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CONSOLIDATED HEALTH REFORM CONGRESS AND
CONGRESS ON THE UN AND UNDER INSURED
AGENDA AT-A-GLANCE

(One registration - attend both conferences.)

MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 2008
PRECONFERENCE SYMPOSIA
PRECONFERENCE I PRECONFERENCE II
Health Reform Primer: Everything you Need to Know about National and State Health Reform How to Organize a Local Initiative to Care for or Cover Un and Under Insured

MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 22, 2008
REFORM CONGRESS AND UNINSURED CONGRESS JOINT OPENING PLENARY SESSION
  • The Conundrum of Transforming the Health System by John Iglehart
  • Keynote Address on the Future of Health Reform by Uwe E. Reinhardt, PhD
  • The Long Term Fiscal Context for Health Reform by Peter R. Orszag, PhD
  • Approaches to "Bending the Growth Curve" of Health Care Spending by Robert D. Reischauer, PhD
  • Is a Center for Comparative Effectiveness Information Key to Health Reform? by Gail Wilensky, PhD
  • Delivery System Reform: Moving from Fragmentation Toward High Performance by Stephen C. Schoenbaum, MD, MPH
  • How Far Can States Take Health Reform? by Alan R. Weil, JD, MPP
  • The Implications of Health Reform for the Insurance Industry by Bruce Bodaken
  • The Implications of Health Reform for Healthcare Providers by Donald C. Wegmiller, MHA

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2008
REFORM CONGRESS AND UNINSURED CONGRESS JOINT MORNING PLENARY SESSION
  • The Future of Medicare and Medicaid
  • Uninsured Update
  • The Emerging Crisis of Under Insurance
  • Update on Massachusetts and California Health Reform
REFORM CONGRESS AND UNINSURED CONGRESS MORNING WORKSHOPS I
WORKSHOP I A:
Reform Building Block: National Initiative in Comparative Effectiveness
WORKSHOP I B:
Reform Building Block: Tax Policy
WORKSHOP I C:
Reform Building Blocks: Access - Primary Care, Medical Home and Retail Clinics
WORKSHOP I D:
Current Provider and Plan Practices and Obligations in Providing Services to the Un and Under Insured
WORKSHOP I E:
State Initiatives to Cover the Un and Under Insured (Part I)
LUNCHEON
REFORM CONGRESS AND UNINSURED CONGRESS MORNING WORKSHOPS II
WORKSHOP II A:
Reform Building Blocks: Payment Reform, Incentives and Transparency
WORKSHOP II B:
Reform Building Block: Health Information Technology
WORKSHOP II C:
Reform Building Block: Consumer Driven Healthcare
WORKSHOP II D:
Case Studies in Local Initiatives to Care for or Cover the Uninsured (Part I)
WORKSHOP II E:
Initiatives to Address the Problem of Under Insurance (Part I)
REFORM CONGRESS AND UNINSURED CONGRESS MORNING WORKSHOPS III
WORKSHOP III A:
Reform Building Block: Regulating Hospital-Physician Relations
WORKSHOP III B:
Reform Building Block: Disease Management and Chronic Care
WORKSHOP III C:
Case Studies in Local Initiatives to Care for or Cover the Uninsured (Part II)
WORKSHOP III D:
Initiatives to Address the Problem of Under Insurance (Part II)
WORKSHOP III E:
Hospital and Health System Governance Strategies for Meeting Community Benefit Responsibilities
REFORM CONGRESS AFTERNOON PLENARY SESSION UNINSURED CONGRESS AFTERNOON PLENARY SESSION
  • Patient Safety and Quality Improvement in Health Reform
  • International Approaches to Health Reform
  • Safety Net Provider Roundtable
  • Roundtable on Approaches to Helping the Under Insured

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2008
REFORM CONGRESS AND UNINSURED CONGRESS JOINT CLOSING PLENARY SESSION
  • The Perspective from the Bush Administration on Health Reform by Kerry Weems
  • The Republican Perspective from the Hill on Health Reform by Senator Ron Wyden
  • Health Care In The 2008 Election by Celinda Lake
  • The Strange Bedfellow Coalition for Health Reform by Ron Pollack and Chip Kahn
  • Health Reform Visions of the Presidential Candidates




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