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Upcoming Meetings
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Bronx County Reentry Task Force. 2nd Thursday of each month. Next meetings: June 13 and July 11 (1:30-3:30). Location: 851 Grand Concourse (at the intersection of 161st Street) in Room 915. More info: Christopher McLaughlin (chriscmclaughlin@gmail.com).
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HIV Bronx Advocacy Network Meeting (Hep C Focus). June 13th (6 pm). Location: Bronxworks, 455 East 148th Street, Bronx, NY. Hadiyah Charles, Hep C Advocacy Manager at Harm Reduction Coalition will be speaking about the Hep C Testing Bill. To RSVP: Socrates Caba (bbaan2011@gmail.com).
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NYC 2013 World Hepatitis Day Planning Call. June 18th (Noon - 1PM). RSVP: Nicole Bannister, MPH nbannister@cbwchc.org.
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Calling all Youth & Students interested in raising awareness about Hep B & C! Join the Team HBV/HCV NYC (Youth & Student Initiative) Meeting. June 20th (3-5 PM). Department of Health Building, Long Island City. RSVP: Andrew Huang (ahuang4@health.nyc.gov).
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NYC Hep C Testing and Linkage to Care Alliance 2nd Quarterly Meeting. June 26th (3 – 5 pm). Harm Reduction Coalition: 22 W 27 Street 5th Floor. To register or for more information, please contact Hadiyah Charles at hcharles@harmreduction or (21) 213-6376 ext 30.
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Save the Date! NYC Hep C Research Consortium. September 26th (9 AM - 4 PM. Location: 26 Federal Plaza. To learn more, contact: Ashly Jordan (ajordan2@health.nyc.gov).
Ongoing
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NYC Hep B & C Patient Support Groups
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National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable Monthly Federal Policy Call. First Monday of month (2:00 ET) More Info: info@nvhr.org.
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Medicaid Redesign Team Pharmacy Stakeholder Call. Third Wednesday of month. RSVP.
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National Hep B Task Force Monthly Call. Third Wednesday of month (3:30 - 4:30 PM). Join.
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Coalition against Hepatitis in People of African Origin (CHIPO) Monthly Call. Fourth Monday of month (3- 4 PM). A Committee of the National Hep B Task Force. Join.
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Medicaid Managed Care Advisory Review Panel Monthly Conference Call. RSVP: MCMeet@health.state.ny.us.
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Education & Training
Live Training
Online Training
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News, Articles & Reports
News
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2013 National Hispanic Hepatitis Awareness Day - Report of Activities.
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New Newsletter | American Liver Foundation - Liver Lowdown June 2013.
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Twin epidemics: HIV and Hepatitis C in the urban Northeast. Health Canal.
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High Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection (HCV) in Asian Americans in a Community Primary Care Clinic. Healio Infectious Disease.
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$50,000 Prisoner Prescription: Inmates Get Expensive Hepatitis C Treatment. CALIFORNIA. CBS Sacramento.
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Yale Researchers Urge More Street Work When Studying People With Both HIV, Hepatitis C. CONNECTICUT. Hartford Courant.
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Risky Shots: PAKISTAN. While the use, reuse and misuse of syringes continues, Dr Quaid Saeed, at the World Health Organisation (WHO) does not see the government or health specialists winning the battle against the spread of hepatitis C virus in Pakistan. Of Pakistan’s 180 million, an estimated 12 to 15m are infected with various forms of hepatitis viruses.
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Hepatitis B treatment to improve. China Daily. China is to further standardize and streamline the diagnosis and treatment for hepatitis B in hospitals in rural areas to reduce the social damage caused by the disease. Hepatitis B is one of the most widely spread contagious diseases in the country, with about 20 million sufferers, of which about 11 million live in rural areas, according to official statistics.
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Feds: Hepatitis B no barrier to health practice. Bloomberg Business Week. Peter Nguyen was a promising medical student when his school learned that he had tested positive for the hepatitis B virus. He said he was blackballed by school administrators and forced to halt his studies.
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Long-term effects similar for two-, three-dose regimens of hepatitis A vaccine. Healio.com. Patients vaccinated against hepatitis A using a three-dose regimen were similarly protected compared with two-dose recipients more than 14 years later in a recent study.
Reports
Articles
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New Advocacy Resources
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HealthHCV is a new Initiative focusing on Advocacy, Education and Training & Research and Evaluation
Action Alerts!
