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\n\"health\n<\/div>\n
Dr. Dennis Weaver presents information at a recent AHI conference on an initiative of medical providers and public and private insurers to improve care and expand services\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Adirondack Health Institute (AHI), based in
\nQueensbury, hosted its annual summit, “Charting
\nthe Course: Rural Health Care Transformation
\nin the Adirondacks” in September at the
\nLake Placid Conference Center, attended by
\nmore than 200 health care providers, community
\nleaders, behavioral health providers, care
\nmanagers, and other key stakeholders from nine
\nNorth Country counties.<\/p>\n

“This year’s conference, which brought together
\ncommunity leaders from around the vast
\nregion to share health care best practices and
\nstrategies for the future, was our most ambitious,
\nwell-attended and well-received of the six we’ve
\nhosted to date,” said Cathy Homkey, CEO of AHI.
\n“For more than 25 years, AHI has been using
\nour relationships, resources, expertise, and
\ncapacity to provide technical assistance and
\nvalue-added services in the region, such as this
\nsummit,” she said.<\/p>\n

Key topics covered by speakers at the summit
\nincluded:<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Event keynote speakers Patrick Roohan,
\ndeputy commissioner, and Dr. Foster Gesten,
\nmedical director, Office of Quality and Patient
\nSafety, state Department of Health, discussed
\nthe State Health Innovation Plan (SHIP), an
\ninitiative to identify and stimulate the spread
\nof promising innovations in health care delivery
\nand finance that result in optimal health outcomes for New Yorkers.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Dr. Dennis Weaver, executive vice president
\nand chief medical officer, Southwind\/Advisory
\nBoard Co., presented evidence to date on the
\nAdirondack Medical Home Demonstration, a
\njoint initiative of medical providers and public
\nand private insurers to improve care, expand access
\nand contain costs in the Adirondack region.<\/p>\n

U.S. Rep. Bill Owens announced that the
\nWhite House’s Office of Budget Management
\n(OMB) has approved a limited extension of
\nthe Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’
\n(CMS) Multi-payer Advanced Primary Care
\nPractice (MAPCP) Demonstration in New York
\n(i.e., Medicare’s participation in the Adirondack
\nMedical Home Demonstration).<\/p>\n

CMS participation, originally scheduled to
\nend June 30, had previously been extended to
\nDec. 31 of this year. Under this demonstration,
\nCMS participates in multi-payer reform initiatives
\nthat are currently being conducted by
\nstates to make advanced primary care practices
\nmore broadly available with a goal to improve the
\nquality and coordination of health care services.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 Timothy Hoff, Ph.D., associate professor of
\nmanagement, Health Care Systems, and Health
\nPolicy, D’Amore-McKim School of Business,
\nNortheastern University, discussed organizing
\nand managing high-functioning health care
\nteams.<\/p>\n

Photo Courtesy Adirondack Health Institute<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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