CONFERENCE CALL AGENDA
Hosted by the National Women’s Law Center
September 13, 2012
3:00 pm Eastern
1. Welcome & Introductions
Introduction
- Dania Palanker, Senior Health Policy Advisor at the National Women’s Law Center
2. The Affordable Care Act and the Medicare Fiscal Outlook
The Affordable Care Act improves the fiscal outlook for Medicare by reducing the projected shortfall and providing an additional eight years of solvency to the Medicare hospital trust fund. On today’s call, Edwin Park from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities will discuss how the health care law improves Medicare’s financial sustainability and what this means for upcoming federal budget discussions.
- Edwin Park, Vice President for Health Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
3. Delivery System Reform in the Affordable Care Act
Under the Affordable Care Act, many Medicare beneficiaries, including those dually eligible for Medicaid, will receive improved care through programs that coordinate health care, help patients transition from hospital to their home, and make payment changes that are designed to improve the quality of health care. Madeleine Konig from the American Heart Association will discuss a number of the delivery system reform efforts in the health care law and how they are or will improve patient care. Many of these efforts, while focused initially on Medicare, are expected to be replicated in Medicaid and the private insurance market.
- Madeleine Konig, Policy Analyst, American Heart Association
4. Updates, announcements, future calls:
We will provide a brief update on the Essential Health Benefits and federal regulations.
- Dania Palanker, Senior Health Policy Advisor at the National Women’s Law Center
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 for the Call:
Health Reform Strengthens Medicare, Doesn’t “Rob” It (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities) http://www.offthechartsblog.org/health-reform-strengthens-medicare-doesnt-rob-it/
Health Reform Strengthens Medicare – Part 2 (Center on Budget and Policy Priorities) http://www.offthechartsblog.org/health-reform-strengthens-medicare-part-2/
Strengthening Medicare – Healthcare.gov http://www.healthcare.gov/law/features/65-older/strengthening-medicare/index.html
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation http://www.innovations.cms.gov/