The Health of the RI's Healthcare System on the next A Lively Experiment (week of July 22 and 24, 2016)
Dyana Koelsch – moderator
Sandra Coletta – Chief Operating Officer, Care New England
Elizabeth Roberts – Secretary, Rhode Island Health and Human Services
- The Health of Rhode Island Hospitals
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Possible mergers
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Closing of obstetrics
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Assessment of how we are doing
- New Health Care Models
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Cost cutting
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Patient medical home care
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Improving the quality of care
- Governor Raimondo’s reinvention of Medicaid
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What is the status of the program?
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What are the outcomes
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Has it been successful?
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What else needs to be done?
- Governor Opiate legislation
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Opioid prescription parameters
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Hospital requirements to connect patient to
treatment
o What else can be done?
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