Get the "inside skinny" at the most informative
health care event of the year!
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2005
8:15 a.m. - 12:00 noon (7:45 a.m. - Registration and Light Breakfast Buffet)
Radisson University Hotel (formerly "Radisson Hotel Metrodome")
615 Washington Ave SE, Mpls., MN 55414 #612-379-8888
Hear what Doctors are being told to DO!
New state and federal laws will change the way doctors make medical decisions. Government bureaucrats will pay doctors according to the doctor's compliance with government-prescribed medical treatments. Will these new "EBM" laws improve or ration medical care? The initiative is controversial. Get the facts directly from speakers on different sides of the issue. Decide for yourself how these new laws will affect patient access to customized and innovative health care services.
FEATURED SPEAKERS
"The Latest Federal Initiatives in Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)"
BARRY STRAUBE, M.D.
Acting Chief Medical Officer, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services,
and Acting Director, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, Washington, D.C.
"Health Care Guidelines...Building System Improvements"
LYNDA BOUDREAU
Deputy Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Health
(speaking on behalf of MN Governor Tim Pawlenty)
"The Pitfalls of EBM Guidelines"
SIDNEY GOLDSTEIN, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Wayne State University, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine,
Head Emeritus, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan
"The Impact of EBM on the Patient-Doctor Relationship"
DAVID MCKALIP, M.D.
Private Practice Neurosurgeon; Plaintiff, David McKalip, M.D. vs. State of Florida,
Agency for Health Care Administration, St. Petersburg, Florida