"In the Trenches" Seminar Series
In order to provide the faculty and students with a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities faced by front-line managers and to provide a more comprehensive view of the delivery system itself, the Department of Health Care Policy started a unique seminar series in 2000. We invite guests to speak on issues affecting the financing and delivery of health care at their practices, institutions, or corporations. Dr. Bruce Landon coordinates the series; it is open to members of the university.
- 2009 -
Date: Rescheduled to June 9, 2009, 12:00-1:30 pm
Location: HCP Conference Room 224-E, Department of Health Care Policy, 180 Longwood Avenue, Boston
Speaker: Timothy G. Ferris, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Massachusetts General Physicians Organization
Topic: "Preliminary Results from a Medicare Demonstration of Care Coordination"
- 2008 -
Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Location: HCP Conference Room 224-E, Department of Health Care Policy, 180 Longwood Avenue, Boston
Speaker: Joel S. Weissman, PhD
Professor of Family and Community Medicine, UMASS and Senior Health Policy Advisor to the Secretary, MA Executive Office of Health and Human Services
Topic: "Coalitions and Committees: Health Policy and Health Reform in State Government"
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Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2008, 12:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Location: HCP Conference Room 224-E, Department of Health Care Policy, 180 Longwood Avenue, Boston
Speaker: Michael Pine, MD, MBA
President and Founder, Michael Pine & Associates, Inc.
Topic: "Virtual Partnerships: A First Step on the Road to Health Care Payment Reform"
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Date: Thursday, October 23, 2008, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Location: HCP Conference Room 224-E, Department of Health Care Policy, 180 Longwood Avenue, Boston
Speaker: Glenn Steele, MD, PhD
President and CEO, Geisinger Health System
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Date: Thursday, June 12, 2008, 11:00-12:30 p.m.Â
Location: HCP Conference Room 224-E, Department of Health Care Policy, 180 Longwood Avenue, Boston
Speaker: Jeffrey Levin-Scherz, MD, MBA, FACP
Topic: "A Multispecialty Group's Approach to Improving Quality and Recruiting and Retaining Physicians"
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Date: Thursday, March 20, 2008, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2008, 12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m.
- 2007 -
Former Chief Medical Officer, Atrius Health
Location: HCP Conference Room 224-E, Department of Health Care Policy, 180 Longwood Avenue, Boston
Speaker: Katharine London
Executive Director, Massachusetts Health Care Quality and Cost Council
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Location: HCP Conference Room 224-E, Department of Health Care Policy, 180 Longwood Avenue, Boston
Speaker: Dana Gelb Safran, ScD
Vice President for Performance Measurement
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Date: Thursday, November 8, 2007, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: HCP Conference Room 224-E, Department of Health Care Policy, 180 Longwood Avenue, Boston
Speaker: Lewis Sandy, MD
Senior Vice President, Clinical Advancement
UnitedHealth Group
Topic: "Can Performance Transparency and Primary Care Redesign Drive Improvement?"
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Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2007, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Speaker: Samuel R. Nussbaum, MD
Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, WellPoint, Inc.
Topic: Consumer Strategies to Improve Health Care Quality and Affordability
Location: Room 224-E, Department of Health Care Policy, 180 Longwood Avenue, Boston
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Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2007, 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Speaker: Peter Juhn, MD, MPH
Executive Medical Director, Health Policy and Evidence-Based Medicine, Johnson & Johnson
Topic: "Evidence-Based Medicine: A Manufacturer's Perspective"
Location: REB 109, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, 188 Longwood Avenue, Boston
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Date: Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Speaker: Jon Kingsdale, PhD
Exceutive Director, Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority
- 2006 -
Steve Schoenbaum, MD
"What Will It Take for the US to Have a High Performance Health System? A Discussion"
Senior Vice President, The Commonwealth Fund
Richard Lynch
"The Tufts Health Plan Story: Evolving Relationship with Providers"
Vice President, Network Management & Operations, Tufts Health Plan
Ellen Zane
"A Hospital Rescue – Results of a Failed Merger & the Management Challenges That Result"
President & Chief Executive Officer, Tufts-New England Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children
- 2005 -
Thomas H Lee, MD
"Re-engineering Care to Cross the Quality Chasm: The Real Work Begins"
Chief Executive Officer, Partners Community Health Care
Patrick Mattingly, MD
"Translating Research in Practice: The Case of Practice Variation, Informed Medical Decision Making, and Health Dialog"
Chief Medical Officer, Health Dialog
Gary L. Gottlieb, MD
"Strategic Issues in Management of a Health Care Organization in the Early 21st Century"
President, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Chair, Partners Psychiatry & Mental Health System
Samuel R. Nussbaum, MD
Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Anthem, Inc.
- 2004 -
Annette Hanson, MD, MBA
"Clinical Approaches to Care in a Public System"
Medical Director State of Massachusetts, Division of Medical Assistance
John D. Freedman, MD, MBA
"Why Health Plans Do the Programs They Do: Lessons in Leverage and the Lack Therof"
Medical Director Clinical Quality and Informatics, Tufts Health Plan
- 2003 -
David Chin, MD
"Update on Defined Contribution Health Plans"
Principal & National Leader, Healthcare Payer Practice,
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Woodrow A. Myers, Jr., MD
"Report from the Front Lines: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly "
EVP & CMO, WellPoint Health Networks Inc.
Dolores A. Mitchell
"An Irresistible Force Meets an Immovable Object: Now What?"
Executive Director, Group Insurance Commission, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Joseph C. Avellone, MD
"Innovations in Healthcare: Promises and Pitfalls"
CEO, Veritas Medicine, Inc.
Len Fishman
"Struggles and Trends in Senior Care: HRCA’s Effort to Adapt"
President & CEO, Hebrew Rehabilitation Center for Aged
Jennifer Daley, MD
"Commitment to Quality"
Vice President, Clinical Effectiveness, Tenet Healthcare Corporation
Sean R. Tunis, MD, MSc
"Medicare Tools to Measure and Improve Quality of Care"
Chief Medical Officer, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Director, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality
- 2002 -
Peter L. Slavin, MD
"Key Issues Facing Academic Physicians in Boston"
Chair & CEO, Massachusetts General Physicians Organization
Robert Epstein, MD, MS
"The Story Behind What Pharmacy Benefits Managers Do"
CMO & Senior Vice President, Dept. of Medical Affairs, Merck-Medco
Charles Baker, Jr.
"The HPHC Story"
President & CEO, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc.
Richard Lynch
"The Future of Provider Strategy at Tufts Health Plan"
VP, Network Management & Operations, Tufts Health Plan
James Reinertsen, MD
"Lessons for Leadership from the Beth Israel Deaconess"
Former CEO Experience, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Paul F. Levy
"Reviving BIDMC"
President & CEO, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- 2001 -
Richard von Rueden, MD
"The HMO Bogey: Health Systems' Rise and Fall in Response"
Principal to Managed Care, Medimetrix Consulting
William Winkenwerder, MD
"Approaches to Business Collaboration with Providers"
Former Executive VP, Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA
Timothy Wemple
"Keys to Success in a Turbulent Market: An Insider's Look at Chief of Operations Harvard Vanguard"
Medical Associates, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
Richard Lynch
"The Changing Landscape of Risk Contracting"
Director of Contracting, Tufts Health Plan
- 2000 -
Thomas Lee, MD, MSc
"Integration without Tears"
Medical Director, Partners HealthCare, Inc.
