Blue-Ribbon Health Care Panel discusses effects of national and state healthcare reforms
Channel: MarlboroCollegeAlumni
Date: 2012-06-19

Health care leaders discuss the effects of national and state healthcare reforms on hospitals, providers and healthcare management professionals.

The event was sponsored by our Master of Science in Management -- Health Care Administration Program. Info: http://gradschool.marlboro.edu/academics/hca/

From the press release: 

Employers and employees are wondering what will happen to traditional employer-sponsored health insurance under state operated exchanges.  Hospitals are wondering if they will bear greater risk for increasing health care costs and be treated by regulators as mini-Accountable Care Organizations.  Providers are wondering if cost control measures can be implemented without reducing the quality of care they provide or compensation they receive.  Everyone is wondering if the Affordable Care Act will survive the challenge before the United States Supreme Court.

The blue-ribbon panel addressing these issues will include: Steve Gordon, CEO of Brattleboro Memorial Hospital; Rob Simpson, CEO of Brattleboro Retreat; and Dr. Don Caruso, Medical Director, Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth Hitchcock Keene.

Among the topics these experts will comment on are the impact of the law on both their own health organizations and their regions; the concept of population health basis for the law; the Accountable Care Organization model and shifts in provider alliances; and changes in economic incentives through payment restructuring.

There will also be an update on the U.S. Supreme Court decision due in June. 

Following the presentations, there will be a question and answer period.

The discussion will be moderated by Craig Miskovich, a local health care attorney who teaches in our Master of Science in Management -- Health Care Administration Program.

The event will be held at the Graduate School, 28 Vernon Street, in Brattleboro from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 12, 2012.

The public is invited to attend and admission is free.