| ADDRESSING RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN HEALTH CARE
An Academic Conference
Sponsored with the Health and Biomedical Law Concentration
Please Note: This course has already
been held.
Date: Friday, March 03, 2006
Location: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
Time: 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
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Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care demonstrated that racial and ethnic minorities tend to receive a lower quality of health care than non-minorities, even when factors, such as patients’ insurance status and income are taken into account.
As The Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) 2002 report found, the sources of these disparities are many and complex. A study directed by Dr. David Satcher, a former United States surgeon general found that more than 80,000 black Americans die every year because of continuing disparities n health care. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that blacks are far more likely than whites to die from strokes, diabetes, and other diseases. Another study has found that limited English proficiency patients are more likely than other patients to experience quality of care issues, such as drug complications or discharge from the hospital against medical advice. These disparities persist even when minorities and whites have equal access to insurance and after adjusting for socioeconomic differences.
This conference is designed to explore some of these disparities, but, more importantly, to address how the various health care system participants can recognize how they contribute to the problem and what solutions are available. Possibilities exist such as using Medicare as a catalyst for reducing health disparities. Also task forces are looking into how government can work in partnership with health care institutions and professionals to improve access and the quality of care across racial, ethnic, and economic groups.
Attend and Learn:
Attend this conference to learn how the legal system can make a contribution to identifying and reducing disparities and to illuminate the ways in which individual health care professionals, public agencies, health care institutions, and patients can participate in addressing the problem.
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Professor David Barton Smith
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Department of Risk, Insurance and HealthCare Management
Fox School of Business and Management, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
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Professor Renée M. Landers
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Director, Health & Biomedical Concentration, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA |
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Joseph R. Betancourt
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Director, The Disparities Solutions Center; Senior Scientist, The Institute for Health Policy
Director of Multicultural Education, Mass. General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
NASI Study
Panel Member
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Ruth Ellen Fitch
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President & CEO, Dimock Community Health Center, Roxbury, MA |
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Paula Adina Johnson, M.P.H.
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Chief , Division of Women’s Health
Executive Director
Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology
Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
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Timothy S. Jost
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Washington & Lee University School of Law, Lexington, VA |
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Nancy Kressin
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Center for Health Quality, Outcomes & Economic Research, Bedford, MA
Associate Professor, Health Services Department, Boston University School of
Public Health, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
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Marianne Engelman Lado
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NY Lawyers for Public Interest, New York, NY |
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Ellen M. Lawton
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Boston Medical Center, Family Advocacy Program, Boston, MA |
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Laurie Martinelli
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Executive Director, Health Law Advocates, Inc., Boston, MA
Adjunct Professor, Suffolk University Law School
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Dayna Matthew
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Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder, CO
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Vernellia R. Randall
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Director, Academic Excellence Program
University of Dayton School of Law, Dayton, OH
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Lauren A. Smith
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Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine
Medical Director, Family Advocacy Program, Boston Medical Center
Member, Massachusetts State Commission to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health
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Bruce Vladeck
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Co-Director, Academic Medical Center Service Line, Health Science Advisory
Services, Ernst & Young LLP, New York, NY
Chair of NASI Study Panel
Former Administrator of Health Care Financing
Administration (now Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
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John Auerbach
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Executive Director of the Boston Public Health Commission |
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| S C H E D U L E / A G E N D A |
| 9:00 |
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS |
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Professor Renée M. Landers, Chair
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| 9:10 |
HISTORICAL REPSONSES TO RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN HEATH CARE |
Professor David Barton Smith, Ph.D.
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| 9:40 |
LEGAL RESPONSE TO RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN HEATH CARE |
- Using State Legal Remedies to Address Disparities: A Focus on Overcoming Language Barriers
- Legal and Medical Advocacy for Hospital Based Care
- Inequities in Mental Health Care
- Racism and the Health Care System
Marianne Engelman Lado, J.D.
Ellen Lawton, J.D.
Laurie Martinelli, J.D.
Professor Vernellia Randall
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| 11:15 |
POTENTIAL ENHANCED ROLE FOR MEDICARE IN ADDRESSING RACIAL AND ETNIC DISPARITIES IN HEATH CARE: RECOMMENDATIONS OF STUDY PANEL CONVENED BY NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SOCIAL INSURANCE |
| What HHS and CMS Can and Should Do about Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Medicare and Health Care A New Legal Strategy to Combat Racial Inequality in Medicine Overcoming Cultural Barriers to Equality in Health Care Delivery
Moderator: Bruce C. Vladeck, Ph.D.
Professors Timothy Jost
Professor Dayna Matthew
Joseph R. Betancourt, M.D., M.P.H.
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| 12:30 |
LUNCHEON AND GUEST SPEAKER |
Bruce C. Vladeck, Ph.D., Senior Health Policy Advisor Co-Director, Academic Medical Center Service Line, Health Science Advisory Services
Ernst & Young LLP, New York, NY Chair of NASI Study Panel Former Administrator of Health Care Financing Administration
(now Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
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| 2:00 |
CONSIDERATIONS IN IDENTIFYING CAUSES OF AND ADDRESSING HEATH CARE DISPARITIES |
| Community Health Centers as Frontline Responders to Disparities How to Use Research Leaders from Across Medical, Legal & Social Policy Disciplines to Drive Policy Change Untapped Potential of Health Services Research Role of Individual Providers in Perpetuating and Addressing Disparities How Patient Perspectives Influence Care
Moderator: Professor Renée M. Landers
Joseph R. Betancourt, M.D., M.P.H.
Ruth Ellen Fitch, J.D.
Paula A. Johnson, M.D., M.P.H.
Nancy Kressin, Ph.D
Lauren Smith, M.D., M.P.H.
John M. Auerbach, MBA
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| Date: |
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Friday, March 03, 2006 |
| Tuition: |
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Tuition is $249, $199 attorneys admitted to the bar after 2003 and Suffolk Alumni and includes a course book and lunch. A limited number of partial scholarships are available. Please submit a written request via fax 617-305-3099.
HOTEL ACCOMODATIONS:
Boston Omni Parker House, 60 School, Boston, MA http://www.omnihotels.com
has Deluxe or European rooms available for Suffolk Conference attendees at the preferred rate of $170, and $149 respectively. Please call the hotel tollfree 1-800-THE-OMNI to reserve a room and mention the Suffolk rate to receive the aforementioned discount. Please inquire about taxes, cancellation, and reservation policies.
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| Walk-Ins: |
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Space is limited. Registrations at the door are welcome, but please register in advance to reserve a seat and your written course materials or call to confirm space availability.
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| Refunds: |
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Written requests for cancellations received via fax or email 24 hours prior to the program will be granted a refund, minus a $15 charge. If you cannot attend, you can send a substitute, otherwise you will receive the written course materials.
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Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
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Approved for CLE Credit in RI, NH, VT, ME. If we are not already an approved CLE provider in your jurisdiction, we will assist you.
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If you have special needs addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act, please notify us as soon as possible.
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