Texas Health Care Summit: Health Today, Health Care Tomorrow

Please join the National Coalition on Heath Care and the Center for Health and Social Policy at The University of Texas at Austin for a discussion with scholars, experts, and stakeholders in health and health care at the Health Today, Health Care Tomorrow summit on Thursday, March 29, 2018 (9am-12:30pm) at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. (Note: Registration closes on March 27 at 12 noon CST.)

The forum will focus on what the research says about three major challenges:

• Children’s health care and health, including the lifelong impacts of adverse childhood experiences and the early onset of chronic diseases
• The changing demographics of the patient population in Texas and nationally
• Social determinants of health that contribute to the rising incidence of chronic conditions

We will then examine policy options and advances in practice to address these challenges, including:

• Improvements in the delivery and coordination of care
• Better integration of medical care and social services
• Advanced payment models and reforms in the structure and rules of private insurance and social insurance programs
• Advances in medical education to prepare physicians and other providers for the challenges ahead

SPEAKERS:

• Georges Benjamin – Executive Director, American Public Health Association; former Secretary, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
• Tricia Brooks – Senior Fellow, Center for Children and Families, Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy
• Frederick Cerise – President and CEO, Parkland Health & Hospital System; Commissioner, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC)
• Susan Distefano – CEO, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital
• Jamie Dudensing – CEO, Texas Association of Health Plans
• Mark Hayward – Professor of Sociology, Centennial Commission Professor in the Liberal Arts, and Director, Population Health Initiative, University of Texas at Austin
• Clay Johnston – Dean, Dell Medical School, University of Texas at Austin
• Jack Lewin – Chairman, National Coalition on Health Care; former Director of Health for the state of Hawaii and CEO of the California Medical Association
• Cynthia Osborne – Director, Center for Health and Social Policy; Director, Child and Research Partnership; and Associate Professor of Public Affairs, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin
• Ben Raimer, President-Elect of the Texas Pediatric Society, Senior Vice President, Health Policy & Legislative Affairs, University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston
• John Rother – President and CEO, National Coalition on Health Care; former Executive Vice President for Policy, Strategy, and International Affairs, AARP
• Charles Smith – Executive Commissioner, Texas Health and Human Services Commission

The event will be held in Bass Lecture Hall (basement level) at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. Check-in begins at 8:30 a.m. Breakfast provided. Space is limited, and registration is required.

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Event hashtag: #txhealth18

Center for Health and Social Policy: @chasp_lbj

National Coalition on Health Care: @NC_HC

TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING

Parking is available at Manor Garage at 2017 Robert Dedman Drive, about a 10 minute walk south of the LBJ School of Public Affairs (Sid Richardson Hall, Unit 3). Single-use parking passes will be provided at check-in for all attendees - you will need both the original ticket and the parking pass to exit without a charge. Click for Google Map of Manor Garage and the LBJ School.

Capital Metro bus routes 10, 20, 21, 22, 37, and several UT shuttles also have stops on the streets adjacent to the LBJ School.

ABOUT US

The Center for Health and Social Policy (CHASP), directed by Professor Cynthia Osborne, is the home of social policy at The University of Texas at Austin and the LBJ School of Public Affairs. CHASP’s mission is to reduce social and health disparities in communities, the U.S., and abroad by conducting rigorous interdisciplinary research, facilitating collaborations, and preparing the next generation of innovative policy leaders.

The National Coalition on Health Care is the largest non-partisan, non-profit national alliance of organizations working together to improve the health care system and the affordability of care and coverage. Its membership includes 90 medical societies, health care provider organizations, business, unions, pension funds, faith-based associations, health plans, and consumer and patient advocacy groups.

This event is made possible by a generous grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

Please contact the chasp@austin.utexas.edu with questions.