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Technical Workshops IV

East-West Center
Jefferson Hall
Hawaii Imin International Conference Center
Pacific Room
1777 East-West Road
Honolulu, Hawaii USA
Friday, September 26, 2003
7:30 AM-1:30 PM

 

DRAFT AGENDA (Rev. 09/14/2003)

 

Agenda

7:30-8:00         Continental Breakfast
                                                                       
8:00-8:10         Welcoming Remarks:
Michael Hamnett, PhD, Director, Social Science Research Institute, UHM
Loretta J. Fuddy, MSW, MPH Family Health Services Division, Hawaii State Department of Health, Principal Investigator, HRSA SPG

SESSION I     Employment and Health Insurance

8:10-8:25         “Voices of Hawaii’s Uninsured Self-Employed:  Results from One-on-One Interviews.
D. William Wood, PhD, UHM
Carol Murry, DrPH, UHM
Heather Young Leslie, PhD, UHM

8:25-8:30         Questions

8:30-8:45         “Employer-Sponsored Insurance (ESI) Premiums in Hawaii:  Estimates from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey—Insurance Component (MEPS-IC) 2001.
Gerard Russo, PhD, UHM

8:45-8:50         Questions

8:50-9:05         “Labor Market Effects of Hawaii’s Pre-Paid Health Care Act (PHCA) of 1974: Estimates from the Current Population Survey (CPS) 1996-2002.
Sang-Hyop Lee, PhD, UHM

9:05-9:10         Questions

9:10-9:25         “Health Insurance and the Labor Market: Economic Theory and Experimental Results.
Katerina Sherstyuk, PhD, UHM

9:25-9:30         Questions

9:30-9:45         “Insuring the Self-Employed and Part-Time Workers: Coverage and Costs.”
Gerard Russo, PhD, UHM

9:45-9:50         Questions

9:50-10:15       Open Discussion          

10:15-10:30     Coffee Break

SESSION II   Public Insurance Expansions

10:30-10:40     “Hawaii’s Uninsured Population:  Children Age 0-18.”
Gerard Russo, PhD, UHM

10:40-10:50     “Expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP).”
Gerard Russo, PhD UHM

10:50-11:00     Questions & Discussion

11:00-11:10     “Hawaii’s Uninsured Population:  Adults Age 19-64.”
Lawrence Nitz, PhD, UHM

11:10-11:20     “Expansion of Public Insurance for Adults.”
Lawrence Nitz, PhD, UHM

11:20-11:30     Questions & Discussion

11:30-11:55     “Qualitative Research on the Uninsured in Hawai'i.”
D. William Wood, PhD, UHM
Carol Murry, DrPH, UHM
Heather Young Leslie, PhD, UHM

11:55-12:00     Questions

12:00-12:30     Open Discussion

12:30-1:30       Working Lunch
Garden Level Dining Room

1:30-1:35         Closing Remarks

1:35                  Adjourn

 

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PARTICIPANT LIST

STATE OF HAWAII, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Jane K. Kadohiro, Dr.P.H., A.P.R.N., C.D.E.
Deputy Director of Health
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

Bert Matsuoka, M.P.A.
Planning Office Chief
Department of Health
Office of Planning, Policy and Program Development

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

Catherine Sorenson, M.P.H., DrPH
Informatics Specialist
Department of Health
Informatics Project

THE HAWAII UNINSURED PROJECT, LEADERSHIP GROUP

Gary Allen
Executive Director
Hawaii Business Health Council

Cliff Cisco
Senior Vice President
HMSA

Guy Fujimura
ILWU Local 142

Beth Giesting
Director
Hawaii Primary Care Association

Gary Hamada  
Administrator   
Disability Compensation Division
Hawaii State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations

Beverly Harbin 
Small Business Advocate
The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii

Linda Colburn
Consultant

Wanda Kakugawa
Market Trends Pacific, Inc.

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

Chris Pablo
Director of Public Affairs
Kaiser Permanente                     

Piilani Pang
HMSA

Paul Tom
Benefit Plan Consultants-Hawaii

Gregg Yamanaka
Terrabiz

Representing Lillian Koller
Director, Department of Human Services
State of Hawaii
            Henry Oliva
            Deputy Director
            Steve Kawada
            MedQuest

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

Pam Chambers
Pam Chambers & Associates

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

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

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

Colin M. Hayashida
Rate & Policy Analyst
Insurance Division

Jill Y. Suzuki
Program Analyst
State of Hawaii
Insurance Division
Dept. of Commerce & Consumer Affairs

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

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA

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

Sharon Y. Miyashiro, Ph.D., J.D.
Interim Associate Director, Public Policy Center
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   

Thamana Lekprichakul, Ph.D.
Health Economist    

Abdul Jabbar, Ph.D. Student
Department of Economics          

Tomomi Tanaka, Ph.D. Student
Department of Economics

Rui Wang, Ph.D. Student
Department of Economics

Andrea A. Matsuda      
Administrative Assistant
Coverage for All Project


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Presentation and Discussion topics

  1. Voices of Hawaii’s Uninsured Self-Employed:  Results from One-on-One Interviews.

  2. Employer-Sponsored Insurance (ESI) Premiums in Hawaii:  Estimates from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey—Insurance Component (MEPS-IC) 2001.

  3. Labor Market Effects of Hawaii’s Pre-Paid Health Care Act (PHCA) of 1974: Estimates from the Current Population Survey (CPS) 1996-2002.

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

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

  6. Hawaii’s Uninsured Population:  Children Age 0-18

  7. Expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP)

  8. Hawaii’s Uninsured Population:  Adults Age 19-64

  9. Expansion of Public Insurance for Adults

  10. Qualitative Research on the Uninsured in Hawai'i