Putting the Pieces Together...

Communities Connect
800 E. Chestnut
Lower Level Suite 2
Bellingham WA 98225

Hands Putting Puzzle Pieces Together

Building successful community collaboratives that improve healthcare access, care and quality

Monday - June 2 and Tuesday - June 3, 2008
Holiday Inn SeaTac

A conference sponsored by Communities Connect and made possible by the generous support of Group Health

Hear 3 outstanding, nationally known speakers (see right) from across the country whose community-based healthcare collaboratives have improved access, care and quality while producing measurable outcomes and sustainability.

Participate in workshops profiling successful community collaborative efforts in Washington State that have:

  • Implemented successful outreach and enrollment initatives for children and adults
  • Improved access to care and medical homes
  • Improved quality of care

Hear from Washington State and Federal officials on health reform and health access initiatives and the role of community healthcare collaboratives in their success.

Who should attend:

  • Community healthcare access groups that are forming, in early stages of development or well established
  • Local, county and state elected officials and legislative staff
  • Local and state agency staff involved in implementing state health policy initiatives
  • Anyone interested in making a difference in their community

Registration Fee is $100 for Communities Connect Members and
$125 for non-members.
Light breakfast, lunch and refreshments provided.

Presentations:

The Ohio Experience, Dr. Mark Redding (pdf)

The New Mexico Experience, Fornessa Randal (pdf)

The North Carolina Experience, Denise Levis Hewson (pdf )

Community Collaboratives in an Era of Health Care Reform , Vondie Moore-Woodbury (pdf)

Session A: Effective Outreach and Enrollment for Children and Adults
  • WithinReach, Patty Hayes (pdf)
  • Kids Connect and KidScreen, Rhonda Hauff (pdf)
  • Community Access Program, Fornessa Randal (pdf)

    Session B: Access To Care for the Uninsured and Medicaid
  • King County Children's Health Initiative, Lisa Podell (pdf)
  • Project Access NOW, Linda Nilsen-Solares (pdf)
  • North Carolina Community Care Program, Denise Levis Hewson (pdf)

    Session C: Improving Quality of Care
  • Puget Sound Health Alliance, Susie Dade (pdf)
  • CHOICE Regional Health Network (pdf)
  • Community Health Access Project, Dr. Mark Redding

    Creating Sustainability for Community-based Access Initiatives
  • Denise Levis Hewson (pdf)
  • Fornessa Randal (pdf)

    Creating Effective Community-based Partnerships and Governance
  • Whatcom Alliance for Healthcare Access (pdf)

    Additional Information:

    To access the personal health records survey:  http://www.accessmyhealth.org/

    To request a prescription drug card: http://www.rx.wa.gov/discountcard.html


     

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    Denise Levis Hewson, RN, BSN, MSPH

    Community Care of North Carolina

    Denise has spent the last 25 years researching, developing and implementing community-based programs targeting the Medicaid, Medicare and uninsured populations.  She has been involved in North Carolina’s Medicaid initiatives since the mid 80s and has consulted with other States and health organizations as they explored opportunities to better manage and improve the quality of health care delivered to vulnerable populations.  She is the Director of Quality Improvement and Senior Consultant for North Carolina’s Community Care Program.

    Fornessa Randal, MCRP

    Coordinated Systems Care Community Access Program of New Mexico

    Fornessa is the Executive Director of the Coordinated Systems of Care Community Access Program of New Mexico (CSC-CAPNM) and Director of Innovative Community Engagements for the University of New Mexico’s Office for Community Health. She has spent the past 8 years spearheading 3 major statewide initiatives providing access to healthcare for uninsured and underinsured populations in New Mexico. She was lead inventor of the Primary Care Dispatch (sm), the Field Case Management program and NurseAdvice (sm) NM.

    Mark Redding, MD

    Community Health Access Project, Ohio

    Mark has worked with his wife Dr. Sarah Redding since the late 1980s focusing on health disparities reduction initiatives.  This work has included the training and support of Community Health Workers (CHWs) - first in Kotzebue, Alaska and then in Baltimore, Maryland.  For the past seven years, Dr. Redding has worked in Ohio to support CHW programs across the state and nationally.  The Pathways model was developed in 2000 as part of these initiatives. 

    Vondie Moore Woodbury

    Muskegon Community Health Project, Communities Joined in Action
    Michicgan

    Vondie has been Director of the Muskegon Community Health Project since October 1995. She is c-author of Out of the Box and Over the Barriers a book describing Muskegon’s community driven process.  She has consulted with communities in over 40 states that have expressed an interest in replicating community-centered models and she has worked as a consultant to the National Association of Counties, the Health Resources and Services Administration and the Michigan Department of Corrections.
    Ms. Moore Woodbury is a founding member of Communities Joined in Action and was recently named Director of Community Benefit for Mercy and also serves as a member of Trinity’s Corporate Community Benefit team. 


     
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