California's health leaders to speak at Feb. 8 symposium on health care reform
Date: February 8, 2012
Time: Symposium: 1 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Reception 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Venue: Covel Commons, UCLA [Map]
Parking is located at SUNSET VILLAGE (SV) PARKING LOT, adjacent to Covel Commons on De Neve Drive. [Map]
Health care reform faces legal challenges and critical tests in coming months. California in particular has been a leader in implementing the first stages of health care reform. What is the future for this important new law?
Please join us at a special afternoon symposium in which California's leading health experts will discuss the future of health care reform and report on early successes and challenges in implementation.
Speakers include:
Kim Belshé, former secretary, California Health and Human Services Agency,
Diana Bonta, president & CEO of The California Wellness Foundation,
E. Richard Brown, founding director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Robert Kaplan, director, NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research,
Gerald Kominski, director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research,
Peter Long, CEO, Blue Shield Foundation of California,
Linda Rosenstock, dean, UCLA School of Public Health
and many more…
The symposium is organized by the UCLA School of Public Health and is being held in honor of both the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the distinguished and pioneering work of Dr. E. Richard Brown, who recently stepped down as the Center's director.
The symposium also welcomes the Center's new director, Dr. Gerald Kominski, a respected and widely-published authority on health care reform, health care economics, and efforts to improve the efficacy of public programs.
Symposium Schedule: "Sustaining and Extending Health Care Reform"
1:00-2:15: Opening Plenary: Honoring E. Richard Brown as the founding director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and developer of the California Health Interview Survey
Speakers: Peter Long, CEO, Blue Shield Foundation of California
Diana Bonta, president & CEO of The California Wellness Foundation
E. Richard Brown, founding director, UCLA Center for Health Policy
Research
Q&A
2:15-2:30: Break
2:30-4:00 Panel: Sustaining Health Care Reform in California and the Nation
Moderator: Peter Long, CEO, Blue Shield Foundation of California
Speakers: Kim Belshé, former secretary, California Health and Human Services
Agency, and current senior policy advisor, Public Policy Institute of
California
Anthony Wright, executive director, Health Access
Andrew Bindman, professor of Medicine, Health Policy, Epidemiology
& Biostatistics, UC San Francisco
Robert Kaplan, director, NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Research (OBSSR) and NIH Associate Director for Behavioral and
Social Sciences Research
Richard Kronick, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Health Policy, Office of
the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services
Q&A
4:00-4:15: Break
4:15-5:30: Closing Session: Extending Health Care Reform: The Affordable Care Act and Beyond
Moderator: Linda Rosenstock, dean, UCLA School of Public Health
Speakers: Sandra Shewry, Director of State Health Policy, California Health Care
Foundation
Sheila Kuehl, former chair of the California Senate Health Committee,
now principal of Kuehl Consulting and founding director of the Santa
Monica College Public Policy Institute
Steven Wallace, associate director, UCLA Center for Health Policy
Research
Gerald Kominski, director, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Q&A
5:30-7:00: Reception
Brief Presentations: Linda Rosenstock, dean, UCLA School of Public Health
Shana Alex Lavarreda, director of health insurance studies,
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Thomas Rice, professor, UCLA School of Public Health
E. Richard Brown, founding director, UCLA Center for Health
Policy Research
