Health Action 2011: Conference Materials

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Thursday, January 27, 2011

• Opening Plenary: Implementation Challenges and Opportunities for the Year Ahead 
  • Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
  • Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)
  • Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA)
  • Jonathan Gruber, MIT Department of Economics  
  • The Affordable Care Act: Cutting Through the Misinformation to Make a Fact-Based Case for Reform – and against Repeal (PPT)
•  Workshops: Session I
• Luncheon Presenters
  • Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
  Health Care Heroes Award Presentation
• Sr. Simone Campbell, NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby
• Sr. Carol Keehan, Catholic Health Association of the United States
• Special Presentation
• Donald Berwick, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
• Workshops: Session II
• Plenary: A View from the Administration
  • Jay Angoff, Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, Department of Health and Human Services
  • Jonathan Blum, Center for Medicare, CMS
  • Cindy Mann, Center for Medicaid, CHIP, and Survey & Certification, CMS

Friday, January 28, 2011

• Plenary: Implementing Consumer-Friendly Exchanges
  • Sabrina Corlette, Health Policy Institute at Georgetown University
  • Liz Fowler, Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, Department of Health and Human Services
  • Alan Weil, National Academy for State Health Policy
• Special Presentation: The 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama 
• Workshops: Session III
• Workshops: Session IV
• Plenary: Creating a Strong Foundation for Health Equity
  • Gail Christopher, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
  • Cecilia Munoz, White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
  • Robert Phillips, The California Endowment
  • Brian Smedley, Health Policy Institute of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies

Saturday, January 29, 2011

• Plenary: Moving the Needle on Public Opinion
  • Stephanie Cutter, Assistant to the President for Special Projects, The White House
  • Jeffrey Liszt, Anzalone Liszt Research
• Workshops: Session V
• Closing Plenary
  • Jacob Hacker, Yale University and the Institution for Social and Policy Studies

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Workshop Session I

• Building the Foundation: Key Issues in Structuring an Exchange
• Building an Effective State Exchange (word doc)
• Health Insurance Exchanges in the Affordable Care Act: An Introduction (PPT)
• Laura Etherton, OSPIRG
• Robert Kraig, Citizen Action Wisconsin
• Wisconsin Health Insurance Exchange: A 2010 Report – A Starting Point (PDF)
• The Wisconsin Health Insurance Exchange: A 2010 Report – A Starting Point, Executive Summary (PDF)
• Wisconsin Office of Health Care Reform Exit Letter (PDF)
• Judi Hilman,  Utah Health Policy Project
• Utah's Exchange at the Crossroads: Time to Bring Utah's Health Exchange up to Federal Standards (PDF)
• Comment on ‘Re-Launch’ of Utah Health Exchange & Launch of ‘Exchange Learning Network’ hosted by UHPP and its Broker, Davis Pacific Benefits (PDF)
• Feedback on Proposed Legislation (PDF)

• Click for Care: Simplifying Enrollment under the Affordable Care Act
• Express Lane Eligibility: What is it, and how does it work? (PDF)
• Express Lane Eligibility: Early State Experiences and Lessons for Health Reform (PDF)
• Enrollment Policy Provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PDF)
• Penny Thompson, CMS
• Elisabeth Rodman, Families USA
• Applying for Health Coverage Online: Streamlining Enrollment by 2014 (PPT)
• Kristen Golden Testa, The Children's Partnership
• Consumer-Friendly Enrollment Systems (PPT)

• Click to Communicate: Online Advocacy and Engagement 101
• Alison Burke, Communities for Quality Education
• Social Media 101: Maximizing Your Online Influence with Limited Resources (PPT)
• Kristin Koch, NARAL
• Amy Kennedy, Tigercomm

• Medicare, the Affordable Care Act, and Beyond: Where Are We and Where Are We Going?
• Marc Steinberg, Families USA
• Medicare Advantage Update (PPT)
• Ahaviah Diane Glaser, AARP
• Improvements to Medicare’s Preventive Services under Health Reform (PDF)
• Attacking Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Health Reform (PDF)
• Health Care Reform Legislation Closes the Medicare Part D Coverage Gap (PDF)
• How Health Reform Adjusts Medicare Advantage Payments and Rewards Quality of Care (PDF)
• James R. Horney, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

• Messaging and Framing Disparities: Going Beyond the Choir
• Brian Smedley, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
• Carrie Bridges,  Rhode Island Department of Health
• Ann Christiano,  College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida

• New Options for Home- and Community-Based Services in Medicaid
• Suzanne Bosstick, CMS
• Affordable Care Act and Medicaid: Strong Foundation for Systems Change in Long-Term Care (PPT)
• Mary Sowers, CMS
• Dee Mahan, Families USA
• Advocating for New Options in Home- and Community- Based Care (PPT)

• Story Banking 101: True Grit - Reaching the Public with Real Health Care Stories
• Suzanne Schlattman, MD Health Care for All
• Story Banking 101: Use consumer voices to build support for state health reform efforts (word doc)
• Blake Hutson, Consumers Union
• Sherry Prowda, Herndon Alliance
• A Communications Perspective:Using Stories to Expand Support for ACA (PPT)

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Workshop Session II

• Cutting through the Static: Media Tips to Get Your Message Heard!
• Patrick McCabe, GYMR - Get Your Message Right

• Dual Eligibles: New Opportunities, New Challenges
• Edo Banach, Federal Coordinated Health Care Office, CMS
• An Overview of the FCHCO (PPT)
• Renee Markus Hodin, Community Catalyst
• Dual Eligibles: New Opportunities, New Challenges (PPT)
• Alissa Halperin, Halperin Butera Consulting
• Key Questions and Issues in State Medicare-Medicaid Integration Efforts (word doc)

• Keep the Momentum Going: Strategies for Engaging the Grassroots during Implementation
• Best Practices and Tips for Sending Email (PDF)
• Best Practices: Online Organizing (PDF)
• Sharing Across the States: Strategies for Public Education (PDF)
• Neighborhood/Community/Town Organizing: Getting Noticed (word doc)
• Neighborhood/Community/Town Organizing: Getting People (word doc)
• Joe Szakos, Virginia Organizing
• Rachel Berkson, Washington CAN!
• Liz Doyle, Take Action Minnesota

• Making Consumer Protections Real
• Elizabeth Abbott, Health Access California
• Implementing Early ACA Consumer Protections in States (PPT)
• Karen Pollitz, Office of Consumer Support, OCIIO, HHS
• Cheryl Fish-Parcham, Families USA
• Making Consumer Protections Real: State Monitoring and Enforcement (PPT)

• Medicaid Benefits the Newly Eligible: Will "Essential Health Benefits" Be Enough?
• Childless Adults Who Become Eligible for Medicaid in 2014 Should Receive Standard Benefits Package: Federal Government Will Assume Large Majority of Cost (PDF)
• Samantha Artiga,Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
• Expanding Medicaid under Health Reform: A Look at Adults at or below 133% of Poverty (PDF)
• Explaining Health Reform: Benefits and Cost-Sharing for Adult Medicaid Beneficiaries (PDF)
• Expanding Medicaid to Low-Income Childless Adults Under Health Reform: Key Lessons From State Experiences (PDF)
• Expanding Coverage to Adults through Medicaid Under Health Reform: Key Issues to Consider for Implementation (PDF)
• Who are Newly Eligible Adults and How Do States Cover Adults Today? (PPT)
• Rachel Klein, Families USA
• The Medicaid Benefits Package after 2014 (PPT)
• Allison Hamblin, Center for Health Care Strategies
• Anticipating the Health Needs of the Expansion Population (PPT)
• Covering Low-Income Childless Adults in Medicaid: Experiences from Selected States (PDF)

• Promoting Community Based Prevention through Health Reform
• Michael Scott, Equity Matters
• Janani Srikantharajah, Prevention Institute
• Promoting Community Based Prevention through Health Reform (PPT)
• Mayra E. Alvarez, Office of Health Reform, HHS

• Protecting Medicaid during the Budget Crisis
• Vinny DeMarco, Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative
• Ann Woloson, Prescription Policy Choices
• John Bouman, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law

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Workshop Session III

• Affordability in the Exchanges: Premium Credits and Cost-Sharing Subsidies
• Kim Bailey, Families USA
• Piecing Together the Affordability Puzzle: Premium Credits & Cost-Sharing Help (PPT)
• Judy Solomon, CBPP
• Affordability in the Exchanges: Premium Credits and Cost-Sharing Subsidies (PPT)

