NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service to Host Third Annual Kovner/Behrman Event On March 11th, New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service will host the Third Annual Kovner/Behrman Event, an annual dialogue between researchers and practicioners in the health care field. This year’s topic will be: “Government Accountability as Purchaser and Regulator.”

Anthony R. Kovner, professor of public administration at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, will moderate the event. The following three distinguished health care professionals will be the featured speakers: Bruce Bullen, Massachusetts Division of Medical Assistance Commissioner; Sarah Rosenbaum, Director of the Center for Health Policy Research, Health Services Management and Policy at George Washington University; and Bruce Vladeck, Senior Vice President of Health Policy at Mount Sinai Medical Center.

The event will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 11, 1999, in the Lipton Hall in D’Agostino Hall, 108 West Third Street.

The Kovner/Behrman Annual Event was made possible by a starting endowment given by Natalie Lieberman to the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service in honor of her son, Professor Anthony R. Kovner, and her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Percy and Eva Behrman.

Established in 1938, the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service educates future leaders of public, nonprofit, and health institutions as well as private organizations serving the public sector.

TIME: 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 11, 1999

LOCATION: Lipton Hall in D’Agostino Hall 108 West Third Street

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