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Conferences

The Maryland Healthcare Ethics Committee Network

and

The Law & Health Care Program
at the
University of Maryland School of Law

recently hosted

The Ethics of Health Care Reform

Monday, April 7, 2008
University of Maryland School of Law

8:45-9:00 a.m. - Introductory Remarks
Diane E. Hoffmann, J.D., M.S.

9:00-9:45 a.m. - Beyond Bandaids: Curing America’s Health Care System (Watch video)
Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D.

9:45-11:00 a.m. - Holding HCPs and Patients Accountable for Outcomes (Panel) (Watch video)
Justifying Payment for Performance
Dennis White

Unintended Consequences of Payment Schemes and Regulatory Mandates
Rebecca Elon, M.D., M.P.H.

Pros and Cons of Incentivizing Wellness
Judith Solomon, J.D.
11:00-11:15 a.m. - Break

11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m. - Balancing Individual Rights, Responsibilities and the Common Good (panel) (Watch video)
The Ethics of the Individual Mandate
Diane E. Hoffmann, J.D., M.S.

Issues Related to E-medicine & Privacy
Keith A. Bauer, M.S.W., Ph.D.

Negotiating the Basic Benefits Package
Jerry Glass
12:30-1:15 p.m. - Lunch

1:15-1:45 p.m. - Contorted Claims in Promoting Reform Initiatives (Watch video)
M. Gregg Bloche, J.D., M.D.

1:45-2:30 p.m. - Ask the Ethics Committee (small group)
Participants act as ethics committee members to discuss the ethics of adding wellness incentives to a hospital’s employee health care benefits package.

2:30-2:45 p.m. - Break

2:45-3:30 p.m. - Moral Assumptions of Health Reform: Comparing Democratic and Republican Proposals (Watch video)
Ruth R. Faden, M.P.H., Ph.D.

3:30-4:15 p.m.Policy Initiatives Related to Quality Cost (panel) (Watch video)
Consumer-Driven Health Care
Marshall B. Kapp, J.D.

Value-Driven Medicine
Jean-Paul Gagnon, Ph.D.
4:15-4:45 p.m. - Health Care Reform Beyond Health Insurance
Marion Danis, M.D.

4:45-6:00 p.m. - Wine & cheese reception

Jointly Sponsored by Harbor Hospital and The Center for Health Program Development and Management at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Also supported by an educational grant from the Leonard C. Homer / Ober|Kaler Law & Health Care Fund.

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