Healthcare Reimbursement:
Where Does the Money Go?
5th Annual Health Policy Forum
Friday, October 26, 2007
St. Louis Marriott West
660 Maryville Center Drive
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On Friday, October 26, 2007, Signature Healthcare Foundation hosted the 5th Annual Health Policy Forum at the Marriott West. This year’s forum was entitled “Health Care Reimbursement: Where Does the Money Go?” The purpose of the forum was to stimulate cross-sectional community dialogue about healthcare quality, efficiency and affordability. Attendees included healthcare executives and managers, providers, business leaders and HR managers, governmental leaders and non-profit organizations. |
8:00 AM Opening Address
Slicing Up the Health Care Pie: Does It Make Any Sense?
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Robert D. Reischauer
President, Urban Institute
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The keynote speaker for the event, Robert D. Reischauer, president of the Urban Institute, opened the forum with his address, “Slicing Up the Health Care Pie: Does it Make Any Sense?”
Reischauer is a former director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and nationally known expert on the federal budget, Medicare and Social Security. Prior to becoming President of the Urban Institute in 2000, he was a senior fellow of economic studies at the Brookings Institution. |
10:10 AM Panel & Community Input Discussion:
Trends in Reimbursement
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From left to right – Mary Jo Feldstein, Robert Reischauer, Michael McManus,
Robert Keaveney, Daniel Pribe and Jan Vest |
More than 140 attendees listened to presentations by panel speakers Robert Keaveney, executive editor of Physicians Practice Magazine; Michael McManus, chief operating officer for Kenneth Hall Regional Hospital; Jan Vest, chief executive officer, Signature Health Services, Inc.; and Daniel Pribe, former executive director of risk management & chief actuary for Mercy Health Plans. In addition, viewpoints were exchanged in a lively panel discussion which included Mary Jo Feldstein, health care reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, who served as moderator.
Robert Keaveney Executive Editor, Physician Practice Magazine
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Michael McManus Chief Operating Officer, Kenneth Hall Regional Hospital
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Daniel Pribe Executive Director
of Risk Management & Chief Actuary, Mercy Health Plans
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Jan Vest CEO, Signature Health Services
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11:30 AM Paul Simon Award Presentation
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Signature Healthcare Foundation was pleased to announce the presentation of the Paul Simon Award to the Civic Entrepreneurs Organization Foundation for the Gateway to Health Challenge and Dragon Boat Festival. The award recognizes creative and effective methods to save money and increase business efficiency in the health care system. Karen Goodman, executive director of the CEO Foundation, accepted the $2,000 award. The award was presented by Herman Noah, president of the Signature Healthcare Foundation Board.
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11:45 AM Lunch Keynote Speech
Sam Page
82nd District Representative,
Missouri House of Representatives
To close the forum, Missouri State Representative and candidate for lieutenant governor, Sam Page, MD, spoke on Missouri’s health care policies.
Forum Planning Committee:
Tim McBride, Professor of Health
Management & Policy
St. Louis University
Dr. Michael Burns
Signature Health Services, Inc.
Herman Noah,
Executive Director
St. Louis Youth and Family Center
Louise Probst,
Executive Director
St. Louis Area Business Health
Coalition
Dave Totaro, Vice President, Communications
RehabCare Group
St. Louis Marriott West
660 Maryville Center Drive
St. Louis, MO 63141
Tel: 1-314-878-2747
Fax: 1-314-878-3005
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