Hospitals are navigating increasing demands on how to address their patients’ health-impacting, non-medical needs. These social determinants, or as Texas calls them Non-Medical Drivers of Health (NMDOH), include nutrition, transportation, housing, and other living conditions that significantly impact health outcomes. As a result, new rules, regulations, and guidance for hospitals have recently been introduced. This panel will provide updates for hospitals from the Joint Commission, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Texas Health and Human Services. It will also allow the audience to get answers to their questions in NMDOH program delivery.
Registration Pricing
Member: Free
Non-Member: Free
Registration includes unlimited connections per registered facility.
Continuing Education
American College of Healthcare Executives
By attending the Updates on Regulation and Guidance for Hospital Programs Addressing Non-Medical Drivers of Health (NMDOH) Webinar offered by Texas Hospital Association participants may earn up to 1.0 ACHE Qualified Education Hours each toward initial certification or recertification of the Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) designation.
Accountancy Continuing Education
Public Accountancy CPE
The Texas Hospital Association has registered with the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy as a CPE sponsor. This registration does not constitute an endorsement by the board as to the quality of the program. This course may be submitted to the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy for up to 1.2 contact hours.
Program Level: Intermediate
Delivery Method: Group Live
Prerequisite: None
Advanced Preparation: None
Faculty
Christina L. Cordero, Ph.D., MPH, Senior Project Director, Healthcare Standards Development Division of Healthcare Quality Evaluation and Improvement
Christina Cordero is a Senior Project Director, Healthcare Standards Development in the Division of Healthcare Quality Evaluation and Improvement at The Joint Commission. Dr. Cordero leads standards development projects for new accreditation and certification requirements and survey processes across multiple settings and programs. She serves as a subject matter expert for several topics, including health care equity, antibiotic stewardship, and telehealth. Prior to joining The Joint Commission, she conducted basic science and public health research at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Cordero earned her doctorate in Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis and her Master of Public Health degree from Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Sarah Downer, J.D., State and Population Health Group, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
Sarah Downer is a Health Insurance Specialist at the CMS Innovation Center, where her work focuses on strategy development and implementation as it relates to social determinants of health across the Innovation Center’s portfolio of models and initiatives. Before joining CMS, she worked for the Harvard Law School Center for Health Law & Policy Innovation advocating for the integration of person-centered, outcome-driven, and cost-effective services and supports into health care. She has a JD from Harvard Law School.
Emily Sentilles, MPAff, Deputy Associate Commissioner, Quality & Program Improvement, Medicaid and CHIP Services, Texas Health and Human Services
Moderated by Elena M. Marks, J.D., MPH, Senior Advisor, Texas Consortium for the Non-Medical Drivers of Health and Senior Fellow in Health Policy, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
Elena’s work focuses on reforming the $4.5 trillion US health system so that it produces positive health outcomes, not just medical services. This work includes incorporating nonmedical interventions into the system to improve health outcomes. Previously, she served as the founding president and CEO of the Episcopal Health Foundation, a $1.3 billion nonprofit, from 2014 to 2022 and as the director of health and environmental policy for the city of Houston from 2004 to 2009. Marks holds a bachelor’s degree from Emory University and a law and public health degrees from The University of Texas.