Speakers and Topics
Curing the Illness in Health Care
Gary Kaplan, MD, FACP, FACMPE
Chairman and CEO,
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Dr. Kaplan will share how Virginia Mason Medical Center is improving the quality, delivery, and affordability of health care for Northwest employers and their employees.
After 10 years of innovation, Virginia Mason is setting both regional and national standards for health care in efficiency, effectiveness, and medical outcomes —and achieving a seemingly improbable result: lower cost health care.
Health Care Reform from the “Other” Washington
Steve Hill, Administrator,
Washington State Health Care Authority
Steve Hill is accountable for administering health care benefits to more than 400,000 Washington residents. The Washington state budgets have seen both reduced revenues and increased health care costs. Learn how Hill has seized this opportunity to use public policy tools in an imaginative and highly effective manner to reduce health care costs for Washington state budgets.
Catalyzing a 60 MPG U.S. Health Care System: Will the Northwest Lead?
Arnold Milstein, MD
Medical Director,
Pacific Business Group on Health
Chief Physician, Mercer Health & Benefits
Dr. Milstein is a leader in providing innovative health care solutions to employers. His work with Virginia Mason and other Seattle provider groups for Boeing has proven the hypothesis that reengineering care for employees with high cost chronic conditions can reduce costs and improve outcomes. Dr. Milstein will outline how the Northwest can lead national efforts to deliver major gains in the value of health care.
Sponsors of Tomorrow™: Using Purchasing Power to Bring out the Best in Clinicians and Insurers
Patricia A. McDonald,
Vice President, Technology and Manufacturing Group, Plant Manager of Intel’s FAB 20 Production Facility Intel is actively transforming health care. Using its immense health care purchasing power, Intel is applying its innovative spirit to create better health care for the future. Pat McDonald has emerged as a visionary leader in applying Lean to health care by forming a Marketplace Collaborative with Portland care providers, a health plan and Virginia Mason Institute. This Collaborative will pilot a Clinical Value Stream in 2010 aimed at improving access, increasing quality and reducing cost. |
