What are the expected outcomes of the consortia meetings?
Each regional consortium is responsible for developing a report to the Governors Health Care Reform Panel by January 1, 2005 that addresses the following areas: • Challenges facing the uninsured, Medicaid, Medicare and privately insured population in each region; • Health care needs of each region, particularly children, elderly, those with developmental disabilities, those with mental illness and those with addictive disorders; • Important gaps in the availability of health care services within the region; • Any changes that should be implemented to improve the health care and health care delivery within the region; and • Health care funding priorities for the region. The consortia are also required to submit a written report no less than annually, on January 1 of each subsequent year in effect, and report at any time at the request of the Governors Health Care Reform Panel.
