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.

Opening Remarks: David Brailer, MD, PhD, Chairman, Health Evolution Partners

Moderator: Roger Longman, Chief Executive Officer, Real Endpoints

Speakers:

• David Agus, MD, Professor of Medicine and Engineering, University of Southern California; Head of University of Southern California Westside Cancer Center and Center for Applied Molecular Medicine, Author of THE END OF ILLNESS
• Robert Galvin, Chief Executive Officer, Equity Healthcare; Operating Partner, The Blackstone Group
• Eric Topol, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute, Author of THE CREATIVE DESTRUCTION OF MEDICINE

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 

Introducer:  Julie Murchinson, Executive Director, Health Evolution Partners Innovation Network

• David Brailer, MD, PhD, Chairman, Health Evolution Partners

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

Interviewer: Barbara McNeil, MD, PhD, Ridley Watts Professor & Founding Head, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School; Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School & Brigham and Women’s Hospital

• Don Berwick, MD, Former Administrator, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Former President and CEO, Institute for Healthcare Improvement

9:15 – 10:15am
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 yet to see a broad-based impact from translational medicine so far. This panel will explore the promise of translational medicine, where it is having its earliest impact and what technologies and solutions can make it go faster.

Moderator: Roy Smythe MD, Senior Vice President for Institute Development, Medical Director of Innovation, Scott & White Healthcare

Speakers:

• Jamie Coffin, PhD, World Wide Vice President and General Manager, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Dell
• David Pryor, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Ascension Health
• Michael Sherman, MD, Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
• Jeff Trent, MD, President and Scientific Director, Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen)

10:15 – 10:45am
Health Break

10:45 – 11:30am
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.

Moderator: Anna Wilde Mathews, Journalist, Wall Street Journal

Speakers:

• Vicky Gregg, Chief Executive Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tenessee
• Mike Murphy, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sharp HealthCare
• Ken Paulus, Chief Executive Officer, Allina Health System

11:30 – 12:30pm
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.”

Moderator: Peter Neupert, Operating Partner, HEP; former Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Health Solutions

Speakers:

• Richard Migliori, MD, Executive Vice President, UnitedHealth Group and Chief Healthcare Officer, UnitedHealth Group Alliances
• Peter Tippett, MD, PhD, Chief Medical and Innovation Officer, Verizon
• Bernard Tyson, President and Chief Operating Officer, Kaiser Permanente

12:30 – 1:45pm
Lunch

1:45 – 2:00pm
What Weight Watchers Taught Cleveland Clinic – with a 275,000 lb. bonus
Few employer wellness programs have seen the extraordinary wellness results and bending of the cost curve that come from true engagement and  behavior change.  Cleveland Clinic attributes much of its success to the Weight Watchers basics.  Hear about their a-ha moments, how they did it and what mountains they moved to change both their cultural and financial future.

Interviewer: Nate McLemore, General Manager, Microsoft Health Solutions Group

Speakers:

• David Kirchhoff, Chief Executive Officer, Weight Watchers
• Mike Roizen, MD, Chief Wellness Officer, Cleveland Clinic                                                 

2:00 – 3:00pm
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.

Moderator: Mike Roizen, MD, Chief Wellness Officer, Cleveland Clinic

Speakers:

• Graham Atkinson, Senior Vice President & Chief Customer Experience Officer, Walgreens
• Chris Boyce, Chief Executive Officer, Virgin Health Miles
• Michael Dermer, Chief Executive Officer, IncentOne
• Alexandra Drane, Founder, Chief Visionary Officer and Chairman of the Board, Eliza Corp

3:10– 4:45pm
Deep Dive Sessions

View the agenda here

4:30 – 6:00pm
Break

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

7:00 – 9:00pm
Health Care Leaders Dinner
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 a month 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.

