2006 SCI Workshop for State State Innovations in Health Coverage Officials:

State Coverage Initiatives

Thursday, August 3, 2006

9:00–9:15 a.m.	Session 1. Welcome & Conference Overview Ile de France Ballroom Pamela S. Dickson Deputy Director, Health Care Group The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Alice Burton Director, State Coverage Initiatives Vice President, AcademyHealth
9:15–10:45 a.m.	Session 2. Transferability of State Reforms Ile de France Ballroom Moderator: W. David Helms President and CEO AcademyHealth Panelists: Amy Lischko Commissioner, Division of Health Care Finance and Policy Commonwealth of Massachusetts Presentation Slides \| Slides Handout Senator Jim Leddy Chair, Senate Health Committee State of Vermont Presentation Slides \| Slides Handout Ed Neuschler Senior Program Officer Institute for Health Policy Solutions John Holahan Director The Urban Institute This session will focus on the questions of whether specific state health reforms can be transferred to other states or to the federal government. How might one state apply another state's model? Are recent state reforms transferable to the federal level?
11:00–12:30 p.m.	Session 3. Coverage Mandates Ile de France Ballroom Moderator: Enrique Martinez-Vidal Deputy Director, State Coverage Initiatives AcademyHealth *Panelists:* Jerry Russo Associate Professor, Department of Economics University of Hawaii Presentation Slides \| Slides Handout Kristin Jones Chief of Staff Maryland Speaker of the House of Delegates Presentation Slides \| Slides Handout Victoria Burgess Budget and Policy Analyst Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation Presentation Slides \| Slides Handout Senator Jim Leddy Chair, Senate Health Committee State of Vermont Presentation Slides \| Slides Handout John Holahan Director The Urban Institute This session will provide a forum for examining experiences with individual and employer coverage mandates in several states. The panel will examine the question of whether other states are likely to implement coverage mandates.
1:30–3:00 p.m.	Session 4. Breakout Sessions A) Nonprofit Insurers Barritz Room Moderator: Deborah Chollet Senior Fellow Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. *Panelists:* Catherine Dunham President Access Project Presentation Slides \| Slides Handout John Colmers Senior Program Officer, Milbank Memorial Fund Member, Board of Directors, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Presentation Slides \| Slides Handout This panel will examine the role nonprofit insurers play in addressing gaps in the health care safety net. What lessons can be learned from these examples? B) Health Coverage for Immigrants Ile de France Ballroom Moderator: Amanda Folsom Senior Associate AcademyHealth Panelists: E. Richard Brown Director, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Professor, UCLA School of Public Health Principle Investigator, California Health Interview Survey Presentation Slides \| Slides Handout Lorena Madrid Outreach Director Santa Clara Family Health Plan Presentation Slides \| Slides Handout Linda LeClair Director, Bureau of Medicaid Eligibility Operations & Family Health Plus Office of Medicaid Management New York State Department of Health Presentation Slides \| Slides Handout This session will provide an overview of health coverage for immigrants in the United States and will examine state and local initiatives to increase access to care for non-citizens.
3:15–4:30 p.m.	Session 5. Incremental State Reforms Ile de France Ballroom Moderator: Enrique Martinez-Vidal Deputy Director, State Coverage Initiatives AcademyHealth *Panelists:* Laurie Lee Director, Division of State Health Planning State of Tennessee Kevin Ryan Associate Director Arkansas Center for Health Improvement Deb Faulkner Consultant Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner & Rhode Island Medicaid State of Rhode Island Anthony Rodgers Director Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System This session will highlight the activities of several states currently making incremental health coverage reforms – the history of their reform efforts, the focus of their initiatives, and how they are being operationalized.

Friday, August 4, 2006

8:00–9:15 a.m.	Session 6. Breakfast Sessions Session A: Federal Insurance Market Reforms Ile de France Ballroom Moderator: Deborah Chollet Senior Fellow Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. *Panelists:* Mila Kofman Associate Research Professor Health Policy Institute Georgetown University Presentation Slides \| Slides Handout Joe Musgrove Director, Life and Health Arkansas Insurance Department This session will examine the recent federal dialogue around insurance market reforms, including reflections on the debate on S. 1955, the Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act of 2005. Roundtable B: Details of Incremental State Reforms: Focus on Tennessee and Arkansas Nice Room Moderator: Alice Burton Director, State Coverage Initiatives Vice President, AcademyHealth *Panelists:* Laurie Lee Director, Division of State Health Planning State of Tennessee Presentation Slides \| Slides Handout Kevin Ryan Associate Director Arkansas Center for Health Improvement Presentation Slides \| Slides Handout This session will provide an opportunity for Tennessee and Arkansas to share in greater detail the history and operational experience of their incremental coverage reforms that are underway. Roundtable C: Details of Incremental State Reforms: Focus on Rhode Island and Arizona Cassis Room Moderator: Enrique Martinez-Vidal Deputy Director, State Coverage Initiatives AcademyHealth Panelists: Deb Faulkner Consultant Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner & Rhode Island Medicaid State of Rhode Island Presentation Slides \| Slides Handout Anthony Rodgers Director Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System Presentation Slides \| Slides Handout This session will provide an opportunity for Arizona and Rhode Island to share in greater detail the history and operational experience of their incremental coverage reforms that are underway.
9:15–10:45 a.m.	Session 7. Focus on Medicaid Ile de France Ballroom Moderator: Alice Burton Director, State Coverage Initiatives Vice President, AcademyHealth Panelists: John Folkemer Vice President The Lewin Group Presentation Slides \| Slides Handout Kate VandenBroek Senior Project Manager Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Presentation Slides \| Slides Handout Christy Lemak Associate Professor MHA Program Director University of Florida Presentation Slides \| Slides Handout This session will focus on key topics in Medicaid, including consumer-directed health care, benefit design, and coverage implications of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.
11:00–12:15 p.m.	Session 8. HRSA State Planning Grants–Lessons Learned Ile de France Ballroom Moderator: Isabel Friedenzohn Senior Associate AcademyHealth Panelists: Rachel Police AcademyHealth Presentation Slides \| Slides Handout John Baird State Medical Officer North Dakota Department of Health Vicki Wilson Director Access to Health Insurance Project State of Washington, Governor's Policy Office Kathleen Thiede Call Associate Professor SHADAC, University of Minnesota This session will highlight lessons learned from HRSA State Planning Grants over the past six years, including a discussion of how states have used the grants to identify characteristics of their uninsured populations as well as to develop proposals for providing comprehensive coverage.
12:15 p.m.	Closing Remarks: Alice Burton
12:30 p.m.	Adjourn