Following discussion it was moved and unanimously passed to create a one year term for an at-large Director from the resident section. The move will require a change in the MSMC bylaws. Dr. Rainey will serve the first term. Dr. Petersen serves on a county government task force that will look at whether the County should continue to budget funds that will pay for emergency and urgent care for the indigent in Milwaukee County. The program does not provide preventive services.
Care is for emergent or urgent needs making the group an undisputed adverse insurance selection.
GAMP reimbursements do not contain any professional fee component other than emergency services. The uninsured are a transitory group with individuals going in and out of jobs that provide insurance. Dr. Petersen conjectures that every primary care physician continues to care for established patients who lose insurance coverage for one reason or another. In the new state biennial budget, Froedtert Hospital is not envisioned as the sole point of entry for service in the GAMP program assuming both the County and the State agree to continue GAMP funding. These clinics would need to develop or strengthen ties to community hospitals.