Goals and Agenda

The 2006 Mayo Clinic National Symposium on Health Care Reform offers an unprecedented opportunity for leaders in all sectors of health care to converge and build real solutions and collective momentum for health care reform.

Together we will:

• Address challenges to change in our nation and ways to overcome them
• Generate momentum and the desire for sustainable health care reform
• Shape actionable, patient-centered health care solutions
• Build commitment across sectors to generate a social climate that will support health care reform solutions
• Identify opportunities for strengthened collaboration and consensus on health care issues

The symposium will focus on three areas of concern:

• Equity, especially the plight of the uninsured or underinsured
• Efficiency and the best use of resources
• Effectiveness, including how to provide care based on scientific knowledge

Agenda

Sunday, May 21, 2006

Keynote Session: Introduce a New Fact ... Uncover a New Truth

Monday, May 22, 2006

Overspent, Overdrawn, Overwhelmed: Reducing Health Care Costs
The inequity in access to resources, disparity in quality and endless paperwork.
Moderator: Susan Dentzer, Correspondent, PBS
Panelists: Roger Feldman, Ph.D., University of Minnesota; Gary Kaplan, M.D., Virginia Mason Medical Center; Eugene Litvak, Ph.D., Boston University; and John Wennberg, M.D., M.P.H., Dartmouth College

Do We Know What We Know? The Universal Sharing of Scientific Knowledge
How well health care organizations are sharing and incorporating new scientific knowledge into their daily care of patients.
Moderator: Sanjay Gupta, M.D., Medical Correspondent, CNN
Panelists: Stephen Case, Revolution Healthcare; Carolyn Clancy, M.D., Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality; and Marina Weiss, Ph.D., March of Dimes Defects Foundation

Taking Responsibility for Change
Speaker: The Honorable Paul O'Neill, Former U.S. Treasury Secretary
Moderator: Denis Cortese, M.D., Mayo Clinic

The Uninsured and Underinsured: Fixing the Holes in the Safety Net
Focuses on the continued concern of uninsured and underinsured patients. The financial burden is high and for those unable to pay, expenses shift to providers, employers and taxpayers; these costs drive up insurance and health care costs.
Moderator: Joanne Silberner, Health Policy Correspondent, National Public Radio
Panelists: Stuart Butler, Ph.D., The Heritage Foundation; Ezekiel Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D., National Institutes of Health; David Kendall, Progressive Policy Institute; Victor Fuchs, Ph.D., Stanford University; and Louis Sullivan, M.D., Morehouse School of Medicine.

Will the Rise of Health Care Costs Cripple U.S. Business?
This panel of prominent business leaders will discuss the economic implications of rising health care costs for U.S. business and industry. Can our nation remain competitive in the global market? Can employers and employees be part of the health care reform solution?
Moderator: Pat Mitchell, President & CEO, PBS
Panelists: Marilyn Carlson Nelson, Carlson Companies; Linda Dillman, Executive VP of Risk Management and Benefits Administration, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems, Inc.; Harriet Pearson, Chief Privacy Officer, IBM

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

The Bottom Line: Paying for Quality Health Care in a Changing Economy
How U.S. health care organizations can work with insurers and the government to develop high-quality, patient-centered care that uses best practices to save lives and money.
Moderator: Ceci Connolly, National Staff Writer, Washington Post
Panelists: Bruce Bradley, General Motors; Denis Cortese, M.D., Mayo Clinic; Elliott Fisher, M.D., M.P.H., Dartmouth Medical School; and George Halvorson, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.

We Can Do Better – A Chronic Care Model That Works for Everyone
The flaws in our health care system become even more evident when examining how we care for people with chronic illnesses
Moderator: Judy Woodruff, Broadcast Journalist and Former CNN Anchor
Panelists: Amy Comstock, Parkinson's Action Network; Colleen Conway-Welch, Ph.D., R.N., Vanderbilt University; John W. McDonald III, M.D., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University; and Robert Nesse, M.D., Mayo Clinic

Luncheon and interactive work sessions

Closing session: From Dialogue to Directives: Moving Health Care Forward