Wednesday, September 26, 2007
6:45 – 9:45 PM Optional dinner for early arrivals
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Poster Sessions 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
8:30 – 10:00 AM Optional breakfast for early arrivals
12:00 - 1:15 PM Registration / Lunch
1:15 - 1:30 PM Welcome Joe Biskupiak, PhD, MBA, The University of Utah Jim Smeeding, MBA, RPh, The JestaRx Group
1:30 – 3:30 PM
Opioid Pharmacotherapy: Issues for Medicaid and Medicare Moderator: Arthur Lipman, PharmD, University of Utah
Rational Opiod Pharmacotherapy Risks and Benefits
Arthur Lipman, PharmD, University of Utah
Analysis of Problems
Charles Argoff, MD, Director, Comprehensive Pain Program, Albany Medical Center
Some Potential Solutions
Lynn Webster, MD, Lifetree Clinical Research and Pain Clinic
3:30- 3:45 PM Break
3:45- 5:45 PM
Health Policy and Government Support Benefits: State, Federal and Future Perspectives Moderator: Jim Smeeding, MBA, RPh, The JestaRx Group
Medicaid and the Uninsured - A perspective on State Activities
Michael Doonan, PhD, Executive Director Massachusetts Health Policy Forum and The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University
Medicare - Medicare Advantage Key Issues and Implications
Juliette Cubanski, PhD, Principal Policy Analyst / Medicare Policy Project, Kaiser Family Foundation, Washington, DC
Rapid Learning Initiatives in Support of New Technologies Jon Glaudemans, M.P.A., Senior Vice President, Avalere Health
6:45 - 10:00 PM Reception, Dinner and Keynote Presentation in the King’s Peak Room
Keynote: Medicare, Medicaid and 2008 Elections Jon Glaudemans, M.P.A., Senior Vice President, Avalere Health
Friday, September 28, 2007 Poster Sessions 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast in the King’s Peak room
8:00 - 8:10 AM Welcome Diana Brixner, RPh, PhD, University of Utah
8:10– 10:10 AM
Diabetes Management Moderator: Joe Biskupiak, PhD, MBA, University of Utah
Medicare Part D and Older Adults with Diabetes
Jennifer Tjia, MD, MSCE, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Diabetes Disease Management in Medicaid
Ronard Aubert, PhD, Vice President, Medco
Diabetes among Persons with Severe Mental Illness
Julie Kreyenbuhl, PhD, Univ. of Maryland
10:10 - 10:25 AM Break
10:25 - 12:25 PM
Medicaid Drug Management Policies: The Case of the Atypicals Moderator: Diana Brixner, RPh, PhD, University of Utah
Application of Medicaid Prior Authorization Policies on Access to Atypicals: Evidence vs. Action
Jennifer Polinski, MPH, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School,
Total Medical Care vs. Drug Costs for Treating Schizophrenia in the North Carolina Medicaid System
Dale Christensen, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Association of Metabolic Risk with Atypical Use in a Managed Medicaid Population
Jeff Guo, PhD, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
12.30 – 1:30 PM Lunch in the King’s Peak Room
1:30 - 3:30 PM
States with Transformation Grants Moderator: Gary Oderda, PharmD, MPH
Arizona Medicaid Transformation Grant Anita Murcko, MD, Medical Director, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System
Kansas Medicaid Transformation Grant
Theresa I. Shireman, PhD, RPh, University of Kansas Medical Center
Utah Transformation Grant Jonathan Nebeker, MS MD, University of Utah Wisconsin Transformation Grant Denise Webb, Office of Policy Initiatives and Budget, Wisconsin Dept of Health and Family Services
6:45 – 9:45 PM Optional Dinner for those departing on Saturday September 29th
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