[mountainstate] Press Release: MedicaidCongress Features Mini Summit on Dual Eligibles

A. C. McGhee miscwell at atlanticbb.net
Mon May 14 14:20:09 EDT 2012


            PRESS RELEASE: Seventh National Medicaid Congress 
Features Mini Summit on Dual Eligibles

              a..  Hybrid Conference and Internet Event
              b..  Co-Located with the National Medicare-Medicaid 
Payment Summit
              c..  Special preconference on emerging Medicaid 
ACOs
              d..  Keynote addresses on the state of Medicaid and 
CHIP
              e..  Reports from the States on Medicaid policy, 
budget, and operations issues
              f..  Roundtable with national Medicaid managed care 
plans
              g..  Mini Summits on Dual Eligibles and 
Medical/Health Homes
              h..  Media Partners: Harvard Health Policy Review 
and Health Affairs
              i..  May 30 - June 1, 2012
              j..  Onsite --the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 
Washington, DC
              k..  www.MedicaidCongress.com
            PRESS RELEASE
            Phone: 800-503-8172
            Email: registration at hcconferences.com
            Website: www.MedicaidCongress.com


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            WASHINGTON DC USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICET 
-- MAY 14, 2012: The Seventh National Medicaid Congress, 
www.MedicaidCongress.com, will be held on May 30 - June 1, 2012 
at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in the Washington, DC area.  
The Congress will be offered both onsite and live over the 
Internet and this year is co-located with the new 
Medicare-Medicaid Payment Incentives and Penalties Summit, 
www.MedicareMedicaidPaymentSummit.com.

            On the afternoon of Day II the Congress will feature 
a Mini Summit on dual eligibles, chaired by Suzanne Gore, JD, 
MSW, Director of Integrated Care for Dual Eligibles at the Center 
for Health Care Strategies in Hamilton, NJ.  Together with 
updates on readmissions rates for duals and a report from the 
California duals initiative, the afternoon will offer two key 
panels.  Anne Cohen, Associate Director of Disability Access for 
Harbage Consulting in Los Altos, CA will lead a panel featuring 
consumer advocates and CMS resource people on benefits, 
protections, and partnerships for duals; and Mary Kennedy, Vice 
President for Medicare and Managed Long-Term Care Policy at the 
Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP) in Washington, 
DC will lead a panel discussing Medicaid Health Plan Core 
Competencies for Managing the Disabled and Dual Eligibles.

                  FACULTY FOR THE MINI SUMMIT ON DUAL ELIGIBLES


                              Suzanne Gore, JD, MSW
                              Director of Integrated Care for 
Dual Eligibles, Center for Health Care Strategies, Hamilton, NJ 
(Mini Summit Chair)

                              Anne Cohen, MPH
                              Associate Director of Disability 
Access, Harbage Consulting, Los Altos, CA (Consumer Panel 
Moderator)

                              Mary Kennedy
                              Vice President, Medicare and 
Managed Long-Term Care Policy, Association for Community 
Affiliated Plans (ACAP), Washington, DC (Health Plan Panel 
Moderator)


                              Edo Banach
                              Senior Technical Director, Medicare 
Medicaid Coordination Office, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services, US Department of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, 
MD

                              Henry Claypool
                              Director, Office on Disability, US 
Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

                              Chris Duff
                              Acting Executive Director, 
Disability Practice Institute, Boston, MA


                              Michael J.  Fitzpatrick, MSW
                              Executive Director, National 
Alliance on Mental Illness, Arlington, VA

                              Janet Grant
                              Executive Vice President, External 
Affairs; Corporate Compliance Officer, CareSource, Dayton, OH

                              Pater Harbage
                              President, Harbage Consulting, 
Washington, DC


                              Bill Henning
                              Executive Director, Boston Center 
for Independent Living, Boston, MA

                              Sharon Lewis
                              Commissioner, Administration on 
Developmental Disabilities, Administration for Children and 
Families, U.S.  Department of Health and Human Services, 
Washington, DC



                              Kevin Prindiville
                              Deputy Director, National Senior 
Citizens Law Center, Oakland, CA







                              Mark E.  Reynolds
                              President & Chief Executive 
Officer, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, Providence, RI



                              Misha Segal
                              Policy and Data Analysis Group, 
Center for Strategic Planning, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services, Washington, DC






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                        ·  National and State budget and 
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                        ·  Whither entitlement reform?

