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Meeting Agenda for May 22, 2012

Meeting Agenda for May 22, 2012

10:30–11:30 am Session 1:  Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation:  Overview of Medicaid-focused initiatives

  • Sean Cavanaugh, Acting Deputy Director, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Staff contact:  Molly McGinn-Shapiro, Analyst

11:30 am–12:00 pm Session 2:  Access and value: Issues for Medicaid as a purchaser

  • Ellen O’Brien, PhD, Director of Long-term Services and Supports
12:00–1:00 pm Adjourn for lunch
1:00–2:00 pm Session 3:  Update on Medicare-Medicaid enrollees

  • Ellen O’Brien, PhD, Director of Long-term Services and Supports
2:00–2:30 pm Session 4:  Chapter review:  Data sources for measuring access to care for Medicaid and CHIP

  • Lois Simon, Principal Analyst
2:30–3:30 pm Session 5:  Summary of activities and recommendations of the HRSA Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on Medically Underserved Areas (MUAs) and Health Professions Shortage Areas (HPSAs)

  • Andy Jordan, Director of the Office of Shortage Designation, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
  • Lynn Nonnemaker, PhD, Deputy Director, National Center for Health Workforce, HRSA

Staff contact:  Lois Simon, Principal Analyst

3:30–3:45 pm Break
3:45–4:15 pm Session 6:  Chapter review:  Access to care for non-elderly adults

  • Chris Peterson, Director of Eligibility, Enrollment and Benefits
4:15–4:45 pm Session 7:  Review of MACStats, June 2012

  • April Grady, Principal Analyst
4:45–5:00 pm Public comment
5:00 pm Adjourn