AMA National Advocacy Conference Highlights
Physicians come to Washington to meet with Congress
March 10 & 11, 2009
WHO: American Medical Association (AMA)
WHAT: National Advocacy Conference
The AMA’s Seventh Annual National Advocacy Conference (NAC) will focus on its legislative health care agenda for the 111th Congress. Featured speakers include: Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO), and Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Special Advisor for Health Care, White House Office of Management and Budget.
Physicians will meet with members of Congress to discuss need for health system reform, including Medicare physician payment reform.
WHEN:
Tuesday, March 10, Noon – 5:00 PM
Wednesday, March 11, 9:00 AM – 11:00 PM
WHERE:
Independence A Ballroom
Grand Hyatt Washington
1000 H St., NW
Washington, DC 20001
MEDIA:
CONTACT: Reporters must pre-register by contacting Mollie Turner (202-789-7430, mollie.turner@ama-assn.org). Admission to the conference is not guaranteed without pre-registration.
Opening and general sessions of the NAC are open to media, Tuesday, March 10, from noon to 5:00 PM, and March 11, from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Speakers and times are subject to change without notice.
Note: AMA Medical Student, Resident & Fellow Lobby Day is Monday, March 9. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) will address students at 10 AM in the Grand Ballroom of L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, after which, students will go to Capitol Hill to meet with their members of Congress.
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
Sessions Open to Media
Tuesday, March 10
Health System Reform & Congress
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
- Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA)
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
- Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO), leader of the Republican health care reform team
Health System Reform: Delivery Reform
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
- Karen Davis, PhD, President, The Commonwealth Fund
- Elliott Fisher, MD, MPH, Director, Center for Health Policy Research
- Charles N. Kahn, III, President, Federation of American Hospitals
- Richard Cooper, Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics University of Pennsylvania
Health System Reform: The Quality Agenda
3:45 PM – 5:00 PM
- Richard Umbdenstock, CEO American Hospital Association
- John Rother, Group Executive Officer of Policy and Strategy for AARP
- Eric C. Schneider, MD, MSC, Associate Professor, Dept. of Health Policy & Management, Harvard School of Public Health
Wednesday, March 11
Keynote Address
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
- Ezekiel J. Emaunel, M.D., Special Advisor for Health Care, White House Office of Management and Budget
Health System Reform: Cost
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
- Stephen Finan, Associate Director of Policy, American Cancer Society
- David Merritt, Program Director, Center for Health Transformation
- Maria Ghazal, Director of Public Policy Business Roundtable
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Contact:
Mollie Turner
AMA Media Relations
202-789-7430
