Sessions on the critical health care issues for 2008 with representatives from the Bush Administration, Congress, academia and the health care industry. The NHPC provides an overview of the administration and congressional policy agendas, as well as plenary and breakout sessions looking at hot topics like ensuring equitable access, fostering better care with better value, and managing system stressors.
Session topics include:
- A look at the current administration's health policy priorities, with perspective from the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services.
- Can comparative effectiveness research improve quality and reduce costs? How would alternative implementation strategies affect the likelihood of success?
- Hospital CEO Roundtable on Quality: What are the top challenges facing hospitals? What are executives doing to ensure high quality care?
- Young and Uninsured: Closing the Gap for the Invincible and the Ineligible
- Implications of the Obesity Epidemic
- Rising Health Care Costs: Where Are We Headed?
- Using the "Lean" Model to Improve Hospital Quality
- Addressing Federal Challenges to State Reforms
- Changing the Paradigm from Treatment to Prevention: A Diabetes Case Model
- Presidential Candidates' Health Care Reform Proposals: From the campaign trail, advisors and staff discuss the candidate's health care proposals.
- How will Congress prioritize health care issues in 2008? Speakers from both parties will discuss their proposals and priorities.
- Health Care for Military Personnel and Veterans: Serving Those Who Serve
- Personal Health Records: Increasing Health Care Value Through Enhanced Patient Engagement
- Mental Health Parity: Opportunities and Limitations
- Novel Technologies: Health Care Boon or Bane?
- Case Studies in Public Health Policy and Practice