REP. MCook MEDIA ADVISORY - PRESS CONF. HEALTHCARE IN CT - Thursday 5/12/2011

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Jim Carson

May 11, 2011 (860) 240-8790, or

David Dearborn, DSS

860-424-5024

*** MEDIA ADVISORY ***

REP. COOK, LT. GOV. WYMAN, OPM SECRETARY BARNES TO MAKE IMPORTANT

HEALTH CARE ANNOUNCEMENT

‘Person-centered medical home model’ to expand statewide

under HUSKY, Medicaid, Charter Oak Programs

What: Announcement to expand statewide ‘Person-centered Medical Home Model’

When: Thursday May 12, 2011 at 11:00 a.m.

Where: Room 1C, Legislative Office Building, Hartford, CT

The planned changes in health care delivery will help improve coordination of medical benefits and outcomes for over 394,000 children and parents enrolled in HUSKY A; 170,000 seniors and younger adults in fee-for-service Medicaid; 15,000 children in HUSKY B; and 10,000 adults in Charter Oak.

Speakers

Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman
Benjamin Barnes, Secretary of OPM
Roderick L. Bremby, Commissioner of DSS
Dr. Sandra Carbonari, President –Elect, CT Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics
Dr. Robert McClean, Governor of CT Chapter of the American College of Physicians

Michelle Cook of Torrington (65^th District), co-chairs the legislature’s Medicaid panel on Primary Care Case Management (PCCM). She serves as Vice-chair of the Committee on Aging and also serves on the Education and Human Services Committees. - ### -