Our Health Policy (Communication) Workgroup. This workgroup provides information/communication (education) about health policy that affects healthcare system-based LAc clinicians and programs. Within that broad category, focus on policy affecting patients' care access.
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Our Safety Practices Workgroup
This is the landing page for updates on past and current work from the workgroup. Upcoming events with presentations from this workgroup will also be linked here.
Safety Practices for LAcs working in healthcare system-based practice, clinicians and program managers. Workgroup dedicated to this broad topic and related issues.
How to attend the presentations and join in the community discussions.
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A knowledge-sharing communication resource for healthcare system-based LAcs and program managers. What is the Acupuncture for Our Seniors Act?
How would its passage improve your service line or program’s ability work with Medicare beneficiaries (which include adults and children) and other federal (U.S.) program beneficiaries?
Download the free communication paper. Sign up for an upcoming presentation or community discussion on the topic. The article includes references and resource links.
This free download is a white (communication) paper created by SOHHA’s Health Policy Workgroup. The workgroup created this communication resource to help you understand the federal-bill-in-waiting, HR 3133, Acupuncture for Our Seniors Act, and how it improves access to an acupuncturist’s services for adults and children who are Medicare beneficiaries or other federal program beneficiaries.
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Safety Practices for LAcs, a new set of resources from the HHP
Updates on this past year’s progress with the HHP’s Safety in Practice Workgroup
The September - November 2022 HHP Safety-in-Practice Workgroup’s presentations and more.
How to attend the presentations and join in the community discussions.
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On Saturday, June 25th, 2022, I hosted a live, virtual presentation, “How to Hire and Credential LAcs in Your Healthcare System: Focus on Revenue Capture and Clinician Retention,” for the Hospital Handbook Project (HHP), a nonprofit community resource.
This was the first public presentation from the HHP’s Employment Practices Workgroup.
The event materials (pdf of slides and recordings of the presentation and the Q&A session) are now available in our Issues in Hospital-based Practice webinar series online resource.
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In 2022, the HHP is hosting a dedicated virtual discussion space with colleagues working in the inpatient setting. This is our Inpatient Acupuncture Discussion group.
Read this article to learn more about
how to support this dedicated and unique discussion space for our inpatient acupuncture community
how to join this discussion group
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Launching the new HHP community discussion platform!
Learn more about it, who can join, and how to join in this article.
Or, if you’ve already joined, just go to the website navigation tab above, and choose “join the discussion” to log in. Looking forward to hearing from you soon!
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An update on the current subscription-based options for supporting the Hospital Handbook Project (HHP).
First Steps online resource and discussion space
The New Hospital Employee online resource and discussion space
Issues in Hospital-based Practice webinar series online resource and discussion space
and more
Thank you for supporting this community resource work!
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A 20+ minute audiovisual (aka video recording) overview of how the HHP came to be, what it is, its vision and mission, how to connect to some resources, and how to support this nonprofit community resource work. :)
Notes with timestamps and hyperlinks are included in this post.
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Find Your Trail Guides: The Hospital-practice Learning Opportunities Directory
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The Pilot ended (October 2019). It was successful.
If you an LAc treating WA state workers’ comp cases, contact WAEMA and support their practitioner-centered work.
To register for the program and get the latest program details, contact WA State L&I acupuncture program lead, Zachary Gray, PhD, and team.
keywords: projects, resources, workers' comp, return-to-work model, documentation standards
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