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Meeting Agenda for January 15-16, 2013

Meeting Agenda for January 15-16, 2013

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

9:30-10:30 am Session 1: Interactions between Medicaid, CHIP, and the exchanges:  Plan participation

  • Chris Peterson, Director of Eligibility, Enrollment, and Benefits
  • Deborah Bachrach, JD, Special Counsel, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLC
  • Scott Leitz, Assistant Commissioner of Health Care, Minnesota Department of Human Services
  • John Lovelace, President, UPMC for You, President, Government Programs and Individual Advantage
10:30-11:30 am Session 2: Review of draft March report chapter on eligibility issues in Medicaid and CHIP: Interactions with the ACA

  • Chris Peterson, Director of Eligibility, Enrollment and Benefits
11:30-12:15 pm Session 3: Changes in Medicaid benefit design

  • Ben Finder, Senior Analyst
12:15-1:15 pm Adjourn for lunch
1:15-2:00 pm Session 4: Medicaid expenditures outlook

  • Christopher Truffer, Deputy Director, Medicare and Medicaid Cost Estimates Group, Office of the Actuary, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
2:00-2:45 pm Session 5: Review of draft March report chapter on the roles of Medicare and Medicaid for diverse dual-eligible subpopulations

  • Ellen O’Brien, PhD, Director of Long-Term Services and Supports
2:45-3:00 pm Break
3:00-3:45 pm Session 6: Access to care for Medicaid enrollees with disabilities: Literature review

  • Anna Sommers, PhD, Director of Access and Quality
3:45-4:15 pm Session 7: Overview of Medicaid payments to disproportionate share hospitals

  • Jim Teisl, Principal Analyst
4:15 pm Public Comment
4:30 pm Adjourn



Wednesday, January 16, 2013
(Note: Meeting sessions and times subject to change)

10:45-11:15 am Session 8: Review of draft March report chapter on Medicaid rate setting for dual eligibles in integrated care plans

  • Chris Park, Senior Analyst
11:15-11:45 am

Session 9: Review of draft March report chapter on Medicaid coverage of cost sharing for low-income Medicare beneficiaries

  • Jim Teisl, Principal Analyst
  • Molly McGinn-Shapiro, Senior Analyst
11:45 – 12:00 pm Public Comment
12:00 pm Adjourn