IMMEDIATE RELEASE

College Park, MD – October 14, 2010 – Please join Optimal Solutions Group, LLC (Optimal) on Thursday, October 21, 2010, in welcoming Jack Meyer, Ph.D., who will speak as part of Optimal's Brown Bag Series.

Dr. Meyer’s presentation, “Implementing National Health Reform: Key Opportunities, Major Challenges,” will provide an overview of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), and include a discussion about the key objectives for the law, as well as the major challenges associated with its implementation.

Dr. Meyer will also present highlights from his new data analysis, which estimates the cost of federal and state government Medicaid retention improvement initiatives if a twelve-month continuous eligibility policy is adopted.

Currently, Dr. Meyer holds a joint appointment as Professor of the Practice in the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy and School of Public Health. Dr. Meyer is also a principal with Health Management Associates in the Washington, D.C. office, conducting health care research, policy analysis, and strategic planning for clients.

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Founded in 2000, Optimal Solutions Group, LLC is a non-partisan public policy research firm dedicated to rigorous and evidence-based research. Optimal's clients are local, state, and federal governments; non-governmental organizations; and corporations and foundations. Located in the M Square Research Park, Optimal has grown quickly by building on a reputation of exceptional services and products. Our clients benefit from our innovations, value, and efficiency, which we have been able to establish through a robust technology-based infrastructure, uncompromising and documented quality-control procedures, and effective employee recruitment techniques. Optimal has four research centers: health, education, workforce development, and housing.

For more information, please contact Optimal's Communications Department at 301.306.1170 or info@optimalsolutionsgroup.com.