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This year our pre-work and sessions are designed to provide registrants with the opportunity to review an application with subject matter experts to better understand deeming application requirements
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ECRI Clinical Risk Management resources are available at no cost to all HRSA-funded health centers on behalf of HRSA. To activate your account and access the resources, please email Clinical_RM_Program@ecri.org.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is pleased to announce the 2026 FTCA Deeming Application Clinic. This clinic offers an invaluable opportunity to deepen your understanding of the deeming application process, making it simpler and more approachable.
Attending the 2026 FTCA Deeming Application Clinic offers health centers comprehensive guidance on the application process, expert insights from HRSA, strategies to improve application quality, role-specific learning sessions, enhanced risk management practices, and valuable networking opportunities to share experiences and solutions.
There is evidence that participation in the FTCA Deeming Application Clinic improves the quality of health center application submissions.
This is a great opportunity to engage directly with experts, ask questions, and prepare your team to complete your FTCA 2027 Deeming Application!
By the end of the clinic, attendees who complete all assignments and fully participate will have completed a significant part of the requirements for this year's application submission.
Health Centers and their providers who complete all necessary pre-clinical work, all required surveys, and attend all sessions will receive compliance credit for this year’s FTCA Redeeming and Deeming Applications in the following areas:
1. Risk Management Annual Required Trainings
2. Quarterly Risk Assessments
3. Risk Management Report to the Board
TBD
Cara Wzorek, MA, MW
3:35 PM – 3:50 PM 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Sarah Creswell, RN, MSN, CPHQ, CPPS 3:10 PM – 3:25 PM 5:45 PM – 6:15 PM
Christopher Gibbs, JD, MPH, LHCRMFederal Tort Claims Act Policy and Compliance Team Lead
Federal Tort Claims Act Program
Sarah Creswell, RN, MSN, CPHQ, HEM, CPPSSarah Creswell, RN, MSN, CPHQ, HEM, CPPS, Senior Patient Safety Analyst/Consultant, ECRI
Sarah Creswell joined ECRI in February 2019 and currently serves as a patient safety, risk, and quality analyst and consultant. Her roles and responsibilities in this position include maintaining expertise in malpractice claims trends and other topics of interest to HRSA-funded health centers and free clinics and researching and writing content for guidance articles, webinars, conference presentations, toolkits, and self-assessment checklists. She is a registered nurse with over 17 years of healthcare experience in a multitude of settings including pharmacy, clinical laboratory, behavioral health, ambulatory care, medical-surgical nursing, and healthcare quality. Ms. Creswell previously served as patient safety coordinator and quality coordinator for health systems, where she supported safety and quality processes across medical, surgical, nursing, ancillary, and ambulatory departments. She is a member of the National Association for Healthcare Quality. Ms. Creswell has written and presented on topics such as coordination of care transitions and the role of ambulatory nursing leadership in mammography screening.
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This presentation will provide an overview of the Annual Report to the Board, as well as commonly identified issues and do’s and don’ts.
2:25 PM – 2:35 PM 
CDR Angela Richardson, Ph.D, LCSWPublic Health Analyst
Federal Tort Claims Act Policy and Compliance Team
Federal Tort Claims Act Program
This presentation will provide an overview of requirements for Quality Improvement, Quality Assurance, Credentialing and Privileging, and Claims Management.
Amanda Keaton, RN 4:05 PM – 4:25 PM Christopher Gibbs, JD, MPH, LHCRMFederal Tort Claims Act Policy and Compliance Team Lead
Federal Tort Claims Act Program
Amanda Keaton, RN
Adam P. Kehler, CISSPAdam has over 25 years of experience in technology including 14 years performing consulting services in Health Information Privacy and Security. Adam is experienced in conducting a variety of security and compliance assessments in health information security against standards such as HIPAA, MARS-e, IRS, SOC2, and ISO 27001. This builds on his experience as a Software Developer, Systems Administrator, Business Analyst, Project Manager, and Operations Manager. Adam has held a CISSP certification since 2010 and has focused primarily on Health Information Privacy and Security Consulting since that time performing Security Risk Assessment and Compliance services for Healthcare organizations focused on meeting HIPAA and Meaningful Use requirements. Adam has a proven ability to address the most technical aspects of information security while maintaining an ability to translate complex issues to non-technical audiences.
This presentation will review updates to cybersecurity regulations for health centers, as well as advancements in cybersecurity technology and third-party breaches.
2:25 PM – 2:35 PM 
Matthew R. Streger, Esq. Matthew R. Streger is a paramedic and attorney with more than thirty-five years of EMS experience. Matthew is a Partner at the law firm of Keavney & Streger in New Jersey where he focuses his practice on the needs of EMS agencies and healthcare providers. He is the recipient of the 2018 New Jersey State Bar Association Health Law Distinguished Service Award, the 2012 Service to the Bar Award, and led his agency to the 2014 New Jersey EMS System of the Year Award. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He is also a Principal at the consulting and education firm of EMSaegis, LLC.
Matthew has practiced law since 2006. He is a past Chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association Health Law Section and a past leader in the Young Lawyers Division. Matthew previously worked in EMS systems in New Jersey, New York, South Carolina and Ohio. He served as the Executive Director of Mobile Health Services (EMS) at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Jersey and the Deputy Commissioner of EMS in Cleveland. He was a member of the Panel of Commissioners for the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services (CAAS) from 2015 to 2020, and is a principal member of the CAAS 4.0 Standards Committee.
Matthew completed his Paramedic Training at the UMDNJ School of Health-Related Professions in Newark, New Jersey. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration from the City University of New York, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, a Master of Public Administration Degree from Clemson University, and a Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University School of Law.
Matthew actively serves as a Per-Diem EMT for the Cherry Hill Fire Department EMS in New Jersey.
This presentation will provide an overview of sexual misconduct policies, including important components for health centers.
