2008 Senate Finance Committee Prepare for Launch Health Reform Summit
 
June 16, 2008   Library of Congress   Washington, D.C.

 

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Agenda

8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.            Buffet Breakfast 
                                                        

  Madison Building, Madison Hall – First Floor

9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.          Gavel and Opening Remarks
                                               Max Baucus & Chuck Grassley, Summit Co-Chairs
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  Madison Building, Mumford Room – Sixth Floor


10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.         Plenary Session I
                                               Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke

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 Madison Building, Mumford Room –Sixth Floor

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.          Concurrent Sessions

 

Lessons from International Health Systems
Madison Building, Mumford Room – Sixth Floor

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 Moderator: Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.)

Featured Guest:
             •    T.R Reid – author, Washington Post Bureau Chief, and FRONTLINE correspondent for the recent documentary “Sick Around the World”

 

Trends in Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage
Madison Building, West Dining Room – Sixth Floor

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Co-Chairs: Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Senator Gordon Smith (R-Ore.)

Featured Guests:
            •    Andy Stern, Service Employees International Union
            •    Carl Redman, Innovation Construction and Bear Electric
            •    Craig Barrett, Intel Corporation
            •    Jonathan Gruber, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
            •    Paul Fronstin, Employee Benefit Research Institute
      

Delivery System Reform - The Need For Transparency, Payment Reform, and Improved Care Coordination
Madison Building, Pickford Theater – Third Floor

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Co-Chair: Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

Featured Guests:
            •    Debra Ness, National Partnership for Women and Families
            •    Dean Ornish, Preventive Medicine Research Institute, University of                  California, San Francisco
            •    Jack Cochran, Kaiser Permanente
            •   Kenneth E. Thorpe, Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of                  Public Health, Emory University

 

Insurance Market Reform

Madison Building, Room LM-139 – First Floor

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Co-Chairs: Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) and Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah)

Featured Guests:
           •    Stuart Butler, Heritage Foundation
           •    Reed Tuckson, UnitedHealth Group
           •    Janet Trautwein, National Association of Health Underwriters
           •    Karen Pollitz, Georgetown University
                                           

12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.                    Plenary Session II
                                                          Dr. J. Craig Venter
                                          
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 Madison Building, Mumford Room - Sixth Floor

12:45 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.                     Lunch and Plenary Discussion
                                                          Dr. J. Craig Venter

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Madison Building, Montpelier Room - Sixth Floor

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.                     Concurrent Sessions

 

Approaches to "Bending the Growth Curve" of Health Care Spending
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Madison Building, Mumford Room – Sixth Floor

Co-Chairs: Senator Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) and Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)

Featured Guests:
           •    Elliott Fisher, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical                  Practice
           •    Peter Orszag, Congressional Budget Office
           •    Scott Serota, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association

 

Role of Public Programs in Health Reform
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Madison Building, Pickford Theater – Third Floor

Co-Chairs: Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) and Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.)

Featured Guests:
           •    Karen Davis, The Commonwealth Fund
           •    Regina Herzlinger, Harvard Business School, Harvard University
           •    Jeanne Lambrew, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs,                 University of Texas at Austin
           •    Mark McClellan, Brookings Institute-AEI (invited)

 

State-Based Reform Efforts
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Madison Building, West Dining Room – Sixth Floor

Co-Chair: Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.)

Featured Guests:
           •    Gary Claxton, Health Care Marketplace Project, Kaiser Family                  Foundation
           •    Jon Kingsdale, Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority,                 Massachusetts
           •    William N. Lindsay, Colorado Blue Ribbon Commission for Health                  Care Reform
           •    Len Nichols, Health Policy Program, The New America Foundation

 

Best Practices in the Private Sector
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Madison Building, Room LM-139  – First Floor

Co-Chairs: Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Senator Robert Bennett (R-Utah)

Featured Guests:
           •    Bill Barnes, Intermountain Healthcare
           •    Brian Peters, Michigan Health and Hospital Association
           •    Carla Smith, Health Information and Management Systems Society                  (HIMSS)
           •    Laura L. Adams, Rhode Island Quality Institute

 

3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.                     Plenary Session III
                                                         Co-Chair Reports from Concurrent Sessions

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Jefferson Building, Congressional Members Room - First Floor

                                                         Moderator:
                                                         John Inglehart, Founding Editor, Health Affairs

4:30 p.m.                                         Closing and Gavel

                                                         Senators Max Baucus and Chuck Grassley

Jefferson Building, Congressional Members Room - First Floor