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Public Meeting and Hearing - Agenda

 

Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Christus St. Joseph Hospital
1919 La Branch
George Strake Building, 9th Floor
Houston, Texas

 

8:00-9:15  Hispanic Issues
Karl Eschbach, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Adela S. Valdez, MD, Valley Baptist Health System
9:15-10:30 Rural Health
Patti Patterson, Vice President for Rural and Community Health, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock
Ernest R. Parisi, Administrator and Chief Executive Officer,  East Texas Medical Center, Quitman
Rachel Gonzales-Hanson, Chief Executive Officer, Community Health Development, Inc., Uvalde
10:45-12:00 Long-Term Care, Home and Community Options
Nancy Wilson, Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine
Lanette Gonzales, Sheltering Arms, Houston
1:00-2:15 Retiree Health Care
Paul Dennett, American Benefits Council
Gerry Smolka, AARP
Marshall Bolyard, U.S. Family Health Plan
2:45 Tour of Christus St. Joseph Mobile Health Unit