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5th Annual Medicaid Summit:
"Solutions for Government Healthcare Reform"

Date:  September 17, 2009
Location: Washington, DC


Agenda & Speaker Biographies

Welcome Address: An Update on Washington's Health Reform  

Newt Gingrich, Founder, Center for Health Transformation
Nancy Desmond, CEO, Center for Health Transformation 
Jim Frogue, Vice President and Director of State Policy, Center for Health Transformation

 


The Need for Payment Reform  

Moderator: Julie Eckstein, Missouri State Project Director, Center for Health Transformation

Panelists:


Fighting Fraud: How to Save Billions of Dollars 
Moderator: Jim Frogue, Vice President and Director of State Policy, Center for Health Transformation

Panelists:


Polling Trends: Public Opinion About the Public Option 

Kellyanne Conway, President and Chief Executive Officer, the polling company, inc.


Investment in Innovation for Interoperablilty

David Tamayo, Director, Medicaid Business Strategy, MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc.


How States are Spending $87 Billion in Stimulus Funds 

Moderator: Alan Levine, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals

Panelists:

  • Cal Ludeman, Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Human Services
  • Norman Thurston, PhD, Health Policy and Reform Initiatives Coordinator, Utah Department of Health 


Healthy Living, Healthy Aging  

Moderator: Gail Rosseau, Chief of Surgery, Neurologic and Orthopedic Institute of Chicago and Director of Skull Base Surgery, Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch

Panelists:


Closing Remarks 

Newt Gingrich, Founder, Center for Health Transformation