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The World’s Top 10 Diseases
Yamada presents insights into the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's priorities and funding (an endowment now exceeding over $60B) for disease prevention and affordable health solutions.
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Susan Dentzer, On-Air Correspondent with The NewsHour, PBS
Tadataka YamadaMD, President, Global Health Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Published: 5/23/2007
Recorded at: The 4th Annual World Health Care Congress, 4/22/07 - 4/24/07
Category: Keynote Address

The World’s Top 10 Diseases
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Transformative IT
Technology is racing forward, but often seems to lag woefully behind in health care. In this keynote, leaders from business, medicine, and government discuss specific ways technology can help solve health care problems.
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Glen E. Tullman, CEO, Allscripts
Michael Critelli, Chairman and CEO, Pitney Bowes Inc.
Linda Dillman, EVP, Risk Management, Benefits and Sustainability, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
William WinkenwerderJr., MD, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Department of Defense
Brent C. JamesMD, Executive Director, Institute for Healthcare Delivery Research, Intermountain Healthcare

Published: 5/23/2007
Recorded at: The 4th Annual World Health Care Congress, 4/22/07 - 4/24/07
Category: Keynote Address

Transformative IT
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In Pursuit of Transparency in Health Care Delivery
A recent Booz Allen Hamilton survey found that over half of consumers are unhappy with the cost and quality information they have today, and distrust most of the players. In this setting, how can drug makers, government employers, and health plans help close the information gap?
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David Knott, Senior Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton
Reed V. TucksonMD, FACP, EVP and Chief of Medical Affairs, UnitedHealth Group
Phil Bredesen, Governor, State of Tennessee
Carolyn ClancyMD, Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Published: 5/23/2007
Recorded at: The 4th Annual World Health Care Congress, 4/22/07 - 4/24/07
Category: Keynote Address

In Pursuit of Transparency in Health Care Delivery
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Competition
The U.S. spends over $1.9 trillion annually on healthcare expenses. Yet, some argue that patients are not getting the quality of care reflected in these figures. This keynote describes a possible means for changing existing zero-sum conditions to positive-sum competition; resulting in an overall efficiency in policy.
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John K. Iglehart, Founding Editor, Health Affairs
Michael E. Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, Harvard Business School
Ronald A. Williams, Chairman, CEO and President, Aetna Inc.
George C. Halvorson, Chairman and CEO, Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Hospitals

Published: 5/23/2007
Recorded at: The 4th Annual World Health Care Congress, 4/22/07 - 4/24/07
Category: Keynote Address

Competition
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Universal Coverage – A Bill to End Employer-Sponsored Coverage
In this Keynote, US Senator Ron Wyden discusses the key points of his Healthy Americans Act, his proposal to require private insurance plans to provide coverage equal to or better than the Blue Cross Blue Shield Standard Plan used by Congress.
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Agnes Carey, Associate Editor, CQ HealthBeat
Ron Wyden(D-OR), United States Senator

Published: 5/23/2007
Recorded at: The 4th Annual World Health Care Congress, 4/22/07 - 4/24/07
Category: Keynote Address

Universal Coverage – A Bill to End Employer-Sponsored Coverage
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CMS' Vision on Quality Standards
As CMS is both a regulator and a purchaser for over half of all medical spending, much of the industry is closely tracking CMS' quality standards as these could set the bar for quality measurement and reporting for the entire industry.
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Peter Lee, President and CEO, Pacific Business Group on Health
Herb B Kuhn, Acting Deputy Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
William D. Novelli, CEO, AARP
William G. Plested, President-Elect, American Medical Association

Published: 5/23/2007
Recorded at: The 4th Annual World Health Care Congress, 4/22/07 - 4/24/07
Category: Keynote Address

CMS' Vision on Quality Standards
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Consumerism
In this keynote, three top leaders from the technology industry share their visions for improving current inefficiencies in health care today. The panelists address strategies that will provide consumers useful information through content providers and health care institutions, thereby improving the value of health care services.
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Jim Guest, President and CEO, Consumers Union
Craig R. Barrett, Chairman, Intel Corporation
Adam Bosworth, Vice President, Google, Inc.
Peter Neupert, Corporate Vice President Health Strategy, Microsoft Corp

Published: 5/23/2007
Recorded at: The 4th Annual World Health Care Congress, 4/22/07 - 4/24/07
Category: Keynote Address

Consumerism
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Employer Demands for Affordable, Quality Health Care
Cost pressures on US employers and public purchasers are unsustainable, which has led to demands by purchasers for the health care system to contain costs, and improve quality and transparency.
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Nina Easton, Washington Bureau Chief, FORTUNE
Gerald L. Shaheen, Group President, Caterpillar Inc.; Chairman of the Board of Directors, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Linda Springer, Director, U.S. Office of Personnel Management
Delos (Toby) CosgroveMD, CEO and President, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Larry Glasscock, Chairman, President and CEO, WellPoint Inc.

Published: 5/23/2007
Recorded at: The 4th Annual World Health Care Congress, 4/22/07 - 4/24/07
Category: Keynote Address

Employer Demands for Affordable, Quality Health Care
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The Global Business Imperative: Sustainable Solutions for Prevention and Quality
How much do wellness programs really help? In this keynote, experts explore whether health promotion and prevention can lead to reduced spending on health care.
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Justin Fox, Editor At-Large, TIME
Andrew N. Liveris, President, CEO & Chairman, The Dow Chemical Company
Joseph M. Hogan, President and CEO, GE Healthcare
Ian Morrison, Futurist and Author

Published: 5/23/2007
Recorded at: The 4th Annual World Health Care Congress, 4/22/07 - 4/24/07
Category: Keynote Address

The Global Business Imperative: Sustainable Solutions for Prevention and Quality
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Health Care in America
Wal-Mart CEO, Lee Scott discusses what business can do to build a better health care system in the United States, and describes key moves that Wal-Mart has made, such as offering a $4/prescription generic drug program, which he describes as having effects that are "nothing short of spectacular."
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Ron Winslow, Deputy Editor, Health and Science, Wall Street Journal
Lee Scott, President and CEO, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Published: 5/23/2007
Recorded at: The 4th Annual World Health Care Congress, 4/22/07 - 4/24/07
Category: Keynote Address

Health Care in America
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Keynote Panel Discussion: Achieving National Benchmarks for Pay-for-Performance
Update on national benchmarks, aligning Disease Management and P4P: opportunities for collaboration and expansion, moving toward efficiency measurement-impact on all stakeholders, new initiatives in structuring performance measurement and integrating P4P into physician education.
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Martha Bebinger, Reporter & Producer, WBUR
Joel Allison, President and CEO, Baylor Health System
Jon Kingsdale, Executive Director Board Member, National Quality Forum President and CEO, Baylor Health System President and CEO, Baylor Health System; Board Member, National Quality Forum, Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector
Phyllis Torda, Vice President, Product Development, National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
George Bennett, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Health Dialog

Published: 8/6/2007
Recorded at: The 5th Annual World Congress Leadership Summit on Health Care Quality and Pay-For-Performance, 8/6/07 - 8/8/07
Category: Keynote Address

Designing and Implementing Pay-for-Performance Programs: Issues and Research
State of knowledge about effectiveness of pay-for-performance (P4P) programs in healthcare settings, key challenges to designing and implementing P4P programs and best practices, provider attitudes toward P4P and best practices for designing and implementing P4P programs.
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Gary YoungJD, Ph.D, Chair, Health Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health

Published: 8/6/2007
Recorded at: The 5th Annual World Congress Leadership Summit on Health Care Quality and Pay-For-Performance, 8/6/07 - 8/8/07
Category: Keynote Address

IHA/California Program
Expanding the Scope of Pay-for-Performance - Developments from Nationally Recognized Programs
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Tom Williams, Executive Director, IHA
Gifford Boyce-SmithMD, Senior Medical Director, Quality Management, Blue Shield of California

Published: 8/6/2007
Recorded at: The 5th Annual World Congress Leadership Summit on Health Care Quality and Pay-For-Performance, 8/6/07 - 8/8/07
Category: Keynote Address

Ambulatory Quality Alliance (AQA)
Deven McGraw, Chief Operating Officer, National Partnership for Women & Families
Steven WaldrenMD, MS, Director, Center for HIT, American Academy of Family Physicians

