The 2018 HealthCare Executive Group Annual Forum celebrating our 30th-anniversary serving healthcare executives and industry leaders kicks off Wednesday, September 12th at the Hewing Hotel in Minneapolis, MN – the #1 Healthiest City in the United States. The HealthCare Executive Group (HCEG) has the following planned for the 125+ healthcare executives, thought leaders and industry leaders who will participate in the two and half day forum.
Keynotes from Healthcare Industry Executive Leaders
On Wednesday at noon, Andy Slavitt, Former Acting CMS Administrator and current leader of Town Hall Ventures, provides the opening keynote and is expected to share his unique insight about the uncertainty in today’s healthcare environment and where he sees progress being made.
Thursday morning, Dan Buettner, explorer, National Geographic Fellow, award-winning journalist, producer, and New York Times bestselling author starts the day by presenting “Blue Zones: The Making of a Healthy City.” Dan will also present “The Blue Zones of Happiness: ‘Lessons from the World’s Happiest People’” during a special HCEG Executive Leadership Roundtable event Friday morning at 7:30 to 9:30. Breakfast will be served.
Thursday evening, Dr. Craig Samitt, just days into his new role as President & CEO of BCBS of Minnesota, shares his insight on the current state of health care: “A Seasoned CEO’s Perspectives on Where Healthcare is at and the Challenges and Opportunities Ahead.”
Each of the above keynotes will be provided while annual forum participants enjoy what’s expected to be a delightful breakfast, lunch and dinner service presented by Hewing Hotel staff.
Connect Personally, Professionally and Productively
Build Long-Term Relationships
Nine Interactive Sessions for Healthcare Executives
Annual forum participants will benefit from nine interactive sessions covering topics selected and developed by HCEG leadership, session moderators and panelist participants. Each of these sessions are intended to provide actionable insight into current topics of value to the health plan, health system and healthcare provider executives attending our annual forum.
“Payer/Provider Partnerships & Opportunities for the Future”
Are health plans, providers and/or consumers equally prepared for the transformation of healthcare that is underway? Compelling health insurance products are being launched today, based on an expectation of a closer partnership involving clinical and financial changes, enhanced member experience, and market transitions that a multi-system approach typically cannot provide. Hear what payers and providers are doing and how technology is the key enabler.
- Tom Howard – Moderator (Payer Division Partner at Cumberland Consulting Group)
- Joe O’Hara (Director of ACO Solutions at Horizon BCBS of NJ)
- Dr. Matt Hoffman, MD (Chief Medical Informatics Officer at Utah Health Information Network)
“Value-Based Payment & Implications for Healthcare Stakeholders”
Medical device and pharmaceutical companies are looking at new business models as demands to focus on rising costs are made by consumers and government agencies. Hear what companies are actually doing in the movement toward ‘Outcomes-based’ reimbursement. Gain new insights on why value-based payment and pharmacy costs have been HCEG Top 10 items over the last few years.
- Jorie Soskin (Value-based Investments at Medtronics)
- Other panelists currently being formally engaged
“Chronic Care and Challenges Dealing with High-Cost, Multiple Morbidity Patients”
Panelists will present their experience, insight, and opportunities for using clinical measurement and metrics, payer-provider transparency and clinical improvement to improve outcomes and lower costs for individuals having chronic, co-morbid conditions.
- Eric Hamborg (Chief Customer & Revenue Officer at MOBE)
- Invited (Chief Medical Officer at Major Health Plan)
“Health & Behavior Change at the Community Level”
Community engagement, efficacy, and empowerment are keys to communities being able to adopt and sustain new behaviors. Panelists will discuss current approaches and strategies to integrate community mobilization and activities more effectively with conventional healthcare strategies, aimed at individual behavior change. Audited results will be shared and discussed as to impact and future implications.
- Ben Leedle – Moderator (President, CEO & Board Director at Blue Zones, LLC)
- Melissa Lyon, MPH (Public Health Director at Erie County Dept of Health)
- Mike Gold (Immediate Past CEO at HMSA – BCBS Hawaii)
- Mike Riley (Chief Strategy Officer Naples Community Healthcare System)
- Clay Marsh, MD (VP & Executive Dean for Health Sciences West Virginia University)
“Healthcare Single Point of Workflow on Social Determinants of Health”
Focus on the social determinants of health is no longer a sideline conversation and needs a whole new framework of thinking. The reality is SDOH programs are in everyone’s self-interest and there are ways to effectively focus and coordinate efforts for everyone’s benefit. Hear what health plans and provider groups are doing to change the common perspective of SDOH being a public good with limited medical impact.
