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Meeting Agenda for January 23, 2014

Meeting Agenda for January 23, 2014

9:30-11:00am Administrative Capacity of State Medicaid Programs

  • Eileen Griffin, Senior Research Associate, Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine
  • Andy Allison, Medicaid Director, State of Arkansas
  • Darin Gordon, Director, TennCare
  • Charles Milligan, Medicaid Director, State of Maryland
11:00am-12:00pm New Studies Focused on CHIP Benefits

  • Joe Touschner, Senior Health Policy Analyst, Center on Children and Families (CCF), Georgetown University; speaking on behalf of CCF and the National Academy for State Health Policy
  • Susan Anthony, Assistant Director, Health Care, U.S. Government Accountability Office
12:00-1:00pm Lunch
1:00-1:30pm Characteristics of Medicaid Managed Care Programs

  • Moira Forbes, Director of Payment and Program Integrity
  • April Grady, Director of Data Development & Analysis
1:30-2:30pm Paying for Value in Medicaid: Lessons Gleaned from Advanced Payment Models in Four States

  • Lynn Blewett, Director, State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC), University of Minnesota
  • Julie Sonier, Deputy Director, SHADAC, University of Minnesota
  • Jim Teisl, Principal Analyst
2:30-2:45pm Break
2:45-4:00pm Medicaid and Population Health

  • Sara Wilensky, Special Service Faculty for Undergraduate Education, School of Public Health and Health Services, The George Washington University
  • Stephen Cha, Chief Medical Officer, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
  • Alice Burton, President, Burton Policy Consulting, LLC
4:00-4:45pm Early Insights into ACA Enrollment: Focus Group Highlights

  • Michael Perry, Partner, Perry Undem Research/Communication
  • Moira Forbes, Director of Payment and Program Integrity
4:45-5:00pm Public Comment
5:00pm Adjourn