Jon Kingsdale, Ph.D.

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Planning for the Next Year Draft Fiscal Year
2008 Goals

• Jon Kingsdale, Ph.D.
• Executive Director
• Thursday, September 20, 2007

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Fiscal Year 2008 Goals (Draft)

• Commonwealth Care Solidify program and continue
  enrolling members.
• Commonwealth Choice Begin attracting members and
  fully launch employer services.
• Health Care Reform Work towards short and long
  term success of health care reform through
  outreach, website enhancements, and program
  evaluation.
• Operations and Finance Enhance infrastructure
  and reporting.

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A. Commonwealth Care
IV. Fiscal Year 2008 Goals (Draft)

• Overall Goal
• Solidify program and continue enrolling members.
• Objectives
• Cover virtually all qualified uninsured people
  whose incomes are below 300 percent of the
  federal poverty level (FPL)
• Control costs of contracting with MMCOs.
• Refine program structure and operations to
  support continued growth and overall Connector
  objectives (e.g. S 125 rollout).

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B. Commonwealth Choice
IV. Fiscal Year 2008 Goals (Draft)

• Overall Goal
• Begin attracting members and fully launch
  employer services.
• (Overall goal by 7/1/08 35,000 members)
• Objectives
• Enroll nongroup members quickly
• Establish fully automated Voluntary Employer
  services by 10/1/07
• Establish Contributing Employer services by
  2/1/08
• Continue investing in website as a critical tool
  for businesses and consumers.
• Develop coordinated management of key
  partnerships
• Health plans (Seal of Approval re-procurement)
• SBSB and CSC.

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IV. Fiscal Year 2008 Goals (Draft)
C. Health Care Reform

• Overall Goal
• Work towards short and long term success of
  health care reform through outreach, website
  enhancements, and program evaluation.

• Objectives
• Enhance Connectors role as an easy-to-use source
  of information on health reform (includes web
  site) and inform/train employers, brokers and
  affected parties.
• Coordinate with other state agencies on health
  reform, including waiver renegotiation.
• Define and help implement enforcement process for
  individual mandate.
• Define key measures of how Connectors health
  care reform will be evaluated and invite
  researchers to participate.
• Begin to develop cost containment strategies to
  ensure health care reforms longer term success.

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D. Operations and Finance
IV. Fiscal Year 2008 Goals (Draft)

• Overall Goal
• Enhance infrastructure and reporting.
• Objectives
• Achieve breakeven administrative budget by end of
  FY08.
• Establish routine operational reporting for all
  Connector programs.
• Ensure premium billing systems meet all
  programmatic needs.
• Identify and implement operational efficiencies.