6th Annual Medicaid Policy and Research Conference 2007
State Innovation: Cost, Quality, and Access
Conference Presentations
Plenary Speakers
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"Welcome and Opening Remarks"
R. Paul Duncan, Ph.D.
Louis C. and Jane Gapenski Professor and Chairman
Department of Health Services Research, Management and Policy, University of Florida
Interim Director
Florida Center for Medicaid and the Uninsured, University of Florida
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"Visions for the Agency" (No Slides)
Andrew Agwunobi, M.D., MBA
Secretary
Florida Agency for Health Care Administration
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"The Governor's Perspective on Health Care for Florida's Vulnerable Populations"
Karen Halperin, M.S.
Deputy Police Chief
Health and Human Services Policy Unit
Office of the Governor, Charlie Crist
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"Overtown: Portrait of a Men's Health Crisis"
April Young, Ph.D.
Director of Community Development
The Growth Partnership
Collins Center for Public Policy, Inc.
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"Maximizing Prevention in Medicaid and SCHIP: Oral Health as an Example"
Claude Earl Fox, M.D., MPH
Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health
Miller School of Medicine
University of Miami
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"Assuring Quality Care to Vulnerable Populations"
Ana Viamonte Ros, M.D., MPH
Surgeon General & Secretary
Florida Department of Health
Day 1: Exploring Local Health Care Reforms
Day 1: Health Care for Vulnerable Populations
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"Use of Preventive Health Services among Female Medicaid Beneficiaries with and without Physical Disability"
Amal Khoury, Ph.D., MPH
Associate Professor, Department of Health Services Research, Management, and Policy, University of Florida
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"The Quality of Medicaid-Funded Mental Health Services for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbance: 2004-2007"
Patty Sharrock, M.S.W.
Assistant in Research
Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute
University of South Florida
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"Health Disparities - Improving the Quality of Care"
Glenn Mitchell, Ph.D.
Faculty Administrator
Director, State Data Center on Aging
Fellow, Institute on Aging
Adjunct, Department of Political Science
University of South Florida
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"The Magnolia Program: A Pre/Interconceptual Aprroach to Preventing Poor Birth Outcomes in High Risk Populations in High Need Areas "
Thomas Bryant III, M.S.W.
Administrator
Institute for Health, Policy, and Evaluation Research
Duval County Health Department
Day 2: Health Disparities and Cultural Competency
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"Competence in Health Care: Views from Organizations, Providers, and Recipients"
David Chirboga, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Aging & Mental Health
Florida Mental Health Institute
University of South Florida
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Soyeon Cho, Ph.D.
Geropsychology Post-Doctoral Fellow
Department of Aging and Mental Health
Florida Mental Health Institute
University of South Florida
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"Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Nursing Home Rehabilitation Care"
Robert Weech-Maldonado, Ph.D., MBA
Associate Professor
Department of Health Services Research, Management and Policy
University of Florida
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"Increasing Health Care Access and Reducing Health Disparities in Rural Communities"
Shannon Jacobs, M.A., MPH
Assistant Director
Jefferson / Madison County Department of Health
Day 2: Health Care for Children on Medicaid and SCHIP
Call for Posters
Conference Agenda
Conference Announcement