Events:
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Texas Pandemic Influenza Summit – Austin, Texas
Since April 2009,
the State of Texas has been responding to an outbreak of the novel H1N1 virus.
Over the last several months, the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)
has been working with stakeholders to identify response activities that worked
well and to identify opportunities to improve future planning and response
activities. To share this information, DSHS and the Governor’s Division of
Emergency Management are co-hosting a pandemic influenza summit on August 10,
2009 in Austin, Texas.
This important
summit will provide participants an opportunity to discuss policy issues in the
following areas, as the state prepares for a possible resurgence of the novel
H1N1 virus in the fall:
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Antiviral medication
allocation and distribution
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Vaccine availability and
distribution
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Medical surge capacity
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Community mitigation
activities
Participants at
this summit will include elected officials, leaders of public health
departments, state agency officials, and emergency management officials, among
others.
To register for
the summit and to obtain other important information, including hotel room
availability, please go to
www.2009fluconference.com and enter code word summit. On-line
registrations will be accepted through close of business on August 3, 2009.
If you have any
questions, please contact the help desk at (877) 835-7750 or by e-mail at
TexasFluResponse@dshs.state.tx.us.
For more information on influenza preparedness
activities, please go to
www.TexasFlu.org.
Summit Location
Doubletree Hotel
6505 North Interstate 35
Austin, Texas, 78752
(512) 454-3737
Doubletree Hotel- Austin North
www.austin.doubletree.com
512-454-3737
Block of Rooms:
Code: LIT
Rates for Sunday and Monday are
as follows:
$85 for 1 person; $135 for 2 people
Must book by Aug 8
Phone: 1 800 347 0330
Parking:
For more information on the Summit please contact our help desk at (877)
835-7750 (M-F; 9AM to 5PM CDT) or by e-mail at
TexasFluResponse@dshs.state.tx.us
Help desk (Hours M-F 9AM to 5PM CDT).
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County Indigent Health Care Program Handbook
Revision 09-1
This revision reflects
changes regarding 2009 RHC (Rural Health Clinic), Hospital, and FQHC
(Federally Qualified Health Center) rates, and updates to the Optional
Health Care Services Payment Methods for Advanced Practice Nurse (APN)
and Physician Assistant (PA) services. In the revised documents on the
web, changes are in blue text.
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Substitute the
following:
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Section Four, Service Delivery
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