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AGENDA: PRECONFERENCE
Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Preconference Symposia (Choose one Preconference only)

Preconference I: Consumerism Mini-Summit
Sponsored by the Consumer Driven Health Care Institute

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8:30 a.m.

Welcome and Introductions

David Randall
Executive Director
The Consumer Driven Health Care Institute
Washington, DC
(Co-Chair)

8:45 a.m.

Consumerism 2.0: New Models of Consumer Empowerment

Peter Erickson
Senior Principal, Triple Tree, LLC
Minneapolis, MN

Steven R. Gerst, MD
President & CEO, Plan Service Providers
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Thomas C. Schmidt, D.C.
Director of Consumer Driven Health Plans, VP Sales
AssureCare/Kereon HSA
Plymouth, MN

9:45 a.m.

Break

10:00 a.m.

Avoiding Operational and Compliance Pitfalls and Traps with your Consumer Driven Plan

Jeff A. Brunsberg
Executive Vice President
Discovery Benefits, Fargo, ND

John Hickman, Esq.
Partner, Alston & Bird, LLP
Atlanta, GA

11:00 a.m.

Healthcare Payer Financial Transparency and Payment Strategies

Janice Young
Program Director
Health Industry Insights
Framingham, MA

12:00 p.m.

Adjournment and Lunch on Your Own

Preconference II: Convenient Care Mini-Summit
Sponsored by the Convenient Care Association

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8:30 a.m.

Welcome and Overview of the Industry

Tine Hansen-Turton
Executive Director, Convenient Care Association
Philadelphia, PA

Mary Kate Scott
President, Scott and Company
Marina Del Ray, CA

9:15 a.m.

Case Studies from the Industry

Chris Kersey, MD
Chief Business Development Officer and Chief Medical Officer
RediClinic
Houston, TX

Steven Cooley, MD
President, SmartCare
Dallas, TX

9:45 a.m.

Quality Initiatives in the Convenient Care Setting

Ann Ritter
Policy Director, Convenient Care Association
Philadelphia, PA

Sandra Ryan, MSN, CPNP
Chief Nurse Practitioner Officer
Take Care Health Systems
Conshohocken, PA

10:15 a.m.

Policy and Legal Issues Impacting Convenient Care

Tine Hansen-Turton
Executive Director, Convenient Care Association
Philadelphia, PA

Sarah Ratner
Senior Legal Counsel, MinuteClinic
Minneapolis, MN

Ann Ritter
Policy Director, Convenient Care Association
Philadelphia, PA

Juliet A. Santos, MSN, APRN
President and Chief Executive Officer
Early Solutions Clinic
Fenton, MI

10:45 a.m.

Break

11:00 a.m.

Partnering with Traditional Healthcare Entities in the Convenient Care Market

Kimberly Hodgkinson
Director of Finance, Aurora Health Care Ventures
Elm Grove, WI

Brian Jones
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
MedBasics
Irving, TX

11:30 a.m.

Convenient Care on the Corporate Campus: What Works

Patricia C. Shea, Esq.
Partner, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP
Harrisburg, PA

Chris Kersey, MD
Chief Business Development Officer and Chief Medical Officer
RediClinic
Houston, TX

12:00 p.m.

Adjournment and Lunch on Your Own



AGENDA: DAY I
Wednesday, September 26, 2007

1:00 p.m.

Welcome and Introductions

John Iglehart
Founding Editor, Health Affairs
and National Correspondent, New England Journal of Medicine
Washington, DC
(Co-Chair)

1:15 p.m.

Keynote Session: The Ownership Society in Health Care

Jamie Robinson, PhD, MPH
Chair, Division of Health Policy and Management
School of Public Health, University of California
Berkeley, CA

2:00 p.m.

Keynote Session: Blending 'Supply Side' Approaches with Consumerism

Paul B. Ginsburg, PhD
President, Center for Studying Health System Change
Washington, DC

2:45 p.m.

Keynote Session: Tailored Talk and Consumerism: How benefits managers can engage employees in personalized communication and transfer responsibility without intruding

Ronna Lichtenberg
President, Clear Peak Communications and Author
New York, NY

3:45 p.m.

Break

4:00 p.m.

TRACK SESSION 1



1.01 Employer Case Studies Track: Lessons From Plunging In

Stephen W. Wood
Director of Human Resources
EchoStar Satellite LLC
Englewood, CO

Aaron LaPoint
Director of Compensation and Benefits
EchoStar Satellite LLC
Englewood, CO



1.02 Policy and Research Track: RAND Research on Consumer Directed Health Plans

Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin, PhD
Health Economist & Center
Co-Director, Bing Center for Health Economics
RAND Corporation
Santa Monica, CA



1.03 Banking & Technology Track: The Convergence of Healthcare and Banking - Treasury's Increasing Role in Healthcare Decision-Making

Teresa O'Keefe
Vice President Marketing, ConnectYourCare
Hunt Valley, MD



1.04 Operational and Technical Track: Results that Impact Health, Risk and the Bottom Line

Anna Silberman
Vice President of Preventive Health Service
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
Pittsburgh, PA



1.05 Transparency Track: Finding the Right Care for the Right Price, Right Quality and Right Providers: Lessons From Health Plans Deploying Transparency for Consumers

Geoffrey B. Baker, MBA
Chief Executive Officer and President, Med-Vantage, Inc.
San Francisco, CA



1.06 Provider Issues Track: Consumer-Directed Health Plans: Physician and Hospital Challenges

David Levenstein, JD
Manager, Contracting, Baycare Health Partners
Springfield, MA

5:00 p.m.

Transition Break

5:15 p.m.

TRACK SESSION 2



2.01 Employer Case Studies Track: A Step-by-Step Approach to Implementing CDHPs and HSAs

Michael Vittoria
Director of Human Resources
Bacou-Dalloz USA, Inc.
Smithfield, RI



2.02 Policy and Research Track: Does Consumer Driven Healthcare Practice Match the Theory?

Stephen T. Parente, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Finance and Academic Director
Medical Industry Leadership Institute, Carlson School of Management
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN



2.03 Banking & Technology Track: Maintaining a Profitable and Competitive Health Savings Account Business

Daniel Kelly
Senior Vice President, Health Savings Solution
US Bank
Minneapolis, MN

Chris Jackson
Vice President, Product Management
Healthcare Banking, Open Solutions, Inc.
Houston, TX



2.04 Operational and Technical Track: Legal Issues in the Design and Administration of Consumer Driven Health Plans

John Hickman, Esq.
Partner, Alston & Bird, LLP
Atlanta, GA



2.05 Healthcare Payer Financial Transparency and Payment Strategies

Janice Young
Program Director
Health Industry Insights
Framingham, MA



2.06 Provider Issues Track: Developing Key Performance Indicators for Consumer-Directed Health Care and Pay-For-Performance

David Hammer
Vice President, Revenue Cycle Solutions
McKesson Provider Technologies
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

6:15 p.m.

Adjournment




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