Seeking Community Action Movement Members

Who We Seek:
 
We seek members of the Community Action Movement in Connecticut with wide representation across the state operating programs and policy oriented activities that impact the health and wellbeing of all residents. We look for a diverse and balanced mix of applicants, and will consider experience, scope of work, purpose of application, and race or ethnicity of candidates. Applicants should be comfortable sharing views, have good problem-solving skills, and be willing to work with others.

Serving as a CT SIM Population Health Council member provides the opportunity to learn about health care in Connecticut, to advocate for change, and to effectively influence policy making.

 
What does the SIM Population Health Council Do?

The Population Health Council is an advisory council to the State Innovation Model (SIM) initiative. The PHC is charged by the Healthcare Innovation Steering Committee (HISC) with recommending strategies to improve total population health in the context of payment, insurance and care delivery reforms, and community integration and innovation. Recommendations of the PHC focus on an innovative and actionable strategy to enable Health Enhancement Communities (HECs) in Connecticut. 

The Council ensures that the HEC strategy is designed through a community driven cross-sector planning process that involves the participation of a diverse set of stakeholders. Included in the charge of the PHC is to advise on investments for disease and health disparities prevention that include methods to capture and quantify the economic opportunity associated with health improvements and systems of population health and community accountability measures.
About the State Innovation Model

The State Innovation Model (SIM) initiative is a Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) effort to support the development and implementation of state-led, multi-payer healthcare payment and service delivery model reforms that will promote healthier people, better care, and smarter spending in participating states. In 2014 Connecticut received a $45 million State Innovation Model (SIM) grant from CMMI to implement a multi-faceted strategy to improve the health outcomes and healthcare spending trajectory of the state, as well as to improve the sizeable health disparities that continue to persist. Over a four year period (2015-2019) Connecticut’s SIM proposes to improve Connecticut’s healthcare system for the majority of residents.
Population Health Council Consumer Representative Responsibilities

The SIM Population Health Council meets on the last Thursday of every month from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in a central location of the state between Rocky Hill and Wallingford areas; meeting schedules are posted on the SIM web site. Members of the Council are expected to attend these meetings in person, via phone or with video conference. There may be subcommittee activities in between regular meetings of the Council.

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