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Technical Workshops III

 

East-West Center
Jefferson Hall
Hawaii Imin International Conference Center
Asia Room
1777 East-West Road
Honolulu, Hawaii USA
Friday, May 23, 2003
7:30 AM-1:30 PM

DRAFT AGENDA (Rev. 05/20/2003)

 

Agenda

7:30-8:00 Continental Breakfast

8:00-8:10 Welcoming Remarks:
Gerard Russo, UHM
Loretta J. Fuddy, MSW, MPH Family Health Services Division, Hawaii
State Department of Health, Principal Investigator, HRSA SPG

SESSION I: Health Care Providers and the Uninsured
Chair: Gerard Russo

8:10-8:25 “The Emergency Room:  a Mirror of the Community and the Uninsured.”
Susan Forbes, DrPH, HHIC

8:25-8:30 Questions

8:30-8:45 “How Far Will the Safety Net Stretch?:  Providers to the Uninsured.”
Carol Murry, DrPH, UHM

8:45-8:50 Questions

8:50-9:00 Open Discussion

SESSION II   Modeling Health Insurance Coverage and Labor Market Effects
Chair: Carol Murry

9:00-9:15 “Voices of Hawaii’s Uninsured”
D. William Wood, PhD, UHM

9:15-9:20 Questions

9:20-9:35 “Hawaii’s Uninsured Workers—Part-Time, Full-Time and Hours Worked: Estimating the Impact of the Pre-Paid Health Care Act from Survey Data.”
Sang-Hyop Lee, PhD, UHM

9:35-9:40 Questions

9:40-9:55 “Health Insurance and the Labor Market: Economic Theory and Experimental Results.”
Katerina Sherstyuk, PhD, UHM

9:55-10:00 Questions

10:00-10:15 “Insuring the Self-Employed and Part-Time Workers: Coverage and Costs.”
Gerard Russo, PhD, UHM

10:15-10:20 Questions

10:20-10:30 Open Discussion          

10:30-10:45 Coffee Break

SESSION III  Modeling Public Insurance Expansions
Chair: Bill Wood

10:45-11:00 “Expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).”
Gerard Russo, PhD UHM

11:00-11:05 Questions

11:05-11:20 “Expansion of Public Insurance for Adults: SCHIP and Medicaid/Quest.”
Lawrence Nitz, PhD, UHM

11:20-11:25 Questions

11:25-11:35 “Coverage is Confidence: The Uninsured Envision Health Insurance For Hawai'i”
Heather Young Leslie, UHM

11:35-11:40 Questions

11:40-12:00 Open Discussion

12:00-1:00 Lunch
Garden Level Dining Room

1:00-1:10 Closing Remarks

1:10 Adjourn


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PARTICIPANT LIST

STATE OF HAWAII, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Loretta J. Fuddy, A.C.S.W., M.P.H.     
Principal Investigator, HRSA, SPG Hawaii                                 
Department of Health 
Family Health Services Division            

Charlene Gaspar, M.P.H., R.N.
Nurse Consultant
Department of Health
Family Health Services Division

Althea Momi Kamau, M.P.H., R.N
MCH Branch Chief                                        
Department of Health
Maternal and Child Health Branch

Ronald Metler, M.D.
District Health Officer, Kauai
Department of Health

THE HAWAII UNINSURED PROJECT, LEADERSHIP GROUP

Virginia M. Pressler, M.D., M.B.A.
Chair, HUP Leadership Group
Vice President, Hawaii Pacific Health
Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children

Beverly Harbin                                     
Small Business Advocate
The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii

Beth Giesting
Executive Director
Hawaii Primary Care Association

Na’unanikinau Kamali’i JD
Native Hawaiian Health Services Officer
Papa Ola Lokahi

Ruth Ota                                              
Chief, Public Health Nursing Branch
State of Hawaii 
Department of Health                           

Paul Tom
Benefit Plan Consultants-Hawaii

HAWAII INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS, THE HAWAII UNINSURED PROJECT

