1. Presentation to the Greater Columbia ACH Leadership Council 5.18.2017
A Brief Review of the Survey of Relevant Organizations in the Greater Columbia ACH
Presentation to the Greater Columbia ACH Leadership Council

2. Response overview: Location of responding organization

3. Response overview: by sector (shares)

4. General ranking of project areas

5. Number of responses by project area

6. Other comments to project area responses
The size of the responses doesn’t allow us to summarize the proposals here; available in project team handouts
Many responses very thorough
Majority were proposed by organizations that operate the programs
Geographical footprint – about half were one county-specific, with other half multi-county

7. Other comments to survey responses
Greatest Opportunities?
Builds on existing resources
Will provide stronger coordination than the status quo
Based on national or evidence-based model
Targets underserved populations
Helps to reduce expensive healthcare use
Greatest Challenges?
Financial resources
Reimbursements
Skilled workforce
Patient engagement

8. Behavioral health integration progress map (n = 37)
Categories
Not implementing
Planning
Engaging
Executing
Reflecting & evaluating
Doesn’t apply (N/A)
Most frequent responses
N/A

9. Behavioral health integration progress map for those answering “executing”

10. Workforce question results (n=41)
Part of Waiver requirements
To analyze
To create more supply, where needed
3 categories
Little to no additional need
Moderate need
Great need
Two numerical questions & two open-ended ones

11. Workforce question results: current area of “greatest need”

12. Workforce questions: occupations in highest demand to be able to respond to Waiver

13. Workforce Questions What has been most helpful in filling positions?
Pay & financial incentives
A strategy in place
Residencies
What has been the greatest challenge?
Attracting workers to rural areas (salaries, spouses, amenities)

14. Concluding comments Not too many comments
Wide variety, but the most common was a concern about the relevance of the Waiver to non-clinical service providers
Advice for staff to reach out to many organizations
Some criticism that the survey was too open-ended
Others thought it was good at capturing all underway in the ACH

15. Institute for Public Policy & Economic Analysis
Thank You!
D. Patrick Jones, Ph.D.
Institute for Public Policy & Economic Analysis