PAST EVENTS:
FOJP's 24th Annual Conference*
Health Care Policy 2009: Defining Change in a Cost-Constrained Environment
Thursday, March 19, 2009
8:00 am - 2:30 pm
Hilton New York
New York City
The President and Congress have identified health care reform as a priority of the new administration. Amidst the myriad challenges facing the nation's health care system, where will the administration's focus turn and how will it establish priorities? FOJP's 24th Annual Conference examines these issues, providing insight into the shaping of the new national health agenda. Our conference speakers—all nationally and internationally recognized experts in their fields—present their informed views on the structuring of this key initiative and its likely impact on physicians and other health care providers.
Presenters include:
 | David Blumenthal, MD, MPP Director, Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital/Partners HealthCare System; Samuel O. Thier Professor of Medicine & Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School & Former Senior Health Advisor to Barack Obama
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 | Nancy Lee Johnson Former U.S. Congresswoman representing the 5th District of Connecticut & Senior Public Policy Advisor, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
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 | Uwe E. Reinhardt, PhD James Madison Professor of Political Economy & Professor of Economics, Princeton University
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 | Steven M. Safyer, MD President and Chief Executive Officer, Montefiore Medical Center
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 | Michael S. Sparer, PhD, JD Director, Executive MPH Program & Professor of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
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*CME, ASHRM, and NAB continuing education
credits available.
For information on future events, please contact Angie Gonzalez at FOJP Ph: 212.891.0735; Fax: 212.702.6354; E-mail: agonzalez@fojp.com
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