| 8:00 | Registration & Morning Coffee |
| 8:30 |
Chair's Welcome & Opening Remarks
Pam Parker, Director of Special Needs Purchasing, MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
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| 8:45 |
Best State Practices - Continued
Part II: Special Needs Programs & Dual Eligibility
Pam Parker, Director of Special Needs Purchasing, MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Anthony Rodgers, Director, ARIZONA HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS
Joyce S. Hagen, President, PASSPORT HEALTH PLAN
Donna Checkett, VP of Medicare & Medicaid Programs, SCHALLER ANDERSON
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| 9:30 |
Part III: Children's Health Insurance Plan (CHIP)
Pam Coleman, Director of Health Plan Operations, TEXAS HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Robert Robidou, Director of Network Development, COOK CHILDREN'S HEALTH PLAN
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| 10:00 |
PANEL: A More Consumerist Approach to Medicaid: Will it Work?
Moderator:
John Kaelin, Vice President, Revenue & Health Informatics, AMERICHOICE
Panelists:
Ron Pollack, Executive Director, FAMILIES USA
Sybil Richard, Assistant Deputy Secretary for Medicaid, FLORIDA AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION
Sharon Williams, Vice President, UNISON HEALTH PLAN
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| 10:45 | 30 Minute Networking Break |
| 11:15 |
PANEL: States & Health Plans Together: Improving Financial & Quality Outcomes for Medicaid
Alison Croke, Senior Health Program Development Specialist, RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Patrice Cooper, Executive Director, Rite Care Product, UNITED HEALTHCARE OF NEW ENGLAND
Kim Davis-Allen, Director of Medicaid Managed Care Program, ALABAMA MEDICAID AGENCY
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| 12:15 | Networking Luncheon |
| 1:30 |
Keys to Ensuring Actuarial Soundness with a Limited Budget
Moderator:
Joel Menges, Vice President, THE LEWIN GROUP
Panelists:
Angela Dombrowicki, Director of the Bureau of Managed Health Care Programs, WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & FAMILY SERVICES
Rodney Armstead, MD, CEO, AMERICHOICE ARIZONA
Bruce Johnson, Technical Director, Division of Benefits, Eligibility and Managed Care, CMS
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| Track Sessions Begin |
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TRACK A:
Increase Access, Improve Quality & Align Incentives
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TRACK B:
Health Information Technology & Transparency
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Track Chair:
Michael Tutty
Senior Project Director
UMASS CENTER FOR HEALTH POLICY AND RESEARCH
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2:30
Best Practices for Managing the SSI Population
Angela Dombrowicki, Director of the Bureau of Managed Health Care Programs, WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & FAMILY SERVICES
Ashish Abraham, MD, MBA, Senior VP for MSO Programs & Health Services, AMERICHOICE
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2:30
PANEL: How to Utilize Technology to Improve Care to Medicaid Populations
David Rogers, Vice President of Development, APS Public Programs, APS HEALTHCARE, INC.
George Oestreich, Pharm D, Deputy Direcor, MDS, Clinical Services, DIVISION OF MEDICAL SERVICES, MISSOURI
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3:15
Reducing Medicaid Pharmacy Costs: Focus on Clinical Outcomes
Presented by PERFORM RX
Learn how to manage pharmacy costs and trend with a focus on program outcomes. Perspective will be shared on program design, deployment and outcomes from the PerformRx Clinical Staff and a Medicaid managed care health plan.
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3:15
PANEL: How can Medicaid create "systemness" where there is none, through Health IT?
Panelists:
Rick Friedman, Director, Division of State Systems, CMS
David Nelson, Director, Medicaid and Medicare, THOMSON MEDSTAT
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4:00
Conference Concludes
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