4022.0: Tuesday, October 23, 2001: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Oral Session

HRSA Access Initiatives and Safety Net Studies

This session will provide a policy level discussion of two newly initiated programs focusing on access to health care services for uninsured and underinsured individuals and two HRSA funded studies on the current status of safety net providers in caring for low-income populations. The four presentations are: 1) a Mathematica Policy Research safety net provider study, 2) findings from the HRSA Community Access Program, 3) lessons learned from States Planning Grants for Universal Health Insurance Coverage, and 4) a study by the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health on the role of health departments in direct service delivery for low-income populations.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Moderator(s):John Waller, Dr PH
Organizer(s):Alexander F. Ross, ScD
8:30 AMHRSA Community Access Program
Eric Baumgartner, MD, MPH
8:50 AMHRSA State Planning Grants Program
Joyce Somsak
9:10 AMLocal Health Departments' Changing Role in the Provision of Safety Net Services
Christopher Keane, ScD, John Marx, PhD, Edmund Ricci, PhD
9:30 AMSafety net provider capacity for care to low-income uninsured patients
Megan C. McHugh, Suzanne Felt-Lisk, MPA, Embry Howell, PhD
Sponsor:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA