primary
Care Conference and 20th Anniversary- Presentations
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CMS Transitioning to NPI
The centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services announces the following plans for transitioning to the
National Provider Identifier (NPI) in the Fee-for Service Medicare
Program: Between May 23, 2005 and January 2, 2006, the claims processing
systems will accept an existing legacy Medicare number and reject as
unprocessable any claim that includes only an NPI. For additional
information, to complete an NPI application, and to access educational
tools and a FAQ page about NPI and HIPAA standards plus, five papers on
HIPAA Security Educational Series posted, please visit: www.cms.hhs.gov/hipaa/hipaa2
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Community-Based Research
Resource
One of the most powerful
tools that an advocate has to back up a position is research. This link
provides access to articles on research that may be pertinent to your
organization. http://www.npaction.org/article/articleview/579/1/240 |
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FedStats is a one-stop
portal for statistics and data from over 100 federal agencies,
searchable by subject, agency and keyword.
http://www.fedstats.gov |
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Finding Funding: A
Beginner's Guide to Foundation Research http://www.resistinc.org/resources/finding_funding.html |
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Newly Released Guide to
Children's Dental Care in Medicaid www.cms.hhs.gov/oralhealth |
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Interesting Articles from
University of New Hampshire http://www.unh.edu/nhcpps/recent.htm |
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The Screen Door-Opening
the Door to Human Services for Vermonters
Consumers and service
providers have a way to access services through an online referral tool
found at www.screendoor.vermont.gov |
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The Molar Express Mobile Dentistry Unit Coming To North Country.
http://www.caledonianrecord.com/ |
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Senator John Sununu visits Avis Goodwin Community
Health Center and Lamprey Health Care.
Sen.
Sununu tours Avis Goodwin health center - http://www.fosters.com/ Sununu tours Lamprey Health Care
Center - http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/ Health
care center ready to build - http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/ |
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Portsmouth Herald It Sealed with a smile - Volunteer dentist, state,
nonprofits team up to protect children's teeth. Article on oral
health and Families First Health and Support Center from Portsmouth,
NH.
http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/ |
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The Flu Resource page has
information on the “Don’t Have Time for the Flu” campaign.
http://www.cc-info.net/flu/flu.html |
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New
Resource Guide for State and Communities has been developed to help
state and community organizations meet the goals of a national
initiative to improve the health of young people by the year 2010.
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/nationalinitiative/guide.htm |
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The
National Women’s Health Database provides national , regional, state
and county data by gender, race ethnicity and age.
www.4woman.gov |
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The revised “Guide to
Children’s Dental Care in Medicaid is posted on the CMS website at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/medicaid/epsdt/default.asp |
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New Study
Finds Health Centers Cost-Effective, Reduce ER Visits
http://www.nachc.com/press/costeffective.asp |
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Statement of the National
Association of Community Health Centers
On the Nomination of Michael O. Leavitt as Secretary of HHS
http://www.nachc.com/press/leavitt.asp |
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The New Hampshire REACH 2010
Initiative of the New Hampshire Minority Health Coalition (NHMHC) has
recently released the issue paper Disparities in Health: A growing
Reality for New Hampshire. The issue paper can be found on
their website at the following link: (September
2004)
www.nhhealthequity.org/downloads/HealthDisparities090804.pdf. |
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Press
release from NACHC: Senate
Subcommittee Approves $250
Million Increase for Health Centers House Approves $219
Million (September
2004)
www.nachc.com/press/senatesub.asp
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New NACHC Report Looks At The
Nation’s Health "Nation’s Health At Risk: Part II”
Examines Trends That Impact Health Centers—Growing Uninsured, Medicaid
Cuts, and Crowded Hospital ERs" (August
2004)
www.nachc.com/press/nachcreport.asp |
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New Information Regarding the MMA - Medicare Replacement Drug
Demonstration. (Two new drugs added) Special Edition Medlearn
Matters Article SEO443 (Revised
August 2004) www.cms.hhs.gov/medlearn/matters/mmarticles/2004/SE0443.pdf |
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Secretary Says President's Comprehensive Health Care Plan Works to Make
Care More Affordable, Accessible. (August
2004)
www.hhs.gov/news/press/2004pres/20040826a.html |
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Rural Health Brief:
"Where Have all the Dentists Gone?" (February
2004) www.ncsl.org/programs/health/ruraldent.htm |
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Closing the Access Gap: Improving the Medicine-Dentistry Interface A
2003 CDHP Issue Brief entitled Periodontal Disease Association with Poor
Birth Outcomes: State of the Science and Policy Implications can be
accessed at (June
2003)
www.cdhp.org/downloads/Publications/Policy/PTLBW.pdf
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Database of Community Interventions Addressing Health Disparities The
American Public Health Association (APHA) is developing a database of
community interventions that address health disparities. To add your
program to the database, submit information to www.apha.org/NPHW/solutions/
The database will go live April 5, 2005 with information about projects
and interventions that are helping to eliminate all types of health
disparities. |
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New Diabetes Materials Available from National Diabetes Education
Program. www.ndep.nih.gov/new/new.htm |
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