Amanda Keaton, RN 4:05 PM – 4:25 PM Christopher Gibbs, JD, MPH, LHCRMFederal Tort Claims Act Policy and Compliance Team Lead
Federal Tort Claims Act Program
Amanda Keaton RN
Cara Wzorek, MA, MWCCara Wzorek, MA, MWC, Program Manager, Ambulatory Risk Management Services, ECRI
Cara Wzorek is program manager for ambulatory risk management services at ECRI and editor of Ambulatory Care Risk Management. She has been with ECRI’s Patient Safety, Risk, and Quality team for more than 18 years, the last 10 of which have been working with programs in support of health centers and free clinics on behalf of HRSA. As part of that program, Ms. Wzorek leads development of ECRI's webinars, toolkits, guidance documents, and outreach to federally qualified health centers, providing evidence-based recommendations for improving patient safety and reducing risk to providers in FQHCs. She has written and spoken on a wide variety of topics, ranging from test tracking and follow-up to drug diversion and workplace violence prevention. Ms. Wzorek holds a Master's degree from Temple University (Philadelphia, PA); she is also a medical writer certified™ (MWC).
Sarah Creswell, RN, MSN, CPHQ, HEM, CPPSSarah Creswell, RN, MSN, CPHQ, HEM, CPPS, Senior Patient Safety Analyst/Consultant, ECRI
Sarah Creswell joined ECRI in February 2019 and currently serves as a patient safety, risk, and quality analyst and consultant. Her roles and responsibilities in this position include maintaining expertise in malpractice claims trends and other topics of interest to HRSA-funded health centers and free clinics and researching and writing content for guidance articles, webinars, conference presentations, toolkits, and self-assessment checklists. She is a registered nurse with over 17 years of healthcare experience in a multitude of settings including pharmacy, clinical laboratory, behavioral health, ambulatory care, medical-surgical nursing, and healthcare quality. Ms. Creswell previously served as patient safety coordinator and quality coordinator for health systems, where she supported safety and quality processes across medical, surgical, nursing, ancillary, and ambulatory departments. She is a member of the National Association for Healthcare Quality. Ms. Creswell has written and presented on topics such as coordination of care transitions and the role of ambulatory nursing leadership in mammography screening.
This presentation will provide a review of the purpose and requirements of quarterly risk assessments and demonstrate how to implement a quarterly risk assessment as part of a comprehensive risk management program.
1:25-1:30pm
Sylvia Garcia-Houchins, MBA, RN, CICSylvia Garcia-Houchins is the Director, Infection Prevention and Control in the Division of Healthcare Improvement. In this role, she is responsible for the oversight of infection prevention and control for The Joint Commission.
Ms. Garcia-Houchins has over 30 years of experience in infection control in both hospital and long term care settings, as well as eight years of clinical microbiology experience. Most recently, she served as the Director, Infection Control at University of Chicago Medicine and was also an intermittent consultant for Joint Commission Resources for 10 years. Ms. Garcia-Houchins has provided infection prevention and control consultation, assessment and education in a variety of health care settings including hospitals, health clinics, ambulatory surgery, and dialysis centers both
domestically and internationally. Her specialty areas of interest include disinfection and sterilization, dialysis, infection prevention during renovation and construction, and control of Legionella. One of the highlights of her career has been training health care professionals in Saudi Arabia as Infection Preventionists. She served as a test writer and reviewer for the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, and has also authored numerous articles and book chapters related to infection control including a chapter in the APIC Text and the Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization Chapter in The APIC/JCR Infection Prevention and Control Workbook, Third Edition.
Ms. Garcia-Houchins earned a degree in biochemistry and molecular biology from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, a master’s of business administration from the Keller Graduate School of Management, and her nursing degree from Truman College and common maintenance required for table-top sterilizers.
This presentation will focus on sterilization practices in dentistry, including the correct workflow to prevent cross contamination, interpretation of manufacturer instructions, administrative, biological, and chemical controls, and common maintenance required for a table-top sterilizers.
2:45-2:50pm
Linda Burke MD, MS, FACOG Linda Burke MD, MS, FACOG is a Diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrician-Gynecologists, a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians-Gynecologists, and has over 35 years of clinical experience.
Dr. Burke received her Doctor of Medicine from Boston University School of Medicine, a Master of Science from Columbia University School of Social Work, and a post-baccalaureate certificate in clinical informatics from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
She has worked relentlessly to reduce preventable stillbirths and maternal mortality throughout her professional career, including the National Health Service Corps, county health departments, community health centers, and on Native American reservations. In addition, she was an HRSA contractor for almost two decades as a subject expert and is quite adept at managing high-risk pregnancies and women with complex medical conditions.
She is a former member of ACOG District 12 Perinatal/Morbidity Committee, a volunteer Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine, and the author of The Smart Mother’s Guide to a Better Pregnancy prenatal book. In addition, she recently founded WHYS™ (We Hear You, Sister!), an online database directory of Black Obstetrician-Gynecologist physicians.
Dr. Burke is from Brooklyn, N.Y. but has lived in Florida for over two decades and is the mother of two sons who continue to make her proud.
This presentation will focus on reducing healthcare disparities and improving maternal care, including strategies to improve patient safety, reduce liability, and raise awareness about cognitive bias that results in poor medical decision-making.
4:05-4:10pm Adam P Kehler, CISSPAdam has over 25 years of experience in technology including 14 years performing consulting services in Health Information Privacy and Security. Adam is experienced in conducting a variety of security and compliance assessments in health information security against standards such as HIPAA, MARS-e, IRS, SOC2, and ISO 27001. This builds on his experience as a Software Developer, Systems Administrator, Business Analyst, Project Manager, and Operations Manager. Adam has held a CISSP certification since 2010 and has focused primarily on Health Information Privacy and Security Consulting since that time performing Security Risk Assessment and Compliance services for Healthcare organizations focused on meeting HIPAA and Meaningful Use requirements. Adam has a proven ability to address the most technical aspects of information security while maintaining an ability to translate complex issues to non-technical audiences.
This presentation will encompass cybersecurity regulations pertinent to federally qualified health centers, present-day cybersecurity threats in healthcare and security practices to address threats, and how to respond to data breaches.
