Category: 24th National Conference

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…