Based in Chicago, Jamie Thorsen served as executive managing director with BMO Capital Markets for nearly two decades and was a pioneering leader in her field. Active in her community, Jamie Thorsen is committed to supporting educational and saving organizations and serves on the Founders Board of the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.
In December 2019, Lurie Children’s was one of eight institutions nationwide awarded as much as $16 million by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services toward the development of an innovative seven-year Integrated Care for Kids project.
Representing a new care model, the goal of the initiative is to decrease treatment costs, while improving health outcomes, among those covered by the Children’s Health Insurance Program and Medicaid. A focus is on early identification of behavioral, social, and physical issues, as well as placement with appropriate local care providers. This proactive stance will reduce emergency visits and avoidable hospitalizations.
The project will involve Lurie Children’s taking a lead role in partnering with neighborhood organizations, as well as the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in developing a “socially and clinically integrated network” for 43,000 children across Chicago’s Austin and Belmont Cragin neighborhoods.
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