14th Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington Roundtable on July 8

Media Advisory
June 25, 2009

FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Alwyn Cassil (202) 264-3484 or acassil@hschange.org

WASHINGTON, DC—Wall Street analysts and Washington policy experts will explore what the latest market developments mean for national health policy and how the political climate will affect the outlook for health care companies, including health plans, hospitals and pharmaceutical firms.

WHAT: The Center for Studying Health System Change's (HSC) 14th annual roundtable—Wall Street Comes to Washington

WHEN: Wednesday, July 8, 2009, from 9 a.m. to noon. Continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m.

WHERE: Marriot at Metro Center, 775 12th St., N.W., Washington, D.C.

WHO: Joseph Antos, Ph.D., American Enterprise Institute, Christine Arnold, Cowen & Co., LLC; Robert Berenson, M.D., The Urban Institute; Matthew Borsch, Goldman Sachs; Paul B. Ginsburg, Ph.D., HSC president; Jeffrey Schaub, Fitch's Ratings; and Gary Taylor, Citigroup

WHY: Panelists will discuss the broad trends shaping the health care system, including the impact of looming health care reform proposals, especially the role of a public plan; the creation of an insurance exchange; the impact of an individual mandate and increased regulation of the insurance market; the future of Medicare Advantage; insurance premium trends; employer and health plans' focus on wellness and prevention activities; underlying health care spending trends; hospital pricing; hospital-physician relations; health information technology; and pharmaceutical trends.

For more information, contact Alwyn Cassil at acassil@hschange.org or 202-264-3484 or register online at http://www.hschange.org/index.cgi?conf=show&what=27

The Center for Studying Health System Change is a nonpartisan policy research organization committed to providing objective and timely research on the nation's changing health system to help inform policy makers and contribute to better health care policy. HSC, based in Washington, D.C., is funded in part by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and is affiliated with Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.