State Rep. Steve Huffman Announces Healthcare Efficiencies Study Committee Membership, Schedule

State Representative Steve Huffman (R-Tipp City) has announced that the Ohio House Healthcare Efficiencies Study Committee will hold four hearings around the state. The committee will be examining healthcare efficiencies that lead to better health outcomes at a lower cost to Ohioans.

Speaker of the Ohio House Cliff Rosenberger (R-Clarksville) created this committee to examine healthcare models across Ohio that the House can help support and promote. The findings of the committee will potentially be used in legislation to be introduced later in the General Assembly.

Dates, times and locations of the upcoming committee hearings are as follows:

• Graduate Medical Education Panel Discussion - Thursday, September 3, 1:30 p.m., at ProMedica Flower Hospital Administration - Conference Center Room E, 5200 Harroun Road, Sylvania, Ohio   43560

• Behavioral Health - Tuesday, September 8, 1:00 p.m., at Shawnee State University, 940 2nd St, Portsmouth, OH 45662

• Medicaid and Aging - Wednesday, September 16, 12:00 p.m., at MetroHealth Main Campus, 2500 MetroHealth Drive, Cleveland, Ohio 44109

• Children’s Health, Innovative Medical Savings, and Population Health Management - Tuesday, September 22, 2:00 p.m., at Mercy Health - Fairfield Complex, 3050 Mack Road, Fairfield, Ohio 45014

Members of the press are welcome and encouraged to attend the committee hearings.