The Basics of Medicare for Ryan White Program Clients
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A clinic-based substance abuse screening and treatment program is described. Using the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment model, this provides annual proactive screening of alcohol/drug use, with a brief provider response and a follow-up motivational interviewing brief intervention, with treatment provided by an embedded provider.
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Oklahoma has been classified by the Department of Health and Human Services as one of the seven states with a high rural HIV burden. Test-and-treat protocols are feasible within high-volume HIV clinics which serve rural and underserved communities to minimize the time to the first appointment to decrease time to viral load suppression.
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This presentation focuses on peer-based training for engaging consumer voices in HIV providers' quality improvement efforts. Community-based, peer-led efforts impact HIV care program effectiveness. Peer-led training concentrating on client advocacy and involvement in quality improvement is another method for promoting intentional collaboration between HIV service programs and people with HIV.
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This workshop will explore the implementation of peer-led, evidence-informed interventions for transgender women with HIV. The programs are Healthy Divas, and Transgender Women Engagement and Entry to Care Project (T.W.E.E.T.). Attendees will learn the core elements of these interventions and how they improve engagement in care, treatment adherence, and viral suppression in Alabama and Michigan.
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Community Health Workers (CHWs) were added to the care team to work with clients with poor treatment adherence and not viral load suppression (VLS). Clients benefited from CHW services that contributed to VLS in over 50% of the clients assigned to them. CHWs are vital in ending the epidemic in challenging client populations
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This session will discuss the impact of innovative automation on fiscal management, client consents, data sharing, and Ryan White eligibility determination across the subrecipients of the EMA, saving time, effort, and costs leading to improved service delivery, outcomes, and program workflow.
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The presentation will describe how CAREWare and eligibility integration eased access to services by clients in our jurisdictions. Presenters will be to provide Ryan White jurisdictions with actionable ideas and processes to integrate their CAREWare and eligibility processes to improve access to services, reporting, monitoring, and quality management.
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The Marketplace Open Enrollment period lasts only six weeks in most states, and RWHAP programs face challenges in ensuring eligible clients are enrolled or renew their coverage. Participants will gain new strategies for creating effective enrollment partnerships as well as how to prepare staff, partners, and clients for Open Enrollment.
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This session is an overview of a Part F dental program's two-year journey to increase access to oral healthcare for people with HIV. The number of clients served, which was stagnant for several years, increased by 126% over the two-year initiative through increased collaboration and integration, dental case management, and innovative ways to increase capacity.
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Massachusetts' statewide HIV Dental Services program is a unique collaboration across Ryan White Parts A and B to ensure all eligible residents with HIV in need of oral health services receive them. Data show that access to the program is associated with improved care continuum outcomes.
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Transgender women and men are at markedly elevated risk for HIV. This session reviews a successful four-pronged approach to building the capacity of a large multi-site RWHAP-funded community health center network, in collaboration with a community-based organization, to improve delivery of HIV primary care to transgender women and men.
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This presentation will focus on practical considerations in developing data-to-care efforts across providers and community partners, including system mapping processes, navigating complex legal structures, data requirements, barriers, and opportunities. Participants will do a self-assessment to identify where they are in their data-to-care efforts and pathways toward next steps.
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Presenters will review strategies for community health worker (CHW) workforce development. They will also discuss the creation of certification systems, development of training opportunities, preservation of a community based CHW workforce, and financing mechanisms to support CHW positions. In addition, presenters will discuss the importance of CHW engagement and involvement in state policymaking and planning.
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Community Health Workers (CHWs) are an important member of the healthcare delivery team linking organizations to the broader community and patients to care. Successful CHW integration is dependent on multiple factors. This interactive institute will detail strategies for integrating CHW models in HIV care based on a 10-site evaluation.
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This presentation will discuss the rapid antiretroviral treatment (ART) programs implemented at the University Health System in the San Antonio metropolitan area and the Baltimore City Health Department clinics, as well as preliminary results post-implementation, lessons learned, and plans for future quality improvement in both programs.
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The initiation of individualized support groups for people with HIV has shown significant improvements in viral load suppression rates for participants. Baseline viral suppression rates measured at group enrollment were 35.5% (n=31). Viral suppression rates for the end of the year showed 100% of participants being suppressed (n=31).
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Alliance for Positive Change, a New York City community-based organization, will present its pioneering peer training and workforce development initiatives that create opportunities for low-income New Yorkers with shared, lived experiences to re-enter the workforce. Additionally, presenters will provide an overview of the proven health and psychosocial benefits of returning to work for people with HIV.
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This presentation offers insights from a successful quality improvement (QI) project to improve three-day linkage to care in a large urban federally qualified health center (FQHC) network. Attendees will learn concrete strategies to improve linkage to care, including changes to policy and workflow, as well as new approaches to using data for QI.
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Rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) after diagnosis can increase the number of patients arriving for appointments, shorten time to viral suppression, and promote health equity. The presenters share key lessons learned through the implementation process at a large HIV clinic in the South with the theme of partnerships.
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