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State Office of Rural Health Programs & Services• Provider recruitment• Hospital and clinic services• Emergency preparedness• Grant programs• Community development• Advocacy

Colorado Rural Health Center

Health Professions Workforce Policy Collaborative

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A multidisciplinary group of over 40 organizations committed to developing policy recommendations to address Colorado’s growing health care workforce shortages.

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•Funder: The Colorado Trust•Convener: Colorado Rural Health Center•Facilitator: TAG Strategies•Management Team: •The Colorado Trust•Colorado Rural Health Center•Colorado Health Institute•Center for Research Strategies•TAG Strategies

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•Vision: Colorado will have the highly-qualified, diverse health care workforce it needs so that all Coloradans have access to the high quality care they need.

•Mission: The Colorado Health Professions Workforce Policy Collaborative will study, develop, and advocate for data-driven public policy to ensure that the state has the health professionals it needs.

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Workforce Collaborative MEMBER:

•Willing to be a champion for vision & mission•Attend all or most meetings•Commit to gather input and garner support for the Collaborative’s work•Commit to reach consensus based recommendations

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Workforce Collaborative MEMBER (cont):

•Willing to consider the perspective of the state as a whole (not just own organization)•Representative of a perspective relevant to policy areas being developed•Preferred: ability to advocate and willingness to contribute time & money to advocacy

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Workforce Collaborative PARTICIPANT:

•Track process (through meeting summaries, conversations with members, and/or written documents.•Share concerns and support for the Collaborative’s direction•Participate, if appropriate, in advocacy

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•The Colorado Trust’s Health Professions Initiative•Three years (2005 – 2008)•$10.2 million to 22 organizations•To increase the number of health professionals across Colorado•Evaluation results suggest more focused attention must be directed toward ensuring that delivery sites across the state are adequately staffed in all professional categories

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•Health Professions Workforce Policy Collaborative•Funded by The Colorado Trust for three years (through May 2011)•Began meeting in July 2008•Purpose – develop public policy recommendations to address statewide workforce shortages•Released “Public Policy Approaches” document in December 2008

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•First Annual Colorado Health Professions Workforce Summit•Held December 2, 2008 in Denver•Discussion focused on Primary Care and:

Scopes of PracticeClinical Placements & PreceptorsEducation FundingHealthcare Workforce PlanProvider Incentives

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•Second Annual Colorado Health Professions Workforce Summit•Workforce Collaborative Public Policy Recommendations for 2010 Presented and Discussed

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•Actionable•Address root causes that restrict the growth of the health professions workforce•Affect large numbers of people over time•Evidence based•Lead to measurable outcomes

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1. Collect key data through the state’s existing professional licensing and certification processes

2. Enact policies to support adequate reimbursement for primary care providers

3. Increase public funding for health professions education programs

Public Policy Agenda 2010 Immediate Interventions

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4. Optimize effectiveness of loan repayment programs

5. Streamline & coordinate administration of clinical placements and other health care professional training programs

6. Support policies to increase the number of clinical experiences and residencies

Public Policy Agenda 2010 Immediate Interventions

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• Policy recommendations for 2011 currently being developed

• Collect key data elements through state licensure & certification process

• Enact policies to support adequate reimbursement

• Increase public funding for health professions education programs

• Increase funding and optimize loan repayment programs

• Increase number of clinical experiences & residencies

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•Analysis of the state labor market to project of high demand health care sectors

•identification of resources to recruit, educate, train, and retain a skilled health care workforce

•Describe academic and health care industry high school skill standards for entry into a health profession

•Describe state secondary and postsecondary education and training policies, models, or practices for the health care sector

•Identify implementable policies that will form a coherent and comprehensive health care workforce development strategy

Workforce Planning Grant

Lou Ann Wilroy, CEOColorado Rural Health Centerlw@coruralhealth.org303-832-7493