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Managed Care Seminars
(Brown Bag Seminars)

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm (Eastern Time)
Parklawn Building, Room 11A-41
5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD

HRSA Field Offices, EWT Conference Room B, CMS: Participate using Video Conferencing


November 18, 2003
Innovations to Cover the Uninsured
Vondi Woodbury, Executive Director, Muskegon Community Health Project, and
Paul Fronstin, Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)

October 21, 2003
Health Center Networks – Building Administrative Capabilities in an Era of Managed Care
Dan Tuteur, Executive Director (via Pic-Tel)
Community Managed Care Network, Denver, Colorado

March 11, 2003
Managed Care For Vulnerable Populations -
How Health Center Affiliated Health Plans Have Collaborated To Enhance Services

Ms. Meg Murray, Executive Director   Presentation: PDF File-6 slides/page (27 KB)
Association for Health Center Affiliated Health Plans (AHCAHP)

January 22, 2003
Financing and Performance Measurement in Managed Behavioral Health Care
Rita Vandivort, MSW, Senior Public Health Analyst   Presentation: PDF File-6 slides/page (184 KB)
Division of Policy Coordination, SAMHSA


December 17, 2002
The Growth and Impact of a Multi-State Health Center Sponsored Health Plan -
A Medicaid Managed Care Case Study  
Presentation: PDF File-6 slides/page (16 KB)
Joy Wheeler, CEO
First Guard Health Plan, Kansas City, Missouri

November 13, 2002
Lessons From the Field: Improving Financial Outcomes by HRSA Grantees -
Learning from HRSA’s Third Party Reimbursement Project

Mr. Michael Taylor     Presentation: PDF File-6 slides/page (151 KB)
President, Precision Resources, Inc.
Mr. Taylor will discuss the HRSA training initiative to improve financial management by HRSA grantees, particularly Third Party billing and collections. The speaker is a principal subcontractor on the HRSA Third Party Training & Technical Assistance initiative. The session will be a primer on key issues in health care financial management by providers to vulnerable populations.

October 23, 2002
Measuring Racial and Ethnic Health Care Disparities in Managed Care
David Nerenz, Ph.D.     Presentation: PDF File-6 slides/page (BIG: 1.5MB)
Director, Institute for Health Care Studies, Michigan State University
Dr. Nerenz will discuss measures that can be used as benchmarks for comparative purposes and as a tool for improving health care quality and reducing health care disparities.

June 12, 2002
Case Studies on Risk Adjustment in Medicaid Managed Care
Steven Johnson   Announcement & Photo    Presentation: PDF File-6 slides/page (308KB)
Director R&D, Center for Health Program Development and Management

April 10, 2002
Applying Managed Care Principles to Serving Vulnerable Populations
Alden Doolittle   Announcement & Photo    Presentation: PDF File-6slides/page (153KB)
Institute for the Advancement of Health Care Management
University at Albany - State University of New York

March 13, 2002
Rural Medicaid Managed Care - Vermont Health Access
Elizabeth Reardon, MPH   Announcement & Photo    Presentation: PDF File-6slides/page (229KB)
Managed Care Director, Vermont Health Access

February 6, 2002
The Changing Face of Managed Care: Observations From the Field
Robert Hurley, Ph.D.  Announcement & Photos    Presentation: PDF File-6slides/page (261KB)
Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University


December 12, 2001
Primary Care and Behavioral Health: Services Under Managed Care
John Ludden, MD    Announcement
Associate Clinical Professor, Director, MD/MBA Program
Tufts University Medical School

November 15, 2001
Medicaid: Expenditure Trends, Policy Issues and Implications for Managed Care
Vernon Smith, Ph.D.    Announcement & Photo
Health Management Associates, and former Medicaid Director, State of Michigan

May 31, 2001
Progress and Challenges:
  Recognizing the Health Needs of Women in Managed Care

Julianna S. Gonen, Ph.D., Director of Family Health,  Announcement & Photos
    Washington Business Group on Health
Robin Richman, M.D., Medical Director,
    Quality Improvement and Women's Health, Tufts Health Plan

March 22, 2001
A View of Medicaid Managed Care: Perspectives from a Commercial Plan
Catherine Halverson, Formerly Vice President for Medicaid,  Announcement & Photo
United HealthCare - Minneapolis, Minnesota
A dialogue on how commercial managed care plans view the Medicaid market-place.

