Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Center for International Security and Cooperation Stanford University


Stanford Health Policy Director Alan Garber discussed value-conscious bio-medical innovation during his talk at the FRESH-Thinking Capstone Conference. (far left)
Stanford Health Policy core faculty member Victor Fuchs (far right) emceed the FRESH-Thinking Conference and gave the concluding speech, addressing possible health care reform outcomes under the Obama Administration.




FRESH-Thinking Capstone Conference  
CHP/PCOR Conference

Date and Time
May 14, 2009
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM

Availability
By Invitation Only


Panelists
Victor R. Fuchs - Stanford University
Alain C. Enthoven - Stanford University
Alan M. Garber - Stanford University
Harold S. Luft - Stanford University
Robert Feldman - Cardiologist at Hill Physicians
David Lansky - President at Pacific Business Group
Sharon Levine - Associate Executive Director Associate Executive Director at The Permanente Medical Group The Permanente Medical Group
Philip Pizzo - Dean at Stanford School of Medicine
Leonard Schaeffer - Former head at Medicare and Medicaid
Sandra Shewry - President and CEO at California Center for Connected Health
Stephen M. Shortell - Stanford University
John Shoven - Charles R. Schwab Professor of Economics at Stanford
Richard Slavin - General thoracic and vascular surgery, CEO at Camino Medical Group
Sally Wellborn - Senior Vice President at Corporate Benefits, Wells Fargo & Co.
Lucien Wulsin - President at Insure the Uninsured Project

The Capstone Conference: Fresh Thinking on Health Care Reform brings together influential health care reform professionals from academia, industry and government for a day of presentations and discussion.  The Conference represents the culminating activity of the FRESH-Thinking Project, which has conducted eight workshops over two years on health care reform.

Co-sponsors: FRESH-Thinking, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy (SIEPER) and Stanford Health Policy

Funded by Blue Shiled of California Foundation

Program:

9:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast
10:00 Introductory Remarks  
10:20- 11:00 Universal Coverage: How To Pay For It?, John Shoven, presenter  
11:00- 11:40 Organizing Health Care for Higher Quality and Lower Cost, Steve Shortell, presenter  
11:40- 12:20 Value-Conscious Bio-Medical Innovation: Why?  How?  When?
Alan Garber, presenter
 
12:20- 12:30 BREAK  
12:30- 1:00 Lunch  
1:00- 1:30 Keynote, The Future of Health Care Reform, Leonard Schaeffer  
1:30- 2:30 “Employers and Reform,” Alain Enthoven, moderator of panel  
2:30- 3:30 “Physicians and Reform,” Sharon Levine, moderator of panel  
3:30- 3:45 BREAK  
3:45- 4:45 “The Public and Reform,” Hal Luft, moderator of panel  
4:45- 5:30 Health Care Reform: What Is Needed?  What Is Likely? Why The Chasm?, Victor R. Fuchs, presenter  
5:30 Cocktail Reception  

Location
Quadrus Conference Center
Menlo Park, CA


FSI Contact
Teal Pennebaker