June 2011 Region VIII Regional Advisory Committee Meeting

Below are the summary and materials from the Region VIII Regional Advisory Committee meeting, June 13-15, 2011. Click on each document name to access the corresponding file.

The materials are listed in the order in which they are referenced within the Meeting Summary.

June 2011 RAC Meeting Summary (pdf)

Meeting Opening resource:  17 Tips For Dealing With Volcanos, Change and Uncertainty

Lab Update [John Papp] slide set:  Papp_Lab Update.pdf

CDC Update [Steven Shapiro] slide set:  Shapiro_CDC Update.pdf

State Policy Updates:
CO [Kelly Voorhees/STD] resource:  Colorado disease reporting form

WY [Canyon Hardesty/STD] slide set:  Hardesty_WY update.pdf

NCSD (National Coalition of STD Directors) [Bill Smith] slide set:  Smith_NCSD.pdf

Family Planning Update [Colleen Bray] resource:  Family Planning Priorities

APHL (Association of Public Health Laboratories) [Laura Gillim-Ross] slide set:  Gillim-Ross_APHL.pdf

Improving Advocacy and Policy Work at the Federal, State, and Local Levels – Overview Workshop [Bill Smith] slide set:  Smith_NSCD.pdf; resource:  advocacy info brief

Small Groups—State Partners resources:  Region 8 IPP Brief.pdf, State Profiles resource digest.pdf

Workgroup Sessions - Discussion of single versus dual testing issue resources:  GC positivity data.pdf; female gc data.pdf

The Future of IPP Assessment [Graham Smith, Yvonne Hamby] slide set:  Future of IPP.pdf

Large Group:  Discussion of Dual versus Single Testing Issue resources:  Laboratory Workgroup’s spreadsheets Completed Lab.pdf, pricing.pdf, single-dual costs.pdf, and lab wg illustration.pdf

State/Program Partner Updates - Highlights from the Field: 

I.H.S. (Indian Health Service) Update [Scott Tulloch] slide set:  Tulloch_IHS Update.pdf
Colorado [Kelly Voorhees/STD] resource:  CO_EPT survey.pdf
Montana [Liz Johnson/FP] slide set:  Johnson_MT update.pdf; resource:  Chlamydia Screening Report
South Dakota [Amanda Gill/STD]  slide set:  Gill_SD update.pdf
Wyoming [Canyon Hardesty/STD] slide set:  Hardesty_WY update.pdf

Planning Next Meeting Dates, Infrastructure Update slide set:  Meeting Plan.pdf; resource: executive committee.pdf

Dual versus Single Testing session: slide set:  Peterson_Michigan CT Testing.pdf; resource:  Michigan Lab Requestion

Billing and Reimbursement session slide set:  Hamby_Billing-Reimbursement.pdf

JSI – State Meetings slide set:  IPP state meetings.pdf