Washington State
Medical Home Leadership
Network (MHLN)
8th Annual Conference
Washington State Medical Home Leadership
Network
"Show Me the Medical Homes! Strategies that
Work"
Friday, November 8, 2002
Doubletree Spokane City Center Hotel, Spokane, WA
Program
9:45-10:30 a.m.
Registration & Resource Tables
10:30 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
F. Curt Bennett, MD, Director, MHLN
Maria Nardella, MA, RD, C, Manager, Children with Special
Health Care Needs Program, Dept. of Health
10:45 a.m.
Families and Providers as Partners in Care Coordination
(view the handout from Dr. Antonelli's presentation)
Richard Antonelli, MD, Pediatrician, Nashaway Pediatrics,
Sterling, Massachusetts and Chairperson, Committee on
Disabilities, Massachusetts Chapter AAP
12:15 p.m.
Lunch (provided) & Resource Tables
1:15 p.m.
State Maternal and Child Health Program Support for
Medical Homes: Overcoming Structural and Financial
Barriers
Charles Onufer, MD, Director, Illinois Title V Program for
Children With Special Health Care Needs, University of Illinois at
Chicago
2:45 p.m.
Washington State Maternal and Child Health Response
Jan Fleming, MN, MCH Director, Washington State Department
of Health
3:00 p.m.
Break
3:15 p.m.
Washington State Medical Home Activities: Moderated Round
Table and Discussion
MHLN Teams and MHLN Staff
5:00 p.m.
Adjourn
5:15-7:30 p.m.
Buffet Dinner (provided) with No Host Bar
FACULTY
Richard C. Antonelli, MD, FAAP is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of
Massachusetts Medical School and a Physician at Nashaway Pediatrics, UMass Memorial
Community Medical Group, Sterling, MA. Dr. Antonelli has made medical homes a
reality in his community-based general pediatrics practice, including strong family
participation, and an emphasis on quality improvement activities. He has a particular
interest in care coordination and has research projects looking at the finances and time
requirements for providing care coordination. Dr. Antonelli is a member of the Project
Advisory Committee, National Center for Medical Home Initiatives, and American
Academy of Pediatrics and helped develop the new expanded medical home policy
statement recently published by the American Academy of Pediatrics. He is also a
member of the National Expert Panel on Primary Care Programs for Children with
Special Health Care Needs and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau. Dr. Antonelli
serves as Chairperson of the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of
Pediatrics Committee on Disabilities, and as Chairperson of the Every Child Deserves a
Medical Home Training Program. He is the Team Leader for the Massachusetts state
team in the National Medical Home Mentorship Network to implement medical homes
statewide. For more information on medical home activities in Massachusetts, see
http://www.medicalhomeinfo.org/resources/state/massachusetts.html
FORREST C. (“CURT”) BENNETT, MD, FAAP, is a Developmental Pediatrician and
Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington. Dr. Bennett has directed many
demonstration, training and research projects in the areas of developmental disabilities
and children with special health care needs. Since 1994, he has directed the Washington
State Medical Home Leadership Network, housed at the UW's Clinical Training Unit
(CTU) at the Center on Human Development and Disability (CHDD). He also directs the
High Risk Infant Follow-Up Clinic at CHDD. In addition, Dr. Bennett directs both the
UW's Developmental Pediatrics Fellowship Program and the Pediatric Medical Student
Clerkship Program and is Medical Director at Boyer Children's Clinic, a
Neurodevelopmental Center in Seattle. Dr. Bennett is an established independent
investigator and has public health training and experience. Dr. Bennett is the Co-Team
Leader for the Washington State team in the National Medical Home Mentorship
Network.
JAN FLEMING, MN, is the Director of the Office of Maternal and Child Health, in the
Washington State Department of Health. Prior to this role, she was the Manager of the
Children with Special Health Care Needs section for 4 years and prior to that was the
program's nursing consultant for 8 years. Ms. Fleming has a Master of Nursing Degree
with a clinical specialty in children with special health care needs from the University of
Washington. She is the parent of a child with special needs and has worked on CSHCN
issues in a University Affiliated Program, in public schools, in public health, and in an
early intervention program. As Manager of the CSHCN Program, Ms. Fleming was a
member of the Washington state team in the National Medical Home Mentorship
Network
MARIA NARDELLA, MA, RD, CD is the Manager for the Children with Special
Health Care Needs Program at the Washington Department of Health. From 1992-2001,
she worked in the CSHCN Program as a Nutrition Consultant. Ms. Nardella has years of
clinical experience as a nutritionist serving children with metabolic disorders, feeding
problems and other special health care needs. One focus of her work in the CSHCN
Program was to maintain the CSHCN Nutrition Network of community-based
nutritionists throughout the state who work with children with special health care needs
and a network of interdisciplinary, community-based feeding teams. Ms. Nardella is a
member of the Washington State team in the National Medical Home Mentorship
Network.
Charles Onufer, MD, FAAP is the Director for the Illinois Title V Program for Children
With Special Health Care Needs at the University of Illinois at Chicago Division of
Specialized Care for Children (UIC-DSCC). His office has developed a certification
process for primary care providers to become official medical homes and receive
reimbursement for some care coordination activities. Under Dr. Onufer’s direction, the
office has also developed a strong medical home component for families (See CSHCN
Program website for more details on the department’s activities:
http://internet.dscc.uic.edu/dsccroot/media/dirchat.asp). Information on medical home
activities in Illinois can be found at:
http://www.medicalhomeinfo.org/resources/state/illinois.html
Dr. Onufer is a developmental pediatrician with over 30 years experience in the field of
pediatrics; he is also an assistant professor of pediatrics at the UIC Department of
Pediatrics. He is the chairman of the State Chapter AAP Committee on Children With
Disabilities and represents the Title V Program on numerous other state committees. Dr.
Onufer spent nearly 27 years in the Army and retired as a Colonel in 1996. During his
tenure in the military, he published multiple editions of a pediatric guide for military
families on well baby/child care, was the senior Editorial Advisor for The Journal of the
US Army Medical Department and spent the last nine years as the medical director for
the Army’s Children With Special Health Care Needs Program in Europe and also as
pediatric consultant to the Surgeon General. He did an infectious disease fellowship in
Bangkok, Thailand with SEATO Research Lab and a developmental pediatric fellowship
at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, WA. He is a fellow of the American
Academy of Pediatrics, Order of Military Medical Merit, the Society of Medical
Consultants to the Armed Forces and Society of Developmental Disabilities. In 2002 he
was selected as the Albert Pisani, M.D. Pediatrician of the Year by the Illinois Chapter of
the AAP Executive Committee. Dr. Onufer is a member of the Illinois State team in the
National Medical Home Mentorship Network.
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