The happy winner of 50/50 was President Brad Hoch. He commented that he will always try to sit at the table where the person who draws the ticket sits! He also donated it to The Rotary Foundation.
$2.00 from Eric Gladhill for his upcoming trip to Europe where his wife will run the Berlin Marathon and an opportunity to reunite with former exchange students, including current exchange student Elizabeth Heidecker who is in Brussels.
$2.00 from Lynn Cairns for his guests from Project Gettysburg Leon.
$3.00 from John Kramb for a recent 8,000+ mile motorcycle ride, a trip to France and a great Rotary zone conference he attended in Niagara Falls.
$2.00 from Adam Blevins in honor of his colleague from Bartlett Tree Experts, Dr. Kevin Chase who was spending the day with him and also recently learned that he was going to be a new father (Dr. Chase that is, not Adam!).
$2.00 from Nate Hockley announcing a new pink silk tie available at A & A, inspired by Harry Hartman, to support the upcoming Pink Out fundraiser.
President Brad announced the potential New Members’ Reception happening this week, September 25 at the Wednesday Rotary meeting at Battlefield Brew Works (4:30 -6:00 p.m. ) Come and bring a potential member to the meeting.
Chris Kimple reminded us that Eisenhower Humanitarian Award selection committee would meet immediately following today’s meeting.
Pictured above are John Hickey, Jennifer Basom and V.P. Larry Redding.
Jennifer Basom Regional Manager Medicaid UPMC and John Hickey, Senior Consultant for Market Development, Central Region, and UPMC were today’s speakers
John who is a member of the Harrisburg Rotary Club began his presentation by offering a Happy Buck to sing a verse of the Rotary Four Way Test. At the request of former district governor and Harrisburg Rotary club member John Judson, John was asked to sing the Four Way Test as part of a “Flash Mob” at the Rotary District conference.
John explained that UPMC is an Integrated Delivery and Finance system (IDFS) health care organization, meaning that it offers a full spectrum of medical services and health plans to its patients. As the largest nongovernment employer in Pennsylvania, UPMC has 87,000 staff members, 40 academic, community, and specialty hospitals, 700 doctors' offices and outpatient sites, 4,900 employed doctors and an array of rehab, retirement, and long-term care options.
UPMC grew out of the University of Pittsburg Medical Center. They are currently the largest IDFS in the country with very strong ties to the University of Pittsburgh Medical School. UPMC is composed of three major operating components: Provider Services, Insurance Services, and International and Commercial Services. John’s presentation primarily covered UPMC’s provider and insurance services.
The Provider Services component is the hospital and employed physicians side of the business. Over the last several years the market has grown in a way that scale is very important because of the way things are paid, how you contract with the government and how you can run programs. UPMC’s entrance into the south central PA market occurred in September 2017 when Pinnacle Health, a seven hospital system in South Central Pennsylvania, merged with UPMC and concurrently merged with Hanover Hospital. The newest UPMC facility in the region is UPMC Memorial Hospital in York, a 102 bed facility built with the premise of “treating the whole person.”
UPMC Insurance Services, operating under the umbrella UPMC Health Plan brand, was founded in 1998 and includes various for-profit and non-profit health care financing initiatives. UPMC’s Insurance Services Division is the largest health insurer in western Pa. and has grown to more than 3.5 million members. The integrated products of the UPMC Insurance Services Division include commercial UPMC Health Plans and government services including a Medicare product (UPMC for Life) and a Medicaid product (UPMC for You). UPMC Community Health Choices is an additional product for individuals who qualify for Medical Assistance and also qualify for Medicare. Community Health Choices operates under the premise that treating people at home is more efficient and effective. Examples of things covered with this plan include home repairs, food insecurity, and pest eradication. It will be rolling out in Central PA 1/1/2020. John described Community Health Choices as a safety net for the most vulnerable patients.
Workpartners is a subsidiary of UPMC insurance services that offers workers compensation and disability for employers. It grew out of managing roughly 87,000 employees across the UPMC system. WorkPartners programs offer employer strategies and tools for improving health and wellness. An example John provided related to connecting employees returning from family medical leave with a mental health counselor. What they found was that there is a much higher incidence of depression for individuals coming back off of family medical leave. By connecting employees with a mental health counselor, the number of loss of work days went down significantly (decrease on average of 3.5 days).
In the local market UPMC remains focused on educating people. As an IDFS UMPC can bring clinical expertise and telemedicine to our local market.
A question was asked regarding Gettysburg Hospital’s connection to UPMC. John indicated that Gettysburg Hospital is part of the Wellspan network. Wellspan does contract with UPMC for the government services (Medicare & Medicaid) but does not contract for commercial products.
Pictured above are Francisco Diaz, Greg Bowles and Karl Mattson, standing in front of President Brad.
Today we had a check presentation to Project Gettysburg Leon and the Talolinga Water Project. The Gettysburg Rotary Club donated $500 and an anonymous Gettysburg Rotarian donated an additional $500 resulting in a $1,000 donation. Lynn Cairns introduced Karl Mattson, retired chaplain at Gettysburg College and founding director of the Center for Public Service and the Sister City relationship with Project Gettysburg Leon (PGL).
PGL is working together with the rural community of Talolinga in the region of Leon to build a system of clean water for the current population of over 350 people. Currently the community has to rely on water sources that are questionable in quantity and quality, and often people have to haul water from those sources. Our donation, along with PGL funding, will be used to purchase the needed materials. The community in turn will contribute the labor needed for the project.
President Brad presented John Kramb with the Rotary Spirit of Service pin in recognition of John’s commitment to international service, including participating in three immunization projects in India. The pin is inscribed with the saying “the best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” The Rotary Board voted to make a $1,000 contribution to Polio Plus in John’s honor.
On September 25th, our club will hold a membership inquiry night at the Battlefield Brew Works. starting at 4:32p.m. All club members (Monday, New Oxford, and alternate meeting) are invited to attend.
I want for you to think of one acquaintance who would make a good Rotarian, and invite that person (or persons) to attend with you. If you don't feel comfortable doing it, send me your guest's name and email address, and I will invited them.
This is an excellent opportunity to increase the opportunities for service in our community.
Club member John Kramb recently attended the 2019 Rotary Zone 24-32 Institute in Niagara Falls, Ontario. The institute is structured to train current district leaders, future district leaders, and aspiring leaders in the workings and expectations of Rotary. It also devotes a large amount of time to motivate Rotarians to consider new models of being a Rotarian, and of running a Rotary club.
"Rotary is moving away from the model of meetings which consist of meals and speeches, and focusing more on service in our community and in the world," stated Kramb. "There is continuing emphasis on organizing club meetings in order to engage young professionals in Rotary, and in making available more leadership opportunities for women and young people."
Zone 24-32 encompasses the Eastern half of Pennsylvania and New York, New Jersey, the New England States, Canada, Alaska, Bermuda, and parts of Michigan.
President Brad presented John Kramb with the Rotary Spirit of Service pin in recognition of John’s commitment to international service, including participating in three immunization projects in India. The pin is inscribed with the saying “the best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” The Rotary Board voted to make a $1,000 contribution to Polio Plus in John’s honor. 
