News and Recent Events

July 15, 2010

Governor's Press Conference on ACO pilot program

http://www.governor.nh.gov/media/news/2010/071510-health-care.htm

March 10, 2010

Change in Initiative Leadership

October 20, 2009

New Hampshire Public Health Association and New Hampshire Citizens Health Initiative Fall Forum

New Hampshire’s Health System…
Realizing the Goal of an Integrated Public Health and Personal Health System.

Welcome, Opening Remarks and Key Note Presentation

Morning Panel - Lessons Learned: Models of Integration Across New Hampshire

Afternoon Panel - New Hampshire Communities in Action

May 11, 2009

Conference on Health Payment Reform Presentations

Citizens Health Initiative Pillars Update
Ned Helms, UNH Institute for Health Policy & Practice

Overview of Reform Options
Heather Staples, Citizens Health Initiative

What's Next for Health Care? Understanding the Debate in Washington  
Julie Lewis, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice 

Employer Challenges: State of New Hampshire Employee and Retiree Health Benefit Program
Monica Ciolfi, State of NH, Administrator of Risk and Benefits

Towards A Value Based Payment Model for Maine
Elizabeth Mitchell, former State Legislator, Maine Health Management Coalition

Overview of Medical Home and Description of the New Hampshire Pilot
Carl Cooley and Jeanne McAllister, Center for Medical Home Improvement

Medical Home - Its Impact in an Integrated Practice
Don Caruso, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Keene

NH Medical Home Pilot – Administrator from an Independent Practice
Tom Buchanan, Derry Medical Center

NH Medical Home Pilot - Patient Centered Medical Home
Richard Lafleur, MD, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of NH

Medicaid: NH Medicaid Patient Centered Medical Home Pilot
Kathleen Dunn - Department of Health and Human Services

April 2009

The price of Healthcare in New Hampshire Affects us All
by Patrick Miller

This article originally appeared in the April 2009 edition of New Hampshire Town and City, a publication of New Hampshire Local Government Center

January 1, 2009

Health Information Technology Report presented to the Governor

A strategic Plan for Health Information Technology & Exchange

December 4, 2008

Multi-Stakeholder Patient-Centered Medical Home Pilot participants selected 

October 23, 2008

Press Release: NH Citizens Health Initiative and the Center for Medical Home Improvement announce the NH Multi-Stakeholder Medical Home Pilot

September 17, 2008

Press Release: New Hampshire Acute Care Hospital Comparison

June 24, 2008

Building Alcohol Intervention Options for NH:
Focus on Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment Programs

Purpose: Engagement of New Hampshire’s general health care community in Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral and Treatment Initiatives (SBIRT) for unhealthy alcohol use. 

We convened a group of health care professionals and administrators to discuss SBIRT with the focus and intent to:

• Raise awareness of existing screening and brief intervention activities, initiatives, and programs currently in New Hampshire.
• Increase the use of screening and brief intervention in health care practices across New Hampshire.
• Increase collaboration and coordination of screening and brief intervention initiatives.
• Identify barriers to implementing screening and brief intervention initiatives in NH.
• Reduce the harms associated with excessive alcohol use.

Presentations and handout are available below:

Keynote presentation:
SBIRT: A National Perspective, John Higgins-Biddle, Ph.D

Handouts:
Screening Instruments
SBIRT in NH: Summaries of Participants

Related Information:
Press Release: Save $1 Billion and 800 Lives 

Full Report:Avoidable Costs of Alcohol Abuse in Canada, 2002

June 6, 2008

Alcohol Tax Briefing

During the second half of 2007, the Health Promotion and Disease Prevention policy team convened a group of experts in New Hampshire to discuss and review public health interventions to decrease unhealthy alcohol use.  This review led to the establishment of two priorities for 2008.  One of these is to learn about the relationship between alcohol tax and reduction in unsafe alcohol use.  The other priority is to expand New Hampshire’s coordination and collaboration on Screening, Brief Interventions, Referral, and Treatment (SBIRT) initiatives.  We are planning a conference on June 24, 2008 focused on SBIRT. 

The June 6^th briefing was convened to bring New Hampshire policy makers up to date on the health benefits of alcohol tax.  The morning included a presentation by George Hacker from the Alcohol Policies Project of the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Mr. Hacker provided an overview of the public health research on the relationship between alcohol taxes, alcohol usage, and health outcomes.  The morning ended with a round table discussion with all participants.

Presentations from the day are available below:

Alcohol Tax Briefing-John Bunker
Small Change, Big Difference: Understanding Issues Related to Increases in Alcohol Taxes-George Hacker

May 21, 2008

A NH Citizens Health Initiative Symposium
Continuing the Health Reform Dialogue
Innovative Stories from a Provider, an Employer, and a Community

We gathered together at our annual meeting to hear one of America’s leading clinical voices talk about the quality and transparency initiatives that must become a part of our system. A major business leader from our region then described the actions they have taken to improve health and lower costs for their associates. Finally, we heard from a New Hampshire community that has set out to be the healthiest community in the country by the year 2020. Presentations from the day are available below.

Welcome and Citizens Health Initiative Update - Ned Helms
Chaos and Organization in Healthcare - Thomas H. Lee, MD
Road to Value in Healthcare - Peter Hayes
Keene Vision 2020 - Don Caruso, MD and Yvonne Goldsberry, PhD MPH MSUP

April 3, 2008

Policy Day for Legislators

On April 3, 2008, the Citizens Health Initiative joined the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officers to convene a Policy Day for Legislators.  The event was titled Prioritizing Health Dollars Now....An Investment in New Hampshire's Future.  The goal was to discuss a strategic policy path toward a healthier citizenry and changes for public health and health care in New Hampshire.  Discussions took place on:

• Costs associated with health care
• The need to address healthy behaviors throughout the life span beginning in early childhood
• The difficult decisions in allocating limited funds.

For a summary of the event: 

Prioritizing Health Dollars Now

For more information on the day, please contact Laura Davie:  ldavie@unh.edu