Asthma Care and Education (ACE)
Root causes and solutions for uncontrolled asthma are often found outside the clinic walls. Addressing the unique challenges children and families face in the day-to-day experience of asthma requires a team of folks who share understanding and a commitment to meet pressing needs.
This program is dedicated to opening lines of communication between clinic and community partners for improved asthma care and outcomes. Care managers, health plans, school nurses, community health workers, home environmental assessors, asthma educators, social workers and many others have vital roles. As we better understand one another, we will better serve our patients.
Why Asthma 3 – Community ECHO?
Two important Missouri State Plan Amendments (SPA) were approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in 2016. O ne SPA permits reimbursement by MO HealthNet for asthma education and home environmental assessments. However, few children have been served.
A second SPA provides for eligible children with asthma to receive health home “touches” by Missouri Primary Care Health Homes. These new service opportunities require cooperation between clinic-based and community based workers. The multi-disciplinary ACE ECHO will support implementation of best practices for these new asthma services. Medicaid claims data will be used to identify risk, target services and evaluate the impact of asthma education and home environmental assessments for trigger reduction.
True to the ECHO model, this series will include de-identified case presentations to share real world examples of challenges, lessons learned and best practices across Missouri. We are also dedicated to applying guidance from the “Coordinated Federal Action Plan for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Asthma Disparities”.
Asthma 3 – Community (ACE) is a yearlong ECHO which meets in March, April, July, August, and November for a total of 10 sessions.
RegisterWhat Does Asthma 3 – Community ECHO Offer?
- Free CME
- Opportunities to share best practices in asthma self-management education (SME)
- Access to free training and SME curricula for children with asthma and their caregivers
- Collaboration and learning between asthma educators and home environmental assessors
- Up-to-date news about MO HealthNet policies and procedures for reimbursement
- Access to software for delivering and documenting SME and asthma home assessment
Topics for Case-Based Learning and Discussion Include:
- Reimbursement for Asthma Education and Home Assessment
- Identifying and Responding to Asthma Risk
- Steps to Delivering & Billing AE & AH Services
- Instructional Standards for AE and AH School
- School Nurses and other Strategic Partners
- Asthma Education – National Standards
- Asthma Home Assessment – National Standards
- Key Messages – Asthma Self-Care and the Environment
- Developing and Sustaining Community-Based Asthma Initiatives Using the Collective Impact Framework
Meet the Hub Team
Ben Francisco, PhD, PNP, AE-C
Population Health Strategist
University of Missouri
Rebecca Brown, MPA,RRT,AE-C
Respiratory Therapist
Asthma Ready Communities
Deb Cook, RN, AE-C
School Nurse
Kennett Public Schools
Shelley Cooper, EdD, MAT, BSBA
Asthma Champion
Diversity Telehealth LLC
Paul Foreman, PhD
Claims Expert
University of Missouri Health System – Child Health Pulmonary
Elizabeth Friedman, MD
Pediatrician
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Sherri Homan, RN, FNP, PhD
Epidemiology Consultant
Asthma Ready Communities
John Kraemer, PhD
Environmentalist
Southeast Missouri State University
Julie Patterson
Support
Asthma Ready Communities
Tammy Reed, RRT,RPSGT,AE-C,NPS, EMTP,CPFT
Director of Respiratory Care and Sleep Diagnostics/ Lead Asthma Educator
Washington County Memorial Hospital
Tammy Rood, DNP, PNP, AE-C
Asthma Training & QI
University of Missouri
Layla Snipes, RN
Asthma & Social Determinants of Health Expert
Continuing Education (CE) Information
To receive CE credit for the ECHO sessions attended you will receive a survey to complete in May and one at the end of October.
This information, as well as the number of ECHO sessions attended, will be sent to the Continuing Education for Health Professions (CEHP) office at the University of Missouri. Once completed, a transcript of your CE credit may be requested by contacting Adam Tipton (tiptonsa@health.missouri.edu) in the CEHP office.
