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Suggested Citation: "Appendix H: Public Workshop Agendas." Institute of Medicine. 2013. Variation in Health Care Spending: Target Decision Making, Not Geography. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18393.

Appendix H

Public Workshop Agendas

NOVEMBER 9-10, 2010

20 F Street, NW, Conference Rooms A & B
Washington, DC 20001

DAY 1: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2010

10:00 – 10:05

Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Joseph Newhouse, Ph.D., Committee Chair and Moderator

Policy and Legislative Context for the Study

10:05 – 10:20	Remarks from Study Sponsor, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Jonathan Blum, Deputy Administrator, Center for Medicare, CMS, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

10:20 – 10:35	Legislative Perspectives •The Honorable Allyson Schwartz, U.S. House of Representatives

10:35 – 11:30	Legislative Panel Discussion •Timothy Gronniger, Professional Staff, Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives

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	•Geoff Gerhardt, Professional Staff, Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives •Chris Dawe, Health Counsel, Committee on Finance, U.S. Senate •Susan Walden, Health Policy Counsel, Committee on Finance (Minority), U.S. Senate

11:30 – 12:30	LUNCH BREAK

Geographic Variation in Spending and Utilization
12:30 – 1:00	Current MedPAC Research and Experiences •Mark Miller, Ph.D., Executive Director, MedPAC

1:00 – 1:30	Approaches to Measuring and Interpreting Health Care Variation •Michael Chernew, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School

1:30 – 2:00	Dartmouth Atlas Research on Variation •Jonathan Skinner, Ph.D., Joan Sloan Dickey Third Century Professor in Economics, Dartmouth Medical School

Remarks from The Honorable Donald M. Berwick
2:00 – 2:30	Reviewing Geographic Variation as We Improve Health Care Quality •Donald M. Berwick, M.D., M.P.P., Administrator, CMS, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

2:30	Adjourn Open Session

DAY 2: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2010

8:00 – 8:05	Welcome and Introductory Remarks •Joseph Newhouse, Ph.D., Chair and Moderator

Measuring Quality and Value
8:05 – 9:45	Panel Discussion on Measuring Quality and Value •Janet Corrigan, Ph.D., M.B.A., President and Chief Executive Officer, National Quality Forum

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•Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D., Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

•Peggy O’Kane, M.S., President, National Committee for Quality Assurance

•Richard Kronick, Ph.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Health Policy, Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services

9:45

Adjourn Open Session

JANUARY 17, 2011

Keck Center, Room 100
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001

8:45 – 8:50	Welcome and Introductory Remarks Joseph Newhouse, Ph.D., Committee Chair and Moderator

Workshop Panels
8:50 – 9:40	Panel 1: Hospitals/Health Systems • Larry Minnix, American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging • Scott Malaney, American Hospital Association • Helen Darling, National Business Group on Health, and Bruce Pyenson, Milliman, Inc.

9:40 – 9:45	BREAK

9:45 – 10:45	Panel 2: Clinicians • Larry DeGhetaldi, California Medical Association • John Tooker, American College of Physicians • Eileen Sullivan-Marx, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing • Jonathan Sunshine, American College of Radiology

10:45 – 10:50	BREAK

10:50 – 11:50	Panel 3: Value Commentators • Denis Cortese, Arizona State University • Herbert Pardes, New York Presbyterian Hospital

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• Chris Queram, Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality

Adjourn Open Session

11:50 – 12:45

Lunch
(Committee meets in closed session; guests are encouraged to visit local restaurants for lunch)

OPEN SESSION

12:45 – 1:45	Panel 4: Consumers and Purchasers • Elizabeth Gilbertson, Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union Welfare Fund • Lina Walker, AARP • Sam Nussbaum, WellPoint

PUBLIC TESTIFIERS

1:45	Speakers Begin (Committee Q&A after each speaker) • John (Jack) Lewin CEO, American College of Cardiology, Washington, DC • Deborah Schumann Physicians for a National Health Program, Bethesda, MD • Michael Kitchell Iowa Medical Society, Ames, IA • Lorrie Kaplan Executive Director, American College of Nurse-Midwives, Silver Spring, MD • Jason Scull Program Officer for Clinical Affairs, Infectious Disease Society of America, Arlington, VA • James Rohack Director, Scott & White Center for Healthcare Policy, Temple, TX • Andrea Weddle Executive Director, HIV Medicine Association, Arlington, VA • William Rich Medical Director of Health Policy, American Academy of Ophthalmology, Washington, DC