hennepin county in minnesota. jennifer is the area director and human services and public health with a responsibility for health care reform. before joining hennepin county in february of last year, she worked at houston, texas, as the assistant deputy director for the mental health, mental retardation authority. while working there, she led an initiative to improve system efficiencies between multiple public sector agencies as a means to improve patient experience and reduce costs. in hennepin county jennifer is taken by some role in bringing together the county hospital, hennepin county medical center. the county operated health plan metropolitan health plan, the county federal qualified health care center that is northpoint health and wellness, social service arm of hennepin county that's human services and public health department of the county. the whole idea is to make a streamlined model for health care reform. jennifer, the floor is yours. we look forward to your commen comments. >> thank you but i apprec

hennepin is 100% at risk.they have given us a per member, per month amount goes to the insurance company. we do have an insurance company in the project that gives that. the difference is the gear shifting. we have the dollars. we have to provide medicaid benefits. we have the opportunities to spend dollars in other ways. an example is somebody who has diabetes and is in the hospital greater than six times a year for insulin issues. we are finding it is simple things like my refrigerator is not working. i do not have a place to keep my medicine. an $800 refrigerator being purchased by hennepin health can reduce hospitalization. huge cost savings and easy answers. we found the model for everyone we take care, we're able to fund social services for others. it is constantly releasing more of the funding back into the system to take care of a larger population. the other interesting part about the approach is in the past when funds are not shared across systems, folks do not take care of each other. we have indivi

hennepin is 100% at risk. they have given us a per member, per month amount goes to the insurance company. we do have an insurance company in the project that gives that. the difference is the gear shifting. we have the dollars. we have to provide medicaid benefits. we have the opportunities to spend dollars in other ways. an example is somebody who has diabetes and is in the hospital greater than six times a year for insulin issues. we are finding it is simple things like my refrigerator is not working. i do not have a place to keep my medicine. an $800 refrigerator being purchased by hennepin health can reduce hospitalization. huge cost savings and easy answers. we found the model for everyone we take care, we're able to fund social services for others. it is constantly releasing more of the funding back into the system to take care of a larger population. the other interesting part about the approach is in the past when funds are not shared across systems, folks do not take care of each other. we have indiv

i'm pleased to introduce jennifer decubellis, with the hennepin health -- she is the hennepin healthirector for hennepin county in minnesota. jennifer is the area director in human services and public health, with the responsibility for health care reform, and before joining hennepin county in february of last year, she worked in houston, texas as the assistant deputy director for the mental health and retardation authority of harris county. while working there she led an initiative to improve system efficiencies between multiple public sector agencies as a means to improve patient experience and reduce costs, and hennepin county, jennifer has taken on a similar role in bringing together the county hospital, hennepin county medical center, the county operated health plan, metropolitan health plan, the county federally qualified health care center, that's northpoint health and wellness, the social service arm of hennepin county, that's human services and public health department of the county. the whole idea is to make a streamline model for health care recommend. jennifer, the floor