Montana HealthCare Forum November 2021, 2008 : Helena, MT

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Montana HealthCare ForumNovember 20-21, 2008
Helena, MT

• Transparency Workgroup

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Members

• Pat Murdo
• Sue OConnell
• Bob Olsen
• Mary Olsen
• Dr. Mike Schweitzer
• Lara Shadwick
• John Solheim
• Peggy Stebbins
• Mark Wakai
• Connie Welsh
• Janet Whitmoyer
• Kristianne Wilson
• Susan Witte
• Keith Wolcott
• Roberta Yeager

• Penny Abegglen
• Tanya Ask
• Jon Bennion
• Starla Blank
• Gail Briese-Zimmer
• Webb Brown
• Joy Bruck
• Chuck Butler
• Mark Burzynski
• Rep. Mary Caferro
• Rep. Edith Clark
• Dick Clark
• Frank Cote
• Don Creveling
• Mary Dalton

• Abraham Daniels
• Jim Edwards
• Chelsea Fagen
• Mike Foster
• Liz Fowler
• Duane Grimes
• David Garloff
• Dr. Dwight Hiesterman
• Marcy Johnson
• Kristin Juliar
• David Kendal
• Ronald Klein
• Bonnie Lorang
• Kathy McGowan

Chair of Workgroup
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Challenge 1make info available
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Challenge 1 Provide publicly available
information regarding healthcare cost, pricing,
quality, frequency

• Developed Shopping List of app. 25 medical
  procedures and tests
• Obtained Hospital Data
• Worked with Insurance Companies re Out-of-Pocket
  Costs
• Involved the MMA re Physician Data
• Pushed for Quality, Education, and Prevention
  Information
• Included Transparency Questions in St. Petes
  Survey
• Learned What Other States Are Doing
• MHA Website MT Informed Patient

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Challenge 2 Health Information Technology

• Supported State and Federal Funding for the
  HealthShare Montana Project
• Supported Application of HIT to Patient Health
  Information, E-Prescribing and Chronic Disease
  Care and Management
• Children, Families, Health Human Services
  Interim Committee voted to urge Governor
  Schweitzer and the Legislature to support
  start-up funding for the HealthShare Montana
  project
• Sen. Tester and Sen. Baucus have included
  750,000 in a federal appropriations bill for the
  HealthShare Montana project

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Challenge 3 Employer Perspective

• Wanted Transparency Information to Benefit
  Employers
• Listened to Perspectives of Insurance Companies,
  Montana Association of Health Care Purchasers,
  and Montana Chamber of Commerce

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Challenge 4 Prescription Drug Monitoring Bill
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Challenge 4 Prescription Drug Monitoring Bill

• Listened to Board of Pharmacy Proposal
• Supported the concept of the prescription drug
  monitoring bill

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Challenge 5 Consider Proposals of Other Work
Groups

• Discussed Proposals
• Supported Concepts of All Proposals
• Expressed Concerns about Funding Sources
• Will Wait to See Related Legislation Devil is
  in the Details

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Future ChallengeFitting it all in
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Future Efforts of Transparency Workgroup

• Depends on Outcome of Forum and 2009 Legislative
  Session
• Hopefully Efforts will Continue
• Legislators and New Members are Welcome to Join
  Us!!
• Website www.montanahealthcareforum.com/workgroup
  -transparency.htm

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Contact Info

• Mike Foster, Chair
• Regional Director of Advocacy
• St. Vincent Healthcare/SCLHS - MT Region
• [phone]
• mike.foster_at_svh-mt.org