2017 National Health Policy Conference Call for Presentations

For the first time in history, AcademyHealth is pleased to add a Call for Presentations that will supplement the NHPC Committee’s development of the conference program. Proposals are due Friday, September 30 at 4:59 p.m. ET.

What to Know

The Call for Presentations is intended to give researchers, policymakers, and the professionals who connect them an opportunity to provide timely examples of policy innovation, implementation and/or evaluation, emphasizing how evidence has been used or could be used in the years ahead to either inform, develop and evaluate federal and/or state policy. Proposals are encouraged to include:

  1. A description of the policy innovation, implementation, or evaluation with special attention given to whether and how evidence and/or data was or could be used, and if not, why not; and
  2. How the proposed presentation relates to current policy debates and climate at either the state or federal level.

Proposals that describe lessons learned in policy development and implementation and help us understand how policy influences and/or changes practice are especially welcome. In addition, Policy Roundtables (see below) should reflect multiple points of view to maximize diversity of participants, perspectives and balance.

Submissions will be reviewed by a panel of experts, including representatives from the 2017 National Health Policy Conference Advisory Committee.

Session Types

  • Policy Roundtable – Policy roundtable sessions feature a moderator and up to four panelists around a single policy topic or opportunity. Each panelist should offer a different perspective on the policy topic. We are interested in submissions reflecting a broad range of policy topics that state and national policymakers are currently confronting. Policy roundtables consisting of multiple representatives from a single institution are discouraged.
  • Rapid Fire Presentation - Rapid Fire Presentations will be featured in dedicated rapid fire concurrent sessions during the conference. Each presenter will give a 5-minute presentation -- 20 slides with 15 seconds per slide -- followed by a Q&A with the audience. Rapid Fire Sessions will be organized by theme. The objectives for these Rapid Fire Sessions include:
  • Demonstrating opportunities in developing evidence-informed health policy;
  • Presenting ideas or strategies that may be useful to others implementing evidence informed health policy and/or evaluating its impact; and
  • Discussing potential health policy implications from the 2016 elections at the federal and state levels
  • Poster – Posters are organized by theme, highlighting how evidence was used or could be used to inform policy development, implementation and/or evaluation. Reports on initiatives to identify, translate and use evidence in policy are also sought. Case studies, narratives, and other methods are encouraged.

Themes

  • Health Care Coverage and Access
  • Health Care Payment and Delivery System Reform
  • Other Health Care Marketplace and Private Sector Initiatives
  • Public and Population Health
  • Other

Programming

The Call for Proposals is a supplement to the program committee content development. For each concurrent time slot, the committee will be asked to develop two to three invited sessions and select one to two sessions from the open call for proposals.

Proposal submitters will be asked to select from a list of current policy themes at the point of submission. The themes will be developed by the program committee.

Timeline

Deadline: Friday, September 30 at 4:59 p.m. ET

Notifications will be sent October 21, and presenters will have until October 28 to accept. Registration is scheduled to open the week of October 3.

Access the Call for Presentations FAQ.