Public Committee Meeting Agendas
Committee Meeting 1 Agenda
SEPTEMBER 16–17, 2010
20 F STREET, NW, CONFNFERENCNCE ROOM B,
WASHINGTON, DC 20001
DAY 1: Thursday, September 16, 2010
OPEN SESSION ONE
10:30 – 10:45 | Welcome and Introductory Remarks |
Frank Sloan, Ph.D., Chair and Moderator | |
Policy and Legislative Context for the Study | |
10:45 – 11:15 | Remarks from Study Sponsor (CMS) |
Jonathan Blum, M.A., Director, Center for Medicare Management, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services | |
11:15 – 12:00 | Legislative Perspectives |
The Honorable Bruce Braley, U.S. House of Representatives (D-Iowa) | |
The Honorable Allyson Schwartz, U.S. House of Representatives (D-Pennsylvania) | |
Joint Q and A | |
12:00 | Adjourn Open Session |
OPEN SESSION TWO
Payment Adjustment Factors
1:00 – 2:00 | Current Geographic Adjustment Factors Under Medicare: The Hospital Wage Index and Physician Fee Schedule |
Marc Hartstein, Deputy Director, Hospital and Ambulatory Policy Group, CMS | |
2:00 – 2:40 | MedPAC’s Approach to the Hospital Wage Index and Geographic Practice Cost Indexes (GPCIs) |
Mark Miller, Ph.D., Executive Director, MedPAC | |
2:40 – 3:30 | Physician and Hospital Perspectives on the Geographic Adjustment Factors |
Sherry Smith, M.S., C.P.A., Director, Physician Payment Policy and Systems, American Medical Association | |
James Bentley, Ph.D., Former Senior Vice President, American Hospital Association | |
Joint Q and A | |
3:30 | Adjourn |
DAY 2: Friday, September 17, 2010
OPEN SESSION THREE
Labor Markets
8:00 | Welcome |
8:05 – 8:50 | Theoretical Approaches to Labor Market Variations |
Dan A. Black, Ph.D., Professor and Dean, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago |
SESSION THREE, PART 2:
Practitioners’ Recommendations for Change
8:50 – 10:00 | Recommended Changes in Physician and Hospital Geographic Adjustment Factors |
Michael Kitchell, M.D., Neurologist and President of Board of Directors, McFarland Clinic, Ames, Iowa, and President, Iowa Medical Society | |
Jennie Rhinehart, Administrator and CEO, Community Hospital, Tallassee, Alabama, American Hospital Association Task Force on Variations in Health Care Spending | |
Larry deGhetaldi, M.D., Family Medicine, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, and Chair of Medicare Committee, California Medical Association | |
Douglas Reding, M.D., F.A.C.P., M.P.H., Vice President, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin |
Karen Heller, M.B.A., Executive Vice President, Greater New York Hospital Association, New York, New York | |
Alice Tolbert Coombs, M.D., Anesthesiologist and President, Massachusetts Medical Society | |
10:00 – 10:15 | Break |
10:15 – 11:00 | Q and A |
11:00 | Adjourn Open Session |
Day 2: Friday, September 17, 2010
OPEN SESSION FOUR
Public Comments
1:00 – 2:00 | Additional Public Statements on Hospital and Physician Adjustment Factor Components and Calculations (by request through IOM website) |
Dario de Ghetaldi, Corey, Luzaich, Pliska, de Ghetaldi & Nastari LLP, Millbrae, California | |
Dale Baker, Baker Healthcare Consulting, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana | |
Edward Bentley, M.D., California Medical Association, Santa Barbara, California | |
Jerome Connolly, American Academy of Family Physicians, Washington, DC | |
Craig Boyer, North Country Health Services, Bemidji, Minnesota | |
Tim Bartholow, Wisconsin Medical Society, Madison, Wisconsin | |
Steve Speil, Federation of American Hospitals | |
2:00 | Adjourn |
Committee Meeting 3 Agenda
JANUARY 20, 2011
500 FIFTH STREET, NW, Room 101
WASHINGTON, DC 20001
3:15 – 3:30 | Speaker arrivals and room set-up |
3:30 – 4:45 | Panel One: Provider Perspectives on Medicare Payment |
10-minute individual presentations followed by Q and A with committee and audience | |
Roland Goertz, M.D., President, American Academy of Family Physicians | |
Jan Towers, Ph.D., F.A.A.N.P., F.A.A.N., Health Policy Director, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners | |
James G. Potter, Senior VP of Advocacy and Government Relations, American Academy of Physician Assistants |
Elena Rios, M.D., President, National Hispanic Medical Association | |
Byron Sogie-Thomas, M.S., Director, Office of Health Policy and Government Relations | |
4:45 – 6:00 | Panel Two: Open Forum for Stakeholders |
5-minute individual presentations followed by Q and A with committee and audience | |
Dale Baker, President, Baker Healthcare Consulting, Inc. | |
6:00 | Adjourn |