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December 9, 2003
 The
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Changes in Health Care Financing
and Organization (HCFO) hosted a Web and audio-based conference
on December 9, 2003 to share research results of two projects that
examined how Medicaid and welfare policy changes affected patients’
insurance status, access to, and utilization of prenatal care, as
well as birth outcomes. Following presentations by Kathleen Adams
(Emory University) and Genevieve Kenney (The Urban Institute), Debbie
Chang (National Academy for State Health Policy) and Rachel Benson
Gold (The Alan Guttmacher Institute) participated in a moderated
discussion placing the research findings in a policy context. This
Cyber Seminar began with the research results, moved to the policy
implications, and then the lines were opened for questions and comments.
With our new Cyber Seminar format, we hope to provide state policymakers
and policy analysts with the opportunity to discuss these exciting
findings first-hand without traveling.
Support
for the research projects and conference development was provided
by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation under its HCFO
program.
Co-Sponsored
by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Changes in Health Care Financing
and Organization (HCFO) initiative and The Commonwealth Fund. Conducted
by AcademyHealth.
September 15, 2003 - Wyndham City Center, Washington, D.C.
 A
webcast
of this event is now available on kaisernetwork.org, a free service
of the Kaiser Family Foundation. Along with the webcast, a transcript
and related resources are also available.
Presenters'
slides are now
available. Please note that these slides contain early evidence
about the prevalence and effects of consumer-driven health care
products. The presenters will likely be revising the information
for journal publication. Accordingly, data from the slides should
not be cited or distributed without prior approval from the presenter.
The
purpose of this
meeting was to share new study results about the implications of
consumer-driven health plans on risk selection, cost, utilization,
and employees' health benefits experience. Insurers, employers,
and representatives from consumer-driven health plans provided their
perspective on the research findings.
Sponsored by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation under its Changes
in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) initiative and
conducted by AcademyHealth
November
13, 2002 - Wyndham Washington, Washington, D.C.
 Speakers
addressed the following questions: Does cost shifting exist and
under what market conditions? Does the phenomenon vary between hospital
and physician markets? How should we reconcile economic theory about
profit maximization and evidence of cost-shifting? What are the
public policy implications of cost-shifting?
Sponsored by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation under its Changes
in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) initiative; Conducted
by AcademyHealth.
May 15, 2002 - Westin Grand, Washington, D.C.
 The
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Changes in Health Care Financing
and Organization (HCFO) initiative hosted a meeting to discuss the
state of defined contribution in 2002. The meeting highlighted findings,
published in Health
Affairs, from a recently completed HCFO grant conducted by Jon
B. Christianson, Ph.D., and from a recently released HCFO
special report examining defined contribution. The purpose of
this meeting was to make new research findings accessible and to
advance the field's thinking about defined contribution and its
potential effects.
An Invitational Meeting Sponsored by The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation under its Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization
(HCFO) initiative and Last Acts Campaign; Conducted by AcademyHealth
and Last Acts Campaign
February 6, 2002 - Loews L'Enfant Plaza, Washington, D.C.
The
Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) program
and the Last Acts Campaign co-sponsored a conference examining the
research and policy issues surrounding the financing and delivery
of end-of-life care. This meeting brought together private and public
policy makers, researchers, and providers to discuss ways in which
to design, deliver, and finance end-of-life care. The meeting discussions
were designed to identify the role of public policy in dealing with
a difficult but important period in everyone's lives, as well as
the need for future research on the organization, delivery, and
financing of end-of-life care.
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