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Northeast Florida Coalition for Access to Healthcare Quarterly Meeting

September 5, 2024 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

The Northeast Florida Coalition for Access to Healthcare is the re-imagined Uninsured Workgroup. The overarching goal of the coalition is to ensure that local providers and other healthcare partners work collaboratively and identify available local resources to address issues related to access to healthcare.

Practitioners, community workers, and providers interested in ensuring access to quality healthcare in Baker, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Nassau, St. Johns, and Volusia counties are invited to attend.

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💻 Zoom Info
Meeting ID: 875 1919 7663
Email Joyce Case at Jo********@HP****.org for the passcode.

 

🟢 STATEWIDE UPDATE

Improving Access to Health Care through Technology
Jaime Bustos, Bureau Chief
Agency for Health Care Administration

The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) is adapting to the changing landscape of healthcare administration. Through Healthcare Transparency, Health Information Exchange, Smart Alerts, and a host of other innovative technology tools, AHCA’s Bureau Chief for Health Information and Technology, Jaime Bustos, will provide an update on its mission to ensure better health care for all Floridians by improving access to health care data.

Jaime Bustos is the Bureau Chief of the Florida Center for Health Information & Transparency at the Agency for Health Care Administration. The Florida Center collects, compiles, and disseminates health related data and promotes the transparency of consumer health care information. He has been involved with health information technology and interoperability initiatives since joining the Agency in 2011. Jaime holds a bachelor’s in information technology and a certificate in Health Information Technology from Florida State University. Jaime is a devoted husband and loving father of two beautiful children. In his off hours you will find him enjoying time with his family or looking for his golf ball on a golf course.

 

🟢 REGIONAL UPDATE

About PALS SkyHope
Marilyn Pignataro, Outreach Relationship Manager
PALS SkyHope

Access to quality healthcare can be an enormous challenge, especially for patients and families who need care far from home, who live in rural areas, or who are on a limited income. In this presentation, you will learn about an organization that provides free flights to medical care. They have flown more than 31,000 missions since they opened in 2010.

Marilyn Pignataro is the Outreach Relationship Manager for PALS SkyHope. She guides patients and families through their first PALS flight and leads a team of volunteer ambassadors. She joined the PALS team in January 2024 after leading the marketing and publicity efforts for a local library and financial services organization.

 

 

Website: palsskyhope.org
Facebook: @PatientAirLiftServices
Instagram: @PALSSkyHope
LinkedIn: Patient Airlift Services
YouTube: @PALSSkyHope

 

🟢 LOCAL UPDATE

Covering Florida Navigator Program Update
Susan Park, Covering Florida Program Navigator
Health Planning Council of Northeast Florida

Are you ready? Open Enrollment for the 2025 ACA Marketplace is just around the corner! Make sure you’re fully prepared and equipped with all the information you and your clients need. Tune in and hear the latest updates from one of HPCNEF’s Covering Florida Program Navigators, Susan Park.

Susan, a senior Covering Florida Program Navigator, has a background in Environmental Design in Architecture and a diverse creative career in marketing, graphic design, and more. Since joining HPCNEF in 2016, she has leveraged her experience as a small business owner to help the self-employed secure healthcare coverage, while also enjoying cooking, art, music, and the outdoors in her free time.

Website: 123covered.org

 

 

❓ Questions? Contact Joyce Case, Program Director, at Jo********@HP****.org.


 

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This program is supported by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $13,792,500 with 100 percent funded by CMS/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CMS/HHS, or the U.S. Government.

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