10:00AM

The High Cost of Health Care and How People Can get a Better Deal During and after COVID-19

Leading healthcare expert and renowned Johns Hopkins surgeon, Dr. Makary, will deliver the keynote presentation, addressing the future of healthcare and the importance of transparency in making the most informed decisions for our well-being during and after COVID-19.

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Speaker

• Dr. Marty Markary, NYT Best-Selling Author, Health Policy Expert, and Johns Hopkins Surgeon

Introduction

• Amy Bricker, Sr. Vice President, Health Services Supply Chain, Express Scripts

Moderator

• Jamie Dudensing, CEO, Texas Association of Health Plans

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11:00AM

Waste Not, Want Not: Let’s Reduce Health Care Spending by 25 Percent

The health care industry constitutes 18 percent of the U.S. economy, or $3.6 trillion a year. Yet what is most disconcerting is not just what we spend on health care, but what we waste on health care. A recent study estimated that approximately 25% — that’s $760 billion to $935 billion — of annual health care spending in the U.S. can be characterized as waste. Health plans, providers and government must seize the opportunity to address the waste that has hindered our ability to deliver a consumer-centric, simple, high-quality health system.

Speaker

• Dr. William Shrank, CMO, Humana

Moderator

• Jamie Dudensing, CEO, Texas Association of Health Plans

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1:00PM

The 2020 Elections: What Just Happened? What is going to Happen?

Less than a week after Election Day 2020, The Texas Tribune Executive Editor and Co-Founder Ross Ramsey will join Founding and Managing Partner of PLUS Communications Danny Diaz for a wide-ranging discussion on how the results of 2020’s state and federal elections will drive the policy debate in 2021 and beyond. You won’t want to miss this.

Speakers

• Danny Diaz, Founding and Managing Partner, PLUS Communications
• Ross Ramsey, Executive Editor and Co-Founder, Texas Tribune

Moderator

• Billy Phenix, President, Phenix & Saenz, LLC

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2:00PM

Health Care in 2021 and Beyond: View from CMS

CMS Deputy Administrator and Acting Chief of Staff Calder Lynch joins Texas Covered to discuss the agency’s efforts around COVID-19, the impact of COVID-19 on Medicaid and Medicare, and the agency’s priorities moving forward.

Speakers

• Calder Lynch, Deputy Administrator and Acting Chief of Staff, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Moderator

• Asbel Montes, Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives & Innovation, Acadian Ambulance Services

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3:00PM

COVID-19: The Challenges, The Opportunities & What's Next for Health Care

COVID-19 is still growing, contagious, and lethal, but our nation is learning to live in this new normal. Our panel of national public health experts will discuss the impacts this crisis has had on health care and how it is shaping the future.

Speakers

• Dr. David Lakey, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and Chief Medical Officer, The University of Texas System Administration
• Dr. Mark McClellan, Robert J. Margolis Professor of Business, Medicine, and Health Policy, and founding Director of the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy at Duke University
• Zack Cooper, Associate Professor of Health Policy and of Economics, Yale University

Moderator

• Dr. Clay Johnston, Dell Medical School and VP of medical affairs at UT Health Austin

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4:00PM

What Health Care Affordability Means Post COVID-19?

Texas and the U.S. have a longstanding problem with health care spending and access to affordable coverage. Since COVID-19 began, these problems have been brought into focus — but so have some of the solutions. Join us for a discussion about these solutions and what health care affordability means post COVID-19.

‍‍Speakers

• Loren Adler, Associate Director, USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy
• Niall Brennan, President & CEO, Health Care Cost Institute
• ‍Avik Roy, President, Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity

Moderator

• Dr. Paul Hain, Chief Medical Officer & Divisional Senior Vice President of Market Delivery, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas