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Thursday, July 28, 2005
| 8:00–9:00 a.m. |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:05–9:10 a.m. |
Conference Overview
| Presenter: |
Alice Burton
Director,
State Coverage Initiatives |
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| 9:10–10:30 a.m. |
Session 1A. Medicaid and SCHIP—Past, Present and Future
Moderator: |
W. David Helms, Ph.D.
President & CEO, AcademyHealth |
Confirmed
Speakers: |
Eugene Gessow, Medicaid Director, Iowa Department of Human Services
Barbara Ladon, Director, Office of Child Health Plan Plus, Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing
Presentation Slides Handout 
Steve Norton, Director, Medicaid and Business Policy, New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
Presentation Slides Handout
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This two-part session will examine the current debate on the future of Medicaid and SCHIP. Several states have proposed reforms that seek to change the fundamental nature of the program or have submitted concept papers to CMS. Where is the federal-state partnership headed? |
| 10:30–10:45 a.m. |
Break
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| 10:45–
12:15 p.m. |
Session 1B: Medicaid and SCHIP—Past, Present and Future
This panel will continue the discussion by examining public insurance from the federal perspective. |
12:15–1:30 p.m. |
Lunch (Patio on the 5th) |
| 1:30–2:45 p.m. |
Session 2. Finding the Money for Coverage
This panel will discuss ways of leveraging new funding sources for coverage expansions.
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| 2:45–3:00 p.m. |
Break
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| 3:00–4:30 p.m. |
Session 3. System Wide Strategies: Controlling Costs
This session will examine the data on heath care cost drivers and will focus on recent strategies to control health spending such as disease management, ER diversion strategies, and wellness programs.
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| 4:30–5:00 p.m. |
Break |
| 5:00–6:00 p.m. |
Reception (Patio on the 5th) |
Friday, July 29, 2005
| 8:30–9:30 a.m. |
Session 4. State Research Roundtable Sessions
These breakfast roundtables will highlight cutting-edge research being conducted in and by states and the lessons learned for translating research into policy.
 Session A: Public Coverage Disenrollees
| Confirmed Speakers: |
Jeanene Smith, M.D., Ph.D., Deputy Administrator, Office of Oregon Health Policy and Research
Additional Resources Stacey Davis, Special Assistant, Office of Planning and Finance, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
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Session B: Analysis of Employers
Session C: Analysis of Uncompensated Care
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| 9:30–9:45 a.m. |
Session 5. SCI Resources
| Confirmed Speakers: |
Pamela S. Dickson
Senior Program Officer,
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Alice Burton
Director, State Coverage Initiatives |
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| 9:45–11:00 a.m. |
Session 6. Implementing Public/Private Partnerships: Getting Employer Participation
This session will focus on a critical element of public/private partnerships: getting employers to participate in the program. |
| 11:00–11:15 a.m. |
Break |
| 11:15–12:30 p.m. |
Session 7. Consumer-Directed Health Care
This session will examine the latest data on cost and take up for consumer-directed health care. The panel will also discuss consumer need for cost and quality information.
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| 12:30 p.m. |
Adjourn (box lunches available upon request) |
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