NASHVILLE (June 15, 2009) – U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN), one of Washington’s strongest voices on health care reform, will join national health care leaders participating in an exploration of the ethics of health care reform on Tuesday, June 23, at the Institute for Conflict Management at Lipscomb University
 

Will health care reform mean longer lines in waiting rooms? Denial of surgical procedures? Less decision-making power for the patient? Changes in insurance coverage? How will company executives, board members, attorneys and financial officers deal with the ethical dilemmas that such operational changes bring?
 

Cooper and Dr. Bruce White, a nationally renowned medical ethicist and chair of the Clinical Ethics Fellowship Program at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Ariz., will keynote this discussion on the ethical impact of health care rationing.
 

Local panelists will include:

• Dr. Kevin Baggett, director of Clinical Services at HCA, which operates 275 health care facilities across the nation.
• Dr. Reginald Coopwood, CEO of Metro General Hospital, which expects to provide about $67 million in uncompensated health care in 2009.
• Jack Faris, former CEO of the National Federation of Independent Business, bringing perspective on the burden of health insurance costs for small businesses.
• Bryant Witt, attorney with Miller & Martin, who works with health care clients on compliance and regulatory issues.

Rationing or Reform? The Perils of Health Care Today & Tomorrow, will be co-hosted by the NASBA Center for the Public Trust and the Dean Institute for Corporate Governance and Integrity atLipscomb University, and sponsored by Miller & Martin. Cost to attend is $79.
 

To register go to icm.lipscomb.edu or to www.centerforpublictrust.org. For more information, call 615.564.2129.