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The 9th Annual World Health Care Congress
The World Health Care Congress Inaugural State and Federal Reform Summit


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Chair
Krista Drobac Krista Drobac
Director of the Health Division,
National Governors Association
Center for Best Practices
Monday, April 16, 2012
1:15 pm -
2:10 pm
State Strategies for Reform Implementation – Coordinated Approach to Medicaid, Medicare and Exchanges
  • Facilitating the cross-agency collaboration needed for reform implementation at the state level
  • Insights into comprehensive State reform efforts to date including Medicaid expansion and health insurance exchanges
  • State efforts to establish coordinating bodies and determining what agencies should be involved and decision making authority
  • Re-evaluating the state-relationships and strategies to accurately forecast reform’s fiscal impact
Brian Webb Brian Webb
Manager of Health Policy and Legislation
National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)
Mark Larson Mark Larson
Commissioner
Vermont Department of Health Access
Scott Leitz Scott Leitz
Assistant Commissioner
Minnesota Department of Health
2:15 pm -
3:05 pm
Health Insurance Exchanges—Building the Infrastructure for Successful Development
  • Coordinating the administrative and operational functions between Exchanges and health plans
  • Key considerations for determine exchange model structure and how to adapt to specific market demographics
  • Analyzing the feature of exchange design that are likely to vary across states
  • Understanding enrollment and eligibility systems requirements to integrate with Medicaid
Norman K. Thurston Norman K. Thurston, PhD
Health Reform Implementation Coordinator
Utah Office of the Governor
Speaker Photo Unavailable Molly Voris
Project Manager, Health Benefit Exchange Program
Washington Health Care Authority
Moderator:
Rick Curtis Rick Curtis
President
Institute for Health Policy Studies (IHPS)
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
10:45 am -
11:35 am
Value Reporting and Transparency—Establishing Comparative Performance Metrics for Public Reporting and Health System Change
  • Applying evidence-based approaches to identify gaps in quality, patient care and to set improvement priorities for quality and patient safety
  • Strategies to measure quality, safety and efficiency of providers and using reporting mechanisms to drive change
  • Emerging measurement strategies for public reporting of comparative provider performance information
  • Information that needs to be included in provider rankings to generate confidence in the reported scores
  • New approaches to transition to a more transparent health care system and to encourage reporting
William B. Munier William B. Munier, MD, MBA
Director, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Christopher Queram Christopher Queram
President and Chief Executive Officer
Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality (WCHQ)
11:40 am -
12:30 pm
State Approaches to Successful Medicaid Expansion—Improving Managed Care and Financing
  • Understanding how Federal reform impacts States’ Medicaid enrollment, budget and access
  • Detailing the success and failures from emerging state reforms – Unique state-specific strategies that are currently being implemented to improve Medicaid services and financing
  • Financing strategies to reform Medicaid at the State and Federal levels – Analysis of Current Medicaid Financing Systems versus Block Financing: Understand the risks, benefits, structure and incentives with each approach
  • How State Medicaid programs are preparing for expansion – Spending, Coverage and ACA Compliance
Carol Steckel Carol Steckel
Executive Director of Health Care Reform, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals;
Former Commissioner, Alabama Medicaid Agency
Speaker Photo Unavailable Christie Herrera
Director, Health and Human Services Task Force
American Legislative Exchange Council
2:35 pm -
3:25 pm
Community-based Wellness Initiative—A Program with Measurable, Sustainable Results
  • Case study on the permanent, evidence-based environmental and policy changes to change behavior of residents and adopt and maintain healthier lifestyles
  • Oklahoma City’s efforts in leading the way toward a healthier nation – Insights into the city-wide effort to lose one million pounds
Mick Cornett Mayor Mick Cornett
35th Mayor of Oklahoma City