                        ·  Block grant and global budget 
proposals

                        ·  The Supreme Court and Medicaid

                        ·  Medicaid Directors Roundtable

                        ·  The Emergence of Medicaid ACOs

                        ·  The View from the Governor's Office

                        ·  Medicaid and CHIP outreach and 
enrollment strategies

                        ·  Oregon's Community Care Organizations 
(CCOs)

                        ·  New Jersey's Shared Savings Medicaid 
ACO Model

                        ·  Key Medicaid Policy Issues in the 
Congress

                        ·  Challenges and Opportunities for 
Medicaid Managed Care Plans

                        ·  Pay for Performance and Value Based 
Purchasing in Medicaid

                        ·  MEDPAC and MACPAC Updates

                        ·  Benefits and Protections for Dual 
Eligibles in Managed Care

                        ·  Safety Net Clinics and Medical Homes

                        ·  Medicare and Medicaid in Advanced 
Primary Care Demonstrations

                        ·  Medicaid Health Homes to Manage 
Chronic Conditions

                        ·  Strength of Medicaid Health EHR 
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                        May 30 - June 1, 2012
                        Hyatt Regency Crystal City
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                  SEVENTH NATIONAL MEDICAID CONGRESS
                  May 30 - June 1, 2012
                  ONSITE
                  Hyatt Regency Crystal City
                  Washington, DC

                  OR
                 ONLINE
                  In your own office or home live via the 
Internet
                  with 24/7 access for six months







                        KEYNOTE SPEAKERS


                                Melanie Bella
                                Director of the Federal 
Coordinated Health Care Office, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services, US Department of Health & Human Services, Washington, 
DC

                                Jonathan Blum, MPP
                                Deputy Administrator and Director 
of the Center for Medicare, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services, Washington, DC

                                Jeffrey Brenner, MD
                                Executive Director/Medical 
Director, Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, Camden, NJ


                                Dan Crippen, MA, PhD
                                Executive Director, National 
Governors Association, Washington, DC

                                Bruce Goldberg, MD
                                Director, Oregon Health 
Authority, Salem, OR

                                Cindy Mann
                                Deputy Administrator and 
Director, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC


                                Dan Mendelson
                                Chief Executive Officer, Avalere 
Health, Former Associate Director for Health, Office of 
Management and Budget, Washington, DC

                                Diane Rowland
                                Executive Vice-President, Henry 
J.  Kaiser Foundation; Executive Director, Kaiser Commission on 
Medicaid and the Uninsured; Chair, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and 
Access Commission (MACPAC), Washington, DC

                                Angela Brice-Smith, MPA, RN
                                Director, Medicaid Integrity 
Group, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, US Department 
of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, MD






                        CONGRESS CO CHAIRS


                                Melinda K.  Abrams, MS
                                Vice President and Director, 
Patient-Centered Coordinated Care Program, The Commonwealth Fund, 
New York, NY (Mini Summit Chair)

                                Matthew D.  Eyles
                                Vice President, Public Affairs & 
Policy, Coventry Health Care, Inc., Bethesda, MD (Day II Plenary 
Chair)

                                Suzanne Gore, JD, MSW
                                Director of Integrated Care for 
Dual Eligibles, Center for Health Care Strategies, Hamilton, NJ 
(Mini Summit Chair)





                                John Iglehart
                                Founding Editor, Health Affairs, 
National Correspondent, New England Journal of Medicine 
Washington, DC (Closing Plenary Chair)




