135.153 - IOWA COLLABORATIVE SAFETY NET PROVIDER NETWORK ESTABLISHED.
135.153 IOWA COLLABORATIVE SAFETY NET PROVIDER
NETWORK ESTABLISHED.
1. The department shall establish an Iowa collaborative safety
net provider network that includes community health centers, rural
health clinics, free clinics, maternal and child health centers, the
expansion population provider network as described in chapter 249J,
local boards of health that provide direct services, Iowa family
planning network agencies, child health specialty clinics, and other
safety net providers. The network shall be a continuation of the
network established pursuant to 2005 Iowa Acts, ch. 175, section 2,
subsection 12. The network shall include all of the following:
a. An Iowa safety net provider advisory group consisting of
representatives of community health centers, rural health clinics,
free clinics, maternal and child health centers, the expansion
population provider network as described in chapter 249J, local
boards of health that provide direct services, Iowa family planning
network agencies, child health specialty clinics, other safety net
providers, patients, and other interested parties.
b. A planning process to logically and systematically
implement the Iowa collaborative safety net provider network.
c. A database of all community health centers, rural health
clinics, free clinics, maternal and child health centers, the
expansion population provider network as described in chapter 249J,
local boards of health that provide direct services, Iowa family
planning network agencies, child health specialty clinics, and other
safety net providers. The data collected shall include the
demographics and needs of the vulnerable populations served, current
provider capacity, and the resources and needs of the participating
safety net providers.
d. Network initiatives to, at a minimum, improve quality,
improve efficiency, reduce errors, and provide clinical communication
between providers. The network initiatives shall include but are not
limited to activities that address all of the following:
(1) Training.
(2) Information technology.
(3) Financial resource development.
(4) A referral system for ambulatory care.
(5) A referral system for specialty care.
(6) Pharmaceuticals.
(7) Recruitment of health professionals.
2. The network shall form a governing group which includes two
individuals each representing community health centers, rural health
clinics, free clinics, maternal and child health centers, the
expansion population provider network as described in chapter 249J,
local boards of health that provide direct services, the state board
of health, Iowa family planning network agencies, child health
specialty clinics, and other safety net providers.
3. The department shall provide for evaluation of the network and
its impact on the medically underserved. Section History: Recent Form
2007 Acts, ch 218, §103
Referred to in § 135.24, 135.153A, 135.156, 135.159, 135.175 Footnotes
Development and continuation of pharmaceutical infrastructure for
safety net providers and implementation of specialty care initiative
in two communities; 2007 Acts, ch 218, §97, 108, 109; 2008 Acts, ch
1187, §62; 2009 Acts, ch 182, §60