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June 25 - 27, 2008 | Hyatt Regency Baltimore, Baltimore, MD

Main Conference Day Two

Main Conference Day Two

Friday June 27, 2008

7:30	Registration and Morning Coffee
8:00	Chairperson’s Re-Cap of Day One Vernon K. Smith, Principal, HEALTH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES
8:15	Governor Spotlight: State Children’s Health Insurance Program: What’s on the Horizon? The Honorable Elijah E. Cummings, MEMBER OF CONGRESS, 7TH DISTRICT, MARYLAND Thomas Johnson, Executive Director, MEDICAID HEALTH PLANS OF AMERICA Rhonda M. Medows, MD, FAAFP, Commissioner, GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
9:00	Featured Presentation The Uninsured Population and How Medicaid can be a Successful Model for the Uninsured Secretary JudyAnn Bigby, MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Tom Dehner, Medicaid Director, MASSACHUSETTS OFFICE OF MEDICAID Deborah Enos, President & CEO, NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH PLAN OF MASSACHUSETTS Jeanne LaBrecque, Vice President, AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies, Former Director of Health Policy and Medicaid, Indiana
9:45	Moving Long Term Members to Managed Care: How to Facilitate Coordination, Cost Savings and Improved Quality Pam Parker, Health Care Program Manager, MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICE
10:30	30 Minute Networking Break
11:00	Improving Quality and Reducing Disparities: Lessons from Medicaid January Angeles, MPP, Program Officer, CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE STRATEGIES, INC Susan Moran, MPH, Director, MICHIGAN BUREAU OF MEDICAID PROGRAM OPERATIONS & QUALITY ASSURANCE
11:45	Accountability and Performance of Health Plans: How to Ensure Health Plans Deliver Quality Services to Their Members Chris Traylor, Medicaid Director, TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION Michael P. Nardone, Deputy Secretary, Office of Medical Assistance Programs, PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
12:30	Off the Record Luncheon for Delegates and Speakers
	Track A: Improving Quality and Decreasing Cost in Medicaid Managed Care	Track B: Health Information Technology
1:45	Measuring Quality: Operational Metrics for Medicaid Managed Care Cheryl Roberts, Deputy of Program and Operations, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES, VIRGINIA Meghan Padden, Vice President of Government Programs and Compliance, OPTIMA HEALTH	Electronic Health Records: How are States Incorporating Electronic Health Records Into Their Medicaid Plan? Kim Davis-Allen, Director of Medicaid Managed Care Program, ALABAMA MEDICAID AGENCY Anthony Rogers, Director, ARIZONA HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS Patricia MacTaggart, Lead Research Scientist, Associate Professorial Lecturer, Department of Health Policy, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY John Lovelace, President, UPMC HEALTH PLAN
2:30	Pay For Performance in Medicaid to Achieve Higher Quality Services and Health Outcomes Jim Hardy, President, SELLERS-FEINBERG Lonnie Fuller, M.D., Medical Director for ACCESS Plus, MCKESSON	Utilizing the Web in Medicaid Managed Care to Increase Communication Mary D. Strasser, Director, Provider Network Management, PHYSICIANS PLUS INSURANCE CORPORATION Sharon Hicks, MSW, MBA, Chief Information Officer, COMMUNITY CARE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION OF THE UPMC To be a part of this panel, contact Jennie Friedlich at 212.661.3500 ext 3084 or at jfriedlich@iirusa.com
3:15	Conference Concludes

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