Oregon Office of Rural Health Rural Health Clinic

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Oregon Office of Rural Health Rural Health Clinic COVID-19 Listening Session Facilitator: Rochelle Schultz Spinarski Rural Health Solutions April 23, 2020 Welcome! Please put your name and clinic name in the chat box and your phone on mute. Thank you! Agenda: Updates COVID-19 Roundtable Discussion If you missed prior RHC COVID-19 listening sessions: Rural Health Clinic COVID-19 Listening Session 1, March 23, 2020 Responses to questions posted here: https://www.ohsu.edu/sites/default/files/2020-04/RHC%20Questions%20Answered%20032620.pdf. Recording and slides here: https://www.ohsu.edu/oregon-office-of-rural-health/orh-covid-19-resources-rural-health. Rural Health Clinic COVID-19 Listening Session 2 April 9, 2020 Video Slides Local EOC List January 2020 Notes Updates Continued Phase 3.5 Legislation - $225 MILLION grant program exclusively for federally certified Rural Health Clinics for testing and related expenses associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Details on how this money will be distributed still need to be worked out but NARHC expects that EVERY federally certified Rural Health Clinic will receive money from this fund. Oregon case and county-level data, go to the Oregon Health Authority website, which OHA updates once a day: www.healthoregon.org/coronavirus Summary tables of OHA’s “epi curve” and “persons tested tables” are available at: OHA Data Dashboard Oregon revised guidelines for COVID-19 testing to prioritize populations disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 and all frontline workers: those living or working in congregate care or group living facilities: communities most impacted by health disparities and health inequities essential frontline workers CMS guidance on telehealth billing for RHCs Framework for Restarting Non-Emergent Elective Procedures in Medical and Dental Offices, https://www.oregon.gov/gov/Documents/executive_orders/eo_20-10.pdf Listening Session Key Areas for Roundtable Discussion Polls Do you have the capacity to test anyone who presents with COVID-19 symptoms or concerns? Are you developing/do you have plans to operate in a COVID-19 –present environment? Discussion: Operating in a COVID-19 – Present Environment Key elements to your plan (e.g., COVID-19 operational changes made that will be sustained) and key considerations or concerns identified during planning process. Discussion: Operating in a COVID-19 – Present Environment What are the key elements to your plan (e.g., COVID-19 operational changes made that will be sustained)? What key considerations or concerns did you identify during planning process? Poll: Future - quarterly OR RHC webinar discussions. Resources to Support Operations & Community RHIhub RHIhub: Rural COVID-19 Innovations Small hospital’s experience with a surge in patients Surge plans, tools and guidance to resume operations COVID-19 Resources Oregon Office of Rural Health: https://www.ohsu.edu/oregon-office-of-rural-health/orh-covid-19-resources-rural-health Oregon Health Authority: https://www.oregon.gov/oha/ph/pages/index.aspx OHA – COVID-19 Updates: https://govstatus.egov.com/OR-OHA-COVID-19 (sign up