2016 Agenda

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.  

340B University Networking Lunch
No additional cost. 340B University pre-registration required. 

340B University
Apexus will offer a 340B University tailored to meet the needs of the family planning field. This free training will cover 340B basics such as eligibility, recertification, inventory management, Health Resources and Services Administration audit requirements, as well as hot topics, including Medicaid reimbursements and changes to the patient definition. Peer faculty will share leading practices and audit experiences in an interactive format, and participants will leave with tools to promote compliance. No additional cost. Pre-registration required. 

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

NFPRHA Board Meeting
By invitation only.

8:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Health Care Delivery Trainings
Free and limited to NFPRHA members - join prior to registering to participate. Pre-registration required.

* Sponsored by Bayer

• Coding in a Reproductive Health Care Setting
  This training will examine the coding of common reproductive health encounters. Participants will also have the opportunity to discuss the role that administrators and clinicians can play in supporting proper coding and documentation habits. NFPRHA members only. Pre-registration required.
  • Ann Finn, Healthcare Reimbursement Consultant, Ann Finn Consulting
  • Amanda Kimber, MPA, CPC-A, Director, Health Care Delivery, NFPRHA

* Sponsored by Bayer

• Strengthening Your Revenue Cycle Processes
  This session will provide participants with an assessment strategy and tool to identify strengths and weaknesses in their revenue cycle processes and to identify key performance indicators to measure their success. NFPRHA members only. Pre-registration required.
  • Daryn Eikner, MS, Vice President of Health Care Delivery, NFPRHA
  • Dawn Hickman, WHNP-NC, CEO, Famcare Inc.
  • Nancy Smit, MBA, RPT, RRT, President, R,S&F Healthcare Advisors, LLC
• Working with Health Plans
  This session will address key issues when working with health plans. Specific topics to be discussed include understanding the health plan contracting process, negotiating with health plan Medical Directors, participating in health plan clinical committees, and representing your health center as a co-equal with providers in the local medical community. NFPRHA members only. Pre-registration required.
  • Sue Gadon, MPA, Lead Consultant, SDG Health
  • Michael Policar, MD, MPH, Clinical Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco

Learn the Fundamentals of Communications Planning
Learn how to use traditional and digital media outreach to raise the visibility of your organization's mission and the value of publicly funded family planning. Participants will practice using proven communications tactics and framing various issues in the contect of advocacy to advance family planning. Best practices for building and sustaining a social media profile on Facebook and Twitter will also be covered. NFPRHA members only. Pre-registration required.

• Ponta Abadi, Publications & Digital Outreach Associate, NFPRHA
• Audrey Sandusky, MPH, Communications Director, NFPRHA

11:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. 

Medicaid Peer-to-Peer Meeting
Lunch will be served. Pre-registration required.
The NFPRHA Medicaid Peer-to-Peer meeting series brings together family planning program administrators and state Medicaid program staff to discuss key issues related to Medicaid and Medicaid-funded family planning. Content will begin with a break-out introductory session to orient participants with varying levels of experience, followed by content including topical Medicaid and Medicaid family planning issues in the states, religious refusals, provider reimbursement, and the freedom of choice principle. Lunch served. Pre-registration required.

• Alice Berger, RN, MPH, Vice President of Health Care Planning, Planned Parenthood New York City
• Colleen Connell, JD, Executive Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois
• Jessica Marcella, MPA, Senior Director, Policy & Advocacy, NFPRHA
• Catherine McKee, JD, Staff Attorney, National Health Law Program
• Davida Silverman, JD, Senior Policy Analyst, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
• Adam Sonfield, MPP, Senior Public Policy Associate, Guttmacher Institute
• Robin Summers, JD, Senior Policy Director, NFPRHA

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

NFPRHA Expert Advice Center
Get personalized advice from NFPRHA staff experts on a variety of topics, including social media, Medicaid, 340B, coding, quality improvement, performance measurement, and specialty practice designation. Slots are limited. Sign-up in the Hopkins Boardroom Foyer.

Family Planning Boot Camp 
This session will help newcomers get up to speed on programs, policy, and service delivery areas that will be included throughout the conference, and provide a strong foundation for when attendees return to their jobs. Boot Camp will cover the history of family planning, review funding and priority shifts over time, discuss a glossary of important terms and key concepts, and discuss the evolving health care delivery system. Participants will network in small peer groups to share challenges, strategies, and innovations for the field. This session is best suited for those who have been in family planning for 18 months or less. Pre-registration required.

