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Monday April 21, 2008
8:00 am -
9:50 am
Implementation Series
  • Implementation A: A Practical Model to Achieve Health Reform (Will run from 8:50am - 9:50am)
  • Implementation B: Consumer Driven Health: Products, Industry Dynamics and Forecasts
  • Implementation C: Value-based Purchasing Primer for Benefits Executives
  • Implementation D: Corporate Activation and Management Program – An Action Plan for Leaders to Launch New Initiatives
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:
Grant Harrison
Vice President, Integrated Consumer Experience
Humana, Inc.

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

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Lee Shapiro
President
Allscripts

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12:00 pm -
1:20 pm
Luncheon in Executive Networking Lounge with Executive Discussion Series, Book Signings and More
12:30 – 1:00 Executive Discussion Series
Topics for Discussion Series:
Please visit our Executive Discussion Series for a listing of topics and moderators
1:20 pm -
3:25 pm
Executive Summits
3:25 pm -
3:55 pm
Networking Break in the Executive Networking Lounge
3:55 pm -
4:55 pm
Market Insight Series
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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5:45 pm -
7:00 pm
Welcoming Reception in the Executive Networking Lounge with Executive Discussion Series
6:15 pm -
6:45 pm
Executive Discussion Series
Topics for Discussion Series:
Please visit our Executive Discussion Series for a listing of topics and moderators
7:00 pm -
9:00 pm
Invitational Dinners
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Consumer Dinner Sponsor:
    

World Congress welcomes our attendees celebrating the Passover holiday and is pleased to provide kosher meals throughout the conference.

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