​Data Points: Region X Salary Survey 2020

​Monday, March 15, 2021
Written by: Alexcia DeVasquez, Data & Information Specialist, NWRPCA

​Last month, we were excited to announce our Biannual Region X Salary Survey 2020. We had forty-five (45.0%) of the Health Centers in Region X during the 2020 survey period participated in this project, including:

27.6% of Alaska Health Centers
64.3% of Idaho Health Centers
40.0% of Oregon Health Centers
59.3% of Washington Health Centers

These 45 participating organizations spent over $655 million on wages and over $96.3 million on benefits for over 9,455 FTE employees (10,286 individuals) in 2020.

We also found out about our region’s turnover:
“Participants provided information on vacant positions for executives/directors, providers, and advanced practice providers. The average length of recruitment for positions that had a finite recruitment time (those that were not continuously recruited) was 2.75 months for executives, 9.11 months for providers, and 2.42 months for advanced practice providers. Participating organizations were also asked to provide calendar year 2019 turnover data for various staff types (average numbers of employees and separations). The average turnover rate for all staff at Region X Health Centers in 2019 was 20.4%. Participants provided dates of hire for each reported employee, used to determine Years of Service (YOS). 66.9% of the reported employees have been employed for less than five years, and 3.9% have been employed for 20+ years. The average Years of Service for all staff reported with a date of hire was 5.25 years.”

To find out more and purchase our Salary Survey here. If your organization is a member of NWRPCA, make sure you 'sign in' on the right-hand side of the survey page in order to receive the discounted member rate and if your health center participated in the project by completing the salary and benefits survey, please email Alexcia DeVasquez, NWRPCA Data & Information Specialist, at [email protected] for a participation discount code.

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Data Points: Region X Salary Survey 2020 Continued

Monday, April 19, 2021, Posted by: Crysta Maniscalco
Written by: Alexcia DeVasquez, Data & Information Specialist, NWRPCA

Data Highlights: Additional Incentives

All 45 health centers who participated in this Salary and Benefits Survey provided information about payments to staff for eight types of additional incentives including payment of licensure fees, payment of professional association dues, payment for continuing professional education, payment of relocation expenses, payment of signing bonuses, compensation for bilingual staff, incentive-based compensation, and payment of retention bonuses. Each health center was asked to identify whether or not they provided payment to employees within six staff types for each incentive, and if so, to provide the average dollar amount paid for that benefit to the staff group based on their organizational policies.

One of the examples of an Additional Incentive was:

Payment for Continuing Professional Education

97.8% offered an average of $2,951 annually to each staff member earning this incentive.
 The average annual amount available for continuing professional education for individual staff groups ranged from $1,919 for Clinical Support to $3,482 for Dental Providers/Advanced Practice Providers

Over half of the responding Health Centers said that they offered 6 or more incentives. To find out more and purchase our Salary Survey here. If your organization is a member of NWRPCA, make sure you 'sign in' on the right-hand side of the survey page in order to receive the discounted member rate and if your health center participated in the project by completing the salary and benefits survey, please email Alexcia DeVasquez, NWRPCA Data & Information Specialist, at [email protected] for a participation discount code.

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​Region X Initial Immunization Report and Covid Testing Update

​Tuesday, May 18, 2021, Posted by: Crysta Maniscalco
Written by: Alexcia DeVasquez, Data & Information Specialist, NWRPCA

In 2020, Region X provided over 380,000 Covid tests and over 270,000 Flu shots. This year, we have been able to start vaccinations with the Vaccine Program and HRSA Allocations. We have initiated over 300,00 Immunizations and provided over 248,000 Completed Immunizations.

Region X Immunization Counts

Tracking immunizations has had its hurdles, not only with the extensive administration needs, but also delays with EHRs and updating multiple systems. We can see a distinct decrease in staff cases of COVID-19 right after staff were able to receive immunizations.

​Region X Staff Reporting COVID and Vaccine Initiation

When we examine more closely, we can also see a recent uptick in cases amongst staff since March, when staff reporting of immunizations dropped. Many regions are struggling with vaccine hesitancy within some populations. Do you suspect that this is happening within our health care providers as well? What is happening in your health center?

​​Region X Staff Reporting COVID and Vaccine Initiation (Copy)

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​Region X: Constantly Changing Telehealth

Monday, June 14, 2021
Written by: Alexcia DeVasquez, Data & Information Specialist, NWRPCA 

This year, we have seen many changes in Region X health centers and health centers across the country.
 
You may remember last year, we reported about Region X Telehealth services about the previous year (2018 UDS data). This year, we have also seen an increase of telehealth usage via the HRSA COVID reporting that our region has been participating in. We went from 47% of Region X Health Centers utilizing telehealth services, to nearly 100%. In NWRPCA's Region X 2020 Health Center Census (RXHCC), we asked members to let us know what percent of total encounters were utilizing telehealth before March 1, 2020 (the onset of COVID) and after September 2020.
 
In our RXHCC, we survey the Federally Qualified Health Centers in Region X about their health center activities to better understand what is happening in our region. We heard from 50% of all four of our states, Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.
 
When asked who was currently using telehealth, we had 52 health centers respond, 30% saying that they are utilizing telehealth for services other than clinical and Behavioral Health Services.

Number of Region X CHCs Using Telehealth for Services Other than Medical, Behavioral Health, or Outreach

When we asked our health centers what kinds of services they were offering, we saw that dental, health education, and nutrition were the top three services that health centers used telehealth for.

Are you using telehealth for services other than medical, behavioral health, or outreach?