APRIL 7, 2020
Q&A WEBINAR FOR VAYA HEALTH PROVIDERS DATE/TIME CHANGE: Thursday, April 9, 2020, 3 – 3:45 p.m. Registration is not required. There is no limit to the number of attendees who can join. Please note this will be a live broadcast. All attendees will be muted throughout the broadcast. Attendees will be able to submit questions for the presenters through the Q&A feature. Q&AWEBINAR FOR VAYA HEALTH PROVIDERS
Q&A WEBINAR FOR VAYA INNOVATIONS PROVIDERS Thursday, April 9, 2020, 4 – 5 p.m. Registration is not required. There is no limit to the number of attendees who can join. Please note this will be a live broadcast. All attendees will be muted throughout the broadcast. Attendees will be able to submit questions for the presenters through the Q&A feature. Q&AWEBINAR FOR VAYA INNOVATIONS PROVIDERS
FBI GUIDANCE: DEFENDING AGAINST VIDEO TELECONFERENCING HIJACKING, ZOOM-BOMBING The U.S. HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently issued guidance that providers may provide “good faith provision of telehealth using such non-public facing audio or video communication products during the COVID-19 nationwide public health emergency.” Vaya has received inquiries from providers about the security and privacy of video teleconferencing (VTC) technologies, particularly Zoom. While we expect providers to make their own appropriate VTC platform selections and consider any associated risks, you may find the following FBI guidance helpful.
Read more: FBI Warns of Teleconferencing and Online Classroom Hijacking During COVID-19 Pandemic
OCR ISSUES ALERT: INDIVIDUAL POSING AS OCR INVESTIGATOR The OCR reports that an individual posing as an OCR investigator has contacted HIPAAcovered entities in an attempt to obtain protected health information (PHI). The individual identifies themselves on the telephone as an OCR investigator but does not provide an OCR-complaint transaction number or any other verifiable information relating to an OCR investigation. HIPAA-covered entities and business associates should alert their staff and can take action to verify that someone is an OCR investigator by asking for the investigator’s email address, which will end in @hhs.gov, and asking for a confirmation email from the OCR investigator’s hhs.gov email address. If organizations have questions or concerns, please email OCRMail@hhs.gov. Suspected incidents of individuals posing as federal law enforcement should be reported to the FBI. Additionally, the FBI has issued a public service announcement about COVID-19-related fraud schemes. Read more: FBI Sees Rise in Fraud Schemes Related to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic
FREE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES QUESTION, PERSUADE, REFER (QPR): WEB-BASED SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States. During the global pandemic, when fear, anxiety and depression are heightened for many people, thoughts of suicide may be more common. It’s important to know about available support strategies. Vaya’s Provider Education Team will offer three “Question, Persuade, Refer” (QPR) trainings on Thursdays in April. Each training is limited to 25 participants. To register, click on the specific training listed below QPR WEBINAR: April 16, 2020, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. QPR WEBINAR: April 23, 2020, 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. QPR WEBINAR: April 30, 2020, 10 a.m. - 12 a.m.
RE-IMAGINING COMMUNITY: SUPPORTING MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION OF PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS Tuesday, April 14, 2020, 2 - 3:30 p.m. Sponsored by the N.C. Division of MH/DD/SAS, the i2i Center for Integrative Health and I'm IN: 2020, this free webinar series focuses on ways to build and maintain meaningful connections with people with mental illness (and the rest of us) during this period of isolation. If you have questions, please email Michael Owen at michael@i2icenter.org.
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N.C. DHHS ANNOUNCES HOTLINE FOR CRITICAL WORKERS SEEKING CHILD CARE OPTIONS N.C. DHHS has partnered with the N.C. Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) network to launch a hotline to provide childcare options for critical workers who do not have access to typical care because of COVID-19 closures. Workers who need childcare can call 1-888-600-1685 to learn about local options for care for children (from infants through age 12). The hotline is available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Read more: NCDHHS Announces Hotline for Critical Workers Seeking Child Care Options
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