CO-OP Advisory Board Resources

Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) Program

Charter:

• June 18, 2010
  Charter: Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) Advisory Board

Membership:

• June 23, 2010
  Commission Membership: CO-OP Program Advisory Board Appointments

Federal Register Notice:

• December 28, 2010
  January FACA Meeting Federal Register Notice
• February 2, 2011
  February Federal Register Notice – Request for Comment (PDF – 184 KB) 
• February 7, 2011
  February FACA Meeting Federal Register Notice
• March 14, 2011
  March FACA Meeting Federal Register Notice (PDF - 52 KB)
• March 14, 2011
  March FACA Meeting Notice of Location Change (PDF - 48 KB)
• April 15, 2011
  April FACA Meeting Federal Register Notice (PDF- 51 KB)

Agenda:

• January 13, 2011
  CO-OP Program Advisory Board Agenda for January FACA Meeting (PDF – 63 KB)
• February 7, 2011
  CO-OP Program Advisory Board Agenda for February FACA Meeting (PDF – 13 KB)
• March 14, 2011
  CO-OP Program Advisory Board Agenda for March FACA Meeting (PDF – 124 KB)
• April 15, 2011
  CO-OP Program Advisory Board Agenda for April FACA Meeting (PDF – 57 KB)

Executive Summary:

• January 13, 2011
  OCIIO CO-OP Advisory Board Executive Summary for January FACA Meeting (PDF – 16 KB)
• February 7, 2011
  OCIIO CO-OP Advisory Board Executive Summary for February FACA Meeting (PDF – 110 KB)
• March 14, 2011
  CCIIO CO-OP Advisory Board Executive Summary for March FACA Meeting (PDF – 88 KB)

Approved Minutes:

• January 13, 2011
  OCIIO CO-OP Approved Minutes (PDF – 31 KB)
• February 7, 2011
  CCIIO CO-OP Approved Minutes (PDF – 125 KB)
• March 14, 2011
  CCIIO CO-OP Approved Minutes (PDF – 32 KB)

Meeting Transcript:

• January 13, 2011
  January FACA Meeting Transcript (PDF – 490 KB)
• February 7, 2011
  February FACA Meeting Transcript (PDF – 737 KB)
• March 14, 2011
  March FACA Meeting Transcript (PDF – 390 KB)

Board Timeline:

• February 5, 2011
  Summary Timeline for CO-OP Program (PDF – 21 KB)

Presentations:

• February 7, 2011
  Governance Subcommittee Proposed Recommendations & Remaining Questions/Issues (PDF – 78 KB)
  Finance Subcommittee (PDF – 76 KB)
  Infrastructure Subcommittee Proposed Recommendations & Remaining Questions/Issues (PDF – 66 KB)
  “Fundamentals of Health Insurance: Licensing, Solvency, Rate and Form Filing” (PDF – 47 KB)
• March 14, 2011
  Governance Subcommittee (PDF – 274 KB)
  Finance Subcommittee (PDF – 161 KB)
  Infrastructure Subcommittee (PDF - 275 KB)
  Process Criteria and Compliance Subcommittee (PDF – 198 KB)

Witness Testimony:

• January 13, 2011
  • Sara R. Collins, Ph.D. Vice President for Affordable Health Insurance, Commonwealth Fund (PDF – 158 KB)
  • Paul Hazen, President & CEO, National Cooperative Business Association (PDF – 245 KB)
  • John M. Bertko, F.S.A., M.A.A.A. Senior Fellow at the LMI Center for Health Reform, Adjunct Staff at RAND, Visiting Scholar at the Brookings Institution, Visiting Scholar at the Center for Health Policy at Stanford and the retired Chief Actuary of Humana. (PDF –60 KB)
  • Jay Ripps, F.S.A., M.A.A.A. Chief Health Actuary, Department of Insurance, State of California (PDF – 25 KB)
  • Elizabeth Abbott, Director of Administrative Advocacy, Health Access California (PDF –| 44 KB)
  • Sabrina Corlette, Research Professor, Health Policy Institute, Georgetown University (PDF – 103 KB)
  • Cindy Palmer, CEO, Colorado Choice Health Plans, San Luis Valley, Colorado (PDF – 32 KB)
  • Mark Reynolds, CEO, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island (PDF – 129 KB)
  • Mary Dewane, Former CEO, CalOptima (PDF – 83KB)
  • Amit Bouri, Director of Strategy and Development, Global Impact Investment Network (PDF – 180 KB)
  • Peter Farrow, CEO and General Manager, Group Health Cooperative of Eau Claire, Wisconsin (PDF – 58 KB)
  • Andrea M. Walsh, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, HealthPartners of Minneapolis (PDF – 67 KB)
  • Diana Birkett Rakow, Executive Director of Public Policy, Group Health Cooperative (PDF – 60 KB)
  • Sandy Praeger, Kansas Commissioner of Insurance, Chair, NAIC Health Insurance and Managed Care Committee (PDF – 31 KB)
  • Cindy Ehnes, Director, Department of Managed Health Care, State of California (PDF – 63 KB)
  • Mike Kreidler, Washington Commissioner of Insurance (PDF – 89 KB)
• February 7, 2011
  • Brian Webb, Manager of Health Policy and Legislation National Association of Insurance Commissioners (PDF – 21 KB)
  • Vivian Riefberg, Director in the Washington D.C. office of McKinsey & Company (PDF – 49 KB)

Public Comment:

• January 13, 2011
  • John Morrison Montana Health Cooperative. (PDF – 22.6 KB)
  • Frank Knapp, Jr South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce. (PDF – 46.6 KB)   
  • John Jemison Workers Cooperative National Association. (PDF – 100 KB)
  • Mark E. Rust Barnes & Thornburg LLP. (PDF – 15.4 KB)
  • Peter Beilenson Evergreen Maryland. (PDF – 92.6 KB)  
  • Rose Young First Carolina Care Insurance Company. (PDF – 48.3 KB)   
  • Margaret Murray Association for Community Affiliated Plans. (PDF – 89.7 KB)
  • Ken Barbic Western Growers. (PDF – 81.8 KB)
  • Scott Lyon Small Business Association of Michigan. (PDF – 32.8 KB)
  • Ken Crerar Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers. (PDF – 38.8 KB)
  • Nandini Kuehn Health Services Consulting.  (PDF – 27.1 KB)
  • Lendy Pridgen Capital Health Management, Inc. (PDF – 34.8 KB)
  • Bobette Bond Culinary Health Fund. (PDF – 73.1 KB)
• February 7, 2011
  • Jerry Burgess, President and Chief Executive Officer, HealthCare 21 Business Coalition of Tennessee (PDF – 40 KB)
  • Edward P. Wendel, UFCW General Counsel (PDF – 141 KB)
  • Heerad Sabeti, Fourth Sector Network (PDF – 107 KB)

• March 14, 2011
  • Jeffrey Endick, Principal, Slevin & Hart, P.C. (PDF – 46 KB)
  • Mark Blum, Executive Director, America’s Agenda: Health Care for All (PDF – 200 KB)
  • Nandini Pillai Kuehn, PhD, MHA, Health Services Consulting (PDF – 174 KB)
  • Gail Bogossian, Esq, General Counsel, Averde Health, Inc. (PDF – 96 KB)
  • Alan L. Mytty, Health Care Assets Management, LLC (PDF – 45 KB)
  • Roger Neece, ESOP Advisors, Inc. (PDF – 715 KB)
  • Mark Rust, Managing Partner, Barnes & Thornburg LLP (PDF – 10 KB)
  • Justine Handelman, VP, Legislative and Regulatory Policy, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, (PDF – 74 KB)
  • Sara Horowitz, Executive Director, Freelancers Union (PDF – 234 KB)
    
• April 15, 2011
  • Jeffrey Endick, Principal, Slevin & Hart, P.C. (PDF – 13 KB)
  • Tom Policelli, CEO, Averde Health (PDF – 72 KB)

Supplemental Materials:

• February 10, 2011
  • Uniform Certificate of Authority Application (PDF – 549 KB)
  • Capital and Surplus Requirements for Companies (PDF – 609 KB)
  • Company Deposit Requirements (PDF – 246 KB)
• March 14, 2011
  • Report of the Federal Advisory Board on the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) Program
• April 15, 2011
  • Revised Report of the Federal Advisory Board on the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan (CO-OP) Program (PDF – 1.84 MB)