SUPPORTIVE HOUSING and HEALTHCARE REFORM Mohini Venkatesh Senior Director, Public Policy National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare Cindy McLaughlin CEO, Avita Community Partners Cindy Zeldin Executive Director, Georgians for a Healthy Future Plenary Facilitator Tod Citron, CEO, Cobb & Douglas Community Service Boards
Complex patients who frequently seek the most expensive care have long been identified as a disproportionate source of U.S. healthcare spending.
Medicaid and Medicare starting to financially penalize healthcare systems due to patient readmissions.
New York expecting to save $1 New York expecting to save $1.3 billion over five years by providing housing and supportive services for chronically ill Medicaid patients. New York asked CMS for $375 million to build or renovate 3,000 apartments
Affordable Care Act = ObamaCare Medicaid Expansion = 600,000 to 700,000 Georgia has rejected Health Insurance Exchanges = States have plan by 2014 or HHS operates for state Georgia has not yet established HIE Georgia uninsured = 2 million
Housing Healthcare Happiness