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The Citizenship project is free to the public, including Culinary members and their families,

providing assistance through the entire citizenship process.

For information, contact the Citizenship Project at

(702) 868-6002

Citizenship Project(702) 868-6002

Citizenship Project

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The Culinary Health Fund moves forward on BETTER care with local hospitals

The Culinary Health Fund is pleased that the Health Services Coalition and the five hospitals in the Valley Health System have reached an agreement that will allow Culinary Health Fund Participants and family members to continue receiving care at all local hospitals.

As part of the new agreement, The Valley Health System hospitals will partner with our Fund and the Coalition on quality improvements to make hospital care “BETTER”, an initiative dedicated to improving health care delivery in Southern Nevada.

In addition, all other Las Vegas hospitals contracts have successfully been negotiated and all hospitals in the Las Vegas Area will remain in the Culinary network. All hospital contracts include commitments to move forward on “BETTER” hospital care initiatives with the Culinary Health Fund and the Coalition.

As part of the “BETTER” campaign, all local area hospitals will engage in improving quality through the implementation of new initiatives specific to their facilities. They have also agreed to the following initiatives:

• Collaborative public reporting of quality measures such as quality data, hospital readmissions rates and others.

• Implementation of a quality incentive program, whereby these hospitals will get additional reimbursement if they meet specific quality measures in areas such as infection control, surgical safety and others.

The Culinary Health Fund is delighted that all Las Vegas hospitals are committed to “BETTER” quality of care for our participants and their families, ultimately saving lives while reducing health care costs. Culinary Health Fund Patients will have no disruption in their care at any hospital.

Culinary Health Fund Hospital Network Update for Page 8

as of March 1, 2011

If you have any further questions, please call the Fund Customer Service office at:

(702) 733-9938

El Culinary Health Fund sigue adelante con MEJORES cuidados con los hospitales locales

El Culinary Health Fund se satisface en confirmar que la Coalición de Servicios de Salud y los cinco hospitales del Sistema de Valley Health hayan llegado a un acuerdo que permitirá a los participantes del Culinary Health Fund y sus familias continuar recibiendo cuidados en todos los hospitales locales.

Como parte del nuevo acuerdo los hospitales del Sistema de Valley Health se asociarán con nuestro Fondo y con la Coalición en mejoras de calidad para hacer “MEJOR” el cuidado de hospitales, una iniciativa dedicada a mejorar los cuidados de salud en el Sur de Nevada.

Además, todos los contratos de los demás hospitales de Las Vegas han sido exitosamente negociados y todos los hospitales del área de Las Vegas permanecerán en la red de la Culinaria. Todos los contratos de los hospitales incluyen compromisos entre ellos y el Culinary Health Fund y la Coalición de seguir adelante con iniciativas de MEJOR cuidado de hospitales.

Como parte de la campaña “MEJOR” todos los hospitales locales del área implementarán mejoras a través de nuevas iniciativas especificas a sus instalaciones. También han acordado a lo siguiente:

• Reportes colaborativos públicos de medidas de calidad tales como información de calidad, tarifas de readmisión al hospital y otros.

• Implementación de un programa de incentivo de calidad, por medio del cual estos hospitales recibirán un reembolso adicional si cumplen con ciertas medidas específicas de calidad en áreas tales como control de infecciones, seguridad quirúrgica y otros.

El Culinary Health Fund está encantado de que todos los hospitales de Las Vegas estén comprometidos a MEJOR calidad de cuidados para nuestros participantes y sus familias, ultimadamente salvando vidas al tiempo que reducen costos de cuidados de salud. Los pacientes del Culinary Health Fund no tendrán interrupciones en cuanto a su cuidado en ningún hospital.

Actualización del Culinary Health Fund sobre Red de Hospitales para página 8

a partir del 1 de marzo del 2011

Si tiene alguna pregunta, favor de llamar a la oficina de Servicio al Cliente del Fondo:

(702) 733-9938