Third Biennial Hot Issues in Health Care
Legislative Conference
The Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colorado
November 12-13, 2004
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2004 |
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| Welcome | 1:00-1:30 p.m. |
| John Moran, President and CEO, The Colorado Trust | |
| Chair, Colorado Health Institute Board of Trustees | |
| Introduction to the Conference Agenda | |
| Pamela Hanes, Ph.D., President and CEO, Colorado Health Institute | |
| Opening Session | 1:30-2:45 p.m. |
| "Are We Healthy? Determinants of Population Health and Implications for Costs and Quality of Care" | |
| Keynote Speaker: | |
| David Kindig, M.D., Ph.D. | |
| Professor Emeritus, Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine | |
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| Reactor Panel: | |
| Chris Wiant, Ph.D., CEO, Caring for Colorado Foundation | |
| Jack Westfall, M.D., M.P.H., Director, High Plains Research Network | |
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| Bruce Amundson, M.D., President, Community Health Innovations | |
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| Afternoon Workshop | 3:00-5:00 p.m. |
| "Health Care Coverage: Bridging the Public-Private Gap" | |
| Moderator: | |
| Susan Gambrill, M.P.A., Deputy Commissioner of Consumer Affairs, Colorado Division of Insurance | |
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| Panelists: | |
| Sarah Schulte, M.H.S.A., Principal, Schulte Consulting | |
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| Martha King, M.P.A., M.S.W., Health Care Program Director, National Conference of State Legislatures | |
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| "How to Spend $175 Million Dollars" | |
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| Barbara Yondorf, M.P.P., Principal, Yondorf and Associates | |
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| Poster Session and Reception | 6:00-7:00 p.m. |
| Evening Session | 7:00-8:30 p.m. |
| "Health Care Meets Reality TV: Communicating in a World of Rat-Filled Vats and Donald Trump" | |
| Introduction: | |
| Senator Peter Groff (D-Denver) | |
| Dinner Speaker: | |
| Sharon Sherman, Managing Principal, GBSM | |
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2004 |
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| Opening Session | 8:30-9:30 a.m. |
| "Colorado and Washington: Making the Relationship Work" | |
| Introduction: | |
| Senator Andy McElhany (R-Colorado Springs) | |
| Keynote Address: | |
| Alan Weil, J.D., Executive Director, National Academy for State Health Policy | |
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| WORKSHOP I | 9:45-11:30 a.m. |
| "Leveraging Intergovernmental Partnerships" | |
| Panelists: | |
| The Honorable Marcy Morrison, Mayor Manitou Springs | |
| Rosemary Bakes-Martin, M.S., M.P.H., Public Health Administrator, El Paso County Department of Health and Environment | |
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| Ellen Roberts, J.D., Board Chair, Mercy Medical Center | |
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| Luncheon Address | |
| Introduction: | |
| Representative Andrew Romanoff (D-Denver) | |
| "The Power of Information: Strategic Investments in Data and Analysis to Inform Policy Development and Policy Implementation Monitoring" | |
| Jim Geringer, former Governor of Wyoming | |
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| Workshop II | 1:00-2:30 p.m. |
| "Case Studies in Local Innovation" | |
| Introduction: | |
| Representative Tom Plant (D-Nederland) | |
| Panelists: | |
| Grant Jones, Denver Metro Black Church Initiative | |
| Sue Carparelli, M.S.W., President and CEO, Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence | |
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| Colin Laird, M.C.D., Director, Healthy Mountain Communities | |
| Conference Wrap-up | 2:30 p.m. |
| Pamela Hanes, Ph.D., President and CEO, Colorado Health Institute | |