Program
The Affordable Care Act in Kansas: Impacts on People, Business, and Providers
Thursday, October 23, 2014
| Lawrence location - all sessions will take place
at the Kansas Union, The University of Kansas Ulysses location - all sessions will take place in the Video Conferencing Room, Pioneer Communications |
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8:00 |
Registration, Coffee & More |
8:30 |
Welcome Danny Anderson, Dean, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, The University of Kansas Introductions Steven Maynard-Moody, Director, Institute for Policy & Social Research and Professor, School of Public Affairs & Administration |
8:45 |
Morning Keynotes The U.S. Health System in an International Context Arthur Daemmrich, Associate Professor of History and Philosophy of Medicine, The University of Kansas School of Medicine Presentation (PDF) VIDEO of presentation (30:23) The State of Health Care and Health Insurance in Kansas Scott C. Brunner, Senior Analyst & Strategy Team Leader, Kansas Health Institute Presentation (PDF) VIDEO or presentation (27:00) and Q&A session for the panel (starting at 27:05) |
9:45 |
Break |
10:00 |
Panel Discussion – The ACA: Impacts on Employers, Employees and Consumers Dennis Lauver, President/CEO, Salina Area Chamber of Commerce Galen Pelton, President, Grant County Bank (Ulysses) Tami Gurley-Calvez, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, The University of Kansas School of Medicine Presentation (PDF) Moderator Jarron M. Saint Onge, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, The University of Kansas and Department of Health Policy and Management, The University of Kansas School of Medicine |
11:00 |
Break |
11:15 |
Panel Discussion – The ACA: Impacts on Providers and Payors Thomas L. Bell, President and CEO, Kansas Hospital Association Presentation (PDF) Arthur Frable, CEO, Bob Wilson Memorial Grant County Hospital (Ulysses) Matt All, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Kansas Moderator Robert H. Lee, Professor and Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, The University of Kansas School of Medicine |
| 12:15 | Luncheon and Luncheon Panel VIDEO of luncheon panel (1:01:00) Remarks & Introduction Mary Lee Hummert, Interim Vice Chancellor, Office of Research, The University of Kansas Luncheon Panel: The Promises and Perils of Medicaid Expansion Andy Allison, Allison Health Care Consulting and former director of Arkansas Medicaid Presentation (PDF) Representative Dave Crum, House Assistant Majority Leader, Kansas Legislature Sandy Praeger, Kansas Insurance Commissioner Moderator Robert F. St. Peter, M.D., President and CEO, Kansas Health Institute Presentation (PDF) |
2:00 |
Closing Remarks Donna Ginther, Director, Center for Science, Technology & Economic Policy, Institute for Policy & Social Research and Professor, Department of Economics, The University of Kansas |
2:15 |
Adjournment |
Related Materials:
- Federally Designated Primary Care Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) in Kansas, 2014 (map)
- Federally Designated Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) in Kansas, 2014 (map)
- Federally Designated Dental Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) in Kansas, 2014 (map)
- Percent of People Under 65 Without Health Insurance in Kansas, by County, 2012 (map)
- Percent of Population Enrolled in Medicare in Kansas, by County, 2012 (map)
- Hospitals in Kansas, 2013 (map)
- Utilization of Hospitals in Kansas, by County, 2013, Admissions per Bed (map)
- Persons per Physician in Kansas, by County, 2012 (map)
- Find more data in the Kansas Statistical Abstract's Vital Statistics and Health chapter
Also see:
- Kansas Health Matters - a community dashboard of health indicators.
- Medicaid in an Era of Health & Delivery System Reform: Results from a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey for State Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015 - report from The Henry J. Kaiser Familty Foundation