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Mississippi Health First: Leveraging Relationships Community by community

Mississippi Health First: Leveraging Relationships Community by community. December 3, 2009 Warren A. Jones, MD, FAAFP Distinguished Professor of Health Policy Professor of Family Medicine Professor of Anesthesiology Executive Director

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Mississippi Health First: Leveraging Relationships Community by community

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  1. Mississippi Health First:Leveraging Relationships Community by community December 3, 2009 Warren A. Jones, MD, FAAFP Distinguished Professor of Health Policy Professor of Family Medicine Professor of Anesthesiology Executive Director Mississippi Institute for Improvement of Geographic Minority Health Delta Regional Institute University of Mississippi Medical Center

  2. MISSISSIPPI 62 of 82 Counties are designated as HPSAs

  3. M. Bouldin, MD

  4. Mississippi Health First’s mission is to address the incidence of health disparities and to increase health literacy and diabetes self-management to improve health outcomes.  The initiative will be characterized by a partnership between Federal and non-federal entities in order to maximize resources and affect the largest possible number of individuals with diabetes.  The collaborative partnership consists of members from the following Federal and non-federal entities:

  5. ● Administration on Aging (AoA) ● American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) ● American Diabetes Association (ADA) ● Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ● Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ● National Institutes on Health (NIH) ● Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) ● Housing and Urban Development (HUD) ● National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) ● HHS/Office of Minority Health (OMH)

  6. Additionally, the following organizations have been contracted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to support this initiative: ●HCD International (HCDI) ● Healthcare Management Solutions (HMS) ● Information & Quality Healthcare(IQH)

  7. Mississippi Health First’s main goals are: ● to recruit and retain participants and providers; ● establish relationships at the local level; ● measure clinical outcomes; and ● improve the value of individual programs with a larger collaborative program. 

  8. What is unprecedented is its approach which includes the collaboration of Federal and non-federal partners as well as the hope for many additional partners, especially at the State and local level, including faith-based organizations. 

  9. Our Partners Assisting in the Implementation of Mississippi Health First’s Goals?

  10. CONCLUSION INSANITY: Continuing to do things the same way and expecting a different outcome. (Michael Milkin) (Einstein) (Rudyard Kipling) (Old Chinese Proverb)

  11. Contact Information: Warren A. Jones, MD, FAAFP MIGMH/DRI (601) 815-9000 wjones@ovc.umsmed.edu www.migmh.org

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