2nd Annual CMS Medicaid/CHIP Quality Conference
The second annual was held on June 14-15, 2012 at the Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. The Conference included breakout sessions on data collection and use, children's health care quality measurement, as well as preventive and oral health. The Conference also highlighted CMS priority initiatives and included State technical assistance and resources for Medicaid and CHIP quality measurement. Presentations are available below and other conference materials will be available soon:
9:00am | Welcome - 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
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9:30am | Keynote Presentation: The Role of Measurement in Improving the Care of Children Covered by Medicaid and CHIP - Lisa Simpson, MB, BCh, MPH, FAAP, President and Chief Executive Officer, Academy Health — (view presentation)
Facilitator: Marsha Lillie-Blanton |
10:15am | Plenary One: Leveraging Public-Private Partnerships to Improve Maternal and Infant Outcomes - 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)
Facilitator: Charles Homer, MD, MPH, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality |
11:30am | Networking Break |
12:00pm | Lunch on Your Own |
1:00pm | Concurrent Breakout Sessions |
| | Session 1A: CHIPRA-Funded Health Care Measurement Development Activities: Federal and State Efforts to Improve and Enhance Children’s Health Care Measurement - 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)
Facilitator: Karen LLanos, Division of Quality, Evaluation and Health Outcomes, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, CMS Session 1B: Improving Oral Health Outcomes in Children: Ways CMS and Data Can Support States’ Efforts - 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)
Facilitator: Laurie Norris, Division of Quality, Evaluation and Health Outcomes, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, CMS Session 1C: How States Access and Use Administrative and Vital Records Data for Quality Measurement and Improvement - 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)
Facilitator: Megan Thomas, Division of Quality, Evaluation and Health Outcomes, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, CMS Session 1D: 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
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2:15pm | Networking Break |
2:30pm | Concurrent Breakout Sessions |
| | Session 2A: Identifying and Reducing Disparities in Healthcare: Strategies and Lessons Learned by States and Medicaid/CHIP Stakeholders - 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 — (presentation not available)
Facilitator: Cara James, PhD, Director, CMS Office of Minority Health Session 2B: Improving Adolescent and Child Health: Opportunities to Increase Prevention Efforts at National and State Levels - 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)
Facilitator: Mary Beth Hance, Division of Quality, Evaluation and Health Outcomes, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, CMS Session 2C: Children with Special Health Care Needs: Examples of Healthcare Delivery Models That Can Make an Impact - 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)
Facilitator: Cindy Ruff, Division of Quality, Evaluation and Health Outcomes, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, CMS Session 2D: 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: Closed Session: CHIPRA Quality Demonstration Grantees Facilitator: Karen LLanos |
3:45pm | Plenary Two: Psychotropic Medication Use Among Children in Foster Care - Bryan Samuels, MPP, Commissioner, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Administration for Children and Families — (view presentation)
- 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)
Facilitator: Barbara Edwards, Director, Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, CMS |
5:00pm | Poster/Networking Session |
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
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8:45am | Welcome and Recap of Day One - Barbara Dailey, Deputy Director, Division of Quality, Evaluation and Health Outcomes, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, CMS
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9:00am | Keynote Presentation: Implementing Levers of Change: Supporting the States’ Use of Data and Quality Measures - Stephen Cha, MD, MHSR, Chief Medical Officer, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, CMS — (view presentation)
Facilitator: Barbara Dailey |
9:45am | Plenary Three: Proving Managed Care Makes a Difference through External Quality Review Reporting - 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 — (view presentation)
- 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 — (view presentation)
- 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
Facilitator: Kristin Younger, Division of Quality, Evaluation and Health Outcomes, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, CMS |
11:00am | Networking Break |
11:15am | States Making a Difference! - Brian Osberg, MPH, Program Director, Center for Best Practices, National Governors Association — (view presentation)
Facilitator: Karen LLanos |
11:45am | Take-Away and Wrap-up: Quality Measurement and Improvement as We Implement Health Reform - Vikki Wachino, MPP, Director of Children and Adults Health Programs Group, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, CMS — (view presentation)
Facilitator: Marsha Lillie-Blanton |
12:00pm | General Conference Adjourns |
