Program
The Future of Healthcare
Thursday
February 22, 2024
7:00 am - 8:00 am | Registration and Breakfast Buffet
8:00 am - 8:15 am | Welcome and Introductions
Steve A. N. Goldstein, MA, MD, PhD, FAAP
Vice Chancellor, Health Affairs
UC Irvine
Hope Jensen Schau, MBA, MA, PhD
Professor and Gilly Family Endowed Chair of Marketing, Faculty Director
Center for Health Care Management and Policy
The Paul Merage School of Business, UC Irvine
8:15 am - 9:45 am | Keynote Presentation: Implementation of Medicare Drug Pricing Negotiation
Speaker:
Meena Seshamani, MD, PhD
Director
Center for Medicare at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
The Economic and Political Forecast for 2024
Dean Rosen, JD
Partner
Mehlman Consulting
Moderator:
Murray N. Ross, PhD
Former Vice President and Director
Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Networking Break
10:00 am - 11:30 am | State Focus: Workforce, Affordability, Mental Health
Elizabeth A. Landsberg, JD
Director
California Department of Health Care Access and Information
Tam M. Ma, JD
Associate Vice President
Health Policy and Regulatory Affairs
University of California Health
Kristen Hwang, MJ, MPH
Reporter
CalMatters
Moderator:
Hemi Tewarson, JD, MPH
President and Executive Director
National Academy for State Health Policy
11:30 am - 11:45 am | Special Presentation: Delivering Healthcare Innovation to the Market: From Theory to Practice
2023 Stella Zhang New Venture Competition
Beall Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The Paul Merage School of Business, UC Irvine
11:45 am - 12:45 pm | Lunch
12:45 pm - 2:15 pm | Changing Business Models
Steven D. Pearson, MD, MSc
Founder and Special Advisor
Institute for Clinical and Economic Review
Rishi Manchanda, MD, MPH
Chief Executive Officer
HealthBegins
Christopher Cai, MD
Resident Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Researcher, Harvard Medical School
Amy Waldron, MBA
Director, Global Industry Strategy
North America Healthcare & Life Sciences Lead
Global Health Plan Solutions Leader, Google
Moderator:
Ipsita Smolinski, MPH, MBA.
Founder & Managing Director, Capitol Street
Faculty, Georgetown University & The Johns Hopkins University
Senior Strategic Advisor, McAllister & Quinn
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm | Networking Break
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Operationalizing Grand Ideas: Health Care Delivery Experiences
Liz Hamel
Director, Public Opinion and Survey Research
KFF
Lindsey Galli
Vice President of Programs
PFCCpartners
Veronica Kelley, DSW, MSW
Chief Mental Health & Recovery Services
County of Orange
Stephen Odom, PhD
Founder, CEO, Chief Clinical Officer
FR Health Family Companies: Shift Wellness, First Responder Wellness, and The Counseling Team International
Moderator:
Debra J. Baetz, MBA
Interim Agency Director
Orange County Health Care Agency
4:00 pm – 4:45 pm Connecting the Dots: Integrating the Sessions' Content and Addressing Best Practices for Implementing Policy into Health Delivery
Moderator:
Hope Jensen Schau, MBA, MA, PhD
Professor and Gilly Family Endowed Chair of Marketing, Faculty Director
Center for Health Care Management and Policy
The Paul Merage School of Business, UC Irvine
Murray N. Ross, PhD
Former Vice President and Director
Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy
Hemi Tewarson, JD, MPH
President and Executive Director
National Academy for State Health Policy
Ipsita Smolinski, MPH, MBA
Founder & Managing Director, Capitol Street
Faculty, Georgetown University & The Johns Hopkins University
Senior Strategic Advisor, McAllister & Quinn
Debra J. Baetz, MBA
Interim Agency Director
Orange County Health Care Agency
4:45 pm - 5:30 pm | Conference Reception
Diane Ford, Assistant Director, CHCMP at forddm@uci.edu.
