On April 4th, 2014, Reed Smith will host its inaugural Washington Health Care Conference at The Mayflower Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C. With a keynote from Dr. Norman Ornstein, this year’s conference will focus on post-acute care, bringing together leading industry professionals for a discussion on several important issues, including:

Governing in Polarized America: The Prospects for Policy in 2014 and Beyond (Keynote)

  • Dr. Norman Ornstein, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute, and weekly columnist for National Journal and The Atlantic

Policy discussion on episodic care, bundling models, and alternative payment and delivery systems

  • Mike Cheek, Vice President for Medicaid and Long Term Care Policy, American Health Care Association
  • Judy Feder, Professor, Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy, and Urban Institute Fellow
  • Dr. Barbara Gage, Fellow, Managing Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Brookings Institution
  • Dr. Vincent Mor, Ph.D., Florence Pirce Grant Professor of Community Health, Public Health Program, Brown University School of Medicine

Wall Street perspective: the current appetite for deals

  • Jay Barnes, Senior Vice President, Healthcare Investment Banking, Jefferies LLC

Hill briefing on Medicare legislation

  • Cate McCanless, Senior Policy Advisor, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Limited seating is still available for this complimentary program. If you are interested in registering, please email Lindsay Korenich at lkorenich@reedsmith.com. For more information about this conference, click here.