- Brenda Schmidt (Founder & CEO of Solera Health)
- Additional session participants are being engaged
“Health Plan Diversification: What does it Mean?”
Panelists share the challenges and opportunities for health plans, health systems, and hospitals to diversify beyond their traditional offerings and the financial, clinical and operational implications of those decisions.
- Ian Gordon – Moderator (SVP Health Plan Operations at Regence BCBS)
- Tom Vanderheyden (EVP & President of National Solutions at BCBS of MN)
- Chuck Divita (EVP Commercial Markets & CFO at BCBS of FL/GuideWell)
- Brandon Cady (President & CEO of AIM Specialty Health – Anthem Subsidiary)
“Vision and Perspective for Healthcare from a Washington, DC Perspective”
We’re working to engage the leader of a nationally recognized healthcare association to share insight on the current state of affairs from a Washington, DC perspective.
“Is Block Chain and/or AI in Healthcare’s Future?”
Blockchain and artificial intelligence technologies are catalyzing the pace of innovation and introducing radical shifts that WILL change the business of healthcare. This panel of experts will discuss the potentialities realized at the intersection of AI and Blockchain and the challenges and benefits healthcare executives must understand to not be disrupted by game-changing technologies.
- Alan Abramson – Moderator (Senior VP & CIO HealthPartners)
- Emily Vaughn (Product Development Director at Change Healthcare)
- Justin Adams (CEO at Digitize.AI)
“Technology: From Start to Scale”
Leading healthcare visionaries share their unique insight on the key opportunities and challenges facing healthcare incumbents, especially with potential new market entrants that intend to disrupt healthcare. Is it time to partner or compete with them and how to get to scale the fastest?
- Justin Roth – Moderator (Managing Director at TripleTree)
- Other panelists are being engaged
A Few Surprises for Participants are Likely!
We’re working on a couple other bits and pieces that we think will be valuable to healthcare executives, industry leaders and others working to advance healthcare in the United States. Unlike most other healthcare conferences that lock down their speakers and content a year – or even more – in advance, we’re focused on bringing the most current, insightful and actionable information, ideas and opinions to our members and forum participants!
Voting and Ranking the 2019 HCEG Top 10 List
Over the last decade, a highlight of the HealthCare Executive Group’s annual forum is the development of the HCEG Top 10 list of challenges, issues, and opportunities that healthcare executives are currently facing. Starting with a list of approximately 25-30 items identified by HCEG members and sponsor partners, forum participants interact with each other to identify the top 10 challenges, issues and opportunities their organizations are facing. After interactive discussion in a roundtable format, the participants rank the items to create the 2019 HCEG Top 10 list.
A new approach this year is that candidates for the HCEG Top 10 list will be reviewed in a roundtable format facilitated by key sponsor partner thought leaders. The objective of the luncheon roundtable discussions will be to clarify the list of challenges, issues, and opportunities facing healthcare executives. Participants can add critical items that may have been missed and have an opportunity for deeper insight into the critical issues for the coming year. The final list of items will then be ranked by forum participants and formally shared with attendees prior to Thursday nights dinner. HCEG Executive Director Ferris Taylor and Chris Link, Sr Consultant at Change Healthcare, will orchestrate the process with assistance from HCEG support staff.
Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner – Supporting Opportunities to Connect
One of the hallmarks of HCEG’s Annual Forum events is the quality of the venue, the opportunity for intimate interaction among other healthcare executives, and well-planned food, beverage and entertainment accompaniments. Participants can expect to enjoy the following:
- Welcome Reception Tuesday Evening
- Lunch on Wednesday – With a keynote by Andy Slavitt
- Offsite Dinner Reception on Wednesday
- Breakfast on Thursday – With a keynote by Dan Buettner
- Lunch on Thursday
- Dinner + Closing Keynote on Thursday – With a keynote by Dr. Craig Samitt
- Nightcap + Winddown on Thursday
- Breakfast + Farewell on Friday
Special Executive Leadership Roundtable
In celebration of our 30th Anniversary, the HealthCare Executive Group is hosting a special Executive Leadership Roundtable on Friday, September 14th. Dan Buettner will present “The Blue Zones of Happiness: ‘Lessons from the World’s Happiest People’” during a special Friday morning breakfast event starting at 7:30am. Dan’s presentation will build on and provide additional color and clarity from his “Blue Zones: The Making of a Healthy City” presentation shared the day before.
This event requires individual registration and is limited to executives from health plans, health system, health care providers and local employer organizations. Contact us if you have any questions.
