Health Action 2017: Full Schedule

10:45am EST

Health Equity Meets Payment and Delivery Reform: The Value Proposition

Review the basics of payment and delivery reform and learn how these efforts can be leveraged to tackle health disparities by building the business case for Health Equity.

Moderators

Mr. Alfero is the Executive Director of the Southwest Center for Health Innovation and thefounder of HMS, a Community Health Center providing primary medical, dental, mental health, family support, community development, and health policy services in southwestern New Mexico. He has... Read More →

Ignatius Bau

Consultant, Ignatius Bau Consulting

Ignatius Bau is an independent health care policy consultant for patient-consumer organizations,community-based health and social service organizations, community health centers, minority physicianassociations, public hospitals, health systems, and state health departments. He works... Read More →

Sinsi Hernández-Cancio

Director of Health Equity, Families USA

Sinsi Hernández-Cancio is the Director of Health Equity at Families USA, where she focuses on expanding and strengthening the organization's ability to enhance and elevate health care advocacy and activism in communities of color across the nation. She is continuing the group's work... Read More →

Marshall Chin, MD, MPH

Professor, University of Chicago

Marshall Chin, MD, MPH, Richard Parrillo Family Professor of Healthcare Ethics at the University of Chicago is a practicing general internist and health services researcher who has dedicated his career to advancing health equity through interventions at individual, organizational... Read More →

Thursday February 16, 2017 10:45am - 12:00pm EST
Columbia C Ballroom level

Health Equity Health System Transformation

10:45am EST

What’s Next for Payment and Delivery Reform in the States

Feedback Survey

As states continue to pursue reforms to improve health care value, learn from states who have implemented innovative payment and delivery reforms and how you can advance similar models in your own state.

Moderators

Philippe Villers

Families USA Board

Mr. Villers is the cofounder of Families USA. In 1981, he and his wife, Kate Villers, founded the organization, which was initially called The Villers Foundation. He has served as its President and as a permanent member of the Board of Directors since its inception. Mr. Villers is... Read More →

Speakers

Kaili Kuiper

Staff Attorney, Vermont Legal Aid/Office of the Health Care Advocate

Kaili Kuiper is a staff attorney with Vermont Legal Aid’s Office of the Health Care Advocate (HCA). The HCA assists Vermonters with issues related to health care and health insurance through a wide variety of consumer protection activities. Ms. Kuiper joined Vermont Legal Aid (VLA... Read More →

Leni Preston

Consumer Health First

Leni Preston currently serves as the President of Consumer Health First (CHF). In 2016, she led the strategic transformation of its forerunner, the Maryland Women’s Coalition for Health Care Reform (Coalition), into a new nonprofit organization. While the name is new... Read More →

Martin Taylor

CareOregon

Kaili Kuiper pptx

Leni Preston pptx

Martin Taylor pptx

Thursday February 16, 2017 10:45am - 12:00pm EST
Regency D Ballroom level

Health System Transformation Medicaid Medicare

1:30pm EST

The Impact of Payment Reform on the Safety Net and Health Disparities

Feedback Survey

For our healthcare system to deliver high quality care and be financially sustainable, we need to pay for value, not volume. However, new payment models sometimes inadvertently hurt communities of color. Learn how and what to do about it.

Moderators

Sinsi Hernández-Cancio

Director of Health Equity, Families USA

Speakers

Daniel Dawes

Executive Director of Government Relations, Health Policy and External Affairs, Morehouse School of Medicine

Daniel E. Dawes, Esq. is a healthcare attorney and the Executive Director of Government Relations, Health Policy and External Affairs at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. The author of several publications on health reform and health equity; he now adds to his repertoire... Read More →

Marshall Chin, MD, MPH

Professor, University of Chicago

Shabnam Salih

Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers

Shabnam Salih serves the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers as a Senior Program Manager for External Affairs. She helps lead the Good Care Collaborative, a statewide coalition for Medicaid reform, a key policy initiative of the Camden Coalition. Previously, she served as a... Read More →

Families USA Chin Align Payment Systems 2 16 17 ppt

Thursday February 16, 2017 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST
Columbia C Ballroom level

Health Equity Health System Transformation

7:30am EST

State Innovation Learning Collaborative (SILC) Networking Breakfast

Feedback Survey

SILC brings state advocates together to strategize on forward-thinking, progressive policies that can meaningfully impact health and health care for consumers. We will discuss health care and health wins that advocates can achieve in 2017’s difficult climate.

