Today’s
Health
Policy panel at CSG/ERC’s Annual Meeting in Wilmington DE focused on health
care innovations that build value. States shared lessons learned and resources.
We heard from
Heidi Louise
Behforouz, MD of AnansiHealth
and
Brigham and Women’s Hospital about the value of including
community health workers into the health team. We also heard from
Jeff Brown of NJ’s
Quality Improvement
Collaborative
about that state’s plan to move Medicaid members into Accountable Care
Organizations, by improving access to quality care and using the resulting
savings to improve community health. We heard from
Kerri McGowan Lowrey,
J.D., M.P.H. of the
Network
for Public Health Law -- Eastern Region about the rich resources and
technical assistance their project provides to Eastern Region policymakers
seeking help with public health law and analysis. And finally we heard from
Secretary Rita
Landgraf of
Delaware’s Department
of Health and Social Services about innovations in their state. As with ten
other ERC states, DE has been awarded a State Innovation Model grant from CMMI.
But understanding that all stakeholders need to be engaged and involved for
successful reform, DE has chosen to create a nonprofit to shepherd
patient-centered reform in their state. For the effort, DE has devoted $100
million in state funds to supplement $30 million in federal funding.
