Category: 24th National Conference
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24th National Conference: Dr Robert Bowman's Pessimistic View of Healthcare Workforce Innovations
On Thursday, April 11, 2013, Robert Bowman, MD, of the A. T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine of Arizona will present a Thought Provocateur session entitled “Three Decades of Innovation Failure”. It is Dr Bowman’s thesis that innovative interventions in workforce and practice support for three decades have failed to result in a move…
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24th National Conference: Doctor Darryl Leong Discusses the Potential Role of Care Coordination in PPACA
Doctor Darryl Leong, in a Thought Provocateur session scheduled to lead off the fourth day of the 24th National Conference on Primary Health Care Access, focuses on the role of coordination of care, both as a component of PPACA, and in the American health care delivery system. As envisioned by Dr Leong, coordination of care…
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24th National Conference: California's Statewide AHEC Strategies for Organizing Health Professions Training in Community Health Centers
On Wednesday, April 10, 2013, a plenary session will be held in which three health professionals, each associated with a California medical school, will discuss strategies for developing community-based training in CHCs to support new demands from the PPACA legislation. Leading the panel will be Virginia Fowkes, FNP, MHS of Stanford University’s Center for Education…
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24th National Conference: Dr David Sundwall Discusses Policy Bases, Politics of PPACA
The opening plenary session of the 24th National Conference on Primary Health Care Access will begin with a discussion of the policy bases and politics involved in the passage and implementation of the Patient Protecction and Accountable Care Act (PPACA). Presenting the discussion will be Doctor David Sundwall of the University of Utah in Salt…
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24th National Conference: Dr. Lee Burnett to Discuss the Soldier Centered Medical Home
The third day of the 24th National Conference on Primary Health Care Access will begin with a presentation by Lieutenant Colonel Lee Burnett, DO, Brigade Surgeon, United States Army, 82 Airborne Division, 4th Brigade Combat Unit. Dr. Burnett will describe how the principles of the Patient Centered Medical Home are being developed to provide clinical…
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24th National Conference: Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo Family Health Center Report on a Community-Based Medical Education Project
One of the central purposes of the National Conferences on Primary Health Care Access is to promote training of primary care physicians in community-oriented settings. Over the years, the Conferences and their subsidiary National Conferences on Community Health Center-Primary Care Residency Linkages have highlighted major initiatives that promote this objective. The passage of PPACA, through…
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24th National Conference Theme Presentations: A Reform Objective – Better Integration of Clinical Medicine and Behavioral Health
On the second day of the 24th National Conference on Primary Health Care Access the first of a series of presentation on “reform objectives” – desired changes in the way American health care is provided. Following the overview panel on the subject, 24th National Conference: the Potential for Primary Healthcare Improvements as a Result of Reform…
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24th National Conference: the Potential for Primary Healthcare Improvements as a Result of Reform Legislation
On Tuesday, April 10, 2013, the second morning of the 24th National Conference on Primary Health Care Access, held at the Grand Hyatt Kaua’i, an overview panel will address the issue of potential long-term benefits of the Patient Protection and Accountable Care Act (PPACA). A three person panel will discuss the the possibilities of improvements in…
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24th National Conference, 2nd Day: "Medicaid in the Crosshairs?": Doctors David Sundwall, Michael Fine to Discuss Current, Emerging Issues in the Structure, Financing of Medicaid
The second day of the 24th National Conference on Primary Health Care Access (Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at the Grand Hyatt Kaua’i) will feature a presentation by David N. Sundwall, MD, MPH, Vice Chair of the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (whose anagram is MACPAC). The future of Medicaid, the principal federal program…
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What Has NOT Changed: Dr John Geyman to Analyze, Characterize the Defects of the PPACA Legislation at 24th National Conference on Primary Health Care Access
Doctor John Geyman, Professor Emeritus of the University of Washington and a Senior Fellow of the Coastal Research Group, will lead the second plenary session of the first day of the 24th National Conference on Primary Health Care Access, April 8, 2013, at the Grand Hyatt Kaua’i, in Koloa, Kaua’i, Hawai’i. Dr Geyman has been…
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Policy Issues in Primary Health Care Access: Psychiatric Patients Lacking a Primary Care Physician Experience More Lifestyle and Health Problems
A recurring theme of the National Conferences on Primary Health Care Access is care to underserved and vulnerable populations. At the 24th National Conference, April 8-11, 2013 at the Grand Hyatt Kaua’i, Doctors John Boltri (Wayne State University, Detroit) and Mark E. Clasen (Wright State University (Wright State University, Dayton) will share their research on…