Moderators

Claire McAndrew

Director of Campaign Strategy, Families USA

Claire McAndrew is the Director of Campaign Strategy at Families USA. Ms. McAndrew oversees advocacy work focused on the organization’s mission to ensure high quality, affordable health coverage and care for all. Her portfolio includes federal and state advocacy to protect the gains... Read More →

Friday February 17, 2017 7:30am - 8:30am EST
Columbia C Ballroom level

Access to Care and Coverage Affordability Health System Transformation Meal or Refreshments

7:30am EST

Networking Breakfast: Community Health Workers

Feedback Survey

If you are working on integration or funding for CHWs, or if you’d like to learn about how to get involved on this issue, join us for breakfast and a facilitated discussion on how to advance these issues in 2017.

Moderators

Ellen Albritton

Families USA

Sinsi Hernández-Cancio

Director of Health Equity, Families USA

Friday February 17, 2017 7:30am - 8:30am EST
Columbia Foyer Ballroom level

Health Equity Health System Transformation Meal or Refreshments Medicaid

10:15am EST

Funding and Integrating Community Health Workers through Medicaid

Feedback Survey

Community health workers can improve health, reduce costs, and address health disparities. Yet, many CHW programs lack sustainable funding. Join this workshop to learn state strategies for funding and integrating CHWs in Medicaid and how advocates can get involved.

Moderators

Ellen Albritton

Families USA

Speakers

Charlie Alfero

Southwest Center for Health Innovation

Abby Charles

Institute for Public Health Innovation

Abby Charles is a Senior Program Manager at the Institute for Public Health Innovation, providing leadership and coordination for Community Health Worker Initiatives, managing a network of peer Community Health Workers and a portfolio of programs that address cross- jurisdictional... Read More →

Gail Hirsch

Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Gail Hirsch, M.Ed., is Co-Director of the Office of Community Health Workers at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, where she has coordinated state public health efforts to support CHWs for over 20 years. She is a leader in CHW policy and organizing efforts in Massachusetts... Read More →

Charlie Alfero pptx

Gail Hirsch pptx

Friday February 17, 2017 10:15am - 11:30am EST
Columbia Foyer Ballroom level

Health Equity Health System Transformation Medicaid

1:30pm EST

Defending Medicare in 2017

Feedback Survey

With a new congress and a new administration, changes to the Medicare program may be on the horizon. This workshop will equip advocates with a strong understanding of the Medicare program and the risks of commonly proposed changes.

Moderators

Ellen Albritton

Families USA

Speakers

Gretchen Jacobson

Kaiser Family Foundation

Gretchen Jacobson is an Associate Director with the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Program on Medicare Policy where she directs and conducts a variety of projects pertaining to the Medicare program and the population it serves. Prior to joining the Kaiser Family Foundation, Dr. Jacobson... Read More →

Stacy Sanders

Federal Policy Director, Medicare Rights Center

Paul Van De Water

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Paul Van de Water pptx

Stacy Sanders ppt

Friday February 17, 2017 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST
Columbia C Ballroom level

Affordability Health System Transformation Medicare

1:30pm EST

Promising State and Local Strategies to Improve the Health of Women of Color

Feedback Survey

Women of color continue to face deep health and health care disparities. Panelists will share strategies that have made a clear difference in women’s health outcomes, and discuss how to defend the health of all women in an increasingly hostile climate.

Moderators

L. Toni Lewis

SEIU

Dr. Luella Toni Lewis has spent her life committed to social justice. From a very early age, she was taught by her family that service was the highest form of leadership and that all humans deserve justice, dignity, and respect. Dr. Lewis has lived her passion working with multiple... Read More →

Speakers

Rosita Castillo

Planned Parenthood of The Rocky Mountains

Rosita Castillo is now employed at Planned Parenthood of Southern Nevada as the Promotoresde Salud Program Manager. She practiced as a Chemical Dependency Professional most of heradult life in the State of Washington. She volunteered with the American Red Cross as a Trainerof Trainers... Read More →

Wandy Hernandez

HealthConnect One

Wandy Hernandez, AA, CD (DONA), CLC, CCE, a nationally recognized speaker and advocate for community health workers, trains and advocates for both men and women, drawing on over 15 years of experience working in the community. Ms. Hernandez navigates with comfort between communities... Read More →

Elizabeth Howell

Mount Sinai Health

Elizabeth A. Howell, M.D., M.P.P. is a Professor in the Departments of Population Health Science & Policy, Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science, and Psychiatry, System Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Science, and Associate... Read More →

Dr. Elizabeth Howell pptx

Rosita Castillo pptx

Wandy Hernandez ppt

Friday February 17, 2017 1:30pm - 2:45pm EST
Congressional B Lobby level

Health Equity Health System Transformation