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2010 Annual Meeting and EDUCATIONAL SYMPOSIUM

A Great Meeting For All!

**Photos Coming Soon.**

Below you will find some of the Powerpoint presentations and materials from HFA’s 2010 Symposium. We will continue to update the page as we receive the presentations.


Symposium Presentations 2010

Keynote Speaker

Jerry A. Holmberg, Ph.D., MT (ASCP) SBB, Senior Advisor for Blood Policy, Department of Health and Human Services

Federal Advocacy Update

Susie Ahn, J.D., Health Policy Specialist, Foley & Hoag

Jed Perry, Director, Federal Legislative Affairs Baxter Healthcare

State Policy Forum

Rick Klusovsky, AVP, Government Relations, Accredo

Ryan Faden, J.D., MPH, Manager, State Government Affairs, CSL Behring

Jeremy Gruber, J.D., President, Council for Responsible Genetics

Enzo Pastore, MA, Health Policy Specialist, Progressive States Network

Navigating the Twist and Turns of Insurance

Sally McCarty, Insurance Consultant

Kevin Lucia, JD, Georgetown Health Institute

Liselle Easto, Patient Insurance Advocate, Hemophilia of Idaho

Fit Factor: Strength, Flexibility, & Wellness

Gretchen Simmons, MPG, CHES, Health Education Specialist, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Mission Critical: State Budget Crisis

James Romano, Director of Public Relations, Patient Services, Inc.

Jan Western, Program Manager, Utah Hemophilia Foundation

Tony Maynard, Hemophilia Council of California

Get What you Need! Navigating the ER

Judy Kauffman, RN, CPNP

UDC Genotyping Project/CDC Project

Sally Owens McAlitster, Team Leader, Prevention Research Team Division of Bleeding Disorders; National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Community Advocates in Action

Nathan and Sonji Wilkes

Michael and Jane Forbes

How To! Tools You Can Use

Katie Whittle, Voices Coordinator, HFA

Michelle Pascucci, Policy Assistant, HFA

Blood Brotherhood Track

Taking Care of Business

Donald Akers, Jr., J.D.

HIV & HIV & Having Kids Today

Rich Colvin, MD, PhD & Helen Colvin, MD

Fit Factor for Blood Brothers

Faith Hunter, MBA, HFA

Blood Botherhood “Rap” Session

John Jaratt, M.Ed., L.P.C. & Axel Freese, Blood Brotherhood Coordinator

THANK YOU to HFA Symposium Sponsors

Platinum$75,000+

  • Baxter

  • Bayer HealthCare
Gold$50,000 - $74,999
Silver$25,000 - $49,999

  • CSL Behring

  • Novo Nordisk

  • Octapharma

  • Pfizer
Bronze$5,000 - $24,999

  • Accredo

  • Grifols

  • Hemophilia Alliance

  • National Cornerstone

  • Walgreens

THANK YOU to HFA 2010 EXHIBITORS

Accredo’s Hemophilia Health Services

Acme Healthcare

Affinity Biotech, Inc.

AHF, INC.

American Thrombosis and Hemostasis Network

ARJ Infusion Services

Axelacare Health Solutions

Baxter

Bayer HealthCare

Biomed Pharmaceuticals

BioRx

Care For Life

Coalition for Hemophilia B

Coram Inc.

CSL Behring

CVS
Caremark

Express Scripts, Inc.

Factor Support Network

Grifols USA

Hemophilia Alliance

Hemophilia Preferred Care

Homecare for the Cure

Matrix Health

National
Cornerstone Healthcare Services

Novo Nordisk, Inc.

Octapharma

Paragon
Hemophilia Solutions

Patient Services, Inc.

Pfizer Pharmaceuticals

Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association

Talecris
Biotherapeutics

Walgreens-OptionCare

Last updated: June 11, 2010