Join the more than 300 healthcare delivery stakeholders that will participate. The theme for our third annual conference is Transparency: Clearing the Path to Valued-Based Purchasing. It is only by transparently addressing the current ecosystem of healthcare delivery that employers will move away from fee-for-service to wide adoption of value-based purchasing and benefits design.

Reasons to attend:

1. Peer-to-Peer Learning
2. Employer Collective Influence
3. Local Healthcare Delivery 
4. Transparent Purchasing Solutions
5. Networking
   
   

Agenda

Key topics include:

• Strategies to accelerate the pace of change in U.S. health care
• The Price We Pay, by Dr. Mary Makary; “A must-read for every American and business leader” – Steve Forbes
• Hospital pricing in Houston and its lack of correlation to quality
• Demanding transparency in the pharma supply chain
• Value-based purchasing opportunities in the Houston market
• National and state legislative issues updates

Session speakers

• Francois de Brantes – nationally renowned developer of value-based purchasing solutions, Sr. VP Signify Health
• Al Charbonneau- former hospital CEO, current executive director of the Rhode Island Business Group on Health
• David Contorno – fully transparent benefits consultant, CEO E-Powered Benefits
• Dr. Patrick Carter - Medical Director for Care Coordination and Quality Improvement, and Chair of the Department of Family Medicine, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic
• Ken Janda, former health plan CEO, current Founder, Wild Blue Health Solutions
• Vivian Ho -   James A. Baker III Institute Chair in Health Economics, Rice University
• Mark Miller -  former executive director, Medicare Payment Advisory commission, current VP of Healthcare, Ardent Ventures
• Robert Smith – executive director, Colorado Business Group on Health
• Gloria Sachdev – CEO Employers Forum of Indiana
• Dr. Eric Bricker – CMO A-Healthcare-Z, former co-founder and CMO Compass Professional Healthcare Services
• James Gelfand, Sr. VP Health Policy, ERISA Industry Committee

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Thank you and we look forward to seeing you at the 2020 Conference!