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HHS Solicits Public Input on the Renewal of ``Combating the Silent Epidemic of Viral Hepatitis, Action Plan for the Prevention, Care, and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis.'' A copy of the Action Plan and the Viral Hepatitis Action Plan Interagency Implementation Progress Report--Year 1 are available at www.aids.gov/news-and-events/hepatitis/. Electronic responses are strongly preferred and may be addressed to Corinna.Dan@hhs.gov.
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NYS Hep C Testing Bill (A01286 or S02750) or (A10595-2011). To get involved in this issue, contact: Hadiyah Charles, Hep C Advocacy Manager hcharles@harmreduction or (21) 213-6376 ext 30.
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Ant-Mandatory Mail-order Pharmacy Update: NYS Medicaid Managed Care Patients should now be able to purchase their medications from the pharmacy of their choice. NYS Medicaid Managed Care Pharmacy has launched a Pharmacy Benefit Information Center. When specific patient issues arise, providers can email the NYS DOH Pharmacy Program or call the pharmacy line at 518-486-3209. Be prepared to share patient specific information including Medicaid Client ID & name of health plan for follow-up.
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1 organ donor can save up to 8 lives: register to be an organ donor today! www.hatethewait.org
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Program Resources
Hep B & C Community Testing Programs. Planning a Hepatitis Awareness Event? Connect with a program that provides Hep B or C Testing!
Free Hep C Rapid Test Kits!
For organizations meeting eligibility requirements. Provided by the NY State Department of Health. Contact: CAf03@health.state.ny.us.
Free Hep B & C Testing & Hep B Vaccination in Immigrant Communities
African Services Committee provides free Hep B & C Testing & Hep B Vaccination Monday - Thursday. Walk-ins welcome. (212) 222-3882
African Services Committee is seeking immigrant service organizations to collaborate with to provide testing. To learn more, contact: Hari Shankar hari.shankar@mssm.edu.
 French Hep B Screening Radio Spot. 53 seconds (MP3)
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Hep C Care & Treatment for the Uninsured
NY State Department of Health funded Hep C comprehensive care & treatment program for uninsured or under-insured Hep C mono-infected patients. Eligible patients qualify for care and treatment at no cost. To learn more, contact: Jocelyn.camacho@mountsinai.org.
Reimbursable Alcohol Screening & intervention
All Hep B & C Patients should be screened for alcohol use and provided with alcohol reduction counseling. Screening, Brief Intervention & Referral for Treatment (SBIRT) for Alcohol & Substance Abuse is a billable service under Medicaid, Medicare and Commercial Insurance.
NYC Department of Health will provide free training & work flow and/or Electronic Health Record integration & implementation support at your program. Contact: John R. McAteer, LCSW-R, SBIRT Health Care Systems Coordinator.
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Health Care Access Resources
NYS Medicaid Managed Care Pharmacy has launched a Pharmacy Benefit Information Center. When specific patient issues arise, providers can email the NYS DOH Pharmacy Program or call the pharmacy line at (518) 486-3209. Be prepared to share patient specific information including Medicaid Client ID & name of health plan for follow-up.
NYS & the Affordable Care Act
NY State Health Care Exchange Information
Expedite referral to NYC's Public Hospitals (HHC)
'High volume referrers' can register to refer online with HHC Advantage. This can reduce the HHC intake process from two to one day.
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Optimize Your Practice: Schedule a Visit with NYC Department of Health PCIP's Billing Team
By scheduling a visit from the NYC REACH billing team, member practices have recovered hundreds of thousands of dollars in reimbursements. Learn how you can receive assistance on p. 4.
New Program to Support Specialists Serving Medicaid Patients
NYC REACH is expanding its outreach and technical services to specialists who see Medicaid patients in the five NYC boroughs. This new grant will help specialists qualify for up to $63,750 under the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program for the adoption, implementation, and upgrade of a certified EHR and “Meaningful Use†achievement. Read more about the program on p. 8.
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Cultural Comic Books: Educating Asian Americans about Hep B
There’s the story of a young Chinese American couple planning on getting married, but on the day of the proposal the bride-to-be confesses to her fiance that she has hepatitis B. Then there’s the one about a Korean immigrant family in which the father, who prefers traditional Asian medicine over Western medicine, discovers that his brother has liver cancer. Lastly, there’s the story of a Vietnamese American nail salon owner whose husband is diagnosed with hepatitis B, which was probably contracted by sharing razors with an infected roommate in college. No, these are are not vignettes from an Asian American film about coincidence.* These are cautionary tales used in cultural, comic book-like photonovels that were developed to raise hepatitis B awareness among Asian Americans–the racial/ethnic group with the greatest risk of contracting hepatitis.
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