SEPTEMBER 24-28, 2017 | WASHINGTON, D.C.

"This epidemic has destroyed families and is destroying entire communities." - The Honorable Terence R. McAuliffe, Governor, Commonwealth of Virginia

Overuse and abuse of prescription pain killers is a nationwide crisis affecting all aspects of society, including Medicare Beneficiaries.

According to a report from the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services, more than half a million beneficiaries received high doses for more than three months, and more than 70,000 received extreme amounts.

What's Needed? How Do We:

• educate and empower physicians to reduce over-prescribing
• eliminate physician-shopping by beneficiaries to obtain prescriptions
• identify the potential of abuse and prevent addiction
• enhance addiction treatment?

The Honorable Terence R. McAuliffe, Governor, Commonwealth of Virginia, will focus on what states can do to help tackle this nationwide crisis, including insight into four bills he has introduced in his state.

Don't miss this must-attend session at AHIP's National Conference on Medicare, September 24-26.

Tackling the Opioid Crisis:

Implications for Medicare and the Nation

The Honorable Terence R. McAuliffe, Governor, Commonwealth of Virginia

 ADDITIONAL SESSIONS AND SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

• Transforming the Health Care Delivery System and What It Means for Medicare Beneficiaries
  Bruce D. Broussard, President and CEO, Humana
  
  

• Cure for High Cost Drugs: Where Do We Go from Here on Drug Pricing?
  Richard A. Deem, Senior Vice President, Advocacy, American Medical Association (AMA)
  
  

• Managing the Medicare Advantage and Part D Programs: Views from the Front Lines
  Jonathan D. Blum, MPP, Executive Vice President, Medical Affairs, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield; Former Principal Deputy Administrator and Director, Center for Medicare, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  
  Sean Cavanaugh, Consultant; Former Deputy Administrator and Director, Center for Medicare, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  
  Leslie V. Norwalk, Esq., Strategic Counsel to Epstein Becker Green; Former Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  
  

• Implementing Innovative Value-Based Models in Medicare and Medicare Advantage
  Michael E. Chernew, PhD, Leonard D. Schaeffer Professor of Health Care Policy and Director, Healthcare Markets and Regulation Lab, Harvard Medical School
  
  Adam M. Finkelstein, JD, Counsel, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
  
  

• Adjusting for Socioeconomic Status in Medicare Quality Ratings
  Helen Burstin, MD, MPH, FACP, Chief Scientific Officer, National Quality Forum (NQF)
  
  Joyce Chan, MBA, Vice President, Medicare and Integrated Products, Healthfirst
  
  Young Joo, MS, Vice President, Clinical Operations, CareMore Health System
  
  John M. O'Brien, PharmD, MPH, CHIE, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)
  
  

• The Medicare Program in 2018 and Beyond: Views from the Hill
  
  

• Care Management: Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program
  David Carter, Diabetes Prevention Manager, Florida Blue
  
  Thomas James III, MD, FACP, FAAP, Senior Medical Director, Medical Management and Quality, Highmark Inc.
  
  Maile M. Jedlinsky, Director, Kaiser Permanente Care Management Institute
  
  

• Operations: MACRA and Other Value-Based Arrangements
  Griffin Myers, MD, Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Oak Street Health
  
  Gregory Woods, Director, Division of Alternative Payment Model Infrastructure, Policy and Programs Group, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  
  

• Compliance: Medicare Advantage and Part D Coverage Determinations: Best Practices
  Babette S. Edgar, PharmD, MBA, FAMCP, Principal, BluePeak Advisors
  
  Myra Plumey, Compliance Officer, MMM Healthcare, Inc.  
  
  

• Care Management: Patient-Centered Approaches Being Tested Under the MA-Value Based Insurance Design Model
  Stephen Jenkins, Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Model Lead, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  
  Helene Weinraub, Vice President, Medicare, UPMC Health Plan
  
  

• Compliance: Keeping Provider Directories Up to Date: Advancing Solutions for Data Accuracy and Collaboration with Providers
  Gale Arden, Vice President, Complex Care, Centene Corporation
  
  Kenneth Wrzos, Senior Director, Operational Excellence, EmblemHealth
  
  

• Care Management: Implementing Innovative Care through Part D Enhanced Medication Therapy Management Programs
  Nicholas Minter, Division of Financial Risk, Seamless Care Models Group, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
  
  Michael Taday, PharmD, MBA, Director, Pharmacy Professional Practice and Clinical Operations, Humana
  
  

• Operations: The Future of Risk Adjustment and the Risk Model
  Sean Creighton, Vice President, Policy, Avalere Health
  
  David Meyer, Vice President, SCAN Health Plan
  
  Bil Westerfield, President, Magpie Health Analytics, Inc.
  
  

• Care Management: Advanced Illness Management: Empowering Patients and Their Families
  Terri Maxwell, PhD, APRN, Chief Clinical Officer, Turn-Key Health LLC
  
  Angelo Volandes, MD, MPH, President, ACP Decisions; Faculty, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital

 CONTINUE THE DISCUSSIONS

The National Conference on Medicaid (Sept. 27-28)

• Opioids: Balancing Policy, Privacy and Pain Relief
  Explore current efforts to focus on patients' needs while trying to find the balance between effective pain control, addiction treatment, and controlled prescribing with Nicholas DeGregorio, MD, FACP, MMM, Senior Medical Director, UPMC for You, Andrea D. Gelzer, MD, MS, FACP, Senior Vice President and Corporate Chief Medical Officer, AmeriHealth Caritas; and Cynthia Reilly, MS, BS Pharm, Director, Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Initiative, The Pew Charitable Trusts.

State Issues Retreat (Sept. 28-29)

• Reacting to the Opioid Epidemic: Background & Guidelines for State Advocacy
  For AHIP member health insurance companies, state health insurance trade executives and AHIP Retained Counsel
  

Also Consider:

Check out Agenda Highlights for the National Conference on Medicaid, Sept. 27-28.

YOUR SCHEDULE. YOUR CONVENIENCE.

Multiple Programs in One Location

Join us in Washington, D.C., Sept. 24-29 for AHIP's National Conferences on Medicare, Medicaid & Duals and AHIP's State Issues Retreat*. The programs are designed to fit your schedule and budget, structured so you can focus on the topics you want and scheduled so you can limit your time out-of-office if you need to.

*Attendance at the State Issues Retreat is limited to AHIP health plan members, AHIP retained counsel, and state health plan association executives.

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