8:15-8:30 AM | OPENING REMARKS
Bill Gassen, JD, President and CEO, Sanford Health
8:30-9:05 AM | TELLING THE HOSPITAL STORY: THE POWER OF ADVOCACY AND PARTNERSHIP
Rick Pollack, MPA, President and CEO, American Hospital Association
Bill Gassen, JD, President and CEO, Sanford Health (Moderator)
9:05-9:55 AM | FROM DISRUPTION TO ACTION: LEVERAGING DATA AND INNOVATION TO TRANSFORM PATIENT CARE
Nworah Ayogu, MD, MBA, Partner, Thrive Capital
Emily Barey, MSN, Chief Nurse Evangelist, Epic
Ateev Mehrotra, MD, MPH, Professor and Chair, Brown University School of Public Health
Dave Newman, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Virtual Care, Sanford Health (Moderator)
10:00-10:20 AM | BOLD INVESTMENTS, BIG VISION: CMS ADMINISTRATOR DR. MEHMET OZ ON THE NEXT ERA OF RURAL HEALTH CARE
Mehmet Oz, MD, MBA, Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
10:25-10:45 AM | BREAK
10:45-11:15 AM | BRIDGING CLINICAL RESEARCH AND PATIENT CARE THROUGH AI AND TECHNOLOGY
Seema Verma, MPH, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Oracle Health and Life Sciences
Alexis Kayser, Healthcare Editor, Newsweek (Moderator)
11:15 AM-12:30 PM | BREAK
12:30-1:05 PM | WHEN THE DOCTOR BECOMES THE PATIENT: REFLECTIONS ON PURPOSE, LEADERSHIP AND THE FUTURE OF HEALTH CARE
Bobby Mukkamala, MD, President, American Medical Association
Heather Spies, MD, MBA, FACOG, Physician Director of Clinician Experience and Well-Being, Sanford Health (Moderator)
1:05-2:05 PM | EMBRACING THE FUTURE: LEADING CHANGE AND ADVANCING NEW POSSIBILITIES
Joanne M. Conroy, MD, President and CEO, Dartmouth Health
Bill Gassen, JD, President and CEO, Sanford Health
Andrea M. Walsh, JD, President and CEO, HealthPartners
Erik G. Wexler, MBA, President and CEO, Providence
Alexis Kayser, Healthcare Editor, Newsweek (Moderator)
2:05-2:25 PM | BREAK
2:25-3:15 PM | THRIVING IN A DYNAMIC LANDSCAPE: HOW PROVIDER-ALIGNED PLANS DRIVE VALUE AND KEEP PATIENTS AT THE CENTER
Tony Hernandez, MHA, President, Presbyterian Health Plan
Dan Liljenquist, JD, Chief Strategy Officer, Intermountain Health
Molly Smith, Group Vice President for Public Policy Analysis and Development, American Hospital Association
Tommy Ibrahim, MD, MBA, MHA, Executive Vice President, President and CEO, Sanford Health Plan (Moderator)
3:15-3:45 PM | BUILDING A CULTURE OF INNOVATION AND TRUST
Aneesh Chopra, Chief Strategy Officer, Arcadia
Mario Schlosser, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Oscar Health
John Doerr, MS, MBA, Chair, Kleiner Perkins (Moderator)
3:45-4:00 PM | CLOSING REMARKS
Bill Gassen, JD, President and CEO, Sanford Health
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