Louisiana Primary Care Association Inc

STATE AND REGIONAL PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATIONS

STATE AND REGIONAL PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATIONS

HEALTH CENTER CONTROLLED NETWORK - PROJECT TITLE: LOUISIANA HEALTH CENTER CONTROLLED NETWORK APPLICANT ORGANIZATION NAME: LOUISIANA PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION INC. GRANT #: H2QCS30271 ADDRESS: 503 COLONIAL DRIVE, BATON ROUGE, LA 70806-6508 PROJECT DIRECTOR NAME: CHRISTINE FOERSTNER, HCCN DIRECTOR PROJECT PHONE NUMBERS: 225-927-7662 EXT. 205 EMAIL: CFOERSTNER@LPCA.NET WEBSITE: HTTP://LPCA.NET GRANT PROGRAM FUNDS REQUESTED: $1,000,000 PROPOSED NUMBER OF PHCS: 33 THE LOUISIANA PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION (LPCA) IS A STATEWIDE MAJORITY MEMBER-CONTROLLED NETWORK OF 36 HEALTH CENTERS FUNDED UNDER SECTION 330 OF THE PHS ACT, AND 3 HEALTH CENTER LOOK-ALIKES. COLLECTIVELY, LOUISIANA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS OPERATE 308 INDIVIDUAL SITES (295 OF THOSE ARE A PART OF THIS HCCN) AND SERVED OVER 447,000 PATIENTS IN 2020 WITH INDIVIDUAL PATIENT VISITS EXCEEDING 1.6 MILLION. OF THOSE PATIENTS WITH KNOWN INCOMES, 99.9% WERE BELOW 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL (FPL). ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED UNDER THE PCA AND FUNDED AS AN HCCN IN 2012 WITH 16 PARTICIPATING HEALTH CENTERS (PHCS), LOUISIANA HCCN (LAHCCN) HAS SUBSTANTIALLY GROWN INTO A STRONG FQHC PARTICIPATION NETWORK OF 32 HEALTH CENTERS THAT ARE HEALTH CENTER PROGRAM AWARD RECIPIENTS AND ONE LOOK-ALIKE AWARD RECIPIENT. WITHIN THESE PARTICIPATING HEALTH CENTERS (PHCS), PROVIDERS AND PROVIDER TEAMS SERVE 98% OF ALL LOUISIANA HEALTH CENTER PATIENTS AND VISITS. LOUISIANA HAS ONE OF THE LEAST HEALTHY POPULATIONS IN THE NATION AND A SIGNIFICANT LEVEL OF MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, HAVING ONCE AGAIN IN 2021 RANKED 50TH FOR OVERALL HEALTH STATUS IN THE NATION ACCORDING TO AMERICA’S HEALTH RANKINGS. LPCA HAS SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED OUR STAFFING AND SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE TO BETTER MEET HCCN GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS. IN DOING SO, LAHCCN HAS PROVIDED HUNDREDS OF TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE EFFORTS FOR PHCS OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST TEN YEARS, IMPLEMENTED AZARA DRVS ANALYTICS PLATFORM ACROSS THE NETWORK, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY ASSISTED PHCS IN GETTING THEIR TELEHEALTH SERVICES UP AND RUNNING IN THE WAKE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. PRIOR TO THE LAST GRANT CYCLE OF 2019-2022, LESS THAN 30% OF THE PHCS WERE UTILIZING TELEHEALTH SERVICES, THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF THE HCCN TEAM THIS HAS GROWN TO 100%. ALL PHCS HAVE AND ARE STILL USING TELEHEALTH SERVICES TO SEE PATIENTS IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WHILE STILL MANAGING THEIR HEALTH EFFECTIVELY. DURING THIS UPCOMING GRANT CYCLE, LAHCCN IS PROPOSING TO CONTINUE THE GREAT WORK AND TO BUILD ON THE SUCCESSES WE HAVE HAD WITH DIGITAL TOOLS OVER THE CURRENT THREE YEAR GRANT PERIOD. SEVERAL TRAININGS WILL BE HELD THAT WILL FOCUS ON DIFFERENT DIGITAL TOOLS (TELEHEALTH, REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING, PATIENT PORTALS, SMARTPHONE APPS ETC.) USED THROUGHOUT THE NETWORK AS WELL AS RESEARCHING OTHERS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BENEFIT THE LAHCCN. IN ADDITION, THE TRAININGS WILL BE TARGETED TO ASSURE THAT THE CORRECT AUDIENCE IS REACHED FOR EACH OF THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OPPORTUNITIES. LAHCCN PLANS TO FOCUS SEPARATE TRAININGS THAT ARE DESIGNED FOR PROVIDERS, MEDICAL STAFF, PATIENT NAVIGATORS, AND PATIENTS/COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHICH WILL HIGHLIGHT THE DIGITAL TOOLS, ELABORATE ON HOW THEY WORK, AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PHCS TO PEER SHARE ANY PROMISING PRACTICES THEY HAVE THAT RELATE TO THEIR WORK WITH DIGITAL HEALTH TOOLS. IN ADDITION, LAHCCN PLANS TO CONTINUE THE GROWTH AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRAPARE TOOL. ALONG THE SAME LINES OF SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH (SDOH), LAHCCN PLANS TO ONBOARD MORE PHCS ON THE LPCA ASSIST PLATFORM WHICH WILL ALLOW PHCS ACCESS TO CLOSED LOOP REFERRALS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEIR PATIENTS THAT PRESENT WITH SDOH RISK FACTORS. LASTLY, LAHCCN WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE PHCS WITH ANALYTICS VIA DASHBOARDS, PREDICTIVE ANALYTIC TOOLS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

