November is just around the corner!
Attendee Alert:SuperShuttle is offering a discount from the airport to the hotel: To & from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and The Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort Discount Valid Between: November 4-12, 2011 RECEIVE $4 OFF ROUNDTRIP IF YOU BOOK ONLINE!! Discount valid online only. Regular rate to above listed hotel is $17.00 per person, each way.
Exciting Update for Registrants: NBCH will hold a raffle* @ 10:30AM on Wednesday, November 9th in the Exhibit Hall for a weekend stay for 2 including airfare (within the continental United States) at the Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort. *Must be present during raffle to receive the prize.
Conference Information:Attention, health care stakeholders! Join NBCH and its coalition employer members at the health care buyer's premier conference-two days of in-depth training, networking, & product demonstrations with health care's largest employer customers. Meet with peers and experts alike, capitalizing on this unique opportunity to discuss health care issues and insights as NBCH presents A New Era for Employers: Better Health, Better Care, Lower Costs. The 2011 Annual Conference will convene nearly 500 health care leaders in Phoenix, Arizona to focus on the overarching and interconnected imperatives of health and health care transformation.
What: | NBCH's 16th Annual Conference | When: | November 7-9, 2011 | Where: | Pointe HiltonTapatio Cliffs Resort
11111 North 7th Street Phoenix, Arizona | Theme: | A New Era for Employers: Better Health, Better Care, Lower Costs |
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Dr. Donald M. Berwick U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Administrator,Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
"Hospitals, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, health plans, patient advocates, patients and their families, and employers. When it comes to improvement, we're all in this together"
Donald M. Berwick, M.D., M.P.P., is the Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). As Administrator, Dr. Berwick oversees the Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Together, these programs provide care to nearly one in three Americans.
"National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH) members are critical to this effort. NBCH was out in front early, marshaling corporate America to promote value-based purchasing." - Donald Berwick, NBCH and Commonwealth Fund's Purchasing High Performance Newsletter
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James Fowler
Professor, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego
Author of Connected - The surprising power of social networks and how they shape our lives
James's work lies at the intersection of the natural and social sciences. His primary areas of research are social networks, behavioral economics, evolutionary game theory, political participation, cooperation, and genopolitics(the study of the genetic basis of political behavior).
Featured in... - New York Times Magazine
- The Colbert Report
- Oprah's Reading Guide
- Business Week's Best Books
- Foreign Policy's Top 100 Global Thinkers
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Business Insurance magazine selected him as "one of the 20 people who has made a difference in employee benefits management in the past 20 years."
The New England Journal of Medicine's series on employer sponsored health insurance described him as a "pioneer" in employer efforts to advance quality.
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Larry Becker, Director, Strategic Partnerships and Alliances, Xerox Corporation
Larry Boress, CEO, Midwest Business Coalition on Health
Jerry Burgess, CEO, HealthCare 21
Guy D’Andrea, President, Discern
Suzanne Delbanco, Executive Director, Catalyst for Payment Reform
Paul Dennett, Senior Vice President, American Benefits Council
Robert Doherty-Senior VP, Gov’t. Affairs& Public Policy, American College of Physicians
| Chris Goff, President & CEO, Employers Health Purchasing Corporation of Ohio
Ron Goetzel, Ph.D., Research Professor at Emory University, Vice President at Thomson Reuters
Emma Hoo, Director, Pacific Business Group on Health
Tom Parry, President, Integrated Benefits Institute
Sara Poage, Vice President, MidAmerica Coalition on Health Care
Barbara Prowe, Executive Director, Oregon Coalition of Health Care Purchasers
Scott Thompson, President, Healthcare Practice, Benfield |
Attendee Reviews:"Extremely high caliber and well worth my time. I wish I could have 'multi-tasked' to participate in all of the breakouts!"
"Best conference on any subject area I have ever attended."
"Excellent meeting with many great, diverse speakers related to improvement of health and healthcare."
"Wonderful conference with excellent content and incredible speakers! I thoroughly enjoyed all three days and I am looking forward to next year. The presentations were very inspiring and refreshing and I hope to share and encourage my hometown to adopt similar habits."
"NBCH outdid themselves once again!"
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