• Karen Edlund, RN, Board Member, NFPRHA
• Daryn Eikner, MS, Vice President of Health Care Delivery, NFPRHA
• Jessica Marcella, MPA, Senior Director, Policy & Advocacy, NFPRHA
• Illysa Schrager, Manager, Executive Office, NFPRHA

Exhibit Hall Open

NFPRHA Orientation
Newcomers to NFPRHA or the National Conference are invited to learn more about NFPRHA benefits and services from staff and NFPRHA members. All are welcome.

• Amanda Kimber, MPA, CPC-A, Director, Health Care Delivery, NFPRHA
• Mindy McGrath, MPH, Policy Director, NFPRHA
• Catriona Reynolds, Clinic Manager, Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic (AK)
• Elizabeth Rich, Membership and Office Operations Associate, NFPRHA

State Medicaid Officials Affinity Group
By invitation only.

FQHC Affinity Group
By invitation only.

Opening Night Reception
Mingle with colleagues and exhibitors while enjoying a drink and heavy hors d'oeuvres in the Exhibit Hall. Attendance is included with full conference registration.

8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Exhibit Hall Open

8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

NFPRHA Membership Meeting and Opening Session
NFPRHA’s Board Chair and CEO will open the conference with a presentation of the association’s strategic priorities and financial status. Then, Dr. Mark Hathaway will provide an overview of the epidemiology of Zika virus disease, current recommendations for health care providers, and the potential impact on family planning. All attendees welcome. 

• Warren Brodine, President, W.J. Brodine & Co./Board Chair, NFPRHA (IL)
• Clare Coleman, President & CEO, NFPRHA
• Mark Hathaway, MD, MPH, Senior Technical Advisor for Family Planning,  USAID, Maternal and Child Survival Program; Unity Healthcare, Inc. (DC)

9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

NFPRHA Expert Advice Center
Meeting attendees can sign up for personalized advice on a variety of topics, including social media, Medicaid, 340B, coding, and specialty practice designation. Upon arrival at the meeting, attendees can sign up for 20-minute one-on-one sessions with NFPRHA staff experts.

Peer-to-Peer Roundtables
Share your experiences and get advice from family planning colleagues at facilitated roundtables on issues critical to the field. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage in two different 25-minute dialogues.

1. Developing and Providing Training for Sub-Recipients
Santaisha Garcia, MPA, Director of Family Planning, Family Health Council of Central Pennsylvania

2. Planning for Site Reviews
Melissa Weiler Gerber, JD, President & CEO, AccessMatters

3. Leadership Development and Succession Planning
Karen Edlund, RN, Board Member, NFPRHA

4. Insurance Contracting and Credentialing
Sue Gadon, MPA, Lead Consultant, SDG Health

5. Alternative Delivery Sites
Holly Dolan, MAT, Director of Education and Outreach, Lebanon Family Health Services

6. Advocating for Proactive State Legislation
Jodi Tomlonovic, MPA, Executive Director, Family Planning Council of Iowa

7. Outreach and Enrollment
Catriona Reynolds, Clinic Manager, Kachemak Bay Family Planning

8. Serving Special Populations
Renee McConey, MS, Director of Health Services, The Door - A Center for Alternatives

9. Becoming a Patient-Centered Specialty Practice
Sandra Williams, MPA, Senior Director, Public Health Solutions

10. Challenges with EHRs and Security
Alice Berger, RN, MPH, Vice President of Health Care Planning, Planned Parenthood of New York City

11. Strategies to Improve Cultural Competency
Nomsa Khalfani, PhD, Senior Vice President of Programs and Strategic Initiatives, California Family Health Council

12. Payer Reimbursement Challenges
Kristi Besse, Director, Revenue Management, Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota

Hill Education Trainings
Building relationships with elected officials is critical to properly representing the family planning field. Hearing directly from constituents makes the greatest impact. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of the federal budget and appropriations process and receive an overview of pending health-related bills. Attendees will learn about tools to effectively communicate about their programs during NFPRHA’s “Hill Education Day,” and follow up with federal and state legislatures.

• TRACK I: Public Employee Workshop
  This breakout is designed specifically for governmental employees who want to learn how to educate lawmakers about their programs, without crossing into the terrain of advocacy or lobbying.
  
