SCI/NAHDO APCD Workshop - Full Agenda and Presentation Links
All-Payer Claims Database Workshop
Salt Lake City, Utah
October 14-15, 2010
Sponsored by
National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO)
State Coverage Initiatives (SCI)
APCD Council
Thursday, October 14
1:15pm – 1:30pm Welcome Ball Room A
Executive Director, NAHDO
Enrique Martinez-Vidal
Director, State Coverage Initiatives
1:30pm – 2:15pm Overview and Update Ball Room A
This session will introduce the purpose and goals for the meeting. It will give participants a brief history and overview of APCDs. It will also discuss recent developments in the field, including new states with APCD legislation, new applications for APCDs and the goals of leading states as they move forward and prepare for health reform. Finally, the session will touch on recent developments at the federal level.
Research Associate Professor
University of New Hampshire
Denise Love
Executive Director, NAHDO
2:15pm – 3:30pm Putting Your APCD to Work Ball Room A
Panelists will give examples from their states of recent APCD applications. These will include use of claims data for improving public health, for improving quality, and for comparing providers and insurance plans.
Moderator
Enrique Martinez-Vidal
Director, State Coverage Initiatives
Panelists
Manager, All-Payer Database Project
Utah Department of Health
Director, Division of Health Policy
Coordinator, State Government HIT
Minnesota Department of Health
Director, Analysis & Data Management
Vermont Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and
Health Care Administration
Deputy Director
NH Institute for Health Policy and Practice
University of New Hampshire
3:30pm – 3:45pm Break
3:45pm – 5:00pm Stakeholder Panel Ball Room A
This panel will include representatives from public and private insurance plans, public health, employers, and consumers. They will discuss the pros and cons of APCDs from their own perspectives. This panel will give participants a better understanding of how to engage the various stakeholder groups.
Moderator
Craig Schneider
Director of Healthcare Policy
Massachusetts Health Data Consortium
Panelists
David Hopkins
Director of Quality Measurement
Pacific Business Group on Health
Tricia Leddy
Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Director
Rhode Island Department of Health
Rhode Island Department of Health
Clark Newhall
Physician & Attorney
Health-Justice.org, Inc.
Hon. Wayne L. Niederhauser
Senator
Utah State Senate
Lucia Savage
Associate General Counsel
UnitedHealthcare
Friday October 15 (Invited state teams only)
8:00am – 8:30am Breakfast (All States) Arizona Room
8:30am – 10:00am Track One: New States Arizona Room
APCD Financing, Governance and Legislative Language
Participants will learn about different models for governing an APCD. Panelists will also address how these databases are funded and who has access to the data. The panel will discuss whether APCDs should be mandatory or voluntary and ways the databases can be used to build further demand for the information they include. Panelists will also share resources to assist with the development of legislative language.
Moderator
Patrick Miller
Research Associate Professor
University of New Hampshire
Panelists
Deputy Director
New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice
University of New Hampshire
Executive Director
Maine Health Data Organization
Data Projects Manager
Puget Sound Health Alliance
Track Two: Current States Olympus Room
Building the Connection between Data and Policy
This session will be a facilitated discussion between states that are implementing APCDs. You will hear from some of your colleagues and have the opportunity to raise questions and issues. Particularly, panelists will focus on the connection between data and policy in your state. Are your policy leaders engaged in fully utilizing the potential of your APCD? Can the data people respond quickly and effectively to pressing policy questions? Both data and policy leaders will reflect on the opportunities and challenges of linking research and policy.
Moderator
Enrique Martinez-Vidal
Director, State Coverage Initiatives
Panelists
Linda Bartnyska
Chief, Cost & Quality Analysis
Maryland Health Care Commission
Sean Kolmer
Deputy Administrator
Office for Oregon Health Policy & Research
Oregon Health Authority
David Morales
Commissioner
Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy
Julie Sonier
Deputy Director
State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC)
University of Minnesota
10:00am – 10:15am Break
10:15am – 11:45am Meet the Experts and State Team Discussions
Track 1: Arizona Room
Track 2: Olympus Room
States will meet individually at their tables to discuss state strategy. States will be asked to identify areas in which they would like assistance and experts will rotate through the state teams to answer questions and address issues. This will be your opportunity to work together as a state team to process what you have learned so far and to plan for the future.
Experts
Julie Bartels
Executive Director
Wisconsin Health Information Organization
Amy Costello
Project Director
Institute for Health Policy and Practice
University of New Hampshire
Robert Davis
Standards Consultant
NAHDO
Kevan Edwards
Senior Research Scientist
Minnesota Department of Health
Gloria McCann
Manager of Health Data Services
Onpoint Health Data
Patrick Miller
Research Associate Professor
University of New Hampshire
Jo Porter
Deputy Director
New Hampshire Institute for Health Policy and Practice
University of New Hampshire
Al Prysunka
Executive Director
Maine Health Data Organization
Barbara A. Rudolph
Senior Science Director
The Leapfrog Group
Lucia Savage
Associate General Counsel
UnitedHealthcare
Julie Sonier
Deputy Director
SHADAC, University of Minnesota
Mary Taylor
Head of Regulatory Compliance
Aetna
11:45pm – 12:30pm Networking lunch Arizona Room
12:30pm – 1:45pm All States Arizona Room
Linking APCDs to Other Reform Efforts in your State
As states are setting up APCDs, they have also been charged to develop statewide Health Information Exchanges (HIE) as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Your state may also be developing quality-improvement efforts such as public reporting, provider tiering and pay-for-performance. This session will include information on how to link your APCD efforts to HIEs and other system reforms. We will discuss the potential of these databases for improving patient care, public health, and health purchasing.
Moderator
Patrick Miller
Research Associate Professor
University of New Hampshire
Panelists
Senior Policy Analyst, Health Division
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices
Director of Biomedical Informatics
University of Vermont
Vice President, Coding and Reimbursement
3M Health Information Systems
1:45pm – 2:00pm All States Arizona Room
Wrap-up and Adjourn
