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Saturday, September 24
 

10:15am CDT

The Case Against Obamacare
Speakers
SB
avatar for Michael Burgess

Michael Burgess

Burgess, a Lewisville Republican, has represented the state's 26th District in the U.S. House since 2003. He currently serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, is vice chairman of the Subcommittee on Health and is the top Republican on the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations... Read More →

Saturday September 24, 2011 10:15am - 11:15am CDT
Jessen Auditorium University Ave. and W 21st St., Austin, TX, 78751
  Health & Human Services, Panel

11:30am CDT

Has Tort Reform Been Good for Health Care?
Speakers
avatar for Jay Harvey

Jay Harvey

Harvey is a partner at the Austin-based law firm Winckler & Harvey, L.L.P., where he specializes in medical and legal malpractice, nursing home negligence, product liability and personal injury. A former president of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association and the Capital Area Trial Lawyers... Read More →
avatar for Michael Hull

Michael Hull

Hull is a partner at Hull Hendricks, L.L.P., an Austin law firm, where his trial experience has included tort work in product liability litigation, defense of pharmaceutical firms and health insurance carriers, and medical negligence matters. A member of the International Association... Read More →
avatar for David Hyman

David Hyman

Hyman is the Richard W. and Marie L. Corman Professor of Law at the University of Illinois College of Law at Urbana-Champaign, where he is also director of the college's Epstein Program in Health Law and Policy. His work focuses on medical malpractice, managed care and professional... Read More →
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avatar for Howard Marcus

Howard Marcus

Marcus serves as chairman of the Austin-based Texas Alliance for Patient Access, an organization that lobbies for medical malpractice tort reform. Since 2001, he has practiced as an internist at Austin Regional Clinic, one of the state's largest multi-specialty health care groups... Read More →

Saturday September 24, 2011 11:30am - 12:30pm CDT
Jessen Auditorium University Ave. and W 21st St., Austin, TX, 78751
  Health & Human Services, Panel

2:00pm CDT

Can Texas Cure Cancer?
Speakers
avatar for Joseph Bailes

Joseph Bailes

Bailes, an oncologist, has served as vice chairman of CPRIT, a state-established foundation that works to eradicate cancer, since 2008. He formerly served terms as president, chief executive officer, and chair of the American Society of Clinical Oncology's Government Relations Council... Read More →
avatar for Raymond DuBois

Raymond DuBois

DuBois is the provost and executive vice president of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. A professor of cancer biology and cancer medicine at the center, DuBois focuses on improving diagnosis, treatment and prevention of colorectal cancer. He earned his... Read More →
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avatar for Doug Ulman

Doug Ulman

Ulman is president and chief executive officer of Livestrong, an Austin-based nonprofit foundation founded by cyclist Lance Armstrong to advocate for cancer sufferers. A three-time cancer survivor himself, Ulman founded the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults before joining Livestrong... Read More →

Saturday September 24, 2011 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
Jessen Auditorium University Ave. and W 21st St., Austin, TX, 78751
  Health & Human Services, Panel

3:15pm CDT

Texas and the Transformation of Medicaid
Speakers
avatar for Tom Suehs

Tom Suehs

Suehs was appointed executive commissioner of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission in September 2009, after serving as HHSC's deputy executive commissioner for financial services since 2003. He is a former executive director of the Texas Health Care Association and past... Read More →

Saturday September 24, 2011 3:15pm - 4:15pm CDT
Jessen Auditorium University Ave. and W 21st St., Austin, TX, 78751
  Health & Human Services, Panel
 
Sunday, September 25
 

10:15am CDT

Governance and Health Care: Who Decides?
Speakers
avatar for Charles Begley

Charles Begley

Begley is a professor of management, policy and community health at the University of Texas School of Public Health in Houston, where his research interests include disparities in health care access and the performance of health care safety net systems. He is also co-director of the... Read More →
avatar for Spencer Berthelsen

Spencer Berthelsen

Berthelsen is the chairman of the board and managing director of the Kelsey-Sebold Clinic, a Houston-based medical clinic, where he has also served as chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine and medical director for the Primary Care and Managed Care departments. A past chairman... Read More →
avatar for Leo Linbeck

