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WASHINGTON DC USA -- MEDICARE/MEDICAID UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- FEBRUARY 7, 2013: The Eighth National Medicaid Congress, www.MedicaidCongress.com, to be held May 29 - 31, 2013 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in the Washington, DC area, today announced that it will feature a special preconference on the morning of May 29 on Managing "Super Utilizers" - AF4Q Sites Adapt the Camden Coalition Model, chaired by Susan Mende, BSN, MPH, Senior Program Officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). The Foundation is helping six Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) sites adapt the innovative model developed by Dr. Jeff Brenner and the Camden Coalition. The preconference will provide an update on the work of the Camden Coalition, an overview of the RWJF initiative, and progress reports form the participating sites. . The Congress will again be offered both onsite and live over the Internet with a six month archive. Tuition scholarships are available for safety net providers, not-for-profit advocacy groups, and students.
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PRECONFERENCE FACULTY: MANAGING SUPER UTILIZRS -- AF4Q SITES ADAPT THE CAMDEN COALTION MODEL
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Susan Lax, PMHNP-BC
Mental Health Home Coordinator, Brookline Community Mental Health Center, Brookline, MA |
Lisa Letourneau, MD, MPH, FACP
Executive Director, Quality Counts, Scarborough, ME |
Alice Stollenwerk Petrulis, MD
Medical Director, Care Management, MetroHealth Medical Center; Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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R. Corey Waller MD, MS, FACEP, ASAM
Director, Center for Integrative Medicine, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI |
Judith Warren, MPH
Executive Director, Health Care Access Now, Cincinnati, OH
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Naomi Wyatt
Director of Legal and Government Affairs, Camden Coalition for Health, Camden, NJ |
Susan R. Mende, BSN, MPH
Senior Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ (Preconference Chair)
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CO SPONSOR
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TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS
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The Medicaid Congress is now offering partial and full Tuition Scholarships to qualifying representatives of local, state and federal government, consumer advocate organizations, safety net providers, academics, students and health services research organizations. Click here for more information.
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SPECIAL PRECONFERENCE ON MANAGING
"SUPER UTILIZERS"
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The Medicaid Congress is excited to be able to offer a special preconference on Managing "Super Utilizers" - Six Sites Adapt the Camden Coalition Model, chaired by Susan Mende, BSN, MPH, Senior Program Officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). The Foundation is helping six Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) sites adapt the innovative model developed by Dr. Jeff Brenner and the Camden Coalition. The preconference will provide an update on the work of the Camden Coalition, an overview of the RWJF initiative, and progress reports form the participating sites.
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ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED
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- State Medicaid Directors Roundtable
- Medicaid Managed Care Opportunities
- Medicaid Managed Care Challenges
- Managing the "Super Utilizers"
- Key Issues from 2013 State Legislative Sessions
- Medicaid and the State Exchanges
- Impact of State Delays/Opt-Outs
- Wall Street Assesses Medicaid Managed Care
- Best Practice Health Plans Serving Duals
- Enrollment Systems - Ready for 2014?
