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Vol. 27 Issue 3 fiusm.com Wednesday, July 8, 2015 INTEGRATING HEALTHCARE Some must wait and see as integration plans unfold More than simply an accounting PHILIPPE BUTEAU change of what department gets some News Director student money, the plan also calls for [email protected] a restructuring of operations in the University’s student health services. When the Board of Trustees decided The larger chunk that will go to to increase the fee that pays for student FIU-HCN pays for clinical operations clubs and activities, they also made a in SHS, which includes doctors, nurse decision for a different fee that could practitioners, pharmacy staff, medical forever change the way students records and the cashier’s office. All receive their healthcare from the of those operations, along with the University. people who conduct them, now report Why only could? Because it’s still to staff in FIU Health, effective July 1. too early to tell. For students seeking medical That’s what University services while on campus it is business administrators on one end of the as usual, for now. But as FIU Health change said to Student Media. assesses what could change in SHS’ On June 2, the University’s clinical operations, the thousands of Health Affairs Committee presented students who use on-campus health a plan, which the BOT unanimously services will receive them from a approved later in the day, that will send different doctor or nurse, if they aren’t money generated from the student already. health fee in two directions: Student “In new model, student health Health Services and FIU Health. services will refer students to outside PETER ANDREW BOSCH/TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE According to a public document primary care practitioner rather than from a BOT meeting and interviews providing that level of care as it Dr. Annelys Hernandez, left, checks out Cynthia Louis in the University’s Mobile Health Center on with the director of SHS and Larry currently does,” Loynaz said. “Student March 3, 2015. Lunsford, the vice president of Student health is no longer their main doctor.” BBC and the blue and yellow structure in spring 2015 to have FIU Health Medicine, the College of Nursing and Affairs, the University is executing At both the Biscayne Bay and that is the University Health Services running their clinical services and Health Sciences, the Robert Stempel a plan about ten years in the making Modesto Maidique campuses clinical Complex at MMC for their medical when it will take effect, is a matter of College of Public Health and Social that will “integrate” SHS with the FIU operations has a projected total cost services, receive some prescription playing the waiting game. Work and the College of Arts and HealthCare Network, which manages of about $4.9 million for 2015-2016. medicine at reduced prices and for the “I couldn’t tell when the changes Sciences. FIU Health. The components of SHS that will stay health promotion services. will occur,” said Lunsford, who added The network performs various Although still in its early stages, the same, as in remain within Student The wellness components, which that he’s waiting for FIU Health administrative functions related to the plan is supposed to divide the fee Affairs, cost about $3 million. are now called “Health Promotion/ officials to tell him. medical practice, including billing and so that a smaller portion of it remains The FIU Faculty Group Practice, Healthy Living,” include massages, Student Media has contacted collections, contract management with with SHS, and a larger chunk of the which is also under FIU Health, acupuncture, health training, dietician, Eneida Roldan, interim chief vendors and insurance plans, provider money will be sent to the FIU-HCN, has some of the same positions that HIV testing and counseling, health executive officer of FIU Health, and credentialing and administration of according to Oscar Loynaz, director SHS has in its clinical operations but fairs, sex carnivals, workshops, Amy Metula, director of quality practice operations. of SHS. lacks a pharmacy for the time being, immunization and insurance management for the FIU-HCN, but FIUSM.com will have more on In a presentation to the BOT, according to Loynaz. compliance for international students their comments were not available as this story as Student Media continues former Chief Executive Officer of FIU SHS will remain in the same among other things. of press time. to follow the University’s integration Health Yolangel Hernandez Suarez buildings at both BBC and MMC and What the new model will mean FIU Health is comprised of staff plan. noted full integration was expected students can still go to the blue and for the 6,940 students who were seen from the Herbert Wertheim College of for July 2015. white Healthcare Center building at University to open doors SCOTUS allowed young for open housing option people to save money and sex, open housing is not the option with contacts and the Legislature over how to handle Florida’s ESHRAT NIKROOYE-ASLI PHILIPPE BUTEAU a source of couple housing – steps for open housing. uninsured. Asst. News Director News Director but would be beneficial to the Students open to the idea The ruling reduces the pressure on state [email protected] [email protected] general housing population. were eager to join themselves leaders to create a state exchange to cover the Joseph Paulick, director or because of the potential 1.3 million low- and middle-income Floridians Though the option exists of Central Housing in the attraction to incoming students When the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the who now rely on the federal program for health now, in 2016, the University University, has confirmed that open housing would have on broad reach of President Barack Obama’s insurance. will be more open about its none of Florida’s other public the University. healthcare law on June 25, he wasn’t the only The 6-3 decision from the nation’s highest open housing. colleges or universities offer “I think having the option one to score a major victory. Millions of young court rejected a second conservative challenge Open housing, commonly open housing. Currently, the of open housing would be people across the country did as well. to the law, one that could have left more than 6 referred to as gender-neutral national majority of successful appreciated by much of the With the court’s ruling, more than 5 million million Americans, including 5.7 million 19-25 housing, gender-inclusive open housing facilities are housing population,” said people 19-25 could either stay under their year olds, scrambling to pay for their coverage, housing and even co-ed located in private universities. Noah Spiner, a junior in parents’ health insurance, or, like the more or shop for health insurance before graduating housing is currently a trending But the University, like computer engineering and “adultier” adults, simply be able to shop for college. topic. However, due to the the University of Florida housing resident. “I personally affordable health insurance through the federal The ruling is a crucial win for younger people variety of terms, most students and the University of South wouldn’t live in it, but having a marketplace. in the U.S., whether in college or just setting out are unsure what this option Florida, is becoming more few floors of a housing building The court ruled that the government may on their own, as the court’s decision kept a few entails and if it is available for accommodating of student used for open housing would continue to provide tax subsidies for low- and extra dollars in their already low bank accounts. them. requests for open housing. probably attract more people to middle-income people who buy insurance Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for Simply, open housing is Paulick has stated his housing and may make people nationwide, even in states that did not create an the court, said the “tax credits are available the nonexclusive ability in interest in pilot testing open more comfortable. I think it’s a official insurance exchange of their own, like to individuals in states that have a federal university housing complexes housing arrangements and great idea.” Florida. exchange.” and dormitories to room with noted that by fall 2016, the Yet, this current issue has While Gov. Rick Scott and the legislative If no tax credits were allowed in these states, individuals from a broad University housing webpage met controversy similar to the opponents to the Affordable Care Act dodged it “could well push a state’s individual market spectrum of genders and sex. will have a section discussing a bullet with the court’s decision, it did little While inclusive of all genders SEE HOUSING, PAGE 2 to narrow the divide between Republicans in SEE SCOTUS, PAGE 2 2 The Beacon – Wednesday, July 8, 2015 NEWS fiusm.com NATION & WORLD University to pilot BRIEFS open housing project HOUSING, PAGE 1 that.