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February 4-5, Washington, D.C.

AcademyHealth's National Health Policy Conference (NHPC) is your first post-inaugural opportunity to hear first-hand from experts who can illustrate what health policies and priorities will mean for states. 

No other conference offers a more comprehensive and detailed look at health policy. Administration and state officials, congressional leaders, clinicians, and industry executives will share their insights on the 2013 policy agenda and how it translates to care.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Patty Fontneau, Executive Director, Colorado Health Benefit Exchange
• Christopher Koller, Rhode Island Health Insurance Commissioner
• Rebecca Pearce, Executive Director, Maryland Health Benefit Exchange
• Uwe Reinhardt, Princeton University
• Alice Rivlin, Brookings Institution
• Kathleen Sebelius, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• April Todd-Malmlov, Exchange Director, Health Insurance Exchange, Minnesota
• Julie Weinberg, Division Director, Medicaid, New Mexico Human Services Department

Plenary on State Issues - Opportunities & Challenges for State Officials
Moderator:

• Alan Weil, National Academy for State Health Policy

Speakers

• Patty Fontneau, Executive Director, Colorado Health Benefit Exchange
• Christopher Koller, Rhode Island Health Insurance Commissioner
• Julie Weinberg, Division Director, Medicaid, New Mexico Human Services Department

State Exchanges - Consumer Assistance Requirements and Needs
Moderator:

• Enrique Martinez-Vidal, AcademyHealth

Speakers:

• Rebecca Pearce, Executive Director, Maryland Health Benefit Exchange
• April Todd-Malmlov, Exchange Director, Health Insurance Exchange, Minnesota
• Alison Betty, Partner, GMMB (Communications Firm)

There is also a free special session, “Politics of Health Reform at the State Level,” on Tuesday, February 5 from 2:30 – 4:00 pm, co-sponsored by AcademyHealth and the National Academy for State Health Policy. Separate registration for this meeting is required.

Moderator:

• Mary Agnes Carey, Kaiser Health News

Speakers:

• Joan Alker, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
• Bruce Greenstein, Department of Health and Hospitals, Louisiana
• Joshua Sharfstein, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Maryland
• Michael Szubski, University Hospitals (Cleveland, OH)

Join more than 800 leaders who share your interest in what's happening at the nexus of health policy, research, and delivery. 

Onsite registration begins at 8:00 a.m. at the Grand Hyatt. For complete agenda details, visitwww.academyhealth.org/nhpc.