Conversations on Health Care® focuses today on the resurgence of free health-care clinics around the country. Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter will speak with Nicole D. Lamoureux, Executive Director of the National Association of Free Clinics, based in Alexandria, VA. Lamoureux has been at the forefront of the free clinic movement.
Conversations on Health Care® focuses today on the position of U.S. Rep. Anh Cao of Louisiana – the only Republican in the House of Representatives to vote for the health-care reform bill. Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter will speak with Congressman Cao about the meaning and implication of his unique vote for health-care reform. A first-term Congressman, Cao fled Vietnam at the age of 8. He serves on the Committees on Homeland Security, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Oversight and Government Reform.
Today, Conversations on Health Care® turns its focus to health reform and innovation as they relate to aging. Jennie Chin Hansen, President of AARP, joins us to talk about the priorities and concerns of AARP’s 40 million members and the organization and the kinds of innovations that Ms. Hansen has pioneered over a long career as a nurse, gerontologist, and executive.
This week, Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter explore health care reform from two perspectives: policy and practice. First, they’ll speak with U.S. Senator Chris Dodd about the latest developments in the Senate to draft a reform bill. Then, they’ll interview Jon Kingsdale, Execcutive Director of the Massachusetts Health Connector, about the state’s health reform plan and how it can inform the national dialogue.
For our one-month anniversary show, we explore the future of health information technology. Hosts, Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter interview Dr. David Blumenthal, President Obama’s National Coordiantor for Health Information Technology. Dr Blumenthal is tasked with modernizing our nation’s health care system in order to improve the health of all Americans, bring down costs, and ensure long term growth.
Our team will speak with Dr. Mark Murray, MPA, Principal of Mark Murray & Associates, a health care consulting firm based in Sacramento, CA. Dr. Murray helped create Advanced Access, which helps doctors and other health care providers dramatically decrease patient wait times and improve continuity of care. Dr. Murray consults with health care organizations in the United States and abroad on a variety of health care quality improvement strategies including efficiencies in office practice, the development and care of health care teams, change management in health care settings, physician compensation, and system flow.