Advocacy & Government Relations                                     

Legislative and regulatory decisions made at all levels of government continue to dramatically influence the fabric of healthcare delivery. They also impact Catholic Health Partners' (CHP) ability to fulfill our mission to the patients and communities we serve. Consequently, we strive to influence public policy through successful advocacy initiatives.

CHP is the largest health system in Ohio, and one of the largest in the country. The depth and breadth of our delegation of elected officials provides our system with ample opportunities to address an array of issues important to our patients, associates and clinicians. Within an ever-changing landscape throughout healthcare coupled with unprecedented government budgetary challenges, CHP Advocacy and Government Relations supports:

• Systemic healthcare reform to achieve coverage and access to quality care for all in a cost-effective system of care
   
• Greater transparency in the healthcare system through improved patient-centric information
   
• Eliminating care and process inefficiencies that add costs without delivering patient value
   
• Increasing recognition of innovative quality improving practices as models for providing one standard of high quality care for all
   
• Fair payment for hospitals and other provider groups focused on improving incentives.

For more information about CHP's advocacy efforts, please contact Jon Fishpaw, CHP's vice president of advocacy and government relations, at jpfishpaw@health-partners.org. We also invite you to access CHP's Point of View so that you can gather background information on issues that are important to CHP and communicate with legislators on issues that impact our ministry.