January 25, 2001
Past, Present and Future: An Update on Current Trends in Managed Care
Clarke Cagey, Center for Medicaid and State Operations, HCFA  Announcement & Photo
Theodore J. Weinberg, Chief Financial Officer, Avera Health Plan
A review of commercial & medicaid managed care trends & an update on innovations from recently approved section 1915(b) and 1115 waiver demonstrations.


December 13, 2000
How is Managed Care Working to Serve Underserved Populations?
Marsha Lillie-Blanton, Vice President
Kaiser Family Foundation Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
A review of the effectiveness of efforts by public and private initiatives to increase managed care enrollment among underserved populations, children, and persons living with HIV/AIDS.

November 15, 2000
Resource for Quality, the National Practitioner's Data Bank (NPDB)
and its Impact on Managed Care and Practice
Barbara Neuman, Executive Director, Administrators in Medicine and
Cynthia Grubs, Chief Policy Branch, Division of Quality Assurance, BHPr
Discussion of the function of the NPDB, which provides accurate credentialing information on physicians and dentists and the connection to HMOs, State licensing boards, and other constituent groups.

October 25, 2000
America's Safety Net, Intact but Endangered
Marion E. Lewin, Project Director              (photo)
Institute of Medicine (IOM)
Discussion of the key recommendations and findings of the IOM's recent study entitled "Amercia's Health Care Safety Net, Intact but Endangered".

June 27, 2000
UME-21: Undergraduate Medical Education for the 21st Century:
Bringing Managed Care Knowledge, Skills and Values to Medical Students; Early Learnings from HRSA's National Demonstration of Interdisciplinary Curricular Innovations
Douglas Wood, D.O., Ph.D., President               (announcement)    (photos)
    Am. Assoc. of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM)
Malcolm Cox, MD, Associate Dean
    University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

May 22, 2000
Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Implications for Managed Care
Christine Goertz, D.C., Ph.D
    National Center for Alternative and Complementary Medicine, NIH
Millicent Whinston, MD
    Medical Director, CHP of Washington
Alden (Joe) Doolittle
    HRSA Center for Managed Care

March 23, 2000      
Medicaid Managed Care in Turbulent Times     (announcement & photos)
Christopher Koller, Chief Executive Officer
Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island (NHPRI)

January 20, 2000   
Partnership Pays: Medicaid Managed Care in Turbulent Times   (photos)
Robert Hurley, Ph.D.
Department of Health Administration
Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University


December 16, 1999
Managed Care in Rural America: Community-Based Models that Work

Bruce Amundson, M.D., President,
Community Health Innovations

*November 18, 1999
Managing Pharmacy Benefits:

Dealing with Increasing Pressure on Cost and Quality
Richard Fry, B. Sc, Pharm, Senior Director
Pharmacy Affairs, Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP)

October 19, 1999
Meeting the Challenge:
Providing Managed Care to HIV/AIDS Patients in Low Income Populations

Christine Lubinski, Staff Director, HIV Managed Care Network

June 10, 1999
Growth and Development of a Statewide MCO
Richard Nowakowski, CEO, Community Choice Michigan

*May 20, 1999
Ethics in Managed Care, Perception, Reality and Rebuilding Trust
Alden (Joe) Doolittle, Consultant to the Center for Managed Care

*April 25, 1999
Transferring Best Clinical Practices in Managed Care
John P. Charde, M.D., Director
Care Management Institute, Kaiser-Permanente, Oakland, CA
(Seminar co-sponsored with HRSA Center for Quality).

