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HIV Care Services Group - Part B Meeting 2017


The 2017 Ryan White HIV Care Services Part B Meeting was held on June 15-16 in Austin. Presentations and supporting documents for this meeting are found below.

 

Agenda

June 15, 2017

8:30 – 8:45 a.m.

Introduction

Janina Vazquez

 
8:45 – 10:00 a.m.

Linking Surveillance and Prevention to Create Better Pathways to Care

Janina Vazquez
Anthony Lee

HIV diagnoses and linkage by HSDA - 2015 (Excel : 166 kB)
Texas HIV Cascade - 1 and 3 month linkage to care (Excel : 113 kB)

10:00 – 11:00 a.m.

ARIES Contracts, Common Issues, and Best Practices

Anthony Lee                
Michelle Berkoff

ARIES Contracts, Common Issues, and Best Practices (Excel : 120 kB) 

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Administrative Agency Presentations Part 1 

TRG- Reimagining Your Care System: On-boarding New Providers
Lubbock- Challenges in accessing HIV care in rural areas, the fragile financial state of the rural area programs


12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m. Lunch

1:30 – 2:30 p.m.

Billing Medicaid, PoLR and Third Party Verification Systems 

Charles Henley

Payer of Last Resort-Requirements (PDF : 54 kB)
Financial Eligibility Sample Table (Word : 19 kB)
Third Party Payer Sample (Word : 21 kB)
2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Administrative Agency Presentations Part 2 BVCOG- Reallocations from the AA Perspective 
STDC- Pap Parties 

3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Breaking Down Acuity: Why it’s only for MCM in the new SOC Laura Jasso                                  
Ann Dills		  

June 16, 2017

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.

Rapid Fire Clinical Updates:

  • Adult Safety Net (ASN)
  • Breast and Cervical Cancer Screenings
  • DSHS Quit Line

Brian Rosemond

Adult Safety Net Program (PDF : 201 kB)
Breast and Cervical Cancer Services (PDF : 512 kB)
DSHS Quit Line (PDF : 50 kB)

9:00 – 9:30 a.m.

 HOPWA 2017 Updates Blade Berkman HOPWA Update (PDF : 532 kB)
How to Pay your HOPWA Worker (Word : 15 kB)
How to Pay your HOPWA Worker 2 (Excel : 21 kB)

9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

 Standards of Care (SOC) Technical Assistance: The review, revision process, and link to PCN 16-02 Rhonda Stewart
April Marek		 Policy Clarification Notice PCN 16-02 (PDF : 84 kB)

10:30 – 11:30 a.m.

Monitoring:

  • Direct Contractors
  • Sub of Subs
  • Practices for using the SOC Monitoring Tools

Rhonda Stewart                                  
Janina Vazquez
 

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

 The Waiver Process Jessica Conly
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.

The planning process, allocation formulas, and reallocation policy expectations

Jesse Carter

  

1:30 – 2:00 p.m.

Debrief

Care Services Staff

 

2:00 – 5:00 p.m.

 Lunch
Care Services Panel 		Care Services Staff  


 

Last updated June 12, 2020