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2011 Conference Recap and Resources
The Pennsylvania Health Access Network held its 3rd Annual Health Care Conference on Sunday, March 27, and Monday, March 28 at the Radisson Hotel in Camp Hill.
Sunday Night Reception
Rev. Amy Reumann, Executive Director of the Lutheran Advocacy Ministry in Pennsylvania, hosted PHAN's Sunday night awards reception. Watch a video of that reception here.
Bucks County artist Theresa BrownGold was honored with the 2011 Georgeanne Koehler Activist Award.
Theresa uses her portraits to bring the stories of folks that have struggled or slipped through the cracks of our broken health care system to life. Learn more about her project, Art of Social Inquiry, here and read a special story from WHYY on her work and its impact in Pennsylvania.
PHAN also gave awards to Rebecca Foley (right), Director of Education and Advocacy Initiatives for WOMEN'S WAY, and Jo Ciavaglia (left), health care reporter for the Bucks County Courier Times.
At Monday's conference, nearly 130 attendees learned about what it will take to implement an insurance exchange in Pennsylvania, how we can protect the Affordable Care Act and steps to take to improve the regulation of insurance companies.
Workshop sessions included a look at the impact of the Affordable Care Act on children and seniors, improving health care quality, insuring vulnerable Pennsylvanians, expanding home- and community-based care for seniors, and women's health.
Watch a video of the Sunday night awards reception.
2011 Conference Resources
CONFERENCE AGENDA
View the final conference schedule with details on plenary sessions, workshop panels, speakers and PHAN award recipients.
PLENARY SESSION: Regulating Insurance Companies: Rate Review
Watch a video of this session
Download or listen to MP3 of this session
PowerPoint Presentations
Rate Review: An Overview, Cheryl Fish-Parcham, Families USA
What’s Fairness Got To Do With It? An Actuarial View of Rate Review, Greg Topakian, Director of Actuarial Pricing, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
How Health Insurance Rates Are Set, Or Why They Can Get Away with Almost Anything, Lance Haver, Director of Consumer Affairs, City of Philadelphia
WORKSHOP SESSIONS
Health Reform: What's In It for the Kids?
PowerPoint Presentation
Health Reform: What's In It for the Kids? George Hoover, Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children, and Ann Bacharach, Pennsylvania Health Law Project
Home Is Where the Money Is: An Update on Home and Community-based Care
PowerPoint Presentation
Home Is Where the Money Is, Sally Jo Snyder, Consumer Care Coalition
Until 2014: The Struggle to Cover Vulnerable Pennsylvanians
PowerPoint Presentation
Community Health Centers: Access to Quality Care for All, Pennsylvania Association of Community Health Centers
How You Can Help Shape the Future of Women's Health
PowerPoint Presentation
How You Can Help Shape the Future of Women’s Health, Kistine Carolan, Maternity Care Coalition; Rebecca Foley, WOMEN’S WAY; Brenda Green, CHOICE; and Audrey Ann Ross, Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania
2010 Conference Resources
View the web page for PHAN's 2010 health conference
Keynote Address
Health Care Reform: What It All Means & What Comes Next
Valerie Arkoosh, MD, MPH, President, National Physicians Alliance
Workshops
The Devil is in the Details: The Exchange
What is an exchange, anyway?
Cheryl Fish-Parcham, Families USA
National Health Care Reform: Helping People and Small Businesses Afford Private Insurance
Katherine Howitt, Community Catalyst
Women and Health Reform: Where We Landed and Where We Go From Here
Women and Health Reform: Where We Landed and Where We Go From Here
Raising Women’s Voices of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Health Care Quality
Opportunities for Better Care in National Health Reform
Renee Markus Hodin, Community Catalyst/ Integrated Care Advocacy Project
Hitting the Ground Running: The Basics of Private Insurance and New Market Reforms
Hit the Ground Running
Cheryl Fish-Parcham, Families USA
Medicaid after Health Reform
National Health Care Reform: What Does It Mean for Medicaid?
Katherine Howitt, Community Catalyst
Closing Session
Consumer Advocacy’s Role in Successful Health Care Reform
Reena E. Singh, Field Coordinator, Community Catalyst