*March 25, 1999
Leveraging Improvement Through HEDIS Reporting
Patrick Roohan, Research Director
Bureau of Quality Management, New York State Department of Health
(Seminar co-sponsored with HRSA Center for Quality)

*February 25, 1999
Understanding NCQA: A Catalyst for Quality Improvement in Managed Care
Brian Schilling, Director of Communications
National Committee for Quality Assurance
(Seminar co-sponsored with HRSA Center for Quality)

January 28, 1999
Women’s Health in Managed Care: Innovations in Reducing Domestic Violence
Felicia Bloom, MHS, Project Director
  Women’s Health, American Association of Health Plans; and
Christine Fortman, MS, Director
  Family Violence Prevention Program, HealthPatners, Minneapolis, MN
  (Seminar co-sponsored with HRSA Office of Women’s Health)

* indicates videos are available through the Center for Managed Care Library


** December 3, 1998
Has Managed Care Improved Access to Care for-Low income Women?
Alina Salganicoff, Ph.D., Associate Director, Kaiser Commission on the Future of Medicaid

** November 3, 1998
Reproductive Health, Unintended Pregnancy, and STDs: Do They Strain the Limits of Managed Care?
Dorothy Mann, Executive Director, Family Planning Council of Southeastern Pennsylvania.

** October 8, 1998
The Health Care of Women in Managed Care: Is Primary Care Different?
Julianna S. Gonen, Ph.D, Research Associate, The Jacobs Institute

June 18, 1998
Building Cultural Competency in Managed Care
Ms. Shani Dowd, LCSW, Director
Cultural Competence Project, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

February 26, 1998
Risk Adjustment Under Managed Care for Special Populations
Richard Conviser, Ph.D.

** Jointly Sponsored with the Office of Women’s Health


November 20, 1997
Issues in Providing Behavioral Health Care by FQHCs Under Managed Care

October 20, 1997
On Medicaid Market Issues
Robert Hurley, Virginia Commonwealth University

September 25, 1997
Where is the Managed Care Industry Going? How will it Effect Community based Providers?
Mr. Samuel Havens, former President of the Prudential Health Care Group
and past Chairman of the Board of the American Association of Health Plans

June 26, 1997
Partnership in Improving Quality, Bureau of Primary Health Care, Joint Commission Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHCO) Program to Accredit Community Health Centers 

June 12, 1997
Reducing Costs and Improving Outcomes: An Introduction to the Breakthrough Series of the Institute for Health Care Improvement (IHI)
A video tape of Donald Berwick, MD, President and CEO of the IHI, and Thomas Nolan, Ph.D.

May 15, 1997
Models for Ethical Decision Making in Managed Care: Managing at the Edge of Science
Resourced by a presentation by Arthur Caplan, University of Pennsylvania, and James L. Sabin, MD Harvard Pilgrim Health Care at the 1997 AAHP Policy Conference

April 21, 1997
Reflections on Public Health and Managed Care: Common Ground or Private Responsibilities
Co-Leader, Mr. Ronald H. Carlson, Associate Administrator for Planning, Evaluation and Legislation; with participation by staff from the CDC

March 18, 1997
Overview of Financial Issues in Managed Care: Understanding Capitation Payment, Provider Risk Sharing and Reinsurance

March 4, 1997
Performance Measurement in Managed Care Programs: Beginning to Understand HEDIS and it's Application to HRSA Programs

February 18, 1997
Understanding the New Medical Marketplace: Purchasers and Coalitions as Drivers of Change


HRSA Field Offices, EWT Conference Room B, CMS: Participate using Video Conferencing

Participate in Managed Care Seminars using picture-tel video conferencing.
Call HRSA Center for Health Services Financing and Managed Care, 301- 443-1550, for details.    (photos)


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