Medicaid Congress: Agenda: Preconference / Day One

NATIONAL MEDICAID CONGRESS AGENDA: PRECONFERENCE Monday, June 7, 2010
PRECONFERENCE SYMPOSIUM I: MANAGING CURRENT AND NEW DUAL ELIGIBLES
7:00 a.m.	Registration Commences
8:00 a.m.	Welcome and Overview James M. Verdier Senior Fellow, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. Washington, DC (Co Chair)
8:15 a.m.	Overview of Recent Enrollment and Cost Trends for Dual Eligibles John Holahan Director, Health Policy Center, Urban Institute, Washington, DC Presentation Material (Acrobat)
8:45 a.m.	Innovative State Initiatives in Care Management for Dual Eligibles Melanie Bella Senior Vice President, Center for Health Care Strategies, Hamilton, NJ Presentation Material (Acrobat) Patrick Flood Deputy Secretary, Vermont Agency of Human Services, Montpelier, VT Presentation Material (Acrobat)
9:30 a.m.	The View From CMS and MedPAC Barbara Coulter Edwards Director, Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group, Center for Medicaid and State Operations (CMSO), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, US Department of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, MD Presentation Material (Acrobat) Carol Carter, PhD Principal Policy Analyst, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, Washington, DC Presentation Material (Acrobat)
10:15 a.m.	Break
10:30 a.m.	Use of the Capitated Managed Care Model for Dual Eligibles Melanie Bella Senior Vice President, Center for Health Care Strategies, Hamilton, NJ Presentation Material (Acrobat) Richard Chambers Chief Executive Officer, Cal-Optima, Orange, CA Presentation Material (Acrobat)
11:15 a.m.	Dual Eligibles in Nursing Facilities and Other Long-Term Care Settings James Verdier Senior Fellow, Mathematica Policy Research, Washington, DC Presentation Material (Acrobat) Cynthia Woodcock Director, Long-Term Supports and Services, The Hilltop Institute, Baltimore, MD Presentation Material (Acrobat)
12:00 p.m.	Adjournment

PRECONFERENCE SYMPOSIUM II: MEDICAID AND THE MEDICAL HOME
7:00 a.m.	Registration Commences
8:00 a.m.	Welcome and Overview Melinda K. Abrams, MS Assistant Vice President, Director, Patient-Centered Coordinated Care Program, The Commonwealth Fund, New York, NY (Co Chair)
8:15 a.m.	Overview of the State Medicaid Medical Home Initiative Mary Takach, RN, MPH Program Director, National Academy for State Health Policy, Portland, ME Presentation Material (Acrobat)
8:45 a.m.	Medicaid Medical Homes on the Front Lines Craig Jones, MD Director, Vermont Blueprint, Vermont Department of Health, Burlington, VT Presentation Material (Acrobat) Jeff Schiff, MD, MBA Medical Director, Minnesota Health Care Programs, Minnesota Department of Human Services, St. Paul, MN Mary Takach, RN, MPH Program Director, National Academy for State Health Policy, Portland, ME (Moderator)
9:45 a.m.	Community Health Centers-Medical Homes in the Safety Net Jonathan Sugarman, MD, MPH President and Chief Executive Officer, Qualis Health, Seattle, WA Presentation Material (Acrobat)
10:15 a.m.	Break
10:30 a.m.	New Federal Initiatives for Community Health Centers and the Medical Home A. Seiji Hayashi, MD, MPH Chief Medical Officer, Bureau of Primary Health Care, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD Presentation Material (Acrobat)
11:00 a.m.	Medicare Joins Medicaid in the Medical Home-the Advanced Primary Care Jody Blatt Senior Research Analyst, Office of Research, Development and Information, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD Presentation Material (Acrobat)
11:30 a.m.	Wrap-Up and Final Speaker Panel Q&A Melinda K. Abrams, MS Assistant Vice President, Director, Patient-Centered Coordinated Care Program, The Commonwealth Fund, New York, NY (Co Chair)
12:00 p.m.	Adjournment

NATIONAL MEDICAID CONGRESS AGENDA: DAY I Monday, June 7, 2010
OPENING PLENARY SESSION
PART I: THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE
1:00 p.m.	Welcome and Overview - Medicaid and Health Reform John Iglehart Founding Editor, Health Affairs, National Correspondent, New England Journal of Medicine, Washington, DC (Co Chair)
1:15 p.m.	Managing the Medicaid of Today and Tomorrow Cindy Mann Deputy Administrator and Director, Center for Medicaid, CHIP, and Survey & Certification, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC Presentation Material (Acrobat)
2:00 p.m.	Medicaid - The View from the Governor's Office Honorable Jim Douglas Governor of Vermont, Chairman, National Governors Association, Montpelier, VT
2:30 p.m.	Major Medicaid 2010 Policy Issues Dan Mendelson Chief Executive Officer and President and Founder, Avalere Health, Former Associate Director for Health, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC
3:00 p.m.	Break
3:30 p.m.	Getting Serious about Medicaid Fraud James G. Sheehan, Esq. Medicaid Inspector General, NYS Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, Former Associate United States Attorney, US Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Albany, NY Presentation Material (Acrobat)
4:00 p.m.	Medicaid on the Front Lines John G. Folkemer Deputy Secretary, Health Care Financing, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, State of Maryland, Baltimore, MD Sandeep Wadhwa, MD Medicaid Director and Chief Medical Officer, Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, Denver, CO Presentation Material (Acrobat) Ann Clemency Kohler Executive Director, National Association of State Medicaid Directors, Washington, DC (Moderator) Presentation Material (Acrobat)
5:00 p.m.	Thinking the Unthinkable-State Withdrawal from Medicaid? Edmund F. Haislmaier Senior Research Fellow in Health Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC Presentation Material (Acrobat)
5:30 p.m.	Adjournment and Networking Reception