Conference to address the scope of health care uncertainties
Newswise – Three former federal health secretaries are headline the “Business of Health Care: Managing Through Uncertainty” conference at the University of Miami. The Trustees will join industry executives and experts for a day that includes three formal sessions and multiple networking opportunities to address pivotal issues affecting the health sector.
Conference coordinators Stephen Ullmann, Professor and Director of the Center for Health Management and Policy at University of Miami Patty and Alan Herbert School of Business, and Carolyn Mortensen, Associate Dean for Business Programs and Professor of Health Management and Policy, highlight the importance of the conference theme.
“Uncertainty has always existed in the health care system — and the pandemic has certainly increased that presence,” Ullmann said. “By bringing together leaders and professionals across all major industry sectors, we can focus a multidimensional lens on the pivotal uncertainties — policy questions, technological disruptions, staffing shortages, managing pandemics, among others — that are critical to generating remedies.”
Mortensen emphasized the benefit of combining the expertise of three former health officials into a single panel. Alex Azar and Donna E. Mortensen who will seek to create a “possible road map” through a series of uncertainties.
“With three former Secretaries of Health, healthcare policy from a regional, national and global perspective will certainly be part of a powerful and useful conversation,” she said.
The conference will be held on Friday, February 24, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Donna E. Shalala Student Center on the Coral Gables campus. Five hundred people are expected to attend, with 200 places reserved for students. A networking breakfast and lunch will be held in a private booth next to the Student Center. The sessions will be broadcast live worldwide, but there will be a moderate fee to watch the broadcast.
The inaugural panel discussion on the topic “View from the Field” will be moderated by Patrick Geraghty, President and CEO of GuideWell and Florida Blue. The session includes the participation of Dr. Garfield Clooney, President of the National Medical Association. Matthew Ailes, President and CEO, American Health Insurance Plans; Joseph Feifer, President and CEO of the Healthcare Financial Management Association; Dr.. Haley Fisher Wright, President and CEO, Medical Group Management Association; Ernest Grant, the immediate past president of the American Nurses Association; Molly Smith, group vice president, public policy, American Hospital Association; and Laurie M. Reilly, chief operating officer, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. The pharmaceutical sector was newly represented this year.
The evening session focuses on innovation and the role of technology.
Moderated by Norma Sue Kenyon, University Vice Dean for Innovation and Chief Innovation Officer at Leonard M. Miller College of Medicine and UHealth – University of Miami Health System, panel speakers include Juan Felipe Ramirez, Vice President of Sales Execution and Data-Driven Organization, Latin America, Boston Scientific; Dr. Connor Delaney, President and CEO, Cleveland Clinic Florida Region; Patrick Hill, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Vitas Healthcare; Judson Ivey, Founder, President and CEO of Ensemble Health Partners; and Dr. Jay Wolljimuth, senior vice president, research and development, and chief medical officer, Quest Diagnostics.
Ullman called the pandemic a “wake-up call” and noted that the conference provides the opportunity to explore the many cracks that have been exposed in the healthcare system as a result of its continued impact.
“While we are still emerging from the woods from the pandemic, we are fortunate to be able to return to a live audience,” Ullman said. “This provides ample networking opportunities with healthcare leaders from across the country, and these have always been a high point of the conference.”
For this 12y Annual Conference, Florida Blue Again is the main presenting sponsor and donor.
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The business of health care: managing through uncertainty On Friday, February 24, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET. Early bird pricing is available through January 31st.