Amanda Keaton RN Christopher Gibbs, JD, MPH, LHCRMFederal Tort Claims Act Policy and Compliance Team Lead
Federal Tort Claims Act Program
Amanda Keaton RN CDR Angela Richardson, Ph.D., LCSWPublic Health Analyst
Federal Tort Claims Act Policy and Compliance Team
Federal Tort Claims Act Program
Christopher Gibbs, JD, MPH, LHCRM 12:40-12:45pm 
Cara Wzorek, MA, MWCCara Wzorek, MA, MWC, Program Manager, Ambulatory Risk Management Services, ECRI
Cara Wzorek is program manager for ambulatory risk management services at ECRI and editor of Ambulatory Care Risk Management. She has been with ECRI’s Patient Safety, Risk, and Quality team for more than 18 years, the last 10 of which have been working with programs in support of health centers and free clinics on behalf of HRSA. As part of that program, Ms. Wzorek leads development of ECRI's webinars, toolkits, guidance documents, and outreach to federally qualified health centers, providing evidence-based recommendations for improving patient safety and reducing risk to providers in FQHCs. She has written and spoken on a wide variety of topics, ranging from test tracking and follow-up to drug diversion and workplace violence prevention. Ms. Wzorek holds a Master's degree from Temple University (Philadelphia, PA); she is also a medical writer certified™ (MWC).
Sarah Creswell, RN, MSN, CPHQ, HEM, CPPSSarah Creswell, RN, MSN, CPHQ, HEM, CPPS, Senior Patient Safety Analyst/Consultant, ECRI
Sarah Creswell joined ECRI in February 2019 and currently serves as a patient safety, risk, and quality analyst and consultant. Her roles and responsibilities in this position include maintaining expertise in malpractice claims trends and other topics of interest to HRSA-funded health centers and free clinics and researching and writing content for guidance articles, webinars, conference presentations, toolkits, and self-assessment checklists. She is a registered nurse with over 17 years of healthcare experience in a multitude of settings including pharmacy, clinical laboratory, behavioral health, ambulatory care, medical-surgical nursing, and healthcare quality. Ms. Creswell previously served as patient safety coordinator and quality coordinator for health systems, where she supported safety and quality processes across medical, surgical, nursing, ancillary, and ambulatory departments. She is a member of the National Association for Healthcare Quality. Ms. Creswell has written and presented on topics such as coordination of care transitions and the role of ambulatory nursing leadership in mammography screening.
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This presentation will review the purpose and requirements of reporting risk management activities to the governing board and demonstrate best practices for creating and delivering the annual risk management report to the board.
1:45-1:50pm
Christine Callahan RN, MBAChristine Callahan RN, MBA has over 22 years of operational healthcare experience and has successfully launched many start up physician practices in the PA/NJ/DE area over the past 10 years. Ms. Callahan’s past work experience includes working as a Director of Ambulatory Nursing for Pacificare [FHP] Health Plan located in southern California and Assistant to the Regional Executive Director for a staff model federally qualified HMO in the New England area. Chris attended Boston College School of Nursing where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and then went on to get her Masters in Business Administration in Virginia. Chris brings a great deal of operational experience to physician practices and health centers by targeting high risk areas to help promote high quality and safe patient care.
This presentation will review HRSA requirements for credentialing and privileging (C&P) and provide recommendations for creation of robust and successful C&P processes.
3:10-3:15pm 
Mary Christofferson, Esq.Mary Christofferson is a senior attorney in the Claims and Employment Law Branch of the General Law Division. Before joining GLD as a staff attorney in 2014, Mary was a contractor for HRSA reviewing and assisting in revising Free Clinic applications as well as redeeming applications submitted by Community Health Centers seeking Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) coverage under the Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act (FSHCAA). At GLD, Mary focuses on tort cases involving the FTCA, FSHCAA, Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, as well as Waiver and TOUHY requests. Mary is admitted to the New York Bar and received her law degree from Albany Law School in upstate New York.
This presentation will provide an explanation of the claims process and the role of the grantee in the claims process.
4:30-4:35pm Amanda Keaton RN Christopher Gibbs, JD, MPH, LHCRMFederal Tort Claims Act Policy and Compliance Team Lead
Federal Tort Claims Act Program
Amanda Keaton RN Cara Wzorek, MA, MWCCara Wzorek, MA, MWC, Program Manager, Ambulatory Risk Management Services, ECRI
Cara Wzorek is program manager for ambulatory risk management services at ECRI and editor of Ambulatory Care Risk Management. She has been with ECRI’s Patient Safety, Risk, and Quality team for more than 18 years, the last 10 of which have been working with programs in support of health centers and free clinics on behalf of HRSA. As part of that program, Ms. Wzorek leads development of ECRI's webinars, toolkits, guidance documents, and outreach to federally qualified health centers, providing evidence-based recommendations for improving patient safety and reducing risk to providers in FQHCs. She has written and spoken on a wide variety of topics, ranging from test tracking and follow-up to drug diversion and workplace violence prevention. Ms. Wzorek holds a Master's degree from Temple University (Philadelphia, PA); she is also a medical writer certified™ (MWC).
Sarah Creswell, RN, MSN, CPHQ, HEM, CPPSSarah Creswell, RN, MSN, CPHQ, HEM, CPPS, Senior Patient Safety Analyst/Consultant, ECRI
Sarah Creswell joined ECRI in February 2019 and currently serves as a patient safety, risk, and quality analyst and consultant. Her roles and responsibilities in this position include maintaining expertise in malpractice claims trends and other topics of interest to HRSA-funded health centers and free clinics and researching and writing content for guidance articles, webinars, conference presentations, toolkits, and self-assessment checklists. She is a registered nurse with over 17 years of healthcare experience in a multitude of settings including pharmacy, clinical laboratory, behavioral health, ambulatory care, medical-surgical nursing, and healthcare quality. Ms. Creswell previously served as patient safety coordinator and quality coordinator for health systems, where she supported safety and quality processes across medical, surgical, nursing, ancillary, and ambulatory departments. She is a member of the National Association for Healthcare Quality. Ms. Creswell has written and presented on topics such as coordination of care transitions and the role of ambulatory nursing leadership in mammography screening.
This presentation will provide a review of the purpose and requirements of quarterly risk assessments and demonstrate how to implement a quarterly risk assessment as part of a comprehensive risk management program.
11:25-11:30am Sylvia Garcia-Houchins, MBA, RN, CICSylvia Garcia-Houchins is the Director, Infection Prevention and Control in the Division of Healthcare Improvement. In this role, she is responsible for the oversight of infection prevention and control for The Joint Commission.
