The 2005 National Medicaid Summit

Thursday, September 29, 2005

3:00 - 3:15 PM       Welcome
Diana Brixner, RPh, PhD
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

Jim Smeeding, MBA, RPh
JestaRx Group
Dallas, Texas

The Medicaid Landscape 2005
3:15 - 4:00 PM     

The High Price of Progress: Who Pays for Medicines?
J.D. Kleinke
Omnimedix Institute
Portland, Oregon

4:00 - 4:45 PM     

Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) Implementation
Sharad Mansukani, MD, CPE, CMCE
NationsHealth, Inc
Sunrise, Florida

4:45 - 5:15 PM      

MMA Impact on Medicaid
David Sundwall, MD
Department of Health, EDO
Salt Lake City, Utah

5:15 - 6:00 PM       Panel Discussion and Q&A

7:00 - 7:30 PM       Reception in the Grand Ballroom Lobby

7:30 - 9:30 PM       Dinner in Kokopelli - Parlor II

Friday, September 30, 2005
7:00 - 8:00 AM       Breakfast in the Pavillion

8:00 - 8:10 AM       Welcome
Diana Brixner, RPh, PhD

Perspectives on MMA Impact on Medicaid
Moderator:    Senator Patrice Arent, Utah Senate District 4, Salt Lake City, Utah

8:10 - 8:15 AM      

Introduction
Senator Patrice Arent

8:15 - 8:45 AM      

A Pharmacy Perspective
Saul Factor, RPh, MBA
RxAmerica LLC
Salt Lake City, Utah

8:45 - 9:15 AM      

A Medical Administrator's Perspective
Secretary Robin Arnold Williams, MS, PhD
Washington State Department of
Social & Health Services
Olympia, Washington

9:15 - 9:45 AM      

A Physician's Perspective         
Richard Dolinar, MD
Arizona Endocrinology and Future of Healthcare Task Force, AACE
Phoenix, Arizona

9:45 - 10:15 AM     Perspectives on MMA Impact in Medicaid Q&A

10:15 - 10:30         AM Break

Coordination of Benefits
Moderator:    Richard Brook, MS, MBA, JestaRx Group, Newfoundland, New Jersey

10:30 - 11:10 AM 

Outcomes and Reimbursement in Long Term and Mental Health Care
Brant Fries, PhD
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

11:10 - 12:15 PM

Coordination of Benefits Reactor Panel
Jennifer L. Bright, MPA
National Mental Health Association
Alexandria, Virginia

Harvey Katzman, PharmD, RPh
MedImpact Healthcare Systems Inc
Nevada City, CA

Michael S. Wood, MS, PharmD
Superior Care Pharmacy
Salt Lake City, UT

12:15 - 1:15 PM     Lunch in the Pavillion

Evidence-Based Decision Making in Medicaid
Moderator:    Bryan Luce, PhD, MBA, MEDTAP Institute, United BioSource Corporation, Bethesda, Maryland

1:10 - 1:30 PM       Introduction
Bryan Luce, PhD, MBA

1:30 - 2:15 PM      

State Experience Using Clinical Evidence to Manage the Medicaid Pharmacy Benefit
Jeffrey S. Crowley, MPH
Georgetown University
Washington, DC

2:15 - 3:00 PM      

Evidence-Based Decision Making in Medicaid Reactor Panel
Daniel Baker, PharmD
Washington State University
Spokane, Washington

2:15 - 3:00 PM      

Evidence-Based Decision Making in Medicaid Reactor Panel (Continued)       
Deb Devereaux, MBA, RPh
University of Wyoming
Laramie, Wyoming

3:00 - 3:15 PM       Break

Healthcare Disparities in Medicaid
Moderator:    Bryan Luce, PhD, MBA, MEDTAP Institute, United BioSource Corporation, Bethesda, Maryland

3:15 - 3:20 PM       Introduction
Bryan Luce, PhD, MBA

3:20 - 3:50 PM      

Medication Response in Ethnic Populations
Richard Levy, PhD
National Pharmaceutical Council
Reston, Virginia

3:50 - 4:10 PM      

Disease Diversity in Ethnic Populations
Richard Allen Williams, MD
University of California
Los Angeles, California

4:20 - 4:40 PM      

Healthcare Disparities in Mental Health
Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, MD, PhD
University of California, Davis
Sacramento, California

4:40 - 5:00 PM      

Healthcare Disparities in Medicaid Q&A

5:00 - 6:30 PM       Break

6:30 - 9:00 PM       Dinner

Saturday, October 1, 2005

7:30 - 8:15 AM       Breakfast in the Pavillion

8:15 - 8:30 AM      

Recap of Day Two
Jim Smeeding MBA, RPh

Outcomes Research in Medicaid: Current Results and Future Challenges
Moderator:    Michael B. Nichol, PhD, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

8:30 - 9:00 AM      

Research Issues in Medicaid
Michael B. Nichol, PhD

9:00 - 9:30 AM      

The Poly-Pharmacy Dilemma - "Too Much Yet Too Little" –  Implications for Medicaid
Hank Gardner, MD, CEO
HCMS Group, Inc
Cheyenne, Wyoming

9:30 - 9:45 AM       Break

9:45 - 10:45 AM    

Research Projects in State Medicaid Organizations
Karen Rascati, PhD
University of Texas
Austin, Texas

Gary Oderda, PharmD, MPH
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

Fadia Shaya, PhD, MPH
University of Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland

Almut Winterstein, PhD
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

10:45 - 11:15 AM Outcomes Research in Medicaid Q&A

11:15 - 11:30 AM Summary and Wrap up
Jim Smeeding, MBA, RPh

11:30 AM                Departure and Boxed Lunch