1) “Experience of Operating a Direct Pay Practice”- Dr. Tom Peponis. Dr. Tom Peponis is a local primary care physician who will be speaking regarding his experience running a Direct Pay practice for the past 5 years in Hilltop, an underserved area of Columbus.

2) “Ethical Considerations of “Opting Out”- Dr. Ryan Nash. OSU's very own Dr. Ryan Nash, Director of the College of Medicine Center for Bioethics and Hagop S. Mekhjian, M.D. Chair in medical ethics and professionalism, will be presenting the ethical considerations of “opting out” of standard payment models.

All are welcome to University of Louisville's first BRI event of the academic year. We are extremely pleased to bring you three renowned healthcare experts—each focusing on a different area of specialty and addressing a variety of concerns. We will allow plenty of time for Q&A.

Food will be served. RSVPs are appreciated!

Matt Bevin, Republican Candidate for KY Governor will discuss his ideas about healthcare solutions for Kentucky.

Dr. Josh Umbehr, AtlasMD has long been a proponent of transparent pricing and free market solutions to healthcare delivery. A speaker at BRI's 2015 Leadership Conference in Washington, DC., "Dr. Josh" is a favorite speaker for those seeking to understand how free markets best serve everyone—doctors, patients, and the underserved.

Akash Chougule, Deputy Director of Policy at Americans For Prosperity will discuss his extensive research into the ACA, including non-partisan findings that confirms the fears and predictions that many people have had since the introduction of President Obama’s healthcare law.

How to preserve your conscience while practicing medicine

Please join us for refreshments and a free lecture with two outstanding people in their fields. Dr. Paul Kempen and Matt Bowman, Esq. will be speaking to medical students about how they can strive to maintain their conscience once they are practicing physicians. During the course of a medical career it is inevitable that a physician will be put in a position that may violate their conscience. Understanding how to handle such a situation and understanding how to practice medicine such that you do not violate your conscience is vital for future physicians.

The Health Policy Institute of Ohio will be hosting a panel/debate:

All are welcome to join BRI-Icahn and Primary Care Progress for this panel discussion presentation on transforming outpatient medicine. We will be hearing from three speakers who will each give a 10-15 minute “TED” style talk about how their practices are transforming outpatient medicine and primary care.

SPEAKERS:

Fidela Chiang, NP, Institute for Family Health | School-based medicine
Robin Berzin, MD, Parsley Health | Concierge practice focusing on individualized medicine

Andy Coyle, MD, Asst. professor of Medicine, General Internal Medicine, and Medical Education, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | Dr. Coyle focuses on homeless medicine

Prescription-drug prices continue to seize headlines this election season. Recent drug-pricing scandals—involving EpiPen and Daraprim, older medicines used to treat asthma and malaria, respectively, as well as high list prices for new medicines to counter hepatitis C and cholesterol—seem to offer ammunition to critics who charge that drug manufacturers prioritize profits over patients.

But how are drug prices in the U.S. actually determined? Are the forces of competition being fully harnessed to yield positive results for patients? And how is high-deductible insurance, accelerating fast under Obamacare, affecting access to critical medicines?

Please join Manhattan Institute for a health-care symposium, as distinguished experts discuss the forces driving drug pricing in America—and explore promising new approaches for making medicines more affordable for patients.

All are welcome to attend a discussion with Dr. Emilie Scott & Dr. James Gaor of Halcyon Health. What is Direct Primary Care (DPC), and how is it relevant to medical students? Dr. Scott will speak about her primary care practice, which uses the direct primary care business model. In this model, patients pay an initial enrollment fee and then a monthly fee for primary care services.We think you'll want to know about this non-traditional and expanding method of delivering quality, affordable care without insurance companies or government middlemen getting between patients and doctors.