2005 ASH Annual Meeting
Selected Government Affairs and Practice-Related Events
ASH Practice Forum
Saturday, December 10 • Georgia World Congress Center, Rooms B211-B212
6:00 – 6:45 pm
Threats, Opportunities, and Challenges: In Search of Models for Viability in the Practice of Hematology—Can We Learn from Other Countries?
Speakers: Archie G. Prentice, MB, FRCP, United Kingdom; Miguel A. Pavlovsky, MD, Argentina; Christiane Saltiel, MD, Venezuela
The forum will feature presentations on different hematology practice models around the world.
6:45 – 7:30 pm
2005 Legislative Update
ASH Government Relations staff will provide updates on changes to physician reimbursement in Medicare and new Congressional and ABIM requirements concerning “pay-for-performance” as well as report on ASH’s advocacy efforts this year on reimbursement and other practice-related topics.
A reception for practitioners sponsored by Genentech BioOncology/Biogen Idec will follow this program.
Special Symposium - Anemia in the Elderly: A Public Health Crisis in Hematology?
Saturday, December 10, 2:00 – 3:45 pm • Georgia World Congress Center, Room B206
Panel Discussion: William Ershler, MD; Stanley Schrier, MD; Vincent Picozzi, MD, MMM
The number of elderly Americans with anemia – currently estimated in the millions – continues to escalate as the population ages, making this issue a significant public health crisis. This special symposium sponsored by the Society’s Committee on Practice Subcommittee on Quality will review the key biologic problems related to anemia in the elderly, share recommendations for a clinical work-up of such patients, and discuss the role of the hematologist and ASH in addressing this public health crisis. A question-and-answer session will follow the formal presentations.
ASH Grassroots Network Breakfast
Sunday, December 11, 7:00 – 8:00 am • Grand Ballroom A-B at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center
All ASH Grassroots Network members and those interested in becoming involved with the Society’s advocacy efforts are invited to come and learn about the issues that will top ASH’s 2006 advocacy agenda. In addition, ASH staff will demonstrate just how easy it is to use the Society’s online Advocacy Center—with a few mouse clicks, hematologists across the country are now able to provide federal policymakers with information on how public policy issues affect them and the patients they treat.
ASH/EHA Policy Forum:
Challenges and Opportunities for Successful Clinical Trials Research in the US and Europe
Sunday, December 11, 12:30 – 1:45 pm • Georgia World Congress Center, Hall B5
Speakers: Richard L. Schilsky, MD, Chairman, US National Cancer Institute Cancer and Leukemia Group B, and Jean-Luc Harousseau, MD, a founding member of the French Myeloma Intergroup
This year’s Policy Forum is the inaugural joint program between ASH and the European Hematology Association (EHA). The focus will be on the unique challenges facing clinical investigators in both the US and Europe as the infrastructure guiding clinical trials in these two regions is quite distinct. Drs Schilsky and Harousseau will discuss how US and European clinical investigators contend with several issues, including: access to new drugs; how to pay for clinical research; enrollment of patients; and dealing with potential conflicts of interest in investigator-sponsor relationships; and post-approval issues of safety and marketing.
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