MU Center for Health Policy to Host Discussion on Health Care Reform
Event leads up to annual health policy summit featuring leading national experts
As the debate on health care reform continues on a national stage, conversations also preoccupy Missouri communities. From noon to 1 p.m. Oct. 7, experts from the MU Center for Health Policy will answer questions on the topic during the lecture and discussion “What Ails Us: Understanding Health Care Reform.” Karen Edison, MD, director of the Center for Health Policy, will discuss the current state of health care in Missouri and the future of health care reform in the nation. This free event will be hosted in Bryant Auditorium, Room M105, in the MU School of Medicine.
Edison is also medical director of the Missouri Telehealth Network and chair and Philip C. Anderson Professor in Dermatology. She served as a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow and then majority health policy staff for the Health Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee in the United States Senate from 1999 to 2001, where she was instrumental in the legislative expansion of Medicare reimbursement for telemedicine services. She was a key member of the legislative team that drafted the reauthorization of the Community Health Center Programs, and she spent two years as a key staff member in a bipartisan coalition that developed the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act, which was signed into federal law in 2005.
The Oct. 7 event is a precursor to the Center for Health Policy’s Seventh Annual Missouri Health Policy Summit, which will explore national health care reform and its implications for state policy and public health. The summit features former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona, MD, as well as panels of leading experts. The daylong event will begin with a breakfast and registration at 7:15 a.m. Oct. 30 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Columbia, Mo. and conclude with final remarks at 3:30 p.m.
To register for the Seventh Annual Missouri Health Policy Summit, or for more information about the event, visit the MU Office of Continuing Medical Education Web site at http://som.missouri.edu/CME/ or contact Lindsey Beckmann at (573) 882-3458 or beckmannli@health.missouri.edu.
Since its inception, the MU Center for Health Policy has been responsive to trends and emergent issues in health care by providing objective analysis, education and communication. The center strives to incorporate the interests and concerns of all stakeholders and to enhance an ongoing awareness of the rapidly changing health care environment.
