PFCD Briefing: Friday, September 24th
Delivery System Reform and Prevention Models: What's Working Out in the States?
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- On Friday, September 24, 2010, the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) will host a briefing on Capitol Hill featuring health care providers, state health officials and prevention/wellness professionals who will discuss delivery system reform efforts in the states based on provisions of the landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).
Discussion will also include the importance of preserving the Prevention and Wellness Fund, which finances many significant prevention and wellness initiatives and delivery system reforms, including access to care, health IT and care coordination. The Fund’s future was threatened recently as a potential pay-for in efforts to repeal the 1099 tax provision.
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Who: |
The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) will host a distinguished panel including: | |
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-- Ken Thorpe, PhD, Executive Director, PFCD |
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-- Craig Jones, MD, Executive Director, Vermont Blueprint for Health |
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-- Erika Bliss, MD, Family Physician, Qliance Medical Group |
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-- Jim Pope, MD, Chief Science Officer, Healthways |
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-- Francois Millard, Senior Vice President, The Vitality Group |
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What: |
PFCD will hold a briefing on Capitol Hill highlighting delivery system reform efforts in the states. Many of the delivery system reform efforts supported by various provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are already working in daily practice in the states. PFCD will bring providers, state health officials and prevention/wellness professionals to show congressional staff, PFCD partners and interested stakeholders how many in the states have already implemented programs like those envisioned in the Act which are, in fact, already working to improve health outcomes and lower costs. | |
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When: |
Friday, September 24, 2010 |
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11:30 AM – 1:30 PM |
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Where: |
Capitol Visitor’s Center |
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| U.S. Capitol | ||
| Washington, D.C. 20515 | ||
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Room: SVC 209-08 |
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About the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease
The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) is a national coalition of leading patient, provider, community, business and labor groups, and health policy experts, committed to raising awareness of the number one cause of death, disability, and rising health care costs in the U.S.: chronic disease.
For more information about PFCD and its partner organizations, please visit: http://www.fightchronicdisease.org.
CONTACT:
Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD)
Erin Thurston, (202) 429-4390
KEYWORDS: United States North America District of Columbia
INDUSTRY KEYWORDS: Health Infectious Diseases Public Policy/Government Healthcare Reform Public Policy Professional Services Insurance General Health
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