October 20, 2015
The 2015 Annual Conference of the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) is currently underway in Dallas, TX. This year's conference theme is "Blazing New Trails: Innovations in State Health Policy", and a number of SHADAC staff are lending their voices to the discussion:
- Donna Spencer is discussing Medicaid expansion today (10/20) on a panel titled, "Medicaid Expansion: Staking New Ground and Corralling Cost Savings," at 1:30 p.m.
- Elizabeth Lukanen will discuss enrollment tomorrow (10/21) on a panel titled, "The Enrollment Rodeo: Who's Galloped In and Who Will Be Lassoed Next?" at 9:00 a.m.
- Colin Planalp will lead a lunch roundtable tomorrow (10/21) on the topic of alternative benefit plans (ABPs). The roundtable, "Exploring State Choices in Benefit Design for Medicaid Expansion Populations," will begin at 12:30 p.m.
Also leading a lunch roundtable tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. is Karen Brodsky of Health Management Associates, who will be discussing findings from her SHARE-funded study of provider network monitoring practices.
We will post presentation slides from SHADAC researchers to the website after the conference.