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Work group opens planning for 'Prince George's Cares' network to broaden access beyond FQHCs
Summary
Members began defining the scope of a proposed 'Prince George's Cares' program and discussed whether it should serve only uninsured residents or also defined underinsured groups; participants recommended involving hospitals, community-based organizations, dental clinics, Kaiser community-benefit staff and specialty-care referral networks.
The work group began drafting a vision for Prince George's Cares, an expanded county program intended to broaden access to primary care and to create referral pathways into specialty services.
Anya Makarva said the work group must decide whether the initial program should target only uninsured residents or include underinsured populations, and she asked members to recommend definitions and priority populations. Diane Young and other health-system partners urged the group to clearly define what “underinsured” means for the county’s purposes — for example, patients who…
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