Mark Your Calendars: Two Exciting ACA Webinars in July!

Participation is Free!

CEUs available for $10!

Please join NACPM - and our webinar series partner, The Association of Midwifery Educators (AME) - for the next webinars in NACPM's Affordable Care Act webinar series!

Come think, learn and strategize with us!

Thursday July 10, 2014, 2:00-3:30 ET:

Understanding Accountable Care Organizations.

What is an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) and what role could there be for Certified Professional Midwives in this innovative model of payment reform and coordinated care?

Thursday July 24, 2014, 2:00-3:30 ET:

Section 2706 and Other ACA Provisions

That Address Integrative Providers

What exactly is the "Harkin Amendment" and what was it meant to achieve? What are the challenges and opportunities with its implementation for CPMs? What else does the ACA have to say about providers and the healthcare workforce?

July 10: Understanding Accountable Care Organizations

Karen Milgate

Karen Milgate

is a

seasoned health care policy executive with a deep knowledge of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, a recent former deputy director of the Center for Strategic Planning within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and a frequent speaker on the ACA and the integrative healt care field. She will describe the origins, structure, value and promise of this innovative model.

Timothy Fisher

Tim Fisher, MD, Chair of Women's Health Services at Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic in Keene, N.H., will speak about opportunities for CPMs in the ACO model. As a Home Birth Consensus Summit delegate and Co-Chair of the Northern New England Perinatal Quality Improvement Network (NNEPQIN), Dr. Fisher is an advocate for optimizing inter-professional collaboration. As a graduate of the Master of Health Care Delivery Science Program at Dartmouth College in N.H. he is an advocate for innovative approaches to the delivery of health care.

Bill Walters

Bill Walter, ND, is a naturopathic physician in Eugene, OR, committed to helping the population make a shift to a wellness-oriented lifestyle. He has presented on the role of providers in reforming the healthcare system and on integrative health care in ACOs. He will provide an overview of other ACA provisions that refer to licensed or integrative providers.

July 24:
Section 2706 and Other ACA Provisions

That Address Integrative Providers

Deborah Senn

Deborah Senn, an attorney and expert in insurance matters, became the first woman to hold the office of Insurance Commissioner in Washington State. She is a strong consumer advocate and a national leader for access to insurance by the patients of complementary and alternative providers, including licensed midwives. She will provide an overview of Section 2706 of ACA, the provision prohibiting discrimination against providers by payers, commonly referred to as the "Harkin Amendment".

Bill Wynne

Billy Wynne, a Thorn Run Partner and health policy consultant for NACPM and theMAMA Campaign, has a wealth of experience implementing federal healthcare policy and achieving strategic legislative and regulatory objectives. As Health Policy Counsel to the Senate Finance Committee, he was a key drafter of the healthcare reform "White Papers" that served as the basis for the Affordable Care Act. Recently, he drafted the NACPM comment letter to CMS to encourage further federal guidance on the implementation of Section 2706 will describe the challenges and opportunities this implementation.

John Weeks

John Weeks, a writer, organizer and executive for 30 years in the integrative health movement, currently directsthe Academic Consortium for Complementary and Alternative Health Care (ACCAHC). He consults on integrative health projects for organizations such as NIH and WHO, produces the principal newsletter on the policy and business of integration, now the Integrator Blog News & Reports, and writes for the Huffington Post. He will present an overview of the ACA provisions that impact the licensed-provider workforce.

Have you been wondering what impact health reform might have on your midwifery practice or what opportunities are emerging for changing childbirth in America? NACPM has prepared this series of webinars to address your questions! CPM participation in the reforms of the ACA is not straightforward or simple, given the current level of integration of CPMs into the maternity care system. However, NACPM wants to support all possible avenues for CPM participation and provide CPMs with information to support the development of local and national strategies to increase opportunities. These webinars are designed to build expertise for midwives on ACA reforms over the course of the series.

You may access information about the ACA webinars and listen to recordings of previous ACA webinars on our website. These webinars are free and open to everyone. There is a small charge if you would like to receive CEUs.

With all best wishes,

Ellie Daniels, President

Mary Lawlor, Executive Director

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July 10:
Understanding Accountable Care Organizations

July 24:
Section 2706and Other ACA Provisions that Address Integrative Providers

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