Maine Hospital Association,

Public Purchasers' Steering Group

Membership

Susan Avery, Director, Insurance Programs, Maine School Management Association
Robert Gibbons, Esq., Executive Director, Maine Education Association Benefits Trust
Thomas Hopkins, Director, Compensation and Benefits, UMSystem
Frank Johnson, Director, Employee Health for State of Maine
Richard Thompson, Jr., Chief Information Officer, State of Maine
James Lewis, Assistant Director, Bureau of Medical Services
Stephen Gove, Director, Health Trust Services, Maine Municipal Association
Rep. Ben Dudley, Appropriations and Finance Committee, Maine State Legislature
Rep. S. Peter Mills, Appropriations and Finance Committee, Maine State Legislature
Trish Riley, Director, Office of Health Policy and Finance

Key Charges

Establish and coordinate a collaborative purchasing program and to assure the cost effective, highest quality health care for individuals when coverage is paid by State and local tax dollars.

Legislative Charge

Public purchasers using state or municipal funds to purchase health care services or health insurance shall, beginning January 1, 2004, submit to the council a consolidated public purchasers expenditure report outlining all funds expended in the most recently completed state fiscal year for hospital inpatient and outpatient care, physician services, prescription drugs, long-term care, mental health and other services and administration, organized by agency.

Advocacy