A View from Washington: The Health Policy Outlook for 2024
OL1121 | On Demand Course | Update | Self-Study
Description
While ongoing gridlock in the US Congress does not bode well for a robust policy agenda in 2024, there is bipartisan agreement on attempting to address some pressing health policy issues in the near-term, including price transparency, reforming physician payment, and efforts to control prescription drug prices. Meanwhile, the growing federal deficit, continued growth of healthcare costs, and lasting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic will remain top of mind as policymakers assess ways to ensure long-term fiscal sustainability. Finally, the looming Congressional and Presidential elections in Fall of 2024 will require a focus on setting key policy priorities for the years ahead. This session will explore what health policy is possible in 2024 the barriers to further reform, and how those reforms could impact the broader healthcare system.
This course is part of the 2023 Health Care Conference Bundle. Purchase the conference bundle here.
Credits
| Number of Credits | Type of Credits |
|---|---|
| 1.00 | Specialized Knowledge |
Prices
- Member (Early Bird)
- $49.00
- Non-Member (Early Bird)
- $79.00
- Member
- $49.00
- Non-Member
- $79.00
Instructors
Ross White, MA
Ross White is a Director in the Center for Healthcare Regulatory Insight (Center) at KPMG, where he conducts research and provides strategic guidance on regulatory and policy matters impacting healthcare system transformation, particularly related to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) initiatives. Mr. White has an MA in Public Policy from The George Washington University and 13+ years of experience analyzing and writing about healthcare and life sciences policies.
Mr. White provides analysis for internal and external audiences on legislative, regulatory, and other policy developments impacting providers, payers, and life sciences companies. He leads research for the Center on high-priority, dynamic issues related to healthcare change in the public and private sector, including monitoring healthcare-related legislation, regulations and guidance, and business developments for synthesis in issue briefs, presentations, and client discussions.
Mr. White collaborates with Center and firm leadership on thought leadership and stakeholder strategy on a wide range of healthcare and life sciences issues, including payment and delivery reform; federal COVID-19 response; health IT and data interoperability; drug pricing policy reform; and other healthcare policy priorities in Congress and federal agencies.
Mr. White also writes a weekly publication on healthcare policy, regulatory, legal, and business developments, Around the World of US Healthcare in 360 Words or Less; supports management with new business development; and coordinates efforts of the Center with relevant advisory, audit, and tax functions across the firm.
Previously as a Senior Project Manager at The Brookings Institution, he managed the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Learning Network and other projects on US healthcare system reform efforts. He provided health care providers, payers, and other industry stakeholders with insights necessary to implement new payment and delivery models, and led a team of researchers analyzing trends, performance data, and emerging policies for ACOs. Mr. White was also a Research Assistant and Public Policy Associate at The Hastings Center, a bioethics research and policy institute, where he examined pressing policy issues, including health system reform, emerging biotechnologies, and personalized medicine. He has also conducted research at the President’s Council on Bioethics and the Institute of Human Values in Health Care at the Medical University of South Carolina.
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