• "Bending the Cost Curve" in Medicare: What Does It Mean and How Does It Affect Beneficiaries?
• Kirsten Sloan, National Partnership for Women & Families & Campaign for Better Care
• The Consumer Perspective on ACOs (PPT)
• Patricia Neuman, Kaiser Family Foundation
• Bending the Cost Curve in Medicare: What Does It Mean and How Does It Affect Beneficiaries? (PPT)
• Paul Cotton, NCQA
• Consumer Protections in NCQA Health Plan Accreditation (PDF)
• NCQA – the “Gold Standard” in Health Plan Accreditation (PDF)
• Consumer Advocates and Health Care Quality Improvement (PDF)
• Health Care Quality: Opportunities for Consumer Advocates (PPT)

• Fight the Good Fight with Winning Words
•  Judi Hilman, Utah Health Policy Project
• Principles for Handling Medicaid Budget Decisions in the 2011 General Session (PDF)
• Jeffrey Liszt, Anzalone Liszt Research

• On the Road to Health Equity: How Will Health Reform Help the Latino Community?
• Reform holds huge gains for Latinos (html)
• Sabrina Aggarwal, John Snow, Inc.
• Jennifer Ng'andu, National Council of La Raza (NCLR)
• On the Road to Equity:  How Will Health Care Reform Help the Latino Community? (PPT)
• Where We Stand: Hispanic Health Coverage at the National Level (PDF)
• Where We Stand: The State of Hispanic Health Coverage (PDF)
• Critical Things You Should Know about Health Care Reform (PDF)
• Informacion Critica Que Debe Saber Sobre La Reforma De Salud (PDF)
• Brian Rosman,  Health Care for All
• Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Care in Massachusetts: Pre-and Post-Chapter 58 (PPT)
• Mayra E. Alvarez, Office of Health Reform, HHS

• Supporting Implementation in Health Reform: Foundation Perspectives
• Speaker Bios and Web Information (word doc)
• Additional materials (word doc)
• Steve McConnell, The Atlantic Philanthropies
• Sara Kay, Nathan Cummings Foundation
• Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Strategies for Successful State Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (PDF) 
• The Affordable Care Act Implementation Fund (PDF)
• James Kimmey, M.D., Missouri Health Foundation
• Andrew D. Hyman, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Wendy J. Wolf, M.D., Maine Health Access Foundation
• Health Reform Brochure (PDF)
• Maine Health Access Foundation 2011 Fact Sheet on Health Reform (word doc)

• The CLASS Program and Building the Workforce to Deliver Services
• Connie Garner, Advance CLASS
• Carol Regan, PHI Government Affairs and Health Care for Health Care Workers Campaign
• The CLASS Program and Building the Workforce to Deliver Services (PPT)

• View from the Hill: Protecting the Affordable Care Act

• What’s the (Medicaid) Message? Creative Strategies in Tough Times
• Tim Sweeney, Georgia Budget and Policy Institute
• Protecting Medicaid in Tough Times & Climates (PPT)
• More Georgians Lack Employer Coverage; Find Themselves Uninsured (PDF)
• Georgia and the Federal Government Ensure Elderly and Newborns Have a Safety Net (PDF)
• What Is in Store for Georgia's Medicaid Enrollment? (PDF)
• Robin Rudowitz, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
• Top 5 Things You Need to Know About Medicaid (PPT)

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Workshop Session IV

• Basic Health: The Pros and Cons
• Stan Dorn, Urban Institute
• Basic Health Program: Hope for Affordability (PPT)
• Elisabeth Benjamin, Community Services Society of New York
• Determining if the Basic Health Plan Makes Sense for Your State (PDF)
• Janet Varon, Northwest Health Law Advocates
• Washington State’s Experience and the Basic Health Option (PPT)
• The Basic Health Option: Considerations for States Implementing Federal Health Reform (PDF)
• New Meidicaid Waiver Helps Washington Preserve a Bridge to Health Reform (word doc)

• Delivery System Reforms to Improve Medicaid: What Advocates Need to Know
• Adam Searing, North Carolina Justice Center
• The Medicare Health Care Quality Demonstration Program: The Promise and Opportunity of the 646 Waiver (PDF)
• Quality Measures: Management of Chronic Conditions, 2009 vs. 2010 (word doc)
• Tricia McGinnis, Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc.
• Affordable Care Act Opportunities: A Roadmap for Medicaid Delivery System Redesign (PDF)
• Mandy Cohen, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, CMS

