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Recorded Annual Meeting Presentations (RAMP) are now available for purchase.
Only $90 for presenters, $140 for registered attendees and $200 for non-attendees.

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A View from the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority


Tuesday, November 5, 2013 : 11:10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Celia Wcislo, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, Dorchester, MA
        
I am a member of the Commonwealth Health Insurance connector Authority Board and will discuss how the Health Policy Commission is working to implement Chapter 224. I will also discuss how Chapter 224 is encouraging development the health care workforce.

Learning Areas:

Provision of health care to the public

Learning Objectives:
Describe key elements of Chapter 224 intended to improve health care quality and reduce its cost inflation. Describe how Chapter 224 is encouraging development of the health care workforce.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been on the Commonwealth Health Connector for 7 years as a board member, and am on the Health Policy Council Advisory committee.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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