Panel I: Updates from the Hill
Maura Fitzsimons | Legislative Assistant, Senate Committee on Finance
G. William Hoagland | Senior Vice President, Bipartisan Policy Center; Moderator
Additional participants to be announced
Panel II: Research Impacts
Pat Dunn, Ph.D., M.S., M.B.A. | Patient Representative
Erik Hess, M.D., M.Sc. | Professor, Vice Chair for Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Kathleen McTigue, M.D., M.P.H., M.S. | Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Director, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Neely Williams, M.Div. | Patient co-Principal Investigator
Anand Parekh, M.D., M.P.H. | Chief Medical Advisor, Bipartisan Policy Center; Moderator
Panel III: Impacts on Care Delivery
John B. Bulger, D.O., M.B.A. | Chief Medical Officer, Geisinger Health Plan
John Cuddeback, M.D., Ph.D. | Chief Medical Informatics Officer, American Medical Group Association
David Kelley, M.D., M.P.A. | Chief Medical Officer, Office of Medical Assistance Programs, Department of Human Services, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Ceci Connolly | President and CEO, Alliance of Community Health Plans; Moderator
Patient-centered comparative effectiveness research (CER) informs decisions made by health care providers and their patients each day and is an important tool to improve quality of care and health outcomes. Join us for a discussion about the dissemination and translation of CER findings, the role of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, and the potential for future investments.