HOFSTRA CULTURAL CENTER presents a conference
New Directions in American Health Care:
Innovations From Home and Abroad
Thursday and Friday
March 11 and 12, 2010
PAPERS
- THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010
- FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2010
9-10 a.m.
PLENARY KEYNOTE ADDRESS
- Peter Zweifel, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
University of Zurich
Joseph G. Astman Distinguished Conference Scholar
What Do Citizens Expect From Their Health Care System?
Implications for Swiss Health Policy
Slides [PDF]
10:15-11:30 a.m.
Session I: QUALITY OF CARE AND COVERAGE INNOVATION
- Moderator: Roshni Persaud, J.D.
Hofstra University Health Law Program Administrator - The Roles of the Nurse and Physician in Quality Management in
Modern Inpatient Hospital Care
Kathleen Gallo, R.N., Ph.D., The Center for Learning and Innovation at North Shore-LIJ Health System
Lawrence Smith, M.D., Dean, Hofstra University School of Medicine
Paper [PDF] - Aligning Incentives for Value and Quality in the Medicare Program
Stuart Guterman, Program on Payment System Reform
The Commonwealth Fund
Slides [PDF] | Abstract [PDF]
12:55-2:10 p.m.
Session II: POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON U.S. REFORM EFFORTS
- Moderator: Joel Weintraub, M.D., J.D., Special Professor of Law
Hofstra University School of Law - Single Payer and Health Care Reform: What’s Next?
Oliver Fein, M.D., Weill Cornell Medical College
Slides [PDF] - The Spirits of Reform Past: How the Ghosts of Clinton Era Public Opinion Haunt Obama Health Reform
Richard Himelfarb, Ph.D., Department of Political Science
Hofstra University
Abstract [PDF] | Paper [PDF] - Health Initiatives of the Young Lord’s Party
Theresa Horvath, PA-C, M.P.H., Physician Assistant Studies Program Hofstra University
Slides [PDF] | Abstract [PDF] | Paper [PDF] - The Political Calculus of Health Care Reform in Modern American Politics
Edward J. Rollins, Senior Fellow, Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency, Hofstra University
Senior Political Analyst, CNN News
2:30-3:45 p.m.
Session III: MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF AN AGING POPULATION I
- Moderator: Ashira Ostrow, J.D., Professor of Law
Hofstra University School of Law - Implementing and Disseminating a Falls Prevention Program in At-Risk Older Adults Living in a Naturally Occurring Retirement Community-Supportive Services Program
Dale Chaikin, M.S., R.N., Community Health/NORC Programs
North Shore-LIJ Health Systems
Abstract [PDF] | Paper [PDF] - Ethics and Justice: Theories as Applied to Age-Based Rationing
Hengameh Hosseini, Ph.D., Department of Public Health and
Health Care Administration, Seton Hall University
Slides [PDF] | Abstract [PDF] - A Tale of Two Studies: The Impact of Remote Patient Monitoring Upon Medicare Beneficiaries With Heart Failure
Renee Pekmezaris, Ph.D., Community Health and Health Services Research North Shore-LIJ Health System
4-5:15 p.m.
Session IV: MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF AN AGING POPULATION II
- Moderator: Donna M. Reed, L.C.S.W.
Director, Division of Long-Term Care Services,
Nassau County Department of Senior Citizen Affairs - Implications of Increases in Life Expectancy for Policy
Hilary Waldron, M.A.
United States Social Security Administration
Slides [PDF] | Abstract [PDF] | Paper [PDF] - The Impact of an End-of-Life Communication Skills Intervention on
Physicians In Training
Renee Pekmezaris, Ph.D., Community Health and Health Services Research North Shore-LIJ Health System - Debunking the Myths Surrounding Exercise and Older Adults
Katie Sell, Ph.D. CSCS and Steven Frierman, Ph.D.
Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Hofstra University
Paper [PDF]
7-9 p.m.
CONFERENCE DINNER
- Hofstra University Club
Deborah Bachrach, J.D.
Health Care Attorney and health Policy Consultant
Former New York State Medicaid Director and Deputy Commissioner of Health
Federal Health Policy: Impact on States
Slides [PDF]
8:45-9:45 a.m.
PLENARY KEYNOTE ADDRESS
- Vicente Navarro, M.D., Ph.D., Dr.P.H.
Professor of Public Policy, Sociology and Policy Studies
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
Joseph G. Astman Distinguished Conference Scholar
Will We Ever Have a National Health Program in the United States?
Slides [PDF]
10:15-11:45 a.m.
Session V: SOCIOECONOMIC DISPARITIES AND COVERAGE INNOVATION
- Moderator: Vern Walker, Ph.D., J.D., Professor of Law
Hofstra University School of Law - Health Reform and Health Equity: Sharing Responsibility for Health in the United States
Erica Blacksher, Ph.D., The Hastings Center
Slides [PDF] | Abstract [PDF] | Paper [PDF] - NuHealth: A 21st-Century Model for Safety-Net Systems
Aloysius B. Cuyjet, M.D., M.P.H., FACC, FACP, The Institute for Healthcare Disparities, Nassau University Medical Center
Slides [PDF] - The Ethical Implications of the Attempts to Reduce Health Care Costs
Hangameh Hosseini, Ph.D., Department of Public and Health Care Administration, Seton Hall University
Slides [PDF] | Abstract [PDF] - Activities to Reduce Health Disparities Under Massachusetts Health Care Reform
Joel S. Weissman, Ph.D.,Harvard Medical School; Former Senior Health Policy Advisor to the Secretary, Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services
Slides [PDF]
Noon-2 p.m.
CONFERENCE LUNCHEON
- Hofstra University Club
Howard B. Dean III, M.D.
Senior Presidential Fellow, Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency, Hofstra University (2009-2010)
The Evolving Role of Physicians in a Reformed American Health Care System
2:15-4 pm
Session VI: ALTERNATIVE MODELS: LESSONS FROM HOME AND ABROAD
- Moderator: Alan Jakimo, J.D., Special Professor of Law
Hofstra University School of Law; Partner, Sidley Austin LLP - The Swiss Experience with Managed Care in a Managed Competition Setting
Rachel Kreier, Ph.D., Department of Economics, Hofstra University
Slides [PDF] | Abstract [PDF] - Health Care in Canada: Setting the Record Straight
Martha Livingston, Ph.D., SUNY College at Old Westbury
Abstract [PDF] - ERISA and Federalism: Limits to State and Local Health Care Reform
Larry I. Palmer, LL.B.,Department of Health Administration, Virginia Commonwealth University
Slides [PDF] | Abstract [PDF] | Paper [PDF] - No Wrong Door: A Model for Biopsychosocial Health Care in the 21st Century
Louise Skolnick, D.S.W., Adelphia University School of Social Work
Shelly Schechter, R.N., M.S., M.A., Division of Community and Maternal Child Health, Nassau County Department of Health
Slides [PDF] | Paper [PDF] - An Update on Massachusetts Health Care Reform
Joel S. Weissman, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School; Former Senior Health Policy Advisor to the Secretary, Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services
Slides [PDF]