High Costs,
Broken Promises:
Healthcare in America

West Health's 2019 Summit will focus on advancing three common-sense reforms to address the healthcare cost crisis in America and drive accountability for progress.

WASHINGTON, D.C.
Tuesday, April 2, 2019

LET'S TAKE BOLD ACTION ON APRIL 2nd

WHEN
Tuesday, April 2, 2019
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

WHERE
Amphitheater at Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004

The country is in the midst of a critical political and policy debate that could reshape healthcare in America for generations to come. Some people are focused on who will pay for healthcare and whether or not we can afford it. However, fewer are focused on why healthcare costs so much in the first place and what we can do about it.

West Health is convening an innovation summit in the nation’s capital focused on solving America’s healthcare cost crisis. The Summit features leaders from many sectors of healthcare including policymakers, healthcare providers, health systems, researchers, economists, insurers, government, industry and advocacy groups and patients. The goal is to fuel the best ideas, innovations and practical policy solutions to change the trajectory of the cost of healthcare in America.

Convene

Diverse stakeholders dedicated to lowering the cost of healthcare in this country.

Educate

Stakeholder groups on the core issues that contribute to high healthcare costs.

Create

Accountability among elected officials to make healthcare more affordable and accessible for all Americans.

Advance

Critical success factors for the continued transformation of the nation’s healthcare system

Inspire

Action in specific areas that offer the greatest opportunity to lower the cost of healthcare

The Healthcare Costs Summit is the sixth installment of West Health’s Health Care Innovation Day (HCI-DC) series. Previous HCI-DC events have highlighted wireless and telehealth innovations with the Department of Veterans Affairs (2010), wireless medical device regulation with the U. S. Food and Drug Administration and Federal Communications Commission (2011), care delivery and payment solutions with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (2012), and interoperability with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (2014) and our most recent (2018) Health Care Costs Innovation Summit.

ABOUT HCIDC

SPEAKERS

John A. Bardis

Former Assistant Secretary for Administration at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and current Chairman and Founder of Hire Heroes U.S.A.

Mr. Bardis founded Hire Heroes U.S.A. in 2006. Hire Heroes has grown to be the nation’s largest and most successful non-profit veteran employment and training organization in the United States. In January 2019 Hire Heroes achieved a major milestone of 30,000 veterans hired into jobs since its inception. The national nonprofit is a leader in the veteran employment space, providing personalized job search assistance to transitioning U.S. military members, veterans and military spouses. As a result of their proven success and transparency, HHUSA has been recognized as best-in-class by the Call of Duty Endowment, the George W. Bush Institute, the USO, and several additional impactful organizations.

In 1999 John Bardis founded MedAssets (NASDAQ:MDAS), one of the leading public healthcare performance improvement companies in the United States, serving four out of every five hospitals and over 100,000 healthcare providers. He served for 15 years as its Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until he retired in 2015. As a result of his distinguished leadership as MedAssets Chief Executive, Bardis is nationally recognized as an influential leader in the healthcare industry and healthcare technology sector. Bardis was recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of the “Top 100 Most Influential Leaders in Healthcare” for four consecutive years (2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014). In 2012, Bardis received recognition from Ernst & Young as the Technology Entrepreneur of the Year in the Southeast. In 2013 he was the recipient of Becker Healthcare’s Annual Healthcare Leadership Award, which named him as one of the “Thirty Top Leaders in Healthcare in the U.S.”

From 1992 to 1997 Bardis was President and Chief Executive Officer of TheraTx (NASDAQ:THTX), a leading operator of skilled nursing facilities and provider of rehabilitation services. In 1995, in recognition of his successful leadership at TheraTx, Bardis was named Entrepreneur of the Year by INC. Magazine. The publication further named TheraTx as the second fastest growing public company in America, growing from $15 million to over $500 million in revenue in five years. In 1995 Bardis was honored by Ernst & Young as Healthcare Entrepreneur of the Year, Southeast National Finalist.

From 1987 to 1992 Bardis was at Kinetic Concepts (NASDAQ: KCI), the nation’s largest specialty bed and medical equipment rental company where he served as President. From 1984 to 1987 Bardis was vice president of the Baxter Operating Room Division and general manager of the Eastern Zone at Baxter International (NASDAQ:BAX).

