The 22nd Annual ITUP conference will lay the groundwork for health reform in California for 2018, highlighting anticipated federal challenges as well as opportunities for the state to preserve and expand gains in coverage and health improvement. Be part of this signature state health policy conference that brings together health care leaders across the state to consider the state of health reform in California and to share policy ideas, strategies and emerging best practices to advance health in California. No matter what challenges the state may face.
PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE
| 7:30 am – 8:30 am | Registration and Networking Breakfast |
| 8:30 am – 5:00 pm | Annual Conference – Sacramento Convention Center |
| 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm | Bonus Networking Opportunity |
All events will take place at the Sacramento Convention Center, unless noted otherwise.
AGENDA
- State Senator Holly J. Mitchell (D-Los Angeles) – Chair, Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee
- State Assembly Member Jim Wood (D-Healdsburg) – Chair, Assembly Health Committee; Co-Chair, Select Committee on Health Care Delivery Systems and Universal Coverage
- Diana S. Dooley – Secretary, California Health and Human Services Agency
Plenary Sessions
- Burt Margolin – President, The Margolin Group (Moderator)
- Lanhee Chen, PhD – David and Diane Steffy Research Fellow, Hoover Institute and Director of Domestic Policy Studies, Stanford University
- Larry Levitt, MPP – Senior Vice President for Special Initiatives, Kaiser Family Foundation
- Peter V. Lee – Executive Director, Covered California
- Robert Ross, MD – President and CEO, The California Endowment (Moderator)
- Laurel Lucia, MPP – Director, Health Care Program, UC Berkeley Labor Center
- Paul Y. Song, MD – Co-Chair, Campaign for a Healthy California and Board Member, Physicians for a National Health Program
- Anthony Wright – Executive Director, Health Access California
- Susan Philip, MPP – Senior Health Care Management Consultant, Milliman
- Chris Perrone, MPP – Director, Improving Access, California Health Care Foundation (Moderator)
- Edwin Park, JD – Vice President for Health Policy, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities
- Andrew Bindman, MD – Professor of Medicine, Health Policy, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco
- Liz Gibboney, MA – Chief Executive Officer, Partnership HealthPlan of California
- Jennifer Kent – Director, California Department of Health Care Services
Advancing Health: California on the Cutting Edge
- Mary Pittman, DrPH – President and Chief Executive Officer, Public Health Institute
- Peter Long, PhD – President and Chief Executive Officer, Blue Shield of California Foundation
Workshop Sessions
Drug Medi-Cal System Change: What it Means for Behavioral Health Integration in California
- Percy Howard III, LCSW – Interim CEO, California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions (Moderator)
- John Connolly, PhD, MSEd – Acting Deputy Director Substance Abuse Prevention and Control, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
- Marlies Perez – Division Chief, California Department of Health Care Services
- William Harris – Assistant Regional Manager, Riverside County Department of Mental Health
Making Access a Priority: Growing the Health Workforce
- Sunita Mutha MD, FACP – Director, Healthfore Center, University of California, San Francisco (Moderator)
- Janet Coffman MA, MPP, PhD – Associate Professor, University of California, San Francisco
- Carmela Castellano-Garcia – President and Chief Executive Officer, California Primary Care Association
- Erica Murray – President and CEO, California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems
Serving Immigrant Communities under the Cloud of Immigration Enforcement
- Ignatius Bau – Health Care Policy Consultant (Moderator)
- Gabrielle Lessard – Senior Policy Attorney, National Immigration Law Center
- Mayra Alvarez – President, The Children’s Partnership
- Georgina Maldonado – Executive Director, Community Health Initiative of Orange County
Breaking Down Silos to Serve the Whole Person
- Margaret Tatar – Managing Principal, Health Management Associates (Moderator)
- Clemens Hong, MD – Director, Whole Person Care, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
- Robert Oldham, MD – Health Officer and Division Director of Public Health, Placer County Health and Human Services
- Barbara Masters – Initiative Director California Accountable Communities for Health Initiative
Pre-Conference Session (no additional cost) NEW
ITUP is partnering with the Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA) to highlight IHA’s Statewide Provider Directory Utility Project, now in development stages. The provider directory utility will offer a single place for health care providers and commercial, Medicare, and Medi-Cal health plans to update provider profiles and contracting data with the goal of improving the accuracy and accessibility of health plan provider directories in California.
Join the Director of the state Department of Managed Health Care, Shelley Rouillard, and IHA Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, Eyal Gurion, for this informative session. Learn how the Utility Project is unfolding and participate in the conversation on how to ensure that it accomplishes the goal of providing California consumers with timely, accurate provider information.
Space is limited, so register now for the pre-conference session.
REGISTRATION
Register by January 5, 2018 to save $25-50!
Register now for the 22nd annual ITUP conference, the signature statewide conference for California health care leaders, policymakers and health reform advocates.
