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Special Committee on Performance-Based Disease Management Programs for Large Populations

Chair: Sen. Julie Lassa
Legislative Council Staff: Rachel Letzing and Mary Matthias
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The Special Committee is directed to:  (1) examine the role of disease management programs in assisting to address the state’s health care needs; (2) review best practice disease management programs from around the nation; (3) review current practices of the State of Wisconsin’s programs; (4) review state-of-the-art procedures for measuring performance of disease management programs; (5) make recommendations on ways to more effectively measure disease management results; and (6) focus on group settings for children, primarily schools, preschool, and day care settings and the laws, rules, and policies related to nutrition and physical activities in those settings especially in regard to childhood obesity.

Recommendations to the Legislature
  • Report to the Legislature 2009-07, Special Committee on Performance-Based Disease Management Programs for Large Populations (October 5, 2009).
  • 2009 Senate Bill 312, relating to the electronic medical records tax credit.
  • 2009 Senate Bill 313, relating to physical fitness assessments, school nutrition, a quality rating system for day care centers, and granting rule-making authority.
  • 2009 Senate Bill 314, relating to traditional neighborhood development ordinances, mixed-use zoning, and the state housing plan.
Recommendations to the Joint Legislative Council (March 26, 2009)
  • Results of the March 26 meeting.
  • Proposed Report to the Legislature 2009-07, Special Committee on Performance-Based Disease Management Programs for Large Populations (March 18, 2009).
  • WLC: 0384/2, relating to the electronic medical records tax credit.

  • WLC: 0389/2, relating to health care homes.

