June 28, 2011

REMINDER: STILL TIME TO REGISTER!
IDENTIFYING EFFECTIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES

A Mathematica Issue Forum and Webcast Presented by the Center on Health Care Effectiveness (CHCE)

Adults with disabilities have diverse, complex, and expensive needs for health care services, costing the health care system $398 billion in 2006. This group, which represented 14 percent of the adult population (approximately 32.5 million American adults) in 2008, continues to grow. Policymakers, practitioners, and the public need a better understanding of what works and works best for these individuals.

Please join us for a luncheon forum on Thursday, July 7, from noon – 1:30 p.m. (EDT) at Mathematica's Washington, DC, offices, to discuss study designs and outcome measures that can be used to address different comparative effectiveness research questions effectively. Lunch will be provided.

Speakers/panelists will include:

• Jeff Ballou, Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Mathematica
• Lisa I. Iezzoni, M.D., M.Sc., Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

      Director, Mongan Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital

•  Matt Kehn, M.P.P., Research Analyst, Mathematica
•  Debra Lipson, M.H.S.A., Senior Researcher, Mathematica
•  Eugene Rich, M.D., Director, Center on Health Care Effectiveness, Mathematica
•  Shoshanna Sofaer, Dr.P.H., Robert P. Luciano Professor of Health Care Policy,

      School of Public Affairs, Baruch College

• Sean Tunis, M.D., M.Sc., Founder and Director, Center for Medical Technology Policy
• Judy Zerzan, M.D., M.P.H., Chief Medical Officer/Deputy Medicaid Director,

      Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing

Register to attend:

To attend in person, send an email with your name and contact information to chce@mathematica-mpr.com. To attend via webinar, register here.

For more information, contact Rachel Machta at (202) 250-3570.