Health Care Topics Index
Selected experts and citizens have given presentations to the Citizens’ Health Care Working Group on the following subjects. This list is provided for your convenience.
See a list of presentations given at each of the Working Group's public hearings.
To view PowerPoint slide presentations by the listed indivduals, click on the link following the entry. To read the speaker's biographical information, click on his/her name.
Access, Safety Net, and Health Disparities
Dr. Dan
Jones, Dean and Vice Chancellor, University of Mississippi Medical
Center (6/8/2005).
Roy
Mitchell, Executive Director, Mississippi Health Advocacy Program
(6/8/2005).
Dr. Herman
Taylor, Director of the Jackson Heart Study, University of Mississippi
Medical Center (6/8/2005).
(see summary for 6/8/2005).
Employer/Employee Initiatives
Peter
Lee, Pacific Business Group on Health (7/22/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
David
Blitzstein, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
(7/22/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
Elizabeth
Gilbertson, Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International
Union Welfare Fund (7/22/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
Jeffrey
R. Hanson, Regional Healthcare Manager, Verizon Communications (8/17/2005).
(PowerPoint slides; Part
1, Part 2)
(see summary for 7/22/2005).
(see summary for 8/17/2005).
End of Life
Ira Byock,
M.D., Director of Palliative Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Center (8/17/2005).
(PowerPoint slides)
Nicholas
Christakis, M.D., Harvard Medical School (8/17/2005).
Joanne
Lynn, M.D., Rand (8/17/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
(see summary for 8/17/2005).
Federal Spending/Cost Trends
David
M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States (7/22/2005).
(Presentation slides as PDF
document)
Health Care Quality
Donald
M. Berwick, MD, MPP (by telephone), President and CEO, Institute
for Healthcare Improvement (7/22/2005).
John
E. Wennberg, M.D., M.P.H., Dartmouth Medical School (7/22/2005).
(PowerPoint slides,
Pt. 1) (Slides,
Pt. 2)
(see summary for 7/22/2005).
Health Information Technology
Stanley
M. Huff, M.D. Senior Medical Informaticist, Intermountain (7/22/2005).
(PowerPoint slides)
Scott
Williams, M.D., HealthInsight (7/22/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
(see summary for 7/22/2005).
Healthcare Costs
Rick
Foster, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (5/13/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
Stephen
Heffler, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (5/13/2005).
Jennifer
Jenson, Congressional Research Service (5/13/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
(see summary for 5/13/2005).
Hispanic Issues
Karl
Eschbach, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (7/26/2005).
(PowerPoint slides)
Adela
S. Valdez, MD, Valley Baptist Health System (7/26/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
(see summary for 7/26/2005).
Long-Term Care, Home and Community Options
Lanette Gonzales,
Sheltering Arms, Houston (7/26/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
Nancy Wilson,
Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine (7/26/2005).
(PowerPoint slides)
(see summary for 7/26/2005).
Mental Health
Elizabeth
Childs, M.D., Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health
(8/17/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
Deborah
Nelson, Ph.D., Beacon Health Strategies (8/17/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
Toby Fisher,
Executive Director, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (8/17/2005).
(PowerPoint slides)
(see summary for 8/17/2005).
Public Perceptions
John
Iglehart, Project Hope (5/11-12/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
(see summary for 5/11/2005).
(see summary for 5/12/2005).
Private Health Care System: large employer market
Paul
Fronstin, EBRI (5/12/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
(see summary for 5/12/2005).
Private Health Care System: small employer market
Deborah
Chollet, Mathematica Policy Research (5/12/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
(see summary for 5/12/2005).
Private Sector Initiatives To Control Costs
Helen
Darling, Washington Business Group on Health (5/13/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
Alice
Rosenblatt, WellPoint (5/13/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
(see summary for 5/13/2005).
Private Sector Initiatives To Expand Coverage
Linda
Bilheimer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (5/12/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
Matt
Salo, National Governors Assoc (5/12/2005).
Ken
Sperling, CIGNA (5/12/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
Terry
Stoller, Medimetrix (5/12/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
Anthony
Tersigni, Ascension Health (5/12/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
(see summary for 5/12/2005).
Public Insurance Programs: Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP
Bill
Scanlon, Health Policy R&D (5/11/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
(see summary for 5/11/2005).
Public Sector Initiatives To Control Costs - Medicaid
Jim
Verdier, Mathematica Policy Research (5/13/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
(see summary for 5/13/2005).
Public Sector Initiatives To Control Costs - Medicare
Jack
Hoadley, Georgetown University (5/13/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
(see summary for 5/13/2005).
Public Sector Initiatives To Control Costs - SCHIP
Genevieve
Kenney, Urban Institute (5/13/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
(see summary for 5/13/2005).
Reality of Being Uninsured
Richard Dye
(6/8/2005).
Georgia Rucker
(6/8/2005).
(see summary for 6/8/2005).
Retiree Health Care
Marshall Bolyard,
U.S. Family Health Plan (7/26/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
Paul
Dennett, American Benefits Council (7/26/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
Gerry
Smolka, AARP (7/26/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
(see summary for 7/26/2005).
Rural Health
Rachel
Gonzales-Hanson, Chief Executive Officer, Community Health Development,
Inc., Uvalde (7/26/2005).
Ernest
R. Parisi, Administrator and Chief Executive Officer, East Texas
Medical Center, Quitman (7/26/2005). (PDF
document, HTML
version)
Patti
Patterson, Vice President for Rural and Community Health, Texas
Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock (7/26/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
(see summary for 7/26/2005).
State, County and Local Initiatives
Dr. Janice
Bacon, G.A. Carmichael Community Health Center (6/8/2005). (PDF,
PowerPoint
slides)
Bill Croswell,
Chamber Plus, Metro Jackson Chamber of Commerce (6/8/2005).
Michael
J. Garland, D. Sc. Rel, Oregon Health & Science University (9/23/05).
(PowerPoint slides)
Bruce
Goldberg, M.D., Oregon Office for Health Policy and Research (9/23/05).
John
Kitzhaber, M.D., Center for Evidence Based Policy, Oregon Health
& Science University (9/23/05). White
Paper (PDF version)
Alison
S. Little, M.D., Oregon Health Services Commission (9/23/05). (PowerPoint
slides)
Diane Lovell, Oregon Public Employees Benefit Board, and Oregon Health and Sciences University Employee Benefits Council (9/23/05).
Ellen C. Lowe,
Oregon Health Services Commission (9/23/05). White
paper (PDF version)
Marian
McDonagh, Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center for the Drug Effectiveness
Review Project (9/23/05). (PowerPoint
slides)
Trish
Riley, Director, Governor's Office of Health Policy and Finance,
Maine (8/17/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
John
Santa, M.D., M.P.H., Center for Evidence-based Policy, Oregon Health
& Sciences University (9/23/05). White
paper (PDF version)
Attachment to paper - M. Gold article (PDF
only); see also related
article online.
Jean
I. Thorne, Oregon Public Employees’ Benefit Board (9/23/05).
(PowerPoint slides)
Primus Wheeler,
Executive Director, Jackson Medical Mall Foundation (6/8/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
Vondie
Woodbury, Director, Muskegon Community Health (8/17/2005). (PowerPoint
slides)
(see summary for 6/8/2005).
(see summary for 8/17/2005).
(see summary for 9/23/05).
The Uninsured
Peter Cunningham, Center for Studying Health System Change (5/11/2005).
(PowerPoint slides)
(see summary for 5/11/2005).
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