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Please
Note:
Members
of the public will be given opportunities to comment throughout the
hearing. Commenters are encouraged to speak on the issues listed in the
agenda, but may speak on any issue of interest or concern. The Committee
is interested in hearing about problems with Departmental rules and
regulations, but is particularly interested in hearing ideas for
solutions.
AGENDA SECRETARY'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REGULATORY REFORM
Phoenix, AZ
Crowne Plaza North
Phoenix, AZ
March
20, 2002
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| Committee
Chair Opens Meeting |
9:00
am - 9:05 am |
Panel
One: Minimum
Data Set (MDS) patient assessment instrument
CMS
overview
Tom
Hoyer, Director, Chronic Care Policy Group, Center
for Medicare Management, CMS
MDS demonstration
Rena
Shepherd, President, American Association of Nurse
Assessment Coordinators
Sheryl
Rosenfield, Independent Nursing Consultant
|
9:05am
- 11:00am |
Break
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(10
minutes) |
Perspective
from the Field
Mary
Ousley, R.N., Executive Vice President,
SunBridge Healthcare Corporation
Vicki
McAllister, Chief Operating Officer and
Administrator Of the Care Center, Glencroft,
Glendale, AZ
Sara
Burger, M.P.H., R.N., National Citizens
Coalition
for Nursing Home Reform, Washington, D.C.
James
D. R. Steven, State President, Arizona AARP
Committee
comments/questions to CMS
and panelists
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| Public
Comment |
11:00
am - 12:00 pm |
| Lunch
Break |
12:00
pm - 1:30 pm |
| Public
Comment
|
1:30
pm - 2:00 pm |
| Committee
Discussion and Overview of 2nd Day Work Plan
|
2:00
pm
- 3:00 pm |
| Committee
adjourns for site visits |
3:00
pm |
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March
21, 2002
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Panel
Two: Medicare + Choice
CMS
overview
Gary
Bailey, Director, Health Plan Benefits Group,
Center for Beneficiary Choices, CMS, Baltimore,
MD.
Robert
Donnelly, Director, Health Plan Policy Group,
Center for Beneficiary Choices, CMS, Baltimore,
MD.
Perspectives
from the Field
Pam
MacEwan, Vice President, Public Affairs, Group
Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA.
Steve
Tucker, Vice President of Regulatory Compliance,
Pacific Care Health Systems, Santa Ana, CA
Joseph
Johnson, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Sun Health,
Sun City, AZ
Donovan
Ayres, Director, Medicare Compliance, Blue
Shield of California, Woodland Hills, CA
Perspectives
from the Beneficiaries
Martha
Taylor, Arizona State Health Insurance Assistance
Program (SHIP)
Dick
Griffith, Arizona State Health Insurance
Assistance Program (SHIP) volunteer counselor
Dr.
Len Kirschner, Litchfield Park, AZ
Committee
comments/questions to CMS and panelists
|
8:00
am - 10:35 am |
| Break |
10:35
am - 10:45 am |
| Public
Comment |
10:45
am - 12:00 am |
| Committee
Discussion / Overview of Future Activity |
12:00
am - 1:00 pm |
| Committee
adjourns for site visits |
1:00
pm |
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