In this continued series exploring the impacts of healthcare reform, Dr. J.B. Silvers will address three key aspects:

• Challenges that healthcare reform will present to providers and purchasers
• Opportunities for new ventures, technology and effectiveness
• Changing roles for employers and insurers

While the specific impacts from healthcare reform are not fully measured or understood yet, the direction and likely impact becomes clearer each day. Soon the actual regulations that will implement the massive reform law will appear giving another source of insight. At each stage of this evolution, organizations that explore this broad reaching issue will be better prepared to weather the bumps and seize the opportunities. For obvious reasons, this program is critical for healthcare providers and institutions to be on the cutting edge of knowledge in this area. In addition, employers making major benefit decisions will find it important. Finally, suppliers of products or services to the sector will find it impossible to determine an appropriate strategy without this knowledge.

Dr. Silvers will draw on his experience as a Commissioner on ProPAC (now MedPAC) regarding payment and on the Joint Commission board dealing with quality to assess how healthcare reform will impact organizations and managers. In addition, his insights as a health insurance CEO and professor of finance will be brought to bear in a lively discussion of future industry structure, consolidation and opportunities.

Topics

• Exactly what are the key changes in healthcare reform for each party?
• What are the specific strategic implications of comparative effectiveness research for providers and suppliers?
• What will it take to be on the winning side in a constrained payment environment?
• What will come from the $10 billion spent on the new Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation?
• Should/will employer-sponsored health plans end when health Insurance exchanges start?

Learning Outcomes

As a result of attending this program, participants will:

• Gain critical insight and understanding of current legislation impacting healthcare
• Understand the implications for patients, healthcare providers, insurers and employers
• Formulate specific strategic opportunities resulting from these industry changes

Who Should Attend

Any manager with strategic planning or executive decision responsibility related to the health sector as a provider, insurer, purchaser, supplier, lender, investor or entrepreneur.

Costs

Individual Participants: $200
Affiliate/Health Affiliate Partners: One Half-Day per participant.

Available Discounts