Meeting with a young patient at Crook Kids Clinic in Prineville. Also supportive are PacificSource Community Solutions, which is the local CCO, and the Central Oregon Health Council. The council coordinated development of a Regional Health Improvement Plan that “identified areas of our community that need focus,” including diabetes, cardiovascular disease and opioid abuse and addiction, Pierson said. Donna Mills, executive director of the Central Oregon Health Council, the governing board that oversees that region’s Medicaid population, said her council works closely with Mosaic Medical, which shares the council’s goal of “trying to create a culture of wellness rather than illness.” Mills said Mosaic Medical has been innovative in “upstream prevention,” and “at the table during these conversations” about alternative reimbursement methods. “Mosaic Medical is obviously a pivotal partner of ours; they serve a great number of the OHP population,” Mills added. Megan Haase, a family nurse practitioner and chief executive of Mosaic Medical, is a board member of the council. “They are truly a thoughtful, hard-working and passionate organization who does vital work to serve individuals with a multitude of complex needs within our region,” said Rebeckah C. Berry, operations and project manager for the council. Berry noted that Pierson serves on the council’s Pain Standards Task Force, and Mosaic Medical has been a leader in teaching about safer prescribing. In addition, staff from the medical group participate in numerous committees such as a diabetes management work group, bringing “their processes and their model” to help other organizations, she said. Mosaic Medical offers “collaboration and support to strengthen how we’re serving the population,” Berry said. “They do so much to serve our community.” w ww.theOMA.org Spring 2016 17
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