Presentations from "Can We Win the Medical Arms Race?: The Changing Medical Marketplace and Policy and Organizational Responses"
Keynote Presentation
Barry Straube, MD, Chief Medical Officer; Director, Office of Clinical Standards & Quality, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Session I: Changing Ownership Patterns- Impact on Capacity and Utilization
Jeffrey Stensland, Ph.D., Senior Analyst, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Douglas Johnson, President, Surgical Management Professionals
Bruce Pitts, MD, Executive Vice President of Clinical Services, MeritCare Health System
Session II: Certificate of Need Revisited- Can State Regulations Control Supply and Use?
Carolyn Watts, Ph.D., Professor, University of Washington; Chair, Certificate of Need Task Force, State of Washington
Working Lunch Session: Realigning Incentives to Enhance value – Can We Manage the Medical Arms Race?
Peter Person, MD, CEO, St. Mary’s Duluth Clinic (SMDC) Health System
Richard Justman, MD, Medical Director, United Health Group