Published: 8/6/2007
Recorded at: The 5th Annual World Congress Leadership Summit on Health Care Quality and Pay-For-Performance, 8/6/07 - 8/8/07
Category: Keynote Address

Closing Keynote: The Role of Pay-for-Performance in Shaping Reimbursement Models
Changing landscape of physician-hospital partnerships and emerging reimbursement models
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Michael Millenson, President, Health Quality Advisors
Thomas H. LeeMD, CEO, Partners Community HealthCare
Lee SacksMD, President, Advocate Health Partners
Carey VinsonMD, Vice President for Quality and Medical Performance Management, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield

Published: 8/6/2007
Recorded at: The 5th Annual World Congress Leadership Summit on Health Care Quality and Pay-For-Performance, 8/6/07 - 8/8/07
Category: Keynote Address

Keynote Panel Discussion: Transparency and Public Disclosure
Using public disclosure and transparency as incentives, current and new developments in transparency and public disclosure and are consumers more informed because of increased transparency?
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Samuel LinMD, PhD, MBA, Medical Affairs Consultant, American Medical Group Association (AMGA)
Jim Guest, President and CEO, Consumers Union
Judith MonroeMD, FAAFP, State Health Commissioner, Indiana State Department of Health
Jeffrey L. KangMD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer and SVP, CIGNA

Published: 8/7/2007
Recorded at: The 5th Annual World Congress Leadership Summit on Health Care Quality and Pay-For-Performance, 8/6/07 - 8/8/07
Category: Keynote Address

Pay-for-Performance in Medicare - Overview of Changes and Updates from CMS
Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) – How pay-for-reporting will shape the future, new developments in measuring quality and creating incentives, outlook for 2008 and beyond and is Medicare ready for P4P?
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Stuart Guterman, Senior Program Director, Medicare's Future, The Commonwealth Fund
Charlotte S. YehMD, FACEP, Regional Administrator (Region I), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Mary Reich CooperMD, JD, Vice President and Chief Quality Officer, Lifespan Corporation
Michael F. Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies, CATO Institute

Published: 8/7/2007
Recorded at: The 5th Annual World Congress Leadership Summit on Health Care Quality and Pay-For-Performance, 8/6/07 - 8/8/07
Category: Keynote Address

Keynote Panel Discussion: National Health IT
Creating a Cohesive, Nationwide IT System and Current barriers to wide scale IT adoption, Examples of collaborative efforts and models, Creating a Medical Home to Improve Care Quality and Streamline Physician Reimbursement.
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Molly Joel CoyeMD, MPH, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Health Technology Center
David Hom, Chair and Special Advisor, Center for Health Value Innovation
Janet Marchibroda, Chief Executive Officer, eHealth Initiative and Foundation

Published: 8/7/2007
Recorded at: The 5th Annual World Congress Leadership Summit on Health Care Quality and Pay-For-Performance, 8/6/07 - 8/8/07
Category: Keynote Address

Keynote Panel Discussion: Value Driven Healthcare
Jim Chase, Executive Director, Minnesota Community Measurement
Maulik S. JoshiDr.PH, President and CEO, Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (NRHI)
Nancy D. Zionts, Vice President, Program and Planning, Jewish Healthcare Foundation & Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative

Published: 8/8/2007
Recorded at: The 5th Annual World Congress Leadership Summit on Health Care Quality and Pay-For-Performance, 8/6/07 - 8/8/07
Category: Keynote Address

Catherine Baase - Health - Creating a Sustainable Future
Catherine M. Baase, MD, is the Global Director of Health Services for The Dow Chemical Company. Dr. Baase has direct responsibility for leadership and management of all Occupational Health, Epidemiology, and Health Promotion staff and programs around the world. In addition to these roles and along with the Global Director of Benefits, Dr. Baase is responsible for the Dow Health Strategy. She is also involved in health policy and health issue management at Dow. Previously, Dr. Baase was the director of Health Care Strategic Planning with direct responsibility for the US health benefit plans.
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Catherine BaaseMD, Dow Chemical Co.

