UNCW Division for Public Service and Continuing Studies

PURPOSE

The first in a series, the 2008 Summit will provide an overview of health care issues facing the growing number of uninsured and underinsured in our community, and what these issues mean to us. Our agenda addresses the economic, social, and personal implications for anyone who is a consumer or provider of health care in our community.

The Summit is intended to increase awareness of why this matters to you and provide a forum for discussing solutions and strategies for significant results.

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AGENDA

8 a.m.
Registration, Coffee and Networking

8:30 a.m.
Greetings from the University
Chancellor Rosemary DePaolo, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina Wilmington

8:35 a.m.
Understanding the Issue
Jack Barto, President and CEO
New Hanover Regional Medical Center

8:45 a.m.
The NC Uninsured: Who Are They, Why Do We Care, and What Can We Do? | pdf
Mark Holmes, Ph.D., Vice President
North Carolina Institute of Medicine

10 a.m.
Break

10:15 a.m.
What is the Economic Impact? | pdf
Chris Dumas, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Economics and
Julianne Treme, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Health Care Economics
UNCW Cameron School of Business

10:45 a.m.
Facilitated Panel Discussions

Health Care Providers Response - The impact of the uninsured on service delivery
Scott Whisnant, New Hanover Regional Medical Center (facilitator)
S. Bryan Durham MD, Eastern Carolina Emergency Physicians
John Gizdic, New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Jeanne Rose, FNP, Tileston Outreach Health Clinic

11:20 a.m.
Business Sector Panel - How the rise of the uninsured affects employers
Robert Burrus, Ph.D., UNCW Cameron School of Business (facilitator)
Jeff Hilton, Southern Home Builders
Kay Robinson, RSM McGladrey
Bob Rippy, Jungle Rapids Family Fun Park
Page Robertson, Brookside Homes

Noon
Understanding HealthNet | pdf
Scott Whisnant, Government Affairs Director
New Hanover Regional Medical Center

12:15 p.m.
Working Lunch | Roundtable Discussions

Enhancing Safety Net | pdf
Scott Whisnant, New Hanover Regional Medical Center (facilitator)

Business/Community Solutions | pdf
Howard Rasheed, Ph.D., UNCW Cameron School of Business (facilitator)

Health Care Provider Solutions | pdf
Janie Canty-Mitchell, Ph.D., UNCW School of Nursing (facilitator)

Community Awareness of Health Access Needs | pdf
Amy Cook, New Hanover County Health Department (facilitator)

Enhance Access to Dental Care | cancelled
Scott Harrelson, New Hanover County Health Department (facilitator)

Enhance Access to Mental Health Care | pdf
Pete Mumma, New Hanover Regional Medical Center (facilitator)

1 p.m.
Wrap Up | Closing Remarks | pdf
Stephen Demski, Vice Chancellor
UNCW Public Service and Continuing Studies

1:15 p.m.
Adjourn

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BEST PRACTICES

The links below are to organizations who are actively addressing the issue of health access for the uninsured.

Church Helath Center Clinic, Memphis, TN
Dr. Scott Morris, a family practice physician and ordained United Methodist minister, founded the Church Health Center in 1987 to provide quality, affordable healthcare for working, uninsured people and their families. Thanks to a broad base of financial support from the faith community, and the volunteer help of doctors, nurses, dentists and others, theChurch Helath Center Clinic has grown to become the largest faith-based clinic of its type in the country.

Currently, we care for 50,000 patients of record without relying on government funding. Fees are charged on a sliding scale based on income. The average visit costs about $20.

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SPEAKERS

Since his arrival at New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Jack Barto has led a remarkable change in how health care services are delivered in this community. Today, under his leadership, the emphasis is on a culture of Service Excellence, which means the primary focus is on patient satisfaction, retaining and rewarding valuable staff and operating the medical center in an efficient and fiscally responsible manner.

Rob Burrus, Ph.D. became chair in the UNCW Cameron School of Business Department of Economics and Finance in the summer of 2007. He has been on the faculty since 1998 and was promoted to associate professor in 2004. Prior to joining the faculty, he was a visiting assistant professor at Kenyon College from 1996 to 1998.

Janie Canty-Mitchell, Ph.D., assoicate dean for research and community partnerships in the UNCW School of Nursing has a distinguised career including experiences in psychiatric/mental health nusring, public health nursing, supervision and administration, program development, project management, coalition building, teaching, and research. Community partnerships have been a core component of her public health nursing practice, teaching in academic settings, and research and scholarly endeavors.

Amy Cook is the health promotion supervisor for New Hanover County Health Department. She graduated from the University of South Carolina with a graduate degree in public health, emphasis on health promotion. Her public health experience includes planning, implementing and evaluating health programs, addressing the specific needs for targeted populations.

