Hospitals, Research and Health Reform Panel Discussion on Successfully Implementing the ACA
In this panel discussion, moderator Joy Melnikow and panelists
Ron Chapman, Neal Kohatsu, Robin Affrime and Kris Srinivasan
consider how academic research might contribute to successful
implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
Melnikow is the Director of the Center for Healthcare Policy and
Research. Robin Affrime is CEO of CommuniCare Health Centers. Ron
Chapman is the Director of the California Department of Public
Health. Neal Kohatsu is the Medical Director of the California
Department of Health Care Services, and Kris Srinivasan is a
practicing medical doctor for the UC Davis Health System and for
CommuniCare Health Centers.
In this short introduction to our panel discussion on the
implementation of the Affordable Care Act, Joy Melnikow talks
about how health professionals in the field can contribute to
health care research. Melnikow is the Director of the Center for
Healthcare Policy and Research, and a professor of family and
community medicine at UC Davis.
In this presentation, Robin Affrime discusses the impact the
Affordable Care Act can have on community clinics that currently
serve uninsured and poor populations. Affrime is CEO of
CommuniCare Health Centers.
In this presentation, Ron Chapman describes the Affordable Care
Act’s impact on public health, health equity and public health
services. Chapman is the Director of the California Department of
Public Health.
In this presentation, Neal Kohatsu talks about the innovation
needed to transform our current health system into one that
bridges health care and public health. Kohatsu is the Medical
Director of the California Department of Health Care Services.
