Wednesday, October 21

Lynn Quincy
Senior Policy Analyst
Consumers Union

Lynn Quincy, M.A., is a senior policy analyst with Consumers Union, the nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports. At Consumers Union, Ms. Quincy works on a wide variety of health policy issues, focusing primarily on the areas of consumer protection and health reform at the federal and state levels.
Prior to Consumers Union, Ms. Quincy was a senior researcher with Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., where she performed policy analysis, provided technical assistance, and modeled outcomes in support of state coverage expansion strategies. Prior roles include senior positions with the Institute for Health Policy Solutions and with Watson Wyatt Worldwide. She holds a master's degree in economics from the University of Maryland.
 

CONFERENCE AGENDA

Marcia Brand, PhD
Deputy Administrator
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

Marcia Brand, Ph.D., was named Deputy Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in March 2009. HRSA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
HRSA works to fill in the health care gaps for people who live outside the economic and medical mainstream. The agency uses its $7 billion annual budget (FY 2009) to expand access to quality health care in partnership with health care providers and health professions training programs.
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“Common Metrics to Communicate Outcomes from Community Organizations”

Bill Custer, PhD
Fellow Georgia Health Policy Center
Faculty, Dept of Business, Georgia State University

Julie Trocchio
Senior Director, The Catholic Health Association

Julie Trocchio is senior director of community benefit and continuing care for the Catholic Health Association of the United States. She coordinates CHA activities related to planning and reporting community benefits and leads CHA advocacy on the charitable purpose of not –for-profit health care. She also coordinates CHA programs and advocacy related to the well-being of aged and chronically ill persons in need of long term care and home and community-based services.

Prior to joining CHA she was director of standards and quality for the American Health Care Association. She has held nursing positions in acute care, long term care, public health and school health programs. She earned a bachelors degree in nursing from Georgetown University and a masters degree in community health nursing from the University of Maryland.

Kevin Barnett, PhD
Vice President, Community Benefit, Research & Health Policy, Public Health Institute

Kevin Barnett , Dr.P.H., M.C.P. is a Senior Investigator at the Public Health Institute. His primary focus of research is on the charitable obligations of nonprofit hospitals. A particular emphasis is on institutional alignment and the strategic investment of charitable resources in collaborative, evidence-based approaches to health improvement. In 2006, he completed a multi-state demonstration project involving over 70 hospitals entitled “Advancing the State of the Art in Community Benefit” (ASACB) to develop and implement uniform community benefit standards. With support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, he is engaged with leading edge health systems to facilitate the implementation of the ASACB uniform standards at the national level. He is also working with the National Network of Public Health Institutes in a project funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to convene hospital, public health, and community stakeholders for regional roundtables in 6-8 states to focus on strategies to advance community benefit practices.

Another significant focus of work is on increasing diversity in the health professions. Kevin served on the Institute of Medicine committee that produced the 2004 report “In the Nation’s Compelling Interest: Ensuring Diversity in the Health Care Workforce,” and co-authored a commissioned paper on the role of teaching hospitals that was included in the 2004 report from the Sullivan Commission entitled “Missing Persons: Minorities in the Health Professions.” He currently co-directs a statewide initiative funded by The California Endowment that focuses on strategies to increase health professions workforce diversity in California.

Keith Hearle
President, Verite Healthcare Consulting

Mr. Hearle has over 20 years of consulting, management, and research experience all focused on the healthcare field. Verité specializes in healthcare strategy development, financial analysis and decision support, and public policy analysis.

He began his career in the hospital financial consulting practice of KPMG Peat Marwick, then was Vice President at The Lewin Group until 1995. Prior to rejoining The Lewin Group in 1999, Mr. Hearle was a Senior Research Analyst for a California based investment company where he evaluated pharmaceutical, medical device, and healthcare services companies for equity investment. Between 1995 and 1997, he was the Chief Financial Officer for the Public Health Division in the San Francisco Department of Health. He founded Verité Healthcare Consulting in 2006. Mr. Hearle has an M.B.A. in finance from Vanderbilt University and an A.B. in economics from Davidson College.