Dispute Resolution and Health Care: The Next Steps

I am delighted to be a part of this conference at Marquette, especially the panel on medical futility.



8:45 a.m. − 9:15 a.m.  KICKOFF - “What Will Change Bring?”

• Peggy Troy, R.N., M.S.N. -- CEO, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin

9:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.  PATIENT NAVIGATORS

• MODERATOR -- Chris tine Harris Taylor, J.D., LL.M., Associate Director, Marquette University Graduate Program in Dispute Resolution and Center for Dispute Resolution Education; and Adjunct Associate Professor, Marquette University Graduate Program in Dispute Resolution


• PANELISTS


• Sherri Costa, M.S., R.N., O.C.N., O.P.N. -- Oncology Patient Navigator, Wheaton Franciscan Cancer Care


• Rhonda Deneka, M.S.W. -- Oncology Patient Navigator, Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare – All Saints


• Melissa A. Simon, M.D. -- Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology – General/Preventive Medicine and Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

10:45 a.m. – noon   HEALTH CARE EXCHANGES

• MODERATOR -- Eva M. Soeka, J.D., Director and Associate Professor of Law, Marquette University Graduate Program in Dispute Resolution and Center for Dispute Resolution Education


• PANELISTS


• Joanne Alig, M.A. -- Senior Vice President, Policy and Research, Wisconsin Hospital Association


• Coreen Dicus-Johnson, J.D. -- Senior Vice President, Payer Contracting and Revenue Operations, Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare


• Susan Giaimo, Ph.D. -- Visiting Assistant Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Marquette University Department of Political Science

Noon – 1:30 p.m.   LUNCHEON   “Reflections on Dispute Resolution”

• Howard Bellman, J.D., LL.M., Distinguished Adjunct Professor, Marquette University Graduate Program in Dispute Resolution

1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.   MEDICAL FUTILITY

• MODERATOR -- Mathew Pauley, J.D., M.A., M.D.R., Director, Medical Bioethics, Kaiser Permanente Fontana & Ontario Vineyard Medical Centers


• PANELISTS


• Felicia Cohn, Ph.D. -- Bioethics Director, Kaiser Permanente, Orange County; Clinical Professor of Bioethics, Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine; and President-elect, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities


• Jana Craig, Ph.D. -- Director, Clinical Ethics Center, Memorial Health System; and Adjunct Associate Professor, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Departments of Medical Humanities and Psychiatry


• Thaddeus Pope, J.D., Ph.D. -- Director, Health Law Institute, Hamline University School of Law; and Adjunct Professor, Albany Medical College

3 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.   KEYNOTE - “Trends in Health Care Conflict Resolution: Technology, Systems Design and Stakeholders”

• Leonard J. Marcus, Ph.D. - Director, Program for Health Care Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Harvard School of Public Health