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Monday April 21, 2008
8:00 am -
8:45 am
Keynote 1: Global Health Trends – Debunking the Myth of "Developed" Countries
  • 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
Moderator:
Susan Dentzer
Incoming Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs;
On-Air Health Policy Analyst, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS

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Hans Rosling, MD, PhD
Professor of International Health, Karolinska Institutet (Sweden)
Co-Founder, Gapminder

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9:50 am -
10:55 am
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
Moderator:
Joanne Silberner
Health Policy Correspondent, Science Desk
National Public Radio

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Thomas Miller (McCain Advisor)
Resident Fellow
The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

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Congressman Jim Cooper (Obama Advisor)
Congressman, State of Tennessee
U.S. House of Representatives

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Chris Jennings (Clinton Advisor)
President
Jennings Policy Strategies (JPS), Inc.

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Reactors:
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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11:00 am -
12:00 pm
Keynote 3: Innovation - Market Solutions to Improve Value
  • 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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Moderator:
Justin Fox
Editor At-Large
TIME

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Clayton M. Christensen
Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School

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Reactor Panelists:
Delos (Toby) Cosgrove, MD
Chief Executive Officer and President
Cleveland Clinic Foundation

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Grant Harrison
Vice President, Integrated Consumer Experience
Humana, Inc.

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Lee Shapiro
President
Allscripts

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5:00 pm -
5:45 pm
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
  • Panelist debate necessary changes in the payment system to create a powerful set of incentives to improve the quality of care delivered
Moderator:
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
8:00 am -
8:30 am
Keynote 5: An Employer Call-to-Action for Market-Driven Health Reform
  • 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
Sponsored By:
    
  David Noonan
Senior Editor, Health & Medicine
Newsweek

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Steven A. Burd
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Safeway Inc.

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8:35 am -
9:05 am
Keynote 6: Achieving a Consumer Focus
  • 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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Moderator:
  David Noonan
Senior Editor, Health & Medicine
Newsweek

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Peter Neupert
Corporate Vice President, Health Solutions Group
Microsoft, Inc.

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Reed V. Tuckson, MD, FACP
EVP and Chief of Medical Affairs
UnitedHealth Group

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3:55 pm -
4:55 pm
Keynote 7: Impacting Affordability and Quality
  • 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
Moderator:
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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Panelists:
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
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
Keynote 8: 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
  • Panelist outline how to affect change for market reform, technology implementation and transparency
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Moderator:
Scott Hensley
News Editor
The Wall Street Journal

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Panelists:
Denis Cortese, MD
President and CEO
Mayo Clinic

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

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David G. Knott, PhD
Senior Vice President
Booz Allen Hamilton

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Wednesday April 23, 2008
8:00 am -
8:30 am
Keynote 9: Leadership to Change Chronic Care Outcomes
Moderator:
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

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11:30 am -
12:15 pm
Keynote 10: Building a Health Care System Based on Value
  • 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
Moderator:
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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Mike Leavitt
Secretary
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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12:20 pm -
12:45 pm
Keynote 11: A Call-to-Action from Employers: A Progressive Approach to Employee Health
  • 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
Moderator:
John M. Clymer
President
Partnership for Prevention

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James Hagedorn
Chairman and CEO
Scotts Miracle-Gro Company

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