5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

6:30 - 6:40 p.m.

Pam Dickson
Senior Program Officer, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

6:40 - 7:30 p.m.

7:30 - 8:30 p.m.

After-Dinner Speaker and Discussion

Governor Mike Huckabee
State of Arkansas

Continental Breakfast

8:00 - 8:15 a.m.

Session I. State of the States

Presenter:
Vickie Gates
Vice President, AcademyHealth
Director, State Coverage Initiatives Program

Session I will provide an overview of the new SCI publication, "State of the States 2003," and insight into where states are fiscally and programmatically in 2003.

Slides: "State of the States 2003"

Ray Hanley
Client Executive, EDS
Former Medicaid Director, State of Arkansas

Break

8:45 - 10:30 a.m.

Session III. Program Restructuring: Pushing the Envelope through HIFA

Moderator:
Gretchen Engquist
Corporate Director, EP&P Consulting
Slides: "HIFA Design Issues and Future Challenges"

Presenters:
Maureen Boshier
President/CEO, New Mexico Hospitals and Health Systems
Association
Slides: "New Mexico Human Services Department
New Mexico Hospitals & Health Systems Association"

Rocky King
Administrator, Oregon Medical Insurance Pool
Slides: "Family Health Insurance Assistance Program"

William Hagens
Sr. Health Policy Advisor, Medical Assistance Administration
Washington Department of social and Health Services
Slides: "The Medicaid & SCHIP Reform Waiver: An Update"

Joe Thompson
Assistant Professor, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
Slides: "ACHI Health Insurance Expansion Initiative"

Respondent:
Theresa Sachs
Technical Director
Division of Integrated Health Systems
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Gretchen Engquist, an experienced Medicaid waiver consultant and former Medicaid Director, will assess to what extent states have pushed the boundaries with HIFA waivers. Four states that are at various stages of the HIFA waiver process, including those that have approved waivers and those currently in negotiations with CMS, will identify key innovations in their proposals. A CMS representative will provide the federal government's view of the recent changes.

10:30 - 10:45 a.m.

10:45 - 12:15 a.m.

Session IV. Meeting the Challenge for Pharmacy Programs

Moderator:
Anne Gauthier
Vice President, AcademyHealth
Senior Consultant, State Coverage Initiatives
Slides: "Meeting the Challenge for Pharmacy Programs"

Presenters:
Cheryl Rivers
Executive Director, Northeast Legislative Association on
Prescription Drug Prices
Slides: "NLA on Prescription Drug Prices"

Jim Parker
Deputy Administrator for Medical Programs
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Slides: "Illinois Pharmacy Program"

Tom Young
Medical Director, Idaho Medicaid program
Slides: "Meeting the Challenge for Pharmacy programs"

Session III will allow participants to hear about three major ways that states are controlling pharmaceutical expenditures: Evidenced-Based Coalitions, Multi-State Purchasing Programs, and Pharmacy Plus Waivers.

12:15 -
12:30 p.m.

Session V. Overview: Covering the Uninsured Week

Stuart Schear
Senior Communications Officer, The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation

Slides: "Cover the Uninsured Week in [Community]"

12:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch

Session VI. Addressing High-Cost Populations through Disease Management

Moderator:
Ben Wheatley

Presenters:
Anna Fallieras
Senior Program Officer, Center for Health Care Strategies
Slides: "Improving Beneficiary Care While Controlling
Program Expenditures: Clinical Pharmacy Management Initiative"

Alice Lind
Program Manager, Division of Program Support
Washington Department of Social and Health Services
Slides: "Washington State Medical Assistance Administration:
Disease Management Program"

Jeffrey Simms
Assistant Director, Division of Medical Assistance
North Carolina Department of Human Resources
Slides: "North Carolina's Medicaid Managed Care Program"

Session IV will provide an overview of disease management as a cost-effective strategy for managing high-cost populations.

2:45 - 2:50 p.m.

Closing Remarks

Pam Dickson
Senior Program Officer, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Trade Act of 2002

Moderator:
Stan Dorn
Senior Policy Analyst, Economic and Social Research Institute
Slides: "Trade Act of 2002: Options for States"

Stan Dorn will lead a discussion on the Trade Act of 2002, including new federal grants for high-risk pools and other state health coverage, as well as implications for health insurance tax credits.

Insurance Markets

Moderator:
Deborah Chollet
Senior Fellow, Mathematica Policy Research

Deborah Chollet will focus on states' role in monitoring and assisting the insurance market.