MEDTAPP and the Residency Program

Healthcare Access Initiative
 

MEDTAPP (Medicaid Technical Assistance and Policy Program) is a university Medicaid research partnership combining nonfederal and federal funds to support the efficient and effective administration of the Medicaid program. MEDTAPP program funding is 50% Federal Financial Participation (FFP) and 50% qualified non-federal funds.

MEDTAPP’s program focus areas include 1) workforce development; 2) quality improvement initiatives, and 3) rapid technical/ clinical consultation.

MEDTAPP partners include the Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM), the Ohio Department of Health (ODH), the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, the Ohio Department of Development Disabilities (DODD), the Ohio Board of Regents, and the Government Resource Center.

Fostering innovative partnerships between Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) and Ohio's academic medical centers and health sciences colleges and universities, the Medicaid Technical Assistance and Policy Program (MEDTAPP) Healthcare Access Initiative (HCA) supports the development and retention of healthcare practitioners to serve Ohio’s Medicaid population using emerging healthcare delivery models and evidence-based practices.

Under the MEDTAPP HCA, ODM has selected the following 10 university partners as participants, including 16 total projects. Below is a map of current project locations:

For more details about MEDTAPP and the residency program, click here.

For the schedule of interprofessional learners at Riverview East Academy, please click here.
 

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Watch below to learn more about Riverview East SBHC, its staff, providers, and partners, MEDTAPP, and the East End Community

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Updated directory coming soon

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From Melisse May, East End Area Council Member:

Cincinnati’s East End neighborhood stretches seven miles along the banks of the beautiful Ohio River.  It is bounded by the Little Miami River to the east and the downtown Sawyer Point Park to the west.  Columbia Parkway is the northern border for most of the neighborhood and of course, the Ohio River is the southern border.  Its location puts it within convenient reach of many of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky’s neighborhoods including Downtown Cincinnati, which is only 3 miles and 10 minutes away.  Other notable bordering neighborhoods include Mt Adams, Walnut Hills, Oakley, Hyde Park, Mt. Lookout and Columbia Tusculum in Ohio and Covington and Newport in Kentucky.  Because of its strategic location, the East End has easy access to major throughways like the scenic Columbia Parkway, 1-71 and I-75 and I-275.  It is rich in modes of transportation that encompasses not only including planes, trains, and automobiles, but buses and bikes! 

Cincinnati’s East End neighborhood is diverse and changing in several ways: decreasing in absolute population and shifting in racial composition. The 2010 Census estimates our population at just over 1,500 people.  The population density is less than Downtown and the neighborhoods to the north.  The median age was 38.4 years with the largest concentration of residents in the 35-64 years of age category. Assuming these residents continue to reside in the East End, they are a basis for an aging East End population.  The East End is predominately composed of white residents (86%) followed by African-American (11%) with the balance made up of other races.   The percent of Caucasian residents has increased slightly while the African-American population slightly declined.  A number of residents are descendants of early Appalachian settlers and retain its independent, spirited culture.  

The East End has a wide range of economic incomes. There are a significant number of residents living in poverty (21%) and on the other end, a number of residents with incomes above $100,000 with a declining middle class.  The largest segment of the population is middle class and the median income is just over $40,000, which is just a few thousand higher on average than Downtown.  The East End does not have the highest educational attainment rates within Cincinnati—especially when compared to the more affluent neighborhoods directly to the north.  However, in 2000, between 16 and 20% had graduated with at least a Bachelor’s degree the majority of residents over age 25 had graduated high school.  The East End is blessed with a K-12 school, Riverview East Academy, that educates students from our neighborhood and surrounding areas with a focus on health careers.

While East End is home to a variety of ethnic and socioeconomic groups, we almost all have one thing in common and that is a love for the Ohio River.  Many of our residents have sweeping views of the Ohio River and the rest are only a short walk or drive away.  It is what attracts many people to make the East End their home and it is certainly the reason many stay over multiple generations.  Our proximity to the river, nature-rich hillsides and many gardens so close to the urban Cincinnati core is the reason the East End has been described as “oneness with nature in the heart of the city”.

The East End has a much to offer those seeking a healthful lifestyle.  The surrounding nature is good for distressing and the many recreation amenities good for our physical health for those willing to utilize them.  We have the Ohio River itself and the Little Miami River, which is good for canoeing and kayaking.  There are bike lanes all along Riverside Dr., which continue on to connect with the Lunken Airport bike path that will soon connect to the Little Miami Bike Path.  Then one could bike from the East End to Cleveland on a continuous bike path!  There are dozens of soccer and baseball fields, plus sand volleyball courts and playgrounds.  We have the luxury of hosting some of Cincinnati’s best parks including Friendship Park, Schmidt Field/Boat Launch, LeBlond Rec Plex, and Lunken Playfield.  Oh, we shouldn’t forget the driving ranges, golf course and tennis courts.  And if the weather absolutely sends you indoors or just because it is a fun place to be, there is LeBlond recreation center.

The East End has much to be proud of and we are blessed with a good community of kind-hearted people who love living here.  We are growing with external recognition of our many attractions and businesses and new residents are finding their way to the East End.  We are excited about the future of the East End and are so appreciative that the Health Clinic is available to help our students and residents stay healthy to enjoy all these good things about East End living.

For more information about the East End and a printable PDF, click here.

Welcome to the behavioral health modules of ECC, developed, adapted, and lead by Family Medicine faculty member Dr. Chris White. Here you will find three online streaming video modules:

Module 1 provides an overview of optimizing communication with a patient during a visit; ECC Basics. 

Module 2 describes tools and techniques for use in Counseling.

Modules 3 provides information, skills, and tools for use in suicide assessment in Safety to Self and Others.

The links for the 3 video modules are below.

The assignment will include the practice of Effective Communication with your patients at your clinical site by audio recording an encounter and listening back for self-evaluation. Information about the self-evaluation is described in detail in Module 1 ECC Basics. The form is also below for review. You will complete 2 audio recordings per semester with at least 1 audio recorded encounter utilizing some of the tools and skills learned in either the Counseling or Safety to Self and Others module.

DFCM residents: You will continue to complete the self-evaluation form hosted on Wufoo and complete submit your audio recordings to Dr. White per the established protocol.

Interprofessional Learners at Riverview East: The self-evaluation form will be available in paper form at Riverview East and is also available to download below. All listening and self-evaluations must be completed on site at Riverview. Audio recorders cannot leave the site for privacy protections reasons. Protocol for audio recordings are below. Please review this as it also contains specific language to consenting the patient to be recorded.

Please contact Dan Hargraves at Daniel.hargraves@uc.edu if you experience any difficulties viewing the modules or accessing the ECC Self-Evaluation Form.

Links for documents, forms, and video modules are below:

ECC Module 1: Basics

Get the article 'The Art of Medicine: 7 Skills That Promote Mastery' by clicking here

Get the ECC Self-Evaluation Form for DFCM Residents by clicking here

Click here for the ECC Module 1: Basics Powerpoint Presentation

ECC Module 2: Counseling

Click here for the ECC Module 2: Counseling Powerpoint Presentation

ECC Module 3: Safety to Self or Others

Click here for the ECC Module 3: Safety to Self or Others Powerpoint Presentation

ECC Materials for Interprofessional Learners at Riverview East

Get the ECC Self-Evaluation Form for Interprofessional Learners by clicking here

Get the Protocol for Audio Recording Patients at Riverview East