2015 Annual Conference

2015 Annual Conference State of the Nursing Workforce in an Era of Health Care Reform: Data, Trends, and New Collaborations June 10-12, 2015 - Denver, Colorado Grand Hyatt Denver 1750 Welton St., Denver, CO 80202 This conference* will bring leading state workforce policymakers together with workforce researchers to: Assess the impact of the ACA s implementation on the nursing workforce & on the needs of state workforce centers Discuss workforce trends & latest projections of ACA s effect on the nursing workforce over the remainder of the decade Strategize on data & workforce research needed to strengthen the nursing workforce and state-level planning efforts For more information, please contact: Liana Camacho liana@coloradonursingcenter.org Phone: 303-715-0343 x 18 www.coloradonursingcenter.org Christy Friedman christine.m.friedman@vanderbilt.edu Phone: 615-343-0762 www.vanderbilt.edu/healthworkforcestudies *In Partnership with The Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies at Vanderbilt University and The Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence CON

MEET OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Kavita Patel, MD, MS Managing Director of Clinical Transformation, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform Dr. Kavita Patel is the Managing Director of Clinical Transformation at the Engelberg Center for Healthcare Reform. Dr. Patel leads research on delivery system reform, healthcare financing, physician payment reform, and healthcare workforce development. Dr. Patel is also a practicing primary care physician at Johns Hopkins Medicine and a clinical instructor at UCLA's Geffen School of Medicine. Dr. Patel was previously a Director of Policy for The White House under President Obama and a senior advisor to the late Senator Edward Kennedy. Her prior research in healthcare quality and community approaches to mental illness have earned national recognition and she has published numerous papers and book chapters on healthcare reform and health policy. She has testified before Congress several times and she is a frequent guest expert on CBS, NBC and MSNBC as well as serving on the editorial board of Health Affairs. Susan Dentzer Analyst on Health, PBS NewsHour, Senior Policy Adviser at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Susan Dentzer is Senior Policy Adviser at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the nation s largest health and health care philanthropy, based in Princeton, New Jersey. In this role, she works closely with foundation leaders to carry out the organizational mission of improving the health and health care of all Americans. One of the nation's most respected health and health policy thought leaders and journalists, she is also an on-air analyst on health issues on the PBS NewsHour. Dentzer is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine and the Council on Foreign Relations, and a fellow of both the National Academy of Social Insurance, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization made up of the nation s leading experts on social insurance, and the Hastings Center, an institution dedicated to bioethics and the public interest. She is also a public trustee of the American Board of Medical Specialties, the not-for-profit organization that oversees 24 approved medical specialty boards in setting standards for board certification and maintenance of certification for the nation s physicians, and a member of the board of directors of Research!America, which advocates for increased US investment in biomedical research.

Richard D. Krugman, MD Vice Chancellor for the Office of Health Affairs, University of Colorado Denver Richard D. Krugman, MD, is the first vice chancellor for health affairs for the University of Colorado Denver. In this role, he supports the deans of the Schools of Dental Medicine, Pharmacy and Public Health, the College of Nursing and the Graduate School for the health sciences. He oversees all clinical programs of the university at its five affiliated hospitals; the Center on Aging, the Center of Bioethics and Humanities, the Colorado Area Health Education (AHEC) system and Risk Management also report to him. He also oversees Interprofessional Education and the Anschutz Medical Campus Office of Alumni Relations. Dr. Krugman became dean of the CU School of Medicine on March 1, 1992, after serving as acting dean for 20 months. Dr. Krugman is a graduate of Princeton University and earned his medical degree at New York University School of Medicine. A board-certified pediatrician, he did his internship and residency in pediatrics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He is an internationally recognized authority in the field of child abuse prevention. Dr. Krugman joined the CU School of Medicine faculty in 1973. Dr. Krugman also has held a variety of administrative positions at the University of Colorado Denver including director of admissions and co-director of the child health associate program, director of the university s SEARCH/AHEC program, vice chairman for clinical affairs in the Department of Pediatrics and director of the Kempe Center. He is also president of University Physicians, Inc., the University of Colorado School of Medicine faculty practice plan. Dr. Krugman is a member of the Institute of Medicine and is currently on the boards of University of Colorado Hospital and Children s Hospital Colorado, among others. Susan C. Reinhard, RN, PhD, FAAN Senior Vice President and Director, AARP Public Policy Institute and Chief Strategist, Center to Champion Nursing in America Dr. Susan C. Reinhard is a Senior Vice President at AARP, directing its Public Policy Institute, the focal point for public policy research and analysis at the state, federal and international levels. She also serves as the Chief Strategist for the Center to Champion Nursing in America, a national resource center created to ensure America has the nurses it needs to provide care in the future. Dr. Reinhard is a nationally recognized expert in health and long-term care policy, with extensive experience in conducting, directing and translating research to promote policy change. Previously, she served as Professor and Co-Director of Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, directing several national initiatives with states to help people with disabilities of all ages live in their communities. As Deputy Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, she led the development of policies and nationally recognized programs for family caregiving, consumer choice and community-based care options. She is a former faculty member at the Rutgers College of Nursing, an American Academy of Nursing fellow and a National Academy of Social Insurance member. She holds many governance positions, including Vice-Chair of the Center for Health Policy Development, which includes the National Academy for State Health Policy. She holds a master's degree in nursing from the University of Cincinnati and a Ph.D. in Sociology from Rutgers University.

