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 Join us for a one-day conference on
Thursday, October 1, 2009 Conference 8:30 am – 4:00 pm Reception 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Beckman Center, Irvine (adjacent to UC Irvine) $395 per person
UCI Faculty, Staff and Alumni: $350 per person (All registrations $450 per person after September 18, 2009)
This conference provides a unique venue for dialogue among private and public sector leaders on key issues facing the nation on health care reform. It will help to determine what the U.S. can learn from other countries in using comparative effectivensss (CE) analysis to improve health care quality and efficiency.
Some observers have expressed concern that federal funding for CE research in the U.S. may evolve from providing information to developing a centralized national coverage decision-making process. Can knowledge of the foreign experience with CE enable the U.S. to develop a uniquely American solution that harvests the benefits of better information while preserving independent decision-making?
Who should attend
- Physicians and nurses in administrative positions, physicians in private, group or clinical practice
- Presidents, CEOs, Trustees and senior management in provider and insurer organizations
- Senior executives in pharmaceutical, medical device, biotech and other health care organizations who define strategy and policy
- Employers who deal with the problem of ever-increasing health care costs while attempting to increase employee choice
- Government officials who define and implement health policy
Speakers from Britain, Canada and Germany will share insights on their experience, and health care leaders from the U.S. will assess the implications of a similar process in this country.
For more information, please email Margaret Wong, or call 949-854-3004.
 The Distinguished Speaker Program offers an annual series of lectures featuring prominent policy-makers, scholars, journalists, and other opinion leaders who address some of the most pressing issues in healthcare today. This lecture series was launched in 2001 with Paul Ellwood, MD – the “father of HMOs” and instrumental in forming federal health policy and reforming private sector systems – asking a provocative question: “Does managed care need to be replaced?” In subsequent years, industry leaders such as John Wennberg, MD, director of the Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences at the Dartmouth Medical School, John Calfee, PhD, resident scholar of the American Enterprise Institute, and Robert Moffit, PhD, director of Domestic Policy Studies for the Heritage Foundation joined the list of prominent speakers at this coveted event. Previous topics of discussion include: - Unwarranted Variations in Health Care Delivery: What’s going on in southern California?
- Targeted Therapeutics – How Biotechnology Innovations Affect the Cost of Care and Competition Among Firms Marketing Pioneer Drugs
- State Health Reform: Revolutionary Possibilities
The series attracts healthcare industry leaders, alumni, faculty, and students, among others. Attendees have an opportunity to network and meet the speakers at post-event receptions.
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