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Princeton Conference XX (2013)

The U.S. Health Care System in Transition
May 22-23, 2013

Speaker Biographies

Conference Report

Presentations

Session I: Health Care Spending Trends

Moderator

Robert Reischauer, PhD, Distinguished Fellow and President Emeritus, Urban Institute

Panel

David Cutler, PhD, Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics, Harvard University

C. Eugene Steuerle, PhD, Institute Fellow and Richard B. Fisher Chair, Urban Institute

Joseph Antos, PhD, Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy, American Enterprise Institute

Session II: Medicare Solvency

Moderator

Elizabeth Fowler, JD, Vice President, Global Health Policy, Johnson & Johnson

Panel

Richard Foster, FSA, MAAA, Chief Actuary, Retired, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Mark Miller, PhD, Executive Director, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

Stuart Butler, PhD, Distinguished Fellow and Director, Center for Policy Innovation, The Heritage Foundation

Session III: Health Care Quality and Safety

Moderator

Karen Wolk Feinstein, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Jewish Healthcare Foundation, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative

Panel

Kristine Martin Anderson, MBA, Senior Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton

Christine Cassel, MD, President and CEO, National Quality Forum

Susan DeVore, President and CEO, Premier Healthcare Alliance

Session IV: Health Care Delivery System Reform

Moderator

Karen Davis, PhD, Eugene and Mildred Lipitz Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Panel

Bernadette Loftus, MD, Associate Executive Director, The Permanente Medical Group

Jay Crosson, MD, Group Vice President, Professional Satisfaction: Care Delivery and Payment, American Medical Association

Liora Bowers, MBA, MPH, Director of Health Policy and Practice, Berkeley Forum, UC Berkeley School of Public Health

Session V: Next Steps in Cost Control

Uwe Reinhardt, PhD, James Madison Professor of Political Economy, Princeton University

David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, President, The Commonwealth Fund

Session VI: State Efforts to Control Total Health Care Costs

Moderator

Len Nichols, PhD, Director, Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics, College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University

Panel

Anya Rader Wallack, PhD, Chair, Green Mountain Care Board

Michael Bonetto, PhD, MPH, MS, Health Policy Advisor to the Governor, State of Oregon

Dan Crippen, PhD, Executive Director, National Governors Association

Heather Howard, JD, Director, State Quality and Value Strategies, Princeton University

Stuart H. Altman, PhD, Sol C. Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy, The Heller School, Brandeis University

Session VII: Medicaid in 2020

Moderator

Trish Riley, MS, Senior Fellow, Muskie School of Public Service, University of Southern Maine

Panel

Greg Moody, Director, Governor's Office of Health Transformation, State of Ohio

David Sundwall, MD, Professor of Public Health, University of Utah School of Medicine

Steven Wray, MS, Executive Director, Economy League of Greater Philadelphia

Session VIII: The Private Insurance Market and Health Care Exchanges

Moderator

Susan Dentzer, Senior Policy Advisor, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Panel

Jon Kingsdale, PhD, Managing Director, Wakely Consulting Group

Sandy Praeger, Insurance Commissioner, State of Kansas, Chair of NAIC Health and Managed Care Committee

David Abernethy, Senior Vice President, Government Relations, EmblemHealth

Conference Audio

Opening Remarks

Opening Remarks

Session I: Health Care Spending Trends

Session II: Medicare Solvency

Session III: Health Care Quality and Safety

Session IV: Health Care Delivery System Reform

Session V: Next Steps in Cost Control

Session VI: State Efforts to Control Total Health Care Costs

Session VII: Medicaid in 2020

Session VIII: The Private Insurance Market and Health Care Exchanges