Medical Indigent Care in Texas Taskforce

agenda
November 16, 2005

9:30 am	Introduction Neal Lane (Chairman) Introduction of Task Force Charge
10:00 am	Welcome Panel Kern Wildenthal, M.D., Ph.D. President, UT Southwestern Medical School Ron Anderson, M.D. President & CEO, Dallas County Hospital Disctrict Margaret Keliher, J.D. Dallas County Judge
10:30 am	DISCUSSION
10:45 am	Public Comment Session
11:00 am	Adjourn Public Session

agenda
November 16, 2005
Closed Work Session

11:00 AM

coffee break

11:15 am	Consequences Subcommittee Shine Draft of Chapter Comments and Suggestions
12:00 pm	LUNCH
1:00 pm	Delivery Subcommittee Mechler Local Initiatives White Paper Mexico-U.S. Initiative (Balcazar)
2:00 pm	Florida Medicaid Initiative Hudson (Present) Stobo (Comment) Managed Health Care Disease Management Programs Application to Texas
2:30 pm	Recommendations Shine Conclusions and Recommendations - Paper Outlining Recommendations by Shine Out of the Box Ideas - Texas Health Corp - Virtual HMO
4:00 pm	coffee break
4:15 pm	Discussion Shine Report Outline Drafts of Introductory Chapters - Health of State Chapter White Papers - Education and Health (Linder) - Trauma (Begley) - State Regulation (Rosenbaum)
6:00 pm	Adjourn
7:00 pm	Dinner

agenda
November 17, 2005
closed work session

9:00 am

Finance Subcommittee Recommendations

McKinney (Subcommittee Chair)

Regional Delivery/ State-Wide Funding
Provider Taxes (Equal Health Care Distribution Tax)
- Nursing Home Tax
- Hospital Tax
3-Share Program (Local Initiatives)
Special Status of Texas as a Border State
1115/1931/Women’s Health Waivers (Warner)
Better Management of Medicaid
Medicaid Buy-in program

11:15 am

Coffee Break

11:30 am

Recommendations (Working Lunch)

Lane

1:00 pm

Adjourn