PEP Connections Wins Director’s Award from Ohio Medicaid

Director's Award Winners face the camera and smile

PEP Connections Wins Director’s Award from Ohio Medicaid

PEP Connections has received the inaugural OhioRISE Director’s Award from Ohio Medicaid. It shares the honor with its fellow Cuyahoga County care management entities or CMEs, OhioGuidestone and Ravenwood Health. (CMEs are OhioRISE partner agencies that connect members to their service areas.) The award recognizes CMEs that demonstrate an innovative and collaborative approach in their counties to develop and sustain a comprehensive system of care.

The award was announced at a 2024 CME leadership workshop in which Jill Koenig, director, PEP Connections, and leaders from the other Cuyahoga County CMEs, came together to educate staff from across the county about OhioRISE and how each organization is involved in the overall system of care. Representatives from all 18 Ohio CMEs were present.

The announcement of the award stated: These CMEs are a shining example of the innovation and collaboration needed to drive the OhioRISE mission of supporting families’ access to and navigation of complex systems of care.

The picture above features representatives from each of the winning CMEs and Ohio Medicaid. From left to right:

  • Andrea O’Brien, Director, Care Coordination, Ohio Guidestone;
  • Jill Koenig, Director, PEP Connections;
  • Donna Cook, Director, Care Coordination, Ravenwood; and
  • Dawn Puster, Deputy Director, Ohio Medicaid.

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Learn more about PEP Connections and OhioRISE on our website.