The 2nd Annual World Congress Leadership Summit on Next Generation Health Benefits convenes leading executives to advance quality and transparency through innovative benefits design and implementation. By featuring the nation's most influential thinkers in health plan design and benefits management, this leadership summit features groundbreaking solutions to challenging issues that span the U.S. health system.
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Payer/Health Plan Thought Leaders
David Bernd CEO Sentara Healthcare	Kathleen Curtin Senior Vice President for Client Services MedVantage, Inc; former Vice President for Practitioner Performance Excellus Health Plan
Tom Granatir Senior Advisor, Clinical Health Policy The Innovation Center Humana Inc.	George C. Halvorson Chairman and CEO Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Hospitals
Peter Miller Co-founder, President, CEO TakeCare Health Systems	Ann Robinow VP and General Manager, Patient Choice Medica
Richard Salmon, MD, PhD Vice President and National Medical Executive CIGNA HealthCare	Carey Vinson, MD Vice President for Quality and Medical Performance Management Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
Employer Thought Leaders
Jane Barlow, MD Wellbeing Director IBM	Clay Elward Benefits Product Manager Caterpillar
Bob Ihrie VP, Compensation and Benefits Lowe’s	Delia Vetter Senior Director, Benefits and Programs EMC Corporation
Karl Weiss Manager Associate Benefits Eddie Bauer
Healthcare Provider Thought Leaders
John Bachman, MD Sanders Professor of Primary Care Mayo Foundation	Robert Barbour, JD, MPS, CPHIMS VP Finance for Physician Services and Technology Development Montefiore Medical Center
Howard Beckman, MD, FACP Medical Director, RIPA; Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Rochester	James Hereford Executive Vice President, Strategic Services & Quality Group Health Cooperative
Jay Herron, CPA Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Christus Health	Eric B. Larson, MD, MPH, MACP Director, Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative; Immediate Past Chair, Board of Regents American College of Physicians
Craig E. Samitt, MD, MBA Chief Executive Officer Dean Health System	Cynthia Sterrantino Assistant Corporate Controller Baylor Health System
Paul Tang, MD Chief Medical Information Officer Palo Alto Medical Foundation Chair-Elect, AMIA Chair, Committee on Data Standards for Patient Safety Institute of Medicine	George Thibault, MD VP, Medical Affairs Partners
Public Policy/Research Thought Leaders
William Brody, MD, PhD President Johns Hopkins University	Karen Davis President The Commonwealth Fund; 2006 AcademyHealth Distinguished Investigator Award
Jay V. Garriss, CEBS National Client Relations Leader ACS HSA Solutions	David Harris National Healthcare Revenue Cycle Partner PricewaterhouseCoopers
Margaret E. O'Kane President National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)	Paul J. Wallace, MD Medical Director for Health and Productivity Management Programs; Senior Advisor, The Care Management Institute and KP-Healthy Solutions The Permanente Federation, Kaiser Permanente