Health Reform Commission Workgroups: Access to Care
Scope | Members | Meetings & Materials
Scope 
Chairperson: Dr. Sheldon Retchin
Co-Chair: Thomas G. Snead, Jr.
This workgroup is tasked with using the many existing sources of data about Virginia’s uninsured to identify age groups, regions, or populations where uninsurance rates are high and develop recommendations to the Commission on how to increase the percentage of insured citizens and improve access to care in these areas. The group will recommend innovative pilots, demonstrations, individual or small group insurance market reforms, or other mechanisms to foster change based on the experience within communities, other states, and other nations.
Membership
| Person | Position | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Sheldon M. Retchin, M.D. | Chairman | VCU Health System |
| Mr. Thomas G. Snead, Jr. | Co-Chair | Virginia Healthcare Foundation |
| Dr. Luis Eljaiek | VA College of Emergency Physicians | |
| Kay Crane | Piedmont Access to Health Services | |
| John Little | Amerigroup | |
| Marlene Blum | Fairfax County Healthcare Advisory Board | |
| Dick Robers | Total Action Against Poverty (Roanoke) | |
| W. Montgomery Dise | Asset Protection Group | |
| Michele Peters | Legal Aid Society of the Eastern Virginia | |
| Dr. Terry Dickinson | Virginia Dental Association | |
| Ms. Deborah D. Oswalt | Virginia Healthcare Foundation | |
| Ms. Nancy J. Stern | Eastern Shore Rural Health Systems | |
| Ms. Jan Lovelace Burrus | Glaxo Smith Kline | |
| The Honorable Anthony L. Burfoot | Norfolk City Council |
Note: Bolded names indicate Health Reform Commission members.
Meetings & Materials
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| Meeting Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| April 25, 2007 | 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. | Dep't of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) Room 7B 600 East Broad Street Richmond |
| Materials: Minutes (Word,
46 k) Medicaid Recommendations (PowerPoint, 74 k) | Strengthening Virginia's Health Care Safety Net (PowerPoint, 340 k) |
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| March 28, 2007 | 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. | Dep't of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) Room 7B 600 East Broad Street Richmond |
| Materials: Minutes (Word,
47 k) Update: Six Healthcare Options (Word, 60 k) | Critical Questions (Word, 93 k) |
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| March 7, 2007 | 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. | Dep't of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) Room 7B 600 East Broad Street Richmond |
| Materials: Minutes (Word,
50 k) JLARC: Coverage Options for Va's Uninsured (142 k) | Medicaid Coverage Options (62 k) | Subsidies and Reforms (76 k) | Improving the Healthcare Safety Net (569 k) |
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| December 7, 2006 | 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. | Patrick Henry Building House Room 1 1111 E. Broad Street Richmond |
| Materials: Minutes (Word,
63 k) Access to Healthcare (60 k) | Health Insurance 101 (111 k) | Profile of Virginia's Uninsured (1.3 mb) |
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