ADVISORY
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
For Immediate Release
Contact: Edward Headington
E-mail: EHeadington@Coro.org
Direct: 818.720.7181
The Executive Vice President of the Hospital Association of Southern California will speak to the “State of the State of Healthcare Reform”
LOS ANGELES, CA. Coro CrossTalk on Healthcare returns for its second year with Coro Health Leadership Program (HLP) booster, presenter and mentor, Jim Lott. CrossTalk is a boundary-crossing healthcare speaker series that features and engages industry heads, thought-leaders, HLP alumni and journalists. This month’s program will be moderated by Coro Health Initiative Director, Amir Hemmat, and a number of past Coro Health Fellows are expected to be in attendance.
WHO: Coro Health Leadership Network—including past Health Fellows—and the broader public affairs community
WHAT: Coro CrossTalk on Healthcare – “State of the State of Healthcare Reform” with Jim Lott (moderated by Amir Hemmat)
WHEN: Friday, February 20, 2009; 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.
WHERE: The California Endowment, 1000 N. Alameda Street, 2nd Floor – Conference Room C, Los Angeles, CA; Parking is hosted and Union Station is just 2 blocks away (for Metro riders)
HOW: Seating is limited to 25. Please R.S.V.P. to Edward Headington at EHeadington@Coro.org. Friends, colleagues and peers are welcome and will be accommodated so long as space is available. A light breakfast (of yogurt, granola, bagels and fruit) and coffee/juice will be served.
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The Coro Health Leadership Program (HLP) is a boundary-crossing leadership program for healthcare professionals. Its mission is to develop and sustain a productive network of exemplary leaders in the business, government and community sectors to take on the critical healthcare challenges facing the Southern California region.
Coro CrossTalk on Healthcare is a lively and engaging speaker series on the issues of healthcare and leadership. It continues in the boundary-crossing tradition of the HLP and also serves to engage the larger public affairs community. Each month, a new issue or aspect of healthcare is explored by a speaker or panel discussion representing a diversity of opinion and experience. For more information, go to http://www.corocrosstalk.com/.
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Jim Lott is the Executive Vice President of the Hospital Association of Southern California, where he is responsible for health care policy development, advocacy, and association communications for hospitals serving Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties. He is the chairman of the L.A Care Health Plan Board of Governors, and he serves on the boards of the Los Angeles Area Economic Development Corporation, Insure the Uninsured Project, the Claremont University Consortium, and the Citizens Financial Accountability Oversight Committee for stem cell research in California.
Prior to his move to Los Angeles, he served a five-year stint as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Hospital Council of San Diego and Imperial Counties, a trade association representing the hospitals and health systems in the southern-most region of California.
Prior to San Diego, Jim served for nine years as Staff Director and Chief Consultant to the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services of the California Legislature. He also held various administrative, policy development and advocacy positions with the Los Angeles County Health Department over a six-year period.
Jim received his undergraduate education at Cal State L.A. and his MBA degree from the University of Redlands. Also, he teaches health care policy and administration courses at Cal State Long Beach.
Because of his extensive and productive history in influencing health policy in California, and because of the numerous articles he has written on the subject, Jim is a sought after source by the print and electronic media for analysis and commentary on current health policy issues. For more information, go to http://www.hasc.org/.
Amir Hemmat, B.A., MPH, is an entrepreneur and community advocate. He is the founder of social entrepreneurial ventures like SABEResPODER, a Spanish-language media company, and Catalyst Consulting, a venture management firm focused on the “double bottom-line” of doing good and doing well. A graduate of both UCLA and USC, Hemmat hails from San Pedro and continues to serve the community through his healthcare advocacy and business portfolio. In late 2008, he became Director of the Coro Health Leadership Initiative and is the creator of the Coro Health Leadership Program. For more information, go to http://www.linkedin.com/in/amirhemmat.
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