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HHS Day and 13th Annual Symposium
Address Rural Implications of Health Reform
“This is the moment when we have the resources we haven’t had before to change health services …that is what’s different about today” said one speaker at the 13th Annual Symposium and that note of optimism permeated the entire conference.
A Light Moment at the Conference
Against the backdrop of beautiful Lake Winnepesaukee, conference attendees heard from representatives of HHS, HRSA, and CMS, who brought the latest news on implementation of the Affordable Care Act during the “HHS” half-day session preceding the annual meeting on October 29. The Symposium was structured around the theme of “Connecting Personal Health and Public Health in Rural New England.” Both sessions attracted enthusiastic participants.
Dr. Andrew Coburn, Muskie School of Public Service, University of Maine, said that in this marathon to implement health reform rural health is at the intersection of ACA: “We have a particularly dynamic region, with a natural affinity for working together. New England can be the source for innovation.”
From Kimberly Kleine, HRSA’s Bureau of Clinician Recruitment, we heard that the National Health Service Corps has simplified its application and approval process, and that its appropriation has been reauthorized at $1.5 BN for the next five years.
Sharleen Moffatt and Dr. Steve Martin
Gina Capra brought the good news that ACA is providing impressive support for health centers: $9.5 BN for creation of new sites in medically underserved areas and expansion of primary health care services and $1.5 BN for major construction and renovation projects at CHCs nationwide. (Some NE centers have already benefited from this funding).
With the caveat that Congress must appropriate funds for new (or existing) HRSA programs authorized in legislation before they can be implemented, Daniel Mareck, M.D., HRSA Bureau of Health Professionals, outlined new provisions that will be positive for rural areas: redesign of the Medically Underserved Areas (MUA) and Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA) designation process; $253M for expanding physician assistant training; funding of Health Information Technology networks.
Echoing the Symposium theme, keynote speaker Tom Morris, Associate Administrator, Office of Rural Health Policy, emphasized that the Recovery and Affordable Care Act investments represent “Good Timing… for Linking Public Health and Personal Health By Focusing on the Areas of Greatest Need… And Where is the Need Greater than in Rural America?” We need to re-engineer the system to do a better job in health, recognizing that rural areas have real challenges, for one, the insurance market is different in rural areas. In fiscal year 2011, HHS is demanding evidence-based outcomes - “our money is like venture capital; we need to collect performance data to show we’ve had an impact,” Morris said.
Dr. Craig Jones
Turning to regional issues, Craig Jones, M.D., Executive Director Vermont Blueprint for Health, reviewed the Blueprint’s history (leadership at the state level is key). What began as a way to manage chronic diseases has evolved into an integrated system of health management - “Bringing system to non-systems; looking at health as a coordinated continuum” is the Blueprint’s focus. Multi-insurer payment reform underpins the Blueprint.
Breakout sessions at the Symposium featured presentations by Penelope Markle, Marcella Bobinsky, and representatives of the (NH) Citizen’s Health Imitative. See all the speakers’ presentations below.
2010 Awards
Each year the RoundTable presents awards to individuals for outstanding accomplishment in advancing the cause of rural health. Read the details.
This year’s honorees were:
• President’s Award – Kate Simmons
• Leadership Award – Rebecca Bialecki
• Rural Health Clinician Award -- Mardee Laumann
• Rural Health Clinician Award - Dr. Brian Burke
• Trailblazer Award (new) - Sharleen Moffatt
Symposium Speaker Presentations:
Thursday, October 28th:
Rural Implications of the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010
Andrew F. Coburn, Ph.D.
Chair and Director,
Population Health and Health Policy
Muskie School of Public Service,
University of Southern Maine
Member Health Panel,
Rural Policy Research Institute
Download Presentation (PDF/132kb)
Bureau of Primary Health Care Update
Gina Capra
Director, Northeast Division
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration
Bureau of Primary Health Care
Download Presentation (PDF/773kb)
BHPr and the Affordable Care Act
New England Rural Health Roundtable
Daniel G. Mareck, M.D.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration
Bureau of Health Professions (BHPr)
Download Presentation (PDF/235kb)
National Health Service
Corps: Historic Times
Kimberly Kleine
Deputy Associate Administrator
Bureau
Clinician Recruitment and Service, HRSA
Download Presentation (PDF/151kb)
Friday, October 29th:
13th Annual New England
Rural Health Roundtable Symposium
Tom Morris
Office of Rural Health Policy
Health Resources and Services Administration
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Download Presentation (PDF/1.27MB)
Blueprint Integrated Pilot Programs
Building an Integrated System of Health
Craig Jones, MD
Blueprint Executive Director
Download Presentation (PDF/2.56MB)
NH Community Health Improvement Initiatives
Citizen's Health Initative
Download Presentation (PDF/976kb)
New Hampshire Immunization Program:
Blurring the Lines Between Personal and Public Health
Marcella Jordan Bobinsky, MPH
Program Manager
Download Presentation (PDF/483kb)
Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS)
Penelope S. Markle, RN MSN MEd
Senior Project Manager
Veterans Rural Health Resource Center
Eastern Region
U.S.
Download Presentation (PDF/1.77MB)
Providing a continuum of oral health care
for
infants aged 0-3 through
public health,
personal health and
safety net programs.
Margaret Gradie, PhD,
Medical Care Development
Susan Cote, RDH, MS,
MaineHealth
Bonnie Vaughan,
IPDH, MEd, MBA,
Medical Care Development
Download Presentation (PDF/2.95MB)
For more information please contact:
Marion Pawlek
NERHRT Executive Director
603-643-2800
mjpawlek@joimail.com. |
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