Ms. Garcia-Houchins has over 30 years of experience in infection control in both hospital and long term care settings, as well as eight years of clinical microbiology experience. Most recently, she served as the Director, Infection Control at University of Chicago Medicine and was also an intermittent consultant for Joint Commission Resources for 10 years. Ms. Garcia-Houchins has provided infection prevention and control consultation, assessment and education in a variety of health care settings including hospitals, health clinics, ambulatory surgery, and dialysis centers both
domestically and internationally. Her specialty areas of interest include disinfection and sterilization, dialysis, infection prevention during renovation and construction, and control of Legionella. One of the highlights of her career has been training health care professionals in Saudi Arabia as Infection Preventionists. She served as a test writer and reviewer for the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, and has also authored numerous articles and book chapters related to infection control including a chapter in the APIC Text and the Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization Chapter in The APIC/JCR Infection Prevention and Control Workbook, Third Edition.
Ms. Garcia-Houchins earned a degree in biochemistry and molecular biology from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, a master’s of business administration from the Keller Graduate School of Management, and her nursing degree from Truman College and common maintenance required for table-top sterilizers.
This presentation will focus on sterilization practices in dentistry, including the correct workflow to prevent cross contamination, interpretation of manufacturer instructions, administrative, biological, and chemical controls, and common maintenance required for a table-top sterilizers.
12:45-12:50pm Linda Burke MD, MS, FACOG Linda Burke MD, MS, FACOG is a Diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrician-Gynecologists, a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians-Gynecologists, and has over 35 years of clinical experience.
Dr. Burke received her Doctor of Medicine from Boston University School of Medicine, a Master of Science from Columbia University School of Social Work, and a post-baccalaureate certificate in clinical informatics from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
She has worked relentlessly to reduce preventable stillbirths and maternal mortality throughout her professional career, including the National Health Service Corps, county health departments, community health centers, and on Native American reservations. In addition, she was an HRSA contractor for almost two decades as a subject expert and is quite adept at managing high-risk pregnancies and women with complex medical conditions.
She is a former member of ACOG District 12 Perinatal/Morbidity Committee, a volunteer Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine, and the author of The Smart Mother’s Guide to a Better Pregnancy prenatal book. In addition, she recently founded WHYS™ (We Hear You, Sister!), an online database directory of Black Obstetrician-Gynecologist physicians.
Dr. Burke is from Brooklyn, N.Y. but has lived in Florida for over two decades and is the mother of two sons who continue to make her proud.
This presentation will focus on reducing healthcare disparities and improving maternal care, including strategies to improve patient safety, reduce liability, and raise awareness about cognitive bias that results in poor medical decision-making.
2:05-2:10pm Adam P Kehler, CISSPAdam has over 25 years of experience in technology including 14 years performing consulting services in Health Information Privacy and Security. Adam is experienced in conducting a variety of security and compliance assessments in health information security against standards such as HIPAA, MARS-e, IRS, SOC2, and ISO 27001. This builds on his experience as a Software Developer, Systems Administrator, Business Analyst, Project Manager, and Operations Manager. Adam has held a CISSP certification since 2010 and has focused primarily on Health Information Privacy and Security Consulting since that time performing Security Risk Assessment and Compliance services for Healthcare organizations focused on meeting HIPAA and Meaningful Use requirements. Adam has a proven ability to address the most technical aspects of information security while maintaining an ability to translate complex issues to non-technical audiences.
This presentation will encompass cybersecurity regulations pertinent to federally qualified health centers, present-day cybersecurity threats in healthcare and security practices to address threats, and how to respond to data breaches.
Amanda Keaton RN Christopher Gibbs, JD, MPH, LHCRMFederal Tort Claims Act Policy and Compliance Team Lead
Federal Tort Claims Act Program
Amanda Keaton RN CDR Angela Richardson, Ph.D., LCSWPublic Health Analyst
Federal Tort Claims Act Policy and Compliance Team
Federal Tort Claims Act Program
Christopher Gibbs, JD, MPH, LHCRM 10:40-10:45am Cara Wzorek, MA, MWCCara Wzorek, MA, MWC, Program Manager, Ambulatory Risk Management Services, ECRI
Cara Wzorek is program manager for ambulatory risk management services at ECRI and editor of Ambulatory Care Risk Management. She has been with ECRI’s Patient Safety, Risk, and Quality team for more than 18 years, the last 10 of which have been working with programs in support of health centers and free clinics on behalf of HRSA. As part of that program, Ms. Wzorek leads development of ECRI's webinars, toolkits, guidance documents, and outreach to federally qualified health centers, providing evidence-based recommendations for improving patient safety and reducing risk to providers in FQHCs. She has written and spoken on a wide variety of topics, ranging from test tracking and follow-up to drug diversion and workplace violence prevention. Ms. Wzorek holds a Master's degree from Temple University (Philadelphia, PA); she is also a medical writer certified™ (MWC).
Sarah Creswell, RN, MSN, CPHQ, HEM, CPPSSarah Creswell, RN, MSN, CPHQ, HEM, CPPS, Senior Patient Safety Analyst/Consultant, ECRI
Sarah Creswell joined ECRI in February 2019 and currently serves as a patient safety, risk, and quality analyst and consultant. Her roles and responsibilities in this position include maintaining expertise in malpractice claims trends and other topics of interest to HRSA-funded health centers and free clinics and researching and writing content for guidance articles, webinars, conference presentations, toolkits, and self-assessment checklists. She is a registered nurse with over 17 years of healthcare experience in a multitude of settings including pharmacy, clinical laboratory, behavioral health, ambulatory care, medical-surgical nursing, and healthcare quality. Ms. Creswell previously served as patient safety coordinator and quality coordinator for health systems, where she supported safety and quality processes across medical, surgical, nursing, ancillary, and ambulatory departments. She is a member of the National Association for Healthcare Quality. Ms. Creswell has written and presented on topics such as coordination of care transitions and the role of ambulatory nursing leadership in mammography screening.
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This presentation will review the purpose and requirements of reporting risk management activities to the governing board and demonstrate best practices for creating and delivering the annual risk management report to the board.
