California's health leaders to speak at Feb. 8 symposium on health care reform

Date:             February 8, 2012

Time:             Symposium: 1 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

                      Reception 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Venue:          Covel Commons, UCLA [Map​]

Parking is located at SUNSET VILLAGE (SV) PARKING LOT, adjacent to Covel Commons on De Neve Drive.  [Map​]

Health care reform faces legal challenges and critical tests in coming months. California in particular has been a leader in implementing the first stages of health care reform. What is the future for this important new law?

Please join us at a special afternoon symposium in which California's leading health experts will discuss the future of health care reform and report on early successes and challenges in implementation.

Speakers include: 

Kim Belshé, former secretary, California Health and Human Services Agency,

Diana Bonta, president & CEO of The California Wellness Foundation, 

E. Richard Brown, founding director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

Robert Kaplan, director, NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research,

Gerald Kominski, director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, 

Peter Long, CEO, Blue Shield Foundation of California, 

Linda Rosenstock, dean, UCLA School of Public Health

and many more… 

The symposium is organized by the UCLA School of Public Health and is being held in honor of both the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the distinguished and pioneering work of Dr. E. Richard Brown, who recently stepped down as the Center's director.

The symposium also welcomes the Center's new director, Dr. Gerald Kominski, a respected and widely-published authority on health care reform, health care economics, and efforts to improve the efficacy of public programs.

Symposium Schedule: "Sustaining and Extending Health Care Reform"

1:00-2:15: Opening Plenary: Honoring E. Richard Brown as the founding director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and developer of the California Health Interview Survey

Speakers:    Peter Long, CEO, Blue Shield Foundation of California

                     Diana Bonta, president & CEO of The California Wellness Foundation

                     E. Richard Brown, founding director, UCLA Center for Health Policy

                     Research

                     Q&A

2:15-2:30:   Break

2:30-4:00    Panel: Sustaining Health Care Reform in California and the Nation

Moderator:   Peter Long, CEO, Blue Shield Foundation of California

Speakers:     Kim Belshé, former secretary, California Health and Human Services

                     Agency, and current senior policy advisor, Public Policy Institute of

                     California

                     Anthony Wright, executive director, Health Access

                     Andrew Bindman, professor of Medicine, Health Policy, Epidemiology

                     & Biostatistics, UC San Francisco

                     Robert Kaplan, director, NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences

                     Research (OBSSR) and NIH Associate Director for Behavioral and 

                     Social Sciences Research

                     Richard Kronick, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Health Policy, Office of

                     the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department ​

                     of Health and Human Services

                     Q&A

4:00-4:15:    Break

4:15-5:30: Closing Session: Extending Health Care Reform: The Affordable Care Act and Beyond

Moderator:  Linda Rosenstock, dean, UCLA School of Public Health

Speakers:    Sandra Shewry, Director of State Health Policy, California Health Care

                     Foundation 

                     Sheila Kuehl, former chair of the California Senate Health Committee, 

                     now principal of Kuehl Consulting and founding director of the Santa

                     Monica College Public Policy Institute

                     Steven Wallace, associate director, UCLA Center for Health Policy

                     Research

                     Gerald Kominski, director, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

                     Q&A

5:30-7:00: Reception

Brief Presentations: Linda Rosenstock, dean, UCLA School of Public Health

                                  Shana Alex Lavarreda, director of health insurance studies, 

                                  UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

                                  Thomas Rice, professor, UCLA School of Public Health

                                  E. Richard Brown, founding director, UCLA Center for Health

                                  Policy Research​