Calendar

Members of Bailit Health are frequently asked to speak at conferences and meetings about strategies to improve the quality of health care and contain cost growth. Below is our calendar of recent and upcoming speaking engagements.


2024 Events

9
APR

"Leveraging Hospital Financial Analyses to Inform State Policy"
Peterson-Milbank Program for Sustainable Health Care Costs – Webinar - 2PM EDT
–Sarah Kinsler

15
FEB

"Establishing an Effective Hospital Accountability Mechanism"
Peterson-Milbank State Meeting - Denver, CO
–Michael Bailit

14
FEB

"New State Resources for Hospital Cost Analyses"
Peterson-Milbank State Meeting - Denver, CO
–Michael Bailit and Alyssa Vangeli


2023 Events

5
NOV

"Understanding the Drivers of Health Care Costs"
Our American States - Podcast, Episode 197
–Alyssa Vangeli

26
SEP

"U.S. Health Care Costs: Trends, Drivers and State Actions"
National Conference of State Legislatures - Chicago, IL
–Alyssa Vangeli

1
AUG

"Leveraging Buying Value to Advance Health Equity Measurement"
State Health and Value Strategies - Webinar, 2PM-3PM EST
–Deepti Kanneganti

29
JUN

"Highlights of the State Health Equity Measure Set: Measures to Assess and Improve Equity"
State Health and Value Strategies - Webinar, 2PM (Registration Required)
–Deepti Kanneganti and Jessica Mar

1
JUN

"The National Landscape of Health Care Cost Growth Target Programs"
American´s Physician Groups Annual Spring Conference - San Diego, CA
–January Angeles

25
MAY

"Defining Non-Claims-Based Primary Care Spending"
Washington Advisory Committee on Primary Care - Webinar
–Michael Bailit

1
MAY

"State Strategies for Controlling Healthcare Spending"
Health Policy Institute of Ohio
–January Angeles

23
MAR

"Development of Statewide Health Equity Data Standards in Massachusetts"
State Health and Values Strategies – Webinar, Thursday 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. EST
–Matt Reynolds

9
FEB

"States’ Uphill Battle to Stop Runaway Health Care Costs"
Tradeoffs – Podcast
–Michael Bailit

18
JAN

"Making Health Care More Affordable: Implementing a State Cost Growth Target"
Milbank Memorial Fund – Webinar 1PM EST
–January Angeles


2022 Events

9
NOV

"How States are Leveraging Medicaid Managed Care to Address Health-Related Social Needs"
State Health and Value Strategies – Webinar 3PM-4PM EST
– Mary Beth Dyer, Erin Campbell, and Erin Taylor

13
OCT

"State Cost Growth Target Oversight Programs"
America's Physician Groups – Newport Beach, CA
– January Angeles

12
OCT

"Health Care Cost Containment"
National Conference of State Legislatures – Atlanta, GA
– Michael Bailit

29
SEP

"State Cost Containment Efforts and Implications for Children's Hospitals"
California Children's Hospital Association – La Jolla, CA
– Beth Waldman

20
JULY

"Buying Value: Measures that Matter"
State Health and Value Strategies – Webinar
– Deepti Kanneganti

14
JUN

"Experience Implementing Social Risk Factor Screening Measures in Medicaid"
State Health and Value Strategies – Webinar
– Michael Bailit

1
JUN

"How to leverage cost growth targets to advance value-based payment and mitigate price growth"
Peterson-Milbank state meeting   Washington, D.C.
– Ann Hwang and Michael Bailit

4
APR

"Results of the Connecticut 2018-19 Cost Growth Benchmark Analysis"
Connecticut Healthcare Affordability Forum
– Michael Bailit

27
JAN

"Promoting Health Equity in Medicaid Managed Care"
NASHP State PACE Action Network Final Meeting
– Erin Taylor

NASHP PACE Presentation
12
JAN

"A Path to Hospital Sustainability and Health Care Affordability in Vermont"
Vermont Green Mountain Care Board
– Michael Bailit

11
JAN

"Trends in Connecticut Commercial Health Care Spending, 2015-2019"
Connecticut Health Care Cabinet
– Michael Bailit


2021 Events

10
NOV

"Driving Affordability and Appropriateness"
National Alliance of Health Care Purchaser Coalitions
– January Angeles

1
NOV

"Promoting Health Equity in Medicaid Managed Care"
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
– Erin Taylor and Mary Beth Dyer

5
OCT

"Using State Cost Growth Targets to Slow Health Care Spending Growth"
California Health Care Coalition
– Michael Bailit

22
SEP

"State Strategies for Primary Care and for Cost Containment"
Healthcare Purchaser Alliance of Maine
– Michael Bailit

