Wednesday, May 18

1:00 p.m. Call to order

1:10 p.m. Opening remarks – Chris Boswell – explanation and purpose of the Joint Committee

1:30 p.m. Department of Health – General Overview and Briefing – Brent Sherard, Leland Clabots, Iris Oleske

· Organizational structure

· Non-Medicaid divisions

· Staffing/recruitment issues

· State institutions

· "Medicaid 101"

Thursday, May 19

8:00 a.m. Department of Health - Medicaid In-depth Review – Brent Sherard, Greg Gruman, Iris Oleske

· General history of program

· Categories of coverage

· State plan

· Current problems/opportunities

· Cost drivers – what and why

10:00 a.m. Break

10:15 a.m. Milbank Foundation/Reforming States Group – Observations on Wyoming Medicaid program

10:45 a.m. Public comments.

11:00 a.m. Discussion: committee and Milbank representatives.

Further investigation; committee directives; timeline; next meeting.

11:45 a.m. Adjourn.