Tenth Annual Conference and Business Meeting
Hotel Monaco Old Town Alexandria
(All events will take place in the Athens Room unless otherwise noted.)
Speaker Bios
Agenda
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM Reception/Registration (The Bombay Room)
Enjoy Old Town Alexandria for Dinner
Thursday, November 6, 2014
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Breakfast Buffet (The Bombay Room)
8:30 AM – 8:45 AM Welcome and Introductions
Gary Harbin, CPA, Roundtable President; Executive Secretary
Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System
8:45 AM – 9:30 AM The State of Health Care Reform
Dr. Meena Seshamani, MD, Director
Office of Health Reform
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM ACA Implementation Issues and their Impact: What to Expect for 2015
Yvette Fontenot, Partner
Avenue Solutions
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Break
10:45 AM – 11:45 AM The Politics of Health Care…
The Election, 114th Congress, and Public Purchasers
Jonathan Voss, Vice President
Lake Research Partners
12:00 Noon – 1:00 PM Luncheon Buffet (The Bombay Room)
1:15 PM – 2:00 PM Delivery System Reform and Innovations –
What are we learning and how can we use it?
Dr. Matthew Press
Senior Advisor to the CMMI Director Patrick Conway
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI)
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM Person-Centered Advanced Illness Care –
The Intersection of Politics and Policy
Andrew MacPherson, Principal
Healthsperien, LLC
Kristen Donheffner, Health Care Legislative Advisor
Congressman Earl Blumenauer
2:45 PM – 3:00 PM Break
3:00 PM – 3:45 PM Expectations from Congress – SGR and More
Karen Fischer, Majority Staff
U.S. Senate Finance Committee
3:45 PM – 5:15 PM Containing Drug Costs… Biologics, Safety, Innovation and
Long-Term Trends – A Panel Discussion
Christine Simmon, Senior Vice President, Policy & Strategic Alliances
Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA)
Bruce Leicher, Senior Vice President
Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Mike Hoak, Policy Director
Humana
Leigh Purvis, Director, Health Services Research
AARP Public Policy Institute
Enjoy Old Town Alexandria for Dinner
Friday, November 7, 2014
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Breakfast Buffet
7:30 AM – 8:30 AM Board of Directors Meeting
8:30 AM – 9:15 AM The Politics and Policy of Health Care
Susan Dentzer
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
9:15 AM – 10:00 AM Transparency – What does it mean and how can it be achieved?
Jeanne De Sa, Principal
Healthsperien, LLC
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM Break
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM 2015 White House Conference on Aging – Getting Our Agenda Recognized
Nora Super, Executive Director
White House Conference on Aging
11:00 AM – 11:45 AM GASB’s OPEB Changes – Will they impact public sector health care benefits?
Eric Gary, FSA, FCA, MAAA
Chief Health Actuary
Cavanaugh Macdonald Consulting, LLC
11:45 Noon – 12:45 PM A Working Buffet Luncheon
Roundtable Annual Business Meeting
Gary Harbin, CPA, President
Public Sector HealthCare Roundtable
1:00 PM Members depart for HHS Meeting (Optional)
1:45 PM – 2:30 PM Andrea Palm
Chief of Staff and Senior Counselor to
Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell
Public Sector HealthCare Roundtable n Tenth Annual Conference n November 5-7, 2014 n The Hotel Monaco – Old Town Alexandria