IOWA CITY, IOWA — Several of the nation’s leading health care experts will discuss options to improve how care is delivered and paid for at a policy conference next Wednesday at the University of Iowa.
The keynote speakers will be Alice Rivlin, who served as the first director of the Congressional Budget Office and currently heads the Center for Health Policy at the Brookings Institution, and Jim Weinstein, chief executive officer and president of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health System.
IOWA CITY, IOWA — Several of the nation’s leading health care experts will discuss options to improve how care is delivered and paid for at a policy conference next Wednesday at the University of Iowa.
The keynote speakers will be Alice Rivlin, who served as the first director of the Congressional Budget Office and currently heads the Center for Health Policy at the Brookings Institution, and Jim Weinstein, chief executive officer and president of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health System.
Rivlin’s address is titled “Map to the Future: Economic and Other Incentives for Achieving the Population Health.” Weinstein’s address is “Executing on Population Management.”
The conference will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. April 22 at the University of Iowa’s College of Public Health. In addition to the two keynote speakers, it will feature three panels focused on reforms that could better promote healthy behaviors, improve the quality of health care, and reduce its costs.
This conference is co-hosted by The Concord Coalition and the University of Iowa’s Institute for Public Health Research and Policy. The conference is free and open to the public, but registration is required. To register and to see the full schedule, biographical information on speakers and panelists, and more program details, click here.
The panels:
Panel 1: Perspectives on Incentives for a Population Health System
Panelists:
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Tim Gutshall, MD, chief medical officer, Wellmark
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Bob Schuelter, bureau chief, adult and children services, Iowa Medicaid Enterprise
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Christine Miller, assistant vice-president for strategic planning and business development, University of Iowa Health Care
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Amber Lenhardt, executive director, finance and network development, UnityPoint Health Partners
Moderator: Gerd Clabaugh, director, Iowa Department of Public Health
Panel 2: Innovative Thinkers: Perspectives and Program for Achieving Health and Reducing Societal Costs
Panelists:
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Trish Riley, executive director, National Academy for State Health Policy
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Sally Kraft, MD, MPH, vice president, population health-community engagement, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Healthcare
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Karen Borgstrom, director, partners for community wellness, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Healthcare
Moderator: Jeff Maire, MD, president, Iowa Medical Society and board chair, Iowa Healthcare Collaborative
Panel 3: Make it Happen: Creating or Reforming Policies to Support Health-Based Economic Incentives
Panelists:
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Alice Rivlin, director, Center for Health Policy, Brookings Institution
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Paul Jarris, executive director, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
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Joe Antos, Wilson H. Taylor scholar in health care and retirement policy at the American Enterprise Institute
Moderator: Sue Curry, dean, University of Iowa College of Public Health
WHAT: Conference on “Creating a Population Health System: Innovation Opportunities”
WHEN: Wednesday, April 22, 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
WHERE: University of Iowa College of Public Health
145 N. Riverside Drive
Iowa City, Iowa
Media Contact: Steve Winn, (703) 254-7828, [email protected]
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