| Agenda 2012 Agenda
| Tuesday, November 13, 2012 |
Pre-Conference Summit |
| 8:00 |
Morning Summit Registration & Coffee |
| 8:30 |
 Stabilize Premiums and Reduce the
Risk of Adverse Selection: Reinsurance,
Risk Adjustment & Risk Corridors
Charles Klippel, Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel,
Aetna |
| 9:00 |
Learn Which States Are Establishing Their Own
Risk Adjustment Mechanisms, and Compare and
Contrast State Models with the Federal Mechanism
Jean Yang, Chief Financial Officer, Massachusetts Health
Connector |
| 9:45 |
Determine How Assessments Will Fund the
Reinsurance
Program and
How the Premiums Will
Apply to Plans and States
Jennifer Babcock, Vice President for Exchange Policy and
Director of Strategic Operations, Association of Community
Affiliated Plans (ACAP) |
| 10:30 |
Putting the Pieces Together - Quantifying the Risks
and Rewards of the ACA
David M. Tuomala, FSA, MAAA, FCA, Director, Actuarial
Consulting, Optum
|
| 11:15 |
Networking and Refreshment Break |
| 11:30 |
Moderated Discussions with Speakers |
| 12:00 |
Networking Luncheon for Morning Summit Attendees |
Main Conference
| 12:00 |
Main Conference Registration |
| 1:00 |
Chairperson's Opening Remarks
Kim Holland, Executive Director, State Affairs,
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association |
| 1:10 |
Understand the Federal Exchange, the Largest and Most
Common Exchange in the Country |
| 1:45 |
Working Towards a Single Payer System
David Reynolds, Deputy for HCA, Department of Vermont Health Access |
| 2:30 |
Increasing Participation and Mitigating Risk in SHOP Exchanges: The Colorado Experience
Jim Sugden, Manager, Colorado SHOP Exchange |
| 3:00 |
Building an Exchange from the Ground Up:
The Massachusetts Experience
Jon Kingsdale, Former Executive Director, Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority |
| 3:20 |
Lesson Learned: How You Can Avoid the Missteps
We Made in Year One
Tom Dehner, Managing Principal, Health Management
Associates; Former Medicaid Director, Commonwealth of
Massachusetts; Former Board Member, Commonwealth Health
Insurance Connector |
| 3:40 |
Massachusetts Q&A with Jon Kingsdale and Tom Dehner |
| 4:00 |
Networking and Refreshment Break |
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Growing Your Market |
Financially Sound Benefit Design |
4:30 – 5:30
Closed-Door
Meeting of the
Minds for
Government
Officials |
| 4:30 |
How to Grow your Membership in a Federally Facilitated Exchange (FFE / FFE Partnership)
Cheryl Duva, Managing Director, Healthcare Reform – Health Insurance Exchanges,
Navigant |
Design Your Products to Target Specific
Segments
James P. Holland, Vice President, Product Development, Amerigroup Corporation |
| 5:00 |
Determine How to Build the Best Products for
Different Metal Levels to Offer the Ideal Product
Theresa Benda, President and Founder, A Health Care Market Research Service, Inc.
Dean Howard, Partner, A Health Care Market Research Service, Inc.
|
Leverage Current and Proven Network Adequacy
Standards to Ensure Strong Provider Networks
Robert Smith, Senior Account Manager, Quest Analytics |
Darren Huff, Account Manager, Quest Analytics
| 5:30 |
Networking Reception |
| Wednesday, November 14, 2012 |
| 8:30 |
Registration & Morning Coffee |
| 9:00 |
Chairperson's Opening Remarks
Kim Holland,
Executive Director, State Affairs, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association |
| 9:10 |
How We Determined The IT Infrastructure We Needed
Kevin Yang,
Chief Information Officer, Maryland Health Benefit Exchange
Pradeep Goel, Chief Executive Officer, EngagePoint |
| 9:45 |
Multistate Health Insurance Exchanges: Possibilities, Myths and Realities?
Jay Himmelstein, MD, MP,Professor and Principal Investigator, New England States Collaborative for Insurance Exchange Systems (NESCIES), University of Massachusetts Medical School |
| 10:15 |
Networking and Refreshment Break |
| 10:45 |
Road to Development: From a Late Start to a Leading
State
Kevin J. Counihan, CEO, Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange |
| 11:20 |
Deciding on the Basic Health Plan Option under
the Affordable Care Act
Jonathan Seib, JD, MPA, Executive Policy Advisor for Governor Chris Gregoire, State of Washington |
| 12:00 |
Networking Luncheon |
| 1:00 |
Understand How Our Exchange Works and Learn from
Our Experience
Norman Thurston,
Health Reform Implementation Coordinator, Governor's Office of Utah |
| 1:45 |
Define SHOP Exchanges to Encourage Enrollment
and Mitigate Risk
Mark A. Hall, J.D., Professor of Law and Public Health, Wake Forest
University Medical School |
| 2:20 |
Define Qualified Health Plan Evaluation Tools to Ensure
Quality Care for Members
Gregory A. Franklin,
Assistant Secretary, Health Information Technology, California Technology Agency
Sarah Thomas,
Vice President, Public Policy and Communications, NCQA |
| 3:00 |
Where Are They Now? An Update on Early Innovator
Grant Recipients
Tracey Humphreys, State & Federal Reuse and Collaboration
Manager, Oregon Health Insurance Exchange
Rus Hargrave, Senior Health and Human Service Technology Advisor, Oregon Health Authority |
| 3:30 |
Close of the Second Annual Health Insurance Exchange Congress - See You Next Year! |
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