Mr. Bardis has served on several boards. He is currently the founder and Chairman of Hire heroes U.S.A., the nation’s largest veteran job placement organization. He currently serves on the Board of Advisors of Jackson Healthcare in Alpharetta, GA. In 2015 he was appointed to the Strategic Planning Committee of the board of Scripps Health in San Diego, CA. In 2011 Mr. Bardis was appointed to the board of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). In 2012 USADA investigated and later suspended Lance Armstrong for his use of banned substances dating back to 1996.

In 2018 Bardis served on a 6-member delegation selected by the President of the United States to represent the U.S. at the Paralympic Winter Games. The delegation was led by The Honorable Kirstjen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security. In 2008 Bardis served as Team Leader of the U.S. Olympic Wrestling Team and was Team Leader in the 2007 World Championships where Team USA won the world team title for the first time in wrestling history. In 2012 Bardis served as a member of the distinguished Committee to Protect Olympic Wrestling (CPOW). In 2013 he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as an Outstanding American. He served for 12 years on the Board of USA Wrestling from 1998 to 2011.

Bardis served on the Board of Advisors of the Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona. He served on the Board of Directors of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce for 2014 and 2015.

Mr. Bardis holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from the University of Arizona.

Bardis is a frequent presenter at healthcare conferences and meetings and has made live appearances on several occasions on the CNBC, Bloomberg and Fox Business networks. He has published a variety of healthcare related articles in national publications including articles in Forbes, Market Watch, Institutional Investor and Investor’s Business Daily.

Mr. Bardis is married and has three children. He and his wife Judy are actively involved in a variety of philanthropic endeavors, including Mully Children’s Family International (MCF), founded to manage residential homes for the feeding, care, education and reintegration of orphaned children in Kenya. In 2015 the Bardis’s completed executive production of the documentary film entitled “Mully” to chronicle the remarkable life works of Charles and Esther Mully.

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Donna Brazile

Former Chair of the Democratic National Committee and fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy

Donna Brazile is the former Chair of the Democratic National Committee and fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. Ms. Brazile has been a contributor to ABC News and CNN, and has worked on every presidential campaign since 1976. In 2000 she became the first African American to serve as campaign manager for former Vice President Al Gore.

Ms. Brazile has worked passionately in the rebuilding and recovery efforts in her beloved hometown of New Orleans. Additionally, she loves working with young people, encouraging them to vote, to run for office, and to work within the system to strengthen it. Since 2000, Ms. Brazile has lectured at over 200 colleges and universities across the country on such topics as “Inspiring Civility in American Politics,” “Race Relations in the Age of Obama,” “Why Diversity Matters,” and “Women in American Politics.”

She first got involved in politics at the age of nine when she worked to elect a City Council candidate who had promised to build a playground in her neighborhood; the candidate won, the swing set was installed, and a lifelong passion for political progress was ignited. That led eventually to Ms. Brazile’s work on every presidential campaign from 1976 through 2000, when she became the first African-American to manage a presidential campaign.

In addition to her work an adjunct professor at Georgetown University, Ms. Brazile is the best-selling author of Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House, as well as the best selling memoir Cooking with Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics. She is especially pleased to have made three cameo appearances on CBS’s The Good Wife, and two cameo appearances on Netflix’s series House of Cards. She most recently appeared on BET’s Being Mary Jane. Ask her and she’ll tell you that acting, after all, is the key to success in politics.

In 2013, Ms. Brazile was appointed by President Obama to serve on to the board of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. She is also proud the recipient of more than 10 honorary doctorate degrees from major colleges and universities, including her alma mater Louisiana State University.

In August 2009, O, The Oprah Magazine chose Ms. Brazile as one of its 20 “remarkable visionaries” for the magazine’s first-ever O Power List. In addition, she was named among the 100 Most Powerful Women by Washingtonian magazine, Top 50 Women in America by Essence magazine, and received the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s highest award for political achievement. In 2016, Ms. Brazile was awarded Wonk of the Year from the Kennedy Political Union at American University.

Ms. Brazile is the founder and director of Brazile & Associates LLC, a general consulting, grassroots advocacy, and training firm based in Washington, DC. She is also an adjunct faculty member at Georgetown University.

Last but never least, she is a proud native of New Orleans, Louisiana. In the aftermath of the two catastrophic hurricanes that made landfall in the Gulf region, Ms. Brazile was appointed by former Governor Kathleen Blanco to serve on the Louisiana Recovery Board to work for the rebuilding of the state and to advocate for the Gulf recovery on the national stage. Ms. Brazile was also appointed by New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu to serve on the Tricentennial Commission.