                                Tricia McGinnis, MPP, MPH
                                Senior Program Officer, Center 
for Health Care Strategies, Hamilton, NJ (Preconference Chair)


                                Sara Rosenbaum, JD
                                Chair of the Department of Health 
Policy and Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law and 
Policy, George Washington University, Washington, DC (Opening 
Plenary Chair)

                                Mary Takach, MPH, RN
                                Program Director, National 
Academy for (Mini Summit Chair)






                        FEATURED FACULTY


                                Samantha Artiga
                                Associate Director, Kaiser 
Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Henry J.  Kaiser Family 
Foundation, Washington, DC



                                Carol Backstrom
                                Senior Policy Advisor, Centers 
for Medicare and Medicaid Services, US Department of Health and 
Human Services, Washington, DC

                                Edo Banach
                                Senior Technical Director, 
Medicare Medicaid Coordination Office, Centers for Medicare and 
Medicaid Services, US Department of Health and Human Services, 
Baltimore, MD


                                Robert A.  Berenson, MD, FACP
                                Institute Fellow at the Urban 
Institute, Washington, DC

                                Henry Claypool
                                Director, Office on Disability, 
US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

                                Anne Cohen, MPH
                                Associate Director of Disability 
Access, Harbage Consulting, Los Altos, CA


                                Derek DeLia, PhD
                                Associate Research Professor, 
Center for State Health Policy, Rutgers University, New 
Brunswick, NJ

                                Chris Duff
                                Acting Executive Director, 
Disability Practice Institute, Boston, MA

                                Michael J.  Fitzpatrick, MSW
                                Executive Director, National 
Alliance on Mental Illness, Arlington, VA


                                Janet Grant
                                Executive Vice President, 
External Affairs; Corporate Compliance Officer, CareSource, 
Dayton, OH

                                Pater Harbage
                                President, Harbage Consulting, 
Washington, DC

                                Julian Harris, MD, MBA, MSc
                                Director of the Office of 
Medicaid, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA


                                Bill Henning
                                Executive Director, Boston Center 
for Independent Living, Boston, MA

                                Kathryn Jantz, MSW, MPH
                                ACC Program, Colorado Department 
of Health Care Policy and Financing, Denver, CO

                                Thomas L.  Johnson
                                President and CEO, Medicaid 
Health Plans of America, Washington, DC


                                Timothy Stoltzfus Jost, JD
                                Robert L.  Willett Family 
Professorship of Law, Washington and Lee University School of 
Law, Author, Health Insurance Exchanges: Legal Issues, 
Washington, DC

                                Mary Kennedy
                                Vice President, Medicare and 
Managed Long-Term Care Policy, Association for Community 
Affiliated Plans (ACAP), Washington, DC

                                Sharon Lewis
                                Commissioner, Administration on 
Developmental Disabilities, Administration for Children and 
Families, U.S.  Department of Health and Human Services, 
Washington, DC


                                Mary Mayhew
                                Commissioner, Department of 
Health and Human Services, State of Maine, Augusta, ME

                                Jeffrey Moser, MS
                                Vice President, SG2, Skokie, IL



                                Kevin Prindiville
                                Deputy Director, National Senior 
Citizens Law Center, Oakland, CA




                                Mark E.  Reynolds
                                President & Chief Executive 
Officer, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, Providence, RI

                                Mark C.  Schaefer, PhD
                                Director, Medical Care 
Administration, Department of Social Services, State of 
Connecticut, Hartford, CT



                                Misha Segal
                                Policy and Data Analysis Group, 
Center for Strategic Planning, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services, Washington, DC





                                Frank J.  Siano
                                Vice President, Medicaid Business 
Development, Coventry Health Care, Inc., St.  Louis, MO

                                Naomi Wyatt, Esq.
                                Deputy Executive Director, Camden 
Coalition of Healthcare Providers, Camden, NJ






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