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• • • • • Coordinated Community Health Needs Assessments Planning, Policy and Advocacy Paul Westrick, Columbia St. Mary’s Clare Reardon, Froedtert Health Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Control Program March 29, 2012 • • • • • What is Community Benefit? A planned, managed, organized and measured approach to a health care organization’s participation in meeting identified community health needs. It implies collaboration with a ‘community’ to ‘benefit’ it’s residents – particularly the poor, minorities and other underserved groups – by improving health status and quality of life. • • • • • Partnership Background Public / Private Consortium 2007 5 Health Systems: Aurora Healthcare, Children’s Hospital & Health System, Columbia St. Mary’s, Froedtert Health, Wheaton Franciscan Health Care 4 FQHC’s: Milwaukee Health Services Inc, Outreach Community Health Centers, Progressive Community Health Centers, Sixteenth Street Community Health Center 3 Public: City of Milwaukee Health Dept., Milwaukee County Dept Health & Human Svcs., WI DHS and Medicaid Office Academic: Medical College of Wisconsin • Affiliates: WHA, WPHCA, MCMS, FC3 • • • • • Partnership Mission • Improve Health Care for Underserved Populations in Milwaukee County • Goals – Expand Coverage – Ensure Access – Improve Care Coordination • Objectives – Improve health & reduce disparities – Reduce the total cost of care • • • • • Secondary Objectives Community-wide plan / focused agenda • Reduce duplication & fragmentation of efforts • Enhance communication / coordination • Leverage existing & secure new public and private funding • Increase transparency & accountability • Equitable distribution of burden • • • • • Milwaukee County Profile County Health Rankings Coverage Overall 69 Mortality 67 Morbidity 71 Behaviors 64 The Partnership’s primary focus is medically underserved Milwaukee county residents, defined to include those covered by government insurance programs and uninsured individuals with incomes below 200% of the federal poverty level. Clinical Care 35 Total Population: 948,944 Socioeconomic 71 • • • • 45% (428,108) are vulnerable 30% (287,108) covered by Medicaid 55% (130,107) are children 15% (141,000) uninsured • • • • • Accomplishments • 20% expansion in Badger Care coverage • Primary Care Access Study • Free & Community Clinic Inventory • Medication Access Needs Assessment • ED Care Coordination Initiative • Secured / redirected over $12 million • 2011 AHA NOVA Award for Community Collaboration • • • • • Community Benefit: A Brief History • Community outreach - mission driven • Non profit status, tax exemption under federal and state scrutiny – Some states - % of operating expenses – Some states – active attorneys general • PPACA – Health reform legislation includes rigorous IRS reporting for hospitals • • • • • Community Benefit Reporting 1. Uncompensated Care 2. Health Services Screenings, prevention, community education 3. Medical Education Building the healthcare workforce of tomorrow 4. Research 5. Community Building Social determinants (poverty - education, jobs, transportation, environment, etc) Wisconsin / 132 hospitals in 2010 $2,569,911,003 Including Medicare shortfalls • • • • • Community Health Needs Assessment • At least every three years • Input of broad interests from the community served – including those with expertise in public health • Make findings widely available • Adopt an implementation strategy Failure to meet in any given year = $50,000 excise tax • • • • • IRS Reporting Requirements Each hospital required to report: • How it is meeting the needs identified – develop and implement a Community Health Improvement Plan • Description of needs not being addressed and explain why • • • • • • • • • • Southeastern Wisconsin Community Needs Assessment • Goal: Develop a collaborative model and tools to meet combined needs of health care and public health partners – – – – Avoid duplication and wasted resources Meet requirements of multiple stakeholders Shared costs Unit of measure – spread from Milwaukee County to 6 County SE Wisconsin area • • • • • Primary data – Community Health Survey • Adapted Aurora Community Health Survey tool to gather needs from the general community (Survey reports/tool: www.aurora.org/commhealth) – Since 2003: • CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System - chronic disease, access to care, safety, preventive screenings and immunization • Repeated every 3 years – MHCP tool: streamlined questionnaire to allow space for youth oriented questions • Ozaukee, Washington, Kenosha ,Waukesha, Racine Milwaukee Counties • 21 hospitals / 19 health departments • • • • • Key Stakeholder Interviews • Purpose – to gather required information from “persons with expertise in public health” and “identify available community resources to address the need” 1. Of the following focus areas from the State Health Plan, please rank order the top 3 to 5 major health-related issues in your community: _____Alcohol and drug _____Communicable disease _____Growth & development _____Nutrition _____Physical activity _____Tobacco _____Injury & violence _____Chronic disease _____Environmental & occupational _____Mental health _____Oral health _____Reproductive & sexual _____Access • • • • • Secondary sources: • Center for Urban Population Health City of Milwaukee, UW School of Medicine and Population Health, Aurora Healthcare – County Health Rankings – State/County/Municipal data • • • • • WISH DHS BRFSS Family Health Survey Local Health Department data • Hospital Utilization data – ED utilization – Preventable hospital admissions (Ambulatory Sensitive Conditions) – Charity Care maps • • • • • Key Success Factors • Strong functioning coalition: trust, leadership, accountability, focus & flexibility • Commitment to shared plan - local health departments part of process • Plan driven by multi-stakeholder assessment / analysis • Aligned stakeholder investment, leveraging external funding for collaborative health improvement model • • • • • Collaborative Community Healthcare Improvement Model COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENTS COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN SHARED COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS ORGANIZATIONAL SPECIFIC PLANS ORGANIZATIONAL SPECIFIC INVESTMENTS Assessment Process and Tools Secondary Data Analysis Community Will Goals / Priorities Strategies / Tactics Measurement Public Funding Priorities Private Philanthropic Priorities Health System Funding Priorities • • • • • Determinants of Health 10% Health Care • Quality improvement • Accessibility 20% Social / Environmental • Built environment • Safe communities 30% Genetic • Personalized medicine 40% Behavior • Health education • Healthy communities McGinnis, J.M. et al. Health Affairs 2002;21(2):78-93 • • • • • Addressing Social Determinants Upstream Midstream Downstream Pro-Equity Policies Affordable Housing Incarceration Good Paying Jobs Physical Activity Obesity Quality Education Safe Neighborhoods Fair Standards of Living No Racism Homelessness Healthy Environment Access to Transportation Access to Healthcare Low Birth Weight Untreated Mental Illness Poor Health Status • • • • Thank-you! www.mkehcp.org •