Donna Brazile has spent a lifetime working for progressive change, responsible governance, and the advancement of all people in a society that is fair and equitable.

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Sanjay Gupta, MD

Chief Medical Correspondent, CNN

Dr. Sanjay Gupta is the multiple Emmy® award winning chief medical correspondent for CNN. Gupta, a practicing neurosurgeon, plays an integral role in CNN’s reporting on health and medical news for all of CNN’s shows domestically and internationally, and contributes to CNN.com. His medical training and public health policy experience distinguishes his reporting from war zones and natural disasters, as well as on a range of medical and scientific topics, including the recent Ebola outbreak, brain injury, disaster recovery, health care reform, fitness, military medicine, and HIV/AIDS. Additionally, Dr. Gupta is the host of Vital Signs for CNN International and Accent Health for Turner Private Networks. In 2011, Gupta reported from earthquake- and tsunami-ravaged Japan, adding clarity and context to the human impact and radiation concerns. In 2010, Gupta reported on the devastating earthquake in Haiti, for which he was awarded two Emmy®s. His distinctive reporting in 2010 also included live coverage on the unprecedented flooding in Pakistan.

Gupta joined CNN in the summer of 2001. He reported from New York following the attacks on the U.S. on Sept. 11, 2001. In 2003, he embedded with the U.S. Navy’s “Devil Docs” medical unit, reporting from Iraq and Kuwait as the unit traveled to Baghdad. He provided live coverage of the first operation performed during the war, and performed life-saving brain surgery five times himself in a desert operating room. In 2009, he embedded with the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne, accompanying them on life-saving rescue missions in Afghanistan.

Gupta contributed to the network’s 2010 Peabody Award-winning coverage of the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. In 2006, Gupta contributed to CNN’s Peabody Award-winning coverage of Hurricane Katrina, revealing that official reports that Charity Hospital in New Orleans had been evacuated were incorrect. His “Charity Hospital” coverage for Anderson Cooper 360° resulted in his 2006 News & Documentary Emmy® for Outstanding Feature Story. In 2004, Gupta was sent to Sri Lanka to cover the tsunami disaster that took more than 155,000 lives in Southeast Asia, contributing to the 2005 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award for CNN. In 2015, Gupta was again awarded the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award for his enterprise reporting showcased in the two hour primetime documentary “WEED.” Gupta’s passion for inspiring Americans to lead healthier, more active lives led him to launch “Fit Nation,” CNN’s multi-platform anti-obesity initiative. In 2009, “Fit Nation” followed the progress of Gupta and six CNN viewers as they inspired each other while training for triathlon. The program is now in its sixth year.

In addition to his work for CNN, Gupta is a member of the staff and faculty at the Emory University School of Medicine. He is associate chief of neurosurgery at Grady Memorial Hospital and regularly performs surgery at Emory University and Grady hospitals. He holds memberships in the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the Council on Foreign Relations. He serves as a diplomate of the American Board of Neurosurgery and a certified medical investigator.

Before joining CNN, Gupta completed neurosurgical fellowship at the Semmes Murphey Clinic and residency at the University of Michigan Medical Center. In 1997, he was selected as a White House Fellow, serving as a special advisor to First Lady Hillary Clinton. Gupta contributes to the CBS newsmagazine 60 Minutes. He is the author of three New York Times best-selling books, Chasing Life (2007), Cheating Death (2009) and Monday Mornings (2012). In 2003, Gupta was named one of PEOPLE magazine’s “Sexiest Men Alive” and a “pop culture icon” by USA Today. That same year, he also won the Humanitarian Award from the National Press Photographers Association. In 2004, the Atlanta Press Club named him “Journalist of the Year” and in 2009, he won both the first Health Communications Achievement Award from the American Medical Association’s Medical Communications Conference and the Mickey Leland Humanitarian Award from the National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC). In 2010, Gupta was honored by John F. Kennedy University with its Laureate Award for leaders in health and wellness. 2011, Forbes magazine named him as one of the “Ten Most Influential Celebrities.” Gupta received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and a doctorate of medicine from the University of Michigan Medical School.