Leo Linbeck

Linbeck is the president and chief executive of Aquinas Companies, a Houston-based firm whose enterprises include construction, real estate and health care products. He is also the vice chairman of the Health Care Compact Alliance, which seeks to limit federal government intervention... Read More →
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avatar for Arlene Wohlgemuth

Arlene Wohlgemuth

Wohlgemuth is the executive director and director of the Center for Health Care Policy at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. While representing District 58 in the Texas House for 10 years, she served as chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee’s Article II Subcommittee, which... Read More →

Sunday September 25, 2011 10:15am - 11:15am CDT
Jessen Auditorium University Ave. and W 21st St., Austin, TX, 78751
  Health & Human Services, Panel

11:30am CDT

Now What? Health Care After the 82nd Legislative Session
Speakers
PB
avatar for Garnet Coleman

Garnet Coleman

Coleman, a Houston Democrat, has represented District 147 in the Texas House since 1991. He chairs the County Affairs Committee, serves as the senior ranking member of the House Public Health Committee and is a member and former chairman of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus. He also... Read More →
avatar for Dianne White Delisi

Dianne White Delisi

Delisi is senior policy adviser for Delisi Communications, an Austin-based public relations and political consulting firm. She served as a Republican state representative for Temple's District 55 for nine terms, receiving appointments as chairwoman of the Public Health Committee and... Read More →
avatar for Anne Dunkelberg

Anne Dunkelberg

Dunkelberg is associate director for the Center for Public Policy Priorities, an Austin-based policy institute that focuses on the economic and social conditions of low- and moderate-income Texans. Before joining the center in 1994, she served in the State Medicaid Director's Office... Read More →
avatar for John Zerwas

John Zerwas

Zerwas, a Simonton Republican, has represented District 28 in the Texas House since 2006. He currently serves on the House Appropriations Committee as chairman of the Health and Human Services Subcommittee and is a member of the Public Health Committee.

Sunday September 25, 2011 11:30am - 12:30pm CDT
Jessen Auditorium University Ave. and W 21st St., Austin, TX, 78751
  Health & Human Services, Panel

2:00pm CDT

Is Patient Privacy Possible in the Electronic Age?
Speakers
avatar for Nora Belcher

Nora Belcher

Belcher is the executive director of the Texas e-Health Alliance, an Austin-based organization that advocates for greater adoption of health care information technology. Belcher is a former director of Healthcare Consulting for Strategic Partnerships and for five years served as a... Read More →
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avatar for Deborah Peel

Deborah Peel

Peel is the founder and chair of Patient Privacy Rights, an Austin-based advocacy organization for health care consumers. In 2006, she formed the bipartisan Coalition for Patient Privacy, which lobbied Congress to include privacy protections for electronic medical records. A practicing... Read More →
avatar for J. James Rohack

J. James Rohack

Rohack served as president of the American Medical Association from 2009 to 2010 and was a member of the AMA's Board of Trustees from 2001 to 2011. He is currently director of the Center for Healthcare Policy and medical director for system improvement at Scott & White Healthcare... Read More →
avatar for Michael Stearns

Michael Stearns

Stearns, a neurologist, is the president and chief executive of e-MDs, an Austin-based company that provides information technology and data management products to physicians. Stearns’ work in health information technology has included projects at the National Library of Medicine... Read More →

Sunday September 25, 2011 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
Jessen Auditorium University Ave. and W 21st St., Austin, TX, 78751
  Health & Human Services, Panel

3:15pm CDT

Winning the Next Generation: Reproductive Health in the iPhone Age
Speakers
DH
avatar for Cecile Richards

Cecile Richards

Richards is president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the Planned Parenthood Action Fund. Before joining the organization in 2006, she served as deputy chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi. In 2004, she founded and served as president of America Votes, a national... Read More →

Sunday September 25, 2011 3:15pm - 4:15pm CDT
Jessen Auditorium University Ave. and W 21st St., Austin, TX, 78751
  Health & Human Services, Panel
 
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