POST-CRITICAL TRAUMA CARE COMMISSION
Meeting,
Meeting Location:
Two
Nationwide Plaza,
Present: Bob Bates, Sally Betz,
Jerry Blackmore, John Corrigan, John Edwards, Mike Glenn, Jill Huntley, Cindy
Iske, Tina Kielmeyer, Suzanne Minnich, Jana Perry, Paul Platt (new
representative from Ohio Assoc. of Rehab. Fac.), Judy Roush, Mike Smeltzer, Ron
Suprenant, and Sheila Young*
Absent: Sen. Steve Austria,
Peter Feldkamp, Chris Goff, June Gutterman, Sen. Robert Hagan, Beverley
Laubert, Michael Link, Casey Maxwell, Sandra Miller, Karen Principe, Elaine
Schiwy, Art Schlesinger, Suman Srinivasan, Larry Sowers, and Michael Williams*
Facilitators: Ed Krauss and Maggie Lewis,
Ohio Commission on Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management (absent -
services not required at January meeting)
Staff:
* Committee
membership and alternates as of
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Welcome and Introductions:
The
meeting was called to order at
BWC Study on Service Utilitzation:
The
meeting was turned over to John Edwards, one of the representatives from BWC,
for a presentation of the BWC study on service utilization. At the conclusion of his presentation, it was
agreed that this information would be good appendix material for the final
report.
Overview of Draft
Recommendations:
Dr.
Corrigan gave a brief overview of the progress so far on the draft
recommendations as well as the format the document was taking. He advised that all the chapters would not be
exactly the same because of the different writing styles and format used by the
three sub-groups providing input.
However, after review of this first draft in total, the membership
agreed that they were comfortable with how the current document was coming
along with just a few minor changes:
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1. Order was good, however, it was agreed that
Chapter 5 should be placed after Chapter 3.
2. Review and add appendices.
3. Add executive summary, title page and table
of contents.
4. Continue to utilize a “get to the point”
writing style.
Review
of Chapters 1-6:
Dr.
Corrigan asked that during this portion of the agenda that members begin
looking at the big picture layout of each chapter, review basic content, and
avoid “word smithing.” After today’s
meeting, he encouraged the continued use of the e-mail to maximize
communication between meetings among the members so that changes could be
incorporated in time for review and comment at the next scheduled meeting.
Chapter 1 –
It
was agreed that the addition of trauma registry graphs pulled by age was
needed. A couple of these graphs should
be placed within the chapter and all others could be placed into the
appendices.
It was
also agreed that the endorsers of the recommendations should be placed in the
front of the chapter.
Chapter 2 –
There
was consensus on the general content on the model patient Bill of Rights.
Chapter 3 –
It
was agreed that the general content was satisfactory with a few minor rewrites.
Chapter 4 –
There
was consensus on the general content of the Follow-Up Registry.
Chapter 5 –
Suzanne
Minnich prepared a draft of this chapter that she distributed at the meeting
today. Suggestions were made for minor
rewrites. Suzanne indicated she would
incorporate those suggestions and send the revised chapter to Dr. Corrigan
before the next meeting.
Chapter 6 –
Jana Perry was unable to share her draft today
but will provide it at the next meeting.
Chapter 7 –
Since
the meeting was moving along quickly, there was time to discuss Chapter 7. Dr. Corrigan distributed a document regarding
the issues of substance abuse in trauma cases.
After a brief discussion, it was agreed that the Commission would
acknowledge the issues and list barriers for substance abuse among the
post-trauma population, but will not provide recommendations. Instead, the membership decided that further
review of these issues by established groups currently involved in
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Request
from
Dr.
Corrigan shared a letter written by Dr. Jay Johannigman, Director of Trauma and
Medical Care at the
Two
areas of concern that arose during this meeting and were directed back to the
PCTC through Dr. Johannigman’s letter to Dr. Corrigan were the difficulty in
obtaining Medicaid certification for trauma patients in a timely fashion and a
revision of the definition of “disability” that would enable trauma patients to
obtain appropriate assistance from the state within 6 months rather than the
current 12 month time period.
Jill
Huntley indicated that she will ask the Ohio Health Plan policy people within
ODJFS regarding Medicaid certification and Paul Platt said he would look at
reimbursement rates.
Next
Steps:
Dr.
Corrigan was pleased with today’s progress and asked that the revisions decided
upon today could be incorporated into the proper chapters and returned to him
by February 12. Due to his current work
schedule, Dr. Corrigan indicated that it would be difficult for him to compile
a draft document that could be sent to the membership two weeks prior to the
scheduled February 25th meeting.
Therefore, it was agreed that arrangements would be made to reschedule
the next meeting for
The
Chair advised the group that it was time to give some thought and begin
preparations to present the draft recommendations to the heads of the involved
government agencies to test the waters for support as well as solicit
endorsements from the represented associations.
Also, the most complete version of the draft recommendations will be
need to be taken to those agencies/associations who are not commission members
but who may be impacted by the changes the recommendations will bring if
adopted into the post-trauma care system.
These agencies/associations will also most likely require about 3-4
months for review before providing an endorsement.
Future Meetings:
Dr. Corrigan indicated that with the start of the
new year, time was becoming short for the Commission to complete its charge
before the November, 2003 deadline.
Therefore, while the PCTC is currently moving along at a good pace, he
recommended that all future meetings return to the original timeframe of
Miscellaneous Items/Public
Comment:
There were no
miscellaneous items to report or public comment at this meeting.
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Adjournment:
The meeting was adjourned at
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Vojtush, Executive
Secretary
ODH - Bureau of Community
Health Care Facilities & Services