SCI/NAHDO APCD Workshop - Full Agenda and Presentation Links

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All-Payer Claims Database Workshop
Salt Lake City, Utah
October 14-15, 2010
 
Sponsored by
National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO)
State Coverage Initiatives (SCI)
APCD Council
 
 
Thursday, October 14
 
 
1:15pm – 1:30pm       Welcome                                                                                   Ball Room A
                                   
Executive Director, NAHDO
 
                                    Enrique Martinez-Vidal
Director, State Coverage Initiatives
 
1:30pm – 2:15pm       Overview and Update                                                            Ball Room A
This session will introduce the purpose and goals for the meeting. It will give participants a brief history and overview of APCDs.  It will also discuss recent developments in the field, including new states with APCD legislation, new applications for APCDs and the goals of leading states as they move forward and prepare for health reform. Finally, the session will touch on recent developments at the federal level.
                                   
                                    Patrick Miller                         
                                    Research Associate Professor
University of New Hampshire
 
Denise Love
Executive Director, NAHDO
 
2:15pm – 3:30pm       Putting Your APCD to Work                                                Ball Room A
Panelists will give examples from their states of recent APCD applications.  These will include use of claims data for improving public health, for improving quality, and for comparing providers and insurance plans.
 
Moderator
Enrique Martinez-Vidal
Director, State Coverage Initiatives
 


Panelists
Manager, All-Payer Database Project
Utah Department of Health
 
Director, Division of Health Policy
Coordinator, State Government HIT
Minnesota Department of Health
 
Director, Analysis & Data Management
Vermont Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and
Health Care Administration
 
Deputy Director
NH Institute for Health Policy and Practice
University of New Hampshire
 
3:30pm – 3:45pm       Break
 
3:45pm – 5:00pm       Stakeholder Panel                                                                  Ball Room A
This panel will include representatives from public and private insurance plans, public health, employers, and consumers.  They will discuss the pros and cons of APCDs from their own perspectives.  This panel will give participants a better understanding of how to engage the various stakeholder groups.
 
Moderator
Craig Schneider
Director of Healthcare Policy
Massachusetts Health Data Consortium
 
Panelists
David Hopkins
Director of Quality Measurement
Pacific Business Group on Health
 
Tricia Leddy
Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Director
Rhode Island Department of Health
 
Clark Newhall
Physician & Attorney
Health-Justice.org, Inc.
 
Hon. Wayne L. Niederhauser
Senator
Utah State Senate
Lucia Savage
Associate General Counsel
UnitedHealthcare
 
Friday October 15 (Invited state teams only)
 
8:00am – 8:30am       Breakfast (All States)                                                Arizona Room
                                   
8:30am – 10:00am     Track One: New States                                             Arizona Room
                                    APCD Financing, Governance and Legislative Language
 
Participants will learn about different models for governing an APCD. Panelists will also address how these databases are funded and who has access to the data.  The panel will discuss whether APCDs should be mandatory or voluntary and ways the databases can be used to build further demand for the information they include. Panelists will also share resources to assist with the development of legislative language.
 
                                    Moderator
                                    Patrick Miller                         
                                    Research Associate Professor
                                    University of New Hampshire
 
                                    Panelists
Deputy Director
New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice
University of New Hampshire
                                   
                                    Al Prysunka
                                    Executive Director
                                    Maine Health Data Organization
                                   
                                    Natasha Rosenblatt
                                    Data Projects Manager
                                    Puget Sound Health Alliance
 
                                    Track Two: Current States                                               Olympus Room
                                    Building the Connection between Data and Policy
 
This session will be a facilitated discussion between states that are implementing APCDs.  You will hear from some of your colleagues and have the opportunity to raise questions and issues.  Particularly, panelists will focus on the connection between data and policy in your state.  Are your policy leaders engaged in fully utilizing the potential of your APCD?  Can the data people respond quickly and effectively to pressing policy questions?  Both data and policy leaders will reflect on the opportunities and challenges of linking research and policy.
                                   
                                   
                                    Moderator
                                    Enrique Martinez-Vidal
                                    Director, State Coverage Initiatives
                                   
                                    Panelists
                                    Linda Bartnyska
                                    Chief, Cost & Quality Analysis
                                    Maryland Health Care Commission
 
                                    Sean Kolmer
                                    Deputy Administrator
                                    Office for Oregon Health Policy & Research
                                    Oregon Health Authority
 
                                    David Morales
                                    Commissioner
                                    Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy
                                   
                                    Julie Sonier
                                    Deputy Director
                                    State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC)
                                    University of Minnesota
 
10:00am – 10:15am  Break
 
10:15am – 11:45am   Meet the Experts and State Team Discussions
                                                                                                           
                                                                                                            Track 1: Arizona Room
                                                                                                            Track 2: Olympus Room
 
                                    States will meet individually at their tables to discuss state strategy.  States will be asked to identify areas in which they would like assistance and experts will rotate through the state teams to answer questions and address issues.  This will be your opportunity to work together as a state team to process what you have learned so far and to plan for the future.  
                                   
                                    Experts
                                    Julie Bartels
                                    Executive Director
                                    Wisconsin Health Information Organization
                                   
                                    Amy Costello
                                    Project Director
                                    Institute for Health Policy and Practice
                                    University of New Hampshire
                                   
                                    Robert Davis
                                    Standards Consultant
                                    NAHDO
                                   
                                    Kevan Edwards
                                    Senior Research Scientist
                                    Minnesota Department of Health
                                   
                                    Gloria McCann
                                    Manager of Health Data Services
                                    Onpoint Health Data
                                   
                                    Patrick Miller                         
                                    Research Associate Professor
                                    University of New Hampshire
 
Jo Porter
Deputy Director
New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice
University of New Hampshire
 
                                    Al Prysunka
                                    Executive Director
                                    Maine Health Data Organization
 
                                    Barbara A. Rudolph
                                    Senior Science Director
                                    The Leapfrog Group
 
Lucia Savage
Associate General Counsel
UnitedHealthcare
 
                                    Julie Sonier
                                    Deputy Director
                                    SHADAC, University of Minnesota
                                   
                                    Mary Taylor
                                    Head of Regulatory Compliance
                                    Aetna
 
11:45pm – 12:30pm   Networking lunch                                                                Arizona Room
 
12:30pm – 1:45pm     All States                                                                               Arizona Room
                                    Linking APCDs to Other Reform Efforts in your State
 
                                    As states are setting up APCDs, they have also been charged to develop statewide Health Information Exchanges (HIE) as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Your state may also be developing quality-improvement efforts such as public reporting, provider tiering and pay-for-performance. This session will include information on how to link your APCD efforts to HIEs and other system reforms.  We will discuss the potential of these databases for improving patient care, public health, and health purchasing.
 
                                   
 
                                    Moderator
                                    Patrick Miller                         
                                    Research Associate Professor
                                    University of New Hampshire
 
                                    Panelists
                                    Brad Finnegan
                                    Senior Policy Analyst, Health Division
                                    National Governors Association Center for Best Practices
                                   
                                    Neil Sarkar
                                    Director of Biomedical Informatics
                                    University of Vermont
 
                                    Sandeep Wadhwa
                                    Vice President, Coding and Reimbursement
                                    3M Health Information Systems
 
1:45pm – 2:00pm       All States                                                                               Arizona Room
                                    Wrap-up and Adjourn