• Holding Premiums Down through Rate Review
• Sondra Roberto, Consumers Union
• Holding Plans Accountable Through Rate Review (PPT)
• Victoria Veltri, State of Connecticut Office of the Healthcare Advocate
• Tara Straw, Health Care for America Now
• Medical Loss Ratio (PPT)

• Implementing Health Reform: How to Get What You Want
• Tony Garr, Tennessee Health Care Campaign
• Tennessee Health Care Campaign (PPT)
• Senator Bill Frist’s comments at the Bipartisan Policy Center (PDF)
• Net Effects of the Affordable Care Act on State Budgets (PDF)
• Net Savings for State (PDF)
• Matt Celentano, Health Care for All Maryland
• Summary of Public Input (PDF)
• Cathy Levine, UHCAN Ohio
• Implementing ACA in Ohio (PPT)
• Payment Reform Summit Introduction (word doc)

• In the States: Innovation Continues
• Michael Cheek, National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities (NASUAD)
• Weathering the Storm: The Impact of the Great Recession On Long Term Services and Supports (PPT)
• Diana Scully, Maine Office of Elder Services, DHHS
• Long-Term Services and Supports in Maine: Challenges and Innovations (PPT)

• Online Strategies: How to Take Your Program to the Next Level
• Alan Rosenblatt, Center for American Progress
• Here Comes Social Advocacy: Online Advocacy Goes Public
• Toby Fallsgraff, Organizing for Americfa
• Online Fundraising: Winning the Future
• Manny Herrmann, AFL-CIO

• Rallying the Troops: Engaging Communities of Color in Health Reform
• Angela Peoples, Center for American Progress
• Ron Williams, Oregon Action
• People of Color Health Equity Collaborative: Lead POCC Coalition Members (word doc)
• People of Color Health Equity Collaborative, POCHEC Background and Structure (word doc)
• People of Color Health Equity Collaborative (POCHEC) Legislative Priority Concepts (PDF)
• People of Color Health Equity Collaborative Legislative Agenda (PDF)

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Workshop V 

• Ensuring Health Equity While Implementing Health Reform: How Are States Doing It?
• Deborah Riddick, School-Community Health Alliance of Michigan
• Act No. 653 - Michigan's Health Disparities Legislation
• Community Health Roadmap
• Ensuring Health Equity While Implementing Health Reform: How Are States Doing It? Michigan Efforts (PPT)
• Carlessia Hussein, Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
• Ensuring Health Equity Whilte Implementing Health Reform: How Are States Doing It? The Cast in Maryland (PPT)
• Matrix of Key Minority-related Health Reform Provisions by Council Workgroups (word doc)
• Health Care Reform Coordinating Council: Final Report and Recommendations (PDF)
• Cary Sanders, California Pan-Ethnic Health Network
• Adopting a healthy food procurement policy (word doc)
• Incorporating health and equity into state guidance on land use and transportation development (word doc)

• Implementing the Affordable Care Act to Meet the Needs of Women
• Amy Allina, National Women's Health Network
• Gretchen Borchelt, National Women's Law Center
• Lisa Codispoti, National Women's Law Center

• Making It Work: The Small Business Exchange
• Terry Gardiner, Small Business Majority
• Exchanges – Attracting Small Businesses (PPT)
• Shawn Nowicki, HealthPass, NY
• SHOP Exchanges: A Small Business Benefit (PPT)
• Health Pass New York Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Roni Mansur, Commonwealth Choice for the MA Health Connector

• Prescription Drug Policy: New Opportunities for Advocacy
• Allan Coukell, Pew Prescription Project
• Drug Safety and Other Rx Legislation in 2011 (PPT)
• Lynn Parry, M.D. Colorado Prescription Project
• Prescription Hell-o: It’s about the money (PPT)
• Georgia Maheras, Health Care For All
• Health Care For All (PPT)

• Repeals and Appeals: Beating Back the Threats to the Affordable Care Act
• Marc Steinberg, Families USA
• Robb Gray, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• David Lara, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

• Story Banking 201: The Affordable Care Act Successes and Challenges
• Story Banking 201: The Affordable Care Act – Successes and Challenges (PPT)
• Donna Norton, MomsRising
• The Power of Pre-existing Condition Stories (PPT)
• Jennifer Mishory, Young Invincibles
• Emily's Story (PDF)
• Rhett Buttle, Small Business Majority
• Story banking: A Powerful Tool (PPT)

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