20 Years of Action and Accomplishments
Next Meeting:
Fall 2017
Previous featured speakers and their presentations are below:
Guest Speaker: Katie Keith, JD, MPH
Promoting Access to Affordable Prescription Drugs
July 16, 2013
Guest Speaker: Lois Uttley, Raising Women’s Voices for the health care we need
Get Covered New York: How can NYFAHC member groups help make Exchange enrollment a success
June 18, 2013
Guest Speaker: Robert Smith, Senior Director, Cancer Control Science Department, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA
Preventive Services with No Cost-Sharing: What Barriers do Consumers Continue to Encounter?
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Guest Speakers: Nancy Turnbull, Associate Dean, Harvard School of Public Health and Mike Caljouw, Government Affairs, Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA
Merger of the Individual and Small Group Health Insurance Markets in Massachusetts: How did it Pass and What has been it Impact?
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Guest Speaker: Ruth Antoniades, Center for Health Care Initiatives
Where does Wellness Really Fit in the Affordable Care Act
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Guest Speaker: Marissa Geoffrey, Health Policy Analyst, Community Service Society
Consumer Protection in Exchanges
February 26, 2013
Mark Scherzer, NYFAHC Legislative Counsel, New Health Insurance Markets Emerging: Will we be able to “Keep What We Have?”
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Guest Speaker: Lynne Quincy, Senior Health Policy Analyst, Consumer Union. New Health Insurance Explainers – Did You Get Yours? Do They Help Consumers Understand and Make Decisions?
Tuesday, February 21
Guest Speaker: Carrie Tracy, Health Policy Associate, Community Service Society Incentivizing Patient Hospital Financial Assistance Policies: How to fix New York’s Hospital Indigent Care Program November 15, 2011
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Guest Speaker: Chuck Bell, Programs Director, Consumers Union EmblemHealth’s Plan to Convert to a For-Profit Company: History, Current Status and Policy Implications
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Guest Speaker: Lara Kassel, Coordinator, Medicaid Matters & Medicaid Redesign Team Member Medicaid Redesign 2.0 and What’s Next?
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Guest Speaker: Denise Spor, NYS Department of Health, Medicaid Policy & Care Delivery Group “Health Homes on the Horizon in New York State”
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
“Legislative Wrap-Up: Establishing a Health Benefit Exchange and Changes to External Review in New York”
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Guest Speaker: Peter Newell, Director, Health Insurance Project, United Hospital Fund
“Establishing a Health Benefit Exchange in New York”
Tuesday April 19, 2011
Guest Speaker: Devin Boerm, Health Policy Specialist, Progressive States Network “Advancing Health Security by Ensuring Strong Exchanges”
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Guest Speakers: Priya Mendon, Director, Community Health Advocates and Greg Otten, Community Health Advocates Coordinator, CIDNY
“The Affordable Care Act after One Year: Consumer Assistance Programs Helping People Access Coverage and Care”
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Guest Speaker: Lara Kassel, Coordinator Medicaid Matters
“Medicaid Redesign in New York: A View from the Community Representative on the Team”
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Guest Speaker: Danielle Holahan, Co-Director Health insurance Project, United Hospital Fund
“Revisioning Medicaid as Part of New York’s Coverage Continuum”
2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Agenda
Tuesday, October 25, 2010
Healthcare reform advisory committee
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Guest Speakers:Eileen Hayes, Assistant Chief, NYS Insurance Department Health Bureau Ilene Margolin, Senior Vice President, GHI an EmblemHealth Company “New York’s Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan”
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Guest Speaker: Robin Gelburd, President, Fair Health
“Estimating Out-of-Network Costs in Advance: A New Web Portal for Consumers”
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Guest Speaker: Shelly Nortz, Timothy’s Law Coalition and Coalition for the Homeless
“Mental Health Parity Review and Update”
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Speakers: Mark Scherzer, NYFAHC Legislative Counsel and
Kim Calder, National Multiple Sclerosis Society Director of Insurance Initiatives “Federal Health Care Reform is LAW – What Happens in the First Year?” Agenda
Febuary 16, 2010
Guest Speaker: Claire McAndrew, Health Policy Analyst, Families USA
“Proposals for Wellness and Prevention in Health Reform – the Good and the Not So Good” NYFAHC’s NYS Policy Agenda – Heidi Siegfried Guest Speaker:Mark Scherzer, Access to Coverage in New York State After Health Reform