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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Exploring Data and Metrics of Value at the Intersection of Health Care and Transportation: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23638.

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Workshop Agenda

Health and Medicine Division and Transportation Research Board

Exploring Data and Metrics of Value at the Intersection of Health Care and Transportation: A Workshop June 6–7, 2016

Location: National Academy of Sciences Building, 2101 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC; Room 125

DRAFT WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES:

  1. To showcase models of transportation services that facilitate individuals’ access to health care providers.
  2. To discuss data sources, information technology obstacles and solutions from and across the health care and transportation perspectives.
  3. To explore opportunities to ascertain the value realized by transportation providers, health systems, and funders/payers if providing transportation services results in improved health outcomes.

June 6, 2016

8:15 am Welcome and overview of the day
Ysela Llort, former director, Miami-Dade Transit; planning committee chair
Neil Pedersen, executive director, Transportation Research Board (TRB), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Clyde Behney, executive director, Health and Medicine Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Exploring Data and Metrics of Value at the Intersection of Health Care and Transportation: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23638.
8:40 am Setting the context: FTA-supported efforts
Carolyn Flowers, acting administrator, Federal Transit Administration (FTA), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) (Welcome)
Bruce Robinson, acting associate administrator for program management, FTA (Overview of FTA’s Rides to Wellness initiative)
Oscar Gomez, chief executive officer, Health Outreach Partners (Overview of the Rides to Wellness Community Scan)
9:15 am Setting the context: Other relevant efforts in the field
Heidi Guenin, senior associate, GridWorks, Portland, Oregon
9:30 am Q&A/discussion
Discussants: Flora Castillo, vice president of community and strategic engagement, UnitedHealthcare; Heather MacLeod, assistant director, Physical Infrastructure, Seattle Field Office, U.S. Government Accountability Office; Judy Shanley, vice president, Education and Youth Transition at Easterseals, Inc. (partner in National Center for Mobility Management); Julie Bershadsky, senior research specialist, Human Services Research Institute
10:10 am Panel I: Examples of cross-sector collaboration to provide transportation services in urban settings (10 minutes/presenter)
Moderator: Nigel Wilson, professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; planning committee member
Ann Lundy, vice president, Care Management, Health Care Service Corporation (by WebEx)
Perry Meadows, medical director, Government Programs, Geisinger Health Plan
Yahaira Graxirena, transportation planner, Central Massachusetts, Regional Planning Commission
Xavier Arinez, chief operating officer, Family Health Center of Worcester, Massachusetts
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Exploring Data and Metrics of Value at the Intersection of Health Care and Transportation: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23638.
Mary Blumberg, program manager, Strategic Planning and Development, Atlanta Regional Commission
Katherine Kortum, study director, Between Public and Private Mobility, TRB
11:15 am Q&A/discussion with panel I
Discussants: Jana Lynott, senior strategic policy advisor, AARP; J. Barry Barker, executive director, Transit Authority of River City, Louisville, Kentucky; Art Guzzetti, vice president–policy, American Public Transit Association (APTA); Valerie Lefler, president and chief executive officer, Liberty Mobility Now, Inc.
12:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Panel II: Examples of cross-sector collaboration to provide transportation services in rural/small urban/suburban settings
Moderator: Rich Garrity, senior associate, RLS & Associates; planning committee member
Judith Kell, hub operations manager, Pathways to Better Health of the Lakeshore, Mercy Health, Muskegon, Michigan
David Faldmo, medical director, Siouxland Community Health Center, Sioux City, Iowa
Suzanne Alewine, executive director, Missouri Rural Health Association
Dennis Johnson, executive vice president, Policy and Advocacy, Children’s Health Fund
1:45 pm Q&A/discussion with panel II
Discussants: Charles Carr, director, Intermodal Planning, Mississippi Department of Transportation; Amy Conrick, assistant director, Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA); Robin Phillips, executive director, National Rural Transit Assistance Program; Marianne Stock, division chief, Rural and Targeted Programs, FTA
2:45 pm Break
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Exploring Data and Metrics of Value at the Intersection of Health Care and Transportation: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23638.
3:00 pm Breakouts (presentations of local data and analyses, followed by discussion)
Facilitator: Michelle Proser, director of research, National Association of Community Health Centers; planning committee member
Presentation: Linking Transportation, Health, and the Built Environment in Washington, DC—Anneta Arno, director, Office of Health Equity, Office of the Director, District of Columbia Department of Health; Raka Choudhury, citywide transportation planner, Progressive Transportation Services Administration, District (of Columbia) Department of Transportation (DDOT); Steve Strauss, deputy associate director, Progressive Transportation Services Administration, DDOT
Presentation: Efficient and Effective Provision of Mobility to Health Care—Steve Yaffe, transit services manager, Arlington, Virginia
Facilitator: Flora Castillo, vice president of community and strategic engagement, UnitedHealthcare
Presentation: Smart Transit for Health Care—Moumita Dasgupta, principal investigator, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Amherst College; Sarah Anderson, business development manager, Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
Presentation: Comparing Scheduled and Actual Transit Accessibility to Health Centers—Anson Stewart, Interdepartmental Transportation Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4:00 pm Reconvene in plenary for reporting back from breakout groups
Ysela Llort, planning committee chair
5:00 pm Adjourn
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Exploring Data and Metrics of Value at the Intersection of Health Care and Transportation: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23638.

