Financing the U.S. Immunization System: The Need for a Strategic Vision
June 15, 2001
Auditorium
School of Public Health and Psychiatric Building
University of Illinois at Chicago
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Welcome and Introductory Remarks
David R. Smith, President, Health Sciences Center, Texas Tech University
Susan Scrimshaw, Dean, University of Illinois School of Public Health
Rosemary Chalk, Senior Program Officer, Institute of Medicine
Immunization Finance in the 21st Century (David R. Smith, moderator)
The Impact of Immunizations in the 21st Century
Samuel Katz, Professor Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University
Financing the National Immunization System: Recommendations from the Institute of Medicine
David R. Smith, Health Sciences Center, Texas Tech University
Allocating Federal Funds to States and Cities: The Role of the National Immunization Program
Lance Rodewald, Director, Immunization Services Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The National Medicaid Child Immunization Improvement Initiative
Rachel Block, Director, Finance Systems and Quality Group, Center for Medicaid and State Operations, Health Care Financing Administration
State Finance Strategies in the 1990s: Immunization Policies, Practices, and Program Financing
Gary Freed, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan
State and Local Roles in the National Immunization System (Garth Splinter, moderator)
State Immunization Finance Strategies in Michigan and Illinois
John Lumpkin, Director, Illinois Department of Public Health
Gillian Stoltman, Director, Division of Communicable Disease and Immunization, Michigan Department of Community Health
The Persistence of Pockets of Need in Metropolitan Areas—The Englewood Neighborhood in Chicago
Jorge Rosenthal, Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Julie Morita, Medical Director, Department of Public Health, Chicago
A Tale of Two Cities: Building Immunization Infrastructure in Chicago and Detroit
John Wilhelm, Commissioner, Chicago Department of Public Health
Melinda Dixon, Medical Director, Detroit Health Department
A Congressional Perpective
The Honorable Danny K. Davis (D), 7th Congressional District, Illinois
Discussion
Integrating Immunizations in Private Health Care Services (William Kissick, moderator)
Improving Immunization Coverage Rates for Adults—Can We Do Better?
William Schaffner, Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University
Achieving Public Health Goals within Health Plan Services—Examples of Collaboration in Financing, Data Collection, and Quality Measures
Jim Bridges, Medical Director, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan
Carol Wilhoit, Medical Director for Quality Improvement, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois
RoundTable Discussion 1: Unresolved Problems and Significant Challenges (Susan Scrimshaw, moderator)
Paul Giblin, Children's Hospital, Detroit
Ed Mihalek, Chicago Department of Health
Victor Gonzalez, UniCare Health Plans and Chicago Board of Health
Howard Weinblatt, Integrated Health Associates, Ann Arbor, MI
Discussion
RoundTable Discussion 2: Next Steps and Future Strategies (David R. Smith, moderator)
Whitney Addington, The Urban Health Institute of Chicago
Garth Splinter, University Hospital Trust
Robyn Gabel, Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition
Discussion
Closing Remarks and Adjourn
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This workshop is based on the IOM report Calling the Shots.
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