180° Health Forum Agenda

Wednesday, April 9

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum on the Mall
  • 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
180° of Change Welcome Reception

Thursday, April 10

Mandarin Oriental Hotel
  • 7:00 am – 8:10 am
Registration and breakfast
  • 8:10 am – 8:15 am
180° Opening
Carter Pate, Global and U.S. Managing Partner, Health and Government Industries, PricewaterhouseCoopers

  • 8:20 am – 8:45 am
Keynote
The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

  • 8:45 am – 10:00 am
360° of Interest – Point-counterpoint discussion on political party perspectives around health
Moderated by Jeff Greenfield, Senior Political Correspondent, CBS News
  • Terry McAuliffe, Former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Chairman of Hillary Clinton for President committee
  • Dan Bartlett, Former advisor to President George W. Bush
  • 10:00 am – 10:15 am  
Morning Break
  • 10:15 am – 12:00 pm
Degrees of Change Session I

Addressing the Health Continuum – The New Scope of Our Health System
External Advisors:
  • Bradley Perkins, MD, MBA, Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Vicky Gregg, RN, President and CEO, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

Rethinking Health Quality, Value, and Transparency
External Advisors:
  • Carolyn Clancy, MD, Director, Agency for Health Research and Quality
  • Joel Allison, MS, FACHE, President and CEO, Baylor Health Care System
  • Scott Wallace, President and CEO, The National Alliance for Health Information Technology
  • Jeff Goldsmith, PhD, President, Health Futures, Inc.
Confirmed Panelists:
  • Carolyn Clancy, MD, Director, Agency for Health Research and Quality
  • Joel Allison, MS, FACHE, President and CEO, Baylor Health Care System
  • Ronald Paulus, MD, MBA, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, Geisinger Health System
  • Daniel W. Jones, MD, President, American Heart Association
  • Arthur M. Southam, MD, Executive Vice President - Health Plan Operations, Kaiser Permanente

Health System Resilience in the Face of Catastrophic Events
External Advisors:
  • Gary Klein, MD, MPH, MBA, Chief Medical Information Officer, Department of Homeland Security
  • Patrick Quinlan, MD, Chief Executive Officer, Ochsner Health System
  • William Raisch, MPA, MBA, Executive Director, The International Center for Enterprise Preparedness (InterCEP) at New York University

  • 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Networking Lunch
  • 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Degrees of Change Session II (continued from morning)

Addressing the Health Continuum – The New Scope of Our Health System

Rethinking Health Quality, Value, and Transparency

Health System Resilience in the Face of Catastrophic Events

  • 3:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Afternoon Break
  • 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm
Closing Keynote
"The Economy and its Impact on the U.S. Health System"; a conversation with Alan Greenspan, Ph.D., Former Chairman, The Federal Reserve Board, moderated by Jeff Greenfield, Senior Political Correspondent, CBS News

  • 4:30 pm – 5:00 pm
180° and Beyond – PwC closing remarks

Contacts
Carter Pate
Global healthcare and US provider leader
Tel: +1 (703) 918 1111
Paul Veronneau
US healthcare payer leader
Tel: +1 (860) 241 7568
David Chin, MD
Health Research Institute leader
Tel: +1 (617) 530 4381

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