Health Care Cost Trends Hearings - 2010

• Hearing Notice (PDF) 
• Amendments to Hearing Notice (PDF) 

Agenda

• Health Care Cost Trends Hearings Agenda (PDF) 
• Interactive Daily Agenda

Witness Testimony

Hearings Proceedings

• Transcripts, Audio Recordings, and DVD Recordings

Interactive Daily Agenda
 

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

9:00 A.M. Introductory Remarks
 

• David Morales, Commissioner, Division of Health Care Finance and Policy and Chair of Public Hearings

9:15 A.M. Statements by Officials
 

• Governor Deval Patrick
• Senate President Therese Murray
• Secretary of Health and Human Services JudyAnn Bigby
• Senator Richard Moore
• Representative Harriett Stanley
• Representative Mary Grant
• Representative Jeffrey Sanchez

10:15 A.M. Review of Analytic Findings from the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy

• Introduction and Context: Cindy Parks Thomas, Ph.D., Associate Research Professor, Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University (PPT) 
• Private Health Insurance Premium Trends: Dianna Welch, F.S.A., M.A.A.A., Oliver Wyman Actuarial Consulting, Inc. (PPT) 
• Privately Insured Medical Claims Expenditures: Deborah Chollet, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. (PPT) 

Moderator: Stanley S. Wallack, Ph.D., Professor and Executive Director of the Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University

11:15 A.M. Review of Findings from the Division of Insurance

12:00 P.M. Expert Witness: "Why Doing Nothing is NOT an Option"
 

• Len Nichols, Ph.D., Professor of Health Policy and Director of the Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics, George Mason University, and Former Director of the Health Policy Program, New American Foundation (PDF) 

Moderator: Deborah Chollet, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

12:45 P.M. 30-Minute Lunch Break

1:15 P.M. Review of Findings from Investigation into Health Care Cost Trends and Cost Drivers
 

• Martha Coakley, Massachusetts Attorney General (PDF)  file size 1MB | Word
  See Press Release from the Office of the Attorney General

2:15 P.M. Panel: Employer Experiences with Health Care Cost Trends

• Alan MacDonald, Executive Director, Massachusetts Business Roundtable (PDF) 
• Eric Michelson, Michelson's Shoes (PDF) 
• Peter Mongeau, Vice President, HR Shared Services, John Hancock Financial Services (PDF) 
• Frank Romano, President, The Essex Group Incorporated (PDF) 
• Delia Vetter, Senior Director of Benefits, EMC Corporation (PDF) 
• Michael Widmer, President, Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation

Moderator: Wayne Burton, Ed.D., President of North Shore Community College and
Former Chair of the North Shore Chamber of Commerce

3:30 P.M. Panel: Consumer Experiences with Health Care Cost Trends

• Deborah Banda, Massachusetts State Director, AARP (PDF) 
• Robert Restuccia, Executive Director, Community Catalyst, Inc. (PDF) 
• Matt Selig, Executive Director, Health Law Advocates (PDF) 
• Amy Whitcomb Slemmer, Executive Director, Health Care for All (PDF) 
• Nancy Turnbull, Senior Lecturer on Health Policy and Associate Dean for Educational Programs, Harvard School of Public Health (PDF) 
• Cheri Andes, Lead Organizer, Greater Boston Interfaith Organization (PDF) 

Moderator: John Auerbach, Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

4:45 P.M. Concluding Remarks
 

• David Morales, Commissioner, Division of Health Care Finance and Policy and Chair of Public Hearings

Thursday, March 18, 2010

9:00 A.M. Introductory Remarks
 

• David Morales, Commissioner of the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy and Chair of Public Hearings

9:15 A.M. Expert Witness: Creating the Framework for High Performing Organizations
 

• Stephen Schoenbaum, M.D., M.P.H., Executive Vice President for Programs, The Commonwealth Fund and Executive Director of its Commission on a High Performance Health System (PPT)  file size 1MB

Moderator: Stanley S. Wallack, Ph.D., Professor and Executive Director of the Schneider Institutes for Health Policy, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University

