Innovation/New Models of Care
Reps. Mike Kelly (R-PA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and Ami Bera (D-CA) yesterday launched the Health Care Innovation Caucus, which will work to advance a legislative agenda that encourages innovative policy ideas to improve quality of care and lower costs for consumers.
We applaud the announcement of the Health Care Innovation Caucus led by Representatives Kelly (R-PA), Kind (D-WI), Mullin (R-OK), and Bera, M.D. (D-CA) to encourage innovative policy ideas to improve the quality of care and lower costs for patients. America鈥檚 hospitals and health systems are鈥
Bronson Healthcare | Kalamazoo, MI
Bronson Healthcare is a regional health system serving nine counties in southwest Michigan. Its flagship hospital implemented a Frequent User System Engagement 2.0 (FUSE) pilot program 鈥 a collaborative effort targeting frequent users of the emergency department鈥
Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), an academic community health system serving Cambridge, Somerville and Boston鈥檚 metro-north region, has been engaged in primary care-behavioral health integration for the last 30 years. However, the organization began implementing a formal system of integration based鈥
AHA will lead activities to foster innovation. These will include "boot camps," where teams of hospital leaders solve challenges through innovative collaboration and training, with expert coaching help.
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Pictured from left to right: Kim Byas, Sr., PhD, regional executive, AHA and moderator; panelist Mary Blunt, senior vice president, Sentara Healthcare; panelist Thomas Priselac, president and CEO, Cedars-Sinai Health System; panelist William Flagg, director of community relations and development,鈥
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