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Tuesday April 18, 2006

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Chairman
John M. Clymer
President
Partnership for Prevention

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8:00 am
Keynote Address: Perspectives from Leading Purchasers
9:15 am -
10:00 am
Keynote Address "Wiring the Nation"
10:15 am -
11:00 am
Managing Health Care and Retiree Costs Through Cost-Sharing and Employee Engagement
  • Assessment of the impact of major US corporations’ inability to sustain increasing health care costs
  • Short-term and long-term fixes for employers to compete under increasing benefits expenses
Moderator
Tracy L. Bahl
CEO
Uniprise, a UnitedHealth Group Company

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Susan M. Colburn
Vice President - Benefits Design
AT&T; Inc.

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David K. Etheridge
Director, Human Resources
City of Dallas

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Robert Galvin, MD
Director, Global Health Care
General Electric

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11:15 am -
12:00 pm
Demanding More from Health Care: Manufacturers' Agenda for Change
  • Why has health care been absent from the cycle of continuous quality and value improvement manufacturers know so well?
  • What changes will NAM members seek to help create a more responsive health care system?
  • Announcement of the NAM’s new Health Care Taskforce
John Engler
President and CEO
National Association of Manufacturers (NAM)
former Governor,
State of Michigan

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12:00 pm -
1:30 pm
LUNCHEON WITH EXECUTIVE DISCUSSION SERIES IN EXECUTIVE NETWORKING LOUNGE
1:30 pm -
2:15 pm
Sustainability of Employer-Sponsored Health Care
  • Domestic pressures and international competition impacting U.S. competitiveness
  • Entitlement programs’ impact on employers of cost-shifting from Medicare and Medicaid
  • Practical solutions including CMS setting the bar for quality (e.g. CMS’ hospitalcompare site)
  • Immigration and other solutions to increase US workforce to help pay Medicare cost forecasts
  • Review of aggregate data on payments by private payers and underpayments from Medicare and Medicaid
Thomas J. Donohue
President and CEO
US Chamber of Commerce

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2:15 pm -
3:30 pm
NETWORKING BREAK IN EXECUTIVE NETWORKING LOUNGE
2:30 pm -
3:30 pm
Keynotes: Corporate CEO Panel - Perspectives from Leading Purchasers
3:30 pm -
4:15 pm
Keynote Address "Innovation vs. Access"
4:30 pm -
5:15 pm
Keynote Address "Consumer Choice"
5:30 pm -
7:00 pm
GALA RECEPTION IN EXECUTIVE NETWORKING LOUNGE
7:00 pm -
9:00 pm
INVITATIONAL EMPLOYER DINNER

Wednesday April 19, 2006

7:00 am -
7:45 am
BREAKFAST IN EXECUTIVE NETWORKING LOUNGE
8:00 am -
8:45 am
Keynote Address "Leading Change"
9:00 am -
9:45 am
Executive Seminar Series
11:00 am -
11:45 am
Driving Enterprise Value Through Healthcare Investments for Employees
  • Creating a culture of health for your stakeholders
  • Developing employee and shareholder value
  • Driving employee satisfaction and engagement
  • Using incentives to drive healthy behaviors
Michael Critelli
Chairman and CEO
Pitney Bowes

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12:00 pm -
12:45 pm
Ceasefire on Healthcare: Finding Common Ground for the Uninsured
  • A centrist's approach to health reform -- Stimulating dialogue among leading Republican and Democratic policymakers, as well as advocates, to find consensus on health policies
  • Review of health care policies emanating from the Ceasefire series to form the basis of a bipartisan package of health care reforms to be legislated by Congress in the next 12-24 months e.g. health information technology, the uninsured, and prevention and wellness
  • Broader health care reform initiatives allowing the government to provide oversight and management, while enabling the private sector to infuse competition and innovation into the system
John B. Breaux
(D-LA) former U.S. Senator;
Senior Counsel, Patton Boggs LLP
12:45 pm -
2:15 pm
LUNCHEON WITH EXECUTIVE DISCUSSION SERIES IN EXECUTIVE NETWORKING LOUNGE
2:30 pm -
3:30 pm
Impact on the U.S. Economy
3:10 pm -
3:40 pm
The Administration's Health Reform Plan
3:45 pm -
4:30 pm
Closing Keynote Address "The Politics of Health Care"
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