Healthcare Reform Update Conference Call XIV 

Friday, March 12, 2010
2:00-3:00 pm Eastern (1:00-2:00 pm Central; 12:00-1:00 pm Mountain; 11:00 am-12:00 pm Pacific; 10:00 -11:00 am Alaska; 9:00-10:00 am Hawaii)
Sponsored by the Healthcare Reform Educational Task Force (a joint endeavor of the Healthcare Liability and Litigation; Hospitals and Health Systems; In-House Counsel; Medical Staff, Credentialing, and Peer Review; Payors, Plans, and Managed Care; Physician Organizations; Regulation, Accreditation, and Payment; and Teaching Hospitals and Academic Medical Centers Practice Groups)

Description

AHLA's Healthcare Reform Educational Task Force is pleased to continue its bi-weekly call-in series on the Congressional effort to reform the American healthcare system. The series offers brief updates and the opportunity for Q&A with knowledgeable speakers.

The latest developments indicate that in order for healthcare reform to move forward, Congress may need to use a procedure called budget reconciliation in order for House members to feel assured that their desired changes to the Senate bill become law. Robert Dove, Parliamentarian Emeritus of the U.S. Senate, will provide AHLA members with helpful background by discussing the reconciliation process, its history, the considerations of the parliamentarian in analyzing "germaneness" issues, and the Byrd rule. He will not make any predictions, however, about how the current Parliamentarian, Alan Frumin, will rule on germaneness issues presented by current healthcare reform legislation. AHLA's Executive Vice President and CEO, Peter Leibold, will moderate this important discussion.

Additional dates and speakers will be added as needed.

Presenter

• Robert B. Dove, JD, PhD
  Parliamentarian Emeritus, U.S. Senate
  Adjunct Professor, George Washington University
  Adjunct Professor, George Mason University
  Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
  Patton Boggs LLP
  Washington, DC

Moderator

• Peter M. Leibold, Esquire
  Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer
  American Health Lawyers Association
  Washington, DC

Materials

• Audio Recording
• Background on the Reconciliation Process