Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
7:30 am - 4:00 pm

Double Tree Hotel
18740 International Blvd.
SeaTac, WA 98188

Grace-Marie Turner

Prices:
Conference (All-Day) - $65.00, 7:30 am - 4:00 pm*
Special rate for WPC supporters - $60.00
Lunch Only - $35.00
Table of 8: $500
This conference is approved for 7 insurance continuing education credits. A processing charge of $20 will be required to obtain these credits.

Agenda:

Registration and Breakfast, 7:30am

Session #1 – Legislative Briefing (8:00am – 9:30am)

Moderator: TBA

Rep. Eileen Cody, Chair, House Health Care & Wellness Committee

Rep. Bill Hinkle, Ranking Republican, House Health Care & Wellness Committee

Steve Hill, Administrator, Washington Health Care Authority

Session #2 – Health Care Reform in other states (9:30am – 10:45am)

Moderator: Grace-Marie Turner, The Galen Institute

John R. Graham, Director Health Care Studies, Pacific Research Institute

Christian Schneider, Wisconsin Policy Research Institute

Dr. Jack Evjy, Massachusetts Medical Society

Break, 10:45am – 11:00am

Session #3 – New Trends in Health Care (11:00am – 12:15pm)

Moderator: Dr. Roger Stark, Washington Policy Center

C. Philip Slaton, The Icon Group, LLC on Medical Tourism

David Hom, Chairman, Center for Health Value Innovation on Value Based Health Benefit Design

12:15pm - Keynote Lunch w/Grace-Marie Turner, President of the Galen Institute, a public policy research organization that promotes and informed debate over free-market ideas for health reform. She will discuss the presidential candidate’s health care plans.

Session #4 – Innovations in HIT: Improving Healthcare Quality and Delivery (1:30pm – 4:00pm)

Keynote: Peter Neupert, Vice President, Health Solutions Group, Microsoft and former CEO, drugstore.com

Health IT Panel:

Moderator: James Whitfield, Regional Director, Health and Human Services, Region 10

Richard Onizuka, Director, Health Care Policy, Washington Health Care Authority

Peg Hopkins, CEO, Community Health Association of Spokane

Jody Pettit, MD, Health Information Technology Coordinator, State of Oregon

John Hammarlund, Regional Administrator, CMS, Region 10

Post Conference Reception sponsored by AstraZeneca (4:00pm)

* Please note there will be a special post-Conference panel from 1:45pm-3:45pm sponsored by AstraZeneca on Health Care Information Technology followed by a Conference Reception. There is no additional registration fee to attend this event and is open to all attendees.

Continuing Education Credits

This conference is approved for 7 insurance continuing education credits. A processing charge of $20 will be required to obtain these credits.

Continuing Legal Credits

CLE (Continuing Legal Education) credit will not be available through Washington Policy Center; however, they can be pursued through the Washington State Bar Association's Nexus application process.  Additional information on the Nexus process will be available at the conference for those interested.

What people are saying about WPC's Health Care Conference:

I think WPC took the health care conference to a new level with diverse representation... as well as a terrifically engaging and thought provoking keynote speaker.

This was perhaps the best conference that I have attended. The issues were topical and in some cases leading edge.

That was an outstanding conference yesterday. Congratulations. It went a long way toward teeing up a relevant conversation on options for financing coverage.

For additional information contact Anna at acarroll@washingtonpolicy.org or call 206-937-9691 ext. 24

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