CONFERENCE

"Contract-based delivery of health care services by autonomous health care providers: Meeting the challenge of health reform in Ukraine"

Yalta, Yalta-Inturist Hotel, September 23 - 25, 2005

AGENDA

Friday, 23 September 2005
11:00 - 13.00
Registration for the conference and Check-in the hotel
13.00 - 13.30
Official opening of the conference
Dr. Antonis Malagardis, Project Team Leader
Welcoming speech to the participants from the MOH
Mr. Mykola Polischuk, Minister of Health
Welcoming speech of the host
Mr. Sergiy Donich, Minister of Health of Crimea
13.30 - 13.55
Strategic planning for efficient resource allocation and management of healthcare services in Ukraine
Dr. Antonis Malagardis
13.55 - 14.20
Setting-up autonomous health care facilities and contracting: Legal & Administrative aspects
Mr. Volodymyr Rudiy
14.20 - 14.40
Contracting as a tool of improving performance of health care providers
Mr. Yevgeniy Orel
14.40 - 15.00 New payment mechanisms of medical services & requirements for implementation
Prof. Valeria Lekhan
Coffee/Tea 15.00 - 15.20
15.20 - 16.35 Group work
Group works 1 & 2
"Concepts, data requirements and procedures for autonomous HC providers"
Facilitators:
Aurora Dragomiristeanu (WG1), Czarniezka Kristina (WG2)
Rapporteurs:
Viktor Galayda (WG1), Maryna Bilynska (WG2)
Work Groups 3 & 4
"Concepts, data requirements and procedures for purchasers of HC services"
Facilitators:
Volodymyr Rudiy (WG3), Bela Kaunzinger (WG4)
Rapporteurs:
Konstantin Nadutyj (WG3), Iryna Gryga (WG4)
16.35 - 17.30
Presentation of WG Results and Discussion
Dinner
Saturday, 24 September 2005
8:30 - 9:00 Registration
9:00-9:20
Kharkiv Pilot (Oblast level) Regulatory & Decision-making process for reform
Mr. Oleksandr Serdyuk
9:20 - 9:40
Kharkiv Pilot (Zolochiv Rayon level) Autonomous health care facilities & Contract implementation experience
Mr. Oleksiy Gavva
9.40 - 10.00
Zhytomyr Pilot (Oblast level) Regulatory & Decision-making process for reform
Mr. Oleksandr Tolstanov, Mr. Valentyn Pariy
10.00 - 10.20
Zhytomyr Pilot (Popilnya Rayon level) Autonomous health care facilities & Contract implementation experience
Mr. Valeriy Stanislavchuk
10.20 - 11.00 Discussion, Q & A
Coffee/Tea 11.00 - 11.30
11.30 - 11.45
Cases of effective implementation of Primary Care in Ukraine: Final Project Results
Mr. Richard Styles
11.45 - 12.00
Improvement of medical standards in Ukraine: Preliminary project results
Mrs. Eva Jurgova
12.00 - 12.30
Costing of medical services through the introduction of cost accounting
Mr. Eero Linnakko
12.30 - 13.00
IT support for contracting, costing & reporting (all the system)
Mr. Sergiy Dyachenko
13.00 - 13.30 Discussion, Q & A
Lunch 13.30 - 14.45
14.45 - 16.00 Group work
Work Groups 1 & 2
Action plan to transform health care facilities to autonomous providers
Facilitators:
Prof. Ivan Solonenko (WG1), Volodymyr Rudiy (WG2)
Rapporteurs:
Kateryna Dyakova (WG1), Volodymyr Kostyuk (WG2)
Work Groups 3 & 4
Plan of introduction of new reimbursement systems in Ukraine
Facilitators:
Prof. Valeriya Lekhan (WG3), Aurora Dragomiristeanu (WG4)
Rapporteurs:
Maryna Shevchenko (WG3), Larysa Babintseva (WG4)
16.00 - 17.00
Presentation of WG Results and Discussion
Dinner
Sunday, 25 September 2005
9.00-9.30 Project Public Relations Presentation Mrs. Liubov Batih
9.30-11.30 Summary of Conference Results and Discussion. Joint declaration on creation of autonomous facilities and introduction of new reimbursement systems in Ukraine. Discussions with Oblasts representatives of the Training of Healthcare Administrators and selection of participants.
11.30-12.00 Check out
12.00 Departure of the participants