Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the

Elimination of Health Disparities

April 22, 2013
Mark Twain House
351 Farmington Ave.
Hartford, CT 06105

Achieving Health Equity via the Affordable Care Act:

Promises, Provisions, and Making Reform a Reality
for Diverse Patients

8:15 8:45

Welcome and Overview

Patricia Baker
President and CEO, Connecticut Health Foundation
Sanford Cloud, Jr.
Board Chair, Connecticut Health Foundation
The Honorable Dannel P. Malloy
Governor of Connecticut
U.S. Representative John B. Larson
First Congressional District
Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman

8:45 9:30

Keynote
Moderator:

Antonia M. Villarruel, PhD, RN, FAAP

Chair, Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and
the Elimination of Health Disparities

How Do We Ensure that the Affordable Care Act Accelerates Momentum

Towards Achieving Health Equity (and not away from it)?
Jennifer DeVoe, MD, MPhil, MCR, DPhil, FAAFP
Oregon Health & Science University

9:30 11:00 Panel 1:

Expansion of Coverage
Moderator: Gillian Barclay, DDS, MPH, DrPH
Aetna Foundation
Health Equity and the ACA: An Insurers Perspective
Wayne Rawlins, MD, MBA
Aetna Healthcare
The Affordable Care Act and its Potential to Reduce Health Disparities
Cara James, PhD
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Access Health CT: A Vision for the Future
Kevin Counihan
Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange
Roderick Bremby
Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Social Services
11:00 11:15 Break

11:15 12:30 Panel #2

The Patient Centered Health Home
Moderator: Winston Wong, MD, MS
Kaiser Permanente
The Patient-Centered Medical Home
Ignatius Bau
Independent Consultant
Health Homes, Equity and the ACA: Working to Leverage Opportunity in a
Changing Health Care Landscape
Dennis Andrulis, PhD, MPH
Texas Health Institute

12:30 1:15 Lunch

1:15 2:45

Panel #3
Delivering on Health Equity: the Safety Net and Beyond
Moderator: Phyllis D. Meadows, PhD, MSN, RN
Kresge Foundation
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Achieving Health Equity: Leveraging Health Reform to Align Resources with

Needs Within the Safety Net
Kevin Fiscella, MD, MPH
University of Rochester Medical Center
Driving Health Equity through Public Policy: Hospital Community Benefits
Martha Somerville, JD, MPH
Hospital Community Benefit Program, The Hilltop Institute at UMBC
2:45 3:00

Break

3:00 4:30

Panel #4
Consumer Engagement
Moderator: Elizabeth Krause
Connecticut Health Foundation
Health Equity in the ACA: The Role for Consumer Engagement
Michael Miller
Community Catalyst
The PCORI Approach to Patient and Stakeholder Engagement
Anne Beal, MD, MPH
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Challenges for Exchanges in Reaching Diverse Communities
Alta Lash
United Connecticut Action for Neighborhoods
Community Engagement: Reaching the People
Minister Nancy Kingwood, MSHS
Ashe Faith Project

4:30 5:00

Concluding Remarks/Reflections/Discussion
Antonia M. Villarruel, PhD, RN, FAAP
Associate Dean for Research and Global Affairs
University of Michigan School of Nursing
Patricia Baker
President and CEO, Connecticut Health Foundation

5:00

Workshop Adjourns
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