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Presentations are available in PPT  and PDF  formats. Wednesday, August 1, 2007
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Registration
6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception
Thursday, August 2, 2007
8:00 – 8:45 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Session 1
Welcome and Conference Overview
Joan Henneberry
Secretary of Health Care Policy and Finance
Colorado Department of Health
W. David Helms
President & CEO
AcademyHealth
Pamela Dickson
Deputy Group Director, Health Care Group
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Session 2
State Updates
Moderator:
Enrique Martinez-Vidal
Director, State Coverage Initiatives
AcademyHealth
Panelists:
Ruby Ann Esquibel
Health Coverage for New Mexicans Committee
New Mexico Human Services Department
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout
Krista Donahue
Chief of Policy
Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services
Sarah Schulte
Principal
Schulte Consulting
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout
The states continue to advance health care reform proposals and coverage expansions. This session will highlight states that are in the process of considering health reform proposals.
10:30 – 10:45 a.m.
Break
10:45 – 11:30 a.m.
Session 3
Massachusetts Implementation Update
Panelist:
Bob Carey
Director of Planning and Development
Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout
The full implementation on the Massachusetts health care reform is expected by July 1, 2007. This session will provide an update on implementation activities.
11:30 – 12:30 p.m.
Session 4
Connector Update: Findings from SCI Small Group Meetings
Panelist:
Amy Lischko
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, Tufts University
Former Commissioner, Health Care Finance and Policy
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout
SCI recently hosted two small group consultation meetings focusing on developing state Connectors. Some questions that will be addressed include: What are the various models for a Connector? What can it do, and what can't it do? Does your state need a Connector? What problems is your state trying to solve? 12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Lunch
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Session 5
Systems Improvement
Moderator:
Donald Cohn
Associate, State Coverage Initiatives Panelists:
Anne Gauthier
Senior Policy Director
Commission on a High Performance Health System
The Commonwealth Fund
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout
Gregg Shibata
Associate Director
Center for Health Improvement
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout
Scott Leitz
Assistant Commissioner
Minnesota Department of Health
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout
Driven by rising health care costs and uneven quality within the health system, states increasingly are examining ways to improve the health care delivery system. The latest round of coverage expansions has explicitly linked access, delivery system improvement, and cost containment. What policy options do states have to attempt to improve the health system? 3:30 – 3:45 p.m.
Break
3:45 – 5:00 p.m.
Session 6
Cost-Containment
As health care costs continue to rise, what cost containment strategies are states using? What are the benefits of disease management, chronic care management, and wellness? Are there alternative ways to look at cost containment?
Moderator:
Isabel Friedenzohn
Senior Associate, State Coverage Initiatives
Panelists:
Allison Hamblin
Program Officer
Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout
Sharon Moffatt
Acting Commissioner of Health
Vermont Department of Health
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout
Richard Onizuka
Director
Washington State Health Care Authority
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout
5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Reception
Friday, August 3, 2007
8:45 – 10:00 a.m.
Session 7
Breakfast Break-out Sessions
Session A: Young Adults/Dependent Coverage
Panelists:
Deborah Chollet
Senior Fellow
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Sonya Schwartz
Program Manager
National Academy for State Health Policy
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout
This session will examine state efforts to cover young adults in both the public and private sector. The panelists will discuss options under Medicaid, including strategies to cover youth in transition. They will also review how states have extended the age at which young adults qualify for dependent coverage, examining issues that these efforts raise, such as reinforcing employers' abandonment of contributions to dependent coverage, age rating dependents' coverage, reinforcing age rating for workers, and raising total plan cost.
Session B: Lessons from the Reinsurance Institute
Panelist:
Randall R. Bovbjerg
Principal Research Associate, Heath Policy Center
The Urban Institute
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout
A. Bowen Garrett
Senior Research Associate, Heath Policy Center
The Urban Institute
Several states recently participated in the Reinsurance Institute offered by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's State Coverage Initiatives program. What were key findings from the Institute? Given the diverse state market conditions and funding sources, could reinsurance work in your state?
Session C: Auto-Enrollment Update: Findings from Small Group Meeting
Panelist:
Stan Dorn
Senior Research Associate
Urban Institute
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout
SCI recently hosted a small group consultation meeting focusing on auto-enrollment strategies in state coverage reforms. Some questions that will be addressed include: What types of auto-enrollment models exist? What have been states' experiences with implementing auto-enrollment strategies in Medicaid and SCHIP? How can auto-enrollment be used to support reforms focused on private health insurance, including subsidy programs or individual mandates or employer assessments/requirements? 10:00 – 10:15 a.m.
Break
10:15 – 11:45 a.m.
Session 8
Medicaid/SCHIP and Other Federal Initiatives
Moderator:
W. David Helms
President & CEO
AcademyHealth
Panelists:
Matt Salo
Director of Health Legislation
National Governors Association
Vernon Smith
Principal
Health Management Associates
PowerPoint Slides | PDF Handout
The 110th Congress has made SCHIP reauthorization a priority. What are the key changes in the SCHIP program and what are the implications for states? What other legislative activity should states expect from the federal government?
11:45 a.m.
Closing Remarks
12:00 p.m.
Adjourn (box lunches available upon request)
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For further information please contact Brynnan Cox at 202-292-6731 or brynnan.cox@academyhealth.org.
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