The 2006 National Medicaid Summit

September 27, 2006– September 29, 2006

The Canyons Grand Summit Resort Hotel & Conference Center
Park City, Utah

Program Agenda

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

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
                                
Medicare and Medicaid
Measuring the Impact of Part-D
on the States – A national and state  perspective          

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

6:30 - 10:00 PM     Reception in the Grand Ballroom Lobby

7:00 - 10:00 PM     Dinner in Kokopelli - Parlor lll

Thursday, September 28, 2006

7:00 - 8:00 AM       Breakfast in the Pavilion

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

8:10 – 9:00 AM     

Defining the Population of Part D: An Actuarial Overview on Benefit Design and Risk
Brian Januzik
Asst VP & Corporate Actuary
Caremark

9:00 - 9:45 AM      

Financing and Delivering Health to a Medicaid Population

9:45 - 10:15 AM     Panel Q&A

10:30 - 12:30 PM  Health Policy Impact on Quality and Care
Michael O’Grady
CMS Quality Panel

12:30 - 1:30 PM     Lunch

1:30 - 2:45 PM      

Women’s Health Outcomes in Medicaid Contraception and Women’s Health
Jeff McMullough 

Other Issues on Women’s Health:

Osteoporosis
Breast Cancer Screening
Pre-natal Care
High Risk Pregnancies
Ilene Zuckerman – Univ. Maryland
Karen Gunning - Family Medicine Univ. of Utah

2:45 – 3:15 PM      Panel Q&A         

3:15 – 3:30 PM      Break

3:30 - 5:30 PM      

Where Has All The Data Gone?
Moderator: Joel Hay, USC

6:45 – 10:00 PM    Dinner at the Riverhorse

Friday, September 29, 2006

7:00 - 8:00 AM       Breakfast in the Pavilion

8:00 – 10:00 AM   

Medical Therapy Management, High Cost of Therapies, Populations at Risk

Airways Diseases in High Risk Populations       
Phil Sheridan,
Pulmonology Pediatric Asthma

Cardiovascular Research in Medicaid
Fadia Shaya
University of Maryland

Smoking Cessation
COPD
Asthma

10:00 AM – Noon   Departure and Box Lunch

We would like to thank all of our sponsors for educational grants in support of the program:
Platinum Sponsors:

GSBGSB           GSB                                    

Additional Sponsors: Abbott Pharmaceuticals, AstraZeneca,
Boehringer-Ingelheim, Daiichi-Sankyo, Takeda Pharmaceuticals