Event Details
Healthcare Reform Learning Network
Date: | May 7, 2013 |
Event Type: | Conference |
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Healthcare Reform Learning Network
Digging into the details….what you need to know
This is NOT just another Healthcare Reform Presentation. This is a thorough and interactive
learning session; an opportunity for you to ask specific questions about how these complex and
confusing new regulations impact you and your business.
Our presenter, Colleen Bruce, Washington, D.C., is a Public Policy expert (full bio on page 2)
When: May 7, 2013
Location: Oakley Lindsay Center, Lindsay Room
Fee: $20.00 (Beverage provided)
Two different presentations:
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. - Small Employer (Less than 50 employees)
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. - Large Employer (More than 50 employees)
RSVP By May 6th to Tri-State Health Care Coalition:
217.221.3460 or info@tshcc.com
(We will invoice you or you may pay that day)
Please note; after this presentation, we are planning follow-up sessions for small and large employers.
More information will be shared on May 7 about our long-term learning opportunity on these topics.
Event Sponsored By:
About the Presenter:
Colleen Bruce, Esq., Director of Public Policy and Value-Based Purchasing Policy, National
Business Coalition on Health (NBCH), Washington, D.C.
Ms. Bruce is responsible for leading the development of the organization’s strategic focus and
integration of Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) and policy. Ms. Bruce serves as a staff liaison to
the Direct Contracting and Government Affairs committees and is responsible for content for
the NBCH’s purchasing and public policy-related newsletters and website resources. A major
focus of Ms. Bruce's work is helping coalitions and their employer members understand the
Affordable Care Act's implications for employer-sponsored health care, including financial
implications imposed by requirements in the Act, and policy-related decisions employers are
facing as implementation moves forward.
Previously Ms. Bruce served as Special Assistant to the Deputy Administrator and Director,
Center for Strategic Planning for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) within
the federal Department of Health and Human Services. She was lead drafter and regulation
coordinator for the Accountable Care Act for the section on Availability of Medicare Data for
Performance Measurement. Prior to this, she was a Health Insurance Specialist at the Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Center for Medicare Management. Ms. Bruce was
also selected to participate in the HHS Emerging Leaders Program, a competitive, two-year,
paid, federal internship within HHS. In this program Colleen served in roles in the Office of
General Counsel, CMS, and Office of the HHS Secretary. Ms. Bruce graduated from the William
Mitchell College of Law and also received a BA from Gettysburg College.