Moderator: Congresswoman Nancy Johnson, Senior Public Policy Advisor, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC; Former Member of House of Representatives, Connecticut

Speakers:

• Todd Gaziano, Director of Heritage’s Center for Legal and Judicial Studies
• Karen Ignagni, Chief Executive Officer, AHIP
• Ron Pollack, Founding Executive Director, Families USA

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: David Brailer, MD, PhD, Chairman, Health Evolution Partners

8:05 – 9:00am
Summit Capstone:  The Big Three Confront The Big Three
Of the many issues, opportunities and challenges that have been addressed at this year’s Summit, three stand out above the rest:  organizing and integration with physicians, getting consumers to change their behaviors and using information to improve care delivery and financing.  Three of the country’s largest Fortune 100 players, whose formidable businesses have been built on the legacy health care economy, are taking on these issues as they re-invent their businesses.   Top executives from these businesses will discuss how they are adapting to macro changes in health care, and are taking advantage of these changes to win in the transformed health care market of the future.

Moderator:  Kerry Dolan, Senior Editor, Forbes Magazine

Speakers:

• Freda Lewis-Hall, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Pfizer
• Mike O’Boyle, President and Chief Executive Officer, Parallon Business Solutions, HCA
• Andy Slavitt, Group Executive Vice President, Optum

9:00 - 10:00am
Medicare Advantage’s moment: Will it cure the country’s deficit?
As it has so many times before, Medicare Advantage read its premature death notice in the election of the 111th Congress and President Obama. Yet the industry more than survived and continues to grow largely due to the deep support these plans have among seniors and the promise they hold of delivering higher quality health care at a lower cost.  Deep reimbursement cuts are still on the horizon, but many Medicare Advantage plans are positioning for growth and expansion. This session will explore the risk and growth drivers of Medicare Advantage, what will be required for success in the future, rate-compressed environment, and what it will take for these plans to fully realize their promise of delivering high quality health care at a cost the country can afford.

Moderator: Brad Fluegel, Executive in Residence, Health Evolution Partners; former Chief Strategy and External Affairs Officer, Wellpoint

Speakers:

• Nate Goldstein, Chief Executive Officer, Gorman Health Group
• Paul Kusserow, Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, Humana
• Jack McCallum, MD, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, Censeo Health
• Bill Roth, Chief Operating Officer, SCAN Health System

10:00 - 10:30am
BigThinking in Big Pharma:  Will they drive innovation with technology?
The gap between what we know and how broadly it is applied to prevent disease and promote better health is cavernous.  To close the gap, the global pharmaceutical industry has taken many approaches to add value to its customers and patients beyond simple therapeutics with limited pockets of scalable impact.  However, the sweeping change in health technology – both within pharma and across its customers, prescribers and patients - offers a new opportunity.  Pharma can improve and sustain human health by aligning itself and its goals with its supply chains and customer chain in offering a deep understanding of preventative interventions, who benefits from what medication, how to ensure proper use and what can be done to create a system that delivers maximum value.  This is not unlike what has happened in the global retail industry, banking and other sectors…will pharma be the next driving force for technology-enabled innovation on a grand scale?

Moderator:  Harry Totonis, President and Chief Executive Officer, Surescripts

Speakers:

• Julie Gerberding, MD, President Vaccines, Merck
• Neil de Crescenzo, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Health Sciences Global Business Unit, Oracle

10:30 – 11:30am
Global Privatization of 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.

Moderator: Rolf Classon, Operating Partner, Health Evolution Partners; former Chief Executive Officer, Bayer HealthCare

Speakers:

• Daniel Coudry, MD, Chief Executive Officer, ANAHP, National Association of Premium Private Hospitals, Brazil
• John Domeika, Chief Executive Officer, WellPoint China
• Sandip Patel, President, Aetna International

11:30 – 12:30pm
Summit Partner Lunch

Join a select group of leading health care companies and organizations for lunch.  Executives from Leadership Summit 2012’s Summit Partners will host informal table discussions to connect with you and explore new opportunities.   

12:30 – 4:30pm
HEP Partner Sessions
(By Invitation)