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Sweeping health care reform
Concept paper on ACA implementation fuels idea for the WHI
First meeting
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Addressing the potential impacts of the ACA
First WHI committees
Addressing behavioral health concerns
Continuing the work
Seven new projects
Official launch garners press attention
Early efforts to enroll families in Medicaid
Meeting the need for doctors
The first workgroups
A formal charter for new members
First project manager
Washtenaw County Health Improvement Plan
A process for workgroup funding requests
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The Detox Protocol Guide
Coordinating with community groups
Docs for new Medicaid enrollees
Improving access to acute dental care
First financial commitment
First care navigation efforts
The Reduced Fee Dental Initiative kicks off
Substance Use Detox Protocol Guide is released
Steering Committee refines WHI goals
Advance care planning identified as a community need
First letter to the community
Support for WHI activities grows
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Care Net and BCC Pilot launch
First WHI e-newsletter
Assessing the needs of safety net clinics
Assessing mild and moderate mental health
Meeting with Snyder Admin: Healthy Michigan Plan
Preparing for Medicaid expansion
63 patients enroll in reduced fee dental care program
New program supports residents with abscess-related dental needs
FUSE connects homeless individuals to housing
6,323 hours. 177 members.
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Addressing the Opioid Epidemic
Awards and honors
Medicaid expansion
Assessing capacity for end-of-life care
Conclusion of the Reduced Fee Dental Initiative
Tailored mental health management
Steering Committee discusses the future direction of the WHI
First open enrollment
Pilot connects 69 residents to PCPs
State of Michigan receives SIM grant
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2015 Open Enrollment outreach
Early work of the UNITE group
TaMMS receives funding to extend program
WHI and CHRT propose to serve as backbone for local SIM
A new ID option for Washtenaw residents
Dental, opioid, and FUSE projects advance
Senior services project assessment
103 housed by FUSE
WHI explores gaps in mental health services
WHI hosts ACP film, panel at the State Theater
Harm reduction training
Michigan Radio reports on advance care planning work
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68 attend open enrollment events
71 percent treated by acute dental pilot
WHI, CHRT to coordinate community health partnerships
Diversifying WHI leadership
300+ teens learn about effects of opioid, substance use addiction
Study informs public safety, mental health millage ballot initiative
ACP sponsors film, panel at the Michigan Theater
Community health implementation plan
Joining forces to address mental health needs
Repeal and replace approaches
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WHI members enroll 13,360 in Medicaid insurance plans
SIM operational plan approved
Six year review
Funding for the Livingston and Washtenaw County Community Health Innovation Region
12 hublets begin pilot testing for care coordination intervention
First social needs assessments
Making Your Health Care Wishes Known development
Public Safety and Mental Health Preservation Millage passes
FUSE cares for 100-plus chronically homeless individuals
Individual mandate repealed
Policies aim to disrupt opioid epidemic, test work requirements
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TaMMS decreases depression, anxiety symptoms
Michigan Medicaid Work Requirements Bill becomes law
Sharing SIM work with MDHHS
Helping seniors make end-of-life wishes known
Case study: SIM care coordination
First opioid summit
Three dozen participate in SUD systems change initiative
Texas Judge declares ACA unconstitutional
MMOE members help 12,389 apply for health insurance
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Second SUD systems change convening
Vital Seniors Initiative launches
Improving the homeless response system
Final substance use systems change convening
UNITE group publishes Community Health Needs Assessment
Sunsetting the Advance Care Planning group
Feedback and guidance
2nd annual Opioid Summit
Monitoring federal and state policy shifts
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First documented COVID-19 case in Washtenaw County
Illustrating the connections between health and social needs
Care coordination continues through MI Community Care
Preventing homelessness
CHRT welcomes Terrisca Des Jardins, new executive director
Third annual Opioid Summit
Sharon Moore replaces Norman Herbert as Co-Chair
2020 enrollment goes virtual
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Steering Committee chooses race equity as focus
Opioid Project members contribute to new county prosecutorial policy
Medically friendly meals and social service connections
WHI care coordination workgroup focuses on diversion
Promoting American Rescue Plan benefits
Annual Wellness Visits, combating disparities
Opioid Project works with prosecutor’s office to address racial equity in policies
New funding for care coordination and systems change
10 year anniversary event