• Jody Camp, MPH, Family Planning Section Manager, Colorado Department of Public Health
• Barbara Derman, MSW, Public Health Consultant, Reproductive Health, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
• Cynthia Harris, MCPH, Family Planning Program Manager, Washington Department of Health
• Burke Hays, MPH, Policy Manager, NFPRHA

• TRACK II: General Attendee Workshop
  A second track is designed for non-governmental employees who are interested in sharpening their advocacy skills.
  
  • Nicole Cohen, Legislative Director, Office of Representative Joe Crowley
  • Jessica Marcella, MPA, Senior Director, Policy & Advocacy, NFPRHA
  • Melanie Rainer, JD, MS, Senior Counsel, US Senate HELP Committee, Office of Senator Patty Murray
  • Laurel Sakai, JD, Women's Policy Director, US Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Office of Senator Richard Blumenthal

NFPRHA Awards Luncheon
Celebrate the outstanding work being done across NFPRHA’s membership. Honor your family planning colleagues at this annual celebration. One luncheon ticket is included with full conference registration.

OPA Update
As the field of safety-net family planning continues its modernization and alignment with the shifting health care economy, the Office of Population Affairs (OPA) has worked to provide related guidance and resources to aid in that transition. Sue Moskosky will brief attendees on the range of strategic initiatives that OPA is pursuing to support the Title X network, and to advance high-quality family planning service delivery nationwide.

• Clare Coleman, President & CEO, NFPRHA
• Susan Moskosky, MS, WHNP-BC, Acting Director, Office of Population Affairs, US Department of Health and Human Services

Workshop Session

• 340B and Medicaid: Understanding Policy & Negotiating Reimbursement
  The interaction between 340B and Medicaid continues to cause significant confusion, and is only complicated by the ACA’s addition of Medicaid managed care into the 340B mix. Experts will discuss the current available guidance, proposed omnibus, and various approaches states have taken in reimbursement. With a firm grasp on the policies at play, participants will also hear from NFPRHA members about their successful efforts to negotiate better reimbursement rates in Medicaid.
• Jennifer Allen, Director of Public Policy, Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii
• Mindy McGrath, MPH, Policy Director, NFPRHA
• Linda Wheal, Maternal Health Program Manager, Bureau of Quality Management, Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services
• Amy Yenyo, JD, Senior Policy Counsel, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
• Confidential & Covered: Revenue and Payment Privacy
  As an increasing number of patients seen at Title X health centers become insured, health centers are more frequently seeking reimbursement for covered services, which makes capturing revenue from insured patients all the more critical. The Confidential & Covered revenue logic tool was designed to measure revenue loss due to providing options for payment that do not breach privacy. Peers from the Confidential & Covered work group have tested the tool and will share what they have learned.
• Daryn Eikner, MS, Vice President of Health Care Delivery, NFPRHA
• Heidi Pollard, RN, Director of Programs and Clinical Services, Northern Indiana Maternal & Child Health Network
• Patty Vega, RN, GCPH, Program Supervisor, Marion County Health Department (OR)
• Integrating LARCs into Health Center Practices
  Providing Quality Family Planning Services (QFP) recommends that contraceptive services should include consideration of a full range of methods. However, the reality of fulfilling the promise of the QFP is often impeded by challenges associated with long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods. This session will cover the challenges, benefits, and financial ramifications of offering LARC methods.
  
• Peter Belden, Co-Founder, Upstream USA
• Cynthia Harper, PhD, Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco/Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health
• Jacki Witt, JD, MSN, WHNP-BC, SANE-A, FAANP, Director, National Clinical Training Center for Family Planning; Clinical Professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Nursing and Health Studies
• Practical Preparedness for Health Centers
  The tragedies at Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains and the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health sparked national conversation on workplace safety and security at health agencies across the nation. This workshop will highlight various precautionary measures that health centers can use in their ongoing efforts to serve as safe, welcoming access points within communities, including protestor and general threat protocols, procedures to mitigate situations with distressed patients, HIPAA security, and emergency preparedness.
  
• Ellen Gertzog, CPT, Senior Director, Affiliate Administrative Operations, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
• Shelley Miller, MS, Health Care Consultant
• Melissa Weiler Gerber, JD, President/CEO, AccessMatters
• Supreme Court Update
  This term, the Supreme Court faces a vacant seat as well as two significant cases dealing with the ACA’s contraceptive coverage requirement and abortion. This session will focus on key aspects of Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt and Zubik v. Burwell, including the background of the cases, the issues in play, Supreme Court oral arguments, and the potential implications of these cases for family planning providers and administrators.
• Leila Abolfazli, JD, Senior Counsel, Reproductive Rights and Health, National Women's Law Center
• Robin Summers, JD, Senior Policy Director, NFPRHA

Family Planning Councils of America Meeting
Attendance by invitation only.

State Family Planning Administrators Meeting
Attendance limited to state government family planning administrators only.

Monuments by Night Tour
Visit the nation’s most iconic sites on a nighttime bus tour to the national monuments. Learn about the monuments’ history from seasoned guides, and hop off the bus to experience history for yourself. Tickets available for $40. Pre-registration required.

Exhibit Hall Open

NFPRHA Expert Advice Center
Meeting attendees can sign up for personalized advice on a variety of topics, including social media, Medicaid, 340B, coding, and specialty practice designation. Upon arrival at the meeting, attendees can sign up for 20-minute one-on-one sessions with NFPRHA staff experts.

Workshop Session

• Health Center and Patient Advocacy
  Effective health care center and patient advocacy programs are important tools in advancing proactive reproductive health policies at the local, state, and national levels. But building these programs can be challenging. This session will provide resources to help participants create robust advocacy programs, with the capacity to register patients or clients to vote and mobilize them to influence key decision makers.
  
• Elizabeth Bille, Manager, Legislative & Advocacy Affairs, AltaMed Health Services Corporation
• Anna Eskamani, MPA, MNM, Director of Public Policy and Field Operations, Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida
• Claire Manning, Field Director, NFPRHA
• Hot Topics in Contraceptive Coverage and Reimbursement
  Under the Affordable Care Act, all new insurance plans must cover one form of contraception in each of the 18 FDA-approved method contraceptive categories, without cost-sharing. Despite this coverage, patients are still subjected to cost-sharing and other barriers when attempting to access their contraceptive method of choice. This session will describe new findings from the National Women’s Law Center “CoverHer” Hotline, which was established to identify and address consumer and provider concerns about accessing contraceptive coverage. Panelists will also discuss specific issues related to family planning providers obtaining reimbursements for services.
  
• Mara Gandal-Powers, JD, Counsel for Health and Reproductive Rights, National Women's Law Center
• Amanda Kimber, MPA, CPC-A, Director, Health Care Delivery, NFPRHA
• OIG Audits
  Over the last several years, audits conducted by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the provision of family planning services and supplies through state Medicaid programs have recommended that states return to the federal government millions of dollars of contraceptives that were, according to OIG, not prescribed for a family planning purpose, or where OIG stated it could not verify the family planning purpose. This session will examine the issue from the provider perspective and at the state and national levels.
• Rachel Benson Gold, MPA, Vice President for Public Policy, Guttmacher Institute
• Ruth Dayton, Interim Executive Director, Family Planning Health Services, Inc.
• Amy Moy, Vice President of Public Affairs, California Family Health Council
• Diane Welsh, JD, MBA, Attorney, Cullen Weston Pines & Bach LLP

• Performance Measures
  Performance measures allow providers to assess health care practices against evidence-based clinical guidelines and nationally recognized standards of care. This session will examine the use of key performance measures to improve the provision of family planning services.
• Lekisha Daniel-Robinson, MSPH, Coordinator, Maternal and Infant Health Initiative, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• Daryn Eikner, MS, Vice President of Health Care Delivery, NFPRHA
• Lorrie Gavin, MPH, PhD, Research Scientist, Office of Population Affairs
• Heather Maisen, MSW, MPH, Family Planning Program Manager, Public Health, Seattle & King County

• Working with Legal Advocates to Promote Access to Health Care
  This session will focus on the role that local legal aid organizations and legal advocates can play inworking on behalf of patients for better access to health care coverage. Presenters will discuss how one advocate organization conducted a “secret shopper” survey of health plan contraceptive coverage. Participants will also hear how the reproductive health community used this information to push for stronger enforcement of contraceptive coverage requirements.
• Lara Cartwright Smith, JD, MPH, Associate Research Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, George Washington University
• Elisabeth Smith, JD, Staff Attorney, Northwest Health Law Advocates
• Joel Teitelbaum, JD, LLM, Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management,  Department of Health Policy and Management, George Washington University

New Ways of Looking at Unintended Pregnancy
This session will examine current understandings of pregnancy intendedness and how pregnancy intentions relate to contraceptive preferences. Panelists will review questions of unintended pregnancy as they relate to reproductive life planning and contraceptive counseling, while recognizing the personal complexities central to this issue.

• Abigail Aiken, MD, MPH, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Office of Population Research, Princeton University
• Christine Dehlendorf, MD, Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
• Michael Policar, MD, MPH, Clinical Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco

Bridging Movements on the Path to Reproductive Justice and Health
The leaders from reproductive, social, and economic justice movements advance a collective vision in which all individuals have control over their own reproductive futures and life choices. In this session, movement leaders from three organizations will reflect on the intersections between their work and the work of safety-net family planning.

• Clare Coleman, President & CEO, NFPRHA
• Jessica González-Rojas, MPA, Executive Director, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
• Kierra Johnson, Executive Director, URGE: Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity
• Miriam Yeung, MPA, Executive Director, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum

Workshop Session

• CDC Update on "6/18 Initiative"
  The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) has worked over the past year to identify interventions to address CDC’s “6 Winnable Battles,” culminating in the “6/18 Initiative.” As a part of this initiative, CDC is partnering with payers to ensure providers receive payment for a full range of contraceptive services, and improve access to LARC methods by removing pre-approval requirements and step therapy restrictions. Presenters will discuss the successes and lessons learned during the course of this ongoing work.
• Lisa Romero, DrPH, MPH, Health Scientist, Centers for Disease Control and Protection
• Carolyn Wise, MPH, Reproductive Health Program Manager, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
• Strategies for Communicating a Changing Health Care Delivery Environment
  As organizations adapt to a changing health care delivery environment, leadership and staff must adjust and encourage new service delivery practices. Participants attending this session will learn strategies to effectively communicate with staff, and strategies for working with staff that resist change. Organizational management and internal communication tools will be provided.
• Kelly Pollard, Clinic Manager, Boulder Valley Women's Health
• Tisha Reed, MA, Deputy Director, West Virginia FREE
• Suzanne Smith, Chief Program Officer, Tapestry Health

• Tools for Improving Patient Health Insurance Literacy
  Health Care Providers are in the unique position to help their patients get covered with a health insurance plan that suits their needs, and gain the knowledge to utilize that coverage effectively. Participants in this session will learn the importance of health insurance literacy for patients and find out about useful tools to incorporate it into health center interactions. NFPRHA members will share their experiences of incorporating health insurance literacy into their outreach and enrollment efforts.
• Kalimah Johnson, Certified Application Counselor, Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan New Jersey
• Claire Manning, MPAP, Field Director, NFPRHA
• Sandra Mercorelli, Certified Application Counselor, Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan New Jersey
• Lois Uttley, MPP, Co-Founder, Raising Women's Voices for the Healthcare We Need

• Using Data to Develop a Family Planning Services Value Proposition
  This session will support members in utilizing data to develop a value proposition for family planning services. Presenters will provide an overview of data sources and share examples of successfully using data in a value proposition. Small-group activities will be facilitated to develop data-driven talking points for different audiences, such as health plans, partners, or funders. 
• Melissa Kleder, MA, Director, Health Care Delivery NFPRHA
• Ann Loeffler, MSPH, Senior Consultant, JSI Research and Training Institute
• Bré Thomas, MPA, CEO, Arizona Family Health Partnership

Medicaid Managed Care
The role of managed care in Medicaid continues to grow, bringing its own set of challenges to publicly funded family planning. This talk show-style panel discussion will explore the current impact of managed care on family planning, how things are changing, and what the future may look like.

• Leonardo Cuello, JD, Director, Health Policy, National Health Law Program
• Michael Policar, MD, MPH, Clinical Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco
• Dana Thomas, JD, Government Relations Director, Executive Branch, Anthem, Inc. 

Griswold v. Connecticut Gala Reception
NFPRHA’s only fundraiser of the year will be held at the historic Decatur House, just steps away from the White House. Discounted tickets available with full conference registration.

Hill Education Day Breakfast
Learn how to effectively advocate for Title X during NFPRHA's Capitol Hill Advocacy Day. Learn about the budget and appropriations process and what a Hill advocacy visit entails. NFPRHA will also review materials included in the legislative packet and provide logistics for the day.

• Burke Hays, MPH, Policy Manager, NFPRHA

Confidential & Covered Work Group
By invitation only.

Hill Education Day
NFPRHA encourages National Conference attendees to meet with their congressional offices while they are in the Washington, DC, area. NFPRHA will arrange congressional visits for interested attendees and provide transportation to and from the Westin Alexandria and Capitol Hill. Pre-registration required.