We see the advent of the "Federally-Facilitated Exchange" as a tsunami opportunity to cut-to-the-chase.
We see it as an opportunity for our U.S. Department of Health & Human Services to link true possibilities of necessary INFRASTRUCTURE reform.
It is a once-in-a-lifetime to lay the foundation and work right with the END-USER.
However, they must be clear on the method of operation, engage from the jump small businesses (for-profit and non-profit), public organizations and all who are willing to shoulder the challenge.
It is imperative that small for-profit neighborhood level businesses step up and provide trustworthy, straight-forward, competitive and genuine products and services.
Likewise, it can not be assumed that because local, county and state government agencies and their pre-planned partners with monopoly, hold-the-key to what is needed. In fact, it is quite the contrary.
It should be an earned process going forward.
We have researched the city of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, local public schools, the state departments and the federal agencies for years, we have observed a clear pattern of elected/appointed/hired/donor for hire and volunteer representatives run our city into "bad health" and "enduring concentrated poverty".
We are well-aware of the cronyism, the old boys and girls networks, donor for hire, gatekeepers and obstructionists. We know the bias and discrimination that takes place that is racial, class and against those of us that are "small neighborhood for-profit" businesses.
Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC has hit-the-floor running for Affordable Health Care as a "premier" small business in the city of Milwaukee and we are actively engaging in "outreach" for like-minds who see the benefit in working with our format.
It is a once-in-a-lifetime to lay the foundation and work right with the END-USER.
However, they must be clear on the method of operation, engage from the jump small businesses (for-profit and non-profit), public organizations and all who are willing to shoulder the challenge.
It is imperative that small for-profit neighborhood level businesses step up and provide trustworthy, straight-forward, competitive and genuine products and services.
Likewise, it can not be assumed that because local, county and state government agencies and their pre-planned partners with monopoly, hold-the-key to what is needed. In fact, it is quite the contrary.
It should be an earned process going forward.
We have researched the city of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, local public schools, the state departments and the federal agencies for years, we have observed a clear pattern of elected/appointed/hired/donor for hire and volunteer representatives run our city into "bad health" and "enduring concentrated poverty".
We are well-aware of the cronyism, the old boys and girls networks, donor for hire, gatekeepers and obstructionists. We know the bias and discrimination that takes place that is racial, class and against those of us that are "small neighborhood for-profit" businesses.
Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC has hit-the-floor running for Affordable Health Care as a "premier" small business in the city of Milwaukee and we are actively engaging in "outreach" for like-minds who see the benefit in working with our format.
Background
On September 19, 2012, MPA LLC kick-off was held at the Bethesda Senior Center, 2845 W. Fond du Lac, Milwaukee, WI 53210. Bethesda is one of 22 senior centers in the Milwaukee area.
On September 25, 2012, Mary Glass, Chair/CEO announced the "Host & Learn" panels for sharing information. It is basic Affordable Health Care information that will affect all stakeholders. The panelists will provide information for innovative planning of the "patient-centered"Affordable Health Care at the neighborhood level to ensure that the fingerprint of the end-user is an intricate part of the main blueprint.
On November 16, 2012, we found out that Governor Scott Walker declined to implement a state exchange for the state of Wisconsin. His refusal is to have NO part in the installation/implementation of the Affordable Health Care Law for January 1, 2014. The choices for implementation of the Affordable Health Care exchange are:
- state exchange - state
- partner exchange - state and federal
- federally-faciliated exchange - federal.
On January 1, 2014, Wisconsin will have a federally-faciliated exchange.
It is important to note that there are processes and "benchmarks"that have gone unfulfilled by Governor Walker, Insurance Commissioner Ted Nickel and Secretary Dennis Smith, WI Health Services, the three top representatives for Wisconsin to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. MPA LLC is mindful of the unfulfilled and upcoming mandates due by October 1, 2013. It is crucial that stakeholders are well-informed and prepared for the first implementation of America's national health care insurance plan.
The law says: no state is exempt.
MPA LLC has upgraded its leadership and commitment to assist with customer-centered care by linking Milwaukee area stakeholders for awareness-building and decision-making. The TRANSFORMATIVE PENETRATION method (using awareness, commitment and behavior change through transformative learning) that will be used was announced November 19-20, 2012 on MPA LLC blog. The method engages the Milwaukee area population in "paradigm shifting".
"We know that best practices, transparency, accountability and partnering for PREPAREDNESS can make the difference between awareness and success versus confusion, frustration, chaos and failure," said Chair/CEO Mary Glass - Milwaukee Professionals Association LLC.
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| Milwaukee CN-FAHC |
Today, Milwaukee Collaborative Network for Affordable Health Care was announced as the group for partnering of stakeholders - residential and commercial, public, private and non-profit entities to address the importance of coming together for Preparedness in All Hands on Deck, WE CAN initiative.
The expectation of the membership for the 13 months, 1st Phase, is to provide strength in input that is vital to full implementation of the Wisconsin Federally-Assisted Affordable Health Care.
It is a membership network that pledges to accountability, transparency, best practices, truth-telling, linking resources, empowerment through infrastructural reform, education attainment and technology attainment.
Mission - To empower the people of the Milwaukee area for patient-centered readiness and preparedness of/for the implementation of the Affordable Health Care law through direct and open information sharing for access, literacy and fluency of health care practitioners, health care providers, IT tools, policies and procedures that include education and technology attainment, with enforced maximum assistance from DHHS/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, other federal, state and local government offices and legislators for hands-on input and decision making.
The Milwaukee CN-FAHC welcomes individuals (all eligible recipients of the Affordable Health Care insurance coverage); health practitioners - physicians, pharmacists, dentists, nurses, other health professionals; health care assistants, i.e., in-school interns, office workers of medical records, IT/Information Processing staff; IT vendors, APP vendors, health care providers - hospitals, clinics, home-care, pharmacies, insurance carriers, diagnostic centers; schools of health care, i.e., 2-year, 4-year and beyond; organizations - for profit, public/government, clergy, non-profit and philanthropy; legislators, elected representatives, student representatives and unions.
The first Milwaukee CNFAHC meeting is in the process of scheduling and will be available before Xmas, 2012.
Stay tuned.
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