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The Student Borrower Protection Center is holding a webinar panel series on student loans. Webinars will be held on August 2 (Addressing the Flaws of the Current Student Loan Collection System), August 9 (Solutions to Address Student Loan Default and Collections), and August 16 (The Role of States in Reforming Our Broken Student Loan Collection System).
Details may be accessed here.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force posted today a final research plan on interventions to prevent falls in community-dwelling older adults. The draft research plan for this topic was posted for public comment from April 21, 2022, to May 18, 2022. The Task Force reviewed all comments that were submitted and took them into consideration as it finalized the research plan.
The plan can be obtained at Recommendation: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce (uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org).
Findings from a study published in JAMA Network Open suggest that payer-specific factors are correlated with health spending variation among Medicare beneficiaries, Medicaid beneficiaries, and the commercially insured and that payer-specific policies will be necessary to improve efficiency in the US health sector.
The article can be obtained at Geographical Variation in Health Spending Across the US Among Privately Insured Individuals and Enrollees in Medicaid and Medicare | Health Care Economics, Insurance, Payment | JAMA Network Open | JAMA Network.
The House passed two mental health bills pertaining to higher education last month. HR 5407, Enhancing Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Through Campus Planning Act, would direct the Department of Education to encourage institutions of higher education to develop and implement evidence-based comprehensive campus mental health and suicide prevention plans. HR 6493, Campus Prevention and Recovery Services for Students Act of 2022, would reauthorizes and revises the illicit drug and alcohol abuse prevention program, including by expanding the program to include efforts to prevent substance misuse on campuses. Both bills have been introduced in the Senate, awaiting further action.
Inside Higher Ed’s coverage may be accessed here. The bills may be accessed here and here.
The 2022 Summer Meeting of the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) Council took place in Washington, DC on Monday, June 27, 2022. The theme of this year’s meeting was “Advancing Interprofessional Education and Practice Through Collaborations”. ASAHP was represented by ASAHP Partnerships, Alliances and Advocacy Committee and Interprofessional Task Force Chair Dr. Anthony Breitbach.
View full meeting report written by Dr. Anthony Breitbach here.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Education released their notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on student loans and affordability issues, including the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. The Department is accepting public comments through August 12.
The NPRM may be accessed here. A July 6 Department of Education press release is available here.
On Friday, the Biden Administration extended the Covid-19 public health emergency declaration through October 13, 2022. This allows for the continuation of benefits including access to coronavirus testing, vaccines, treatments, and telehealth services.
The declaration may be accessed here.
The three-digit number, 988, for the suicide and crisis lifeline officially launched on Saturday. In 2020, Congress designated the new 988 dialing code to be operated through the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
More details may be accessed here.
Medicare’s home health benefit is used by patients to access post-acute care or help in managing chronic conditions, but restrictions limit its potential to improve their health and well-being. A recent blog from the Commonwealth Fund discusses insights from interviews with a diverse group of Medicare home health users to understand the experiences and challenges they face.
The blog can be obtained at Improving Help at Home: Medicare Beneficiaries’ and Caregivers’ Experiences | Commonwealth Fund.
Our next board member spotlight is Jon Williamson, PhD, FASAHP. Dr. Williamson serves as a member of the Board of Directors. In addition to his role on the Board, Dr. Williamson is a member of the Leadership Development Committee and currently Dean of the School of Health Professions at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
The Geriatrics Academic Career Award (GACA) Program supports the career development of individual junior faculty in geriatrics at accredited schools of allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine, nursing, social work, psychology, dentistry, pharmacy, or allied health as academic geriatrics specialists and to provide clinical training in geriatrics, including the training of interprofessional teams of health care professionals. There are 26 expected awards, and the estimated post date for the opportunity is August 11, 2022, and the estimated application due date is November 10, 2022.
More details may be accessed here.
The American Council on Education, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Education, will hold a webinar to help campus leaders learn about the temporary changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program and how they can help borrowers who are seeking to have their student loan debt forgiven. These changes expand the benefit to more nonprofit employees and will aid numerous college and university employees, students, alumni, and their families. Join this webinar to learn from a Department of Education expert about how to take advantage of these changes and submit waivers by the October 31 deadline. The event will be held on Tuesday, July 12 at 2:00pm Eastern.
Registration is available here.
The Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) has released the Area Health Resources Diversity Dashboard, which allows users to access detailed demographic information at the national and state levels for nearly 40 healthcare occupations.
The dashboard can be obtained at Area Health Resources Files (hrsa.gov).
Washington, D.C. – The Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP) is pleased to announce that The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and Winston-Salem State University are co-recipients of ASAHP’s 2022 Award for Institutional Excellence and Innovation in Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Health Care. In addition, two member institutions, Duquesne University and the University of Oklahoma, received the Program of Merit for their submissions. The recipients will be recognized and present their award-winning programs in October at the 2022 ASAHP Annual Conference in Long Beach, CA. In addition, the recipients will participate in a panel discussion webinar in November.
“Through the innovation and dedication of our multidisciplinary member institutions, ASAHP continues to lead the way in interprofessional health education (IPE) and practice (IPCP). We are proud to be a collaborative resource and advocate for our membership who serve students, faculty, professional accrediting bodies, and practitioners through instruction, research and service,” said ASAHP President Deb Larsen, PhD, FASAHP. “Congratulations to The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and Winston-Salem State University for their outstanding achievement in IPE and IPCP.”
The Winston-Salem State University School of Health Sciences team is led by University Professor and Interim Dean LesLee Battle, EdD who said, “We are honored to receive this award and believe it is a testament to the value of incorporating Interprofessional Education (IPE) into our curriculum. Our committed faculty has worked hard to ensure that the next generation of health science students enters the workforce with the knowledge, skills and attitude to provide meaningful quality healthcare through team collaboration.”
The team at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is led by Dr. Jacqueline Mok, Vice President for Academic, Faculty and Student Affairs. Dr. Mok praised the work of stakeholders across the institution for the success of Linking Interprofessional Networks for Collaboration (LINC) and added, “This award is testament to the university-wide infrastructure we have developed through the LINC program under the leadership of director, Dr. Joseph Zorek. LINC has been successful due to the strong commitment to interprofessional collaboration and buy-in at all levels from our executive leadership team to Deans to faculty, staff and students from all five of our schools.”
About ASAHP
The Association of School Advancing Health Professions (ASAHP) is a national professional organization of 130 universities and employers focused on critical issues affecting allied health education. ASAHP’s mission is to advance health through interprofessional collaboration.
Contact:
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ASAHP
The John A. Hartford Foundation has a new special report on Aging with Disabilities in America.
It can be obtained at Next Avenue Special Report: Aging with Disabilities in America (johnahartford.org).
Today, the House Appropriations Committee released its report for the FY 23 Labor-HHS-Education bill. The Committee will mark up the bill tomorrow at 9am.
The markup may be viewed here. The Committee’s press release and bill report may be accessed here. Chair Rosa DeLauro’s (D-CT) statement may be accessed here.
Last week, OMB provided updates on the rulemaking process for the Certification Procedures portion of the higher education Notice for Proposed Rulemaking. The Department of Education is scheduled to issue proposed regulations in April 2023, open to public comment for at least 30 days. If final regulations are released by November 1, 2023, they will become effective July 1, 2024. ASAHP has concerns about rulemaking on state authorization reciprocity as well as professional licensure.
Clinical experience is a core requirement of many allied health programs for graduation, and many of our members place students in out of state clinical rotations. State authorization reciprocity agreements have been vital in allowing our member institutions to provide these necessary clinical experiences. We have joined NC-SARA in recommending replacement language to the Department of Education.
More details may be accessed here.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today a new model aimed at improving cancer care for Medicare patients and lowering health care costs. The Enhancing Oncology Model (EOM) was designed to test how to improve health care providers’ ability to deliver care centered around patients, consider patients’ unique needs, and deliver cancer care in a way that will generate the best possible patient outcomes.
More information about the EOM can be obtained at Enhancing Oncology Model | CMS.
On Saturday, President Biden signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law. The bill is the first gun control legislation to become law in nearly three decades. The bill includes spending for school security and mental health treatment. ASAHP joined the Federation of Schools of the Health Professions (FASHP) in a letter of support sent to congressional leaders last week.
The support letter may be accessed here.
On Thursday, the Department of Education released its proposed Title IX regulations. The proposed regulations will be open for public comment for 60 days from the date of publication in the Federal Register. The Department will engage in a separate rulemaking to address Title IX's application to athletics.
The Department’s press release and more details are available here.
