LVBCH 2016 Annual Conference
"Healthcare in Transition: Strategies to Increase Healthcare Value"

The Lehigh Valley Business Coalition on Healthcare (LVBCH) cordially invites you to attend its 36th Annual Conference. It will feature healthcare-related presentations by national experts as well as an exhibit area, an awards ceremony and lunch. Bring your colleagues and join us for an educational and networking event you won't want to miss!

Program Schedule

8:00 - 8:30 am      Registration, Breakfast & Networking
                                Exhibit Area Open

8:30 - 8:45             Welcoming Remarks & Program Introduction                                          

8:45 - 9:45             2016: The Health Care Political and Market Landscape                          
                                 Robert Laszewski
                                 President, Health Policy and Strategy Associates
                                Sponsored by Capital BlueCross

9:45 - 10:00            Break & Networking
                                  Exhibit Area Open

10:00 - 11:00          Miracle Medications; Can we afford them?
                                  Steve Miller, MD
                                  Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Express Scripts
                                  Sponsored by Express Scripts

11:00 - 11:30          Break & Networking
                                  Exhibit Area Open

11:30 - 12:00           Awards Presentation                                     

12:00  - 1:00 pm     Luncheon & Networking
                                   Exhibit Area Open

 1:00  -  2:00            The AIM of Big Data-Turning Action, Insights and Meaning into Value
                                   Mark A. Caron, CHCIO, FACHE
                                   Chief Executive Officer, Geneia
                                   Sponsored by Geneia

    2:00 - 2:30            Closing Remarks & Sponsor Door Prizes

Featured Speakers

Robert Laszewski 

President, Health Policy and Strategy Associates
www.healthpol.com 

Never have we seen so much simultaneous change in the health care markets.  Just as we're trying to digest all of the changes from Obamacare, health care providers are faced with the prospect of having to adapt to entirely new methods of payment.  Employers have also come to a crossroads in providing benefits to their workers now that the federal government is willing to provide health insurance and just as employers are seriously considering defined contribution arrangements.  Which of these trends will survive, which will remain but evolve more slowly, and what will the market look like in the years to come?

These and other big questions will be addressed by noted health care policy expert Robert Laszewski whose 40 years of combined experience in the marketplace as an insurance company COO and as a Washington, DC insider give him a unique perspective on all of this change.

Bob is a well known and highly regarded expert on health care policy.  He combines a unique blend of 20 years of "inside the Beltway" experience with 20 years of operational experience having run a health insurance business.  To learn more about Bob, visit www.healthpol.com/id1.html.  To read his blog, visit http://healthpolicyandmarket.blogspot.com/

Steve Miller, MD
Senior Vice President & Chief Medical Officer
Express Scripts
www.express-scripts.com  

Dr. Steve Miller, a leading advocate for fair drug pricing, supports government relations, leads the Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee, manages the Medical Affairs team and interfaces with client groups. His expertise represents years as a medical researcher, clinician and administrator, and spans numerous healthcare subjects. 

Steve has served as Chief Medical Officer since 2006, focused on clinical matters including e-prescribing initiatives, specialty solutions and overall development of products that make prescription drugs safer and more affordable.

He received his medical degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He trained in the Pathology and Research fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.  He was the William J. and Dorothy Fish Kerr Fellow in Cardiology at the University of California, San Francisco. Steve also did Internal Medicine training at the University of Colorado and Nephrology and Transplantation at Washington University in St. Louis.  He earned his MBA at the Olin School of Business at Washington University.

Mark A. Caron, CHCIO, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
Geneia
www.geneia.com  

Mark Caron is the Chief Executive Officer of Geneia.  He has more than 30 years of business and technology expertise with over 25 years in health care traversing both health care delivery systems and health insurers.

Prior to becoming CEO of Geneia, he was Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of Capital BlueCross. His experience also includes senior leadership roles as the CIO of the Collaborative Care division of OptumHealth, Senior Vice President & CIO at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wisconsin, Senior Vice President & CIO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Chief Technology Officer at Catholic Health Initiatives (a 78 hospital system), and Vice President of Information Systems at Healthsource.

He earned a bachelor‘s degree in Computer Science from Franklin Pierce College and has a MBA and a master’s degree in Computer Information Systems from Southern New Hampshire University. He is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE), certified as a Healthcare Chief Information Officer through the College of Healthcare Information Executives, and is a member of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and of the Healthcare Information Management and Systems Society (HIMSS).

Registration Information

The registration deadline is Monday, 4/11/16.

LVBCH Member Companies:
Registration is FREE for employees from LVBCH member companies.  You can check the list of member companies on our website at www.LVBCH.com.


Non- Member Companies:
Attendees from non-member companies must pay $100 per attendee via check or credit card.  Make your check payable to LVBCH and send it to: 60 W Broad St, Ste 105, Bethlehem, PA 18018.  LVBCH must receive payment from non-members no later than Friday, May 2, 2016.

LVBCH Cancellation Policy
Registrants will be charged $100 for no shows and cancellations not made 48 hours in advance of an event.  LVBCH will bill member employees the $100 charge to pay for meals and other conference-related expenses incurred on their behalf.  Non-members who fail to provide at least 48 hours notice will forfeit their $100 registration fee.

Questions

If you have any questions about this event, please contact Wendy Manarino at 610-317-0130
or via email at wmanarino@LVBCH.com.