Edwin Fonner,
Jr., DrPH
Quality-Focused Cost Containment in Cardiac Surgery for Medicare Beneficiaries. Proposal to House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Chicago IL , June 2005.
Elevating the Standard of Care and Reducing Costs in Cardiac Surgery with Quality-Focused Global Pricing. Proposals to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and Academy Health's Health Care Financing and Organization program by the Virginia Cardiac Surgery Quality Initiative, Norfolk VA , 2003.
Creating Community Resident-Directed & Employee Self-Led Work Teams. A Proposal to the Institute for the Future of Aging Services for funding through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Atlantic Philanthropy's Better Jobs Better Care Program by the Aging Research Institute, Topeka KS, 2003.
Neighborhood Health Challenge: An Ivanhoe/Northeast Healthy Lifestyles Initiative . Submitted by the Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council to RWJF/Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation for $800,000 under the RWJF Local Initiatives Funding Partners Program , 2003.
Submissions to the Sunflower Foundation, Topeka KS , Spring 2002 ($90,000 to $120,000):
• Promoting Culture Change in Long-Term Care: A Model and Program Replication Strategy to Improve Care for the Elderly by Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community, Manhattan KS.
• Building a Rural Health Access Transportation System in the North Central/Flint Hills Region of Kansas by the Community Health Council, Manhattan KS .
• Small Business Health Insurance Coverage Expansion for Lower Income Workers via the Kansas Business Health Partnership by Health Partners Benefits Association, Topeka KS . Funded for six months at $78,000.
• Northeast Wyandotte County Community-Based Obesity and Prediabetes Screening, Nutrition Awareness, and Weight Loss Program for Children by Northeast Coalition, Kansas City KS .
Reducing Social Isolation Among Rural Elderly in Riley and Surrounding Counties. Proposal developed by CHC's Eldercare Committee, February 2002. Requested $50,000.
Proposal to Design and Implement a Prevention and Health Education Program for Medicaid Populations. Proposal to Kansas Medicaid/CMS by Kansas University School of Medicine, March 2002. Funded $750,000 for three years.
Developing and Financing the Project Access System of Care in Wichita/Sedgwick County KS . Submitted by the Medical Society of Sedgwick County to HRSA for Community Access Program, June 2001. $1,000,000 funded in 2001, $1,225,000 funded for 2002-2003.
Teleradiology and Diagnostic Support for the North Central/Flint Hills Region of Kansas . Proposal for the Community Health Council, Manhattan KS to USDA for Distance Learning & Telemedicine Program, August 2001. Requesting $1,700,000.
Management of Medication Use Among the Elderly in Riley and Clay County KS . Proposal for the Community Health Council, Manhattan KS to HRSA for Rural Health Outreach Grant. Submitted October 2000, 2001, and 2002 (not funded).
100 Percent Access Initiative for Manhattan KS and Seven County Region. Proposal for the Community Health Council, Manhattan KS to HRSA for Community Access Program, June 2000. Funded $710,000 for 2000, $537,000 for 2001, and $376,000 for 2002.
Improving Access to Healthcare for the Uninsured . Letter of Intent and Implementation Grant proposal by the Medical Society of Sedgwick County to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for Communities in Charge initiative. Funded $150,000 planning grant in 2000 and $750,000 implementation grant in 2001-2003.
Enhancing Health Policy Development in Kansas . Proposal by State of Kansas, Health Benefits Administration to Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Alpha Center for State Coverage Initiatives program. Funded $160,000, 1999 to 2001.
Establishing a Health Insurance Purchasing Cooperative for Kansas . Proposal by the Kansas Employer Coalition on Health to the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund. Funded $350,000, 1999- 2001.
Public Health Improvement Planning in Kansas . Proposal for the Governor's Public Health Improvement Commission and Steering Committee to Robert Wood Johnson and Kellogg Foundations for Turning Point initiative. Funded $720,000, 1998 to 2000.
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