10:15 A.M. Panel: Health Care Delivery System

• Jack Dutzar, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, Fallon Clinic (PDF) 
• Phil Gaziano, M.D., Medical Director, Hampden County Physician Associates, LLC (PDF) 
• Donald Goldmann, M.D., Senior Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (PDF) 
• Paul Levy, President, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (PDF) 
• Barbra Rabson, Executive Director, Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (PDF) 
• James Roosevelt, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer, Tufts Health Plan and Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans (PDF) 
• Barbara Spivak, M.D., President, Mount Auburn Cambridge IPA (PDF) 

Moderator: Michael H. Bailit, M.B.A., President, Bailit Health Purchasing

12:30 P.M. 30-Minute Lunch Break

1:00 P.M. Expert Witness: Understanding Cost Drivers in the Health Care System
 

• Paul Ginsburg, Ph.D., President, Center for Studying Health System Change (PPT)  file size 1MB

Moderator: Stuart Altman, Ph.D., Sol C. Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University

2:00 P.M. Panel: Factors Contributing to Health Care Costs

• Dianne Anderson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Lawrence General Hospital (PDF) 
• Andrew Dreyfus, Executive Vice President of Health Care Service, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (PDF) 
• Mark Gaunya, President, Massachusetts Association of Health Underwriters (PDF) 
• Thomas P. Glynn, Ph.D., Chief Operating Officer, Partners Healthcare (PDF) 
• Nancy Kane, Professor of Management, Associate Dean for Educational Programs, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, and Member of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (PDF) 
• Dale Lodge, President and Chief Executive Officer, Winchester Hospital (PDF) 
• Julie Pinkham, R.N., Executive Director, Massachusetts Nurses Association

Moderator: Nancy Turnbull, Senior Lecturer on Health Policy and Associate Dean for Educational Programs, Harvard School of Public Health

4:30 P.M. Concluding Remarks
 

• David Morales, Commissioner, Division of Health Care Finance and Policy and Chair of Public Hearings

9:00 A.M. Introductory Remarks
 

• David Morales, Commissioner, Division of Health Care Finance and Policy and Chair of Public Hearings

9:15 A.M. Expert Witness: Market Reform Considerations to Reduce the Growth in Healthcare Spending
 

• Stuart Altman, Ph.D., Sol C. Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University (PPT) 

Moderator: Alan Weil, J.D., M.P.P., Executive Director, National Academy for State Health Policy

10:00 A.M. Panel: Discussion of Strategies to Mitigate Health Care Cost Growth

• Ralph de la Torre, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, Caritas Christi Health Care
• Deb Enos, President and Chief Executive Officer, Neighborhood Health Plan (PDF) 
• Gary L. Gottlieb, M.D., M.B.A., President and Chief Executive Officer, Partners Healthcare (PDF) 
• George Gresham, President, Local 1199 SEIU (PDF) 
• Richard Lopez, M.D., Chief Physician Executive, Atrius Health (PDF) 
• Dolores Mitchell, Executive Director, Group Insurance Commission (PDF) 
• Ellen Zane, President and Chief Executive Officer, Tufts Medical Center (PDF)  | Word

Moderator: Alan Weil, J.D., M.P.P., Executive Director, National Academy for State Health Policy

12:30 P.M. 30-Minute Lunch Break

1:00 P.M. Public Testimony ( please see "Public Testimony" web page)

4:30 P.M. Concluding Remarks
 

• David Morales, Commissioner, Division of Health Care Finance and Policy and Chair of Public Hearings

Hearings Proceedings

Audio files of the hearings are posted below. Please click on the link to listen to the proceedings of each day's hearings. Transcripts will be available shortly. If you would like a DVD or MP4 of the hearings, please contact the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy at (617) 988-3100 or email Costtrends@state.ma.us.

Audio of Cost Trends Hearings

Day 1 (Part One)  file size 69MB

Day 1 (Part Two)  file size 267MB

Day 1 (Part Three A)  file size 94MB

Day 1 (Part Three B)  file size 289MB

Day 2 (Part One)  file size 258MB

Day 2 (Part Two)  file size 321MB

Day 3 (Part One)  file size 274MB

Day 3 (Part Two)  file size 281MB
 

This information is provided by the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy.