The National Advisory Committee
on Rural Health and Human Services
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Sixty-third Meeting of the National Advisory
Committee on Rural Health and Human Services
Meeting Agenda
September 9-11, 2009
Sheraton Grand Hotel
1230 J Street
Sacramento, California
(916) 447-1700
Wednesday - September 9, 2009 – Kamilas & Hendricks Room, Third Floor
9:00 a.m. Opening of Meeting
- Governor David Beasley - Chair
9:15 a.m. Setting the Context for Rural California
- Mario Gutierrez, MPH - Chair, Rural Human
Services Panel, Rural Policy Research Institute
10:15 a.m. State Welcome
- Samantha Wilburn - Director, California State Office of Rural Health, California Department of Health Care Services
- Desiree Rose - Executive Director, California State Rural Health Association
10:45 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Primary Care Provider Workforce Panel
- Cathryn Nation, MD - Associate Vice President for Health Sciences, University of California, Office of the President
- Harry Foster, MSCM - President & CEO, Family HealthCare Network
- Manuel Tapia - University of California, Davis Rural-PRIME Program Medical Student
12:15 - Lunch
1:30 p.m. Home and Community Based Care Options for Seniors Panel
- Jim Davis - Chair, California Commission on Aging
- Lynn Daucher - Director, California Department of Aging
- Clay Kempf - President, California Association of Area Agencies on Aging and Executive Director, Seniors Council of Santa Cruz and Benito Counties
2:45 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. Health Care Provider Integration Panel
- Kevin Erich, MBA, FACHE – President & CEO, Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital
- Tom Nesbitt, MD, MPH - Executive Associate Dean, Clinical and Administrative Affairs, UC Davis School of Medicine and Director, Center for Health and Technology
4:15 p.m. Overview of Site Visits
4:30 p.m. Call for Public Comment
Thursday - September 10, 2009
8:30 - 8:45 a.m. Depart for Site Visits
8:30 a.m. departure Health Care Provider Integration Subcommittee
- Sutter Amador Hospital, Jackson, CA and Sutter Health eICU Sacramento Hub Operations, Sacramento, CA
8:30 a.m. departure Primary Care Workforce Subcommittee
- Sutter Amador Hospital, Jackson, CA and Pioneer Health Center, Pioneer, CA
8:45 a.m. departure Home and Community Based Care Options for Seniors Subcommittee
- Madelyn Helling Library, Nevada City, CA
4:00 p.m. Subcommittee Meetings
- Health Care Provider Integration Subcommittee - Kamilas Room, Third Floor
- Primary Care Workforce Subcommittee – Royal Room, Second Floor
- Home and Community Based Care Options for Seniors Subcommittee – Clark Room, Second Floor
Friday, September 11, 2009 – Kamilas & Hendricks Room, Third Floor
8:45 a.m. Review of Subcommittee Visits
9:45 a.m. HHS Update
- Tom Morris - Associate Administrator for Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration
10:15 a.m. Letter to the Secretary
10:30 a.m. Preview of February Meeting
10:45 a.m. Call for Public Comment
11:00 a.m. Adjournment