HLA Law and Policy Forum, Brown Bag Luncheon Series

HLA’s Health Law and Policy Forum Brown Bag Luncheon Series

In 2007, HLA introduced the Health Law and Policy Forum Brown Bag Luncheon Series which brings together the best legal and health care minds in Massachusetts for informal discussions of hot topics in health law. Each event in the Series, a component of HLA’s Pro Bono Legal Network curriculum, features a special guest speaker who discusses a cutting edge issue of health law or policy and engages in a dialogue with the audience. The programs are attended by a broad crosssection of advocates, lawyers, health care professionals, payers, and policymakers from the private and government sectors. The Series provides participants with valuable networking opportunities and the chance to exchange ideas on key health care topics with some of the most well known,respected, and knowledgeable experts in the field.

Recent Events

12/11/09 - AARP of Massachusetts

Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Director of the Boston Public Health Commission, led the discussion "Taking Action to Eliminate Disparities." The event was held at the AARP of Massachusett.

 

11/20/09 - AARP of Massachusetts

Dr. James Mandell, CEO of Children's Hospital Boston, led the discussion "Children Are Not Little Adults: A Pediatric View On Payment and Insurance Reform." The discussion was held at the AARP of Massachusetts.

5/29/09 - AARP of Massachusetts

John Auerbach, Commissioner of the Department of Public Health, led the discussion "Public Health in a Challenging Time." The discussion was held at the AARP of Massachusetts.

4/15/2009 - AARP of Massachusetts

Judy Norsigian, Executive Director of Our Bodies Ourselves led the discussion, “Women’s Health and Policy Changes: Advocacy Priorities for 2009”. The discussion was held at the AARP of Massachusetts.

2/11/2009 - Suffolk University Law School (4th Floor)

Martha Coakley, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, led the discussion on the Attorney General's Office and Healthcare. The discussion was held at Suffolk University Law School.

1/8/2009 - AARP of Massachusetts

Charles D. Baker, President and CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc., led the discussion: "Health Reform and the Challenge of Cost Containment: Will We Triumph?" at the AARP of Massachusetts, 1 Beacon St. Boston MA, on January 8, 2009.

Past Speakers:

In the first several months of the Series, special guest presenters and their topics have included:

• Michael Dukakis, Former Massachusetts Governor; Distinguished Professor, Department of Political Science, Northeastern University: Health Care: Getting Serious About Cost Control
• Scott Harshbarger, Proskauer Rose LLP, Senior Counsel to the Firm and Former Massachusetts Attorney General: The Brave New World of Non-Profit Governance: Legal and Ethical Challenges
• Clare McGorrian, noted health law litigator and Adjunct Professor, Suffolk University Law School; former Senior Staff Counsel, HLA: The Anatomy of a Class Action Trial: HCFA v. Romney
• Judith Kurland, former Regional Director of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and former Commissioner of Boston Department of Health and Hospitals, Chief of Staff to Boston Mayor Thomas Menino: Bait and Switch: Medicare Part D and Other Scams
• Honorable Margot Botsford, Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: In the Matter of Hilary: On the Right to Counsel for Parents of Children in Need of Services
• Nick Littlefield, Partner and Chair of the Government Strategies Group at Foley Hoag LLP and former Staff Director and Chief Counsel for Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chair, U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education and Labor: Lessons Learned from the Health Care Wars of the 90’s for 2009
• Patricia McGovern, General Counsel and Senior Vice President for Corporate and Community Affairs, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and former Massachusetts State Senator: Getting Serious About Quality Health Care: Costs and Benefits
• James Roosevelt, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer, Tufts Health Plan, former Associate Commissioner, Social Security Administration: Addressing the Threat of Rising Health Care Costs to the Sustainability of Health Care Reform
• Dolores L. Mitchell, Executive Director, Group Insurance Commission of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Board Member, Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority: Health Reform: A Brave New World and Not for the Faint of Heart
• Prof. David Cutler, Senior Health Policy Advisor to Presidential Candidate Sen. Barack Obama and  Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics, Department of Economics and Kennedy  School of Government, Harvard University led the discussion of Sen. Obama’s health  care reform proposals.
• Jarrett T. Barrios, President of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Massachusetts Foundation, led the discussion: "The Shadow of ERISA and Mass Health Reform."
• Marylou Sudders, President and CEO of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children led the discussion: "Children's Mental Health: The Stepchild of Health Care.
• Charles D. Baker, President and CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc., led the discussion: "Health Reform and the Challenge of Cost Containment: Will We Triumph?" at the AARP of Massachusetts, 1 Beacon St. Boston MA, on January 8, 2009.
• Martha Coakley, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, led the discussion on the Attorney General's Office and Healthcare. The discussion was held at Suffolk University Law School.
• Judy Norsigian, Executive Director of Our Bodies Ourselves led the discussion, “Women’s Health and Policy Changes: Advocacy Priorities for 2009”. The discussion was held at the AARP of Massachusetts.
• John Auerbach, Commissioner of the Department of Public Health, led the discussion "Public Health in a Challenging Time." The discussion was held at the AARP of Massachusetts.