Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Health Care Choices, Inc.

New York State Conference of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans

The Business Council of New York State, Inc.

January 14, 1999
New York City
Sponsored by:

Eli Lilly & Company
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

A Conference For
Consumers Patients Employers  Managed Care Organizations Insurers Hospitals Physicians Researchers Government

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Conference Agenda

Health Care Quality: The New Frontier

8:20 a.m. - 8:50 a.m.

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:50 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Welcome by
Susan Rosenfeld, Esq.
President
Health Care Choices, Inc.

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Keynote Address
Give Me Quality or Give Me Death
Paul Ellwood, MD
President
Jackson Hole Group and InterStudy

9:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

Measuring Health Care Quality: An Examination of Different Approaches

Moderator:

James R. Tallon, Jr.
President
The United Hospital Fund

Panel:

Judith Arnold
Deputy Commissioner
Division of Planning, Policy & Resource Development
New York State Department of Health

Arthur Levin, MPH
Director
Center for Medical Consumers

Michael A. Stocker, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer
Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Stephen Scheidt, MD
Practicing Cardiologist
Professor of Clinical Medicine and
Director of Cardiology Training
New York-Cornell Medical Center

Topics include:

• What sources of information on health care quality are currently available?
• How do patients benefit from access to information on health care quality?
• What can providers do to measure and improve quality?
• How do health plans assess quality?
• What is the role of government?

10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. Break

11:15 a.m. - 1:00 p.m

Health Care Quality: The Future in New York

Moderator:

James R. Tallon, Jr.
President
The United Hospital Fund

Panel:

Geri Barish
President
1 in 9: The Long Island Breast Cancer Action Coalition

Richard N. Gottfried
Chair
New York State Assembly Committee on Health

Michael P. Gutnick
Senior Vice President, Finance
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Kemp Hannon
Chair
New York State Senate Health Committee

Susan Rosenfeld, Esq.
President
Health Care Choices, Inc.

Elliott Shaw
Director of Government Affairs
The Business Council of New York State, Inc.

Topics include:

• Legislative initiatives.
• Programs to assist patients in assessing quality.
• What do employers want?
• How can existing health care databases be used and expanded?
• New quality measurement systems.

Registration Information

Registration Deadline
Wednesday, January 6, 1999 (Space is Limited)

Conference Location
The McGraw-Hill Auditorium
1221 Avenue of the Americas
(between 48^th and 49^th Streets)
2^nd Floor
New York, NY

Conference Date and Time
Thursday, January 14, 1999, 8:20 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Conference Attendance Fee
$95 (includes attendance at the conference, breakfast and program materials).

Cancellation Policy
The registration fee is refundable less a $50 administrative charge if written notice of cancellation is received on or prior to Wednesday, January 6, 1999. No refunds will be issued after this date.

No-Shows
A registrant who does not attend the conference will be responsible for the full registration fee if cancellation notice is not received on or before January 6, 1999.

For further information email

info@healthcarechoices.org

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Post Office Box 21039
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