The 12th Annual World Health Care Congress
2015 Speaker Interviews
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Consumer engagement. It’s one of the biggest challenges facing health plans today, but how much does engaging members really matter? Listen to this brief podcast as Silverlink CEO Stan Nowak and Silverlink SVP of Analytics David Veroff discuss the full dollar value of engaging consumers. It turns out that a full, hard-headed assessment makes it clear that engaging members is one of the highest value levers health plans have that can affect their bottom lines, and there is significant cost savings for those plans that can successfully engage members.
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Global marketing expert Amit Shankardass gives a preview of the proprietary research on enhancing customer experiences that he will be sharing in full at the 2015 World Health Care Congress.
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Dr. John Niederhuber discusses how the burgeoning field of clinical genomics will lead to higher quality care in the not too distant future.
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Transparency is one of the items at the top of the agenda at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina. Dr. Susan Weaver talks about how that works in the organization's overall payment reform strategy.
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Finding a program that rewards employees for keeping healthy isn't a 'one size fits all' approach. Jeff Shapiro, Vice President, Enterprise Benefits at Disney discusses the company’s journey toward offering outcomes-based incentives and rewards to its employees.
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Rosencare is an employer-led alternative to the Accountable Care Act that is dramatically reducing costs while providing expansive health benefits. Hear why Harris Rosen believes it can apply to the broader U.S. health system.
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Rhett Stover discusses innovative network design strategies providers and payers are experimenting with as well as specific models that have worked for the Oklahoma State University Medical Center physician community.
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Juan Serrano of Catholic Health Initiatives, one of the nation's largest health systems, describes lessons learned from establishing a new health brand that will compete with established health insurers.
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U.S. health care reform has ignited dramatic change in the way employers provide employee benefits. This has brought unique challenges including significant reporting requirements, modifying existing plans, and other requirements. Bill Kramer talks about some of the tools employers use and growing trends including direct contracting with providers.
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Dr. Joseph Nicholson talks a little about 'narrow networks' and the unique challenges these plans face in the oncology space.
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Vermont is pushing full speed ahead on accountable care initiatives in both public and private health insurance markets as it experiments with cost-control measures, to prepare for a shift to a single-payer system planned for just three years from now. Kara Suter of the Department of Vermont Health Access says the system will ultimately achieve a high quality of care and reduce the cost of growth.
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Are electronic health records (EHRs) life savers? According to Richard Skinner, recent data shows that those facilities that are higher on the electronic medical record adoption model (EMRAM) have a better ratio of actual mortality to expected mortality than do hospitals that are lower down on the scale.
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Geisinger Health System is frequently held up as a national model from its success in developing and implementing services. Dr. Earl Steinberg discusses the creation of a value-oriented, integrated delivery system.
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Despite the massive investment in EHR technology, CIO Marc Probst says interoperability remains a huge issue that neither the federal government nor the sector is addressing effectively.
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Retail insurance marketplace has increased health plan choices to an estimated 12 million consumers via health insurance exchanges - Dr. David James of the Memorial Hermann Medical Group discusses the importance of paying closer attention to exactly what type of care is being paid for and by whom.
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