5
AUG

"Webinar: Organizations React to Medi-Cal Managed Care Procurement Draft RFP"
California Health Care Foundation
– Beth Waldman

22
JUN

"Highlights of the Buying Value Benchmark Repository: Innovative Homegrown Measures"
State Health and Value Strategies
– Deepti Kanneganti

27
MAY

"MedWorks: Medicaid Buy In Across the Country"
Work to Include - 2021 Virtual Employment First Summit
– Beth Waldman

12
MAY

"Core Competencies of High-Performing Accountable Care Organizations "
Vermont Green Mountain Care Board
– Michael Bailit

5
MAY

"Implementing Stakeholder Accountability to Limit Healthcare Spending Growth"
National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions
– Michael Bailit

5
MAR

"Building Accountability for Social Risk Screening into State Medicaid Programs"
Social Interventions Research & Evaluations Network
– Michael Bailit

24
FEB

"Analyzing Health Disparities in Medicaid Managed Care"
State Health and Value Strategies
– Stacey Yi and Michael Bailit

27
JAN

2020 Events

17
DEC

"Introduction to Cost Growth Benchmarks"
National Academy for State Health Policy
– Michael Bailit

2
DEC

"Making the Evidence-Based Case for Primary Care Investment"
Primary Care Collaborative
– Michael Bailit

16
NOV

"Screening for Social Risk Factors: Developing a Screening Measure"
State Health and Value Strategies
– Michael Bailit

26
OCT

"Screening for Social Risk Factors Part I: Working with Medicaid Managed Care to Design Screening Requirements"
State Health and Value Strategies
– Rachel Issacson and Michael Bailit

15
OCT

"States Seeking Success to Bend the Cost Curve"
Midwest Health Initiative - Webinar
– Michael Bailit

29
SEP

"Cost Growth Targets: What Are They and How to Define Them"
Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement – Webinar
– Michael Bailit

28
SEP

"Buying Value: Measures that Matter for Quality and Equity"
State Health and Value Strategies - Webinar
– Deepti Kanneganti

13
MAY

"National Trends in State Affordability and Sustainability Strategies"
Vermont Green Mountain Care Board
– Michael Bailit

21
APR

"Impact of COVID-19 on Medicaid Managed Care Performance Incentives"
State Health and Value Strategies – Webinar
– Erin Taylor


2019 Events

24
SEP

"SDOH Screening Measures"
New England Medicaid Quality Collaborative – Webinar
– Michael Bailit

21
AUG

"Strengthening Health Care Delivery Systems that Serve Pregnant and Parenting Women in Medicaid"
32nd Annual NASHP State Health Policy Conference – Chicago, IL
– Beth Waldman

8
AUG

"Level Setting: The Levers for High–Performing Managed Care"
NAMD Best Practices in Managed Care Workshop – Minneapolis, MN
– Mary Beth Dyer

31
JUL

"Advancing Child Health Outcomes"
CCF Annual Child Health Policy Conference 2019 – Washington, D.C.
– Michael Bailit

27
JUN

"Influencing Medicaid Managed Care and Other Payer Contracts: Musings from a Former Medicaid Director"
Delta Center for a Thriving Safety Net – Webinar
– Beth Waldman

29
APR

"Raising the Bar: Strengthening Purchasing and Oversight of Medi–Cal Managed Care"
California Health Care Foundation – Sacramento, CA
– Beth Waldman

27
MAR

"Leveraging Multi–Payer Claims Databases for Value"
State Health and Value Strategies – Webinar
– Erin Taylor

30
JAN

"Using Performance Measurement to Drive Improvement in the Quality of Care Provided in Medicaid and CHIP Programs"
2019 CMS Quality Conference – Baltimore, MD
– Michael Bailit


2018 Events

12
OCT

"Measure Selection, Alignment and Performance Benchmarking: A New Resource for States"
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Webinar
–Deepti Kanneganti and Michael Bailit

17
AUG

"Buying Value Benchmarking Repository: Helping States Use Non–HEDIS Measures in Value–Based Purchasing"
NASHP Annual Conference – Jacksonville, FL
–Deepti Kanneganti

16
AUG

"Shifting Sands at the Provider Level, What’s a State to Do?"
NASHP Annual Conference – Jacksonville, FL
–Erin Taylor

15
AUG

"Purchasing and Oversight of Behavioral Health Services in Medicaid Managed Care"
NASHP/SHVS Ancillary Meeting – Jacksonville, FL
–Mary Beth Dyer and Beth Waldman

