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Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Presenters
Pages 107-112

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... Appendix B Workshop Agenda and Presenters AGENDA Workshop on Improving Health Care Cost Projections for the Medicare Population January 13, 2010 9:00–9:30 a.m. OPENING SESSION Welcome and Introductions Dana Goldman, University of Southern California Welcoming Remarks on Behalf of the Constance Citro, Committee National Academies on National Statistics Richard Welcome and Sponsor's Perspectives Suzman, Na tional Institute on Aging Background and Context of the Dana Goldman Workshop 0
From page 108...
... 0 HEALTH CArE COST PrOJECTIONS FOr MEDICArE 9:30–11:00 SESSION ONE Moderator: Marilyn Moon, American Institutes for Research Relative Merits of Current Models for Health Care Cost Projections for the Medicare Population Presenters: A Brief Overview of Background John Friedman, Paper on Current Models for Health Harvard Care Cost Projections for the Medi- University care Population Medicare Cost Modeling for Health Joyce Care Spending at CBO: Capabilities, Manchester, Strengths, and Weaknesses Congressional Budget Office OACT Long-Range Health Expen- Richard Foster, ditures Projections: Assumptions, Centers for Methods, and Purposes Medicare & Medicaid Services Role of MEPS as a Resource for Steven Cohen, the Nation's Economic Models and Agency for Their Projections of Health Care Healthcare Expenditures and Use Research and Quality Comments and General Discussion 11:00–11:15 Break
From page 109...
... 0 APPENDIX B 11:15– SESSION TWO Moderator: 12:30 p.m. Jonathan Skinner, Dartmouth Medical School Modeling Medical Technology as a Driver of Medicare Health Care Spending Presenters: Current Law Brakes on Health Care Michael Spending Growth Chernew, Harvard University Pharmaceutical Innovation, Future Darius Health, and Spending Lakdawalla, University of Southern California Medical Technology as a Driver of Kenneth Health Care Costs Thorpe, Emory University Comments and General Discussion 12:30–1:30 Working Lunch -- continuation of discussion 1:30–3:00 SESSION THREE Moderator: Joseph Newhouse, Harvard University Factors Affecting Health Status as Drivers of Health Care Spending and Cost Projections for the Medicare Population
From page 110...
... 0 HEALTH CArE COST PrOJECTIONS FOr MEDICArE Presenters: Health and Health Care Cost Con- Justin Trogdon, sequences of Obesity Among the RTI Medicare Population International Role of Socioeconomic Status and Eileen Health-Related Behaviors in Driving Crimmins, Cost Projections for the Medicare University Population of Southern California Role of Chronic Diseases and Dis- Jay ability in Medical Spending Among Bhattacharya, the Medicare Population Stanford University Comments and General Discussion 3:00–3:15 Break 3:15–4:15 SESSION FOUR Moderator: Dana Goldman Needed Research on Aging-Related Issues Toward the Goal of Improving Health Care Cost Projections for the Medicare Population Panel of two key participants will Eileen Crimmins, lead off the discussion Darius Lakdawalla Comments and General Discussion All participants 4:15–5:00 Closing Remarks Constance Citro, Richard Suzman, Dana Goldman 5:00 Adjourn
From page 111...
... Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics at the University of Southern California. Darius Lakdawalla is associate professor in the School of Policy, Planning, and Development and director of research in the Leonard Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics at the University of Southern California.
From page 112...
... Justin Trogdon is a research economist in the Public Health Economics Program at RTI International.


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