2012 Policy Meeting
  Presentations

Updated August 9, 2012

Welcome

• Richard C. Friedberg, MD, PhD, FCAP, Chair, CAP Council on Government and Professional Affairs
  (PDF, 427 K)

Adapting to Change in Health care and the Role of Policy in Enabling Our Future

• Paul N. Valenstein, MD, FCAP, Secretary-Treasurer
  (PDF, 2.1 MB)

Now and Future Advocacy Agenda: Key Policy Issues

• Gene N. Herbek, MD, FCAP, President-Elect
• Richard C. Friedberg, MD, PhD, FCAP, Chair, CAP Council on Government and Professional Affairs
• John Scott, Vice President, Advocacy Division
  (PDF, 346 K)

Current Payment Challenges and New Payment Models

• Cecil B. Wilson, MD, Immediate Past President, AMA
  (PDF, 275 K)
• Jonathan L Myles, MD, FCAP, Chair, Economic Affairs Committee
  (PDF, 279 K)

Accountable Care Organizations: What is the Role of the Pathologist? What are the Policy Implications?

• David J. Gross, PhD, Director, CAP Policy Roundtable
  (PDF, 309 K)
• Kavita Patel, MD, The Brookings Institution
• Elizabeth November, JD, MPH, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Framework for Empowering Pathology in the Electronic Health Record

• Walter H. Henricks, MD, FCAP, Director, Center for Pathology Informatics, Cleveland Clinic
  (PDF, 597 K)
• Jodi G. Daniel, JD, MPH, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
  (PDF, 2.5 MB)

Taking Our Message Public: Capitol Hill and Beyond

• John Scott, VP, Advocacy
  (PDF, 285 K)
• Kathryn T. Knight, MD, FCAP, Chair, Federal and State Affairs Committee
• Richard R. Gomez, MD, FCAP, Member, Board of Governors
• Wayne Garrett, MD, FCAP, Member, PathPAC Board

Extending the Conversation

• Sandra Grear, VP, Membership and Professional Development
  (PDF, 701 K)
• Rodolfo Laucirica, MD, FCAP, Baylor College of Medicine and Medical Director of Cytopathology, Ben Taub General Hospital
• Karim Sirgi, MD, FCAP, UniPath PC, Denver, CO
• Emily E. Volk, MD, FCAP, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Baptist Health System