Working Group Hearing Index
Selected experts and citizens have given presentations to the Citizens’ Health Care Working Group at six public hearings. This list of presentations given at each hearing is provided for your convenience. To view PowerPoint slide presentations by the listed indivduals, click on the link following the entry.
See this list organized by Topic.
To read the speaker's biographical information, click on his/her name.
Arlington, Virginia (May 11-13, 2005)
(See summary for May 11, 2005).
(See summary for May 12, 2005).
(See summary for May 13, 2005).
Linda
Bilheimer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, “State Strategies
to Expand or Maintain Health Care Coverage.” (PowerPoint
slides)
Deborah
Chollet, Mathematica Policy Research, "Small-Group and Individual
Coverage". (PowerPoint
slides)
Peter Cunningham, Center for Studying Health System Change, "The
Uninsured in America". (PowerPoint
slides)
Helen
Darling, Washington Business Group on Health, “Private Sector
Initiatives: Controlling Costs and Empowering Consumers”. (PowerPoint
slides)
Rick
Foster and Stephen Heffler, Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid, "Building the Foundation: Health Care
Costs". (PowerPoint
slides)
Paul
Fronstin, EBRI, "Employment-Based Health Benefits Among Mid-Sized
and Large Employers". (PowerPoint
slides)
Jack
Hoadley, Georgetown University, "Controlling Costs in Medicare".
(PowerPoint slides)
John
Iglehart, Project Hope, "America’s Thinning Social Contract".
(PowerPoint slides)
Jennifer
Jenson, Congressional Research Service, "Building the Foundation:
Health Care Costs". (PowerPoint
slides)
Genevieve
Kenney, Urban Institute, “State Children’s Health Insurance
Program, (SCHIP)”. (PowerPoint
slides)
Alice
Rosenblatt, WellPoint, "WellPoint". (PowerPoint
slides)
Matt
Salo, National Governors Assoc., "Medicaid Reform Proposal".
(no slides - see hearing
summary)
Bill
Scanlon, Health Policy R&D, "Overview of Medicare, Medicaid
and State Children’s Health Insurance Program". (PowerPoint
slides)
Ken
Sperling, CIGNA, "'National Health Access' Program". (PowerPoint
slides)
Terry
Stoller, Medimetrix, "Lessons from Community-Based Initiatives
to Expand Coverage and Improve Care Delivery". (PowerPoint
slides)
Anthony
Tersigni, Ascension Health, "Private Initiatives to Expand
Coverage". (PowerPoint
slides)
Jim
Verdier, Mathematica Policy Research, "Medicaid". (PowerPoint
slides)
Jackson, Mississippi (June 8, 2005)
(See summary for June 8, 2005).
Dr. Janice
Bacon, G.A. Carmichael Community Health Center, “Initiatives at
the Community Health Care Level”. (PDF,
PowerPoint
slides)
Bill Croswell,
Chamber Plus, Metro Jackson Chamber of Commerce, "Chamber of Commerce".
(No slides - see hearing
summary).
Richard Dye,
"The Reality of Being Uninsured". (No slides - see hearing
summary).
Dr. Dan
Jones, Dean and Vice Chancellor, University of Mississippi Medical
Center, "Health Disparities". (No slides - see hearing
summary).
Roy
Mitchell, Executive Director, Mississippi Health Advocacy Program,
"Health Advocate Program". (No slides - see hearing
summary).
Georgia Rucker,
"The Reality of Being Uninsured". (No slides - see hearing
summary).
Dr. Herman
Taylor, Director of the Jackson Heart Study, University of Mississippi
Medical Center, "Race and Ethnicity in Health". (No slides
- see hearing summary).
Primus Wheeler,
Executive Director, Jackson Medical Mall Foundation, "The Jackson
Medical Mall Foundation". (PowerPoint
slides)
Salt Lake City, Utah (July 22, 2005)
(See summary for July 22, 2005).
Donald
M. Berwick, MD, MPP, President and CEO, Institute for Healthcare
Improvement, “Health Care Quality”. (No slides - see hearing
summary).
David
Blitzstein, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union,
"Transforming the Health Insurance Delivery Business Model-A Labor
Management Initiative to Manage Care and Targeting Quality". (PowerPoint
slides)
Elizabeth
Gilbertson, Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International
Union Welfare Fund, "Increases in Health Insurance Premiums".
(PowerPoint slides)
Stanley
M. Huff, M.D. Senior Medical Informaticist, Intermountain, "Health
Information Technology Panel". (PowerPoint
slides)
Peter
Lee, Pacific Business Group on Health, "Purchaser’s Path
to Promoting Higher Value in Health Care". (PowerPoint
slides)
David
M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, “Health
Budget and Spending”. (Presentation slides as PDF
document)
John
E. Wennberg, M.D., M.P.H., Dartmouth Medical School, "Unwarranted
Variations in Health Care". (PowerPoint
slides, Pt. 1) (Slides,
Pt. 2)
Scott
Williams, M.D., HealthInsight, "HealthInsight". (PowerPoint
slides)
Houston, Texas (July 26, 2005)
(See summary for July 26, 2005).