June 7, 2016

8:15 am Welcome to Day 2
Ysela Llort, planning committee chair
8:30 am Panel III: Explore data sources available at different levels of government and in the public and private sectors; addressing a range of barriers (e.g., privacy, technical, operational)
Moderators: Catherine T. Lawson, professor, associate professor, Geography and Planning, State University of New York at Albany, and Paul Hughes-Cromwick, co-director, Center for Sustainable Health Spending, Altarum Institute; planning committee members
Chris Barnett, co-director, Center for Applied Research and Environmental Systems, University of Missouri at Columbia (and Community Commons)
Roy Grant, consultant (formerly at Children’s Health Fund)
Marcie Cynamon, director, Division of Health Interview Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kelsey Walter, director of National Core Indicators-Aging and Disabilities, National Association of States United for Aging and Disabilities
Karen White, director, Office of Statistical and Economic Analysis, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. DOT
9:30 am Q&A/discussion with Panel III
Steve Yaffe, transit services manager, Arlington County; David Riley, director, Veterans Transportation Program, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Peter McNichol, chief, Quality Control, NEMT,1 Department of Vermont Health Access

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Exploring Data and Metrics of Value at the Intersection of Health Care and Transportation: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23638.
10:15 am Panel IV: Data and barriers continued; return on investment and incentives for greater effectiveness in connecting patients to transportation
Moderator: Marsha Regenstein, professor, Department of Health Policy, George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health; planning committee member
Valerie Lefler, president and chief executive officer, Liberty Mobility Now, Inc.
Alex Page, lead transportation planner, RideConnection, Portland, Oregon
David Riley, director, Veterans Transportation Program, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Julia Resnick, program manager, Health Research and Educational Trust, American Hospital Association (not present at workshop)
11:00 am Q&A/discussion with Panel IV
Discussants: Virginia Dize, co-director, National Aging and Disability Transportation Center, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, TRB accessibility committee; Ed Christopher, consultant (formerly, Federal Highway Administration); Joseph Cronin, John R. Kerr Research Chair in Marketing, Department of Marketing, and co-director of the Marketing Institute, College of Business, Florida State University
11:45 am Reflections on the workshop, next steps
Ysela Llort, planning committee chair
Vincent Valdes, associate administrator for research, demonstration, and innovation, FTA
12:30 pm Closing remarks and adjournment

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Exploring Data and Metrics of Value at the Intersection of Health Care and Transportation: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23638.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Exploring Data and Metrics of Value at the Intersection of Health Care and Transportation: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23638.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Exploring Data and Metrics of Value at the Intersection of Health Care and Transportation: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23638.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Exploring Data and Metrics of Value at the Intersection of Health Care and Transportation: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23638.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Exploring Data and Metrics of Value at the Intersection of Health Care and Transportation: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23638.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Workshop Agenda." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2016. Exploring Data and Metrics of Value at the Intersection of Health Care and Transportation: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/23638.
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