Stephen Demski is the vice chancellor for Public Service and Continuing Studies at UNCW. He brings vast experience and expertise from his previous past as Director of UMass Extension. Steve has a distinguished career as an educator, administrator and leader. He holds the rank of Colonel in the active United States Army Reserve where he is assigned to the Unived Services University of Health Sciences as an adjunct assistant professor of preventative medicine.

Rosemary DePaolo, Ph.D., became chancellor of the University of North Carolina Wilmington in July 2003. Under her visionary leadership, UNCW has attained national prominence as a model for teaching, research and service.

A Wilmington native, Chris Dumas, Ph.D., received his undergraduate degree in economics from NC State University, and Masters and Ph.D. degrees in economics from the University of California, Berkeley. He has been a professor in the Department of Economics and Finance at the UNCW Cameron School of Business for ten years. Recently, Chris was lead author on a article in the North Carolina Medical Journal entitled "The Economic Impacts of Medicaid in North Carolina."

A native of Boone, NC, S. Bryan Durham, MD, received a BA in chemistry from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem and his MD from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill. He completed his residency at The University of Pittsburgh Affiliated Residency in Emergency Medicine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is board certified in Emergency Medicine. Bryan's primary practice location is New Hanover Regional Medical Center, here in Wilmington, where he also serves as the department chair of the Emergency Department.

John Gizdic is vice president of strategic planning and business development at New Hanover Regional Medical Center with primary responsibility for the identification and execution of planning and business development initiatives on behalf of the organization. In addition, he has operational responsibility for a number of key services, including Coastal Hospitalists, Cardiac Cath Labs, EP Labs, Cardiac/Pulmonary Rehab, Non-invasive Cardiology, Physician Relations, Marketing and Volunteer Services. John received his undergraduate in health policy and administration from Penn State University and graduate degrees in business and health administration from Pfeiffer University.

Scott Harrelson is the deputy health director for the New Hanover County Health Department. He is a graduate of East Carolina University with an graduate degree in public administration, emphasis in health. He has been in a leadership position for community health in Eastern North Carolina for the past 13 years. As the Duplin County health director Scott began a mobile dental program to establish a dental home for underserved children. He replicated that same program for Brunswick and New Hanover counties with the Miles of Smiles mobile dental unit.

Under the direction of the President, Mark Holmes, Ph.D. helps direct the overall work of the Institute including programmatic activities such as Task Force work as well ensuring efficient business operation. Mark's responsibilities include all NC IOM statistical analyses, either in direct support of Task Force work, as part of the NC IOM's rapid response capability, or limited ad hoc analyses in response to public inquiries.

Pete Mumma is the director of behavioral health services for the Oaks at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. He joined NHMRC in 2007 after 16 years at the University of Maryland Medical Center's Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behavior. He holds a graduate degree in psychology from the University of Baltimore, and is working on an MBA. Pete is the current president of the board of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) - Wilmington Chapter, and is honored to serve on the Executive Board of Wilmington's Ten Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness through the United Way.

Howard Rasheed, Ph.D., is an associate professor of management and holds a doctorate from Florida State University in strategic, international and entrepreneurial management. His research interests include innovation, e-commerce and entrepreneurship. Howard currently teaches courses in strategic management and managing innovation and technology.

A Wilmington native is sometimes hard to find, but at Brookside Homes, the owner Page Robertson was born and raised in Wilmington, NC. Having made his start in the area over 10 years ago, Page Robertson (P. Robertson Building Corp.) has made quite a name for himself building exquisite custom homes for satisfied clients in New Hanover and Brunswick and Counties.

Kay Robinson, has been a Director in the RSM McGladrey Wilmington office since October 1994. She is the lead consultant for our Humans Resources Consulting Services Practice. Kay has served as a consultant and practitioner in the field of human resources for over 25 years primarily in university (private and public), hospital, manufacturing, and non-profit environments. She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Rochester and has lifetime certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR).

Julianne Treme, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Economics and Finance at the UNCW Cameron School of Business. Prior to joining UNCW she was a professor at Wake Forest University from 2006-2008. Her research interests are in the field of applied microeconomics, with an emphasis in health economics. Projects include examining the effect of nutrition on military success, exploring the link between urbanization and health in developing economies, and estimating the effect of celebrity magazine appearances on box office revenues.

Scott Whisnant is director of government relations, community outreach and grants at New Hanover Regional Medical Center, where he has worked in public relations for 10 years. A 1983 graduate of the University of North Carolina, he began his career in journalism and is author of a true crime book, Innocent Victims. He is current chairman of Cape Fear
HealthNet, a community collaborative effort to improve access to health care for low-income uninsured residents of New Hanover and Brunswick counties.

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