4
AUG

"Safeguarding Financial Stability of Provider Risk–Bearing Organizations"
NAIC 2018 Summer National Meeting – Boston, MA
–Erin Taylor

25
JUL

"Innovative Strategies for State Health Benefits Purchasers"
New Jersey Governor's State Health Benefits Quality and Value Task Force – Trenton, NJ
–Michael Bailit

24
APR

"Payment Transformation to Address Social and Emotional Determinants of Health for Children"
AcademyHealth invitational meeting – Washington, DC
–Michael Bailit

1
MAR

"Multi–Purchaser Collaboration to Advance Value–Based Health Care"
National Value–Based Payment and P4P Summit – San Francisco, CA
–Megan Burns

14
FEB

"How State Programs are Defining and Tracking MCO Implementation of APMs"
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Webinar
–Beth Waldman

7
FEB

"Categorizing Value–Based Payment Models According to the LAN"
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Webinar (2PM – 3PM EST)
–Megan Burns


2017 Events

19
DEC

"The Playbook: Payment Reform Strategies for Patients with Complex Health and Social Needs"
Institute for Healthcare Improvement – Webinar
–Michael Bailit

8
DEC

"National Medicaid Landscape"
Dell Medical School Conference on Building Value in Texas Medicaid – Austin, TX
–Mary Beth Dyer

30
NOV

"Getting Ready for Value–Based Purchasing"
National Association for Children's Behavioral Health – St. Petersburg, FL
–Mary Beth Dyer

24
OCT

"Value-Based Purchasing for Managed Long–Term Services and Supports"
National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) – Portland, OR
–Erin Taylor

18
OCT

"Value–Based Purchasing"
National Governors Association – Washington, D.C.
–Beth Waldman

18
SEP

"Standardizing the Measurement of Commercial Health Plan Primary Care Spending"
Milbank Memorial Fund – Webinar (3PM EST)
–Michael Bailit and Mark Friedberg

25
JUN

"Engaging Safety Net Providers to Design a Statewide Quality Measurement Strategy"
AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting 2017 – New Orleans, LA
–Deepti Kanneganti

21
JUN

"Using Social Determinants of Health Data in Medicaid Managed Care"
RWJ Foundation State Health and Value Strategies Program – Webinar
–Amy Lischko

16
MAY

"State Strategies: Medicaid Value–Based Payment for LTSS"
RWJ Foundation State Health and Value Strategies Program – Webinar
– Erin Taylor

30
MAR

"Procurement Tools to Support Value–Based Purchasing"
RWJ Foundation State Health and Value Strategies Program meeting – Minneapolis, MN
– Mary Beth Dyer

30
MAR

"Value–based Purchasing Strategies for State Employee Health Benefits Purchasers"
RWJ Foundation State Health and Value Strategies Program meeting – Minneapolis, MN
– Michael Bailit

2
FEB

"Strategies for Driving Alternative Payment Models in Medicaid Managed Care"
National Association of Medicaid Directors meeting – New Orleans, LA
– Mary Beth Dyer

4
JAN

"The Buying Value Measure Selection Tool"
RWJ Foundation's State Health and Value Strategies Program – (Webinar)
–Michael Bailit and Deepti Kanneganti

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2016 Events

18
NOV

"A VBP Payment Model for Children's Health"
NY Medicaid Children's Health Clinical Advisory Group – New York, NY
–Marge Houy

20
OCT

"Systems Integration Academy Related to State Implementation Grants to Enhance Systems Integration for CYSHCN"
NASHP Conference – Pittsburgh, PA
–Mary Beth Dyer

19
OCT
19
OCT

"Involving Managed Care in Delivery System and Value-based Payment Reforms"
NASHP Conference – Pittsburgh, PA
–Beth Waldman

19
OCT

"Value–Based Purchasing – A Quality Perspective"
Association for Community–Affiliated Health Plans – Miami, FL
–Michael Bailit

22
SEP

"Bolstering Current Efforts at Value–Based Care and Payment"
National Academy of Medicine – Washington, DC
–Michael Bailit

12
JUL

"Study of Cost Containment Models and Recommendations for Connecticut"
Connecticut Healthcare Cabinet – Hartford, CT
–Megan Burns and Marge Houy

29
JUN

"Medicaid Value–based Purchasing in the States"
Council of State Governments Health Committee – Boston, MA
– Marge Houy and Megan Burns

12
MAY

"Lessons Learned in Effective State Purchasing in Managed Care"
Governor's Commission on New Hampshire's Medicaid Care Management Program –Concord, NH
– Michael Bailit

4
MAY

"All–Payer Payment Reform In Vermont"
BCBSVT Board Forum – Berlin, VT
– Michael Bailit

