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Navigating Health Policy in Colorado The Reality of Purple Navigating Health Policy in Colorado 2014 December 4 & 5, 2014 Cheyenne Mountain Resort • Colorado Springs Contents Welcome Letter 3 Conference Agenda 4 About Us: The Colorado Health Institute 8 Keynote Speakers 9 Panel of Governors 10 Featured Legislators 11 Breakout Session Presenters 12 Attendees 15 Maps 19 Stay up to date with two new apps • Download the new Colorado Health Institute mobile app and gain access to our popular HealthWords glossary, a list of experts and many popular CHI reports. • While you’re at it, keep track of all things conference-related – including agendas, Twitter traffic, speaker bios and live updates. Download the Bizzabo app and search for Hot Issues in Health Care. Both apps are free and available for Apple and Android devices Conference Wireless Network: Hot Issues in Healthcare Conference Wifi Password: HIHC2014 #HIHC14 2014 On behalf of the team here at the Colorado Health Institute, welcome to the 2014 edition of Hot Issues in Health Care. Our theme for the conference this year – “The Reality of Purple: Navigating Health Policy in Colorado” – could not be more timely. In the wake of November’s election, we are seeing change at the state capitol and in Washington. With this in mind, it is the perfect time to bring together lawmakers, both new and veteran, with health policy experts from across the state. There are important conversations to have about health policy. Our goal for Hot Issues in Health Care is to help start the discussions here and to support them going forward with evidence-based information. This is our seventh Hot Issues in Health Care conference. But this year is different, and we are excited about the new format. While Day One is still focused on legislators, we have invited members of Colorado’s health policy community to Day Two. More than 150 have accepted our invitation. We expect a rich dialogue and abundant networking opportunities. Thank you for joining us. It is my great hope that you are able to forge new connections and gain knowledge that is valuable for your work. Sincerely, Michele Lueck President and CEO Colorado Health Institute 2014 HOT ISSUES IN HEALTH CARE Conference Agenda Thursday, December 4: Legislators 7:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 1:15 p.m. Breakfast Networking Break Breakout Sessions: How Do Your Mountain View Dining Room Constituents Get Insurance? 10:45 a.m. (Choose One) 7:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Keynote Address Registration Tension and Opportunity: Policy 101 Centennial Foyer Federalism and the Future Medicaid, Marketplace and More: of State Health Policy How Coloradans Get Health Insurance 9:30 a.m. Stuart Butler, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Tamara Keeney, Research Analyst, Welcome Brookings Institution Colorado Health Institute Michele Lueck, President and CEO, Centennial I Natalie Triedman, Research Analyst, Colorado Health Institute Content: Dr. Butler, an expert Colorado Health Institute Centennial I in domestic policy and health Centennial II economics, will share his Content: This introduction to health coverage in 10:00 a.m. perspective on the proper role Colorado examines private health insurance like Just When You Thought between the federal government employer-sponsored and individual insurance, as well Things Were Settled: and the states and explore as publicly funded programs, including Medicaid, An Insider’s Take on Where strategies for cost control. He will Medicare, Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) and Health Policy is Headed discuss effective policy levers and TRICARE. Connect for Health Colorado, the state-based Cindy Gillespie, Senior Managing the areas to which they can be insurance marketplace, will also be discussed. Director, McKenna Long & Aldridge applied while acknowledging Centennial I debates over the best course Policy Deep Dive Content: Ms. Gillespie, with wide- of state action, entitlement Putting the Health in Health Insurance: ranging expertise in health policy, has spending, and more. Colorado’s Innovative Medicaid Approach advised many of the nation’s leaders, Anna Vigran, Senior Analyst, including Governor Mitt Romney. Now 11:30 a.m. Colorado Health Institute heading the health care policy team A Shared Conversation Michele Lueck, President and CEO, at the law firm of McKenna Long & Cindy Gillespie and Stuart Butler Colorado Health Institute Aldridge, she will provide insights into will address questions and Centennial III efforts by an increasing number of observations from audience Content: Colorado is working to provide better states to gain flexibility in implementing members. care at lower costs through the Accountable Care the Affordable Care Act. She will Centennial I Collaborative (ACC) model in the state’s Medicaid highlight the pros and cons of waivers program. The ACC features new payment models, tools and how they might impact Colorado. to strengthen data sharing and communication, and 12:00 p.m. a regional focus that allows for flexibility. Learn about Lunch and Networking measures of success to date and key considerations Mountain View Dining Room going forward. 