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PRESS RELEASE: National Congress on the Un and Underinsured to Feature the Role of Public Hospitals and Community Clinics
- From Practical Local and Regional Solutions to State and National Health Reform
- December 9 - 12, 2007
- Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
- www.UninsuredCongress.com
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PRESS RELEASE
Phone: 800-684-4549
Email: registration@hcconferences.com
Website: www.UninsuredCongress.com
WASHINGTON DC USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- AUGUST 13, 2007: The National Congress on the Uninsured, December 9 - 12, 2007, at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC announced today that it will feature the role of public hospitals and community clinics in caring for the un and underinsured.
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THE ROLE OF PUBLIC HOSPITALS AND COMMUNITY CLINICS
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Gene Marie O'Connell
Chief Executive Officer, San Francisco General Hospital, Chair, National Association of Public Hospitals & Health Systems, San Francisco, CA |
Eligio G. White
Clinica Sierra Vista, Inc., Chair, National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc., Bakersfield, CA
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CALL FOR POSTER BOARD PRESENTATION PROPOSALS
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Click here for information on the Monday, December 10, 2007 Networking Reception Featuring Uninsured Congress Poster Board Presentations and to submit a poster board presentation proposal.
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CONGRESS OVERVIEW
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The challenge of the un and underinsured in America puts great social and economic stress on the nation's health system. The goals of the National Congress on the Un and Underinsured are, in a balanced, practical and non partisan manner:
- to define the issue in all of its aspects
- to identify and assess various federal and state health reform proposals
- to analyze the role of Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP in expansion of coverage for the uninsured
- to describe and compare various international approaches to the issue
- to identify voluntary, charitable initiatives that are happening across the country to address the issue at the local level
- to assess current obligations and practices of healthcare providers to render care to uninsured patients
The Congress will feature prominent keynote speakers and plenary session panels on these topics and the following concurrent session tracks:
- National Health Reform
- State Health Reform
- Medicaid and Children's Health
- International Lessons
- The Role of Safety Net Providers
- Provider Strategies in Serving the Uninsured
- Case Studies in Community-Based Initiatives
- Legal Issues
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS - DEFINING THE ISSUE OF THE UN AND UNDER INSURED
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Henry J. Aaron, PhD
Senior Fellow, Economic Studies and The Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Chair, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC |
Gerard Anderson, PhD
Professor of Health Policy and Management, Bloomberg School Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD |
Stuart M. Butler, PhD
Vice President, Domestic and Economic Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC
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Paul B. Ginsburg, Ph.D.
President, Center for Studying Health System Change, Washington, DC |
Len M. Nichols, PhD
Director, Health Policy Program, New America Foundation, Washington, DC
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John Iglehart
Founding Editor, Health Affairs, Washington, DC (Uninsured Congress Chair) |
Uwe E. Reinhardt, PhD
James Madison Professor of Political Economy, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
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THE CURRENT LEGAL, REGULATORY AND COMPLIANCE ENVIRONMENT
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Patrick Coffey, Esq.
Partner, Lord, Bissell & Brook LLP, Chicago, IL |
Kelly M. Dermody, Esq.
Partner, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Plaintiffs' Counsel in Uninsured Billing Cases, San Francisco, CA |
Suzie Draper
Corporate Compliance and Privacy Officer, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT
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Gayle S. Everidge-White
National Director, Community Benefit Planning and Compliance, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA |
Judith E. Kindell, Esq.
Tax Law Specialist EO Rulings and Agreements, Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division, IRS, Washington, DC |
Stan Jenkins
Chair, Champaign County Board of Review, Urbana, IL
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Gregory M. Luce, Esq.
Partner and Co-chair, Health Care Practice, Jones Day, Defense Counsel in Uninsured Billing Cases, Washington, DC |
Charlotte S. Yeh, MD
Regional Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in Region I, Boston, MA |
T. J. Sullivan, JD, LLM
Partner, Drinker Biddle & Gardner Carton, Former Special Assistant to the IRS Assistant Commissioner, Washington, DC (Legal Issues Co chair)
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CURRENT INITIATIVES TO CARE FOR/COVER THE UNINSURED
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John M. Gaudet
Executive Director Bedlam, Bedlam Alliance for Community Health, Tulsa, OK |
John W. Gressman
President and Chief Executive Officer, San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium, San Francisco, CA |
Maureen Hanrahan
National Director, Medicaid and Subsidy Programs, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA
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Stephen Isaacs, Esq.
