Community Health Center Chat

On our first episode of season 2 of CHC Chat, we speak with Stephan Gorman, CEO of RCxRules. Stephan discusses the importance of accurate HCC coding, and how utilized properly, can secure accurate RAF scores, and improve financial performance in value-based care contracts. For more information on RCxRules visit their site at: https://www.rcxrules.com/hcc-coding-software and for more information on an integrated EHR solution, visit http://www.nextgen.com/chc

We talk with Maurice Denis, Associate Vice President of Membership and Marketing at National Association of Community Health Centers. We discuss who the NACHC is, what they do, and how they do it. As a resource, they benefit not only community health centers and providers, but patients, lobbying for more support of our nations FQHC’s and CHC’s on Capital Hill. To find out more about the NACHC checkout their website at http://www.nachc.org

On this episode, we talk to Nick Hughey, COO of Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center. Nick talks about the health center, the patients they serve, and the unique challenges the Waianae Coast presents to their FQHC, the largest in Hawaii. We learn how they overcome provider burnout, leveraging mobile, and virtual scribe to augment the tools available for providers. Nick is also hosting a detailed webinar on how they overcome the challenges and develop opportunities to not only help patients more effectively, but with increased quality of work life. Register for the live webinar, or the recorded replay here. Webinar: Overcome Provider Burnout.

We talk with Chris Emper, President of Emper Healthcare Advisors, and Government Affairs Advisor at NextGen Healthcare about what comprises an FQHC, the regulations they face, and funding sources. Affordable Care Act, Bi-partison Budget Act, and the Support for Patients and Communities Act are all hot topics facing the future of FQHC/CHC's. To get more information on FQHC and regulations check out this webinar on demand that covers all the bases and explains how regulations affect FQHC’s and CHC’s: https://ng.nextgen.com/RWB-Changing-Community-Health-FB

We spend a few minutes with Carmela Castellano-Garcia, President and CEO of the CPCA at the CPCA’s Annual Conference in San Diego CA. Celebrating 25 years, we talk about their beginnings, their mission, and their future in supporting California’s health centers. For more information on some of the topics we covered, check out http://www.nextgen.com/chc

This episode we talk with Brian Murphy of Chilmark Research as he prepares for a webinar on successful value-based care through analytics with NextGen Healthcare. Brian shares a little about who Chilmark Research is, the value analytics play in value-based care and a value-based care payer model, and what we'll be covering on the upcoming webinar. To get the webinar recording, register here: Webinar Registration

We spend a few minutes with Cherie Holmes-Henry, Vice President of Government and Industry Affairs at NextGen Healthcare. Cherie takes us through what the federal funding deadline means for community health centers, it's impact, and what we can do to ensure we secure funding for our futures. 

We chat briefly with Tom Farmer, specialty director of community health at NextGen Healthcare about the NACHC CHI Expo in Chicago, the challenges Community health centers face, and the trends that are emerging. Get a more in depth look a NACHC CHI Expo and watch the panel discussion here.