Low Income Health Program
Making It Happen Together
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
9:00am – 4:00pm
Sacramento Convention Center, Room 202
1400 J Street, 2nd Floor, Sacramento, CA
Sponsored by Blue Shield California Foundation (BSCF)
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Jalynne Callori, Chief, Low Income Health Program Division
California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)
Toby Douglas, Director
California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)
Richard Thomason, Program Officer, Health Care and Coverage
Blue Shield of California Foundation(BSCF)
Diane Van Maren, Consultant
State Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee
General Session Part 1 – Speakers
LIHP: The Federal Perspective
Gloria Nagle, Ph.D., MPA,
presented the “Low Income Health Program's (LIHP) – A Bridge to Reform” presentation. Dr. Nagle is the Associate Regional Administrator for the Division of Medicaid and Children's Health Operations, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
LIHP: The Local Perspective
Nancy Kaatz, presented the “The Low Income Health Program, Opportunities and Risks for Counties” presentation. Mrs. Katz is the Vice President, at the California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems (CAPH) in Finance and Policy
General Session Part 2 – Panel Discussion
The ABC’s of LIHP: Application & Enrollment, Building & Maintaining a Provider Network, and Coordination of Care
Panel Members:
Moderator: Sarah Brooks, Assistant Director of Policy, California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems (CAPH)
Jan Remm, presented the “Application and Enrollment covering Program Growth, Building and Maintaining a Provider a Network: Network Adequacy and Coordination of Care: Medical Homes”. Mrs. Remm is the Assistant Hospital Administrator for the Riverside County Regional Medical Center
Koen Brown, Deputy Director II
Riverside County Department of Public Health
James M. Gerson MD, presented “The ABC’s of LIHP: Application & Enrollment, Building & Maintaining a Provider Network, and Coordination of Care”. Dr. Gerson is the Chief of Managed Care at the Ambulatory Care Network for the Los Angeles County Department of Health Care Services
Srija Srinivasan, presented “the ABC’s of learning while doing”. Mrs. Srinivasan is the Director of Strategic Operations for the San Mateo County Health System
Shannan Moulton, Health Services Administrator, Division of Finance for Contra Costa County
Lunch Break
The ABC’s of Ryan White Care Act Program & the Low Income Health Program
Panel Members:
Moderator: Philip Curtis, Director, Government Affairs
AIDS Project Los Angeles
Trudy Raymundo, presented “Building the Bridge to Health Care Reform for Ryan White Clients”. Mrs. Raymundo is the Assistant Director for the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health
Tangerine M. Brigham,
presented: “Low Income Health Program and Ryan White Care Program”. Mrs. Brigham is the Deputy Director of Health and Director of Healthy San Francisco at the San Francisco Department of Public Health.
Bill Blum, co-presented with Mrs. Brigham. Please click on the link provided above to view the complete presentation. Mr. Blum is the Chief Operating Officer and Community Oriented Primary Care Interim Director for the HIV Health Services at the San Francisco Department of Public Health.
Breakout Sessions
A. Low Income Health Program Services for State and Local Inmates
Panel Members:
Moderator: Bob Baxter, Chief,
Low Income Health Program Implementation Section
California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)
David Hale, presented: “State Inmate Low Income Health Program”.
Mr. Hale is the Health Program Manager II for the California Prison Healthcare Services at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
Terri Stratton, presented the “Medi-Cal Inmate Eligibility Program”. Mrs. Stratton is the Chief for the Medi-Cal Eligibility Policy Operations Branch at the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)
B. Social Services and Health Care Collaboration for Eligibility
Panel Members:
Moderator: Cathy Senderling-McDonald, Deputy Executive Director
County Welfare Directors Association of California (CWDA)
Alison Kellen, MS, Program Manager, CMSP Governing Board
County Medical Services Program (CMSP)
Philip A. Hanger, Ph.D., Director, Office of Health Systems Innovation
San Diego County Health & Human Services Agency
Janya Bowman, Assistant Deputy Director, Health Care Policy Administration
San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency
Closing Remarks
Jalynne Callori, Chief, Low Income Health Program Division
California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)