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Tennessee
The
Tennessee Safety Net 2000 Coalition
- Purpose:
To organize a state and community based partnership that would
adopt and advance a vision of 100%
Access and Zero Health Disparities
in the state of Tennessee.
The
objective of the coalition is "to ensure that all Tennesseans,
including those who are Tenn Care eligible or indigent, have access
to the full range of care services when in need of such services,
including primary care, mental health care, specialized care and
hospital care."
The
desired or anticipated outcomes of Coalition efforts is a stronger
safety net. Specifically, the efforts should increase awareness
of and establish support for safety net providers (at the state
and local level), and solicit a level of assurance- particulary
from state- of safety net services via financial and legislative
means.
- Who
is involved:
- What
was done by Charles Wiltraut:
- I
conducted strategic planning with staff leadership and
the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Primary Care Association
(TNPCA) to develop a Campaign strategy for the state of TN.
The strategy includes both working with communities as well
as reconvening partners in the "Safety Net Coalition"
organized in 1997.
- I
worked with TNPCA to convene and facilitate this partnership
of providers in the state of Tennessee in January 2000.
- I
worked with TNPCA staff and members to recruit 3 communities
to participate community
discussions as part of their
commitment to the Campaign. The purpose of these discussions
is to: gather information on the awareness and the role of safety
net providers; educate discussion participants around the the
value of the safety net (provider) in the health care system;
and to build support (advocate) for a stronger safety net and
for safety net providers.
- Outcomes:
- The
Safety Net Coalition originally convened in 1997 has reorganized
and convened with an agenda for the year 2000 under Tennessee
Primary Care Association Leadership.
- Coalition
members have met with the TennCare Commission to introduce them
to the Coalition and its agenda.
- The
Coalition developed a message and is implementing a media and
legislative strategy, and the Safety Net Coalition will devise
strategies around financing and service delivery of primary
care for underserved persons in the state.
- Contact:
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