Strengthening the Regional Health Care Safety Net-Introduction & Background.

Strengthening the Regional Health Care Safety Net Introduction and Background Health & Medicine Policy Research Group, Sept. 2009

Health & Medicine’s Regional Health Care Safety Net Initiative
Began in 2006 as a “process of policy analysis and development of comprehensive solutions to strengthen the health care safety net across the 7 counties in northern Illinois”
Models the 1990 Chicago/Cook County Health Summit, but addresses new and intensified problems across the region

What do we mean by “health care safety net”?
Providers that …
organize and deliver a significant level of health care and other related services…
to uninsured, Medicaid, and other vulnerable populations (IOM), as well as other population-based health services.

The 7 County Region of Northern Illinois
Counties of…
Cook
DuPage
Kane
Kendall
McHenry
Lake
Will

Convened initial meeting in 2006
Created 6 workgroups: Personal Health Services, Data & Demographics, Governance, Finance, Health Equity and Population-based services, and Workforce
Led by a Steering Committee
Assembled county profiles/data
Conducted Key Informant Interviews

Developed Problem Statements
Pre-Summit Meeting, Nov. 2008
Reviewed Problem Statements
Prioritized Work
Drafted Preliminary Recommendations
Created Summit Planning Committee
Summit, June 2009

Regional Health Safety Net Summit
Co-hosted with U.S. HRSA, Region V
160 Attendees
Groups reviewed, modified, added to, and endorsed the recommendations
Many willing to take active role in moving recommendations to action
Many signed-on to call for greater leadership and resources in this effort

Regional Health Safety Net Summit
Key priorities discussed at Summit:
Develop a regional data sharing and information exchange program
Develop regional referral network
Find new financing schemes to fund safety net
Ensure health safety net services are comprehensive (include dental, mental, vision health, and pharmaceuticals)
Recruit and retain a more diverse workforce that covers areas of need throughout region

Health & Medicine’s Next Steps
Share results of summit (see packet)
Develop Policy Paper, calling for a “regional health care safety net enabling mechanism”
Solicit funding for the “enabling mechanism” and other safety net work
Outreach for political leadership
Encourage stakeholder action around safety net recommendations (today’s meeting)

Today’s Meeting
Goals:
Increase awareness of programs that work
Increase understanding of the process of building collaborative programs across boundaries
Increase networking opportunities for safety net providers, researchers, planners, and leaders across the region
Uses Palmetto Project in South Carolina as an example of effective efforts to strengthen the health care safety net across boundaries

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