Published: 2/20/2008
Recorded at: The 3rd Annual Employer Health & Human Capital Congress, 1/30/08 - 2/1/08
Category: Keynote Address

Catherine Baase - Health - Creating a Sustainable Future
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Chuck Reynolds - Understanding Why Employers Need to Know and Prepare for End of Life Care Issues
Chuck Reynolds has been working in health management and marketing for over two decades, accumulating a range of experiences ranging from in the trenches program management to high level business strategy development. As President of The Benfield Group’s Employer Practice, Chuck helps large employers with management- and employee-focused health and human capital communications. Chuck also works extensively with chain pharmaceutical and device manufacturers, health plans and others in the health care supply chain to help them demonstrate and communicate their value proposition to employer customers.
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Chuck Reynolds, Principal and President of Employer Practice, The Benfield Group

Published: 2/20/2008
Recorded at: The 3rd Annual Employer Health & Human Capital Congress, 1/30/08 - 2/1/08
Category: Keynote Address

Chuck Reynolds - Understanding Why Employers Need to Know and Prepare for End of Life Care Issues
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Joycelyn Elders - The Employer's Role in Personal Health Records
Dr. Joycleyn Elders served as U.S. Surgeon General under President Bill Clinton from 1993-1994. She recently joined the Center for Value Based Innovation board of directors.
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Joycelyn EldersMD, Former US Surgeon General

Published: 2/20/2008
Recorded at: The 3rd Annual Employer Health & Human Capital Congress, 1/30/08 - 2/1/08
Category: Keynote Address

Joycelyn Elders - The Employer's Role in Personal Health Records
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Vincent Kerr - Exploring Disruptive Systems to Transform the US Healthcare Infrastructure
Vincent E. Kerr, M.D. is President of Care Solutions at Uniprise, a UnitedHealth Group company serving large, self-insured employers. At Uniprise, he is responsible for network and clinical strategy. He is involved in leading the Uniprise effort to promote quality and efficiency differentiation within the network and is focused on enhancing the value proposition of Uniprise to its customers along these domains. He also leads Uniprise's efforts in care management and other clinical, and patient centered processes.
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Vincent KerrMD, President, Care Solutions, Uniprise

Published: 2/20/2008
Recorded at: The 3rd Annual Employer Health & Human Capital Congress, 1/30/08 - 2/1/08
Category: Keynote Address

Vincent Kerr - Exploring Disruptive Systems to Transform the US Healthcare Infrastructure
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Wendy Lynch - A Big Picture of Human Capital – Beyond the Limits of Health: Realigning macro-policies to optimize human capital performance
For almost 20 years, Dr. Wendy Lynch has been making the connection between employee health and business outcomes. Her career has included roles as faculty at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Senior Scientist at Health Decisions International, and Principal and Senior consultant at Mercer Human Resource Consulting. Now Executive Director of a new education and research foundation called the Health as Human Capital Foundation, she also runs her own independent consulting practice in Denver. Educated at the University of Colorado at Boulder, she earned a Doctorate in Research and Evaluation Methodology.
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Wendy LynchPhD, Vice President, Strategic Development, HCMS

Published: 2/20/2008
Recorded at: The 3rd Annual Employer Health & Human Capital Congress, 1/30/08 - 2/1/08
Category: Keynote Address

Wendy Lynch - A Big Picture of Human Capital – Beyond the Limits of Health: Realigning macro-policies to optimize human capital performance
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Building a Health Care System Based on Value
Mike Leavitt, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Bernadine Healy, Health Editor, U.S. News & World Report;

Published: 4/25/2008
Recorded at: The 5th Annual World Health Care Congress, 4/21/08 - 4/23/08
Category: Keynote Address

Building a Health Care System Based on Value
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A Call-to-Action from Employers: A Progressive Approach to Employee Health
James Hagedorn, Chairman and CEO, Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
John M. Clymer, President, Partnership for Prevention

Published: 4/25/2008
Recorded at: The 5th Annual World Health Care Congress, 4/21/08 - 4/23/08
Category: Keynote Address

A Call-to-Action from Employers: A Progressive Approach to Employee Health
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Leadership to Change Chronic Care Outcomes
Ken ThorpePhD, Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management,, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Rosemarie B. Greco, Director, Governor's Office of Health Care Reform, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Richard J. MiglioriMD, Executive Vice President, Business Initiatives and Clinical Affairs, Enterprise Services Group, UnitedHealth Group