11:45-11:50am Christine Callahan RN, MBAChristine Callahan RN, MBA has over 22 years of operational healthcare experience and has successfully launched many start up physician practices in the PA/NJ/DE area over the past 10 years. Ms. Callahan’s past work experience includes working as a Director of Ambulatory Nursing for Pacificare [FHP] Health Plan located in southern California and Assistant to the Regional Executive Director for a staff model federally qualified HMO in the New England area. Chris attended Boston College School of Nursing where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and then went on to get her Masters in Business Administration in Virginia. Chris brings a great deal of operational experience to physician practices and health centers by targeting high risk areas to help promote high quality and safe patient care.
This presentation will review HRSA requirements for credentialing and privileging (C&P) and provide recommendations for creation of robust and successful C&P processes.
1:10-1:15pm Mary Christofferson, Esq.Mary Christofferson is a senior attorney in the Claims and Employment Law Branch of the General Law Division. Before joining GLD as a staff attorney in 2014, Mary was a contractor for HRSA reviewing and assisting in revising Free Clinic applications as well as redeeming applications submitted by Community Health Centers seeking Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) coverage under the Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act (FSHCAA). At GLD, Mary focuses on tort cases involving the FTCA, FSHCAA, Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, as well as Waiver and TOUHY requests. Mary is admitted to the New York Bar and received her law degree from Albany Law School in upstate New York.
This presentation will provide an explanation of the claims process and the role of the grantee in the claims process.
2:30-2:35pm Amanda Keaton RN Christopher Gibbs, JD, MPH, LHCRMFederal Tort Claims Act Policy and Compliance Team Lead
Federal Tort Claims Act Program
Amanda Keaton RN Cara Wzorek, MA, MWCCara Wzorek, MA, MWC, Program Manager, Ambulatory Risk Management Services, ECRI
Cara Wzorek is program manager for ambulatory risk management services at ECRI and editor of Ambulatory Care Risk Management. She has been with ECRI’s Patient Safety, Risk, and Quality team for more than 18 years, the last 10 of which have been working with programs in support of health centers and free clinics on behalf of HRSA. As part of that program, Ms. Wzorek leads development of ECRI's webinars, toolkits, guidance documents, and outreach to federally qualified health centers, providing evidence-based recommendations for improving patient safety and reducing risk to providers in FQHCs. She has written and spoken on a wide variety of topics, ranging from test tracking and follow-up to drug diversion and workplace violence prevention. Ms. Wzorek holds a Master's degree from Temple University (Philadelphia, PA); she is also a medical writer certified™ (MWC).
Sarah Creswell, RN, MSN, CPHQ, HEM, CPPSSarah Creswell, RN, MSN, CPHQ, HEM, CPPS, Senior Patient Safety Analyst/Consultant, ECRI
Sarah Creswell joined ECRI in February 2019 and currently serves as a patient safety, risk, and quality analyst and consultant. Her roles and responsibilities in this position include maintaining expertise in malpractice claims trends and other topics of interest to HRSA-funded health centers and free clinics and researching and writing content for guidance articles, webinars, conference presentations, toolkits, and self-assessment checklists. She is a registered nurse with over 17 years of healthcare experience in a multitude of settings including pharmacy, clinical laboratory, behavioral health, ambulatory care, medical-surgical nursing, and healthcare quality. Ms. Creswell previously served as patient safety coordinator and quality coordinator for health systems, where she supported safety and quality processes across medical, surgical, nursing, ancillary, and ambulatory departments. She is a member of the National Association for Healthcare Quality. Ms. Creswell has written and presented on topics such as coordination of care transitions and the role of ambulatory nursing leadership in mammography screening.
This presentation will provide a review of the purpose and requirements of quarterly risk assessments and demonstrate how to implement a quarterly risk assessment as part of a comprehensive risk management program.
7:25 – 7:30 pm Sylvia Garcia-Houchins, MBA, RN, CICSylvia Garcia-Houchins is the Director, Infection Prevention and Control in the Division of Healthcare Improvement. In this role, she is responsible for the oversight of infection prevention and control for The Joint Commission.
Ms. Garcia-Houchins has over 30 years of experience in infection control in both hospital and long term care settings, as well as eight years of clinical microbiology experience. Most recently, she served as the Director, Infection Control at University of Chicago Medicine and was also an intermittent consultant for Joint Commission Resources for 10 years. Ms. Garcia-Houchins has provided infection prevention and control consultation, assessment and education in a variety of health care settings including hospitals, health clinics, ambulatory surgery, and dialysis centers both
domestically and internationally. Her specialty areas of interest include disinfection and sterilization, dialysis, infection prevention during renovation and construction, and control of Legionella. One of the highlights of her career has been training health care professionals in Saudi Arabia as Infection Preventionists. She served as a test writer and reviewer for the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, and has also authored numerous articles and book chapters related to infection control including a chapter in the APIC Text and the Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization Chapter in The APIC/JCR Infection Prevention and Control Workbook, Third Edition.
Ms. Garcia-Houchins earned a degree in biochemistry and molecular biology from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, a master’s of business administration from the Keller Graduate School of Management, and her nursing degree from Truman College and common maintenance required for table-top sterilizers.
This presentation will focus on sterilization practices in dentistry, including the correct workflow to prevent cross contamination, interpretation of manufacturer instructions, administrative, biological, and chemical controls, and common maintenance required for a table-top sterilizers.
8:45-8:50pm Linda Burke MD, MS, FACOG Linda Burke MD, MS, FACOG is a Diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrician-Gynecologists, a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians-Gynecologists, and has over 35 years of clinical experience.
Dr. Burke received her Doctor of Medicine from Boston University School of Medicine, a Master of Science from Columbia University School of Social Work, and a post-baccalaureate certificate in clinical informatics from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
She has worked relentlessly to reduce preventable stillbirths and maternal mortality throughout her professional career, including the National Health Service Corps, county health departments, community health centers, and on Native American reservations. In addition, she was an HRSA contractor for almost two decades as a subject expert and is quite adept at managing high-risk pregnancies and women with complex medical conditions.
She is a former member of ACOG District 12 Perinatal/Morbidity Committee, a volunteer Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine, and the author of The Smart Mother’s Guide to a Better Pregnancy prenatal book. In addition, she recently founded WHYS™ (We Hear You, Sister!), an online database directory of Black Obstetrician-Gynecologist physicians.
