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2nd Annual CMS Medicaid/CHIP Quality Conference

Improving Care and Proving It!

Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel
300 South Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
June 14-15, 2012

AGENDA and MATERIALS

Day One

9:00am     Welcome (Chesapeake Ballroom)

  • Marsha Lillie-Blanton, DrPH, Chief Quality Officer, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, CMS
  • Cindy Mann, JD, Center Director, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, CMS

9:30am     Keynote Presentation: The Role of Measurement in Improving the Care of Children Covered by Medicaid and CHIP
                 Facilitator:
Marsha Lillie-Blanton

  • Lisa Simpson, MB, BCh, MPH, FAAP, President and Chief Executive Officer, AcademyHealth -- (view presentation)

10:15am     Plenary One: Leveraging Public-Private Partnerships to Improve Maternal and Infant Outcomes
                   Facilitator:
Charles Homer, MD, MPH, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality

  • Raymond Cox, MD, MBA, Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer, Providence Hospital Washington, DC--(view presentation)
  • Martin McCaffrey, MD, Director, Perinatal Quality Collaborative of North Carolina--(view presentation)
  • Mary Applegate, MD, FAAP, FACP, Medicaid Medical Director, Ohio Department of Job & Family Services, Office of Ohio Health Plans--(view presentation)

11:30am Networking Break

12:00pm Lunch on Your Own

1:00pm Concurrent Breakout Sessions

Session 1A: Harborview Ballroom

CHIPRA-Funded Health Care Measurement Development Activities: Federal and State Efforts to Improve and Enhance Children’s Health Care Measurement
Facilitator:
Karen LLanos, Division of Quality, Evaluation and Health Outcomes, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, CMS

  • Denise Dougherty, PhD, Senior Advisor, Child Health and Quality Improvement, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality--(view presentation)
  • Nalini Ambrose, MS, CPHQ, PMP, Lead Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton--(view presentation)
  • Joanie Klayman, MSW, CHIPRA Project Director, Cutler Institute for Health and Social Policy, University of Southern Maine--(view presentation)

Session 1B: Loch Raven Room

Improving Oral Health Outcomes in Children: Ways CMS and Data Can Support States’ Efforts
Facilitator:
Laurie Norris, Division of Quality, Evaluation and Health Outcomes, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, CMS

  • Lynn Mouden, DDS, MPH, Chief Dental Officer, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, CMS--(view presentation)
  • Laura Smith, MPA, President and Chief Executive Officer, Washington Dental Service Foundation--(view presentation)
  • Mary Alice Lee, PhD, Senior Policy Fellow, Connecticut Voices for Children--(view presentation)

Session 1C: Severn Room

How States Access and Use Administrative and Vital Records Data for Quality Measurement and Improvement
Facilitator:
Megan Thomas, Division of Quality, Evaluation and Health Outcomes, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, CMS

  • Ann Page, RN, MPH, Director, Health Care Delivery Management Administration, Department of Health Care Finance, District of Columbia--(view presentation)
  • Gwen Smith, Project Director, CHIPRA Child Health Quality Demonstration Grant, Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services--(view presentation)
  • Laurie Cawthon, MD, MPH, Public Health Epidemiologist, Research and Data Analysis Division, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services--(view presentation)

Session 1D: Potomac Room

Children’s Health Care Quality Measures Technical Assistance “Office Hours”

  • Jessica Briefer French, MHSA, Senior Consultant, NCQA Alan Hoffman, MHS, Assistant Vice President, NCQA
  • So O’Neil, MS, Senior Researcher, Mathematica Policy Research
  • Margo Rosenbach, PhD, Vice President, Mathematica Policy Research

2:15pm Networking Break

2:30pm Concurrent Breakout Sessions


Session 2A: Harborview Ballroom

Identifying and Reducing Disparities in Healthcare: Strategies and Lessons Learned by States and Medicaid/CHIP Stakeholders
Facilitator:
Cara James, PhD, Director, CMS Office of Minority Health

  • Rhonda Medows, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President, Quality Management & Performance, UnitedHealthcare--(view presentation)
  • Charles Gallia, PhD, Senior Policy Advisor, Oregon Health Authority--(view presentation)
  • Jeff Silber, MD, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics, Anesthesiology & Critical Care, and Health Care Management, The University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Severn Room Session 2B: Severn Room

