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Medicare Rates and Federal Healthcare: Connections and Disconnects

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September 20, 2002
Sumner School Museum and Archives
17th and M Sts. NW, Washington, D.C
Moderator: Alan R. Nelson Member, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

8:00 AM Coffee

8:30 - 8:45 AM Opening remarks
S. Anthony McCann, Member, President’s Task Force to Improve Health Care Delivery for Our Nation’s Veterans

8:45 - 10:15 AM Panel 1: Connections, Both Positive and Negative

• Thomas Carrato, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Plan Administration
• Frances Murphy, MD, MPH, Deputy Under Secretary for Health Policy Coordination, Department of Veterans Affairs
• Gail McGrath, Director, Center for Beneficiary Choices, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, HHS

10:15 - 10:30 AM Break

10:30 - 12:00 Noon Panel 2: How Rates Impact Providers and Beneficiaries

• Sue Schwartz, Deputy Director, Government Relations for Health Affairs, The Retired Officers Association
• Myron Murdock, MD, Medicare/TriCare Provider, Greenbelt, Maryland
• Carolyn Josey, Director of Operations, Tidewater Physicians Multispecialty Group
• Jerry Sanders, MD, Vice President of Medical Affairs, TriWest Healthcare Alliance

12:00 - 12:15 PM Forum Summary

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