Securing Quality Care: Rural Health in Iowa
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UnityPoint Health – Des Moines Education & Research Center Virginia Thompson Auditorium1415 Woodland Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50309
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Please join the Bipartisan Policy Center in Des Moines for a discussion with Sen. Chuck Grassley about the barriers that rural Iowans face in securing quality health care.
During the first half of the event, Grassley will talk about his efforts in Congress to address rural health care challenges and will answer audience questions.
Then, a panel of area experts will discuss the shortage of physicians and clinicians in rural areas and what can be done about it. We’ll also look at the promise of telehealth and what it means for patients to have virtual visits with a doctor, nurse, or other clinicians.
This event will help inform BPC’s Rural Health Task Force, which has convened to develop policy solutions to rural America’s health care shortages. The task force, co-chaired by former Sens. Tom Daschle and Olympia Snowe and former Govs. Ronnie Musgrove and Tommy Thompson will address: 1) rightsizing health care services that better fit a community’s needs, 2) creating appropriate payment models for services, 3) strengthening the rural workforce, and 4) expanding telemedicine services.
Please join us for this vital conversation about the future of rural health care.
Featuring:
Sen. Chuck Grassley
United States Senator
Dawn Bach
Heart Patient; Chief Clinical Officer, Buena Vista Medical Center
Ed Friedmann
Administrator and Physician Assistant, Redfield Medical Clinic
Jennifer McKay M.D.
Medical Information Officer, Avera Health
James Roetman
CEO, Pocahontas Community Hospital
Susan K. Thompson
Senior Vice President, Integration and Optimization, UnityPoint Health
Marilyn Serafini
Director, Health Project Bipartisan Policy Center
Additional participants to be announced
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