Administration's Health Policy Agenda

David Brailer, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology

Mark McClellan, administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Break

Breakouts

Information Technology Innovations Here and Abroad
With international health information technology experience as a backdrop, this session will focus on innovative information technology initiatives in the public and private sectors.

Moderator: Don Detmer, University of VA

Louise Liang, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
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Jonathan Perlin, Department of Veterans Affairs

Glenn Steele, Jr., Geisinger Health System
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Ten Years of Tracking Health System Change:
The Evolution of Competition
This session looks back over the past decade to explore how competition in health care has changed and whether today's pattern is more or less likely to further goals for access, quality, and costs. It also discusses what policy can do to improve the outcomes of competition.

Moderator:
Len Nichols, Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC)

Karen Davis, The Commonwealth Fund
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Paul Ginsburg, HSC

Mark Pauly, University of Pennsylvania
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Tackling Malpractice Reform as a Health Policy Problem
Panelists will address the medical malpractice crisis as a health policy problem rather than a legal or political one, while discussing new approaches to medical liability and vehicles for change.

Moderator:
Ralph Muller, University of Pennsylvania Health System

Robert Berenson, The Urban Institute

William Sage, Columbia University School of Law
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Michelle Mello, Harvard University

Creating Covenants to Heal Health Care
Glenna Crooks, Strategic Health Policy International
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Lunch will be served.

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Consumer-Driven Health Plans: Potential, Pitfalls, and Policy Issues
With the explosion of information technology and in light of the managed care backlash, "consumer-driven" health care has emerged as an alternative to traditional health insurance options. Hear about the latest findings on consumer-driven health plans from the employer, provider, and research communities.

Moderator:
Shoshanna Sofaer, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College
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John Bertko, Humana, Inc.
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Roger Chizek, Medtronic, Inc.
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Stephen Parente, University of Minnesota
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Medicare Coverage Decisions: Balancing Competing Demands
Hear how national and local coverage decisions are made, explore the factors influencing decisions and review times, and learn about how the quality of information available influences the decisions.

Moderator:

Steve Phurrough, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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James Cross, Aetna
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Susan Bartlett Foote, University of Minnesota
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Peter Neumann, Harvard School of Public Health
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Child Obesity: Innovative State Programs
Moderator: James Marks, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Victor Colman, Washington State Department of Health
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Alex Kelter, California Department of Health Services
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Joseph Thompson, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

3:30 p.m.

Break

Future of Entitlements: When Push Comes to Shove

Moderator: Jack Meyer, Economic and Social Research

Rudolph Penner, The Urban Institute
Alice Rivlin, The Brookings Institution

Reception

Congressional Health Policy Agenda
Senior congressional staff from both sides of the aisle discuss the health policy agenda of the 109th Congress.

Moderator: John Iglehart, Health Affairs

Elizabeth Fowler, Senate Finance Committee (minority)
Mark Hayes, Senate Finance Committee (majority)
Dean Rosen, Office of the Senate Majority Leader
Bridgette Taylor, House Energy and Commerce (minority)
Joel White, House Ways & Means Committee (majority)

Break

Breakouts

Pay for Performance: Lessons Learned
This session will present the employer, health plan, and provider perspectives on the barriers, successes, and important lessons learned about the development and implementation of pay for performance programs generally, by focusing on one well-publicized program.

Moderator: Dennis Scanlon, Pennsylvania State University

Jon Conklin, Medstat
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Thomas Granatir, Humana
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Thomas Lee, Jr., Partners Health
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Dale Whitney, United Parcel Service
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Prescription Drug Discount Cards: Early Experiences, Potential Savings?
This session looks at the early performance of the Medicare-approved Discount Prescription Drug Card and its potential for achieving savings for seniors.

Moderator:
Diane Rowland, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Vicki Gottlich, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc.
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Julie James, Health Policy Alternatives
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Tim Trysla, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

SCHIP Revisited: Reauthorizing the State Children's Health Insurance Program
This session will focus on the critical issues of the upcoming reauthorization or the State Child Health Insurance Program, including such issues as the use of waivers to expand coverage to families and linkages with Medicaid.

Moderator:
Alan Weil, National Academy for State Health Policy

Debbie Chang, Nemours
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Lesley Cummings, California Managed Risk Medical
Insurance Board
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Genevieve Kenney, The Urban Institute

Margo Rosenbach, Mathematica Policy Research
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Becky Shipp, Senate Finance Committee (majority)

Health Policy in 2005: Covering the Real Crises
Introduction: Diane Rowland, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Susan Dentzer, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Lunch will be served.

Presidential Election of 2004: Implications for Health Policy
Thomas Mann, Brookings Institution
Karlyn Bowman, American Enterprise Institute

3:30 p.m.

Adjourn