Hospital Prices: Are we at the tipping point?

At a time when the movement for accountability and rationality in hospital pricing behavior is at a critical juncture, we are delighted to host Hospital Prices: Are we at the tipping point?. Congress, state legislators, and the media have increased their focus on hospital pricing and business practices. Purchasers are taking steps to engage more proactively with hospitals and lower their healthcare costs.

Significant to this conversation is determining ways to protect and support safety-net hospitals and the healthcare workforce while creating a fairer hospital pricing system for the employers, unions, and individuals who bear the brunt of rising healthcare costs. Attendees will have the opportunity to network with others who are passionate about addressing high hospitals prices within their spheres of influence. Employers and unions will walk away with tools they can use to support their goal to reduce their healthcare spending without sacrificing the quality and affordability of the benefits they provide.

8:00 AM	Breakfast & Registration
9:07 AM	Welcome & Introduction by Manny Pastreich, President, SEIU 32BJ, and Chair, Labor Industry Cooperation Fund
9:20 AM	Keynote Remarks by Elisabeth Rosenthal, Senior Contributing Editor, KFF Health News Increasing hospital prices are the leading cause of rapidly rising healthcare costs in the US, and most working Americans receive their health benefits through their jobs, which means there is a direct correlation between high hospital prices and patients’ pocketbooks. Why do we pay more and more for healthcare without receiving improved benefits, access, or outcomes? How do we fix our broken healthcare system?
10:10 AM	Political Remarks by Julie Menin, New York City Councilmember, District 5
10:22 AM	Political Remarks by Andrew S. Gounardes, New York State Senator, 26th District
10:30 AM	Networking Break & Poster Session
10:45 AM	*Morning Panel - It’s Some* of the Prices, Stupid Panelists will tease apart the complexities and differences among hospitals and hospital prices, and discuss policy options to create a fairer system of pricing. Misha Sharp, Assistant Director of Policy, 32BJ Health Fund (Moderator) Elisabeth R. Benjamin, Vice President, Health Initiatives, Community Service Society of New York Liz Krueger, Chair, New York State Senate Finance Committee Gloria Sachdev**, President and CEO, Employers’ Forum of Indiana
12:06 PM	Video Presentation by Liz Fowler, Director, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI)
12:16 PM	Networking Lunch
1:15 PM	Remarks by Howard Rothschild, President, Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations
1:30 PM	Afternoon Panel - The Case for Change: The Risks and Rewards of Rethinking Healthcare Purchasing Panelists will consider three innovative case studies for how purchasers are rethinking what they pay for healthcare, and the risks and rewards of rethinking typical purchasing strategies. Stacey Richter, Host, Relentless Health Value Podcast (Moderator) Cora Opsahl, Director, 32BJ Health Fund Lauren Vela, Advocate for Employers’ Role in Better Healthcare, Strategic Advisor & Consultant Lee Lewis, Chief Strategy Officer & GM Medical Solutions, Health Transformation Alliance
2:45 PM	Closing Remarks by Claire Brockbank, Director of Policy and Strategy, 32BJ Health Fund
3:00 PM	Sessions Conclude

Please note this is not the final agenda and is subject to change.

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