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Monday, April 12, 2010
8:00 am -
8:30 am
OPENING KEYNOTE: HEALTH REFORM IN AMERICA
  • Expert insights on how much health reform will cost our nation
  • The impact of health reform and the projections for health care spending
  • Details on the financial requirements and upcoming regulatory changes to enact health reform
Federal Government Perspective:
Douglas W. Elmendorf, PhD
Director
Congressional Budget Office

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8:30 am -
9:30 am
KEYNOTE: REBUILDING HEALTH CARE
  • Addressing the challenges facing the U.S. health care system and identifying comprehensive solutions to help improve the quality, accessibility and affordability of health care in America
  • Creating new models for improved health plan and health system collaboration
  • Paying for Value: A replicable model for payment reform based on value, outcomes, safety, efficiency and better coordinated care
Health Plan Perspective:
Ronald A. Williams
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Aetna Inc;
Board of Directors, AHIP

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Provider Perspective:
Denis Cortese - Speaker Photo Denis Cortese, MD
President and CEO
Mayo Clinic

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9:30 am -
10:30 am
KEYNOTE: ADVANCING THE CONSUMER'S ROLE IN HEALTH
  • Enhancing the role of the consumer – Identifying effective and appropriate incentives for consumer engagement
  • How a consumer driven system can deliver affordable, high-quality care while reducing costs
  • Assessing the role of technological platforms as frameworks for consumer communication and integration
Public Purchaser Perspective:
John Berry
Director
U.S. Office of Personnel Management

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Industry Perspective:
Ben R. Leedle - Speaker Photo Ben R. Leedle, Jr
President and Chief Executive Officer
Healthways

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Employer Perspective:
Helen Darling
President
National Business Group on Health

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10:30 am -
11:30 am
KEYNOTE: DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION
  • Disruptive innovations required to reinvent health care
  • A comprehensive analysis of the strategies that will improve health care in this country and make it affordable
  • Analysis of the unsustainable business model of today’s hospital and what can be done
  • A forecast for disruptive innovations in the U.S. health care system and barriers to acceleration
Innovator Perspective:
Clayton M. Christensen - Speaker Photo Clayton M. Christensen
Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School

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11:35 am -
12:35 pm
Emerging Trend Forum Series
The 7th Annual World Health Care Congress Emerging Trend Forum Series is an opportunity for CEOs and senior health executives to forecast the up and coming health care trends and strategies that are reshaping the market. The executive networking and content combines high-level panel discussions between health leaders and innovators who deliver expert opinion with the opportunity to network and collaborate actionable solutions with peers in an intimate setting.
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12:35 pm -
1:35 pm
Luncheon in the Executive Networking Lounge
1:35 pm -
3:20 pm
Co-Located Executive Summit Series
The 7th Annual Co-Located Executive Summit Series are designed for CEOs and senior health care executives to collaborate meaningful dialog for actionable solutions to improve health care affordability, coverage, quality and outcomes. The executive networking and content combines high-level panel discussions between health leaders who deliver expert opinions with the unique opportunity to network and collaborate in an intimate setting.
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3:20 pm -
3:50 pm
Break in the Executive Networking Lounge with a Book Signing by Clayton Christensen
3:50 pm -
4:30 pm
Innovation Series
The 7th Annual WHCC Innovation Series showcases health care’s disruptive and emerging innovations in health information technology. The networking, panel discussion and case study presentations from health care leaders provide the unique opportunity to collaborate actionable solutions for next day implementation.
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For more information on how become involved in a Innovation Insight presentation, please contact Ron Trznadel, EVP of Business Development at Phone: 781-939-2432 or Email: [email protected]
4:35 pm -
5:25 pm
KEYNOTE: PREVENTION
  • Innovative approaches to prevention and initiatives to improve health status and well-being while decreasing chronic care expenditures
  • Johnson & Johnson’s commitment to improve wellness and disease prevention to reduce the need for prescriptive care
  • A CEO's effort to devise new treatments, create new drugs, and improve people’s health and well-being
Pharmaceutical Perspective:
William C. Weldon
Chairman, Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
Johnson & Johnson

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5:25 pm -
6:15 pm
KEYNOTE: HEALTH IT—ADVANCES IN CLOUD COMPUTING TO ACHIEVE HEALTH
  • Cloud computing is a cost effective model to achieve interoperability of electronic information and meet standards of "meaningful use"
  • IT innovations that eliminate provider
IDN Perspective:
George C. Halvorson - Speaker Photo George C. Halvorson
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals;
Board of Directors, AHIP

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Innovator Perspective:
Alfred Spector
VP of Research and Special Initiatives
Google, Inc.

