Washington Square Health Grant

At the February 2013 Board Retreat, the following broad categories were identified for consideration of future service and funding needs of grantees by “filling the gaps” of ACA:

• Senior home care, including visits and services;
• Senior medication and care plan compliance;
• Improving the discharge planning process;
• Additional resources needed for specialty care for Medicaid and ACA Exchange insured populations;
• Enhanced funding for social services that are not funded through the ACA;
• The need to maintain current level of competency of health care providers and expansion of scopes of practice only when appropriate based on education and experience;
• Enhanced cooperation and communication between local health care providers and public health services, both state and local;
• Support for enrolling currently non-covered populations in the ACA exchanges;
• Funding for specific health care and related social services not funded or adequately funded by the ACA;
• Reconsider the foundation’s role in playing a lead role in major disease focused projects; and
• Consider as funding priorities, health care facilities and services not otherwise receiving significant government and third party reimbursement.