Published: 4/25/2008
Recorded at: The 5th Annual World Health Care Congress, 4/21/08 - 4/23/08
Category: Keynote Address

Leadership to Change Chronic Care Outcomes
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Impacting Affordability and Quality
Bernadine Healy, Health Editor, U.S. News & World Report;
Andrew Webber, President and CEO, National Business Coalition on Health
John TookerMD, MBA, FACP, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, American College of Physicians
Professor Uwe Reinhardt, Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University

Published: 4/25/2008
Recorded at: The 5th Annual World Health Care Congress, 4/21/08 - 4/23/08
Category: Keynote Address

Impacting Affordability and Quality
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Building a Vision for a Health Care System
Scott Hensley, News Editor, The Wall Street Journal
Denis CorteseMD, President and CEO, Mayo Clinic
Paul SperanzaJD, LL.M., Chairman of the Board of Directors, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
David Knott, Senior Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton

Published: 4/25/2008
Recorded at: The 5th Annual World Health Care Congress, 4/21/08 - 4/23/08
Category: Keynote Address

Building a Vision for a Health Care System
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An Employer Call-to-Action for Market-Driven Health Reform
David Noonan, Senior Editor, Health & Medicine, Newsweek
Steven A. Burd, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Safeway Inc.

Published: 4/25/2008
Recorded at: The 5th Annual World Health Care Congress, 4/21/08 - 4/23/08
Category: Keynote Address

An Employer Call-to-Action for Market-Driven Health Reform
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Achieving a Consumer Focus
David Noonan, Senior Editor, Health & Medicine, Newsweek
Peter Neupert, Corporate Vice President Health Strategy, Microsoft Corp
Reed V. TucksonMD, FACP, EVP and Chief of Medical Affairs, UnitedHealth Group

Published: 4/25/2008
Recorded at: The 5th Annual World Health Care Congress, 4/21/08 - 4/23/08
Category: Keynote Address

Achieving a Consumer Focus
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Achieving Accountable Care
Ian Morrison, Futurist and Author
Elliott S., FisherMD, MPH, Professor of Medicine and Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School
Mark McClellanMD, PhD, Senior Fellow, Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform
Cecil B. WilsonMD, Immediate Past Chair, American Medical Association

Published: 4/25/2008
Recorded at: The 5th Annual World Health Care Congress, 4/21/08 - 4/23/08
Category: Keynote Address

Achieving Accountable Care
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The Presidential Health Care Agenda
Joanne Silberner, Health Policy Correspondent, Science Desk, National Public Radio
Thomas Miller(McCain Advisor), Resident Fellow, The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Congressman Jim Cooper(Obama Advisor), Congressman, State of Tennessee, U.S. House of Representatives
Chris Jennings(Clinton Advisor), President, Jennings Policy Strategies (JPS), Inc.
George C. Halvorson, Chairman and CEO, Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Hospitals
George P. Shultz, Former U.S. Secretary of State

Published: 4/25/2008
Recorded at: The 5th Annual World Health Care Congress, 4/21/08 - 4/23/08
Category: Keynote Address

The Presidential Health Care Agenda
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Global Health Trends – Debunking the Myth of "Developed" Countries
Susan Dentzer, On-Air Correspondent with The NewsHour, PBS
Hans RoslingMD, PhD, Professor of International Health, Karolinska Institutet (Sweden)

Published: 4/25/2008
Recorded at: The 5th Annual World Health Care Congress, 4/21/08 - 4/23/08
Category: Keynote Address

Global Health Trends – Debunking the Myth of "Developed" Countries
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Innovation - Market Solutions to Improve Value
Justin Fox, Editor At-Large, TIME
Delos (Toby) CosgroveMD, CEO and President, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Clayton M. Christensen, Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Grant Harrison, Vice President, Integrated Consumer Experience, Humana, Inc.
Lee Shapiro, President, Allscripts

Published: 4/25/2008
Recorded at: The 5th Annual World Health Care Congress, 4/21/08 - 4/23/08
Category: Keynote Address

Innovation - Market Solutions to Improve Value
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Keynote Panel Discussion: Consumerism and P4P - How to Engage Consumers to Demand Information on Quality, Cost-Effective Care
Comparing and contrasting consumer incentives and provider incentives, best practices for creating active consumers, and Value-Based Benefits Design.
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Michael Chernew, Professor, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School Co-Editor, The American Journal of Managed Care
David S. Hefner, President, University of Chicago Medical Center
Jeff RobertsonMD, Chief Medical Officer, The Regence Group

