March 6 is Super Tuesday
in More Ways than One!

Join AHIP’s National Policy Forum to Analyze the Latest Political and Health Policy Horizons

We are holding our annual National Policy Forum in Washington, D.C. on March 6-7, where we’ll bring together speakers from the government, academia, business, and media who understand the policies, the issues, the candidates and the implications we may see in health care for years to come. You’ll hear firsthand about reform implementation, the individual mandate, building Exchanges in the states, the upcoming elections, and other key legislative and regulatory issues affecting your organization.

Just Announced

Steven B. Larsen, Deputy Administrator & Director, Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO), CMS, HHS Redesigning the Health Insurance Regulatory Landscape: Perspectives from the Administration, March 6, 8:30 am – 9:00 am

Other March 6 sessions include:

• The Role of Health Plans in Creating a 21st Century Health Care System
  
  Patrick J. Geraghty, Chairman & CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida
  Eric H. Schultz, President & Chief Executive Officer, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc.
   
• New Approaches to Bending the Cost Curve
  
  Stuart M. Butler, PhD, Distinguished Fellow and Director, Center for Policy Innovation, The Heritage Foundation
  David B. Kendall, Senior Fellow for Health and Fiscal Policy, Third Way
   
• Effective Prescriptions for Improving Quality and Reducing Costs
  
  Doug Holtz-Eakin, PhD, President, American Action Forum; former Commissioner on the Congressionally-chartered Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission; and former Director, Congressional Budget Office
  Len M. Nichols, PhD, Professor of Health Policy and Director, GMU Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics,  College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University
   
• Making Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security Sustainable for the Long Run
  
  Alice M. Rivlin, PhD, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, Brookings Institution and Co-Chair, Bipartisan Policy Center’s Debt Reduction Task Force
• ACA Implementation: View from the States
  
  Bruce D. Greenstein, Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
  William A. Hazel Jr., MD, Secretary of Health and Human Resources, Commonwealth of Virginia
   
• Future of Employer Sponsored Health Care in Post-reform Environment
  
  Amy Bergner, Partner, Mercer
  Paul Dennett, Senior Vice President, Health Care Reform, American Benefits Council
  Anne E. Phelps, Washington Council Ernst & Young

March 7 sessions include:

• Breakfast Briefing: Measuring and Monitoring Health Prices for Policy-making
  
  William D. Marder, PhD, Senior Vice President, Analytic Consulting and Research Services, Thomson Reuters
• Perspectives on the Near- and Long-term Health Care Policy Opportunities and Challenges
  
  James C. Capretta, MA, Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center
  Neera Tanden, President, Center for American Progress 

• The Continuing Debate over the Individual Mandate: Anticipating What’s Next
  
  Miguel A. Estrada, Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
  Andrew J. Pincus, Partner, Mayer Brown
• Health Care and Implications for the 2012 Elections
  
  Mark Halperin, Editor-at-large and Senior Political Analyst, TIME

Register Now
For details and to register for the 2012 National Policy Forum, click here.

Multiple AHIP Programs in Washington, D.C.

The National Policy Forum is being held in conjunction with AHIP’s Summit on Payment Reform and Delivery Transformation and the Exchange Conference, providing you an opportunity to hear the latest information on health care reform implementation.

AHIP’s Summit on Payment Reform and Delivery Transformation, March 5
Learn about payment models that are helping to realize the commonly articulated goal of a patient-centered approach to care delivery. Details and registration here.

Exchange Conference, March 7-8
Exchanges continue to be one of the most pressing health care reform implementation issues for health plans, states, and national policy makers. Join us as we examine the critical issues for health plans with a focus on the practical challenges. Details and registration here.

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