Innovation in Health Service Delivery and Financing

This United Hospital Fund conference will explore innovative programs and policies that will drive fundamental reform in how health care services are financed and delivered.

Donald Berwick, MD, former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will offer a keynote focusing on issues and opportunities related to innovation. Two panels will discuss payer and provider perspectives on innovative approaches to organizing and paying for care that meet the goals of high quality and appropriate care and lower costs.

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AGENDA

8:30
Registration and Continental Breakfast
 

9:00
Welcome
James R. Tallon, Jr., President, United Hospital Fund
 

9:15
Keynote
"The Innovation Imperative: Issues and Opportunities"
Donald Berwick, MD, former Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
 

10:15
A Framework for Innovation
James R. Tallon, Jr.
 

10:30
Break
 

10:50
Payer Perspectives
Moderator: Gregory Burke, Director, Innovation Strategies, United Hospital Fund

• Foster Gesten, MD, Medical Director, Office of Health Insurance Programs, New York State Department of Health
• Sean Cavanaugh, Acting Deputy Director, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
• Randall Krakauer, MD, FACP, FACR, National Medical Director, Medicare, Aetna

12:00   
Provider Perspectives
Moderator: James R. Tallon, Jr.

• Susan Stuard, Executive Director, THINC
• Ross Wilson, MD, FRACP, FJFICM, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation
• Steven M. Safyer, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Montefiore Medical Center

1:15   
Adjourn