American Benefits Council Action Host Committee Meeting November 17, 2006

Implementing Health Care Transparency:
A National Summit for Employers on the
President's Executive Order
Ronald Reagan International Trade Center
Amphitheater
**** AGENDA ****

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9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Registration

9:30 a.m. Welcome - John Castellani, President of Business Roundtable

9:35 - 10:30 a.m. Better Care, Lower Cost - Employers as Value Purchasers
Keynote Address delivered by HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt

Mike McCallister, President & CEO of Humana Inc., to introduce Secretary Leavitt
Maureen Ausura, Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Lowe's Companies Inc, to present Chief Human Resource Officers' support for EO, following Q&A

10:30 - 11:00 a.m. Purchaser Leadership - Examples from the Field
Panel Moderator: Francois de Brantes, Bridges to Excellence

IBM (possibly one other large employer)
Carlson Companies, Inc. (invited)

11:00 - 11:45 a.m. Implementing Collaboratively - Examples from the Field (Part 1) (Part 2) Panel Moderator: Karen Linscott, The Leapfrog Group
Jonathan Perlin, M.D., Chief Medical Officer and Senior VP of Quality, HCA Inc.
Charles M. Cutler, M.D., Vice President and Chief Medical Director, National Accounts, Aetna Inc. Wadida Murib-Holmes, Director of National and Major Accounts, Humana Inc., and Dianne Kiehl, Executive Director, Business Healthcare Group of Southeast Wisconsin

11:45 - 12:30 p.m Health Care Quality and Efficiency Data Aggregation - Examples from the Field (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) Panel Moderator: Dr. Carolyn Clancy, AHRQ

Karen Ignagni, President, America's Health Insurance Plans (Invited)
Janet Corrigan, President & CEO, National Quality Forum (Invited)
Chris Queram, Executive Director, Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality (Invited)

12:30 - 1:45 p.m. Lunch - Pavilion
Al Hubbard, Chair, National Economic Council - "Value Purchasing for Health Care Reform" (Invited)

1:45 - 2:15 p.m. Federal Purchaser Leadership - Update on EO Federal Action (OPM, DoD, VA and CMS Commitments to Change to Value-Based Purchasing) (Part 1) (Part 2) Panel Moderator: Peter Lee, Pacific Business Group on Health

Julie Goon, Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, White House (Invited)
Leslie Norwalk, Acting Director, CMS

2:15 - 2:45 p.m. Four Cornerstones of the Commitment - The Toolkit (Part 1) (Part 2)
Panel Moderator: Andy Webber, National Business Coalition on Health
Andrew Croshaw (HHS)
Commitment Letter
Q&A

2:45 - 3:15 p.m. Next Steps - Host Committee and HHS

9:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast and Registration
9:30 a.m.	Welcome - John Castellani, President of Business Roundtable
9:35 - 10:30 a.m.	Better Care, Lower Cost - Employers as Value Purchasers Keynote Address delivered by HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt Mike McCallister, President & CEO of Humana Inc., to introduce Secretary Leavitt Maureen Ausura, Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Lowe's Companies Inc, to present Chief Human Resource Officers' support for EO, following Q&A
10:30 - 11:00 a.m.	Purchaser Leadership - Examples from the Field Panel Moderator: Francois de Brantes, Bridges to Excellence IBM (possibly one other large employer) Carlson Companies, Inc. (invited)
11:00 - 11:45 a.m.	Implementing Collaboratively - Examples from the Field (Part 1) (Part 2) Panel Moderator: Karen Linscott, The Leapfrog Group Jonathan Perlin, M.D., Chief Medical Officer and Senior VP of Quality, HCA Inc. Charles M. Cutler, M.D., Vice President and Chief Medical Director, National Accounts, Aetna Inc. Wadida Murib-Holmes, Director of National and Major Accounts, Humana Inc., and Dianne Kiehl, Executive Director, Business Healthcare Group of Southeast Wisconsin
11:45 - 12:30 p.m	Health Care Quality and Efficiency Data Aggregation - Examples from the Field (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) Panel Moderator: Dr. Carolyn Clancy, AHRQ Karen Ignagni, President, America's Health Insurance Plans (Invited) Janet Corrigan, President & CEO, National Quality Forum (Invited) Chris Queram, Executive Director, Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality (Invited)
12:30 - 1:45 p.m.	Lunch - Pavilion Al Hubbard, Chair, National Economic Council - "Value Purchasing for Health Care Reform" (Invited)
1:45 - 2:15 p.m.	Federal Purchaser Leadership - Update on EO Federal Action (OPM, DoD, VA and CMS Commitments to Change to Value-Based Purchasing) (Part 1) (Part 2) Panel Moderator: Peter Lee, Pacific Business Group on Health Julie Goon, Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, White House (Invited) Leslie Norwalk, Acting Director, CMS
2:15 - 2:45 p.m.	Four Cornerstones of the Commitment - The Toolkit (Part 1) (Part 2) Panel Moderator: Andy Webber, National Business Coalition on Health Andrew Croshaw (HHS) Commitment Letter Q&A
2:45 - 3:15 p.m.	Next Steps - Host Committee and HHS