Appendix H
Public Workshop Agendas
NOVEMBER 9-10, 2010
20 F Street, NW, Conference Rooms A & B
Washington, DC 20001
DAY 1: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2010
10:00 – 10:05 | Welcome and Introductory Remarks Joseph Newhouse, Ph.D., Committee Chair and Moderator |
Policy and Legislative Context for the Study
10:05 – 10:20 | Remarks from Study Sponsor, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Jonathan Blum, Deputy Administrator, Center for Medicare, CMS, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
10:20 – 10:35 |
Legislative Perspectives
• The Honorable Allyson Schwartz, U.S. House of Representatives |
10:35 – 11:30 |
Legislative Panel Discussion
• Timothy Gronniger, Professional Staff, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives |
• Geoff Gerhardt, Professional Staff, Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives • Chris Dawe, Health Counsel, Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate • Susan Walden, Health Policy Counsel, Committee on Finance (Minority), U.S. Senate |
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11:30 – 12:30 | LUNCH BREAK |
Geographic Variation in Spending and Utilization | |
12:30 – 1:00 |
Current MedPAC Research and Experiences
• Mark Miller, Ph.D., Executive Director, MedPAC |
1:00 – 1:30 |
Approaches to Measuring and Interpreting Health Care Variation
• Michael Chernew, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School |
1:30 – 2:00 |
Dartmouth Atlas Research on Variation
• Jonathan Skinner, Ph.D., Joan Sloan Dickey Third Century Professor in Economics, Dartmouth Medical School |
Remarks from The Honorable Donald M. Berwick | |
2:00 – 2:30 |
Reviewing Geographic Variation as We Improve Health Care Quality
• Donald M. Berwick, M.D., M.P.P., Administrator, CMS, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
2:30 | Adjourn Open Session |
DAY 2: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2010
8:00 – 8:05 |
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
• Joseph Newhouse, Ph.D., Chair and Moderator |
Measuring Quality and Value | |
8:05 – 9:45 |
Panel Discussion on Measuring Quality and Value
• Janet Corrigan, Ph.D., M.B.A., President and Chief Executive Officer, National Quality Forum |
• Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D., Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services • Peggy O’Kane, M.S., President, National Committee for Quality Assurance • Richard Kronick, Ph.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Health Policy, Office of the Assistant |
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9:45 | Adjourn Open Session |
JANUARY 17, 2011
Keck Center, Room 100
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
8:45 – 8:50 | Welcome and Introductory Remarks Joseph Newhouse, Ph.D., Committee Chair and Moderator |
Workshop Panels | |
8:50 – 9:40 |
Panel 1: Hospitals/Health Systems
• Larry Minnix, American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging • Scott Malaney, American Hospital Association • Helen Darling, National Business Group on Health, and Bruce Pyenson, Milliman, Inc. |
9:40 – 9:45 | BREAK |
9:45 – 10:45 |
Panel 2: Clinicians
• Larry DeGhetaldi, California Medical Association • John Tooker, American College of Physicians • Eileen Sullivan-Marx, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing • Jonathan Sunshine, American College of Radiology |
10:45 – 10:50 | BREAK |
10:50 – 11:50 |
Panel 3: Value Commentators
• Denis Cortese, Arizona State University • Herbert Pardes, New York Presbyterian Hospital |
• Chris Queram, Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality |
Adjourn Open Session
11:50 – 12:45 | Lunch (Committee meets in closed session; guests are encouraged to visit local restaurants for lunch) |
OPEN SESSION
12:45 – 1:45 |
Panel 4: Consumers and Purchasers
• Elizabeth Gilbertson, Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union Welfare Fund • Lina Walker, AARP • Sam Nussbaum, WellPoint |
PUBLIC TESTIFIERS | |
1:45 |
Speakers Begin (Committee Q&A after each speaker)
• John (Jack) Lewin • Deborah Schumann • Michael Kitchell • Lorrie Kaplan • Jason Scull • James Rohack • Andrea Weddle • William Rich |
• William Davenhall • Anne O’Rourke • Michael Richards • Cynthia Flynn • Nancy Lane • Craig Samitt • Raymond Gibbons • Karl Ulrich • Jeffrey Bailet |