Care Compass Network December PAC Stakeholder Meeting

We cordially invite you to attend our December PAC Stakeholders end-of-year meeting and luncheon! We will be providing a ‘year in review’ along with CCN’s strategic plan and vision for 2025. Attendees will also have the opportunity to network prior to the start of the meeting.

This year’s keynote speaker will be from the New York State Bureau of Social Determinants of Health, who will be discussing their vision in regards to healthcare and social determinants of health.

Bring your fellow co-workers or Board of Directors and Join us on December 14th. Hurry and register by Friday, December 7th. Space is limited.

Meeting Agenda:

11:00am Registration and Networking Opportunity

11:15am Lunch

11:45am Welcoming Remark

11:50am Year in Review

12:00pm CCN Strategic Plan and Vision

12:40pm Keynote Speaker

1:20pm Closing Remarks

Keynote Speaker - Denard Cummings, Director, NYS DOH Bureau of Social Determinants of Health

NYSDOH/OHIP/DPDM

Denard Cummings is the Director of the Bureau of Social Determinants of Health, within the Office of Health Insurance Programs (OHIP) at the New York State Department of Health.  The Bureau has the primary responsibility of integrating health and human services in New York State.  Prior to this appointment, Denard was the Director of the Bureau of Supportive Housing where he functioned as the supervising manager of the Medicaid Redesign Team Supportive Housing Initiative.  As the Director of the Bureau of Supportive Housing, he was a staunch advocate for the reality that Housing is Healthcare.

Mr. Cummings has over a decade of professional experience in New York State Government with policy interest in Human Service, Juvenile Justice, Higher Education and Health.  He is a subject matter expert on supportive housing and social determinants of health.  Under Mr. Cummings leadership the Bureau of Social Determinants of Health is working to transform the New York State healthcare delivery system by incorporating Community Based Organizations and addressing Social Determinants of Health to improve the quality of care and health outcomes for vulnerable populations.