Founding Partner, Isaacs/Jellinek, Former Professor of Public Health, Columbia University, San Francisco, CA |
Paul Jellinek
Founding Partner, Isaacs/Jellinek, Former Vice President, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Co author, Is There a (Volunteer) Doctor in the House? Free Clinics and Volunteer Physician Referral Networks in the United States, Mercerville, NJ |
David L. Knowlton
President and Chief Executive Officer, New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, Member, Board of Directors, The HealthWell Foundation, Gaithersburg, MD
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Gene Marie O'Connell
Chief Executive Officer, San Francisco General Hospital, Chair, National Association of Public Hospitals & Health Systems, San Francisco, CA |
Diane Rowland
Executive Vice-President, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Executive Director, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Washington, DC |
Eligio G. White
Clinica Sierra Vista, Inc., Chair, National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc., Bakersfield, CA
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NATIONAL HEALTH REFORM
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Drew E. Altman, PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Former Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Human Services, Washington, DC |
Michael F. Cannon, MA, JM
Director of Health Policy Studies, Cato Institute, Former Domestic Policy Analyst, United States Senate Republican Policy Committee, Washington, DC |
Sara R. Collins, PhD
Assistant Vice President, Future of Health Insurance, The Commonwealth Fund, New York, NY
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David U. Himmelstein, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Co-founder, Physicians for a National Health Program, Cambridge, MA |
Edward F. Howard, JD
Executive Vice President, Alliance for Health Reform, Former General Counsel, Pepper Commission, Washington, DC |
Ron Pollack, Esq.
Founding Executive Director, Families USA, Founder and Chair, Health Assistance Partnership, Former Dean, Antioch School of Law, Former Founding Executive Director, Food Research and Action Center, Washington, DC
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Sara Rosenbaum, JD
Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy, School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University, Washington, DC |
Mark D. Smith, MD, MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer, California HealthCare Foundation, Oakland, CA (National Health Reform Co chair)
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STATE HEALTH REFORM
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Jon Kingsdale, PhD
Executive Director, Commonwealth Health, Insurance Connector Authority, Boston, MA |
Carmen Hooker Odom
Future President, Milbank Memorial Fund, Former Secretary, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, New York, NY |
Raymond C. Scheppach, PhD
Executive Director, National Governors Association, Former Deputy Director, Congressional Budget Office, Washington, DC
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Sandra Shewry
Director, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, CA |
Alan R. Weil, JD, MPP
Executive Director and President, National Academy for State Health Policy, Former Executive Director, Colorado Department, of Health Care Policy and Financing, Portland, ME (State Health Reform Co chair)
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THE INDUSTRY RESPONDS
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Carmella Coyle
Senior Vice President for Policy, American Hospital Association, Washington, DC |
Ronald M. Davis, MD, MA
President, American Medical Association, Director, Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Henry Ford Health System, Preventive Medicine Specialist, East Lansing, MI |
Karen Ignagni, MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer, America's Health Insurance Plans, Former Director, AFL-CIO Department of Employee Benefits, Washington, DC |
Charles N. (Chip) Kahn, III, MPH
President, Federation of American Hospitals, and Former President, Health Insurance Association of America, Washington, DC
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NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS
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Jonathan Cohn
Senior Editor, The New Republic, Author, Sick: The Untold Story of America's Health Care Crisis - and the People Who Pay the Price, Washington, DC |
Rushika Fernandopulle, MD, MPP
Founder, Renaissance Health, Former Executive Director, Harvard Interfaculty Program for Health Systems Improvement, Massachusetts General Hospital, Co author, Uninsured in America - Life and Death in the Land of Opportunity, Boston, MA |
Mary R. Grealy, Esq.
President, Healthcare Leadership Council, Former Chief Washington Counsel, American Hospital Association, Former Chief Operating Officer and Executive Counsel, Federation of American Hospitals, Washington, DC
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Katharina Janus, PhD
Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy, Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, Former Senior Lecturer, Hannover Medical School, New York, NY (International Coverage Co chair) |
Sally C. Pipes
President, Pacific Research Institute, Author, Miracle Cure: How to Solve America's Health Care Crisis and Why Canada Isn't the Answer, San Francisco, CA
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Ken Terry
Senior Editor, Medical Economics Magazine, Author, Rx for Healthcare Reform, Woodcliff Lake, NJ |
Celinda Lake
President, Lake Research Partners, Washington, DC
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UNINSURED UPDATE
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- AFL-CIO Democratic Forum to Focus on Economic Security, Healthcare
- Bill Would Let College Students on Medical Leave Retain Insurance
- California Budget Delay Puts Health Care Reform in Jeopardy
- Clinton, Conservative Writer Square Off on Healthcare
- Clinton Denies Support for Socialized Health Care
- Community Health Centers Could Save Health Care System up to $17.6B, Report Finds
- Computer Snag Leaves Would-be Insured Uncovered
- Congress Explores Expanded Student Health Coverage
- Debate Narrows in California Health Reform
- Democratic Presidential Candidate Clinton Discusses U.S. Health Care System, Need for Reform at Journalists' Conference
- Democratic Presidential Candidate Richardson Unveils Universal Health Care Plan That Would Expand Preventive Coverage
- Democrats may Face Challenging Situation after Recess
- Edwards Healthcare Proposal Engineered to Gain Union Support
- Edwards Outlines Healthcare Plan: One for All
- Five Republican Presidential Candidates Discuss Health Care System Change at Iowa State Fair
- Former Acting CMS Head Discusses Potential Compromises Between Bush Administration, Congress for Reauthorizing SCHIP
- For-Profit Hospitals Have Difficult Time Determining Which Patients Can Afford To Pay Medical Bills, Experts Say
- Foundation Teams with Online Broker to Find Coverage for Uninsured
- Gaps in Children's Coverage Linked to Changes in Income
- Georgia Governor's Proposal would Subsidize Health Insurance for Small Business
- Giuliani, Bush Healthcare Plans Said to Rewrite Insurer-Insured Relationship
- Giuliani Details Free-Market Vision for Healthcare Reform
- Head of Texas Medical Association says State Medicaid Program "has Collapsed."
