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Agenda: Immunization Finance Chicago Workshop

Financing the U.S. Immunization System: The Need for a Strategic Vision
June 15, 2001
Auditorium
School of Public Health and Psychiatric Building
University of Illinois at Chicago

Welcome and Introductory Remarks
David R. Smith, President, Health Sciences Center, Texas Tech University

Susan Scrimshaw, Dean, University of Illinois School of Public Health

Rosemary Chalk, Senior Program Officer, Institute of Medicine

Immunization Finance in the 21st Century (David R. Smith, moderator)

The Impact of Immunizations in the 21st Century
Samuel Katz, Professor Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Financing the National Immunization System: Recommendations from the Institute of Medicine
David R. Smith, Health Sciences Center, Texas Tech University

Allocating Federal Funds to States and Cities: The Role of the National Immunization Program
Lance Rodewald, Director, Immunization Services Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The National Medicaid Child Immunization Improvement Initiative
Rachel Block, Director, Finance Systems and Quality Group, Center for Medicaid and State Operations, Health Care Financing Administration

State Finance Strategies in the 1990s: Immunization Policies, Practices, and Program Financing
Gary Freed, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Michiga

State and Local Roles in the National Immunization System (Garth Splinter, moderator)

State Immunization Finance Strategies in Michigan and Illinois
John Lumpkin, Director, Illinois Department of Public Health

Gillian Stoltman, Director, Division of Communicable Disease and Immunization, Michigan Department of Community Health

The Persistence of Pockets of Need in Metropolitan Areas—The Englewood Neighborhood in Chicago
Jorge Rosenthal, Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Julie Morita, Medical Director, Department of Public Health, Chicago

A Tale of Two Cities: Building Immunization Infrastructure in Chicago and Detroit
John Wilhelm, Commissioner, Chicago Department of Public Health

Melinda Dixon, Medical Director, Detroit Health Department

A Congressional Perpective
The Honorable Danny K. Davis (D), 7th Congressional District, Illinois

Discussion

Integrating Immunizations in Private Health Care Services (William Kissick, moderator)

Improving Immunization Coverage Rates for Adults—Can We Do Better?
William Schaffner, Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University

Achieving Public Health Goals within Health Plan Services—Examples of Collaboration in Financing, Data Collection, and Quality Measures
Jim Bridges, Medical Director, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan

Carol Wilhoit, Medical Director for Quality Improvement, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois

RoundTable Discussion 1: Unresolved Problems and Significant Challenges (Susan Scrimshaw, moderator)

Paul Giblin, Children's Hospital, Detroit

Ed Mihalek, Chicago Department of Health

Victor Gonzalez, UniCare Health Plans and Chicago Board of Health

Howard Weinblatt, Integrated Health Associates, Ann Arbor, MI

Discussion

RoundTable Discussion 2: Next Steps and Future Strategies (David R. Smith, moderator)

Whitney Addington, The Urban Health Institute of Chicago

Garth Splinter, University Hospital Trust

Robyn Gabel, Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition

Discussion

Closing Remarks and Adjourn

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This workshop is based on the IOM report Calling the Shots.

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