Center for Health Care Management and Policy
2023 Health Care Forecast Conference
Learning from Unfinished Business, Leaning into the Future
Welcome Reception | February 22, 2023
Health Care Forecast Conference | February 23, 2023
Join Us!
Join us for the UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Business 32nd annual Health Care Forecast Conference, hosted in-person at the Beckman Center, Irvine CA on Thursday, February 23, 2023, and a Welcome Reception the day prior on February 22, 2023. The conference will present a near-term forecast of the health care economic and policy landscape, and in-depth discussions of strategies and delivery system innovations to adapt and drive change, with a focus on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Presentations will include an examination of recent federal and California health policy developments and how they impact core operational challenges. Speakers will discuss how sectors of the health care system are working to address health equity and social determinants of care, how providers and organizations are managing the shift to value-based care, and how innovation is enabling improved operating efficiency, patient access, care quality and health equity.
Speakers
Welcome
Reception
Wednesday, February 22
Diana Ramos, MD, MPH, MBA, FACOG
California Surgeon General
Keynote Speaker
Diana Ramos, MD, MPH, MBA, FACOG
California Surgeon General
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Diana E. Ramos is a well-recognized public health leader dedicated to improving health care quality and equity. She recently served as the Assistant Deputy Director of Chronic Disease Prevention for the California Department of Public Health. Past roles include the Director for Reproductive Health in the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and adjunct Associate Professor at the Keck University of Southern California School of Medicine.
Dr. Ramos currently serves as chair for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologist, California & Ecuador (IX) District, secretary for the executive board of the National Hispanic Medical Association, and is co-chair for the Women’s Preventive Service Initiative implementation committee.
She serves on many national and international women’s health improvement and equity committees. Her areas of expertise include health disparities, social determinants of health, preconception/interconception health, preterm birth, contraception and quality improvement in health. Dr. Ramos has written and contributed numerous articles to the obstetrics and gynecology and public health literature and has lectured in Spanish and English, locally, nationally and internationally.
Dr. Ramos received her medical degree from the University of Southern California with honors and completed her residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center. She received her MBA from the UCI Paul Merage School of business with an emphasis in entrepreneurship and innovation and her master’s in public health from the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Ramos completed her undergraduate degree, a BA in Communications, Arts & Science from the University of Southern California.
Health Care
Forecast Conference
Thursday, February 23
Kaakpema "KP" Yelpaala
Chief Impact Officer
Health Equity Moonshot
StartUp Health
Keynote Speaker
Kaakpema "KP" Yelpaala
Chief Impact Officer, Health Equity Moonshot
StartUp Health
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Kaakpema “KP” Yelpaala is the Chief Impact Officer of the Health Equity Moonshot at StartUp Health. In this role, he is an investor and ecosystem builder focused on digital health innovations that can reduce health inequities globally. Kaakpema, who goes by “KP,” is a global entrepreneur and public health practitioner with a deep understanding of health systems and 20 years of experience working across the public and private sectors in the United States, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Caribbean.
Kaakpema Co-Founded InOn Health in 2018. The company improves access to care in the United States using digital communication channels and consumer insights to better connect multi-cultural populations to healthcare services. Prior to InOn Health, he also founded access.mobile International and serves as Chair of the organization. access.mobile is a global digital health company that develops solutions to improve access to health information and services in African countries. The company has implemented programs in 13 African countries. KP served as one of the early employees of the Clinton Health Access Initiative and worked as a management consultant for Dalberg Global Development Advisors.
Kaakpema serves in several health equity and digital inclusion advisor capacities. In early 2021, Governor Jared Polis appointed him to serve on the Colorado eHealth Commission. He is now the Chair of the Commission, which governs all health IT for the State of Colorado. Kaakpema also serves as an advisor to the American Medical Association’s In Full Health equitable innovation initiative. He served on the Yale School of Public Health Leadership Council and Chaired its Strategy Committee. Kaakpema received a Bachelor of Arts with Honors from Brown University and a Master of Public Health from the Yale School of Public Health.
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About the Center for Health Care Management and Policy
The Center for Health Care Management and Policy at The Paul Merage School of Business advances knowledge through research and education while providing forums for dialogue on crucial challenges and concerns facing the nation’s healthcare system today. This interdisciplinary research institute brings together healthcare scholars, policy experts, and industry professionals to share vital information with a range of perspectives on fundamental issues for healthcare such as quality of care, cost, and access.
Our programs contribute to the debate on national healthcare policy and help leaders in government, business, and nonprofit organizations make better-informed decisions. The Center’s activities build on the Merage School’s health care-oriented educational programs, including its Healthcare Leadership Track and its MD/MBA joint degree program.
Our Sponsors
Principal Benefactor
Diane Ford, Assistant Director, CHCMP at forddm@uci.edu.
