Conference Transcript
December 10, 2001
Washington, D.C.
INDEX
Opening Remarks
Paul Ginsburg, HSC President
Cara S. Lesser, HSC Director of Site Visits
Session One - Managed Care and Costs: Perspectives from Plans and Employers
Presentations:
An Empty Toolbox? Changes in Health Plan Approaches for Managing Costs and Care
Glen P. Mays, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
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Managing Costs, Managing Benefits: Employer Decisions in Local Health Care Markets
Jon B. Christianson, University of Minnesota
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Panelists:
Brian Ancell, Premera Blue Cross, Seattle
Joe Reilly, Aon Consulting, New Jersey
Session Two - Providers’ Response to the Retreat from Managed Care
Presentations:
Risk Contracting Reconsidered
Lawrence P. Casalino, University of Chicago
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The Return of the Medical Arms Race
Kelly Devers, HSC Health Researcher
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Panelists:
J.B. Silvers, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
Ellen Zane, Partners Community Health Care, Inc., Boston
Janet M. Corrigan, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences
Session Three - Effects of Market Change on the Safety Net
Presentations:
The Resilience of the Health Care Safety Net
Laurie E. Felland, HSC Research Analyst
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Panelists:
Bruce Bragg, Ingham County Health Department, Lansing, Mich.
Marion Lewin, formerly with the Institute of Medicine
Session Four - Medicare+Choice and Local Markets
Presentations:
Medicare Risk Contracting: A Lifecycle View from Local Markets
Robert Hurley, Virginia Commonwealth University
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Panelists:
Brian Jeffrey, PacifiCare, Orange County
Mark Miller, Congressional Budget Office
William Scanlon, General Accounting Office