Conference Agenda

8:35 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

A View from Washington

Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, Vice Provost of Global Initiatives, Levy University Professor, Perelman School of Medicine and The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

Break & Networking

9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Federal Health Policy – Where do we go from here?

Stephanie Anthony, Senior Advisor, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Edo Banach, Partner, Health Care Department Co-Chair, Foley Hoag, LLP

10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Fireside Chat with Secretary Mahaniah

Kiame Mahaniah, MD, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
with Lora Pellegrini, President & CEO, Massachusetts Association of Health Plans

11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Strategies for Cost Containment – Measuring and Improving Hospital Efficiency

Rachel Block, Program Officer, Milbank Memorial Fund
Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, FCCM, Chief Quality & Clinical Transformation Officer, University Hospitals
Moderator: Alyssa Vangeli, JD, MPH, Managing Director, Bailit Health

12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch & Networking

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Affordability and Cost Containment – State Strategies for Success

Michael Caljouw, Commissioner, Division of Insurance
Senator Cindy Friedman, Senate Chair, Joint Committee on Health Care Financing
Representative John Lawn, House Chair, Joint Committee on Health Care Financing
David Seltz, Executive Director, Massachusetts Health Policy Commission
Moderator: John McDonough, DrPH, MPA, Professor of Public Health Practice, Department of Health Policy & Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Reaction Panel – Health Care Stakeholders Respond

Ashley Blackburn, Deputy Executive Director, Health Care For All
Rushika Fernandopulle, MD, CEO, Liza Health; Founder & Former CEO, Iora Health
Zachary Gaumer, Managing Principal, Health Management Associates
Eileen McAnneny, President, Employer Coalition on Health
Christine Schuster, RN, MBA, CEO and President, Emerson Health
Matthew Veno, Executive Director, Massachusetts Group Insurance Commission
Moderator: John McDonough, DrPH, MPA, Professor of Public Health Practice, Department of Health Policy & Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

3:00 p.m.

Wrap Up

Lora Pellegrini, President & CEO, Massachusetts Association of Health Plans