15
APR

"Supporting Physicians with Payment Reform"
Physicians Foundation - Newport Beach, CA
– Michael Bailit

24
FEB

"Delivery System Reform & the National View and State Payment Reform Strategies at FQHCs"
Community Health Centers of Arkansas – Little Rock, AR
– Beth Waldman


2015 Events

11
NOV

"PCMH Evaluations: Key Drivers of Program Success and Measurement Developments"
PCPCC Annual Fall Conference – Washington, DC
– Michael Bailit

3
NOV

"Driving Value, Getting Results"
National Association of Medicaid Directors Conference – Arlington, VA
– Beth Waldman

21
OCT

"Value–Based Purchasing with Medicaid Health Plans"
National Academy of State Health Policy – Dallas, TX
– Mary Beth Dyer and Beth Waldman

20
OCT

"Value–Based Purchasing with Medicaid Health Plans"
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation – Dallas, TX
– Beth Waldman

30
SEP

"What Can We Learn From Pennsylvania´s PCMH Experience"
Maine Advanced Primary Care Summit – Hallowell, ME
– Michael Bailit

5
AUG

"Examples of Teamwork Across Sectors and Why it Can be Powerful"
Catalyst for Payment Reform – WEBINAR
– Michael Bailit and Megan Burns

8
JUL

"High–Need, High–Cost Patients"
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Meeting on ACOs – Princeton, NJ
Presented by Michael Bailit

14
MAY

"Safety–net ACOs"
MACPAC (Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission) – Washington, DC
– Beth Waldman

23
APR

"Accountable Care Organizations and Accountable Communities for Health"
National Governors Association – Baltimore, MD
– Beth Waldman

21
APR

"How to Get What You Want: Leveraging State Contracting with Managed Care Organizations for Payment Reform"
National Governors Association – Baltimore, MD
– Michael Bailit

1
APR

"Primary Care Payment and Provider Compensation Reform: Emerging Trends"
Maine Quality Counts Conference – Augusta, ME
– Michael Bailit

24
FEB

"How to Build a Measure Set"
Buying Value - Webinar
–Michael Bailit and Christine Hughes

15
JAN

"Primary Care Payment and Provider Compensation Reform: Emerging Trends"
Maine Primary Care Payment Reform Summit
– Michael Bailit and Christine Hughes


2014 Events

12
NOV

"The Evidence Base for PCMH and Evolving Strategies for Measuring Success"
Patient–Centered Primary Care Collaborative 2014 Annual Fall Conference – Washington, DC
– Michael Bailit

23
SEP

"Aligning Measure Sets: Methods & Tools for States"
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) – WEBINAR
– Michael Bailit & Beth Waldman

24
JUN

"Key Steps to Successfully Implement Bundled Payments"
Health Care Intentives Improvement Institute (HCI3) – WEBINAR
– Michael Bailit & Marge Houy

24
JUN

"Primary Care Payment & Provider Compensation Reform: The Way Forward"
Maine Primary Care Payment Reform Summit – Augusta, ME
– Michael Bailit & Marge Houy

Recent Publications

Cover of State Health and Value Strategies Publication
A Health Equity Data and Accountability Infrastructure for Massachusetts

Matt Reynolds, Deepti Kanneganti, and Michael Bailit of Bailit Health, Clara Felice and Jatin Dave of MassHealth
State Health and Value Strategies – February 7, 2024

Cover of State Health and Value Strategies Publication
What´s New in State Approaches to Addressing Health–Related Social Needs in Medicaid Managed Care

Erin Campbell, Mary Beth Dyer, and Erin Taylor
State Health and Value Strategies – December 29, 2023

Cover of Health Affairs Forefront Blog Post
In Three States, Growth In Prescription Drug Spending Is Unaffordable Even When Accounting For Rebates

Jessica Mar and January Angeles
Health Affairs Forefront – December 19, 2023

Cover of Milbank Memorial Fund Blog Post
The Impact of COVID-19 on Health Care Spending in Three States: A Health Care Cost Driver Analysis

Christopher Romero-Gutierrez and Michael Bailit
Milbank Memorial Fund – December 6, 2023

Cover of State Health and Value Strategies Brief
How Medicaid Agencies Can Leverage Multi-Payer Aligned Measure Sets

Grace Flaherty and Matt Reynolds
State Health and Value Strategies – October 4, 2023

Cover of State Health and Value Strategies Brief
Medicaid Managed Care Strategies to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in Mental Healthcare for Adults

Erin Taylor, Rachel Isaacson, and Mary Beth Dyer
State Health and Value Strategies – July 21, 2023