Arkansas Coalition Urges Congress to Put Patients First
LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Coalition to Protect Patients’ Rights (CPPR) will host a media roundtable on Monday, August 24, 2009 at The Little Rock Club, with local Coalition members, local doctors, medical professionals, and business owners to discuss their opposition to a public option and a need for patient-centered healthcare reform. The Coalition is urging Members of Congress to slow down reform overhaul and take the necessary time to legislate policies that will keep patients first.
Date/Time: Monday, August 24, 2009 at 12:00 p.m.
Location: The Little Rock Club
Regions Bank Bldg, 30th Floor
Little Rock, AR 72201
Participants: Dr. Donald Palmisano, national spokesman for the Coalition to Protect Patients’ Rights and former president of the American Medical Association.
Dr. Scott Schlesinger, ArDocsCare, Arkansas Neuro Surgery, Brain and Spine
Stan Grise, CFO, Munro Manufacturing, Inc.
Dr. Rhys Branman, Surgeon, Arkansas Surgical Hospital
Joe Carter, President, Cornerstone Insurance
About the Coalition to Protect Patients’ Rights
The Arkansas CPPR Coalition Steering Committee is as follows:
ARDocsCares — www.ardocscare.org
Joe Carter – President, Corner Stone Insurance; Little Rock
Stan Grise – Chief Financial Officer, Munro Manufacturing, Inc.; Hot Springs
John Jucas – M.D., El Dorado
Marvin Parks – Executive Director, Arkansas Physicians Hospital Association; Little Rock
Mike Castleberry, Director of Business Development, HealthScope Benefits; Little Rock
Ben Wellons, Founder/President, eMED; Little Rock
Doug Parker, Chief Executive Officer, Healthpark Hospital; Hot Springs
Mandi Bohlen, Chief Nursing Officer, Healthpark Hospital; Hot Springs
Carrie Helm, Chief Executive Officer, Arkansas Surgical Hospital; North Little Rock
Charles Powell, Chief Financial Officer, Arkansas Surgical Hospital; North Little Rock
Judith Forte, M.D., Little Rock
Bob Harrell, M.D., Little Rock
Brad Ernery, D.D.S, Jonesboro
The Arkansas CPPR Coalition has also recruited over 250 grassroots supporters in their effort to oppose a public option to healthcare reform.
The Coalition to Protect Patients Rights is a non-partisan, grassroots coalition made up of patients, healthcare providers, advocacy groups, and concerned citizens who are dedicated to the implementation of patient-centered healthcare reform that will improve patient care by strengthening health IT, supporting comparative effectiveness research (CER), encouraging continued medical innovation, and protecting the sanctity of the doctor-patient relationship.
For more information, visit the Coalition to Protect Patients’ Rights website at http://www.protectpatientsrights.org.
