2008 Petris Symposium:
California Health Care Reform -
Progress and Prognosis

Friday, April 18, 2008
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The Berkeley City Club

1:00pm – 1:10pm

Call to Order & Introduction of Keynote Speakers

Stephen Shortell, PhD, MPH
Dean, School of Public Health, and Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley
Stephen Shortell

1:10pm – 1:25pm

Keynote Address

Personalized Medicine: Its Coming Impact on the Health Care System

Kathryn Phillips, PhD
Professor of Health Economics & Health Services Research, School of Pharmacy, Institute for Health Policy Studies, and UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center
Kathryn Phillips

1:25pm – 1:35pm

Audience Question & Answer

Moderator: Stephen Shortell, PhD, MPH
Donald Barr

1:35pm – 3:35pm

PANEL I: “On the Road to Recovery -
California Responds to the Landmark Mental Health Reform, MHSA”

Chair
Stephen Mayberg, PhD
Director, California Department of Mental Health
Stephen Mayberg
Presentation:
"Transformation of the California Mental Health System: Stakeholder-Driven Planning and Transformational Activity”

Mistique Felton, MPH
Senior Research Associate, Nicholas C. Petris Center, University of California, Berkeley
Mistique Felton
Presentation:
"A Pilot Study of Recovery at the Village: an Estimate of Potential Outcomes from California's Mental Health Services Act"

Tim Brown, PhD
Associate Director, Nicholas C. Petris Center, Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
Tim Brown
Presentation:
“MHSA and System Transformation Toward Recovery: Voices of Consumers"

Sukari Ivester, PhD
AHRQ Postdoctoral Scholar, Nicholas C. Petris Center, University of California, Berkeley
Sukari Ivester
Presentation:
“Consumer Stigma and Discrimination, as it Relates to Cultural Competence”

Linford Gayle
Director of the office of Consumer and Family Affairs, County of San Mateo, California
Linford Gayle
Presentation:
"System Transformation: A View From the Field"

Anne Bakar
President and Chief Executive Officer, Telecare Board of Directors Member, Corporate Office
Anne Bakar
Presentation:
"Mental Health System Transformation Under MHSA: The L.A. County Experience"

David Pilon
Executive Vice President of The MHA Village Integrated Service Agency
David Pilon


Discussion and Audience Question & Answer Session

Gilbert Ojeda
3:35pm – 4:05pm

Break (Refreshments Served)

4:05pm - 5:20pm

PANEL II: “Rethinking Health Care Reform in California”

Chair
Jerry Fleming
Senior Vice President and National Health Plan Manager, California Division, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
Jerry Fleming
Presentation:
“Health Care Reform: Moving Ahead”

Richard Figueroa, MBA
Health Care Advisor in the Office of Governor Schwarzenegger, Sacramento, California
Stephen Hinshaw
Presentation:
“Impacts on Employers, Workers and Consumers”

Ken Jacobs
Chair, UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education
Ken Jacobs
Presentation:
“Reinsurance and Risk Adjustment Programs”

Brent Fulton, PhD Health Services Researcher, Nicholas C. Petris Center, University of California, Berkeley



Discussion and Audience Question & Answer Session

Michelle Schwartz
5:20pm - 5:30pm

Closing Remarks

James Ross
Assoc. Director of Finance and Administration, Nicholas C. Petris Center