4 December 4 & 5, 2014 #HIHC14 2:25 p.m. 3:35 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Breakout Sessions: Focus Session: Dinner Why Does Health Care Cost So Much? What’s a Legislator Remington I and II (Choose One) to Do? 6:45 p.m. Policy 101 Winds of Change: Divided Putting the Brakes on Health Costs: What’s Government, the Return of A Lawmaker Conversation: Driving Them and How to Take the Wheel TABOR, and the 2015 Legislature Does Red Plus Blue Sara Schmitt, Director of Community Health Policy, Amy Downs, Senior Director Equal Purple? Colorado Health Institute for Policy and Analysis, Panelists: Colorado Health Institute Hannah Wear, Research Analyst, • Sen. Irene Aguilar, M.D., Denver Colorado Health Institute Joe Hanel, Centennial II Senior Communications Expert, • Rep. Lois Landgraf, Fountain Colorado Health Institute • Sen. Ellen Roberts, Durango Content: Health care costs continue to rise. In this Centennial I session, learn why costs are so high and the strategies • Rep. Jonathan Singer, Longmont that can help Colorado legislators keep them in check. Content: With tiny majorities in each chamber, the legislature • Moderator: Joe Hanel, Senior Communications Expert, will confront tricky questions about Policy Deep Dive Colorado Health Institute the budget, marijuana, health policy Mind Your Ps and Qs: Levers to Reduce Remington I and II the Price and Quantity of Health Care and more. Amy Downs, Senior Director for Policy Content: Colorado’s political diversity and Analysis, Colorado Health Institute makes it a purple state. But how does 4:35 p.m. that translate into the day-to-day work Nina Roumell, Research Analyst, Networking Break of a state legislator? Four experienced Colorado Health Institute lawmakers share what they have learned Centennial III about Colorado, compromise, and getting 5:15 p.m. things done. Content: Colorado and other states are exploring Reception new ways to reduce health care spending without compromising health outcomes. This session takes Co-Hosts: Representatives Amy 8:00 p.m. a more detailed look at trends, cost drivers, and Stephens and Beth McCann Continuing the Conversation promising options to reduce costs. Remington Foyer Mountain View Terrace Friday, December 5: Legislators and Members of Colorado’s Health Policy Community 7:00 a.m.-8:45 a.m. 9:30 a.m. Breakfast Keynote Address Mountain View Dining Room States of Mind: Health Care Trends at the State Level Susan Urahn, Ph.D., Executive Vice President, The Pew Charitable Trusts 7:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. Content: Dr. Urahn, an expert on state policy and spending, comes to Hot Issues in Registration Health Care from Washington, D.C., to discuss health care trends that transcend politics. Colorado II and III Gallery She will provide an overview of fiscal issues and the federal-state relationship. She will also talk about what makes Colorado unique, plus some of the biggest issues states are 9:00 a.m. grappling with as 2015 approaches. Welcome Colorado Ballroom Michele Lueck, President and CEO, Colorado Health Institute 10:45 a.m. Colorado Ballroom Networking Break Cheyenne Mountain Resort • Colorado Springs 5 2014 HOT ISSUES IN HEALTH CARE 11:00 a.m. Session Three Session Six Breakout Sessions: We Second That Emotion: Health Begins at Home: Policy Perspectives from the Integrating Mental and Physical Health Care Prevention and Population Health Colorado Health Institute Jeff Bontrager, Director of Research Sara Schmitt, Director of Community and Frontline Updates from on Coverage and Access, Colorado Health Institute Health Policy, Colorado Health Institute Colorado Organizations Vatsala Pathy, Founder and CEO, Mark Wallace, M.D., Executive Director, Rootstock Solutions Weld County Department of Public (Choose One) Rio Grande Health and Environment Session One Content: Primary care doctors are increasingly White River II Sharing is Caring: addressing behavioral health needs along with the Content: Is an ounce of prevention worth Creating a Health Information physical health needs of their patients. This session a pound of cure? Increasingly, experts are System that Works explores the emerging frontier of behavioral and looking beyond the doctor’s office in an Allie Morgan, Policy Analyst, physical health integration. effort to make people healthier, studying Colorado Health Institute their day-to-day lives and the way their neighborhoods are built. This session will Morgan Honea, Chief Executive Session Four Officer, Colorado Regional Health lay out innovative local and state efforts The New Health Care Consumer: to keep Colorado’s population healthy. Information Organization (CORHIO) Engaging Patients in Decision-Making Arkansas Amy Downs, Senior Director for Policy Content: We will demystify the complex and Analysis, Colorado Health Institute 11:40 a.m. world of health information technology Ana English, Chief Executive Officer, Networking Break and records by explaining what it is, Center For Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) what supporters hope it will accomplish, Gunnison 11:50 a.m.
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