{"id":2347,"date":"2020-05-28T22:40:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T03:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/?p=2347"},"modified":"2020-06-12T19:16:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-13T00:16:38","slug":"hawaii-senate-confirms-serafin-colmenares-jr-as-shpda-administrator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefilipinochronicle.com\/backup\/2020\/05\/28\/hawaii-senate-confirms-serafin-colmenares-jr-as-shpda-administrator\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaii Senate Confirms Serafin Colmenares, Jr. as SHPDA Administrator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Jim Bea Sampaga<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last week, Hawaii Senate approved Serafin Colmenares, Jr. to serve as the Administrator of the State Health Planning and Development Agency (SHPDA) effective July 1, 2020 until December 5, 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Governor David Ige appointed Colmenares as SHPDA Administrator on March 6, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cI feel humbled by the appointment, and thankful to Director of Health Bruce Anderson and Governor David Ige for their trust and confidence in me,\u201d said Colmenares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cMahalo to all those who sent in their written testimonies in support of my nomination, to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Health headed by Senator Rosalyn Baker for giving their advice and consent, and the full Senate for confirming my appointment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Colmenares first joined SHPDA in 2015 as a Comprehensive Health Planning Coordinator. On July 1, 2019, he became the agency\u2019s Acting Administrator after the departure of the previous administrator, Romala Sue Radcliffe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cThe past year has been a challenge since I was performing the functions of the administrator in an acting capacity at the same time doing my other job as a comprehensive health planning coordinator,\u201d Colmenares shared. \u201cIt was good preparation for me though as I take on the full-time job as Administrator.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


As SHPDA Administrator, Colmenares\u2019 primary responsibility is to promote \u201caccessibility for all people of the State to quality health care services at a reasonable cost.\u201d He administers and oversees the State\u2019s Certificate of Need (CON) program and Health Services and Facilities Plan (HSFP). He also collaborates with other government agencies in collecting data and maintaining Hawaii\u2019s All Payer Claims Database.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n


According to Colmenares, there are some things that he wants to improve and update in SHPDA as its new administrator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cRight now, I am looking [to] update\/revise the HSFP. The last time it was revised was in 2009, using 2006 data, and is definitely outdated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


He also wants to encourage everyone to participate in the agency\u2019s Certificate of Need program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cWe need to recruit community volunteers, particularly consumers, to join our advisory councils and give them the opportunity to participate in the CON and the community health planning process,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Lastly, Colmenares hopes to better understand Hawaii\u2019s diverse communities in terms of health.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cIn order to better address the social determinants of health in the planning process, I hope we can conduct more robust and comprehensive community health needs assessments on Oahu and the neighbor islands to give us a more accurate picture of the health status of our State\u2019s diverse communities,\u201d Colmenares said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Before joining SHPDA, Colmenares served as the Office of Language Access Executive Director of State Department of Health (2012-2015) and the Office of Language Access Executive Director of State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations (2007-2012).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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