Conference Agenda

December 8-9, 2008

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Conference Center
1779 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036

Join state and federal policymakers, legislative staff, advocates, and healthcare providers for a post-election conference to look at 2009 prospects and strategies for Rx reform. December 8 sessions will center on federal activity with panels led by Rx policy experts from Capitol Hill, medicine and academia. State policy and action is the focus of December 9 sessions, which will also include interactive workshops on existing and emerging policy areas.

Note: State legislators are encouraged to attend the meeting of the National Legislative Association on Prescription Drug Prices (NLARx) immediately preceding the conference on December 8, 2008. Please contact Sharon Treat at streat@reducedrugprices.org or 207-622-5597 for more information.

DECEMBER 8, 2008 SCHEDULE
9:30am to 12:00pm	**NLARx meeting for state legislators
12:00pm to 1:00pm	Buffet lunch/Registration
1:00pm to 2:00pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS	Honorable Henry A. Waxman, Chairman, House Committee on Energy & Commerce Introduced by Robert Restuccia, Executive Director, The Prescription Project
2:00pm to 3:00pm PANEL	The Role of Rx Reform in Moving a National Health Care Agenda • Shawn Bishop, Senior Health Policy Advisor, Senate Finance Committee • Steve Cha, M.D, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform • Emilia DiSanto, Chief Investigative Counsel, Senate Finance Committee
3:00pm to 4:15pm PANEL	Agenda for the FDA in a New Administration • Steven E. Nissen, M.D., Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic • Bruce M. Psaty, M.D., Ph.D., University of Washington School of Medicine • Alastair J.J. Wood, M.D., Managing Director, Symphony Capital
4:30pm to 5:15pm	Evidence and Oversight: approaches toward better pharmaceutical policy • Prof. Frank May, M.App.Sci (Pharm), Harvard Medical School • Daniel Carlat, M.D., Editor, The Carlat Psychiatry Report
5:30pm to 7:00pm	Reception

DECEMBER 9, 2008 SCHEDULE
8:00am to 9:00am	Continental Breakfast
9:00am to 9:45am KEYNOTE ADDRESS	Senator Richard T. Moore (D-MA), Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Health Care Financing Vice President, National Conference of State Legislatures Introduced by Marcia Hams, Assistant Director, The Prescription Project
10:00am to 11:00am PANEL	Looking Back, Moving Forward: 2008 State Action and Prospects for 2009 • Barbara Barnes, M.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine • Mark Earnest, M.D., Colorado Prescription Drug Coalition • Honorable Mark Montigny, Massachusetts State Senate, Chairman, Bonding, Capital Expenditures and State Assets
11:15am to 12:45pm WORKSHOPS	State Watch: Gift bans/disclosure laws Emerging Issues: Challenging Anti-Generics Legislation Coalitions and Alliances: How Physician Communities Can Aid State Reform Efforts
1:00pm to 2:00pm	Lunch
2:00pm to 3:30pm WORKSHOPS	State Watch: Prescriber Education and Outreach programs Emerging issues: Patient Privacy Coalitions and Alliances: Building a Prescription Reform Coalition
3:30pm to 4:15pm	Discussion and closing remarks

Workshop speakers:

Julie Brill, Esq., Assistant Attorney General, Vermont
Susan Cox, Kaiser Permanente – Colorado
Sean Flynn, Esq., American University Washington College of Law
Mark Gibson, Deputy Director, Drug Effectiveness Review Project
Chris McCoy, M.D., National Physicians Alliance
Bryan O’Malley, Office of Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, New York
Kevin Outterson, Esq., Boston University Law School
Lynn Parry, M.D., Colorado Medical Society
Rep. Cindy Rosenwald, New Hampshire
Jennifer Reck, Prescription Policy Choices
Brian Rosman, Health Care for All
Rep. Sharon Treat, Maine
Rupin Thakkar, M.D., Washington Coalition for Prescribing Integrity
Cody Wiberg, PharmD., Director, Board of Pharmacy
Pete Wyckoff, The Prescription Project
Judy Zerzan, M.D., Colorado Prescription Coalition

Conference Agenda

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