2024 WVPCA Leadership Forum
OVERVIEW
About The Forum
Please join the WVPCA for the 2024 Community Health Center (CHC) Leadership Forum,the theme this year is "Community Focus for Collective Impact". This year's event will be open to ALL CHC staff, so get your team together and prepare for 2.5 days of learning, collaborating, and networking with other CHCs as well as partners from across West Virginia and the country!
Speakers and Sessions
During this year’s Forum, we will hear from national and state partners from NACHC, HRSA, and the WVDHHR. Workforce has been identified as a top priority for our Health Centers, and this year’s Forum will feature several sessions to home in on those issues including a panel featuring state organizations discussing resources available to health centers, such as provider loan repayment, partnership opportunities for workforce advancement, and information on shortages and HPSA designations. Dr. Renee Thompson will present multiple sessions focused on the critical role of trust in effective interprofessional collaboration and effective team communication. We have also developed a crucial session regarding the role of AI in healthcare and how your health center can better understand this powerful technology and make decisions accordingly. Quality improvement and data management are always a hot topic, so we will feature sessions including chronic care management, PVP tools, and population health management, referral management, and a MCO roundtable. We know that Value-Based forecasting has been on a lot of your minds recently, so we’ve teamed up with our partners at FORVIS to bring you multiple sessions centered around that topic as well. The Forum will also feature a special session centered on advocacy and how you can help champion your health center’s cause and effectively tell your story. As you can see, this year’s Forum is packed with timely and rich topics curated specifically to be what you and your health center need, so be sure to register and join us at Glade Springs for this impactful event!
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VENUE
This year's Leadership Forum will be held at a new location, The Resort at Glade Springs in Daniels, West Virginia.
The Resort at Glade Springs
255 Resort Drive, Daniels, WV 25832
The resort offers multiple activities and amenities for you and your guests including indoor and outdoor pools, hot tubs, pickleball, hiking, and golf! We have secured a discounted rate on golfing for our members, $85 on the amazing Cobb Course! For those who would like to set up a group to golf together, please reach out to Rob Dudley robd@coplinhealth.com .
Click HERE to view a full list of activities!
We have also secured a room block with a special rate of $159 per night, be sure to call The Resort at Glade Springs at (844) 668-5760. Be sure to act quickly, this offer only lasts until August 23rd and space is limited!
2024 HEALTH CARE AWARDS
The West Virginia Primary Care Association wants to honor your health center staff for their exceptional gifts of time, effort, and dedication to the Community Health movement.
The WVPCA Annual Award program begins with you! Award winners will be announced at this year's WVPCA CHC Leadership Forum in September.
The WVPCA uses a nomination review rubric to determine the award winners. Nominations are given points based on these criteria:
Relevance of the nomination to the category
Number of nominations received for that individual
Commitment and dedication to health center and community
Commitment and impact on patients
Compelling story of why the nominee should be given the award
Must be at least one paragraph
Number of years worked at the health center
West Virginia Governor’s Award
This year we will be presenting a special award to Governor Jim Justice! More information coming soon!
Distinguished Service Award
The Distinguished Service Award recognizes significant lifetime contributions and service to the Community Health Center system of care in West Virginia. Those eligible include individuals in an administrative role within WVPCA member organization.
Nominations can be submitted by anyone at the community health center level.
Pamela J. Moore Health Center Engagement Award
This award, named in honor of Pamela J. Moore, recognizes outstanding engagement in; contributions to; and commitment to our network of community health centers.
Pam Moore was a longstanding member of the WVPCA team, supporting member engagement as well as PCA and CHC collaboration, and the events and trainings provided to bolster best practices and partnership at the community level. With over 35 years in support of community health centers, Pam was unapologetic in her role and understood the critical need for deep connection and relationship building. As she would say – "It’s the people that matter!"
Individual community health centers within the WVPCA who engages with the Association and its network consistently through points of engagement are eligible for this award. Engagement points including but not limited to: PCA trainings, events, grant opportunities, pilot programs, innovative opportunities, and participation in collaborative spaces such as Noddle Pod, ListServs and monthly affinity group calls. Selection is made by WVPCA staff, utilizing anecdotal and data driven engagement points.
Outstanding Advocacy Leader Award
The Outstanding Advocacy Leader Award recognizes an individual within one of the Association member organizations who has made an impact on both their community health center and their community/patients through participation in advocacy-related efforts at either the state and/or federal level or through grassroots advocacy work. Grassroots advocacy is about finding strength in numbers — and harnessing that strength to influence public opinion and government action by engaging employees, members, patients, and other stakeholders to raise awareness and empower individual voices.
Nominees may include, but are not limited to, front-line staff, outreach workers, financial assistance staff, interpreters, accounting, and workforce staff who have contributed to promoting patient care and/or health center processes through advocacy. Nominees demonstrate a commitment to the mission of the health center and a dedication to amplify the role and visibility of Community Health Centers within the local community and beyond.
Nominations can be submitted by anyone at the community health center level.
Outstanding Provider Award
The Outstanding Provider Award recognizes a distinguished provider who exemplifies excellence in clinical practice and demonstrates a dedication to the Community Health Center mission and to the patients they serve. Those eligible include anyone who is a medical, dental, or behavioral health provider at a West Virginia Community Health Center.
Nominees may include but are not limited to physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dental hygienists, registered nurses, nurse midwives, social workers, and pharmacists.
Nominations can be submitted by anyone at the community health center level.
CONFERENCE SPONSORS
The West Virginia Primary Care Association (WVPCA) is the largest organized primary care network in the state, comprised of 34 organizations—representing over 515 clinical locations throughout the Mountain State. This year's Leadership Forum offers an invaluable opportunity to organizations who support the health center mission. Sponsoring/exhibiting at our Leadership Forum provides you the chance to connect with a broad and diverse range of our state's Community Health Center leaders, including CEOs, COOs, CFOs, CMOs, Behavioral Health, Quality, Finance, and Workforce/Human Resources. Come join us to gain visibility and interact with our network as well as discuss ways to collaborate in working to improve health and health equity for the communities we serve.
If your organization would like to sponsor or exhibit during this year's Leadership Forum, please contact us at info@wvpca.org.
2024 SPONSORS
The WVPCA greatly appreciates the support provided by this year's Forum sponsors and exhibitors. Each sponsor will be attending the conference to provide information and resources related to their services and products. We hope you'll take the opportunity to speak with each and visit the exhibitor hall.
