Kalispell Passport Summit
June 8 , 2005
Ann Brothers of St. John's Lutheran Hospital in Libby, chiropractor Jenny
Pittman of Eureka, and Tina Taurman of North Country Medical Clinic in
Eureka share
their ideas for changes to the Passport program.
Darla Hill of North Valley Hospital in Whitefish, Lisa Mote from Dr.
Knecht's office in Libby, and Rhonda Tallman of the Professional Center
in Columbia Falls
begin the brainstorming portion of the small workgroup session.
Sandy Ness of Big Sky Family Medicine and Trudy Waggener of Dr. Wilder's
office in Kalispell create their own model of Medicaid managed care in
Montana.
Photos by Jackie Thiel
Notes
These notes were provided by our meeting facilitator as taken at
the Kalispell Summit. Areas in red were added by the Department in
order to provide clarification on certain issues/procedures. If you
have comments regarding the notes, or if they spark ideas you'd like
to relay, please contact Passport Program Officer Niki Scoffield
at niscoffield@mt.gov or 444-4148.
Comments:
"The interaction between provider [types] was great. Good ideas!"
"Excellent interaction from various entities. Excellent facilitation of
meeting."
"It seemed that representatives from [Montana] Medicaid were very open to
listening to ideas and issues."
"Looking forward to the outcome and reporting back on future plans."
