SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2002

Opening Plenary Session

Getting America Insured: A Bipartisan Approach

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Henry E. Simmons, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P.
President,
National Coalition on Health Care
Washington, D.C.

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Concurrent Sessions-1:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m

1. Stop Treating Me Like a Child! I'm an Adult...Almost

Claire Brindis
Associate Director, Adolescence,
National Adolescent Health Information Center, California

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2. Reining in Long-Term Care Costs While Providing Good Care: Mission Impossible?

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Sandy Newman
Policy Specialist,
Family Caregiver Alliance,
California

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Virginia Dize
Associate Director,
National Association of State Units on Aging, Washington, D.C.

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Shawn Bloom
President and CEO,
National Programs of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Association,
Virginia

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3. Revitalizing State Environmental Health Services:
Building State Capacity to Address Threats to Air, Food and Water

Nelson Fabian
Executive Director,
National Environmental Health Association,
Colorado

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4. Improving Access to Care: Community-Based Solutions

Vondi Woodbury
Project Director,
Muskegon Community Health Project,
Michigan

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Sharon Silow-Carroll, MSW, MBA
Senior Research Manager,
Economic and Social Research Institute,
New Jersey

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Concurrent Sessions-3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m

1. Nursing Home Liability: The Escalating Crisis

Lyn Bodiford
State Affairs Coordinator,
American Association of Retired Persons,
Florida

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2. Do We Have Enough Dentists Outside Suburbia? What Can States Do?

Tim Henderson
Program Manager,
National Conference of State Legislatures,
Washington, D.C.

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Jack Dillenberg
Dean,
School of Dentistry,
Arizona

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Senator Raymond Rawson
State Senate,
Nevada

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Scott Leitz
Director, Health Economics Program,
Department of Health,
Minnesota

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2002

Concurrent Sessions-8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

1. Pathways to Prevention: Effective Approaches to Address Chronic Diseases

Matthew Guidry, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, External Affairs,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Washington, D.C.

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2. Caught Between Systems:
The Challenges of Treating Mental Illness and Substance Abuse

Lewis Gallant, Ph.D.
Executive Director,
National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors, Inc.,
Washington, D.C.

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Bruce Emery, MSW
President,
Strategic Partnership Solutions, Inc.,
Maryland

3. Prescription Drugs:
Effective State Approaches to Extending Coverage and Controlling Costs

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Anna Fallieras
Senior Program Officer,
Center for Health Care Strategies,
New Jersey

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Dan Mendelson
Managing Director,
The Health Strategies Consultancy,
Washington, D.C.

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Senator Marvin Singleton, M.D.
State Senate,
Missouri

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Concurrent Sessions-10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

1. The President's Initiative to Expand Community Health Centers

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Heather Mizeur
Director, State Affairs,
National Association of Community Health Centers,
Maryland

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Annette Kowal
Executive Director,
Colorado Community Health Network,
Colorado

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Concurrent Sessions-2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

1. Weighty Issues: Addressing Childhood Obesity

Jeff Sunderlin
Public Health Administrator,
Health Promotion and Health Education,
Department of Public Health,
Illinois

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2. Pitfalls, Perils and New Approaches to Making Health Insurance More Affordable

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Linda Blumberg
Senior Research Associate,
The Urban Institute,
Washington, D.C.

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William N. Lindsay
President,
Benefit Management and Design, Inc.,
Colorado

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Representative Michael V. Saxl
Speaker of the House,
Maine

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3. Immunization Issues: A Test for Preparedness

Kathleen Gensheimer
State Epidemiologist,
Department of Human Services,
Maine

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2002

Concurrent Sessions-8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

1. The Toughest Challenge:
Restraining Medicaid Costs While Preserving Coverage

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Kate Brewster

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Robin Otten
Deputy Secretary,
Human Services Department,
New Mexico

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Diane Rowland
Executive Director,
Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured,
Washington, D.C.

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2. How Do We Prepare for Health Threats to Our Communities?

Senator Richard T. Moore
Chairman,
State Senate Health Committee,
Massachusetts

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Mary Selecky
Mary Selecky, Secretary,
Department of Health and Human Services,
Washington

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Mike Sage

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Concurrent Plenary-9:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Health and Health Care in 2010: The Forecast, The Challenge

Wendy Everett
Senior Research Fellow,
Institute for the Future,
Menlo Park, California

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