CONFERENCE CALL AGENDA
Hosted by the National Women’s Law Center
January 12, 2012
1:00 pm Eastern
1. Welcome & Introductions
Introduction from Dania Palanker, the newest addition to the National Women’s Law Center Health and Reproductive rights team.
- Dania Palanker, National Women’s Law Center
2. Overview of Essential Health Benefits Bulletin
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently released a pre-rule bulletin on Essential Health Benefits. The Essential Health Benefits are a vital part of the implementation of health reform and we will hear from Yvette Fontenot from the Office of Health Reform to provide an overview of the recently released bulletin and answer questions about the bulletin.
- Yvette Fontenot, Deputy Director of the Office of Health Reform at the Department of Health and Human Services
Essential Health Benefits Bulletin, Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight
3. How the Essential Health Benefits Bulletin Impacts Women
We will provide an overview of key issues in the bulletin related to women’s health, including information on submitting comments.
- Dania Palanker, National Women's Law Center
4. Implementing Essential Health Benefits at the State Level
We will briefly discuss what is required at the state level and hear how Maryland is moving forward with implementation of Essential Health Benefits.
- Leni Preston, Maryland Women’s Coalition for Health Care Reform
5. Updates, announcements, future calls:
Next Reform Matters Call: Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 1:00 pm Eastern.
To register for upcoming conference calls: http://action.nwlc.org/healthcarereform
To suggest future agenda topics, or make an announcement on a call, please contact us at reformmatters@nwlc.org
Materials
- NWLC Responds to HHS Announcement on How Essential Health Benefit are to be Determined in Health Care Law (Press Statement, 12/22/2011)
- Letter to HHS Secretary on the Development of the Essential Health Benefit Package (Coalition Letter, 12/5/2011)
- Maryland Health Benefit Exchange Board Final Report (12/23/2011)
- Maryland Health Care Commission - Study of Mandated Health Insurance Services: A Comparative Evaluation (1/1/2012)