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Provider Perspective:
Jonathan B. Perlin - Speaker Photo Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, PhD, MSHA, FACP, FACMI
President, Clinical Services and Chief Medical Officer
HCA, Inc. / Hospital Corporation of America

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6:15 pm -
7:15 pm
Reception in the Executive Networking Lounge
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
8:00 am -
8:55 am
KEYNOTE: HEALTH CARE'S IMPACT ON OUR GLOBAL ECONOMY
  • International strategies to create sustainable health systems in an era of a economic uncertainty and increasing cost pressures
  • Grameen Health's progress
International Perspective:
Muhammad Yunus - Speaker Photo Muhammad Yunus
Founder and Managing Director
Grameen Bank and Grameen Health (Bangladesh); (Winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize)

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Global Health Ministers TBA
8:55 am -
9:50 am
KEYNOTE: ACHIEVING HEALTH
  • Strategies and policy issues to improve the health and productivity of populations
  • Experts discuss the corporate responsibility and culture to address diet and nutrition concerns around the globe
  • PepsiCo outlines its commitment to health by introducing new, healthier products that support consumer choice and healthier lives
With Introductory Remarks by:
Ronald D. Geraty - Speaker Photo Ronald D. Geraty, MD
Chief Executive Officer
Alere
Employer Perspective:
Mehmood Khan - Speaker Photo Mehmood Khan, MD, FACE
Senior Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer
PepsiCo, Inc.

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Employer Perspective:
Andrew Webber - Speaker Photo Andrew Webber
President and Chief Executive Officer, National Business Coalition on Health;
Board of Directors, National Quality Forum, the Leapfrog Group, and Bridges to Excellence

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Health Plan Perspective:
Reed V. Tuckson, MD, FACP
Executive Vice President and Chief of Medical Affairs
UnitedHealth Group

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9:50 am -
10:20 am
Coffee Break in the Executive Networking Lounge
10:20 am -
12:05 pm
Co-Located Executive Summit Series (Cont.)
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12:30 pm -
1:30 pm
Luncheon in the Executive Networking Lounge
1:10 pm -
1:40 pm
KEYNOTE: GAME CHANGING BUSINESS MODELS IN HEALTH CARE
  • Health care business innovations to improve outcomes, patient experience and quality of life
  • Technological changes that are revolutionizing alternative models of care delivery for patients and consumers
  • Models that integrate patient experiences and demonstrate value across the spectrum of delivery
Consumer Perspective:
Nathan Estruth
Vice President, FutureWorks
Proctor & Gamble
Industry Perspective:
Roy Schoenberg - Speaker Photo Roy Schoenberg, MD, MPH
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Well Systems

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1:40 pm -
2:20 pm
Market Insight Series
The 7th Annual WHCC Market Insight Series showcases an organization's advancements and successes in transforming health care. The networking, panel discussion and case study presentations from health care leaders provide the unique opportunity to collaborate actionable solutions for next day implementation.
Show Details
For more information on how become involved in a Market Insight presentation, please contact Ron Trznadel, EVP of Business Development at Phone: 781-939-2432 or Email: [email protected]
2:25 pm -
4:15 pm
Business Case Forum Series
The 7th Annual World Health Care Congress Business Case Forum Series provides an opportunity for CEOs and senior health executives to share experience, best practices and solutions to address the industry’s most pressing challenges including reimbursements, health IT, quality, outcomes, prevention and more. The executive networking and content combines high-level panel discussions between health leaders who deliver expert opinions with the unique opportunity to network and collaborate actionable solutions with peers in an intimate setting.
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4:15 pm -
4:45 pm
Refreshment Break in the Executive Networking Lounge
4:45 pm -
5:30 pm
KEYNOTE: A SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR AFFORDABILITY AND HEALTH
  • Demonstrating how an integrated, systematic health management approach is the first step in improving our nation’s health and wellness
  • Methods to proactively analyze populations of consumers to improve health status – from healthy to chronically ill
  • Exploring how aligned economic incentives and systematic health management can drive unwarranted costs out of the healthcare system
  • Development of a health improvement plan accessible to providers and consumers and linking those improvements to value-based provider incentives
IT Innovator Perspective:
Phil Fasano
Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer
Kaiser Permanente

