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UCLA Center for Health Policy Research Symposium and Reception; February 8, 2012 (1:30-5:30pm; 5:30-7:30pm)

Los Angeles, United States

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Symposium: Sustaining and Extending Health Care Reform, 1:00pm-5:30pm Free  
Reception from 5:30pm-7:30pm Free  
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 "Sustaining and Extending Health Care Reform" - Symposium

 

February 8, 2012
1:00 -5:30pm, followed by a reception from 5:30-7:30pm
Covel Commons, UCLA

 

The program will feature health care leaders discussing the Center's work, the value of evidence in policy making, and the future of health care reform.

 

Speakers include: 

 

Kim Belshé, Former Secretary, California Health and Human Services Agency
Diana Bonta, President & CEO, The California Wellness Foundation
E. Richard Brown, Former Director, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Robert Kaplan, Director, NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
Gerald Kominski, Director, 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… (For details, view the program below.)

 

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.

 

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"

 
1:00-2:15pm: 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, The California Wellness Foundation
  • E. Richard Brown, Founding Director, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

Q&A

 

2:15-2:30pm:   Break
 
2:30-4:00pm:   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, 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

 
4:00-4:15pm:    Break

4:15-5:30pm: 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, California Senate Health Committee, now Principal, Kuehl Consulting and Founding Director, 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

 
5:30-7:30pm: Reception
 
Brief Presentations: 
 
  • Linda Rosenstock, Dean, UCLA School of Public Health
  • Shana Alex Lavarreda, Director, 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