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Some events may be cancelled, postponed, or held virtually as public health officials monitor COVID-19 safety measures during this time. Please check the events’ pages for updates on event status.
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Indian Health Service Webinars
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Sponsored by the Indian Health Service (IHS) Tele-Behavioral Health Center of Excellence, the IHS tele-education webinars listed below are intended for health care team members.
Addictions and recovery webinar series (12 pm Eastern)
April 12: Effective Psychotherapy – Community Reinforcement Approach & Community Reinforcement Approach Family Therapy
April 19: Co-Occurring Medical Diagnoses in Substance Use Disorder
April 26: Basics of Addiction & Co-Occurring Mental Disorders
May 3: Historical Trauma & Addiction
May 10: Addictions & Trauma
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Virtual CMS Quality Conference
April 12–13
Register for the CMS Quality Conference
The theme of this year’s virtual CMS Quality Conference is “New Hope, New Health: Charting a Path Forward.” The conference will convene health care leaders to explore how patients, advocates, providers, and researchers can develop and implement solutions to address pervasive challenges.
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Virtual CMS ITU Outreach and Education Trainings
The CMS Division of Tribal Affairs offers virtual trainings to benefit coordinators and business office, patient registration, medical records, and purchased/referred care services staff.
ITU staff are encouraged to register for the training for their respective IHS area, as the agendas will include area-specific issues and state Medicaid/CHIP presentations. However, you may register for other IHS area webinars if you are interested.
Please check CMS’s website periodically for more information as these virtual events are scheduled and opened for registration.
ACL/NICOA ITU Training Series
Now–April 19 (Tuesdays at 2 pm Eastern)
Upcoming Virtual ITU Trainings by IHS Area
Albuquerque: Weeks of April 18 and 25
Oklahoma City: Weeks of May 9 and 16
California: Weeks of May 23 and 30
Great Plains: Weeks of June 6 and 13
Nashville: Weeks of June 20 and 27 (mornings)
Bemidji: Weeks of June 20 and 27 (afternoons)
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Virtual Tribal Leaders Training Series
Now–April 21 on Thursdays at 2 pm Eastern
Register for the Tribal Leaders Training Series
CMS, in partnership with National Indian Health Board, is committed to enhancing tribes' ability to access third party resources. To that end, CMS invites tribal leaders, health directors, and health care administrators to join the Tribal Leaders Training Series. The series will cover programs and benefits available through Medicare, Medicaid, the Marketplace, and more.
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Context Clues: Using SDOH to Enhance Treatment
The Mid-America Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network and Aetna Better Health of Kansas have developed the Context Clues webinar series to help health care providers and other interested parties identify and address social determinants of health (SDOH).
Register for the upcoming Context Clues webinar. The date and topics of that webinar are listed below.
April 21
Adjustment to Diagnosis (1–1:30 pm Eastern)
Adherence (1:30–2 pm Eastern)
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Virtual National Tribal Public Health Summit
May 9–12
Register for the National Tribal Public Health Summit
This year’s National Tribal Public Health Summit will feature workshops and roundtables in 6 broad topic areas. Sponsored by National Indian Health Board, the summit will bring together public health professionals, researchers, and policy experts to discuss evidence-based emerging and promising practices in public, behavioral, and environmental health.
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USET Webinars on Native Psychological Brilliance
United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. (USET), a tribal behavioral health ECHO, hosts a Reclaiming Native Psychological Brilliance webinar on the fourth Tuesday of every month at 2 pm Eastern. Native Psychological Brilliance refers to the intelligence, strengths, balance, innate resources, and resilience of Native people.
Register for the USET webinars. Dates and topics of upcoming webinars are listed below.
April 26: Native Help-Declining and Native Help-Seeking
May 24: Native Trauma Layers and Post-Traumatic Growth
June 28: Assessment and Diagnosis Through Indigenous Lens
July 26: Substance Use and Hungry Ghosts
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