- House SCHIP Reauthorization Bill Would Send Millions of Dollars Annually to About 40 'Favored' Hospitals With Boosted Medicare Payments
- Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured Releases Case Study on the Illinois All Kids Initiative
- Maryland Democratic Congressional Members Introduce Legislation To Reduce Uninsured, Allow States To Negotiate Drug Discounts
- Montana Health Trust Insurance Plan Provides Contractors With Portable, No Premium Coverage
- Most People Satisfied With Their Health Insurance Plans, Consumer Reports Finds
- NEJM Perspective Examines Immigrants' Access to Care
- New Survey Brief on Independents and Health Care
- President Bush Renews Veto Threat of SCHIP Expansion Legislation
- Report Provides State-by-State Data on SCHIP, Uninsured Children
- Republican Presidential Candidates Discuss Health Care As Part of Debate
- Romney Praises Private Health Insurance
- RWJF to Issue Report on SCHIP
- SCHIP a "Dress Rehearsal" for Broader Healthcare Debate
- Schwarzenegger: Delay on Budget Could Hinder Health Care Reform
- Senate Approves Legislation To Expand SCHIP by $35B Over Five Years
- Senator Coburn Promotes Universal Health Care Choice and Access Act
- Senator Dodd Touts Health Record
- Sen. Barack Obama, My Cure for an Ailing System
- States Seek to Expand Coverage to Young Adults
- Texas Hospitals Advertise Feverishly to Attract Insured Patients
- Tommy Thompson says GOP Debates Should Cover Healthcare
- Toolkit: ERISA and State Health Reform
- Uninsured Face Health Plan Delays in Massachusetts
- Wall Street Journal Calls for Republicans to Join Healthcare Debate
- Why 4 in 10 Americans can't Depend on their Health Insurance
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CONGRESS SPONSORS
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The California HealthCare Foundation is an independent philanthropy committed to improving the way health care is delivered and financed in California. By promoting innovations in care and broader access to information, our goal is to ensure that all Californians can get the care they need, when they need it, at a price they can afford. CHCF commissions research and analysis; publishes and disseminates information; convenes meetings of key health care groups; and funds development of programs and models aimed at improving health care in California. |
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The Harvard Health Policy Review is dedicated to broadening awareness of health policy issues and aims to educate people about healthcare policy and to stimulate thinking about the pressing healthcare questions facing the nation and the world. The HHPR is published by Exploring Policy in Health Care at Harvard and is supported by the University-wide Interfaculty Initiative in Health Policy. |
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Health Affairs is the leading journal of health policy thought and research. Health Affairs is a multidisciplinary journal covering a wide range of health issues, including access to care, health spending, quality, Medicare, Medicaid, prescription drug coverage and costs, physician practice, nursing trends, mental health, malpractice and health law, insurance reform, hospitals, global health, and disparities in healthcare, among others. |
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Inquiry seeks to contribute to the continued improvement of the nation's health care system by providing a thoughtful forum for the communication and discussion of relevant public policy issues, innovative concepts, and original research and demonstrations in the areas of health care organization, provision and financing. |
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The Milbank Memorial Fund is an endowed operating foundation that works to improve health by helping decision makers in the public and private sectors acquire and use the best available evidence to inform policy for health care and population health. The Fund has engaged in nonpartisan analysis, study, research, and communication on significant issues in health policy since its inception in 1905. Its staff organizes and participates in meetings with decision makers and publishes reports, books, and The Milbank Quarterly, a peer-reviewed journal of population health and health policy. |
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