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Morehouse School of Medicine President Speaks at White House Healthcare Meeting For Immediate Release Media Contact: Cherie Richardson, 404-752-1917, crichardson@msm.edu Morehouse School of Medicine President Atlanta – Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) President John E. Maupin Jr., D.D.S., participated in a Healthcare Stakeholder Discussion at the White House June 9 hosted by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Director of the White House Health Reform Office Nancy-Ann DeParle. Maupin, who has more than 30 years of experience in health-care administration, public health and academic medicine, represented the Association of Minority Health Profession Schools (AMHPS) during the discussion. In his comments, Maupin emphasized his concern that “universal coverage,” regardless of its final form, should not be viewed as the “silver bullet” when it comes to issues of health care access and equity. He noted that there are numerous other factors that must be taken into consideration. He stressed the importance of protecting and creating incentives for traditional safety-net providers that serve significant minority populations, and expanding and appropriately funding existing federal programs that are focused on increasing the diversity of the health care workforce, such as the Title VII Health Professions Training Programs. He also advocated eliminating the caps on residency slots and the continuation of Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments to safety-net hospitals. He further emphasized the critical role that historically black and minority serving academic health centers continue to play in addressing issues of workforce diversity and geographic distribution, primary care training, the development of culturally appropriate models of health care and preventive services, and health disparities focused research. Maupin continued his comments by noting that ending disparities will also take continued investments in health disparities research and urged the Administration to support efforts to elevate the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to the level of an Institute. Finally, he noted that it was also important to restore funding to the Extramural Facilities program of the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) at NIH. In January, Maupin and the presidents of the AMPHS institutions from Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles, Calif., Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn., and Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C., along with Dr. Louis Sullivan, president emeritus of MSM met with the Obama Administration Transition Team and submitted a report entitled “The Quest for a Healthier America: A Case for Securing the Future of Historically Black Academic Centers.” About Morehouse School of Medicine ###
Jun 12, 2009 Morehouse School of Medicine
June 11, 2009
Speaks at White House Healthcare Meeting
Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) recruits and trains minority and other students as physicians, biomedical scientists and public health professionals committed to improving the health and well-being of vulnerable communities. MSM is a member of the largest consortium of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the world — the Atlanta University Center (AUC). For more information about Morehouse School of Medicine, visit us online at www.msm.edu.
