Kennesaw State University Gathers Regional Experts to Discuss New Health Care Law at Town Hall Forum "How the New Health Care Law will Change Health Care Delivery. . . Forever"

KENNESAW, GA, April 19, 2013 (Press-News.org) Top medical, insurance and legal health care experts will gather at Kennesaw State University Monday, April 29 for a town hall forum to discuss how the new health care law will affect health care delivery. The town hall forum, "How the New Health Care Law will Change Health Care Delivery. . . Forever," is sponsored by the Econometric Center and the Small Business Development Center in the Michael J. Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University.

"Healthcare reform is one of the hot topics for small business. This forum aims to separate fact from fiction for the individuals, businesses and healthcare professionals" said Drew Tonsmeire, director of the Small Business Development Center (SBDC).

Panelists include:
• Leo Reichert, executive vice president and general counsel for WellStar Health System
• Dr. Kenneth Braunstein, hematologist and oncologist in Atlanta private practice
• David Bottoms, senior vice president of The Bottoms Group, a Marietta-based insurance services firm
• Don Sabbarese, economics professor and director of the Econometric Center at the Coles College of Business (moderator).

This candid panel discussion will bring together perspectives from a variety of experts regarding how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) will affect health care delivery. Questions to be addressed include:
• How will health care delivery change?
• How is the electronic recording requirement going to affect a medical office?
• How will access to physicians be affected?
• How will different age groups be affected?
• Will individual insurance premiums go up?

The town hall forum is free and open to the public.

WHEN: Monday, April 29 from 6:00-8:30 p.m.
WHERE: Kennesaw State University, KSU Center, Room 400
3333 Busbee Drive, Kennesaw, Ga. 30144

For more information, call (770) 423-6450 or email carnol27@kennesaw.edu

About Kennesaw State University Small Business Development Center:
Our experienced business consultants offer confidential services to companies seeking operational and strategic planning advice. Expertise is available to help clients: develop and update business plans, identify sources of capital, set up recordkeeping systems and analyze financial records, conduct specialized research, create marketing strategies, and conduct operational and financial diagnostic assessments. The SBDC assists entrepreneurs in growing their business by providing no-cost, confidential one-to-one consulting and offering a wide variety of low-cost educational programs. The Georgia SBDC Network has helped small business owners create almost 7 times more jobs than the average Georgia business, with a 29.6 percent increase in sales growth.

About the Econometric Center
Founded in 1990, the Econometric Center is a research unit of Kennesaw State University, the second largest university in Metro Atlanta. The Center specializes in manufacturing, industry, and macroeconomic analysis.Over the years, the Center has developed ties with purchasing associations and purchasing managers in various states. Since 2006, the Center has prepared a set of purchasing managers index reports for the U.S. Southeast.The Econometric Center focuses on data-intensive projects. Using advanced statistics and computing, we discover patterns and relationships that otherwise would be difficult to identify.

Kennesaw State University is the third-largest university in Georgia, offering 80 graduate and undergraduate degrees, including doctorates in education, business and nursing, and a new Ph.D. in international conflict management. A member of the University System of Georgia, Kennesaw State is a comprehensive, residential institution with a growing population of 24,600 students from more than 130 countries.