A new generation of healthcare reform initiatives has already begun.
The national healthcare crisis is growing in severity. Costs are spiraling out of control. Forty-seven million Americans are without health insurance and there is a general lack of access to quality care. Americans are concerned.
"Although America leads the world in spending on health care, it is the only wealthy, industrialized nation that does not ensure that all citizens have coverage," according to the Institute of Medicine.
As we head toward the 2008 election, support for national healthcare reform is growing as groups and coalitions are calling for Congress and the president to develop bi-partisan solutions such as public programs to insure more children and tax credits for the uninsured to purchase health insurance.
Heading into the 2008 election campaign, healthcare reform has become a major issue. There is a groundswell of support for reform, though efforts are stalled in Washington leaving it to the states to come up with answers. They are confronting healthcare coverage for the uninsured, transparency and accountability.
With a change in the way healthcare is delivered rapidly approaching, join The Managed Care Information Center for an assessment of current legislative forces and how they are shaping the future of the health and managed care industry in “Healthcare Reform: Will It Really Happen This Time?,” an executive level audio conference on CD-ROM. The live session took place in August 2007.
Agenda
- Key Healthcare Issues to Resolve – The National Perspective
- Is a National Single-Payer System In The Future?
- Prospects for Federal Action --What is Congress Doing? And How Will Control of Congress in ‘08 Affect Care
- The Current Attention on Quality and Transparency Initiatives
- How the Presidential Campaign of 2008 Will Shape Healthcare
- State Approaches to Healthcare Reform - What Can Other States Learn From Current State Activity?
- Review of July’s National Governor’s Association Conference
- Strategies for Covering the Uninsured
- New State Health IT Initiatives
- Steps Toward Universal Access to Health Care Coverage
- Will Tax Credits Be Enough to Allow The Uninsured to Purchase Coverage?
- The Focus on Prevention, Consumer-Driven Healthcare and Health Savings Accounts
- The Future of Healthcare Reform – 2008 and Beyond
- Question and Answer Session
Health plans, providers, PHO and IPA leadership, physician practice management, company executives, TPAs, PBMs, pharmaceutical companies, disease management companies, medical device manufacturers, healthcare technology companies, employers
With titles like: CEOs, COOs, hospital and managed care executives, vice president of operations, vice president of finance, business development, strategic and implementation consultants, medical directors, sales executives, marketers, network services, public relations executives, operations executives, executive directors, team leaders, planners, product managers, knowledge managers, department heads, pharmacists, human resource benefit managers, network development, provider services directors, strategic planners, utilization management, network managers, medical management directors, analysts, account services, administration executives and ancillary products managers.
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