WASHINGTON
ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION WEEK
DRAFT
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Monday,
June 16- Thursday,
June 19, 2008
Grand
Hyatt Washington
1000 H Street, NW
Washington,
DC
Monday, June 16
Travel Day
4-5:30pm
AHQA
Finance Committee meeting
6-9pm
AHQA Board of Directors Meeting (dinner served)
Tuesday,
June 17
8:30-11:30am
General Session (breakfast served starting at 8:30)
9-10am
Congress: A View from the Inside
Guy Clifton, MD will discuss his experience working for Sen. Hatch to
draft, introduce and fight for S. 2396 during the end of 2007 in close
coordination with AHQA and the impact it had on his Senate Finance Committee
staff contacts.
10-11am
Congressional
Staff Panel
Invitees:
Josh Martin (Rep. Burgess); Jocelyn Moore (Sen. Rockefeller); Pattie
DeLoatche (Sen. Hatch); Geoff Gerhardt (House Ways and Means);
Purvee Kempf (House Energy and Commerce); Kate Spaziani (Rep. Kind)
11:00-11:10am
BREAK
11:10-11:30am
AHQA staff will brief attendees on suggested messages for Hill visits
11:30am-12noon
Bruce Yarwood, Executive Vice President, American Health Care Association
“The
Importance of a Strong PAC as an Advocacy Tool”
Afternoon—Hill Visits
5:00-6:30pm
AHQA-PAC Fundraiser with raffle of Washington and politically-related
items
6:30-8:30pm
CEO Section Meeting (dinner served)
All attendees of Washington Advocacy and Education Week are invited
to this meeting.
Wednesday,
June 18
8:00-9:00am
AHQA Legislative Affairs Committee meeting (breakfast served)
9:00am-12noon
General Session (breakfast served starting at 8am)
9-10am
Joyce DuBow, AARP
“Consumer
Views on Developments in Health Care Quality”
10-10:45am
Nancy Foster, AHA
“Developments
in Health Care Quality and the Role of QIOs”
11:00am-12noon
Nicole Tapay (Sen. Wyden) about Healthy Americans Act (invited)
Afternoon—Hill Visits
Thursday,
June 19
9:00-10:00am
Open AHQA
Legislative Affairs Committee meeting to discuss feedback from Hill
visits and next steps—all Washington Advocacy and Education
Week attendees are invited to attend.
10:00-11:00am
AHQA-PAC Committee Meeting
11:00am-2:00pm
AHQA Strategic Planning Committee Meeting
Afternoon—Hill Visits
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