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Role of the Purchaser Advisory Council: The Purchaser Council will represent various health and health care purchaser interests. They are responsible to give significant input on health policy that impacts employers, health insurers, and other purchasers of health and health care services.

September 3, 2009
Agenda
Overview presentation

February 20, 2009
Agenda
Minutes
Statewide Clean Indoor Air Fact Sheet
Invitations for Board
LCC Studies Table of Contents
Medicaid Transformation Fact Sheet

November 24, 2008
Agenda
Minutes
Executive Summary for Tier 1 Recommendations
2009 Health Reform Recommendations
KHPA Honored by Institute for Health and Productivity Management
Standardized Stratification of Data for Reporting
Data Consortium Recommendations 2008 Advisory Councils 111008

August 28, 2008
Agenda
Minutes
Slides for Advisory Councils
List of MCD Transformation Recommendations 8-15-08
Health Reform Panel Presentation - Final Grid
List Of LCC Studies
KHPA DRAFT Strat Plan
KS Medicaid Trans Summary

June 5, 2008
Agenda
Minutes
2008 Legislative Session-At-A-Glance

December 19, 2007
Agenda
Minutes
KHPA Board 2007 Health Reform Recommendations (PPT)
KHPA Board 2007 Health Reform Recommendations Executive Summary (PDF)

September 5, 2007
Agenda
Minutes
KHPA Advisory Council Charter April 2007
Council Recommendations to the KHPA Board
Schramm Legislative Testimony Kansas Health Care Reform Study

August 8, 2007
Agenda
Minutes
Interim Report
State Health Reform: How to Fund a Statewide Health Insurance Exchange

July 18, 2007
Agenda
Minutes
Rising Health Care Costs, Prevention & Primary Care, and Personal Responsibility
Proposed Agendas for June, July, August, September
Policy Questions: Paying for Prevention and Primary Care and Promoting Personal Responsibility
15 Draft Policy Questions

June 28, 2007
Agenda
Minutes
Proposed Agendas for June, July, August, September
Draft Health Reform Plan Roadmap
15 Draft Policy Questions
Health Reform in Kansas: Draft Planning Timeline

May 9, 2007
Agenda
Minutes
SB 11 Summary
Health Reform Overview
Demographic Profile of Uninsured Kansans
Designing the SB 11 Premium Assistance Program
Draft Health Reform Grid
Policy Option: Continue with Revised Enhanced Care Management (ECM) Pilot Project
Policy Option: Health Information Exchange Initiatives
Policy Option: Health Information Transparency for Consumers
Policy Option: Extension of Community Health Record Pilot Project
Policy Option: Improving Workplace Health & Wellness within the SEHP

March 28 , 2007
Agenda
Minutes

General Information:
HealthWave-Medicaid Fact Sheet
State Employee Health Benefits Plan Fact Sheet
Kansas Health Policy Authority List of Acronyms as of January 2007

Helpful Links:
A Blueprint for Universal Health Insurance Coverage in New York
National Health Policy Forum
National Committee for Quality Assurance
The State Coverage Initiatives (SCI) Program
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities – Coverage of Parents Helps Children, Too
The Access Project: Losing Ground – Eroding Health Insurance Coverage Leaves Kansas Farmers with Medical Debt
New York Times - Small Business' Premiums Soar After Illness
2007 Legislative Conference Committee Report Briefs
Mercer State of Kansas Uninsured Report
Aiming Higher: Results from a State Scorecard on Health System Performance
American Academy of Pediatrics: The Medical Home
The Medical Home, Access to Care, and Insurance: A Review of Evidence
Access for Low-income Children: Is Health Insurance Enough?

MEMBERS

Member Biographies

William Bruning, Kansas City
President and CEO, Mid-America Coalition on Health Care

Monica Cameron, Manhattan
President, Diamond Solar Solutions

Bradley Clothier, Wichita
Senior Vice President and CEO, Preferred Health Systems

Andrew Corbin, Topeka
President and CEO, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas

Bob Finuf, Kansas City
CEO, Children’s Mercy Family Health Partners, Inc

Bonnie Hoopes, Olathe
Benefits Administrator, Henderson Engineers, Inc.

David Hornick, Leavenworth
Partner, Hornick and Associates

Valerie Keller, Olathe
Vice President of Provider Affairs, Coventry Health Care of Kansas, Inc.

David Knocke, Topeka
Senior Vice President and COO, Stormont-Vail HealthCare

Jeff Levin, Manhattan
Co-Owner, Varney’s Bookstore

Larry McGill, Jr., Topeka
Executive Vice President, Kansas Association of Insurance Agents

John Naramore, Lawrence
President, Kansas Key Press

Linda Steinke, Topeka
State Director, UniCare Health Plan of Kansas

Ronald C. Whiting, Wichita
Executive Director, Wichita Business Coalition on Health Care

Keith Wisdom, Overland Park
Chief Financial Officer, United HealthCare, Heartland States Markets

Time Witsman, Wichita
President, Wichita Independent Business Association