Adirondack Medical Center

Project Title

The Tri-Lakes Uninsured Task Force

Award Amount

$61,933

Location

Saranac Lake

Web Site

http://www.amccares.org/index.cfm

Date Awarded

November 15, 2007

Adirondack Medical Center’s Uninsured Task Force (UTF) has collected data to track coverage rates in the community, which—despite national trends—have increased since task force inception. UTF seeks to further expand coverage throughout the region.

With support from NYSHealth, UTF will strengthen progress on its initiatives by hiring a part-time coordinator who will:

Work with organizations and businesses to target enrollment of hard-to-reach populations and to make enrollment initiatives more efficient and cost-effective.
Expand current efforts to work with school nurses and educational institutions to enroll children.
Expand current efforts with businesses and Chambers of Commerce to educate them about public insurance options, Healthy NY, and other public/private, and private insurance options for employees.
Disseminate the successful UTF model to other rural areas in New York State.

The project’s overall goal is to increase the rate of insured adults from 89% to 91%, and to increase the rate of insured children from 97% to 98.5%.