The Third Rail of Health Care Reform: Cost The Third Rail of Health Care Reform: Cost
10:00 - 10:40am

Governor Phil Bredesen
and David M. Walker
 10:40 - 11:10am

Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Ph.D
11:15 - 12:15pm

1st Panel Discussion		 1:35 - 1:45pm

Carleen Hawn
1:45 - 2:20pm

Dr. Jordan Shlain		 1:45 - 2:20pm

Alexandra Drane/Healthspottr
2:20 - 3:35pm

2nd Panel Discussion

EVENT AGENDA

10:00 - 10:10am Welcome: Phil Bredesen, Governor, State of Tennessee
10:10 - 10:40am Framing the Cost Challenge: David M. Walker, President and CEO, Peter G. Peterson
Foundation; Comptroller General of the United States (1998-2008)
10:40 - 11:10am Controlling Health Care Spending: Making the Tough Choices
Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Ph.D., Associate Director, RAND Health
Introduced by Jim Thomson, President and CEO, RAND Corporation
11:15 - 12:15pm A Panel Discussion on Controlling Costs in Federal Health Care Reform Legislation:
Phil Bredesen, Governor, State of Tennessee
Jim Cooper, U.S. Representative, Tennessee's Fifth Congressional District
Julie Gerberding, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2002-2009)
Patrick Soon-Shiong, M.D., Chairman and CEO, Abraxis BioScience, Inc.
Moderated by Leonard D. Schaeffer, Judge Widney Professor and Chair,
      University of Southern California; Founding Chairman and CEO, WellPoint
12:15 - 1:30pm Lunch Break
1:35 - 1:45pm Announcement of Healthspottr Awards Program for Health Care Innovators
Carleen Hawn, Cofounder and CEO, Healthspottr
1:45 - 2:20pm Presentations by Dr. Jordan Shlain and Alexandra Drane
Healthspottr Health Care Innovators
2:20 - 3:35pm A Panel Discussion on Incentives for Change:
Helen Darling, CEO, National Business Group on Health
Debra Lappin, J.D., President, Council for American Medical Innovation
Elizabeth A. McGlynn, Ph.D., Associate Director, RAND Health
Len Nichols, Director, Health Policy Program, New America Foundation
Leonard Schaeffer, Judge Widney Professor and Chair, University of Southern      California; Founding Chairman and CEO, WellPoint
Moderated by Phil Bredesen, Governor, State of Tennessee
3:35 - 3:45pm Closing Comments by Charles N. Martin, Jr.,Chairman and CEO, Vanguard Health Systems; Trustee, RAND Corporation
7:30pm "Words of Albert Schweitzer and the Music of Bach"
Presented by the Tennessee Players