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2007 Primary Care Conference edition
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Tuesday, May 22
Board governance: board traps for the unwary

Gail Brown, JD, MSW, NH director of public policy, Bi-State Primary Care Association; Hunt Blair, VT director of public policy, Bi-State Primary Care Association

Changing practice changing lives
Connie Sixta, DSN, RN, MBA; Philip Lawson, MD & Steve Noyes, LICSW, LADC, Ammonoosuc Community Health Services, Inc.; Helen Riehle, executive director, VT Program for Quality Health Care.

Risk management & the FTCA program
Martin Bree, MBA, MHA, JD, senior partner, Triton Group, LLC; Mindy Malecki, JD

Understanding & finding costs in health centers
Mike Taylor, president, Precision Resources and contractor for the National Association of Community Health Centers

A review of the essential elements of the care model for board members
Connie Sixta, DSN, RN, MBA

340B drug pricing program: how to make it successful
Ed Shanshala, chief operating officer, Ammonoosuc Community Health Services, Inc.

Introduction to emergency management with National Incident Management System (NIMS) (EM 103 NIMS)
Rebecca Chestnut, regional education specialist, Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disasters Response

Chronic pain & opioids: structuring care to reduce risk
Seddon R. Savage, MS, MD, director, Dartmouth Center on Addiction, Recovery and Education, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Financial management oversight for health center board members
Mike Taylor, president, Precision Resources and Contractor for NACHC

Health Resources & Services Administration / Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) update
Gina Capra, MPA, director, Eastern Services Division

Wednesday, May 23
Keynote address: Access for all
Craig Kennedy, associate vice president of Federal and State Affairs, NACHC

How to conduct an operations assessment in a health center setting
Mike Taylor, president, Precision Resources

Emergency planning: How can we help our communities in an emergency?
Mark Roberts, HEM, & Rebecca Chestnut, regional education specialist, Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disasters Response; Rick Silverberg, executive director, Health First Family Care Center, and chairperson, Regional Coordinating Committee for Emergency Preparedness


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