Sheila Burke Faculty Research Fellow and Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Sheila P. Burke is a faculty research fellow at the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy and a member of the faculty at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She is also a senior public policy advisor at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz. She is a distinguished visitor at the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law Center, and a research professor at Georgetown University's Public Policy Institute. From 1996 to 2000, she was executive dean and lecturer in public policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Burke was chief of staff to Senator Bob Dole from 1986 to 1996, when he was Senate minority leader and later Senate majority leader. In 1995, she was elected as secretary of the Senate, the chief administrative officer of the U.S. Senate. She earned a master's degree in public administration from Harvard University in 1982 and a bachelor's degree in nursing from the University of San Francisco in 1973. Peter Buerhaus, PhD, RN, FAAN Valere Potter Distinguished Professor of Nursing and Director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies, Institute for Medicine and Public Health, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Dr. Peter Buerhaus is the Valere Potter Distinguished Professor of Nursing and director of the Center for Interdisciplinary Health Workforce Studies, the Institute for Medicine and Public Health, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Prior to becoming the Center director in January 2007, Dr. Buerhaus served as the senior associate dean for research at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing from 2000 to 2006. Before coming to Vanderbilt University, Dr. Buerhaus was assistant professor of health policy and management at Harvard School of Public Health (1992-2000) where he developed the Harvard Nursing Research Institute and its post-doctoral program in nursing health services research. During the 1980s, he served as assistant to the chief executive officer of the University of Michigan Medical Center's seven teaching hospitals (1983-1986) and assistant to the vice provost for Medical Affairs, the chief executive of the medical center (1987-1990). Dr. Buerhaus maintains an active research program involving studies on the economics of the nursing workforce, health workforce forecasting, developing measures of quality of care, and determining public and provider opinions on issues involving the delivery of health care. Professor Buerhaus has published nearly 80 peer-reviewed articles and recently co-authored the most widely accessed article published in 2006 in the health policy journal, Health Affairs. Dr. Buerhaus, along with Douglas Staiger and David Auerbach, is the author of the 2008 book The Future of the Nursing Workforce in the United States: Data, Trends, and Implications. He has editorial responsibilities with many peer reviewed health services research and nursing journals, and has advised policy makers and legislators on a wide variety of nursing health policy issues. Dr. Buerhaus was elected into the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies in 2003, and has been a member of the American Academy of Nursing since 1994. He is currently a member of the Joint Commission's Nursing Advisory Committee, and recently served on the Advisory Council of the National Institutes of Health National Institute of Nursing Research (2001-2006), National Quality Forum Steering Committee on Nursing Quality Performance Measures (2004-2005), and as a board of director of Sigma Theta Tau International (2001-2005). Dr. Buerhaus earned his baccalaureate degree in nursing from Mankato State University (1976), a master's degree in nursing health services administration from the University of Michigan (1981), a doctoral degree from Wayne State University (1990), and was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation faculty fellow in healthcare finance at the Johns Hopkins University (1991-1992).

FORUM ANNUAL CONFERENCE AGENDA: Wednesday, June 10, 2015: Day 1 7:00am 5:00pm 7:30am 8:30am 8:30am 10:00am 10:00am 10:30am 10:30am 11:30am 11:40am 12:30pm 12:30pm 1:30pm 1:45pm 2:45pm 2:45pm 3:00pm 3:00pm 3:50pm 4:00pm 4:50pm 6:00pm Registration Continental Breakfast & Exhibits Welcome & Overview Kimberly Harper, Chief Executive Officer, Indiana Center for Nursing and President, National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers Dr. Peter Buerhaus Break & Exhibits Keynote Address Dr. Kavita Patel Lunch & Exhibits Plenary Speaker Susan Dentzer Break Welcome Reception Thursday, June 11, 2015: Day 2 7:30am 8:30am 8:30am 9:30am 9:30am 10:00am 10:00am 10:50am 11:00am 12:00pm 12:00pm 1:30pm 1:30pm 2:30pm 2:30pm 3:00pm 3:00pm 3:50pm 4:00pm 4:50pm 6:30pm Continental Breakfast Plenary Speaker Dr. Richard Krugman Break/Exhibits Lunch/ Networking/ Exhibits Plenary Speaker Dr. Susan Reinhard Break/Exhibits RWJF/Action Coalitions Dinner

Friday, June 12, 2015: Day 3 7:30am 8:30am 8:30am 10:00am 10:00am 10:15am 10:15am 11:30am 11:30am 11:45am 12:00pm 2:30pm Breakfast Group session: Areas for Collaboration Summary Address Dr. Peter Buerhaus Break Closing Plenary Speaker Shelia Burke Closing Remarks and Conference End Kimberly Harper Annual Meeting - Members of the National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers Registration, Call for Abstracts, Sponsorship Information Registration, Call for Abstracts, Sponsorship Information: www.nursingworkforcecenters.org Registration closes Friday, May 29, 2015. Hotel Information Our host hotel is the Grand Hyatt Denver. Room rate: $179.00 plus tax. The room block will be held until May 29, 2015, or until sold out, so be sure to make your reservations early! Grand Hyatt Denver, 1750 Welton Street, Denver, CO 80202. Phone: (303) 295-1234. Room Reservations: Reserve your hotel room at: https://resweb.passkey.com/go/ccfn2015forum CONFERENCE FEES: Early Bird - Jan. 2 to Apr. 15 Regular - Apr. 16 to May 29 Forum Members $375.00 $425.00 Non-Members $425.00 $475.00 Questions: Please contact the Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence Liana Camacho, Conference Coordinator Email: liana@coloradonursingcenter.org Phone: 303-715-0343, ext. 18 Manager Office: 203-235-6873 Email: Peggy@ctleaguefornursing.org Fax: 203-235-6876