BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20171213T171500Z DTEND:20171213T190000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:SOLD OUT - “The State of the State” - Healthcare Luncheon DESCRIPTION:** Online registration is closed. The event is sold out. **\n\n\n\nDr. Rebekah Gee is the Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health\, the state's largest agency with a budget of $14 billion. Her oversight responsibilities include public health and other direct service programs for citizens in need such as behavioral health\, developmental disabilities\, aging and adult services\, emergency preparedness\, and oversight of the Medicaid program. Under Dr. Gee's leadership\, over 400\,000 Louisianans are newly insured under Louisiana's Medicaid Expansion and for the first time\, many are receiving much needed primary and preventive health care. \n\n\n\nDr. Gee is an Obstetrician/Gynecologist and brings a caregivers perspective to the people she serves. She is also a trained policy expert who has served on the Board of Healthcare Services of the National Academy of Medicine as well as in other state and national policy roles. Prior to her role as Secretary\, she was the Medicaid Medical director\, working to improve health care quality for Medicaid patients. Before that\, Dr. Gee served as the director for the Birth Outcomes Initiative where she led the charge to decrease infant mortality and prematurity statewide. She is the mother of five energetic children and lives in New Orleans where she continues to see patients\n\n\n\nQuestion & answer session will follow Dr. Gee's presentation with 5 of the Northshore Healthcare Alliance members/CEO's. \n\n\n\nPatti Ellish\, St. Tammany Parish Hospital\n\nBradley Goodson\, Ochsner-Northshore\n\nBret Kolman\, Lakeview Regional Medical Center\n\nRene Ragas\, Our Lady of the Angels Hospital\n\nMichele Sutton\, NorthOaks Health System X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

** Online registration is closed. \; The event is sold out. **
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\nDr. Rebekah Gee is the Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health\, the state&rsquo\;s largest agency with a budget of $14 billion. \; Her oversight responsibilities include public health and other direct service programs for citizens in need such as behavioral health\, developmental disabilities\, aging and adult services\, emergency preparedness\, and oversight of the Medicaid program. \; Under Dr. Gee&rsquo\;s leadership\, over 400\,000 Louisianans are newly insured under Louisiana&rsquo\;s Medicaid Expansion and for the first time\, many are receiving much needed primary and preventive health care.  \; \;
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\nDr. Gee is an Obstetrician/Gynecologist and brings a caregivers perspective to the people she serves. \; She is also a trained policy expert who has served on the Board of Healthcare Services of the National Academy of Medicine as well as in other state and national policy roles. Prior to her role as Secretary\, she was the Medicaid Medical director\, working to improve health care quality for Medicaid patients. \; Before that\, Dr. Gee served as the director for the Birth Outcomes Initiative where she led the charge to decrease infant mortality and prematurity statewide. She is the mother of five energetic children and lives in New Orleans where she continues to see patients
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\nQuestion &\; answer session will follow Dr. Gee'\;s presentation with \;5 of the Northshore Healthcare Alliance members/CEO'\;s. \; \;
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\nPatti Ellish\, St. Tammany Parish Hospital
\nBradley Goodson\, Ochsner-Northshore
\nBret Kolman\, Lakeview Regional Medical Center
\nRene Ragas\, Our Lady of the Angels Hospital
\nMichele Sutton\, NorthOaks Health System

\n LOCATION:Tchefuncta Country Club 2 Pinecrest Dr. Covington\, LA UID:e.1377.4433 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260521T055215Z URL:https://business.sttammanychamber.org/events/details/sold-out-the-state-of-the-state-healthcare-luncheon-4433 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR