Sponsored by
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s State Coverage Initiatives program

Conducted by
Academy Health

Presentations are available in Powerpoint format.

8:30 a.m.
Session 1. Introduction/Opening Remarks

Presenters
Alice Burton, Director
State Coverage Initiatives

Linda T. Bilheimer, Senior Program Officer
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

8:45 – 10:15a.m.
Session 2. Models: What They Are and How to Use Them

• Describe what it means to model options
  
• Common nomenclature for modeling
  
• Micro-simulation
  
• Importance of narrowing field of options to model
  
• Asking the “right questions” to keep your analysis within your resources and timeline
  
• What does an actuary do and when do you need one?

Presenter
Deborah Chollet, Senior Fellow
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
PowerPoint Slides

10:15-10:30 a.m.
Break

10:30 a.m. -12:00 p.m.
Session 3. Selecting Data Sources

• Deciding when to use state data and when to use national data
  
• How to integrate both state and national data
  
• Comments/discussion from states on experiences

Presenters
Lynn Blewett, Associate Professor
University of Minnesota
PowerPoint Slides

Amy Lischko, Assistant Commissioner
Health Care Finance and Policy
PowerPoint Slides

Scott Leitz, Director
Minnesota Department of Health
PowerPoint Slides

12:00-1:00 p.m.
Lunch

1:00-2:30 p.m.
Session 4 Examples and Challenges of Modeling

• Using national estimates (CPS) in modeling
  
• Modeling at state level – an example
  
• Technical challenges
  
• Estimating take up
  
• Estimating utilization
  
• Assessing crowd-out
  
• Comments/discussion from states on their experience

Presenter
John Holahan, Director of Health Policy Center
The Urban Institute
PowerPoint Slides

2:30 – 2:45 p.m.
Session 5. Wrap-up and Closing Thoughts

Presenter
Alice Burton, Director
State Coverage Initiatives