UTMB successes and best practices were on display at the annual 1115 Texas Healthcare Transformation Waiver Statewide Learning Collaborative in Austin on August 27-28.
Hosted by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, the event was an opportunity for participants to share what they’ve learned from Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) projects, highlight effective systems of care and discuss next steps in the future of the waiver. More than 550 individuals attended, including DSRIP-performing providers, statewide leaders, 1115 Waiver stakeholders and representatives from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Dr. Ben Raimer, senior vice president of Health Policy and Legislative Affairs, and Craig Kovacevich, associate vice president of Waiver Operations and Community Health Plans, were selected to present and moderate the main platform panel discussion, “DSRIP Projects: Developing Systems of Care.”
Raimer and Kovacevich led the discussion on the power of integrated systems of care for health care transformation, the significance of collaboration and quality care for vulnerable populations, and the support from the 1115 Waiver to improve population health and further promote the Triple Aim of Healthcare: improving the experience of care, improving the health of populations and reducing per capita costs of health care.
Two UTMB DSRIP projects also were selected for a poster presentation at the event. The TEAM Clinic initiative, led by Dr. Premal Patel, an assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, and Dr. Steve Lieberman, senior dean for Administration in the School of Medicine; and the REAL Data project, led by Raimer and Ken Smith, Ph.D., director of the Center to Eliminate Health Disparities, were chosen to showcase their respective projects and the innovative and transformative work that UTMB has accomplished as a result of the 1115 Waiver.