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Meeting Agenda for October 28-29, 2010

Meeting Agenda for October 28-29, 2010

Thursday, October 28, 2010

12:30 – 1:45 pm Access to Care and Development of the Early Warning System

    • Discussion of access to care for children and summary of expert roundtable discussion (Genevieve Kenney, Senior Research Advisor, MACPAC; Senior Fellow and Health Economist, Urban Institute)
    • MACPAC work plan on the Early Warning System (Lois Simon)
    • State perspective (Michael Nardone, Acting Secretary, Pennsylvania Depart of Public Welfare)

Staff Contacts:  Lois Simon, Chris Peterson
1:45 – 2:30 pm Taking Stock:  Assessing Access to Care for Non-Elderly Adults under Medicaid

    • Research perspective (Sharon Long, Senior Economist, State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC))
    • State perspective ( Jason Helgerson, Wisconsin Medicaid Director)

Staff Contact:  Chris Peterson
2:30 – 2:45 pm Break
2:45 – 3:30 pm CMS Initiatives to Improve Data for Program Operations and Evaluation (Penny Thompson, Deputy Director, Center for Medicaid, CHIP and Survey & Certification, CMS)
Staff Contact:  April Grady
3:30 – 4:00 pm Staff Briefing:  Review of Medicaid and CHIP Administrative Data Sources and Implications for Policy Analysis (April Grady)
4:00 – 5:00 pm Review of the Increase in Medicaid Payments to Physicians for Primary Care

  • Staff briefing and MACPAC work plan (April Grady)
  • Center for Health Care Strategies work plan (Nikki Highsmith, Senior Vice President for Program, Center for Health Care Strategies)

Staff Contact:  April Grady
5:00 – 5:30  pm Staff Briefing:  Overview of Managed Care Models (Lois Simon)
5:30 – 6:00 pm Public Comment
6:00 pm Adjourn

 

Friday, October 29, 2010

9:00 – 9:45 am Staff Briefing:  Overview of Dual Eligible Issues (Christie Peters)
9:45 – 10:30 am CMS Initiatives on the Dual Eligibles (Melanie Bella, Director, Federal Coordinated Health Care Office, CMS)Staff Contact:  Christie Peters
10:30 – 10:40 am Break
10:40 – 11:20 am
 Framework for Reviewing Payment Issues in Medicaid (Deborah Bachrach, Senior Program Consultant, Center for Health Care Strategies)Staff Contacts: Patti Barnett, Michelle Herman
11:20 – 12:00pm Staff Briefing:  Background on Payment for Drugs in Medicaid (Patti Barnett)
12:00 – 12:30 pm Public Comment