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Provider Perspective:
Thomas A. Colacchio - Speaker Photo Thomas A. Colacchio, MD
President
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic

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Industry Perspective:
Jeff Margolis - Speaker Photo Jeff Margolis
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
TriZetto

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5:30 pm -
6:30 pm
KEYNOTE: THE REDESIGN OF A HIGH PERFORMANCE HEALTH SYSTEM
  • Identifying the system transformation required to create a high performing and highly reliable care delivery system
  • Key stakeholders define their unique perspectives on the critical components of a high performing system to achieve access, quality and efficiency
Provider Perspective:
Herbert Pardes - Speaker Photo Herbert Pardes, MD
Vice Chairman, President and CEO
New York Presbyterian Hospital

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Provider Perspective:
Mark D. Smith, MD, MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer
California HealthCare Foundation

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Pharmaceutical Perspective:
6:15 pm -
7:15 pm
Reception in the Executive Networking Lounge
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
8:00 am -
8:30 am
KEYNOTE: DRIVING ACCOUNTABILITY
  • The need to create a market-based system in combination with universal coverage to improve population health and efficiency of health delivery
  • An employer's perspective on the core principles and market-based solutions to achieve healthcare reform
Employer Perspective:
Steven A. Burd - Speaker Photo Steven A. Burd
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Safeway, Inc.

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8:30 am -
9:15 am
KEYNOTE: PRECISION MEDICINE
  • The role of precision medicine as a technological enabler and a disruption in health care
  • Employing precision medicine to reduce cost and delivery on the promise of early diagnosis and personalized care
  • Molecular diagnostics as the driver to diagnosis diseases precisely
Provider Perspective:
Robert E. Nesse - Speaker Photo Robert E. Nesse, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Franciscan Skemp Healthcare
Mayo Health System

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Industry Perspective:
Emad Rizk - Speaker Photo Emad Rizk, MD
President, McKesson Health Solutions;
Author of The New Era of Healthcare: Practical Strategies for Providers and Payers;
2009's Top 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare (Modern Healthcare) and 50 Most Powerful Physician Executives (Modern Physician)

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9:15 am -
10:00 am
KEYNOTE: COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS
  • Comparative effectiveness vs cost effectiveness – Ensuring that coverage decisions are based on clinical outcomes and value
  • Implementing Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) – Priorities, methods and impact
  • UK's NICE perspective – Lessons learned from international comparative effectiveness methodology
Physician Perspective:
Nancy Nielsen, PhD, MD
Immediate Past President
American Medical Association

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International Perspective:
Michael Rawlins - Speaker Photo Sir Michael Rawlins, MD
Chairman
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
United Kingdom


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10:00 am -
10:45 am
Coffee Break in the Executive Networking Lounge
10:45 am -
11:30 am
Business Case Forum Series (Cont.)
Show Details
12:20 pm -
1:30 pm
Luncheon within Executive Summit Room
2:45 pm -
3:45 pm
KEYNOTE: INNOVATIONS FROM THE INSIDE
  • Strategies to improve quality, satisfaction, and efficiency by redesigning and reengineering the delivery of care
  • Continuous innovations in health care – Implications of the Geisinger experience
  • Identifying the elements of leadership that drive high performance
IDN Perspective:
Glenn D. Steele Jr. - Speaker Photo Glenn D. Steele Jr., MD, PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Geisinger Health System;
Trustee, American Hospital Association

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Industry Perspective:
Susan DeVore
President and CEO
Premier

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Provider Perspective:
Mark A. Eustis
President and Chief Executive Officer
Fairview Health Services

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3:30 pm -
4:30 pm
VIEWS FROM CONGRESS
U.S. Senators TBA
Keynote agenda sponsored by: Healthways, Alere, WellPoint, Trizetto, American Well
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