Penn Health Policy Retreat Agenda

“Health Policy Evidence for a New Administration”

8:00-8:30am
Registration & Breakfast

8:30-9:30am
Welcome and Introduction, Dan Polsky

Conversation – Avik Roy and Zeke Emanuel
Future Health Policy – Better or Worse than Today’s Status Quo

9:30-10:30am
First Panel (7 speakers – 5 min each; 25 min for discussion)

1. Kevin Volpp (PSOM) – Consumer Incentives and Health Behavior Improvements
2. Justin Bekelman (PSOM) – Precision Cancer Medicine Consortium
3. Zack Meisel (PSOM) – Health Economics and Substance Abuse, HIV, and Hep C Treatments
4. Alison Buttenheim (Nursing) – Vaccine Exemption Policy: Best Practices and Unintended Consequences in a Dynamic Policy Landscape
5. Christina Roberto (PSOM) – Effective (and Palatable) Implementations of a Sugary Drink Portion Limit Policy
6. Ashley Swanson (Wharton) – What Do Private Firms Bring to the (Bargaining) Table?
7. Kathryn Bowles (Nursing) – Fear Not: Nurse Practitioner and Physician Referral Rates for Post-Acute Care Do Not Differ Significantly

 

10:30-10:50am
Break

10:50-12:00pm
Second Panel (8 speakers – 5 min each; 30 min for discussion)

1. Mark Pauly (Wharton) – The Unsubsidized Uninsured and the Stability of the Insurance Marketplace
2. Rob Burns (Wharton) – Whart Have We Learned about ACOs from Recent Research
3. Guy David (Wharton) – The Effect of Discontinuous Post-Acute Care on Hospital Readmissions
4. Amol Navathe (PSOM) – Bundled Payment: Building Evidence
5. Bruce Kinosian (PSOM) – Independence at Home
6. Doug Strane (CHOP) – Low-income Working Families with Employer-Sponsored Insurance Turn to Public Insurance for their Children
7. Doug Wiebe (PSOM) – The Geography of Acute Care
8. Hummy Song (Wharton) – Public Relative Performance Feedback: Improving Physician Productivity Through the Adoption of Coworkers’ Best Practices

 

12:00-12:10pm
Pick Up Boxed Lunch

12:10-1:10pm
Keynote Speaker – Jim Capretta, Resident Fellow and Milton Friedman Chair, AEI
“The Outlook for the ACA and What Might Replace It”

1:10-2:15pm
Dessert and Coffee Discussion of Penn Post-Election Health Policy Retreat Priorities

2:15pm
Adjournment