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conference dedicated to improving cultural and linguistic competency
in healthcare will be held June 16 and 17 at the Galt House Hotel in
Louisville. Keynote speakers for the conference will include Mark D.
Birdwhistell, MPA, Undersecretary, Cabinet for Health and Family Services,
Commonwealth of Kentucky; Shani Dowd, LCSW, Harvard Pilgrim Health
Care Foundation in Massachusetts; and Adawale Troutman, MD, MPH, Louisville
Metro Health Department.
Since 1990, the face of our communities has changed tremendously.
The Hispanic population in Kentucky, for example, grew 173 percent
between 1990 and the year 2000. In 2001, Jefferson County Public
Schools reported that 75 languages were represented in their English
as a Second Language program. Over 150 healthcare providers, advocates,
and persons with limited English proficiency are expected to attend.
The conference will include local, regional, and national experts,
who will discuss Kentucky’s growing immigrant population and
the unique barriers and opportunities they present to human service
providers. The conference will also address issues such as federal
regulations from the Office of Civil Rights and what they mean to
agencies and consumers, how service providers can achieve compliance,
and how to facilitate services for individuals with special communication
needs.
The conference agenda is as follows:
Wednesday, June 16, 2004
A panel discussion on Improving Access to Clinical Care with Mizada
Kurbasic, MD, University Child Health Specialists, University of
Louisville; Mary Hayden, University of Kentucky; Bedina Williams,
Keystone Mercy Health Plan; and Lucy Ricketts, Passport Health
Plan.
Three morning workgroup sessions: “Portrait of a New Kentucky” with
Ron Crouch, MSSW, MBA, Kentucky Data Center; “Culturally and
Linguistically Appropriate Services” with Jana Meyer, MSW,
M.Div. Center for Women and Families and Loretta Estes, Passport
Health Plan; “Integrating Cultural Competence into Clinical
Care” with Mitzi Johnson, MD, MPH, Tufts University School
of Medicine and Linda Winslow, Med., Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.
Lunch with Keynote Speaker Shani Dowd, BA, LCSW, Director Clinical
cultural competency Training, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation,
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School
of Medicine
Afternoon Session: “Impact of Culture on Health Care Delivery” with
Robert Fleming, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation and Ernie
Romero, MSE, Purchase AHEC/HETC Dinner with Keynote Speaker Adewale
Troutman, MD, MPH, Director, Louisville Metro Health Department
Thursday, June 17, 2004
Three morning and afternoon workgroup sessions: Organizational Compliance
with Bob Fleming, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation; “Can
you hear me now” with Greg Figaro, CultureSmart; and “Sink
or Swim” Cultural Immersion Program with Kanitha Penna, Cabinet
for Health and Family Services, Commonwealth of Kentucky
Lunch with Keynote Speaker Mark Birdwhistell, MPA, Undersecretary,
Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Commonwealth of Kentucky
University Health Care, Inc. dba Passport Health Plan provides Medicaid
managed care services for over 140,626 members in Jefferson and the
15 surrounding counties. Counties of service include Breckinridge,
Bullitt, Carroll, Grayson, Hardin, Henry, Jefferson, Larue, Marion,
Meade, Nelson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, Trimble, and Washington.
The National Committee for Quality Assurance designated Passport
as receiving excellent accreditation. University Health Care contracts
with AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plan of Philadelphia to administer
the program. AmeriHealth Mercy and its affiliated health plans comprise
the largest multi-state Medicaid managed care organization in the
United States. Through its ownership, affiliation or management,
AmeriHealth Mercy touches the lives of nearly one million Medicaid
and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) members
in six states including Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Kentucky, South
Carolina, Virginia, and California. AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plan
is a healthcare ministry of the Sisters of Mercy in affiliation with
AmeriHealth HMO, Inc. |
