Southern California Rural Roundtable
Plus Special Finance Seminar:
Designing and Financing Your Future Growth

Ontario, CA
Airport Marriott
May 19-20, 2009

YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS THESE VALUABLE PRESENTATIONS!!!

• RSVP online here!!
• Presentations
  • Potential Cuts to Medi-Cal Optional Benefits: What You Need to Know
  • Prospects for Health Reform at the National and State Levels
  • Designing and Financing for Future Growth
• Roundtable Schedule
• Preliminary Agenda
  

Sponsored by: Anthem Blue Cross and Wulff Hansen & Co

Potential Cuts to Medi-Cal Optional Benefits:
What You Need to Know
Regina Boyle, Attorney at Law

Effective July 1, 2009, the California legislature eliminated Medi-Cal coverage of certain 'optional' benefits, including adult dental, audiology, speech therapy, chiropractic, optometry and optician services, podiatry and psychology services.  This presentation provides a critical overview of these legislative changes and other recent developments relating to the Department of Health Care Services interpretation of its obligations under federal law regarding the mandatory Federally-qualified health center and Rural Health Clinic services benefits.

Prospects for Health Reform at the State and National Levels
Lucien Wulsin, Insure the Uninsured Project

Lucien Wulsin is the project director of Insure the Uninsured Project and is working on approaches to expand coverage for uninsured working Californians in counties and regions throughout California.

He is the author of California at the Crossroads: Choices for Health Care Reform, and the Health Care Options Report.

Mr. Wulsin served as chief consultant to the Special Committee on MediCal Oversight of the California Assembly, where he worked closely with Assemblyman Burt Margolin on reforms in health coverage.

Previously Mr. Wulsin worked at the National Health Law Program, as a senior attorney with Greater Boston Legal Services, and as a clinical associate at Harvard Law School,
Mr. Wulsin is a member of the bar in California and Massachusetts, a graduate of the University of Virginia Law School and of Trinity College.

Designing and Financing Your Future Growth
Diverse panel of financial experts

Titled, Concept to Completion: Designing and Financing YourFurture Growth, this seminar is geared towards Chief Executive Officers and Chief Financial Officers of community health facilities and rural hospitals. Panelists will provide valuable information on funding your capital needs along with the most current information concerning the availability of federal stimulus money for health facility.

A number of professionals experienced in designing and financing health facilities, along with representatives of the California Health Facilities Financing Authority and the Cal-Mortgage Loan Guarantee Program, will be seminar panelists. Even if you do not have a current project in mind, this seminar will give you the tools and roadmap to follow when the need arises. The seminar will take place directly following the Roundtable.

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Roundtable Schedule:

MAY 19, 2009:
Networking Happy Hour, 6:00 - 8:00p
Please join us at the Hotel Bar for Happy Hour! Agenda items for Rural Roundtables open forum session will be identified by participants during the reception.

MAY 20, 2009:
Rural Roundtable, 8:00a - 1:30p, Rm. 320
The meeting is an informal gathering of rural stakeholders to share resources and gain insight into rural health issues affecting Southern California's rural areas.Continental Breakfast, Lunch and refreshments will be provided. View preliminary agenda here.

Confirmed Speakers:

• Lucien Wilson, Executive Director, Insure the Uninsured Project
• Regina Boyle, Attorney at Law

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Preliminary Agenda:

Click here to RSVP today! Cost to attend Roundtable and Seminar is $25.

Click here to reserve your room today, and mention the CSRHA Roundtable to receive a discounted rate!

Questions? Contact CSRHA Program Coordinator, Shannon Means

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