Notable Medications in Inventory Mental Health Aripiprazole 20mg Venlafaxine ER 150mg Antihistamine Hydroxyzine HCl 25 mg Antihypertensive Valsartan 80, 160 mg

How does Dispensary of Hope meet your organization’s needs? WHY Dispensary of Hope How does Dispensary of Hope meet your organization’s needs?  Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) – Access to Quality/Affordable Care Community Benefit – Category III = Programs supporting the poor and vulnerable in community Mission – Care for the Poor Reduce Costs – Decrease hospital costs related to reduced uncompensated ED visits & admissions We will be looking at the following: (state bullet points)

Community Health Needs Assessment CHNA Background Nonprofit hospitals are required to provide benefit to the community that they serve to maintain tax-exempt status, under 501(c)(3) of Federal Internal Revenue Code Section 9007 of ACA requires hospitals to conduct a CHNA every 3 years to assess community need and annually file information [via a Schedule H (Form 990)] regarding progress to meet those needs. Tax penalties are associated if hospitals don’t comply  Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) Priority Examples Access to Quality/Affordable Care Wellness/chronic disease Document Dispensary of Hope as part of Community Benefit We will be looking at the following: (state bullet points)

Community Benefit Program Impact Form Priority = Access to Quality/Affordable Care* Program Goal – What are you working to improve? Provide access to medication for uninsured or underinsured Objectives/Strategies – How are you working to improve? Provide medication, otherwise unaffordable, to target audience using DoH model Reference for Evidence-Based Design – How do you know this will work? STH has utilized DoH for the past 10 years to provide needed medications Target Audience – Who is the program for? Geographic region. Eligible patients (uninsured, < 200% FPL) Change in Health (Intended Outcomes) Increased adherence. Improved patient outcomes (fewer ED and IP visits) Specific Metrics # of patients served monthly, # of new patients/month, # of prescriptions filled Outputs, Outcomes Value of medications dispensed We will be looking at the following: (state bullet points) *Saint Thomas Health example

Mission Dispensary of Hope aligns with organization’s mission to care for the poor & vulnerable. Connect with your organization’s mission leader and Community Benefits Director to help champion this program. We will be looking at the following: (state bullet points)

Advisory Board Company Research Results Reduce Costs Advisory Board Company Research Results DoH enrollment: A positive factor in improving patient outcomes associated with treating chronic conditions Associated with reductions in preventable ED & hospital inpatient (IP) encounters 2) Largest demonstrated savings was IP encounters  Shorter Length of stay Reduced Cost per visit  3) High utilizers of health services (those with > 2 IP or ED Visits per year) demonstrated most profound impact on reductions in IP & ED services 4) Projected health system savings = $2.08M/1000 lives We will be looking at the following: (state bullet points)

Address the Triple Aim of Healthcare Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s Triple Aim: Decrease Costs, Improve Population Health, Enhance Patient Experience1 OPTIMIZE THE HEALTH SYSTEM by using Dispensary of Hope to Decrease the access burden and Improve the Patient Experience while Reducing Costs for the Health Care System2 1) IHI Triple Aiim Initiative. Institute for Healthcare Improvement. http://www.ihi.org/engage/initiatives/TripleAim/Pages/default.aspx Accessed February 15, 2017. 2) Weaver A, Holland J, et al. Advisory Board Consulting. Dispensary of Hope; 2016.