- Medical and Health Homes in the Safety Net
- The View from the Governors
- Access Issues for Duals
- Innovative Care Delivery Models
- Alternative FMAP Proposals for Medicaid
- Congressional Interests and Initiatives
- Medicaid ACO Models
- The Future of the Safety Net
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EIGHTH NATIONAL MEDICAID CONGRESS
May 29 - 31, 2013
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ONSITE ATTENDANCE
Hyatt Regency Crystal City
Washington, DC
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WEBCAST PARTICIPATION
In your own office or home live via the Internet
with 24/7 access for six months
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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Dan Crippen, MA, PhD
Executive Director, National Governors Association, Washington, DC |
Raymond C. Scheppach, PhD
Professor of Practice, Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy; Economic Fellow,Miller Center for Public Affairs, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
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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 |
Bruce Siegel, MD, MPH
Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems, Washington, DC
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CONGRESS CO CHAIRS
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Barbara DeBuono, MD, MPH
Senior Vice President, Market Development, Treo Solutions, Former New York State Commissioner of Health, Troy, NY (Chair, Mini Summit on Innovative Care Delivery Models) |
John Iglehart
Founding Editor, Health Affairs, National Correspondent, New England Journal of Medicine Washington, DC
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Susan R. Mende, BSN, MPH
Senior Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ (Chair, Preconference on Managing "Super Utilizers") |
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
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SPECIAL ROUNDTABLE OF STATE MEDICAID DIRECTORS
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Nancy Atkins, RN, MSN, NP-BC
Medicaid Commissioner, State of West Virginia, Chareston, WVA |
Linda Elam, PhD, MPH
Deputy Director, Medicaid/State Medicaid Director, Department of Health Care Finance, Government of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC |
William E. Golden, MD, MACP
Medical Director, Arkansas DHS/Medicaid, Professor of Medicine and Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
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Julian Harris, MD, MBA, MSc
Director of the Office of Medicaid, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA |
Mary Mayhew
Commissioner, Department of Health and Human Services, State of Maine, Augusta, ME |
Susan Mosier, MD, MBA, FACS
Director of Medicaid Services, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Topeka, KS
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FEATURED FACULTY
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Maya Altman
Chief Executive Officer, Health Plan of San Mateo, South San Francisco, CA |
Deborah Bachrach, Esq.
Partner, Healthcare Industry, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Former Medicaid Director and Deputy Commissioner of Health, New York State Department of Health, New York, NY |
Stephanie Carlton
Health Policy Advisor, Senate Finance Committee Minority Staff, Washington, DC
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Debbie Chang, MPH
Vice President, Policy and Prevention, Nemours, Office of Child Health Policy and Advocacy, Washington, DC |
Matt Cowley, MBA
Head of Medicare, Mercy Care Plan, Phoenix, AZ |
Sheryl L. Garland
Vice President, Health Policy and Community Relations, VCU Health System, Richmond, VA
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Peter Harbage
President, Harbage Consulting, Washington, DC |
Bill Henning
Executive Director, Boston Center for Independent Living, Boston, MA |
Mary Kennedy
Vice President, Medicare and Managed Long-Term Care Policy, Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP), Washington, DC
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Irene Krokos, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Molina Healthcare of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM |
Susan Lax, PMHNP-BC
Mental Health Home Coordinator, Brookline Community Mental Health Center, Brookline, MA |
Izanne Leonard-Haak
Principal, Health Management Associates, Former Acting Deputy Secretary, Pennsylvania Medical Assistance, Programs, Harrisburg, PA
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Dan Mendelson
Chief Executive Officer and President and Founder, Avalere Health, Former Associate Director for Health, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC |
Vic J. Miller
Intergovernmental Finance Consultant; Founder and former Director, Federal Funds Information for States, Washington, DC |
Laurie Norris, JD
Senior Policy Advisor, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, US Department of Health & Human Services, Baltimore, MD
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Alice Stollenwerk Petrulis, MD
Medical Director, Care Management, MetroHealth Medical Center; Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH |
Kevin Prindiville
Deputy Director, National Senior Citizens Law Center, Oakland, CA |
Kim Shellenberger
Director of New Business Development, Commonwealth Care Alliance, Boston, MA
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Jill Spencer
Executive Vice President, Business Development, Human Arc®, Cleveland, OH |
V. Fan Tait, MD
Associate Executive Director, American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, IL |
James M. Verdier
Senior Fellow, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., Washington, DC
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R. Corey Waller MD, MS, FACEP, ASAM
Director, Center for Integrative Medicine, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI |
Judith Warren, MPH
Executive Director, Health Care Access Now, Cincinnati, OH |
Kelly Whitener
Health Policy Advisor, Senate Finance Committee Majority Staff, Washington, DC
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Joy Johnson Wilson
Health Policy Director and Senior Federal Affairs Counsel, National Conference of State Legislatures, Washington, DC |
Naomi Wyatt
Director of Legal and Government Affairs, Camden Coalition for Health, Camden, NJ |
Carolyn L. Yocom
Director, Health Care, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, DC
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