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Testimony of Anthony R. Tersigni, Ed.D., FACHE President and Chief Executive Officer, Ascension Health

Private Initiatives to Expand Coverage Citizens’ Health Care Working Group Public Meeting and Hearing. Testimony of Anthony R. Tersigni, Ed.D., FACHE President and Chief Executive Officer, Ascension Health . Ascension Health’s Call to Action.

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Testimony of Anthony R. Tersigni, Ed.D., FACHE President and Chief Executive Officer, Ascension Health

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  1. Private Initiatives to Expand CoverageCitizens’ Health Care Working Group Public Meeting and Hearing Testimony of Anthony R. Tersigni, Ed.D., FACHE President and Chief Executive Officer, Ascension Health

  2. Ascension Health’s Call to Action

  3. Principles(Approved by the Ascension Health Board of Trustees, December 2004) • Commitment to access for all • Healthcare is a right • Reject a “two-tiered” health system • Federal solution to finance the care of the underinsured and uninsured • Delivery systems must redesign care to achieve safe, accessible care for the uninsured • New model of leadership = true public and private partnership

  4. Representing the Broader Hospital Field

  5. Ascension Health Virtual Access Institute: Helping Achieve 100% Access A. National Legislative Leader B. Access Model Catalyst C. Voice of the Voiceless D. National Public Policy Partner

  6. Building the Ascension Health 5-Step Access Model SYSTEMIC CHANGE = 100% ACCESS © Ascension Health

  7. The Case for Redesigning Care:One Patient Shopping for Access

  8. 11 Building 12 Access Models 2005 St. Joseph Hospital, Tawas City, MI Rural Prevention Network Genesys Health System Flint, MI, Genessee County CAP (GCCAP) St. Mary’s Medical Center, Saginaw, MI Healthy Futures Lourdes Health Network, Pasco, WA BFCHA St. John Health System Detroit, MI Voices of Detroit Initiative (VODI) Carondelet Health Network, Tucson, AZ Pima County Access Program Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital Binghamton, NY Southern Tier Family Health Link (FHL) Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center Pottsville, PA Highway to Health St. Vincent Health, Indianapolis, IN, Rural Underserved Access to Health (RUAH) Saint Thomas Health Services Nashville, TN, Nashville Consortium of Safety Net Providers Delta Healthcare Consortium Dumas/Gould, AR Daughters of Charity Services of New Orleans New Orleans, LA New Orleans Partnership for Care of the Uninsured (NOPCU) SETON Healthcare Network, Austin, TX Indigent Care Collaboration (ICC) © Ascension Health 2005

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