National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership to host conference to discuss on health, legal problems

The National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership, part of Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University, will host its tenth annual conference on April 9-10, 2015, in McLean, Virginia to discuss how to better address the social and legal problems negatively impacting the health of 50 million low-income Americans. Leaders from law, health care, public health and government in 38 states will present research and strategies aimed at effectively integrating health and legal care.

With featured remarks from Lauren Taylor, co-author of The American Health Care Paradox, Jeffrey Levi, executive director of Trust for America's Health, and Phillip Alberti, senior director for health equity research & policy at the Association of American Medical Colleges, participants will explore topics including:

• The intersection of health and legal problems for veterans, children and chronically ill individuals;

• The ways that providing integrated legal care for patients can help meet community benefit requirements for public hospitals; and

• The ability of legal care to strengthen population health interventions.

EVENT: 10th Anniversary Medical-Legal Partnership Summit

WHEN: April 9, 2015 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
April 10, 2015 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m.

WHERE: The Hilton McLean Tysons Corner Hotel
7920 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, VA 22102

SPEAKERS:

Thursday

Lauren Taylor, co-author of The American Health Care Paradox (9:15 a.m.)

Maureen Byrnes, lead research scientist, Department of Health Policy and Management, The George Washington University (2:15 p.m.)

Yvonne Goldsberry, vice president for program, Endowment for Health (2:15 p.m.)

Woody Thorne, vice president for community affairs, Southern Illinois Healthcare (2:15 p.m.)

Friday

Don Blanchon, executive director, Whitman-Walker Health (8:30 a.m.)

Vincent Keane, president and CEO, Unity Health Care (8:30 a.m.)

Suma Nair, director, Office of Quality Improvement, Human Resources and Services Administration (8:30 a.m.)

Jeffrey Levi, executive director, Trust for America's Health (9:15 a.m.)

Phillip Alberti, senior director, Health Equity Research & Policy, Association of American Medical Colleges (11:45 a.m.)

Malika Fair, director of public health initiatives, Association of American Medical Colleges (11:45 a.m.)