Health care around the world is undergoing a vast and chaotic change, driven by the compounding effects of rising - and seemingly uncontrollable - demand for health care services, demographic shifts, new technologies and cultural changes. The rapid change in many economies, both deep setbacks in the developed world and bubble growth in other countries, have set in motion fundamental shifts in how populations view health care and the resources required to fund it. New technologies are constantly being imported into health care. Governments are using health care to raise standards of living, both by creating health care services and jobs in the health care sector. It is clear that health care is moving on a global scale which, more than ever before, is impacting opportunities for domestic companies and health care in the United States.  

Uncertainty will be the common thread in health care systems around the world for some time to come.  Domestically, consolidation, decreasing reimbursement, health reform uncertainty, regulatory hurdles for new life sciences ideas and the disruption of managed care are all critical issues for us. These and other issues paint a powerful mosaic on which Leadership Summit 2012’s discussions will take shape. These issues pose challenges, but also create opportunities for health care companies in every sector and at any phase. 

Leadership Summit Agenda

Wednesday, April 25

9:00 – 1:00pm
Pre-Summit Meetings (By Invitation)

11:00 – 7:00pm
Registration Open

11:30 – 5:00pm
Recreation and Networking Activities
 
5:00 – 7:00pm
Welcome Reception

7:00 – 9:00pm
Opening Session
Omics: The Promise and Reality for Care
We have seen tremendous progress in genomics, metabolomics and proteomics, and a deep sense of the impact yet to come from these powerful diagnostics. Yet, these technologies are expensive on a scale not seen in the past, and come at a time when health care must address real resource constraints. This panel will explore how we can get this next generation of diagnostics into use and how they can face the economic hurdles that envelop the industry today.

9:00 – 11:00pm
Après Dinner Conversations

Thursday, April 26

6:00 – 7:00am
Morning Fitness Boost

7:00 – 4:00pm
Registration Open

7:00 – 8:00am
Breakfast

8:00 – 8:15am
Opening Comments

8:15 – 9:15am
Fireside Chat with Don Berwick

9:15 – 10:15am
Payer-provider vertical integration: Who should own whom?
As payers acquire providers and providers form health plans, it is clear that a vertical integration race is on. Driving this is that many people see risk-bearing providers as a way to foster widespread integrated delivery systems, although others see this as a repeat of a failed history of provider risk management. This panel will explore the key drivers of vertical integration in different markets and debate who will win and what the consequences of this will be.

10:15 – 10:45
Health Break

10:45 – 11:45am
Lab to the bedside: Does translational medicine translate into reality?
Translational medicine has been a shining promise of health care for a decade, and has the potential to bring startling new discoveries into patient care at a rapid pace, and to also use patient care as a source of real world discovery. However, we have seen little real world impact from translational medicine so far. This panel will explore the promise of translational medicine, where it is likely to have its earliest impact and what can make it go faster.

11:45 – 12:45
Can you heal me now? How virtual health is changing the landscape - from development to delivery
As significant disruption and macro economic trends drive sweeping changes in strategy throughout the health industry, virtual health has emerged as a common focal point for business model innovation and care delivery transformation. This panel will explore how leaders across health care are betting on wireless devices, video, ubiquitous networks, and the cloud to enable “healthcare everywhere.”

12:45 – 1:45pm
Lunch

1:45 – 2:45
We can’t stop trying to change behaviors: Will it work?
First on every person’s plan for changing health care are things that change behavior of patients and clinicians. The cumulative impact of changes in diet, exercise, medical compliance and other basics is profound, although there is little if any evidence that behavior change actually works across populations over time. As the health care industry runs out of other options, behavior change is getting new attention. New efforts to engage patients show promise to drive real behavior change. This panel will cut past the hype and delve into the real promise of behavior change and what really works.

2:45 – 3:00pm
Shared Value as a Business Driver

3:00 – 4:30pm
Deep Dive Sessions

4:30 – 6:00pm
Break

6:00 – 7:00pm
Global Health Innovation Reception

7:00 – 9:00pm
Health Care Leaders Dinner

9:00 – 11:00pm
Après Dinner Conversations

Friday, April 27

6:00 – 7:00am
Morning Fitness Boost

7:00 – 8:00am
Breakfast

8:00 – 8:05am
Opening Comments

8:05 – 9:00am
D-Day for Health Reform
Health reform has been suspended in uncertainty since its creation due to its partisan origins, tenuous public support and questionable legal foundations. It is now facing its denouement, both in the Supreme Court and in national elections. This conversation will explore what the Supreme Court will do (which will be revealed two months after the Summit) and how that will impact the policy sphere, and also how health reform will be shaped by 2012 Presidential and Congressional elections.

9:00 – 10:00am
Privatization of US Health Care: Opportunities on the Horizon
Developing and newly industrialized countries face critical health challenges as compression of aging and the persistence of communicable disease intensify the burden of increasing chronic illness. However, with more than 2 billion people projected join the global middle class in less than 20 years and increasing privatization, these growing economies also represent a tremendous opportunity for domestic and foreign suppliers that can satisfy new demand for advanced health products and services. This session will hear from major emerging economies and highlight fertile grounds for U.S. and international firms to take advantage of global opportunities.

10:00 – 10:30am
Intra-preneurism: Building a company within a Fortune 50 company

10:30 – 11:30am
Medicare Advantage’s Mark Twain moment: The triumph of happy patients over political maneuvering
Medicare Advantage read its premature death notice in the election of the 111th Congress and President Obama. The powerful rhetoric did not turn into reality, though, largely due to the deep support these plans have among seniors. Having survived a political scare, many plans are positioning for growth and expansion. This panel will explore the risk and growth drivers of Medicare Advantage, where they will go if a conducive political environment unfolds and how they will change the landscape of health care.

11:30 – 12:30pm
Innovator’s Lunch

12:30 – 4:30pm
HEP Partner Sessions