HEALTH CENTER CONTROLLED NETWORKS

HEALTH CENTER CONTROLLED NETWORKS

DELTA REGION WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAM - APPLICANT NAME: LOUISIANA PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION APPLICANT ADDRESS: 503 COLONIAL DRIVE, BATON ROUGE, LA 70806 PROJECT DIRECTOR: YVETTE MERRITT CONTACT PHONE: (225) 927-7662 EMAIL ADDRESS: YMERRITT@LPCA.NET WEBSITE: HTTPS://LPCA.NET/ AMOUNT OF FUNDING REQUESTED: $2,200,000 A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT: THIS PROPOSAL AIMS TO RECRUIT, EDUCATE, TRAIN AND PLACE REVENUE CYCLE MANAGEMENT STAFF IN FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS (FQHCS), RURAL HEALTH CENTERS (RHCS), AND CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITALS ACROSS TWELVE PARISHES IN LOUISIANA. PROJECT PARTNERS WILL DEVELOP AND DISSEMINATE RETENTION, SUSTAINABILITY, AND HEALTH EQUITY BEST PRACTICES. LPCA WILL BUILD ON ITS PRESENT PARTNERSHIPS ACROSS LOUISIANA TO RECRUIT, EDUCATE, TRAIN, AND PLACE REVENUE CYCLE MANAGEMENT STAFF. THE CERTIFICATIONS FOR STUDENTS PROPOSED TO BE ACHIEVED WITH THIS PROJECT ARE CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL CODER (CPC), CERTIFIED CODING ASSOCIATE (CCA), AND HEALTHCARE ACCESS ASSOCIATE. COURSES WILL TAKE PLACE LOCALLY FOR TRAINEES OR ONLINE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CENTRAL LOUISIANA TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (975 CONTACT HOURS FOR AAS DEGREE) AND BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (288 HOURS). A CAPSTONE COURSE AND PROJECT WILL BE REQUIRED OF ALL STUDENTS. LPCA WILL DEVELOP THIS IN COOPERATION WITH THE NETWORK PARTNERS. APPRENTICESHIP SITES IN FQHCS/RHCS/CACS WILL OFFER ON-THE-JOB TRAINING AND MENTORING. TRAINEES WILL HAVE A 480-HOUR REQUIREMENT. THE CENTRAL LOUISIANA AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER (CLAHEC) PARTNERSHIP WILL ASSIST WITH STUDENT RECRUITMENT IN UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES, APPRENTICESHIP PLACEMENT, JOB PLACEMENT, AND CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS. BY EDUCATING REVENUE CYCLE MANAGEMENT STAFF, THE PROJECT EXPECTS THESE NEWLY CERTIFIED STUDENTS TO BE EMPLOYED IN HIGH VACANCY POSITIONS ACROSS TWELVE PARISHES AND BEYOND. LPCA WILL SHARE THE STRATEGIES WHICH HAVE WORKED FOR THEM TO MAKE THIS HIGHLY TRAINED AND CERTIFIED WORKFORCE A SUSTAINABLE PART OF THEIR MEMBER HEALTH CENTER WO RKFORCE. PROJECT GOALS: THIS FUNDING WILL ALLOW 90 STUDENTS TO COMPLETE THE PROGRAM OF STUDY. OF THE 90 TRAINEES, 45 WILL BE PLACED IN APPRENTICESHIPS, AND 75 WILL FIND EMPLOYMENT IN THE FIELD AFTER POST-PARTICIPATION.

HEALTH CENTER CONTROLLED NETWORKS

RURAL COMMUNITIES OPIOID RESPONSE-IMPLEMENTATION

TELEMEDICINE GRANT

AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING FOR HEALTH CENTER CONTROLLED NETWORKS

AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING FOR PCAS

RURAL COMMUNITIES OPIOID RESPONSE (PLANNING)

HEALTH CARE AND OTHER FACILITIES