Intermountain collaborates with UHPP to provide health access assisters
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Intermountain Healthcare is collaborating with the Utah Health Policy Project (UHPP) to lower the uninsured rate in Utah with health access assisters. Health access assisters find vulnerable and underserved populations to help them with health insurance coverage and understanding the complex processes, like applying for insurance, both before and after enrollment.
Slonaker said as this program grew, Intermountain started to notice UHPP’s efforts and wanted to provide monetary support to this program.
“Intermountain’s collaboration represents what I hope could be a game-changer in reducing Utah’s uninsured rate.”
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But supporters say it will streamline services for those most in need.
HB365 would start the process to join the two agencies into a Department of Health and Human Services in July 2022. The agencies would form a merger plan to present to the Legislature by December.
Bill sponsor Rep. Paul Ray, R-Clearfield, said the move is needed because there s a lot of redundancy in the way we do things here. We feel that the best way to be more efficient and effective as we deliver services to the public is to combine these two agencies together and try to break down the silos and get the communication going so people aren t going to two, three, four different places to get services, Ray told members of the House Health and Human Services Committee on Thursday.