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Shelley Lyford

President and CEO, West Health

Shelley Lyford is president and chief executive officer of West Health, the Gary and Mary West Foundation and the West Health Institute. Solely funded by philanthropists Gary and Mary West, West Health is a family of nonprofit and nonpartisan organizations including the Gary and Mary West Health Institute and Gary and Mary West Foundation in San Diego, and the Gary and Mary West Health Policy Center in Washington, D.C. West Health is dedicated to lowering healthcare costs and enabling seniors to successfully age in place with access to high-quality, affordable health and support services that preserve and protect their dignity, quality of life and independence. The organizations use a combination of applied medical research, policy, advocacy and outcomes-based philanthropy to improve healthcare for seniors and lower costs.

Lyford played a critical role in helping establish the Gary and Mary West Foundation in 2006. Under her leadership, the Gary and Mary West Foundation has awarded more than 500 grants totaling nearly $200 million for applied medical research and community support and social services for seniors and their caregivers. Lyford also leads the Gary and Mary West Health Institute as it conducts applied medical research on a wide range of issues affecting seniors and their families. The research generated is used to provide the evidence needed for healthcare providers, policymakers and communities to make more informed decisions about healthcare delivery models and support services that enable successful aging in America.

Lyford has spearheaded the development of innovative healthcare delivery systems that serve as national care models of excellence, including San Diego’s first Geriatric Emergency Unit; and the first of its kind Gary and Mary West Senior Dental Center in downtown San Diego, which provides high-quality, affordable dental care integrated with health and wellness services for lower-income seniors. These and other care models are supported by various research initiatives with collaborators that include the American Geriatrics Society, University of California San Diego Health System, Mount Sinai in New York, Brown University and Northwestern University.

As President and CEO of the Gary and Mary West Foundation, Lyford serves on the Board of Directors for Civica Rx, a not-for-profit generic drug company that will help patients by addressing shortages and high prices of lifesaving medications. Additionally, Lyford is board chair for the Gary and Mary West Senior Dental Center; vice-chair of the board of directors for Grantmakers in Aging (GIA); a board member of Generations United; and sits on the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation’s Board of Directors focused on promoting San Diego as an epicenter for successful aging research. Lyford holds a master’s degree in international relations and political-economy from the University of San Diego.

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Sylvia Mathews Burwell

Former Secretary, United States Department of Health and Human Services

Sylvia Mathews Burwell was sworn in as the 22nd Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) on June 9, 2014.

A results-driven executive, Secretary Burwell has led large and complex organizations across the public and private sectors.

As the Secretary of HHS, Burwell oversaw more than 77,000 employees in a department with a broad spectrum of vital responsibilities, in work that touches the lives of Americans at every age, from every background, in every part of our country. She is committed to the mission of ensuring that every American has access to the building blocks of healthy and productive lives.

Secretary Burwell called for the Department to operate under three guiding tenets: to deliver results on a wide range of complex issues, to strengthen the relationships that drive progress, and to build strong teams with the talent and focus needed to deliver impact for the American people.

Previously, Burwell served as director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), where she worked closely with Congress to help return to a more orderly budget and appropriations process that brought needed stability to the economy and middle-class families. She led the Administration’s efforts to deliver a smarter, more innovative and more accountable government. She oversaw the development of the President’s Second-Term Management Agenda, including efforts to expedite high-impact permitting projects, drive efficiencies, and improve customer service. Additionally, she worked to ensure that our regulatory system protects the health and safety of Americans while promoting economic growth, job creation, and innovation.

Prior to serving in the Administration, Burwell served as president of the Walmart Foundation, where she led efforts to fight hunger in America, empower women around the world, and leverage Walmart’s presence in local communities to reach millions of people. During her tenure, the foundation surpassed $1 billion in total giving.

Before joining Walmart in 2012, she was president of the Global Development Program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where she spent 10 years working on some of the world’s most pressing challenges, from global health to agricultural development and financial services for the poor. She also served as the foundation’s first chief operating officer.

During the Clinton Administration, Burwell served as deputy director of OMB, deputy chief of staff to the President, chief of staff to the Secretary of the Treasury, and staff director of the National Economic Council.

Prior to joining the Clinton Administration, Burwell worked for McKinsey & Company. She has served on the boards of the Council on Foreign Relations, MetLife, and the University of Washington Medical Center, among other organizations.

Burwell received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar.

In 2017, Burwell was named as the first female president of American University. She also serves on the National Advisory Council of the Aspen Institute’s Future of Work Initiative. A second-generation Greek-American, Burwell hails from Hinton, West Virginia. She and her husband Stephen live in Washington, D.C., with their two young children.

