Policy Forums

Health Policy Forums

The recommendations of the Health Policy Center's first national symposium were honed in a series of four Health Policy Forums held in late 2006 and 2007. Smaller, diverse groups of experts developed actionable reform solutions for health care reform in a "think tank" setting during the forums.

Each Policy Forum focused on a set of general recommendations from the symposium. Policy Forums were co-hosted by leading health policy organizations in locations conducive to uninterrupted focus and dialogue. There were approximately 15-20 members per forum. The forums were approximately one and one half days in duration.

Policy Forum Schedule

Forum I: Equity: Health Insurance for All Americans
November 13-15, 2006
Knoxville, Tenn.
Co-host: Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, University of Tennessee
Agenda and Recommended Readings
Executive Summary

Forum II: Improving Effectiveness and Efficiency of Care
January 22-24, 2007
Co-host: John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Agenda and Recommended Readings
Executive Summary
Participants

Forum III: Encouraging the Formation of Integrated Systems
March 5-7, 2007
Co-host: RAND Corporation
Agenda
Executive Summary

Forum IV: Effectiveness: Paying for Value
June 18-20, 2007
Co-host: Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences at Dartmouth, Dartmouth College
Agenda
Executive Summary

The charge for the forum participants will be to formulate actionable reform recommendations for priorities assigned and prepare a final monograph or white paper regarding their findings and proposal for change. The monograph will become an integral point of emphasis for the 2008 national symposium and subsequent promotion and dialogues.

Mayo Clinic's Health Policy Center will serve as the primary sponsoring organization of the policy forum series. Additional funding from individual benefactors or organizations will be sought to support these events.