Dr. Burke is from Brooklyn, N.Y. but has lived in Florida for over two decades and is the mother of two sons who continue to make her proud.
This presentation will focus on reducing healthcare disparities and improving maternal care, including strategies to improve patient safety, reduce liability, and raise awareness about cognitive bias that results in poor medical decision-making.
10:05-10:10 pm Adam P Kehler, CISSPAdam has over 25 years of experience in technology including 14 years performing consulting services in Health Information Privacy and Security. Adam is experienced in conducting a variety of security and compliance assessments in health information security against standards such as HIPAA, MARS-e, IRS, SOC2, and ISO 27001. This builds on his experience as a Software Developer, Systems Administrator, Business Analyst, Project Manager, and Operations Manager. Adam has held a CISSP certification since 2010 and has focused primarily on Health Information Privacy and Security Consulting since that time performing Security Risk Assessment and Compliance services for Healthcare organizations focused on meeting HIPAA and Meaningful Use requirements. Adam has a proven ability to address the most technical aspects of information security while maintaining an ability to translate complex issues to non-technical audiences.
This presentation will encompass cybersecurity regulations pertinent to federally qualified health centers, present-day cybersecurity threats in healthcare and security practices to address threats, and how to respond to data breaches.
Amanda Keaton RN Christopher Gibbs, JD, MPH, LHCRMFederal Tort Claims Act Policy and Compliance Team Lead
Federal Tort Claims Act Program
Amanda Keaton RN CDR Angela Richardson, Ph.D., LCSWPublic Health Analyst
Federal Tort Claims Act Policy and Compliance Team
Federal Tort Claims Act Program
Christopher Gibbs, JD, MPH, LHCRM 11:40-11:45pm Cara Wzorek, MA, MWCCara Wzorek, MA, MWC, Program Manager, Ambulatory Risk Management Services, ECRI
Cara Wzorek is program manager for ambulatory risk management services at ECRI and editor of Ambulatory Care Risk Management. She has been with ECRI’s Patient Safety, Risk, and Quality team for more than 18 years, the last 10 of which have been working with programs in support of health centers and free clinics on behalf of HRSA. As part of that program, Ms. Wzorek leads development of ECRI's webinars, toolkits, guidance documents, and outreach to federally qualified health centers, providing evidence-based recommendations for improving patient safety and reducing risk to providers in FQHCs. She has written and spoken on a wide variety of topics, ranging from test tracking and follow-up to drug diversion and workplace violence prevention. Ms. Wzorek holds a Master's degree from Temple University (Philadelphia, PA); she is also a medical writer certified™ (MWC).
Sarah Creswell, RN, MSN, CPHQ, HEM, CPPSSarah Creswell, RN, MSN, CPHQ, HEM, CPPS, Senior Patient Safety Analyst/Consultant, ECRI
Sarah Creswell joined ECRI in February 2019 and currently serves as a patient safety, risk, and quality analyst and consultant. Her roles and responsibilities in this position include maintaining expertise in malpractice claims trends and other topics of interest to HRSA-funded health centers and free clinics and researching and writing content for guidance articles, webinars, conference presentations, toolkits, and self-assessment checklists. She is a registered nurse with over 17 years of healthcare experience in a multitude of settings including pharmacy, clinical laboratory, behavioral health, ambulatory care, medical-surgical nursing, and healthcare quality. Ms. Creswell previously served as patient safety coordinator and quality coordinator for health systems, where she supported safety and quality processes across medical, surgical, nursing, ancillary, and ambulatory departments. She is a member of the National Association for Healthcare Quality. Ms. Creswell has written and presented on topics such as coordination of care transitions and the role of ambulatory nursing leadership in mammography screening.
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This presentation will review the purpose and requirements of reporting risk management activities to the governing board and demonstrate best practices for creating and delivering the annual risk management report to the board.
7:45-7:50pm Christine Callahan RN, MBAChristine Callahan RN, MBA has over 22 years of operational healthcare experience and has successfully launched many start up physician practices in the PA/NJ/DE area over the past 10 years. Ms. Callahan’s past work experience includes working as a Director of Ambulatory Nursing for Pacificare [FHP] Health Plan located in southern California and Assistant to the Regional Executive Director for a staff model federally qualified HMO in the New England area. Chris attended Boston College School of Nursing where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and then went on to get her Masters in Business Administration in Virginia. Chris brings a great deal of operational experience to physician practices and health centers by targeting high risk areas to help promote high quality and safe patient care.
This presentation will review HRSA requirements for credentialing and privileging (C&P) and provide recommendations for creation of robust and successful C&P processes.
9:10-9:15pm Mary Christofferson, Esq.Mary Christofferson is a senior attorney in the Claims and Employment Law Branch of the General Law Division. Before joining GLD as a staff attorney in 2014, Mary was a contractor for HRSA reviewing and assisting in revising Free Clinic applications as well as redeeming applications submitted by Community Health Centers seeking Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) coverage under the Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act (FSHCAA). At GLD, Mary focuses on tort cases involving the FTCA, FSHCAA, Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, as well as Waiver and TOUHY requests. Mary is admitted to the New York Bar and received her law degree from Albany Law School in upstate New York.
This presentation will provide an explanation of the claims process and the role of the grantee in the claims process.
10:30-10:35pm Amanda Keaton RNTo prepare for the interactive sessions, please complete the pre-work exercises before the start of the Deeming Clinic. The exercises in the Pre-Work Booklet below were designed to help Deeming Clinic attendees gain practical experience in completing an application. Please bring the pre-work to the session and submit any questions that you may have ahead of the deeming clinic regarding the prework via this link:XXXXX
Participants will be able to ask questions via an ECRI link that ECRI will manage.
Director of RSP Healthcare Services Risk, Security, and Privacy
Adam has over 25 years of experience in technology including 14 years performing consulting services in Health Information Privacy and Security. Adam is experienced in conducting a variety of security and compliance assessments in health information security against standards such as HIPAA, MARS-e, IRS, SOC2, and ISO 27001. This builds on his experience as a Software Developer, Systems Administrator, Business Analyst, Project Manager, and Operations Manager. Adam has held a CISSP certification since 2010 and has focused primarily on Health Information Privacy and Security Consulting since that time performing Security Risk Assessment and Compliance services for Healthcare organizations focused on meeting HIPAA and Meaningful Use requirements. Adam has a proven ability to address the most technical aspects of information security while maintaining an ability to translate complex issues to non-technical audiences.
