Reforming America's Health Care Delivery System: Bipartisan Policy Center to Hold Forum on Transitioning from Volume- to Value-Based Care

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Jun 18, 2014, 02:24 ET

WASHINGTON, June 18, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bipartisan Policy Center's (BPC) Health Project will host a forum on health care delivery and payment reform on Thursday, June 19, at 10am, focusing on the transition from a volume-based to value-based health care delivery system. In April 2013, BPC released A Bipartisan Rx for Patient-Centered Care and System-Wide Cost Containment. That report laid out policy recommendations to put health care in America on a pathway to improved quality and value.

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Over the next year, BPC Health Project Co-chairs former Senate Majority Leaders Tom Daschle and Bill Frist will be joined by former Congressional Budget Office Director Alice Rivlin and former Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chair Congressman Jim McCrery to propose policy solutions to facilitate and accelerate the transition to a value-based health system in the United States.

WHO:
Patrick Conway, MD, MSc, Deputy Administrator for Innovation & Quality & Chief Medical Officer, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Robert J. Henkel, FACHE, President and CEO, Ascension Health
Sheila Burke, Chair, Federal Public Policy Center, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
Paul Ginsburg, PhD, Norman Topping Chair, Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics University of Southern California
Chris Jennings, President, Jennings Policy Strategies, Inc.

Watch the live webcast here.

WHAT:
Bipartisan Policy Center Forum on Health Care Delivery System Reform: Transitioning from Volume- to Value-Based Care

WHEN:
Thursday, June 19, 2014
10:00AM - 11:30AM EDT

WHERE:
Bipartisan Policy Center
1225 Eye Street NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 204-2400

About the Bipartisan Policy Center
Founded in 2007 by former U.S. Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole, and George Mitchell, Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) is a non-profit organization that drives principled solutions through rigorous analysis, reasoned negotiation and respectful dialogue. With projects in multiple issue areas, BPC combines politically balanced policymaking with strong, proactive advocacy and outreach. http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org/.

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