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Community Forum
10th Annual Health Care Executive Leadership Forum
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
8:00 AM to 12:45 PM
Place: Pittsburgh Marriott City Center, One Chatham Center
Register online.

Join the Pittsburgh Business Group on Health at its 10th Annual Health Executive Leadership Forum where leaders from the region's health plan will individually share their perspectives and participate in a discussion on the Future of Health Care and Benefits, both in the Pittsburgh region and nationally.

Due to the format of this forum, health plan employees and representatives are eligible to attend only their health plan session. Consequently, there will be no charge for this forum for health plan employees and representatives.

Health Plan Presentation Schedule and Speakers

7:30 am - Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 am - Cigna
Vincent J. Sobocinski, Jr., General Manager
8:50 am - UnitedHealthcare
Sue Schick, Chief Executive Officer, PA & DE
9:40 am - Highmark
Deborah Rice, Division President of Health Services
10:30 am - Aetna
Brian McGarry, President, National Accounts
11:20 am - Health America
David Fields, President & CEO
12:10 pm - UPMC Health Plan
Diane Holder, President & Chief Executive Officer

Confirm Your Attendance
Click here to register online. We now accept credit card payments for registration fees. Contact Laura Wicker at laura.wicker@pbghpa.com if you have any questions.

Forum Format

40-Minute Individual Health Plan Sessions
Series of Moderated Questions around their 3-5 year plan
- Goals and Objectives
- Actions and Strategies
- Anticipated Accomplishments & Results
- Plans for the Future
Areas of focus will include
- Health Care Changes both in benefits and delivery
- Provider Payment Changes including the shift from fee-for-service to value-based payments
- Provider Network Challenges including Contract Negotiations, Concentration of Services, Coverage Gaps in both services and geographic regions
- Transparency in both costs and care being rendered
- Health Care Exchanges
- Taxation of “Cadillac” Plans
- Defined Contribution Strategy and impact of Reference-based Pricing
- Individual Responsibility in both costs and self-management

Cost:

Health Plan Employees and Representatives: No charge
Employer Members: No charge
Associate Member Primary and Secondary Contacts: No charge
Other Associate Member attendees: $50 for each additional person
Non-members: $75 per person