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Monday, February 6, 2006

8:00 a.m. Registration
9:00 a.m. Administration Health Policy Agenda
Carolyn Clancy, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Mark McClellan, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Roy Ramthun, Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy
Janet Woodcock, Food and Drug Administration
10:30 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m.

Breakouts

• Pay for Performance: A Roundtable Discussion
Moderator:
Joanne Silberner, National Public Radio

Speakers:
Ron Bangasser, Beaver Medical Group
R. Adams Dudley, University of California, San Francisco
Margaret Stanley, Puget Sound Health Alliance

• Innovative Medicaid Reforms
Moderator:
John Colmers, Milbank Memorial Fund

Speakers:
Kevin Concannon, Director for the Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS)
Alan Levine, Agency for Health Care Administration, Florida
Amy Lischko, Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance

Reactor:
Matt Salo, National Governors Association

• Solutions for Reducing Disparities in Health Care
Moderator:
Michael Painter, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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Speakers:
Joseph Betancourt, Massachusetts General Hospital
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Marshall Chin, University of Chicago
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Bruce Siegel, George Washington University
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This breakout is sponsored in part by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics.

12:30 p.m.

Lunch & Speaker
Health Savings Accounts
Uwe Reinhardt, Princeton University

2:00 p.m.

Breakouts

• Improving Services for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
Moderator:
Mary Jane England, Regis College

Speakers:
Craig Coenson, CIGNA
Mark Trail, Georgia Medicaid Director
Cynthia Wainscott, National Mental Health Association

• Applications of Drug Safety Data
Moderator:
Thomas Croghan, Mathematica Policy Research Inc.

Speakers:
Elizabeth Andrews, RTI International
Tim Franson, Eli Lilly and Company
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Gerald Del Pan, Food and Drug Administration
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• MMA Implementation: Registering Low-income Beneficiaries
Moderator:
Mike Hash, Health Policy Alternatives

Speakers:
Beatrice Disman, Social Security Administration
Cheryl Matheis, AARP
Thomas Paul, Ovations, A UnitedHealth Group Company
Michael McMullen, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

3:30 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m.

Critical Issues for States

Presentation of AcademyHealth HSR Impact Awards
Presenter:

Elizabeth Fowler, Health Policy Alternatives

Awardees:
Paul Ginsburg, Center for Studying Health System Change
Peter Buerhaus, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
Jack Needleman, University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Health

  Post-Katrina: Rebuilding a Health Care System
Moderator:
Diane Rowland, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Speakers:
Fred Cerise, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
John Lumpkin, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Don Smithburg, Louisiana State University Health Care Services

5:30 p.m. Reception

Tuesday, February 7

8:00 a.m. Registration
9:00 a.m. Congressional Staff Plenary
Cybele Bjorklund, House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health (minority)
Chuck Clapton, House Committee on Energy and Commerce (majority)
Mark Hayes, Senate Finance Committee (majority)
Steve Northrup, Senate HELP Committee (majority)
10:30 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m.

Breakouts

• Preventing and Managing Chronic Conditions in Children
Moderator:
Debbie Chang, Nemours
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Speakers:
Charles Homer, National Initiatives for Children’s Healthcare Quality
Tricia Leddy, Rhode Island Department of Human Services
Peggy McManus, MCH Policy Research Center
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• Federal and State Efforts to Improve Patient Safety
Moderator:
Alan Weil, National Academy for State Health Policy
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Speakers:
Vahe Kazandjian, Maryland Patient Safety Center
Alan Rabinowitz, Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority
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William Weeks, VA National Center for Patient Safety and VA Outcomes Group
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• Technology, Productivity and Health Care Costs
Moderator:
Joseph Newhouse, Harvard University
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Speakers:
Robert Galvin, General Electric
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Kim Williams, University of Chicago Hospitals
Alan Rosenberg, Wellpoint

12:30 p.m.

Lunch & Speaker
Decision-based Evidence Making
Mark Smith, California HealthCare Foundation
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2:00 p.m.

Private Sector Perspective: Corporate Responsibility for
America’s Health Care

Chair: Robert Galvin, General Electric Company

Speakers:
David Blumenthal, Massachusetts General Hospital
Mark Pauly, University of Pennsylvania
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Michael J. Critelli, Chairman and CEO, Pitney Bowes Inc.

3:30 p.m. Public’s Perspective on Health Care
Robert Blendon, Harvard University
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4:00 p.m. Adjourn

 

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