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Healthcare Transparency & Patient Advocacy Kentucky 45th in the Nation For Healthcare Nov. 20, 2008 Four Points Sheraton Lexington, Kentucky |
Agenda - Total of 6 hrs -
November 20th, 2008
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Registration: 7:30 am
| AM: Never Events and Patient Protection | ||
| 8:45-9:00 | Opening Remarks & Welcome | Kevin T Kavanagh, MD, MS |
| 9:00-9:10 | Patient Perspective - Hospital Acquired Infections | Orv Hazelton |
| 9:10-9:50 | State Boards and Patient Protection | Panel of Board Executives |
| 9:50-10:15 | Nurse to Patient Ratios and Their Impact on the Prevention of Never Events. | Zeni Cortez, RN |
| 10:15-10:25 | Questions & Answers | |
| 10:25-10:40 | Break | |
| 10:40-11:05 | Public Reporting of MRSA and HAI |
Lisa McGiffet - Consumer Reports |
| 11:05-11:30 | Multi-Resistant Drug Organisms & Hospital Acquired Infections. | Kraig Humbaugh, MD, MPH |
| 11:30-12:00 | Medicare payment of "Never Events" | Ken Connor, JD |
| 12:00-12:15 | Questions & Answers | |
| 12:15-1:00 | Box Lunch | |
| PM: Transparency and Competition | ||
| 1:00-1:30 | Transparency in Healthcare -- US Dept HHS |
Nancy Wilson, MD, MPH - US DHHS |
| 1:30-1:55 | KY Health Care Transparency Effort | Carrie Banahan KY DHFS & |
| Implementation of HB 44 | State Representative Tom Burch | |
| 1:55--2:20 | Medical Tourism | Rudy Rupak, MD |
| 2:20-2:35 | Questions & Answers | |
| 2:35-2:50 | Break | |
| 2:50-3:15 | The Certificate of Need -- History and Impact on Healthcare. | Kevin Kavanagh, MD, MS |
| 3:15-3:40 | Legislative Review
of Proposed Healthcare Laws in the 2007-2008 KY Legislature: SB 183, HB 602 and HB 109. |
Lisa McGriffert, Zeni Cortez, Bernie Vonderheide. |
| 3:40-4:00 | Closing Remarks & Summation | Marvin Feit, PhD |
| 4:00-4:15 | Questions & Answers | |
Note: Due to unforeseen circumstances agenda & speakers may change without notice.
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