Karl
Eschbach, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, "Health
Care for the Hispanic Population". (PowerPoint
slides)
Adela
S. Valdez, MD, Valley Baptist Health System, "Health Disparities".
(PowerPoint slides)
Lanette Gonzales,
Sheltering Arms, Houston, "Long Term Care- A Community Based Approach".
(PowerPoint slides)
Nancy Wilson,
Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine, "Long Term
Care". (PowerPoint
slides)
Marshall
Bolyard, U.S. Family Health Plan, "Providing High Quality, Cost
Efficient Health Care to Military Beneficiaries". (PowerPoint
slides)
Paul
Dennett, American Benefits Council, "Addressing the Growing
Gap in Retiree Health Coverage". (PowerPoint
slides)
Gerry
Smolka, AARP, "Health Coverage in Retirement". (PowerPoint
slides)
Rachel
Gonzales-Hanson, Chief Executive Officer, Community Health Development,
Inc., Uvalde, "Community Health Centers Program". (no slides
- see hearing summary)
Ernest
R. Parisi, Administrator and Chief Executive Officer, East Texas
Medical Center, Quitman, "East Texas Medical Center". (PDF
document, HTML
version)
Patti
Patterson, Vice President for Rural and Community Health, Texas
Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, "Rural Texas Health
Care". (PowerPoint
slides)
Boston, Massachusetts (August 17, 2005)
(See summary for August 17, 2005).
Ira Byock,
M.D., Director of Palliative Medicine, Dartmouth Hitchcock Center, "Dying
in America: A Generation’s Crisis and Opportunity". (PowerPoint
slides)
Elizabeth
Childs, M.D., Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health,
"Department of Mental Health". (PowerPoint
slides)
Nicholas
Christakis, M.D., Harvard Medical School, "What Constitutes
a ‘Good Death’". (no slides - see hearing
summary)
Toby Fisher,
Executive Director, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, "The
State of Mental Health Services in Massachusetts: The Impact of Inadequate
Funding". (PowerPoint
slides)
Jeffrey
R. Hanson, Regional Healthcare Manager, Verizon Communications,
"Bridges to Excellence". (PowerPoint slides; Part
1, Part 2)
Joanne
Lynn, M.D., Rand, "Defining and Reforming ‘End of Life’
Care". (PowerPoint
slides)
Deborah
Nelson, Ph.D., Beacon Health Strategies , "Beacon Health Strategies,
LLD". (PowerPoint
slides)
Trish
Riley, Director, Governor's Office of Health Policy and Finance,
Maine, "Dirigo Health Reform, Cost Quality and Access: A System
Approach". (PowerPoint
slides)
Vondie
Woodbury, Director, Muskegon Community Health, "Access Health,
Closing the Gap Between Public and Private Health Insurance Coverage".
(PowerPoint slides).
Portland, Oregon (September 23, 2005)
(See summary for September 23, 2005).
Mark
Ganz, President and CEO, the Regence Group, "Shared Community in
Health Care”. (no slides - see hearing
summary)
Michael
J. Garland, D. Sc. Rel, Oregon Health & Science University,
"Oregon Health Decisions". (PowerPoint
slides)
Bruce
Goldberg, M.D., Oregon Office for Health Policy and Research, "Lessons
Learned from the Oregon Experience". (no slides - see hearing
summary)
John
Kitzhaber, M.D., Center for Evidence Based Policy, Oregon Health
& Science University, "Oregon Health Plan". White
Paper (PDF version)
Alison
S. Little, M.D., Oregon Health Services Commission, "The Work
of the Health Services Commission- Prioritizing Benefits". (PowerPoint
slides)
Diane
Lovell, Oregon Public Employees Benefit Board, and Oregon Health
and Sciences University Employee Benefits Council, "Health Services
Commission". (no slides - see hearing
summary)
Ellen C. Lowe,
Oregon Health Services Commission, "Oregon Health Plan System".
White paper (PDF
version)
Marian
McDonagh, Oregon Evidence-based Practice Center for the Drug Effectiveness
Review Project, "Methods for Comparative Evidence Reviews".
(PowerPoint slides)
John
Santa, M.D., M.P.H., Center for Evidence-based Policy, Oregon Health
& Sciences University, "Oregon Health". 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, "Lessons
Learned From Health Care Reform". (PowerPoint
slides)
Verbatim testimony by all witnesses may be found in hearing transcripts.
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