UC Berkeley Health Care Conference Agenda

December 1, 2004

University of California, Berkeley
Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center

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Conference Agenda

8:00 AM
Registration - Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM
Welcome

* Jack Cox, President/CEO, The Communications Institute

* Dean Stephen Shortell, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley





* Robert Brook, M.D., Vice President and Director, RAND Health; Professor of Medicine and Health Services, University of California, Los Angeles

8:40 AM
Introduction

* Assembly Members Joe Nation, Ph.D. and Keith Richman, M.D.

8:45 AM
Putting the Health Care System in Perspective
An overview of the amount and sources of health care spending and health insurance, and the principle cost drivers

* Dana Goldman, Ph.D.

RAND Corporate Chair in Health Economics; Director of RAND’s Health Economics Research Program.

9:30 AM
Measuring Health Care Quality
An independent assessment of health care quality and access for Californians based upon
RAND’s empirical research.

* Elizabeth McGlynn, Ph.D.
Associate Director, RAND Health
Director of the Center for Research on Quality in Health Care

10:00 AM
Participants' Discussion
Moderator: Dr. Robert Brook, Vice President, RAND and Director, RAND Health
Panelists: Dr. Elizabeth McGlynn
Dr. Dana Goldman

10:45 AM
Where Do We Go From Here? Perspectives from Health Care Experts
Discussion of what actions the public and private sectors can take now to deal with issues and problems presented in the RAND research presented in earlier sessions.

* Moderator: Dean Stephen M. Shortell, PhD, MPH, UC Berkeley, School of Public Health, Blue Cross of California Chair
* Panelists:

Richard M. Scheffler, PhD, Distinguished Chair in Health Economics and Public Policy, UC Berkeley, School of Public Health

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Helen A. Halpin, PhD, Professor of Health Policy and Director of the Center for Health and Public Policy Studies, UC Berkeley, School of Public Health




Laurence C. Baker, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Health Research and Policy Stanford University





Harold S. Luft, Ph.D., Director and Professor, Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco





12:00 PM
Lunch

12:45 PM
Confronting the Issues: A Time for Action
An interactive discussion focusing on realistic solutions that California can take to confront health care issues. Some solutions to be included in bi-partisan legislative proposals in

* Moderators: Assembly Members Nation and Richman \
* Panelists:

Patrick Fry
COO
Sutter Health

Arthur Chen, M.D
Medical Director
Alameda Alliance for Health

Jerry Fleming
Senior Vice President, Health Plan Manger
Kaiser Permanente

Tony Iton, MD, JD, and MPH, Health Officer Alameda County Public Health Department

Anmol S. Mahal, M.D.
Chairman, California Medical Association

NancyMonk Vice President, Government Relations and Regulatory Affairs
PacificCare Health Systems

Richard I. Smith, Senior Vice President for Policy, Research and Strategic Planning,
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA )

2:15 PM
Summary

* Conference Faculty and Participants

2:45 PM
Adjournment