  • WLC: 0385/2, relating to a quality rating system for child care.
  • WLC: 0388/2, relating to school nutrition.
  • WLC: 0387/2, relating to physical fitness assessments.
  • WLC: 0397/1, relating to physical education teachers.
  • WLC: 0399/1, relating to traditional neighborhood development ordinances, mixed-use zoning, department of transportation planning for bicycle and pedestrian ways, and the state housing strategy plan.
March 2, 2009 Mail Ballot
  • WLC: 0384/2, relating to the electronic medical records tax credit.
  • WLC: 0385/2, relating to a quality rating system for child care.
  • WLC: 0388/2, relating to school nutrition.
  • WLC: 0397/1, relating to physical education teachers.
  • Draft letter to Governor Jim Doyle, relating to the Buy Local Buy Wisconsin Initiative (March 2, 2009).
  • Draft letter to Representative Mark Pocan and Senator Mark Miller, Co-Chairs, Joint Committee on Finance, relating to the Buy Local Buy Wisconsin Initiative (March 9, 2009).
February 11, 2009 Meeting
  • WLC: 0382/1, relating to traditional neighborhood development ordinances.
  • WLC: 0384/1, relating to the electronic medical records tax credit.
  • WLC: 0385/1, relating to a quality rating system for child care.
  • WLC: 0386/1, relating to physical education.
  • WLC: 0387/2, relating to physical fitness assessments.
  • WLC: 0388/1, relating to school nutrition.
  • WLC: 0389/1, relating to health care homes.
  • WLC: 0390/2, relating to department of transportation planning for bicycle and pedestrian ways.
  • WLC: 0391/1, relating to mixed-use zoning.
  • WLC: 0392/1, relating to the state housing plan.
  • Draft letter to Governor Jim Doyle, relating to a quality rating system.
  • Draft letters to Governor Jim Doyle and Senator Mark Miller and Representative Mark Pocan, Co-Chairs, Joint Finance Committee, relating to school lunch reimbursement  and incentives.
  • Draft letters to Governor Jim Doyle and Senator Mark Miller and Representative Mark Pocan, Co-Chairs, Joint Finance Committee, relating to the farm-to-school program.
  • Draft letters to Governor Jim Doyle and Senator Mark Miller and Representative Mark Pocan, Co-Chairs, Joint Finance Committee, relating to Buy Local Buy Wisconsin.
  • Draft letter to Wisconsin Congressional Delegation relating to menu labeling.
  • Appleton School District student nutrition guidelines, distributed at the request of Public Member Mikki Duran (June 9, 2003).
  • Letter from Karent Ordinans and Paul Costanzo, Co-Chairs, Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Health (January 21, 2008).
  • Letter from Andrea Gavin, MD - President, Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians (February 11, 2008).
  • Memorandum, Farm-to-School Policy Options for Improving School Nutrition, from Bridget Holcomb, Associate Policy Director, Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, and Luke Rollins, Chair of Advocacy, WIPAN, Director of State Advocacy, American Heart Association (February 11, 2009).
November 21, 2008 Meeting
  • Memo No. 5, Options for Legislation (November 17, 2008).
  • Memo No. 6, Documents Relating to Options for Legislation Described in Memo No. 5 (November 17, 2008).
    • Summaries of selected healthy lifestyle initiatives of other states, from the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Compendium of State Healthy Lifestyles Initiatives (2006).
    • The Wisconsin Nutrition and Physical Activity State Plan 2007 Progress Report.
    • 2007 Assembly Bill 1168 and fiscal estimates.
    • New York City ordinance, s. 81.50, and California law, Chapter 600, Laws of 2007, requiring posting of calorie information on restaurant menus.
    • National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA) Physician Practice Connections – Patient-Centered Medical Home Content and Scoring Summary.
    • 2007 Assembly Bill 90.
    • 2005 Assembly Bill 235 and fiscal estimates.
  • Policy Assessments from the Wisconsin Partnership for Activity and Nutrition (WIPAN) Advocacy Committee, distributed at the request of Luke Rollins, Director of State Advocacy, American Heart Association, Midwest Affiliate.
    • Physical education instruction in Wisconsin schools.
    • Complete streets; physical activity built environment.
    • Increasing access to fruits and vegetables in Wisconsin communities.
    • Menu labeling of foods and beverages in Wisconsin restaurants.
    • Nutrition education standards in Wisconsin schools.
    • Nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold in Wisconsin schools.
  • National Governor's Association Expert Policy Panel Proceedings Proposed Addendum.
  • Healthier Wisconsin Schools Project, Expert Policy Panel Proceedings, National Governors Association Center for Best Practices Health Kids, Healthy America Grant (October 2008).
  • DHS and DPI Input to Wisconsin Legislative Council Staff Memorandum #5 (November 21, 2008).
  • Testimony from Dr. Lowell Keppel, President, Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians (November 21, 2008).
  • Letter from Dr. Lowell Keppel, President, Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians (November 21, 2008).
  • Chart, TransforMed, The TransforMED Medical Home.
  • WAFP Patient-Centered Medical Home Medicaid Payment Proposal.
  • Joint Principles of the Patient-Centered Medical Home (March 2007).
October 17, 2008 Meeting
  • Memo No. 1, Summary of Recommendations Made to the Special Committee at its July 24 and September 12, 2008 Meetings (October 8, 2008).
  • Memo No. 2, Selected State Legislation Regarding Childhood Obesity (October 9, 2008).
  • Memo No. 3, 2008 Minnesota Legislation on Health Care Homes (October 9, 2008).
    • Enclosure, Joint Principles of the Patient-Centered Medical Home (March 2007), American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Physicians, and American Osteopathic Association.
  • Memo No. 4, Selected Provisions of 2005 Vermont Act 191, Relating to Health Care Affordability and the Blueprint for Health (October 9, 2008).
  • Article, Weight Management and Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among US High School Students, Journal of School Health, August 2008, Vol. 78, No. 8, distributed by Carolyn Fisher, EdD, CHES, Senior Advisor, Division of Adolescent and School Health, NCCDPHP, CDC.
  • Legislative Fiscal Bureau Paper #372, Health Care Quality and Patient Safety Council and Grant Program (DHFS - Health Care Quality Fund) (June 8, 2007).
  • Presentation by Elaine Mischler, CEO, Mischler Consultants, Waukesha.
  • Presentation by Denise Webb, Program Manager, eHealth Care Quality and Patient Safety Board, Department of Health Services, and Dr. Tim Bartholow, Wisconsin Health Information Organization.
    • Handout, Persons Enrolled in Diabetes Program at Prairie Clinic, Sauk City, WI By Year, submitted by Dr. Bartholow, Wisconsin Health Information Orgranization.
  • Presentation by James Galloway, Assistant Surgeon General, Region V, Chicago, IL.
September 12, 2008 Meeting
  • Presentation, ThedaCare Disease Management:  Process and Outcomes, by Dr. John Barkmeier, ThedaCare (September 12, 2008).
    • Testimony by Dr. John Barkmeier, Medical Director, Information Technology, ThedaCare Physicians-Menasha, ThedaCare, Inc. (September 12, 2008).
    • Testimony by Verna Van Nuland.
  • Presentation by Ken Thorpe, Executive Director, Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease, Atlanta.
  • Presentation by Laura Tobler, Program Director, Health Program, National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) (September 12, 2008).
    • Handout, Medicaid Disease Management, States Turn to Private Sector Solutions to Improve Medicaid Programs, distributed by Laura Tobler, Program Director, Health Program, NCSL (August 2008).
  • Presentation by Carolyn Fisher, EdD, CHES, Senior Advisor, Division of Adolescent and School Health, NCCDPHP, CDC (September 12, 2008).
    • Handout, Physical Activity and the Health of Young People, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (October 2007).
    • Handout, Nutrition and the Health of Young People, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (October 2007).
    • Handout, Division of Adolescent and School Health, School Health Programs 2008, Coordinating Center for Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (March 2008).
    • Handout, Body Mass Index Measurement in Schools, Executive Summary, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
July 24, 2008 Meeting
  • Presentation by Amy Winterfeld, Program Principal, Health Program, NCSL (July 24, 2008).
    • Postcard, Percentage of Children Who Are Obsese, NCSL.
    • Report, Childhood Obesity, Update of Policy Options and Research, by Amy P. Winterfeld, NCSL (June 2007).
    • Report, Childhood Obesity, Legislative Policy Approaches and the Evidence Base to Date, by Amy Winterfeld, NCSL (July 2006).
    • Brief, State Farm-to-School Policies, NCSL Legisbrief (August/September 2008).
    • Article, Nutrition Rules, by Amy Winterfeld, NCSL (May 2006).
    • Article, PE Makes a Comeback, by Amy Winterfeld, NCSL (December 2007).
    • Article, The High Costs of Obesity, NCSL (April 2004).
  • Presentation by Milda Aksamitauskas, MPP, Policy Analyst, Division of Health Care Access and Accountability, Department of Health Services (DHS).
  • Presentation by Mary Pesik, Nutrition and Physical Activity Coordinator, Division of Public Health, DHS.
  • Presentation by Denise Runde, MSPH, Policy Initiatives Advisor, Division of Access and Accountability, DHS.
  • Presentation by Marilyn Follen, Administrator, Quality Improvement and Care Management, Marshfield Clinic.
  • Presentation by Dr. Brian Fidlin, PsyD, Program Director, NEW Kids Program, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.