HSCTC

The Acute & Primary Care Committee of the Health Planning Council focuses on the improvement of health status by increasing access to care and by promoting coordination among providers of acute and primary care services.

Contact

For more information about the Acute & Primary Care Committee, or to learn how to get involved, e-mail Beverly Chin at: bchin@hsctc.org
The Committee usually meets the third Wednesday of the month, 11:30 - 12:30; exceptions are during the summer and for holidays. Check with bchin@hsctc.org (or 607-273-8686) for details or to join the committee.

Highlights of 2009

• Launched the Asthma Action Coalition, developed brochure on asthma resources in Tompkins County and created a new Asthma Action Plan. Worked with five after-school programs. Provided workshop as an asthma refresher for school nurses. Thanks to the Park and Legacy Foundations for their support.
• Provided information to our residents about new programs: NY Prescription Savers card, COBRA subsidy for people who are unemployed, expanded income-limits for Child Health Plus, and age 29 dependent coverage extension.
• Served on fundraising task force to extend the Cayuga Waterfront Trail to Stewart Park.
• Urgent Rx helped 1,300 people fill prescriptions to support their medical treatment; about 200 more people than last year. Provided vouchers for 3,170 medications, worth $80,000 to people with no insurance who received care at the Ithaca Free Clinic and Cayuga Medical Center. Also offered information about health care subsidy programs.
• Started to catalogue programs which support increased physical activity and better nutrition.

Current Workplan