Workshop A — Community Leadership Track
The Leapfrog Group Update

• Leah Binder, MA, MGA, CEO, The Leapfrog Group
• Cristie Travis, CEO, Memphis Business Group on Health

Workshop B — Purchaser Track
Bridges to Excellence Update

• François de Brantes, CEO, Bridges to Excellence

Workshop C — Coalition Director Track
More Prospects! More Referrals! More Members!
How to Network and Grow Your Business Coalition

• Michael Goldberg, Marketing, Consultant, Building Blocks Consulting
  
• Laurel Pickering, Executive Director, New York Business Group on Health

Workshop D — Purchaser Track
Alcohol and the Work Place: A Hidden Epidemic No More

• Eric Goplerud, Ph.D., Research Professor, George Washington University

Sponsored by Alkermes

Workshop E — Community Leadership Track
Coalitions Building Partnerships for Population Health Initiatives

• Sonia Kim, MBA, MPH, Director, Value-based Purchasing, National Business Coalition on Health
• Barbara Wallace, President & CEO, Virginia Business Coalition on Health

Workshop F — Purchaser Track
NBCH Best Practice Update: eValue8 & HealthMapRx

• Dennis White, Senior Vice President, Value-Based Purchasing, National Business Coalition on Health
• Toni Fera, PharmD, Senior Director, Patient Self-Management Programs, The American Pharmacists Association Foundation
• Beverly Rossmiller, Executive Director, Tri-State Health Care Coalition

Sponsored by Boehringer-Ingelheim

Workshop G — Coalition Director Track
Beyond Business as Usual:
Choosing the Optimum Path to Maximum Results

• Ralph Henn, Executive Coach
  
• Jerry Burgess, President & CEO, Healthcare 21

Workshop H — Purchaser Track
Evaluating PBMs

• F. Randy Vogenberg, RPh, PhD, Chief Strategic Officer, Employer-based Pharmaceutical Strategies, LLC
• Christopher Goff, JD, President & CEO, Employers Health Purchasing Corporation of Ohio

• Andrew Webber, President & CEO, National Business Coalition on Health
• Cristie Travis, Board Chair, National Business Coalition on Health, CEO, Memphis Business Group on Health

• Craig R. Barrett, PhD, Chairman, Intel Corporation

Sponsored by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals

• Christine Cassel, MD, President & CEO, American Board of Internal Medicine
• Karen Ignagni, President & CEO, America's Health Insurance Plans
• Debra Ness, President, National Partnership for Women and Families
• Gerald Shea, Assistant to the President of Governmental Affairs, AFL-CIO
• Richard Umbdenstock, President & CEO, American Hospital Association

• William Bruning, JD, MBA, President & CEO, Mid-America Coalition on Health Care
• Larry Boress, President & CEO, Midwest Business Group on Health
• Mike Heckman, Director Global Benefits, Cerner Corporation

• Dennis White, Senior Vice President, Value-Based Purchasing, National Business Coalition on Health

NBCH Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation

Luncheon Keynote
Introducing the Healthiest Nation Alliance

• Julie Gerberding, MD, MPH, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Workshop A — Purchaser Track
Non Payment for Hospital Never Events & Hospital Acquired Conditions

• Jeremy Nobel, MD, MPH, Professor, Harvard School of Public Health
• Barry Straube, MD, CMS, Chief Medical Officer, Director, Office of Clinical Standards & Quality
• Richard Salmon, MD, PhD, Senior National Director, CIGNA HealthCare
• Dennis White, Senior Vice President, Value-Based Purchasing, National Business Coalition on Health

Workshop B — Community Collaboration Track
CVE & Aligning Forces for Quality Update
Moderated by Michael Painter, JD, MD, Senior Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

• Bruce Siegel, MD, MPH, Director, Center for Health Care Quality, George Washington University
• Nancy Wilson, RN, MD, MPH, Joint Senior Advisor on Quality Improvement, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Cristie Travis, CEO, Memphis Business Group on Health

Workshop C — Purchaser Track
Consumer Incentives: Carrot & Stick

• Howard Weyers, Consultant, Meritain Health
• Joseph Holahan, Attorney, Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

Workshop D — Community Collaboration Track
Physician/Patient Care Experience – The Ambulatory CAHPS Survey

• Robert Krughoff, Founder and President, Center for the Study of Services, Consumers' Checkbook
• Dale Shaller, Principal, Shaller Consulting

Workshop E — Purchaser Track
Patient Centered Primary Care Implementation Strategies
Moderated by Dennis White, Senior Vice President, Value-Based Purchasing, National Business Coalition on Health

• Phyllis Torda, Senior Executive, Strategic Initiatives, NCQA
• Joseph Mambu, MD, Family Practice, Geriatrics and Wellness
• Richard Ward, MD, Vice President, Clinical Programs & Medical Informatics, BlueCross BlueShield of Michigan

Workshop F — Community Collaboration Track
Community Health Partnerships

• Laurel Pickering, Executive Director, New York Businss Group on Health
• Ted Rooney, RN, MPH, Aligning Forces for Quality Project Leader, Pathways to Excellence Project Leader, Maine Health Management Coalition

Workshop G — Purchaser Track
Legislative Issues Facing Coalitions and Employers
Moderated by Becky Cherney, President & CEO, Florida Health Care Coalition

• Edwina Rogers, Vice President, Health Policy, ERIC
• Kathleen Nolan, Health Division Director, National Governors Association
• Andrew Mekelberg, Vice President for Federal Government Relations, Verizon

Workshop H — Community Collaboration Track
Patient Charter Update—Making Physician Measurement Work

• Peter Lee, Executive Director, National Health Policy, Pacific Business Group on Health
• Jennifer Eames, MPH, Associate Director, Consumer-Purchaser Disclosure Project
• John DuMoulin, MS, CAE, Vice President, Government Relations, Product Development, and Education, URAC
• Patricia Barrett, Vice President Product Development, NCQA

Workshop I - Purchaser Track
Being-Well in the Workplace

• Amy Neftzger, Director of Surveys and Assessments, Healthways

Membership Award
Sponsored by AstraZeneca

Employer Award
Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems

• John Castellani, President, Business Roundtable

• David Kendall, Senior Fellow for Health Policy, Progressive Policy Institute
• Len Nichols, Director, Health Policy Program, New America Foundation
• Grace-Marie Turner, President, Galen Institute

• Paul Grundy, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FACPM, Director of Health Care, Technology & Strategic Initiatives, IBM
• Anshuman Choudhri, Project Manager, Office of Clinical Affairs, BlueCross BlueShield Association

• Mark McClellan, MD, PhD, Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Brookings Institution