Medicaid Commission Meeting
March 13-15, 2006

Federal Register Notice

Agenda

Preparatory Materials Provided to Commissioners

• March Meeting Preparatory Materials
• LTC Reform Proposal Summaries
• Tax Treatment of Health Expenses

Presentations

• Dennis Smith -- Medicaid Long Term Care Data
• Kathryn Allen -- A Look at Our Future - When Baby Boomers Retire
• Janet O'Keeffe -- Background Information on Medicaid and LTC
• Chuck Milligan -- Summary of LTC Reform Proposals
• Judy Xanthopoulos -- Tax Changes and Various  Health Related Savings Accounts
• Barbara Stucki -- Promoting Aging in Place Through Use of Reverse Mortgages
• Marc Cohen -- Long Term Care Planning and Insurance
• Governor Bush -- Florida Medicaid Reform
• William Ditto -- Cash & Counseling Program
• Shelly Brantley -- Cash & Counseling Program
• Kathryn Lawler -- Aging Atlanta

Follow-up Materials provided to Commissioners

• Medicaid Commission March Meeting Follow Up Materials

Public Comment

• Katie Beckett
• Irene Welch, Voice of the Retarded
• Elliott Palevsky, United Jewish Communities
• Marsha Greenfield, AAHSA
• Charles Luband, National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems
• Brenda Blalock
• Chris and Christopher Hunicutt
• Mark Peterson, Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota
• Jeff Lemieux, America’s Health Insurance Plans
• Mark Andrews, Molina Healthcare
• Ed Sheehy, Volunteers of America
• Allan Goldman, Georgia Division of Aging Services
• Bonnie-Jean Brooks, Maine Association for Community Service Providers
• Margaret Puddington
• Ken Lovan, Res-Care
• Tary Brown, Albany Primary Care, Atlanta, GA
• Pat Puckett, Independent Living
• Pat Nobbie, Governor’s Council on Developmental Disabilities, GA
• Ashley Rhinehart, Disability Link
• Marty Ford, The Arc and UCP
• Suellen Galbraith, ANCOR
• Than Johnson, Champaign Residential Services, Ohio
• Leslie and Daniel Estaban
• Page Pennell, MD, Emory School of Medicine
• Melanie Birchfield, Executive Director, Epilepsy Foundation GA Affiliate
• Julie Venners Yannes, Chair, Child Neurology Foundation
• Malissa Dempsey
• Pedro Malu
• Jamal Collins

For more information contact: medicaid.commission@hhs.gov

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