Director of Ambulatory Nursing for Pacificare [FHP]
Christine Callahan RN, MBA has over 22 years of operational healthcare experience and has successfully launched many start up physician practices in the PA/NJ/DE area over the past 10 years. Ms. Callahan’s past work experience includes working as a Director of Ambulatory Nursing for Pacificare [FHP] Health Plan located in southern California and Assistant to the Regional Executive Director for a staff model federally qualified HMO in the New England area. Chris attended Boston College School of Nursing where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and then went on to get her Masters in Business Administration in Virginia. Chris brings a great deal of operational experience to physician practices and health centers by targeting high risk areas to help promote high quality and safe patient care.
Program Manager, Ambulatory Risk Management Services, ECRI
Cara Wzorek is program manager for ambulatory risk management services at ECRI and editor of Ambulatory Care Risk Management. She has been with ECRI’s Patient Safety, Risk, and Quality team for more than 18 years, the last 10 of which have been working with programs in support of health centers and free clinics on behalf of HRSA. As part of that program, Ms. Wzorek leads development of ECRI's webinars, toolkits, guidance documents, and outreach to federally qualified health centers, providing evidence-based recommendations for improving patient safety and reducing risk to providers in FQHCs. She has written and spoken on a wide variety of topics, ranging from test tracking and follow-up to drug diversion and workplace violence prevention. Ms. Wzorek holds a Master's degree from Temple University (Philadelphia, PA); she is also a medical writer certified™ (MWC).
Director, Infection Prevention and Control Division of Healthcare Improvement
Sylvia Garcia-Houchins is the Director, Infection Prevention and Control in the Division of Healthcare Improvement. In this role, she is responsible for the oversight of infection prevention and control for The Joint Commission.
Ms. Garcia-Houchins has over 30 years of experience in infection control in both hospital and long term care settings, as well as eight years of clinical microbiology experience. Most recently, she served as the Director, Infection Control at University of Chicago Medicine and was also an intermittent consultant for Joint Commission Resources for 10 years. Ms. Garcia-Houchins has provided infection prevention and control consultation, assessment and education in a variety of health care settings including hospitals, health clinics, ambulatory surgery, and dialysis centers both domestically and internationally. Her specialty areas of interest include disinfection and sterilization, dialysis, infection prevention during renovation and construction, and control of Legionella. One of the highlights of her career has been training health care professionals in Saudi Arabia as Infection Preventionists. She served as a test writer and reviewer for the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, and has also authored numerous articles and book chapters related to infection control including a chapter in the APIC Text and the Cleaning, Disinfection and Sterilization Chapter in The APIC/JCR Infection Prevention and Control Workbook, Third Edition.
Ms. Garcia-Houchins earned a degree in biochemistry and molecular biology from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, a master’s of business administration from the Keller Graduate School of Management, and her nursing degree from Truman College.
Diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrician-Gynecologists
Linda Burke MD, MS, FACOG is a Diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrician-Gynecologists, a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians-Gynecologists, and has over 35 years of clinical experience.
Dr. Burke received her Doctor of Medicine from Boston University School of Medicine, a Master of Science from Columbia University School of Social Work, and a post-baccalaureate certificate in clinical informatics from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
She has worked relentlessly to reduce preventable stillbirths and maternal mortality throughout her professional career, including the National Health Service Corps, county health departments, community health centers, and on Native American reservations. In addition, she was an HRSA contractor for almost two decades as a subject expert and is quite adept at managing high-risk pregnancies and women with complex medical conditions.
She is a former member of ACOG District 12 Perinatal/Morbidity Committee, a volunteer Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine, and the author of The Smart Mother’s Guide to a Better Pregnancy prenatal book. In addition, she recently founded WHYS™ (We Hear You, Sister!), an online database directory of Black Obstetrician-Gynecologist physicians.
Dr. Burke is from Brooklyn, N.Y. but has lived in Florida for over two decades and is the mother of two sons who continue to make her proud.
Senior attorney in the Claims and Employment Law Branch of the General Law Division
Mary Christofferson is a senior attorney in the Claims and Employment Law Branch of the General Law Division. Before joining GLD as a staff attorney in 2014, Mary was a contractor for HRSA reviewing and assisting in revising Free Clinic applications as well as redeeming applications submitted by Community Health Centers seeking Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) coverage under the Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act (FSHCAA). At GLD, Mary focuses on tort cases involving the FTCA, FSHCAA, Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, as well as Waiver and TOUHY requests. Mary is admitted to the New York Bar and received her law degree from Albany Law School in upstate New York.
Senior Patient Safety Analyst/Consultant, ECRI
Sarah Creswell joined ECRI in February 2019 and currently serves as a patient safety, risk, and quality analyst and consultant. Her roles and responsibilities in this position include maintaining expertise in malpractice claims trends and other topics of interest to HRSA-funded health centers and free clinics and researching and writing content for guidance articles, webinars, conference presentations, toolkits, and self-assessment checklists. She is a registered nurse with over 17 years of healthcare experience in a multitude of settings including pharmacy, clinical laboratory, behavioral health, ambulatory care, medical-surgical nursing, and healthcare quality. Ms. Creswell previously served as patient safety coordinator and quality coordinator for health systems, where she supported safety and quality processes across medical, surgical, nursing, ancillary, and ambulatory departments. She is a member of the National Association for Healthcare Quality. Ms. Creswell has written and presented on topics such as coordination of care transitions and the role of ambulatory nursing leadership in mammography screening.
Patient Safety Analyst Iv/Consultant Ecri
Ms. Comerford is a licensed occupational therapist and certified healthcare compliance professional with 25 years’ experience. She has served in clinical and managerial roles across a variety of settings including inpatient rehabilitation, home care, subacute/long-term care, and schools. She has additionally written medical policy for a large regional provider of health insurance and served as an independent consultant providing compliance analysis, research and writing, data abstraction, accreditation survey support, and web-based education to small and mid-size healthcare organizations.
A senior patient safety and risk management analyst/consultant, Ms. Comerford joined ECRI in 2015. Since 2017, she has specialized in providing clinical risk management and patient safety services to federally qualified health centers and free clinics under the Health Resources and Services Administration-funded Clinical Risk Management Program. Ms. Comerford supports both a nationwide audience and individual clients; she also serves as an analyst for the ECRI and ISMP Patient Safety Organization. She is passionate about educating and supporting providers who care for vulnerable patients.
Law firm of Keavney & Streger, LLC
Matthew R. Streger is a paramedic and attorney with more than thirty-five years of EMS experience. Matthew is a Partner at the law firm of Keavney & Streger in New Jersey where he focuses his practice on the needs of EMS agencies and healthcare providers. He is the recipient of the 2018 New Jersey State Bar Association Health Law Distinguished Service Award, the 2012 Service to the Bar Award, and led his agency to the 2014 New Jersey EMS System of the Year Award. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He is also a Principal at the consulting and education firm of EMSaegis, LLC.
Matthew has practiced law since 2006. He is a past Chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association Health Law Section and a past leader in the Young Lawyers Division. Matthew previously worked in EMS systems in New Jersey, New York, South Carolina and Ohio. He served as the Executive Director of Mobile Health Services (EMS) at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Jersey and the Deputy Commissioner of EMS in Cleveland. He was a member of the Panel of Commissioners for the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services (CAAS) from 2015 to 2020, and is a principal member of the CAAS 4.0 Standards Committee.
Matthew completed his Paramedic Training at the UMDNJ School of Health-Related Professions in Newark, New Jersey. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration from the City University of New York, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, a Master of Public Administration Degree from Clemson University, and a Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University School of Law.
Matthew actively serves as a Per-Diem EMT for the Cherry Hill Fire Department EMS in New Jersey.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) funds health centers in medically underserved communities, providing access to affordable, comprehensive, high-quality primary health care services for low-income, uninsured people who face other obstacles to getting health care. The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) Program is the Division in the Office of Quality Improvement (OQI) that administers the Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Acts (FSHCAA) of 1992 and 1995 which provides medical malpractice protections to entities that meet specific program requirements. In addition to providing malpractice practice protections, FTCA provides training and technical assistance to health centers and free clinics.
ECRI’s Clinical Risk Management Program is an online resource for evidence-based risk management education and tools provided at no cost on behalf of HRSA to HRSA-funded health centers, Health Center Program Look-Alikes, free clinics, and primary care associations. Access guidance, toolkits, sample policies and procedures, self-assessment checklists, webinars, online CME, and other resources designed to help health centers provide safe care and reduce risks. ECRI is an independent, nonprofit organization improving the safety, quality, and cost-effectiveness of care across all healthcare settings. More information about the program is available at www.ecri.org .
The Smart Mothers’ Guide is a brand of Perinatal Solutions, LLC, dedicated to raising awareness about patient safety issues, particularly as they relate to obstetrics and gynecology. Its founder, Dr. Linda Burke, believes that raising awareness and providing strategies to its audience will help reduce preventable tragedies and improve patient outcomes.
Online Business Systems is a cybersecurity and digital transformation enterprise. Specializing in Risk, Security, and Privacy Healthcare Services, Online delivers an array of essential services tailored to healthcare organizations of every size. From Security Risk Assessment and HIPAA Compliance to virtual CISO, penetration testing, and vulnerability scanning, Online’s consultants possess vast experience working with FQHCs, PCAs, and HCCNs. They understand the challenges and constraints inherent in the healthcare industry and provide effective security solutions that are perfectly suited to each organization's unique operating environment and risk profile.
The Joint Commission enterprise is a global driver of quality improvement and patient safety in health care. Through leading practices, unmatched knowledge and expertise, and rigorous standards, we help organizations across the continuum of care lead the way to zero harm.
The mission of The Joint Commission is to continuously improve health care for the public, in collaboration with other stakeholders, by evaluating health care organizations and inspiring them to excel in providing safe and effective care of the highest quality and value. Our vision is that all people always experience the safest, highest quality, best-value health care across all settings.
We do this by setting quality standards, evaluating an organization’s performance, and providing an interactive educative experience that provides innovative solutions and resources to support continuous improvement.
After registering for the upcoming FTCA Deeming Application Clinic, registrants are required to complete pre-work packet for specific sessions. The sessions with required pre-work are as follows:
The pre-work documents and instructions for each session will offer needed guidance and materials to be discussed during the training and labs. A checklist has been provided to simplify the completion of the pre-work, and any queries can be directed to hrsasupport@kepro.com.
Instructions for pre-clinic work can be accessed via the link below. These instructions can be downloaded and/or printed.
A checklist to track completion of pre-clinic work can be accessed via the link below. The checklist can be downloaded and/or printed.
Please note that only Health Centers are required to complete the Pre-Work Addendum Assessment. Instructions for pre-work addendum assessment can be accessed via the link below. These instructions can be downloaded and/or printed.
FTCA Deeming Application Clinic – Pre-Work Packet Addendum
The pre-work addendum assessment can be accessed via the link below.
After registering for the upcoming FTCA Deeming Application Clinic, registrants are required to complete pre-work packet for specific sessions. The sessions with required pre-work are as follows:
The pre-work documents and instructions for each session will offer needed guidance and materials to be discussed during the training and labs. A checklist has been provided to simplify the completion of the pre-work, and any queries can be directed to hrsasupport@kepro.com.
Instructions for pre-clinic work can be accessed via the link below. These instructions can be downloaded and/or printed.
A checklist to track completion of pre-clinic work can be accessed via the link below. The checklist can be downloaded and/or printed.
After registering for the upcoming FTCA Deeming Application Clinic, registrants are required to complete pre-work packet for specific sessions. The sessions with required pre-work are as follows:
The pre-work documents and instructions for each session will offer needed guidance and materials to be discussed during the training and labs. A checklist has been provided to simplify the completion of the pre-work, and any queries can be directed to hrsasupport@kepro.com.
Instructions for pre-clinic work can be accessed via the link below. These instructions can be downloaded and/or printed. LINK HERE
A checklist to track completion of pre-clinic work can be accessed via the link below. The checklist can be downloaded and/or printed. LINK HERE
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