William M. Kaneko, JD
President
Hawaii Institute for Public Affairs

Joan White
Executive Director
The Hawaii Uninsured Project
Hawaii Institute for Public Affairs

Clarysse Nunokawa                 
Health Program Officer 
Hawaii Community Foundation  

Gwen N. Ouye-Nakama
Associate Director for Policy & Planning
The Hawaii Uninsured Project
Hawaii Institute for Public Affairs

Jacquelyn L. Smith
Associate Director
Community Relations & Grant Management
The Hawaii Uninsured Project
Hawaii Institute for Public Affairs                     

STATE OF HAWAII, INSURANCE DIVISION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS

Lloyd Lim                                            
Acting Health Administrator                  
State of Hawaii                                    
Insurance Division
Dept. of Commerce & Consumer Affairs

Colin M. Hayashida
Rate & Policy Analyst
Insurance Division

Jill Suzuki
Program Analyst
Insurance Division

HAWAII HEALTH INFORMATION CORPORATION

Susan Forbes, Dr.PH
President and CEO
Hawaii Health Information Corporation

Jill B. Miyamura, Ph.D.
Vice President
Hawaii Health Information Corporation

Jim Cooper
Systems Analyst
Hawaii Health Information Corporation

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA

Deane Neubauer, Ph.D.                                   
Interim Vice President, Academic Affairs

Michael P. Hamnett, Ph.D.
Director, Social Science Research Institute

Susan Chandler, Ph.D.
Interim Director, Public Policy Center
College of Social Sciences

Carol J. Murry, Dr.PH
Health Policy Coordinator
College of Social Sciences

Gerard Russo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Economics

Sang-Hyop Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics

Katerina Sherstyuk, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Economics

Lawrence H. Nitz, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Political Science

D. William Wood, Ph.D.
Professor                     
Department of Sociology

Heather Young Leslie, Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology

Jonathan D. Baker, Ph.D. Student
Department of Anthropology     

Jin-Young Choi, Ph.D. Student
Department of Sociology

Debbie Gundaya, Ph.D. Student
Department of Economics         

Abdul Jabbar, Ph.D. Student
Department of Economics          

Timothy Rupright, Ph.D. Student
Department of Economics   

Yoav Wachsman, Ph.D. Student
Department of Economics

Andrea A. Matsuda      
Administrative Assistant
Coverage for All Project

ADDITIONAL INVITEES

Mark Forman
HMSA Foundation

Fred Fortin
HMSA

Cliff Cisco
HMSA

Emmett Aluli 
Molokai General Hospital

Andrew Chang
Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.

Irving Lauber
Aloha United Way

Jim Tollefson
Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii

Barbara Luksch
Hawaii Covering Kids

Paul A. Tom
Benefit Plan Consultants-Hawaii

Richard Meiers
Healthcare Association of Hawaii

David Peters 
Ho`oka Lahui Hawa`ii   

Kelvin Taketa
Hawaii Community Foundation

Hardy Spoehr 
Papa Ola Lokahi

Deane Neubauer
Academic Affairs
University of Hawaii

Lillian Koller
Dept. of Human Services
State of Hawaii


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Presentation and Discussion topics

  1. The Emergency Room:  a Mirror of the Community and the Uninsured.

  2. How Far Will the Safety Net Stretch?:  Providers to the Uninsured.

  3. How Far Will the Safety Net Stretch?:  Providers to the Uninsured.

  4. Voices of Hawaii’s Uninsured

  5. Hawaii’s Uninsured Workers—Part-Time, Full-Time and Hours Worked: Estimating the Impact of the Pre-Paid Health Care Act from Survey Data

  6. Health Insurance and the Labor Market: Economic Theory and Experimental Results

  7. Insuring the Self-Employed and Part-Time Workers: Coverage and Costs

  8. Expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)

  9. Expansion of Public Insurance for Adults: SCHIP and Medicaid/Quest

  10. Coverage is Confidence: The Uninsured Envision Health Insurance For Hawai'i