OACHC Reflects on the Past Year and Sets Goals for 2015
OACHC's GOALS FOR 2015
1. Maintaining Medicaid Coverage & Service Levels for Ohioans
2. Fixing the Fiscal Cliff
3. Helping to Reduce Infant Mortality on Ohio
4. Spreading Awareness and Information About Colorectal Cancer Screenings
TOP ACHIEVEMENTS OF 2014!
- 84 delivery sites among 27 health centers are now nationally recognized as Patient Centered Medical Homes representing 41% of Ohio's CHC Sites! (48 sites either re-certified or gained new certification in 2014). As a comparison, less than 10% of all primary care practices in Ohio are nationally recognized as PCMHs.
- Advocated for state and federal legislation and policies impacting Ohio's CHC with 100% success including the implementation of presumptive eligibility (PE) for all Medicaid eligible with FQHCs and FQHC Look-Alikes as qualified entities to preform PE (first in the country); enactment of FY 2015 omnibus appropriations bill, which included $5.1 billion in total funding for FQHCs, the highest in program history.
- First in the country - partnered with Nationwide Children's Hospital to provide Maintenance of Certification (MOC) for Health Center physicians who include oral health screenings and fluoride varnish applications into the children's well child check-ups.
- Restructured the Board Quality Committee and adopted, for the first time, focus UDS measures with unanimous acceptance from the Board. OACHC also launched its Dental Steering Committee, and the first-ever Advocacy Subcommittee which hit the ground running on several key advocacy initiatives.
- Year 1 of Ohio Enrollment, 381 people were trained, 147, 615 assists were made and 36,771 Ohioans were enrolled in the Marketplace and Medicaid.
- Training and conference attendance increased by 15%.
OACHC SUCCESSES
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- Clinical & Dental
- Advocacy & Legislative
- Outreach & Enrollment
- Workforce & Americorps
- Communication & Training
- Staff
CHC SUCCESSES
- Columbus Neighborhood opens new Dublin CHC
- Care Alliance Health Center becomes recipient of two new grants
- City Of Cincinnati Primary Care Awarded $1.3 Million Federal Health Care Grant
- LCH&D Became September 2014 Outstanding Advocates
- Hopewell Health Center expanded with its first school based site
- Wood County health center funds granted
- Tom Horan became "People to Know in Nonprofits 2014"
- Lorain County Health & Dentistry won national video contest
- Dr. Ilyas was selected for STFM/NIDA Training Award
- Senator Schaffer visited Hopewell Health Center
- Pike CAC opened school-based health center in Manchester
- $840 million initiative to improve patient care & lower costs announced
- HRSA awarded $51.3 million in ACA funding
- HHS awards $36.3 million in ACA funding
- NEON Spreads Holiday Cheer
- Ohio Wins $75M to Test New Billing Model to Improve Health Care While Lowering Costs
- Akron Community Foundation grants AxessPointe CHC, $15,000
