Healthcare Reform: The New Role of Federal Agencies

Last summer's impassioned debate over the Obama Administration's health care bill has faded, but the real work of transforming the United States health care system has only just begun. In order to expand health care coverage to more than 31 million uninsured citizens, the federal government has been given a host of new mandates, subsidies and oversight powers.

Federal agencies can now penalize individuals who don't buy insurance and employers who don't offer it; reorganize the Medicare and Medicaid systems; push for the adoption of electronic health records systems; and fund illness prevention and wellness programs.

Join Timothy B. Clark, Editor at Large of Government Executive, and a panel of health care experts as they discuss the government's new role in the American health care system.

Attendees will learn:

• What new responsibilities agencies will need to take on
• How federal agencies will execute key elements of the new law
• What new resources will be required to get the job done, including staffing, business processes, and technology solutions