The 12th Annual World Health Care Congress

Workshop A: Cutting Costs in Employer-Sponsored Health Care

Workshop B: Preparing People and Organizations for the Challenge of Change: Seven Critical Success Factors

Workshop C: The Future of Interoperable Health IT: Direct, eHealth Exchange, and Beyond

Workshop D: Employee Engagement Strategies for HR Professionals

• How does patient churn between plans and provider networks affect the marketplace and patient-provider relationships, and what are possible approaches to overcome problems posed by churn?
• Evolution to a more sustainable Medicare payment system - Will Medicare Advantage replace traditional Medicare?
• What possibilities do employers and plans see in defined contribution and private exchanges?

• Hear how data is impacting traditional care methods
• Explore money-saving innovations that add value
• Apply science and big data to the bedside with genomic medicine

Market Insight A: Patients Take the Wheel: The Road Ahead

Market Insight B: Innovations in ePayment: The Evolving Face of the Virtual Card

Market Insight C: Your Communication Channels Are Broken: Here’s How To Fix Them

Health Plan and Payer Summit

Hospital and Health System Summit

Network and Contract Management Summit for Payers and Providers

Health Information Technology Summit

Medicaid and Medicare Reform Summit

Business of Exchanges

Employer Summit for HR Professionals

• Strategic insights from health system, plan, and other leaders transitioning from FFS to value-based care
• Why have some ACOs failed and others succeeded?
• Where is industry experiencing measurable benefits?
• How has the ACO model started disruptive processes for providers, payers, and hospital financing

• Perspective on how the business community can influence delivery reforms
• Approaches to reduce cost by equipping employees to partner in health care decisions
• Uptake and outcomes of financial incentive programs and cost transparency tools

• Economic determinants impacting provider, payer, employer, and supplier business strategies
• How could the ACA Marketplaces be reformed and expanded?
• The potential of market forces to affect pricing, overall cost, and innovation in health care

• Discuss levers that payers, providers, and employers can pull to impact health care cost
• Hear about Rosencare, an employer-led alternative to the ACA that is dramatically reducing cost while providing richer health benefits, and how it can apply to the broader U.S. health system
• Gain insight into trends impacting the cost curve including provider consolidation, utilization, and specialty drug pricing

Market Insight A: Bringing the Amazon Service Experience to Healthcare

Market Insight B: Demand-Driven Customer Engagement Strategies for Payers

Market Insight C: How Telehealth puts the Patient at the Center—Delivering Quality Care, Improving Access, and Reducing the Cost of Care for Everyone

Market Insight D: The Public Health Exchange Experience: A Closer Look at Pharmacy Benefit Use in the First Year

Health Plan and Payer Summit

Hospital and Health System Summit

Network and Contract Management Summit for Payers and Providers

Health Information Technology Summit

Medicaid and Medicare Reform Summit

Business of Exchanges

Employer Summit for HR Professionals

• The missing link in patient care – a focus on compassion
• The move toward a “System for Health” with patient-centered wellness and education

• Impacts of value-driven alliances and partnerships between payers, providers, employers, and suppliers
• Provider consolidation and the future of these affiliations
• The rise of the employed physician and how that changes health care delivery
• Vertical integration of plans and health systems: How is that working?

• Consumer engagement in an era of high-deductibles, narrow networks, and transparency
• Strategies to improve experience and influence choice throughout the consumer journey as purchaser, member, and patient
• Leveraging technology and data to effectively engage members, improve health outcomes, and enhance the member experience

• What does connected mean? Is it theory, tools, or the Consumer Electronics Market (CEM)?
• Explore results of implementing patient engagement tools and the effectiveness of wearables
• How does virtual medicine impact the provider-patient relationship? Where does responsibility begin and end?
• Can the current system adapt or is it poised for a revolution?

Market Insight A: Meet the Demands of Consumerism: The New Importance of Payments

Market Insight B: Creating Harley Davidson Loyalty in a Chronic Care World – What Retail Brands Can Teach Health Care about Consumer Engagement

Market Insight C: Digital and Multi-Channel Outreach: Acquiring, Retaining, and Engaging Consumers in Health Care