Consortium Events

Thursday & Friday, April 17-18, 2008
Richard E. Wylie Conference Center, Beverly, MA
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Day 1, Thursday, April 17: 8:30 - 4:00

8:00

Registration and continental breakfast

8:30

Welcome and Introduction

• Ray Campbell
  CEO & Executive Director, MA Health Data Consortium
• Denise Love
  Executive Director, National Association of Health Data Organizations
• Patrick Miller
  Research Associate Professor, Institute for Health Policy and Practice, University of New Hampshire

Session I: Applications of the Data

Once your state has collected all payer claims, what can be done with it? This session will begin with a presentation discussing the underlying data available in all payer databases. The session will then showcase application examples developed by insurance departments, health departments, researchers, and employers.

8:45

Panel Presentations:

• Moderator: Suanne Singer, President, Maine Health Information Center
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• Tyler Brannen, Health Care Statistician, New Hampshire Insurance Department
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• Andrew Chalsma, Chief, Bureau of Data Systems and Management, New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
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• D. Joshua Cutler, MD, Director, Maine Health Quality Forum
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• Robert J. McGrath, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Management & Policy, University of New Hampshire and Executive Director, New Hampshire Health Information Center
• Robert Woodward, Chair of Health Economics, University of New Hampshire
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10:15

Plenary Discussion

Topics to include other possible applications, identification of state-specific uses, and opportunities for states to share applications

11:00

Break

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Session II: Promoting All-Payer Databases: Case Studies from the States

Several states have implemented or are in the process of implementing all-payer claims databases.   During this session we will hear from four of these states, which are at various stages of the process of establishing their systems.  The panel will address such topics as financing, operations, integration with other health information technology projects, legal issues, and addressing stakeholder concerns.  Following brief presentations from each panelist and a moderated discussion, conference participants will have the opportunity to ask the panelists about best practices and lessons learned from their states’ experience, so that you can bring this information back to your state.

11:15

Panel Presentations:

• Moderator: Patrick Miller, Research Associate Professor, Institute for Health Policy and Practice, University of New Hampshire
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• Al Prysunka, Executive Director, Maine Health Data Organization
• Leslie Ludtke, Health Policy Analyst, New Hampshire Department of Insurance
• Keely Cofrin Allen, Ph.D, Director, Office of Healthcare Statistics, Utah Department of Health
• Dian Kahn, Director of Analysis and Data Management, Vermont Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration

12:00

Plenary Discussion

Topics to include how to bring these experiences/messages home to your state. It will also be an opportunity to ask the panelists about the keys to implementing an all-payer database successfully.

12:30

Lunch

1:15

Luncheon Address:
The Value of All-Payer Databases to Health Services Research

• Kathleen Kendrick, Deputy Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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Session III: Integration of Public and Private Sector Databases

2:15

Presentations:

Requesting Medicare Data: Tips and Tools for States

• William Saunders, Deputy Director, Office of Information Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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The Maine Approach to Medicare Data Integration

• Al Prysunka, Executive Director, Maine Health Data Organization
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3:00

Plenary Discussion

Topics to include sharing of Medicare and Medicaid data while protecting beneficiary privacy, open questions to CMS representative, and open questions to Maine Health Data Organization regarding their successful integration of Medicare data.

3:45

Summarize first day

• Craig D. Schneider, Ph.D, Director of Healthcare Policy, Massachusetts Health Data Consortium

5:30

Dinner

6:00

Evening Social Activity