New York State Public Health & Health Planning Council
Public Health Committee Meeting
Leveraging Health Systems Reform & Quality Improvement
Initiatives to improve Maternal Health Outcomes
September 10, 2014
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
 New York State Department of Health offices, 90 Church Street, 4th Floor, Rooms 4A and 4B,
New York, New York 10007
 New York State Department of Health offices, Corning Tower, 14th Floor, CR 1, Albany, New York
12237
 New York State Department of Health offices Triangle Building, 335 East Main Street, 2nd Floor
Conference Room, Rochester, New York 14604
10:00 –
Welcome & Introductions
Jo Ivey Boufford, MD
10:10 am
Public Health Committee Chair
10:10 –
10:20 am
Recap of Meeting Series to Date
Framing of Today’s Discussion
Rachel de Long, MD, MPH
Division of Family Health, NYSDOH
10:20 am –
12:20 pm
Brief Presentations & Discussion of Current Policy Initiatives
Discussion: For each of the key policy initiatives to be presented, explore opportunities to
incorporate one or more of these prevention strategies to improve maternal health outcomes:
 integrate preconception and interconception care into routine health care for all women of
reproductive age
 assess and address pregnancy planning, including use of effective contraception to prevent
unintended pregnancy, among women with serious chronic conditions or previous adverse
pregnancy outcomes
 implement comprehensive and coordinated protocols and systems for early identification and
management of high-risk pregnancies
Prenatal & Postpartum Care Quality Initiatives
Foster Gesten, MD
Office of Quality & Patient Safety, NYSDOH
Jeanne Alicandro, MD
Island Peer Review Organization
Advanced Primary Care and the
State Innovation Plan
Health Home
12:20 –
1:00 pm
Patrick Roohan
Hope Plavin
Office of Quality & Patient Safety, NYSDOH
Lana Earle
Office of Health Insurance Programs, NYSDOH
Putting it all Together
Closing Reflections & Next Steps
Jo Ivey Boufford, MD
Public Health Committee Chair