Published: 8/8/2007
Recorded at: The 5th Annual World Congress Leadership Summit on Health Care Quality and Pay-For-Performance, 8/6/07 - 8/8/07
Category: Keynote Address

Whole Foods' Consumer Driven Health Plan
John Mackey talks about Whole Foods' health insurance plan.
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John Mackey, Chairman and CEO, Whole Foods Market

Published: 9/12/2007
Recorded at: The 2004 World Health Care Congress, 1/26/04 - 1/27/04
Category: Keynote Address

World Health Care Congress, Washington, DC
The future of healthcare in America was the central topic at the 2007 World Health Care Congress in Washington, DC, which attracted 1500 attendees.
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Published: 5/24/2007
Recorded at: The 4th Annual World Health Care Congress, 4/22/07 - 4/24/07
Category: CRG Health Care Week in Review by Carl Mercuro

World Health Care Congress, Washington, DC
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Tracy Bahl, CEO, Uniprise
Tracy Bahl, chief executive of Uniprise, a unit of UnitedHealth Group, discusses slowing health insurance membership growth in the large group employer market. From the World Health Care Congress in Washington, DC, April 22-24.
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Tracy Bahl, CEO, Uniprise

Published: 5/24/2007
Recorded at: The 4th Annual World Health Care Congress, 4/22/07 - 4/24/07
Category: CRG Health Care Week in Review by Carl Mercuro

Tracy Bahl, CEO, Uniprise
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David Silverstein, CEO, Breakthrough Management Group
David Silverstein, President and CEO of Breakthrough Management Group, discusses the truths and the myths about inefficiency in the U.S. healthcare system. From the World Health Care Congress in Washington, DC., April 22-24.
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David Silverstein, CEO, Breakthrough Management Group

Published: 5/24/2007
Recorded at: The 4th Annual World Health Care Congress, 4/22/07 - 4/24/07
Category: CRG Health Care Week in Review by Carl Mercuro

David Silverstein, CEO, Breakthrough Management Group
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Robert Greczyn, President, CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
Robert Greczyn, president and CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, talks about how his company is pricing to maintain-but not grow-profit margins after several years of margin reduction.
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Robert Greczyn, President, CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina

Published: 5/24/2007
Recorded at: The 4th Annual World Health Care Congress, 4/22/07 - 4/24/07
Category: CRG Health Care Week in Review by Carl Mercuro

Robert Greczyn, President, CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
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Michael Critelli, Chairman and CEO, Pitney Bowes
Michael Critelli, chairman and CEO, Pitney Bowes Inc., talks about the success the company has had with on-site medical clinics for employees. From the World Health Care Congress in Washington, DC., April 22-24.
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Michael Critelli, Chairman and CEO, Pitney Bowes Inc.

Published: 5/24/2007
Recorded at: The 4th Annual World Health Care Congress, 4/22/07 - 4/24/07
Category: CRG Health Care Week in Review by Carl Mercuro

Michael Critelli, Chairman and CEO, Pitney Bowes
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Lonny Reisman, M.D., CEO, ActiveHealth Management
Lonny Reisman, MD., CEO of ActiveHealth Management, talks about how the company has benefited from being acquired by Aetna. From the World Health Care Congress in Washington, DC., April 22-24.
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Lonny Reisman, CEO, ActiveHealth Management

Published: 5/24/2007
Recorded at: The 4th Annual World Health Care Congress, 4/22/07 - 4/24/07
Category: CRG Health Care Week in Review by Carl Mercuro

Lonny Reisman, M.D., CEO, ActiveHealth Management
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John Wade, St. Luke's Health System
John Wade, vice president, St. Luke's Health System of Kansas City, says that health plans demand that hospitals utilize information technology to improve quality and cut costs-but they refuse to reimburse hospitals for the improvements in efficiency. From the World Health Care Congress in Washington, DC., April 22-24.
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John Wade, St. Luke's Health System

Published: 5/24/2007
Recorded at: The 4th Annual World Health Care Congress, 4/22/07 - 4/24/07