1. Improving Health Care Outcomes for East African Communities
Presented by: jeri Peters, Chief nursing Officer
RUSS
2013 Age and Disability Odyssey: June 17, pm-5:15pm Split Rock 2, City Side

2. Objectives
Describe the challenges faced by East African communities in accessing health care in our country.
Identify the elements of strong partnerships that incorporate the role of funder and health plan as strong partners in serving the East African and immigrant communities.
Provide an overview of several examples of initiatives that improve the health outcomes of East African communities and that provide access to and achieves better health outcomes by promoting early intervention and partnership models using community health workers, public health nursing and transcultural nurses.

3. UCare Mission
UCare will improve the health of our members through innovative services and partnerships across communities.
Founded in 1984 by faculty of the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.
Began in response to Minnesota’s Medicaid Managed Care Demonstration Project.
Initial purpose: to support the DFM residency clinics in a managed care environment and provide quality care to low-income and diverse populations.
At nearly 300,000 members, 600 employees, and the largest provider of health care services to State public program enrollees.
UCare exists to provide comprehensive health care to selected populations through a community-based,
holistic approach, and to support family medicine
education and research so that this philosophy of care
can be carried on into the future.

4. About UCare
Founded in 1984 by faculty in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Minnesota
Initiated to ensure family medicine residents would have a clinic setting to complete residency program
Started as demonstration project serving 100 people; today, UCare is Minnesota’s fourth-largest health plan with more than 300,000 members
Committed to serving Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries with innovative, high-quality health care programs and services