2007 State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Meeting
Saturday, June 2, 2007
Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin * Orlando
Meeting Summary
State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Meeting E-Forum
10:00 a.m.
Welcome and Outline for Day
Lynn Blewett, Ph.D.
State Health Access Data Assistance Center
University of Minnesota
SHRP Interest Group Chair
10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Using Various Data Sets and Methodological Strategies to Understand the Impact of Coverage Policies
Moderator: Julie Sonier, M.P.A., Minnesota Department of Health
Interruptions in Medicaid Coverage Increases the Risk of Hospitalizations for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions
Andrew Bindman, M.D.
University of California, San Francisco
PowerPoint Slides | 
PDF Handout of Slides
What Happens to People Losing TennCare Coverage?
Cyril Chang, Ph.D.
University of Memphis
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout of Slides
Simulating Publicly Subsidized Reinsurance Strategies in Three States
Lisa Clemans-Cope, Ph.D.
The Urban Institute
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout of Slides
11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Networking Break
11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Evaluating Health Care Reforms and the Policymaking Process
Moderator: E. Richard Brown, Ph.D., UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Redefining Evidence: Lessons from the Policymaking Process
Jill Rissi, R.N., M.P.A.
St. Luke's Health Initiatives
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout of Slides
Using a Mixed Methods Evaluation to Assess Health Care Reform in Progress (The Maine Experience)
Debra Lipson, M.H.S.A.
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout of Slides
Finding Uninsured but Eligible Children in Oregon After Major Medicaid Reforms
Jennifer DeVoe, M.D., D.Phil.
Oregon Health and Science University
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout of Slides
12:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Box Lunch and Poster Session
Poster Abstracts
Poster # | Title | Presenter |
1 | Uninsured in West Virginia - Changes from 2001 and 2003 | Johnna Beanne, B.A. |
2 | In their own words: West Virginia 's Uninsured Ages 50-64 | Johnna Beanne, B.A. |
3 | Public/Private Partnership for Health Insurance Coverage - An Evaluation of the West Virginia Small Business Plan | Johnna Beanne, B.A. |
4 | Look for the Forest in State Long-Term Care Policy | Courtney Burke, M.S. |
5 | Policy and Performance: Performance-based Contracting for Substance Abuse Treatment in the State of Delaware | Mady Chalk, Ph.D. |
6 | The Massachusetts Model for Universal Health Care Coverage: Transferability to the State of Connecticut | Abigail Driscoll, M.B.A. |
7 | Using health risk assessments to influence the structure of health plan benefits | Rhonda Jaster, M.P.H. |
8 | Results from the 2005 Rhode Island Employer Health Insurance Study | James Maxwell, Ph.D. |
9 | Health Care Reform in Vermont | James Maxwell, Ph.D. |
10 | An Iterative Research/Policy Approach to State and Local Community Health Insurance Innovation | Karen Minyard, Ph.D., R.N. |
11 | Crafting Health Education for State Legislators | Karen Minyard, Ph.D., R.N. |
12 | Translation of Secondary Research to Incubate Primary Research | MaryAnn Phillips, M.P.H. |
13 | Cost-Effectiveness of Providing Respite for Caregivers of Persons with Alzheimer's Disease in the State of Texas | Jeffery Talbert, Ph.D. |
14 | Developing Baseline Measures of Nursing Home Stays Using LTC MDS Data | Anthony Tucker, Ph.D. |
15 | A new public-private model to expand health insurance coverage in Arkansas | Kevin Ryan, J.D., M.A. |
2:30 p.m. ? 4:00 p.m.
State Scorecard on Health System Performance
Moderator: Cathy Schoen, The Commonwealth Fund
Panelists:
Joel Cantor, Sc.D.
Rutgers Center for State Health Policy
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout of Slides
Joseph Thompson, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
Surgeon General, State of Arkansas
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout of Slides
Alan Weil, J.D., M.P.P.
National Academy for State Health Policy
4:00 p.m.
Recap
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Interest Group Business Meeting
The State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Meeting sponsored, in part, by:
The Commonwealth Fund, Georgia Health Policy Center,
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Rutgers Center for State Health Policy,
State Coverage Initiatives, and
The State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC)