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Mark McClellan, MD, PhD

Director and Professor, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Former Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Mark McClellan, MD, PhD, is the Robert J. Margolis Professor of Business, Medicine, and Health Policy, and Director of the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy at Duke University with offices at Duke and in Washington DC. The new Center will support and conduct research, evaluation, implementation, and educational activities to improve health policy and health, through collaboration across Duke University and Health System, and through partnerships between the public and private sectors. It integrates the social, clinical, and analytical sciences to integrate technical expertise and practical capabilities to develop and apply policy solutions that improve health and the value of health care locally, nationally, and worldwide.

Dr. McClellan is a doctor and an economist, and his work has addressed a wide range of strategies and policy reforms to improve health care, including such areas as payment reform to promote better outcomes and lower costs, methods for development and use of real-world evidence, and more effective drug and device innovation. Before coming to Duke, he served as a Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution, where he was Director of the Health Care Innovation and Value Initiatives and led the Richard Merkin Initiative on Payment Reform and Clinical Leadership. He also has a highly distinguished record in public service and in academic research. Dr. McClellan is a former administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), where he developed and implemented major reforms in health policy. These include the Medicare prescription drug benefit, Medicare and Medicaid payment reforms, the FDA’s Critical Path Initiative, and public-private initiatives to develop better information on the quality and cost of care.

Dr. McClellan is the founding chair and a current board member of the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA, is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and chairs the Academy’s Leadership Council for Value and Science-Driven Health care, co-chairs he guiding committee of the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network, and is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He has also previously served as a member of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers and senior director for health care policy at the White House, and as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the Department of the Treasury. He was previously an associate professor of economics and medicine with tenure at Stanford University, and has twice received the Kenneth Arrow Award for Outstanding Research in Health Economics.

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Michael A. Peterson

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Michael A. Peterson is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, a non-partisan organization dedicated to addressing America’s fiscal challenges and building a stronger economic future. The Foundation engages in grant-making, partnerships and research to educate citizens and foster solutions to put America on a sustainable fiscal path. Michael sets the Foundation’s policy direction and strategy, shaping its major programs and initiatives.

In 2014, the Foundation established the Peterson Center on Healthcare, a non-profit organization dedicated to making higher quality, more affordable healthcare a reality for all Americans. The Center is working to transform U.S. healthcare into a high-performance system by finding innovative solutions that improve quality and lower costs, and accelerating their adoption on a national scale.

Michael combines his dedication to public service with extensive private sector experience as an entrepreneur, operator and investor. In 2007, he co-founded Evolve IP, an award-winning telecommunications company named as one of America’s 50 best places to work (Inc. Magazine), best entrepreneurial companies (Entrepreneur Magazine) and fastest growing technology companies (Deloitte Fast 500). Michael also co-founded GPX Enterprises, L.P., which makes direct investments in operating businesses and real estate. Previously, he held a number of corporate finance positions, leading and executing transactions totaling several billion dollars. Michael also currently serves as the CEO of Peterson Management, LLC, which manages the Peterson family investments.

Michael is Chair of the Board of Directors of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and serves on the boards of the Nuclear Threat Initiative and the Partnership for New York City. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Economic Club of New York, and Business Executives for National Security. He has received the Corporate Community Achievement Award from the Northside Center for Child Development and the Visionary Award from the Committee for Economic Education. Additionally, he has established his own foundation, which focuses on a variety of philanthropic areas.

Michael graduated Magna Cum Laude and with Honors from Brown University, where he was awarded the Taubman Prize for his thesis. He received his Master’s degree from the London School of Economics. Michael lives in New York with his wife, Tara Peters, and their two children.

