Workforce and Leadership Development

The Chief Fiscal Officers Workgroup is an informal peer group within ASTHO that consists of representatives from State and Territorial Health Agencies and ASTHO’s Survey Research staff. The Workgroup seeks to improve ASTHO’s reporting of state/territorial health agency fiscal data and provide a forum for discussion of key issues and the sharing of best practices in fiscal management. 

Staff contact: Katie Sellers                                                             

Email:  ksellers@astho.org  Phone: 571-527-3171 

ASTHO held its 4th Annual CFO Spring Workshop on April 23-25 in Santa Fe, NM, attended by fiscal representatives from 27 state and territorial health agencies as well as representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Slides and materials from presenters are listed below.

• Public Health Uniform Data System (PHUD$) (external site)
  Peggy Honore, Director, Public Health System, Finance, and Quality Program, Office of Healthcare Quality, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
• Billing, Collections, and Revenue (pdf)
  Bill Wheeler, Chief Fiscal Officer, and Ardas Khalsa, Director of Healthcare Delivery and Design, Texas Department of State Health Services
• Institute of Medicine Report: Investing in a Healthier Future (pdf)
  Les Beitsch, Associate Dean for Health Affairs, Florida State University
• Survey Research (pdf)
  Katie Sellers, Senior Director of Research and Evaluation, and Rivka Liss-Levinson, Director of Survey Research, ASTHO
• Administrative Preparedness (pdf)
  Gerrit Bakker, Senior Director for Public Health Preparedness, ASTHO
• CDC Update (pdf) 
  Jim Pearsol, Chief Program Officer of Public Health Performance, ASTHO 
• Health Insurance Exchanges (pdf)
  Mike Lucius, Deputy State Health Officer, Mississippi State Department of Health

• Additional links 
  • Tracking Affordable Care Act Funds Funds (external site) 
  • ASTHO Budget Cuts Survey (ASTHO link) 
   

ASTHO held its 3rd Annual CFO Spring Workshop on April 19-21 in New Orleans, LA, attended by fiscal representatives from 30 state and territorial health agencies. Slides and materials from presenters are listed below.

• Strategies and Tools for Prioritization and Budget Cutting in Oklahoma(pdf)
  Ray Hankins, Chief Financial Officer, Oklahoma State Department of Health
• Maximizing Medicaid Reimbursement in Alabama(pdf)
  Ed Davidson, Public Health Administrative Officer, Alabama Department of Public Health
• Use of Ratio Analysis in State Health Departments (pdf)
  Matthew Dillon, Administrative Services Field Support Team, Florida Department of Health; Peggy Honore, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Sample Spreadsheet for Ratio Analysis Presentation(xls)
  Referenced in Matt Dillon's ratio analysis presentation
• Public Health Activities & Services Tracking (PHAST) Study (pdf) 
  Betty Bekemeier, Assistant Professor, University of Washington  
• Contractor Payment 3% Withholding(pdf)
  Lynette Thibodaux, FSLG Revenue Agent, Internal Revenue Service (IRS)  
• Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA)(external site)
  Karen F. Lee, Lead Analyst, Open Government for Federal Spending Transparency, Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
• Missouri FFATA Subaward Data Form(pdf)
  Missouri's form to verify compliance with the FFATA Executive Compensation Requirement
• Rhode Island Transparency Act Questionnaire (Dec. 2010)(pdf)
  Rhode Island's form to verify compliance with the FFATA Executive Compensation Requirement
• ASTHO Profile Survey Presentation(pdf)
  Katie Sellers, DrPH, Senior Director, Survey Research & Evaluation, ASTHO
• 2010 ASTHO Profile Survey: Fiscal Module(pdf)
  Referenced in the 2010 Profile Survey presentation
• The Affordable Care Act: Financial Implications for States(pdf)
  Vernon Smith, PhD, Managing Principal, Health Management Associates