Physician Advocacy Day
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Lewis Swyer Theater- The Egg; Empire Plaza
Albany, NY
8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Luncheon To Follow Immediately
8:00 AM Registration and Breakfast
8:30 AM Welcome & Introductions
Joe Maldonado, MD, President
Malcolm Reid, MD, President-Elect
Charles Rothberg, MD, Vice-President
Paul A. Pipia, MD, Chair, Legislation & Physician Advocacy Committee
Brian Murray, MD, Vice-Chair, Legislation & Physician Advocacy Committee
Gregory Pinto, MD, Commissioner, Commission on Governmental Relations
Edward Kelly Bartels, MD, Assistant Commissioner, Commission on Governmental Relations
8:40-9:00 AM Legislative Update
Elizabeth Dears, Esq., Morris Auster, Esq., Patricia Clancy, JP McPartlon
9:00-9:10 AM President Pro Tempore and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (Invited)
9:10-10:00 AM Update on NY State of Health and the Stability of Health Insurance Market
Jason Helgerson, Medicaid Director, NYS Department of Health
Troy Oechsner, Acting Executive Deputy Superintendent of Insurance
Donna Frescatore, Executive Director, The NY State of Health
9:15 AM Assembly Majority Leader Joseph D. Morelle
10:00-11:00 AM Health and Insurance Panel - How Can We Protect The Physician-Patient Relationship?
Senator Kemp Hannon, Chair, Senate Health Committee
Senator James Seward, Chair, Senate Insurance Committee
Assemblyman Richard Gottfried, Chair, Assembly Health Committee
Assemblyman Kevin Cahill, Chair, Assembly Insurance Committee
11:00-11:30AM Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (Invited)
11:30 -12:30 PM Luncheon with your legislators
Visits with local legislators arranged directly by your County/Specialty Society Representatives.