Princeton Conference XIX (2012)
STATES’ ROLE IN HEALTH CARE: OPTIONS FOR IMPROVING ACCESS, QUALITY AND LOWERING THE COST OF CARE
MAY 22-24, 2012
The 19th Princeton Conference was held at The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in Princeton, NJ on May 22-24, 2012. The discussion focused on how states are addressing health reform in the context of ongoing fiscal and economic challenges. Presentations from nationally recognized experts discussed how states are coping and what approaches they are using to address cost, quality, and access, including barriers and possible opportunities presented by the Medicaid conundrum, high cost beneficiaries, and the role of federal and state regulations.
Agenda and Speaker Biographies
Princeton Conference XIX Agenda
Presentations
Coordinating Care for Medicare-Medicaid Enrollees
Melanie Bella
Director, Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
High-Cost Beneficiaries: What Can States Do?: A Skeptic’s Observations
Bruce Vladeck, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor
Nexera, Inc.
Maryland All-Payer Hospital Rate Setting: Regulation vs. Market Power
Joseph Antos, Ph.D.
Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy
American Enterprise Institute
Medicaid: Current and Future Challenges
Stephen Fitton
Medicaid Director
State of Michigan
Medicaid: Current and Future Challenges
Kathleen Gifford, JD
Principal
Health Management Associates
Medicaid: Current and Future Challenges
Chad Westover
Vice President, State Sponsored Business
Wellpoint, Inc.
Payment Reform and Cost Control in Massachusetts: Where Are We Now?
Robert Mechanic
Executive Director
The Health Industry Forum
Improving Care and Managing Costs: Team-Based Care for the Chronically Ill
Cathy Schoen
Senior Vice President for Policy, Research, and Evaluation
The Commonwealth Fund
Presentation to Princeton Conference
Anya Rader Wallack, Ph.D.
Chair
Green Mountain Care Board
New York’s Actions for Improving Quality, Improving Health and Reducing Costs
Ann Monroe
President, Community Health Foundation of Western & Central New York
Member, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Medicaid Redesign Team
How Are States Progressing in Setting Up State-Based Exchanges?
Jay Himmelstein, M.D.
Director, New England States Collaborative for Insurance Exchange Systems
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Jon Kingsdale, Ph.D.
Managing Director
Wakely Consulting Group
Challenges in State-Based Exchange Implementation
Jennifer Kent
Principal
Health Management Associates
Churning, Eligibility Determination, and Exchanges Under the ACA
Stan Dorn, J.D.
Senior Fellow
Urban Institute
Presentation For Princeton Conference
Dan Crippen, Ph.D.
Executive Director
National Governors AssociationStates’ Barriers to Innovation
Ann Torregrossa, J.D.
Executive Director, Pennsylvania Health Funders Collaborative
Former Director of Pennsylvania Governor's Office of Health Care Reform
Public Private Innovation in Health Reform in Minnesota: Addressing Barriers
Sanne Magnan, M.D., Ph.D.
President & CEO
Institute for Clinical Systems ImprovementPrinceton Conference XIX Sponsors
