From healthaffairs.org:
As Medicaid marks its 50th year in existence, and enrollment surpasses 70 million people, the July 2015 issue of Health Affairs includes a collection of papers focused on how the program is shaped by and has reshaped care delivery.
You are invited to join us on Wednesday, July 8, 2015, at a forum featuring authors from the new issue at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Panels will cover primary care, complex populations, payment, and coverage.
WHEN:
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
9:00 a.m. – Noon
WHERE:
National Press Club
529 14th Street NW
Washington, DC, 13th Floor
Follow live tweets from the briefing @Health_Affairs, and join in the conversation with #HA_Medicaid.
Among the confirmed speakers are:
Randall D. Cebul, Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Director, Center for Health Care Research & Policy, Case Western Reserve University, on MetroHealth Care Plus: Effects Of A Prepared Safety Net On Quality Of Care In A Medicaid Expansion Population
Peter Cunningham, Professor, Health Care Policy and Research, Virginia Commonwealth University, on Many Medicaid Beneficiaries Receive Care Consistent With Attributes Of Patient-Centered Medical Homes
Colleen M. Grogan, Professor, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, on Lessons from Medicaid’s Divergent Path on Mental Health and Addiction Services
Michael K. Gusmano, Research Scholar, The Hastings Center, on An Examination Of Medicaid Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment Initiatives Underway In Six States
Nicole Huberfeld, Ashland-Spears Distinguished Research Professor, University of Kentucky College of Law, on The Supreme Court Ruling That Blocked Providers From Seeking Higher Medicaid Payments Also Undercut The Entire Program
Yue Li, Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, on Deficiencies In Care At Nursing Homes And Racial & Ethnic Disparities Across Homes Declined, 2006-11
Sayeh Nikpay, Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, University of Michigan School of Medicine, on Early Medicaid Expansion In Connecticut Stemmed The Growth In Hospital Uncompensated Care
Nadereh Pourat, Professor of Health Services, UCLA School of Public Health, on In California, Primary Care Continuity Was Associated With Reduced Emergency Department Use And Fewer Hospitalizations
Peter Shin, Director, Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health Policy, and Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, on Community Health Centers And Medicaid At 50: An Enduring Relationship Essential For Health System Transformation
Michael Sparer, Professor and Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University, on Medicaid At 50: Remarkable Growth Fueled By Unexpected Politics
Brad Wright, Assistant Professor, Public Policy Center, University of Iowa, on Federally Qualified Health Center Use Among Dual Eligibles: Rates Of Hospitalizations And Emergency Department Visits
Health Affairs is grateful to the California HealthCare Foundation for its generous support of the issue and event.
