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Monday, April 21, 2008
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8:00 am -
8:45 am
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- Trendalyzer software (recently acquired by Google) turns complex global trends of health and wealth into lively animations, making decades of data pop
- Demonstrates how health information displayed in a meaningful manner can change perceptions, decisions and, ultimately, behavior
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9:50 am -
10:55 am
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- 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
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11:00 am -
12:00 pm
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- Evaluating the disruption of the existing delivery system and business model
- Impact on insurers and how we can afford health care
- How employers can integrate backwards to regain control
- Consumers demanding more control over health choices
- Reactor panelists bring real-world expertise and examples of innovation in both payer and provider realms
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5:00 pm -
5:45 pm
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- Market solutions and strategies to foster and achieve accountable care
- Insights from the Dartmouth Atlas Project and lessons learned for all industry sectors
- Panelist debate necessary changes in the payment system to create a powerful set of incentives to improve the quality of care delivered
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| Moderator: |
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Ian Morrison
Futurist and Author; President Emeritus,
Institute for the Future
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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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Cecil B. Wilson, MD
Immediate Past Chair
American Medical Association
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
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8:00 am -
8:30 am
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- An Employers coalition’s response to federal and state health reform proposals
- Insight into employer’s recommendations to resolve the nation’s health care crisis
- Strategies for market-based reform, universal coverage with individual responsibility, and incentives for health promotion
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8:35 am -
9:05 am
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- Understanding the evolving health care consumer – Identifying and interpreting the demand for health care information and services
- How the health care and technology sectors are shifting its operational and marketing strategies to meet the needs of health care consumers
- Progress of the technology sector’s personal health records – Building trust and user-centric access to health information
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3:55 pm -
4:55 pm
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- Overcoming challenges to reduce the cost of health care while improving quality
- The cost/benefit of technology and innovation
- Universal coverage and private pay systems
- Exploring retail care, medical travel and medical savings accounts
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Bernadine Healy
Health Editor, U.S. News & World Report;
President's Council, Advisors on Science and Technology;
Former Director, National Institutes of Health
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Andrew Webber
President and CEO, National Business Coalition on Health;
Board of Directors, National Quality Forum, the Leapfrog Group, and Bridges to Excellence
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John Tooker, MD, MBA, FACP
Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer
American College of Physicians
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Professor Uwe Reinhardt
Professor of Economics and Public Affairs
Princeton University
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5:00 pm -
6:00 pm
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- 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
- Panelist outline how to affect change for market reform, technology implementation and transparency
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
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8:00 am -
8:30 am
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Ken Thorpe, PhD
Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University;
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services;
Executive Director, Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease
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Rosemarie B. Greco
Director, Governor's Office of Health Care Reform
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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Richard J. Migliori, M.D.
Executive Vice President, Business Initiatives and Clinical Affairs
Enterprise Services Group, UnitedHealth Group
View Biography
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11:30 am -
12:15 pm
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- Perspectives for reform from the Nation’s highest-ranking health official
- Necessary steps for transforming our health care sector into a system based on value
- Critical roles for government, payers, providers, plans and consumers
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12:20 pm -
12:45 pm
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- An employer approach to progressive (and controversial) health benefit design to ensure health promotion
- Investments in onsite clinics, health risk assessments and interventions and a health-focused corporate culture
- Highlights of practical and actionable employer strategies to ensure a healthy, productive workforce
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World Congress welcomes our attendees celebrating the Passover holiday and is pleased to provide kosher meals throughout the conference.
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