President Lecture Series on Health: Transforming Healthcare; Healthcare Reform and Beyond

Regis, a leading Catholic university in Greater Boston, will convene leading healthcare experts to speak on the transformative impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) law at the first of two spring forums planned at the annual Regis President’s Lecture Series on Health on March 23, 2016 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the Casey Theater, Fine Arts Center on the Weston campus.

The forum, "Transforming Healthcare: Healthcare Reform and Beyond," will feature discussion on the issues of healthcare cost and quality as well as how well healthcare reform is working in Massachusetts overall. The event is free and open to the public.

The panelists for March 23 are: Barbara Anthony, Esq., senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the Pioneer Institute; James Roosevelt Jr., JD, former President and CEO, Tufts Health Plan; Marylou Sudders, MSW, Secretary, Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Commonwealth of Massachusetts; and Renée Markus Hodin, JD, Deputy Director at the Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation, Community Catalyst.

“As we mark the sixth anniversary since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, it’s an opportune time to assess how well the law is working in expanding healthcare coverage in the U.S.,” said Antoinette Hays, PhD, RN, President of Regis. “We are honored to welcome this distinguished panel to our campus to share their valuable insight into such a consequential and hotly debated issue for policymakers and politicians alike.”

The Regis President’s Lecture Series on Health was established in 2007 by former President Mary Jane England, MD, and is hosted in partnership with Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. The unique series of lectures is designed to challenge the community to develop new skills to build awareness of contemporary health and wellness issues and learn to effect positive change.

Please register for the President’s Lecture Series on Health via email at: presidents.lectureseries@regiscollege.edu or call 781-768-8080 by Friday, March 18.

This lecture series has been submitted to the American Nurses Association Massachusetts, for approval to award contact hours for nurses and social workers. American Nurses Association Massachusetts is accredited as an approver of continuing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s COA.

Applications for Social Work and Radiologic Technologist continuing education contact hours have been submitted. Please contact hugh.clark@regiscollege.edu for the status of social work contact hours and david.gilmore@regiscollege.edu for the status of radiologic technologist contact hours.

ABOUT REGIS:

Regis is a leading Catholic university in greater Boston with over 1900 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students in the arts, sciences and health professions devoted to engage, serve and advance in a global community. With a strategic graduate focus on health care, Regis was recently named a Center of Excellence in Nursing Education by the National League of Nursing for the third time. The intergenerational and multifaceted Weston campus includes a pre-school and a Life Long Learning program (LLARC) for senior adults with a passion for learning. Regis North, a satellite campus in Lawrence, Massachusetts, is an initiative of the Regis Institute of Advancing Studies (IAS) in partnership with Northern Essex Community College (NECC) and dedicated to bachelor’s degree completion in nursing, public health and other health sciences. Regis is also an Apple Distinguished School for 2014-2016. Visit Regis on the Web at www.regiscollege.edu.

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