Improving Adolescent and Child Health: Opportunities to IncreasePrevention Efforts at National and State Levels
Facilitator: Mary Beth Hance, Division of Quality, Evaluation and Health Outcomes, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, CMS

  • Harriette Fox, MSS, Chief Executive Officer, National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health--(view presentation)
  • Shannon Stokley, MPH, Epidemiologist, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention--(view presentation)
  • Sheila Embry, BSN, RN, MBA/HCM, Manager, Department of Community Health, Managed Care Division, State of Michigan--(view presentation)

Session 2C: Loch Raven Room

Children with Special Health Care Needs: Examples of Healthcare Delivery Models That Can Make an Impact
Facilitator: Cindy Ruff, Division of Quality, Evaluation and Health Outcomes, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, CMS

  • Debbie Kilstein, RN, MBA, JD, Vice President, Quality Management and Operations, Association for Community Affiliated Plans--(view presentation)
  • Michelle Zabel, MSS, Director, Innovation Institute, University of Maryland School of Medicine--(view presentation)
  • Alison Croke, MHA, Assistant Project Manager, Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services--(view presentation)

Session 2D: Chesapeake Ballroom

Children’s Health Care Quality Measures Technical Assistance “Office Hours”

  • Jessica Briefer French, MHSA, Senior Consultant, NCQA 
  • Alan Hoffman, MHS, Assistant Vice President, NCQA
  • So O’Neil, MS, Senior Researcher, Mathematica Policy Research
  • Margo Rosenbach, PhD, Vice President, Mathematica Policy Research

Session 2E: Potomac Room

Closed Session: CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grantees
Facilitator: Karen LLanos

3:45pm    (Chesapeake Ballroom) Plenary Two: Psychotropic Medication Use Among Children in Foster Care
                
Facilitator:
Barbara Edwards, Director, Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, CMS

  • Bryan Samuels, MPP, Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Administration for Children and Families
  • Kamala Allen, MHS, Vice President, Center for Health Care Strategies --(view presentation)
  • Judy Zerzan, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Health Care Policy and Financing, State of Colorado--(view presentation)

5:00pm     Poster/Networking Session (Chesapeake Gallery)

6:30pm     Adjourn

7:00pm     Dinner on Your Own/Networking Dinners: 

  • Partnership for Patients/Patient Safety 
  • Improving Mental Health for Children in Foster Care: PIP promotion
  • CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grantees
  • EPSDT Data Improvement

Day Two

8:45am     Welcome and Recap of Day One (Chesapeake Ballroom)

  • Barbara Dailey, Deputy Director, Division of Quality, Evaluation and Health Outcomes, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, CMS

9:00am     Keynote Presentation: Implementing Levers of Change: Supporting the States’ Use of Data and Quality Measures
                 Facilitator:
Barbara Dailey

  • Stephen Cha, MD, MHSR, Chief Medical Officer, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, CMS--(view presentation)

9:45am     Plenary Three: Proving Managed Care Makes a Difference through External Quality Review Reporting
                 Facilitator:
Kristin Younger, Division of Quality, Evaluation and Health Outcomes, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, CMS

  • CMS Update – Leveraging Opportunities Available through External Quality Review
    • Barbara Dailey, Division of Quality, Evaluation and Health Outcomes, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, CMS
  • The Georgia Experience
    • Bonnie Marsh, RN, BSN, MA, Executive Director, State and Corporate Services, Health Services Advisory Group
    • Janice Carson, MD, Deputy Director of Performance, Quality and Outcomes, Georgia Department of Community Health
  • The Virginia Experience
    • Martha Burton, RN, CPHQ, PMP, Project Director, Delmarva Foundation
    • Carol Stanley, MS, CPHQ, Quality Improvement Analyst, Health Care Services, Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services

11:00am     Networking Break

11:15am     States Making a Difference!
                   Facilitator:
Karen LLanos

  • Brian Osberg, MPH, Program Director, Center for Best Practices, National Governors Association

11:45am     Take-Away and Wrap-up: Quality Measurement and Improvement as We Implement Health Reform
                   Facilitator: Marsha Lillie-Blanton

  • Vikki Wachino, MPP, Director of Children and Adults Health Programs Group, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, CMS--(view presentation)

12:00pm     General Conference Adjourns