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Monday April 21, 2008
Keynote 2: The Presidential Health Care Agenda
  • Hear U.S. presidential candidates’ platforms for health care reform
  • Compare proposals to address universal coverage and the fiscal stability of Medicare
  • Reactor panelists provide an in-depth critique by evaluating the economic and social impact of Democratic and Republican proposals
Presidential Candidates TBA
Moderator:
Joanne Silberner
Health Policy Correspondent, Science Desk
National Public Radio

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Reactors:
Peter R. Orszag
Director
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
former Joseph A. Pechman Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of Economic Studies
Brookings Institution

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Professor Uwe Reinhardt
Professor of Economics and Public Affairs
Princeton University

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George C. Halvorson
Chairman and CEO
Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Hospitals

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George P. Shultz
Former U.S. Secretary of State;
Author, A Citizen’s Guide to Social Security and Health Care Reform

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Keynote 4: Achieving Accountable Care
  • Market solutions and strategies to foster and achieve accountable care
  • Insights from the Dartmouth Atlas Project and lessons learned for all industry sectors
  • Keynote panelists debate necessary changes in the payment system to create a powerful set of incentives
Moderator:
Ian Morrison
Futurist and Author; President Emeritus,
Institute for the Future

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Ronald M. Davis, MD
President
American Medical Association

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Elliott S. Fisher, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Community and Family Medicine
Dartmouth Medical School

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Mark McClellan, MD, PhD
Senior Fellow, Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform
Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair in Health Policy Studies, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution

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Tuesday April 22, 2008
Keynote 6: The Impact of Value-Based Purchasing and Next Steps for Reimbursement
  • Assessing the progress of DHHS’ focus on value-based purchasing
  • Gauging the scope and depth of performance measurement and reporting
  • Addressing the need to change the underlying architecture of reimbursement to focus on integrated, quality care
Moderator:
  Bernadine Healy
Health Editor, U.S. News & World Report;
President's Council, Advisors on Science and Technology;
Former Director, National Institutes of Health
Reactor Panel:
  James Robinson, PhD
Editor-In-Chief
Health Affairs
Andrew Webber
President and CEO, National Business Coalition on Health
Board of Directors for the National Quality Forum, the Leapfrog Group, and Bridges to Excellence

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John Tooker, MD, MBA, FACP
EVP and CEO
American College of Physicians

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Keynote 7: Building a Vision for a Health Care System
  • Envisioning the key elements of a health care system that would provide cost-effective care
  • Requisite health reform changes for universal insurance coverage, coordinated care, value and payment reform
  • Reactor panelists outline how to affect change for market reform, technology implementation and transparency
Moderator:
Jacob Goldstein
Health and Medicine Reporter and Chief Health Blog
The Wall Street Journal
Denis Cortese, MD
President and CEO
Mayo Clinic

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David Knott, PhD
Senior Vice President
Booz Allen Hamilton

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Paul Speranza
Chairman of the Board of Directors, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Vice Chairman and General Counsel, Wegmans Food Markets

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Monday April 21, 2008 - 8:00 – 9:50 AM
Implementation A: Industry Analysis - Competitive Forces and Emerging Trends
  • Industry analysis of cost drivers and inefficiencies
  • Health care reform strategies to impact the sickest populations that consume the most resources
  • Implementing population-based care, new reimbursement methodologies and measurement of accountable care
Moderator:
Jerome H. Grossman, MD
Director, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Health Care Delivery Policy Program,
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

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Panelist:
George C. Halvorson
Chairman and CEO
Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Hospitals

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Track 4: State Laboratories for Health Care Reform
  • Progress and challenges to date for enrollment for the MA Health Insurance Connector
  • Analysis of state programs and implementation results that provide insights to viable program design
Moderator:
Alan Weil
Executive Director
National Academy for State Health Policy

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Panelists:
  Kevin Counihan
Chief Marketing Officer
Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector
  Enrique Martinez-Vidal
Vice President, AcademyHealth;
Director, State Coverage Initiatives Program,
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Trish Riley
Director, The Governor’s Office of Health Policy and Finance
State of Maine

Wednesday April 23, 2008
WHCC CEO Retreat on Employer Leverage with Steve Burd of Safeway, Inc
(Limited to 100 CEOS)
This CEO Retreat, led by Steve Burd of Safeway and the founder of Coalition to Advance Healthcare Reform, is a unique opportunity for employer and health industry CEOs to debate the most critical elements of health care reform. Employer perspectives highlighted include strategies for market-based reform, universal coverage with individual responsibility, and incentives for health promotion.
Steven A. Burd
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Safeway Inc.

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Additional Perspectives By:
John M. Clymer
President
Partnership for Prevention

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Track 9: Evaluating the Impact of the CA and Federal Health Reform Proposals on Health Systems and Hospitals
  • Examining the outcome of the CA health reform program
  • Legislative changes proposed by the presidential candidates
  • How the election result will likely impact hospitals and health systems
  • Potential changes to Medicare Advantage and Part D
Francis J. (Jay) Crosson, MD
Executive Director, The Permanente Federation
Commissioner, MedPAC

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