Amphitheater
New Research Building
Harvard Medical School
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston

1:00-1:15 pm Welcoming Remarks
Barbara J. McNeil, MD, PhD
Ridley Watts Professor and Head, Department of Health Care Policy
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1:15-2:25 Session I: Quality of Care
Moderator: Arnold M. Epstein, MD
Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management,
Harvard School of Public Health

Speaker: Paul D. Cleary, PhD
Dean, Yale School of Public Health
“Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going?”
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Speaker: Sharon-Lise T. Normand, PhD (HCP)
“Looking Forward: Rethinking Evidence on Quality, Effectiveness, and Safety of New Medical Technologies”
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Commentator: Thomas H. Lee, MD
CEO, Partners Community HealthCare, Inc.; Network President, Partners HealthCare

Discussion/Q&A

2:25-3:30 Session II: Financing of Care
Moderator: Thomas G. McGuire, PhD (HCP)

Speaker: Michael E. Chernew, PhD (HCP)
“Value-Based Insurance Design”
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Speaker: Joseph P. Newhouse, PhD (HCP)
“The Double-Edged Sword of Health Care Costs”
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Commentator: Robert D. Reischauer, PhD
President, Urban Institute

Discussion/Q&A

3:30-3:45 Break

3:45-4:50 Session III: Mental Health
Moderator: Haiden A. Huskamp, PhD (HCP)

Speaker: Richard G. Frank, PhD (HCP)
“Mental Health Since 1950: Progress and Unfinished Business”
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Speaker: Ronald C. Kessler, PhD (HCP)
“The Global Burden of Mental Disorders”
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Commentator: David Mechanic, PhD
Director, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, Rutgers
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Discussion/Q&A

4:50-5:00 Break

5:00-5:45 Keynote Address
Henry J. Aaron, PhD
The Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Senior Fellow, Economic Studies Program, Brookings Institution
“Health Care Cost Control: Inevitable, but Not Just Yet”
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Discussion/Q&A