Annual Health Law & Policy Symposium

Continuing the Quest  for Affordable and  Equitable Healthcare

Continuing the Quest for Affordable and Equitable Healthcare 

October 17th 2024 

On October 17th, 2024, participants ranging from representatives of insurance carriers to hospitals attended IHPP's annual HL&P Symposium, Continuing the Quest for Affordable and Equitable Healthcare. The agenda featured several NH professionals, clinicians, and educators who shared their passion for developing and executing strategies to achieve affordable and equitable healthcare. Click here to review slide deck 

Agenda 

Time Details
8:30-9:00 AM Registration, Networking, Coffee, and Light Breakfast 
9:00-9:15 AM

Welcome and Introductions   

Laura Davie, Interim Director, Institute for Health Policy and Practice, UNH 

Lucy Hodder, JD, Director, Health Law and Life Sciences Program,  
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law, UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law 

9:15-10:00 AM

Cost & Affordability in Healthcare Update 

Deborah Fournier, JD, Director, Health Law & Policy,  
Institute for Health Policy & Practice, UNH 

10:00- 10:05 AM MINI BREAK
10:05-10:50 AM

investments in Primary Care to Facilitate Affordable and Equitable Healthcare 

The NH Primary Care Workforce: Supply and Practice Considerations of the NH Primary Care Landscape 
Danielle Hernandez, MPH, Administrator, Health Professions Data Center, NH Department of Health and Human Services 
 

Understanding Federal and State Primary Care Workforce  
Marcy Doyle, DNP, Advanced Nursing Education Workforce Director,           
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, UNH 

11:00-11:40 AM Equity Beyond Affordability 
 
Sherri Simmons-Horton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,  
Department of Social Work, UNH  
11:45: 11:55 AM BREAK & GRAB LUNCH 
12:00-12:45 PM

Cost Growth Benchmarks and Prohibiting Anti-Competitive Contracting  

Cost Growth Benchmarks  
Rachel Block, Program Officer  
Milbank Memorial Fund 
 

Prohibiting Anti-Competitive Contracting 
Maureen Hensley Quinn, MPA, Senior Director of Coverage, Cost and Value,  
National Academy for State Health Policy 

12:45-12:50 PM Next Steps and Related Conversations 
12:50-1:00 PM

Thanks & Close   

Deborah Fournier, JD, Director, Health Law & Policy,  
Institute for Health Policy & Practice, UNH  

Jeanne Ryer, Ed.D., Director, Delivery System and Payment Reform,  
Citizens Health Initiative, Institute for Health Policy & Practice, UNH