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The National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services

Fifty-Sixth Meeting of the National Advisory
Committee on Rural Health and Human Services

Hilton Fort Collins
425 W. Prospect Road
Fort Collins, Colorado, 80526
Phone: (970) 482-2626
Fax: (970) 493-6265

Sunday, June 10 State Room, Hilton Fort Collins
12:00 p.m. Registration
1:00 p.m. Opening of Meeting
Chair: Governor David Beasley
1:15 p.m. Setting the Context for Rural Colorado
Jim Weskott, Senior Demographer, Colorado State Demography Office
Peggy Godfrey, a Rancher's Perspective
2:45 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. Health Panel
Dr. Mark Wallace, North Colorado Health Alliance
Dr. Jack Westfall, Associate Dean for Rural Health, CU School of Medicine
4:00 p.m. Break
4:15 p.m. Human Services Panel
Patricia Brewster-Willeke, Co-Director, Rural Communities Resource Center
Kindra Mulch, Administrator, Kit Carson County Health and Human Services
5:15 p.m.
Overview of Site Visits
Lou Ann Wilroy, Acting Executive Director, Colorado State Office of Rural Health
5:30 p.m. Call for Public Comment

Monday, June 11 State Room, Hilton Fort Collins
8:00 - 8:45 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:45 a.m. Depart for Site Visits
Health Subcommittee to Brush
Human Service Subcommittee to Fort Morgan
Health/Integration Subcommittees:
10:30 a.m. Site Visit Arrival - East Morgan County Hospital
Presentation
Dr. Tillman Farley, Medical Director, Salud Family Health Centers (FQHC)
Group 1
11:15 a.m. Tour of East Morgan County Hospital
Noon Lunch
Group 2
11:15 a.m. Lunch
Noon Tour of East Morgan County Hospital
12:45 a.m. Presentations to the Committee
Larry Leaming, Administrator, East Morgan County Hospital
Dr. Marc Ringel, Former National Health Service Corps physician
Scott Harold, Director of Support Services, Washington County, Colorado
Discussion Forum
2:30 p.m. Return to Fort Collins
Human Services/Integration Subcommittees:
10:30 a.m. Site Visit Arrival - Area Agency on Aging
Sandy Baker, Director, Northeastern Colorado AAA
11:45 a.m. Depart for Lunch - Senior Meal Site
1:15 p.m. Presentations to the Committee
Jackie Reynolds, Executive Director, Rural Solutions
Fred Crawford, Director, Logan County Department of Social Services
Margaret Long, Program Manager, Larimer County Office on Aging
Discussion Forum
2:45 p.m. Return to Fort Collins
4:00 p.m. Subcommittee Meetings, Hilton Fort Collins
Health Subcommittee, State Room
Human Services Subcommittee, Ohio Room
Integration Subcommittee, Utah Room

Tuesday, June 12 State Room, Hilton Fort Collins
8:00 - 8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Case Study: Employee Health Care in Rural Mississippi
Larry Otis, Former Mayor, Tupelo, Mississippi
8:50 a.m. Review of Subcommittee Visits
9:50 a.m. Letter to the Secretary
10:05 a.m. Preview of September Meeting
10:10 a.m. Call for Public Comment