Politics and Policies of Healthcare Reform Robert Kocher, MD

A primary challenge facing health insurance plans is how to develop data-driven, practical policy solutions that will foster high-quality, innovative health care. Robert Kocher, MD, Director, McKinsey Center for U.S. Health System Reform and Former Special Assistant to President Obama at the National Economic Council, will offer his perspective on how you and your organization can meet that challenge.

As the closing speaker at AHIP's Medical Leadership Forum, October 20-22 in Jacksonville, Florida, Dr. Kocher joins an agenda filled with an outstanding group of provider and health plan speakers, including:

• Leadership During Times of Change
  Patrick Lencioni, Best-Selling Business Author and Internationally Recognized Speaker
   
• The Promise of CER
  Harold C. Sox, MD, MACP, Editor Emeritus, Annals of Internal Medicine, American College of Physicians; Co-chair the Institute of Medicine's Committee on Comparative Effectiveness Research Priorities; and Professor of Medicine and of The Dartmouth Institute (Emeritus, Active)
  Joshua J. Ofman, MD, MSHS, Vice President of Global Coverage & Reimbursement, Global Government Affairs; and Vice President of Global Health Economics, Global Development, Amgen
   
• Approaches to Managing the Cost of Care and Resource Allocation
  John Allen, MD, MBA, AGAF, FACG, Medical Director, Quality, Minnesota Gastroenterology, PA
  Joseph G. Cacchione, MD, FACC, Director, Clinical Integration and Business Development, Cleveland Clinic  
  Kevin B. Weiss, MD, President and CEO, American Board of Medical Specialties
   
• State Approaches to Managing Costs: "Baskets of Care"
  Barry A. Bershow, MD, Vice President, Quality, Fairview Health Services
  George J. Isham, MD, MS, Medical Director & Chief Health Officer, HealthPartners
   
• Personalized Medicine: The Promise and Practice of Genomics
  Jed Weissberg, MD, Senior Vice President, Quality and Care Delivery Excellence, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals, Kaiser Permanente (Moderator)
  Bruce D. Blumberg, MD, Director of Graduate Medical Education, The Permanente Medical Group
  Ralph J. Coates, PhD, Associate Director for Science, National Office of Public Health Genomics, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention 
  Vance Vanier, MD, President and CEO, Navigenics, Inc
   
• Part I: Building Value for Consumers: Changing the Care Delivery Model
  François de Brantes, Executive Director, Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute (HCI3)
  Gregg S. Meyer, MD, MSC, Senior Vice President for Quality and Patient Safety, Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts General Physicians Organization
   
• Part II: Building Value for Consumers: Changing the Care Delivery Model
  Richard G. Popiel, MD, MBA, President & Chief Operating Officer, Horizon Healthcare Innovation
  Dick Salmon, MD, PhD, Medical Director & Sr National Medical Executive, CIGNA Healthcare

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