Providing Healthcare to Albany Ohio

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Providing Healthcare to Albany Ohio

• Presented by
• Albanys Chief Healthcare Initiative Group
• Laura Clark
• Jesse Claypool
• Valerie Kimball
• Gregory Sostaric
• Sarah Stack

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Problem Statement

• What is the best way to provide
• healthcare that meets the needs of
• the Albany community?

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Alternatives

• Albany Family Clinic
• University Osteopathic Medical Center
• Managed Care/ PPO
• Single Doctor Practice

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Criteria for Evaluation

• Affordability of Services
• GoalCost of services will be comparable or less
  than current service costs
• Length of Time for Setup
• GoalTo provide healthcare services within 6
  months
• Future Expansion
• Goal Accommodate for future expansion quickly
  and efficiently
• Cost of Alternative
• GoalVillagers will not incur any construction or
  operating costs
• Recruitment Success
• Goal To obtain and retain healthcare providers
  in the area

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Albany Family Clinic

• Ownership
• Target Market
• Services provided
• Staffing

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Advantages

• Affordability of Services
• Contracts
• Rural Health Care Clinics Act
• Future Expansion
• Existing Structure
• Labor Recruitment
• Cost of Alternative
• Rural Health Care Clinics Act
• Foundation for Appalachia

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Disadvantages

• Length of Time for Setup
• Philanthropy
• Funding of grants
• Recruitment Success
• Physician
• Ownership
• Success
• Complex Network
• Eligibility

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UOMC

• Multi-specialty medical center made up of more
  than 60 physicians.
• Serve as both faculty for OU-COM as well as
  physicians.
• Supplies much needed medical care for the
  residents of Southeastern Ohio.
• Already have five existing branches.

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Advantages

• Affordability of Services
• Cost of medical services is determined on the
  basis of a point system.
• Price ranges from 26 to 95.
•  Future Expansion
• Easily accommodate for the growth of Albany.
• Establishment can be expanded and more physicians
  can be brought in

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Disadvantages

• Length of Time for Setup
• 1 to 2 years
•  Cost of Alternative
• Unavailable Funds
•  Recruitment Success
• OU-COM does not have the physicians needed for
  the clinic.
• Have to both a member of the faculty as well as a
  physician.

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Managed Care PPO

• Provide healthcare benefits to those who are
  currently not covered.
• Program funded by State of Ohio

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Advantages

• Affordability of Services
• The proposed plan, Ohio Med PPO, will cost
  villagers only 10 of their healthcare costs
• Length of Time for Setup
• Minimal time to setup due to current PPO
  networked providers in area.
• Future Expansion
• As the need grows for more comprehensive health
  care more doctors can be added to the network.

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Disadvantages

• Cost of Alternative
• Rural managed care plans may have high start-up
  costs and high per capita administrative costs.
• Recruitment Success
• Rural providers and consumers in many areas of
  the country have limited if any experience with
  managed care, or other cost containment
  strategies

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Single Doctor Practice

• Ownership
• Services Provided
• Staffing

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Advantages

• Affordability of Services
• Sliding Scale System
• Future Expansion
• 3 Possible Locations
• Cost of Alternative
• Government Funding
• Recruitment Success
• Several Ways to Recruit

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Disadvantages

• Length of time for setup
• Recruiting Process will take several months to
  several years
• Securing Funding
• Staffing

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How well does each Alternative Fit into the
Criteria?
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Recommendation

• Solo Practice in Albany
• Funding
• Recruitment
• Time Frame

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Questions