2003 - 1st Annual Health Policy Summit: The Future of Health Care in Missouri

Accessibility - Quality - Cost

Part I – Accessibility of Health Care

Keynote Address:
Len Nichols, PhD, Vice President, Center for Studying Health System Change

Panel Moderator: Karen Edison, MD

James R. Kimmey, MD, MPH, President and CEO, Missouri Foundation for Health

John D. Bentley, MD, Medical Director, Jordan Valley Community Health Center of Springfield

G. Richard Hastings, President and CEO, St. Luke's Health System

Susan L. Lang, Vice President of Managed Care, BJC Healthcare

Access Discussion

Part II – Increasing Quality

Panel Moderator: Linda Headrick, MD, MS - , Sr. Assoc. Dean, Ed. & Faculty Dev., University of Missouri

Angela F. Braly, President and CEO, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Missouri

Karen S. Cox, RN, PhD, CNAA, Sr. Vice President for Patient Care Services, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics

Charles N. Mullican, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Heartland Regional Medical Center

Gregg R. Laiben, MD, Medical Director, MissouriPRO

Andrew Balas, MD, PhD, Dean & Professor, School of Public Health, St. Louis University

Louise Y. Probst, Executive Director, St. Louis Area Business Health Coalition

Quality Discussion

The Future of Health Policy, Kristofer Hagglund & Karen Edison

Topic III – Controlling Cost

Keynote Address
Kenneth E. Thorpe, PhD, Robert W Woodruff Professor and Chair, Dept. of Health Policy and Management, Emory University

Afternoon Panel Moderator: Kristofer Hagglund, PhD

Leslie Porth, RN, MPH, Vice President of Health Improvement, Missouri Hospital Association

Christine A. Rackers, Director, Missouri Division of Medical Services

James R. Moody, Consultant, James R. Moody and Associates

Cost Discussion