2010 ARM Agenda: Sessions by Theme
The Annual Research Meeting agenda is organized around 20 themes in health services research and policy. See the full agenda for details on other conference themes.
Coverage and Access
Sunday, June 27
9:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
Sick and Broke: The Burden of High-Cost Illness
Chair: Peter Cunningham, Center for Studying Health System Change
Panelists: Jayasree Basu, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Trends in Preventable Hospitalization Patterns among Adults: A Small Area Analysis of U.S. States
Xuehua Ke, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Out-of-Pocket Spending Burden for Medicare Beneficiaries with Cancer
Rui Li, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Risk Factors Associated with High Financial Burdens in Persons with Diabetes
Timothy Waidmann, Urban Institute
Modeling the Effects of a Medicare Buy-in Program
Monday, June 28
9:45 a.m.–11:15 a.m.
The Effects of Benefit Design on Patients
Chair: Lisa Dubay, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Panelists: Niteesh Choudhry, Harvard Medical School
An Evaluation of the Impact of Copayment Reductions for Essential Cardiovascular Medications on Health Spending and Clinical Outcomes
Amy Davidoff, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Value Based Benefit Design in Medicare Beneficiaries with Diabetes
Charles Michalopoulos, MDRC
The Effects of Health Care Benefits for New Disability Insurance Beneficiaries: A Randomized Control Trial
James Wharam, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute
Two-Year Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates and Socioeconomic Disparities after Switching to a High-Deductible Health Plan
Tuesday, June 29
8:00 a.m.–9:30 a.m.
Health Reform: State Lessons and National Estimates
Chair: Jon Gabel, National Opinion Research Center
Panelists: Lisa Clemans-Cope, Urban Institute
Premium and Cost-Sharing Subsidies under Health Reform: Implications for Coverage, Costs, and Affordability
Thomas DeLeire, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Auto-Conversion to Coverage at Wisconsin’s BadgerCare Plus Launch: Lessons and a Simulation Under National Eligibility Scenarios
Arindrajit Dube, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The Impact of San Francisco’s Employer Health Spending Requirement: Findings from the Labor and Product Markets
Emily Jones, The George Washington University
How Health Reform Affected the Health Care Safety Net in Massachusetts
11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Issues in Implementing Key Elements of Reform: Exchanges, Insurance Regulations and Enforcement of Individual and Employer Mandates
Chair: Kaitlyn Kenney, Massachusetts Health Connector
Panelists: Robert Carey, RL Carey Consulting; Melissa Cummings-Niedzwiecki, Massachusetts Department of Revenue; Ken Jacobs, University of California, Berkeley; Gerard Russo, University of Hawaii
Roundtable: The issue of health reform and the growing number of uninsured has been a persistent policy issue on both state and national political agendas. A variety of approaches—or combination of approaches—has been considered in an effort to address this problem. These include the development of an exchange, an employer mandate, an individual mandate, and new or revised insurance regulations, among others. This session will provide insight into the issues that need to be considered in implementing these elements of reform based on the experience of states and municipalities that have adopted such approaches.