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Bob Schieffer

Former Moderator of Face the Nation and
Former CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent

Emmy-winning journalist Bob Schieffer is one of the nation’s most-revered reporters of all time. With 58 years in the news business and 46 years at CBS News, the former moderator of Face the Nation served as a steady on-air presence while other television personalities came and went. He was declared “the last of the old school anchors from the heyday of network TV news” by NPR, and is a beloved Washington insider who, as USA Today said, “has been on a first-name basis with key DC figures for decades.” Schieffer, who held every major job at CBS News, served as the lynchpin of the network and led Face the Nation to its highest ratings in decades. He is currently the Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

With a career that has dealt almost exclusively with politics, Schieffer is one of few journalists who have covered all four major beats in the nation’s capital – the White House, the Pentagon, the State Department, and Capitol Hill. He has interviewed every president since Richard Nixon and moderated three presidential debates – 2004, 2008, and 2012. With a unique style that’s “equal parts folksy inquisitor and experienced political insider,” according to NPR, “no one can ask a tough question quite like Bob Schieffer.” Exclusively represented by Leading Authorities speakers bureau, he offers an insightful look at today’s political climate told through insider stories about the most fascinating aspects of politics – how politicians operate behind the scenes. Named a “Living Legend” by the Library of Congress, Schieffer harnesses his enduring appeal as he shares what could only have been learned from his more than five decades of on-the-job experience.

Jack-of-All-Trades. USA Today said Schieffer’s career reached “hall-of-fame levels, thanks to his consistent, jack-of-all trades approach to his profession and his diligent shepherding of Face the Nation,” and his expertise truly is wide-ranging.

He has authored three books: Bob Schieffer’s America, Face the Nation: My Favorite Stories from the First 50 Years of the Award-Winning News Broadcast, and This Just In: What I Couldn’t Tell You on TV. He has also co-authored Ronald Reagan, The Acting President. Schieffer made his debut at the Grand Ole Opry alongside his country music band Honky Tonk Confidential and appeared in a cameo beside Harrison Ford in the 2010 film Morning Glory.

Before joining CBS News, he was a reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and, in 1965, became the first reporter from a Texas newspaper to report from Vietnam.

A Living Legend. Schieffer has won virtually every award in broadcast journalism, including eight Emmys, the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence, and the Edward R. Murrow Award. He received an Emmy for lifetime achievement and was named “Broadcaster of the Year” by the National Press Foundation. He was also inducted into the Broadcasting/Cable Hall of Fame and the National Academy of Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame. He feels his greatest honor, though, was his alma mater, Texas Christian University, creating the Schieffer School of Journalism.

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John Arnold

Founder and Co-Chair, Arnold Ventures

John A. Bardis

Former Assistant Secretary for Administration at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and current Chairman and Founder of Hire Heroes U.S.A.

Roy Beveridge, MD

Chief Medical Officer
Humana

Donna Brazile

Former Chair of the Democratic National Committee and fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy

Gail deVore

Patient Advocate

Edward J. Fotsch, MD

CEO of Gemini Health LLC

Sanjay Gupta, MD

Chief Medical Correspondent, CNN

John Kasich

Two-term Former Governor of Ohio, New York Times best-selling author and former FOX television host

Sarah Kliff

Senior Policy Correspondent, Vox.com

Timothy A. Lash, MBA

Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President, West Health;
President, West Health Policy Center

Mike Leavitt

Founder, Leavitt Partners, former Secretary of Health and Human Services; former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; and three-time elected governor of Utah

Daniel Liljenquist

Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Intermountain Healthcare

Shelley Lyford

President and CEO, West Health

Sylvia Mathews Burwell

Former Secretary, United States Department of Health and Human Services

Mark McClellan, MD, PhD

Director and Professor, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Former Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

David Mitchell

Founder and President, Patients For Affordable Drugs

Michael Murphy

Political Consultant

Michael A. Peterson

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Bob Schieffer

Former Moderator of Face the Nation and
Former CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent

Kathleen Sebelius

Former Secretary, United States Department of Health and Human Services; Former Governor; State of Kansas

Andy Slavitt, MBA

Senior Advisor, Bipartisan Policy Center; Former Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

2018 RESOURCES

The Time is Now to Address America's Healthcare Cost Crisis

Learn more about West Health's Healthcare Costs Innovation Summit and its calls for bold actions to curb unsustainable growth.

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West Health’s View on Improving Transparency in Healthcare Pricing

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Moving to Value-Based Care

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Reducing the High Price of Prescription Medicines

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High Costs, Broken Promises:Healthcare in America

LET'S TAKE BOLD ACTION ON APRIL 2nd

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Educate

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Inspire

SPEAKERS

2018 RESOURCES

The Time is Now to Address America's Healthcare Cost Crisis

HCI-DC 2018 Healthcare Costs Innovation Summit Highlights Video

West Health’s View on Improving Transparency in Healthcare Pricing

Moving to Value-Based Care

Reducing the High Price of Prescription Medicines

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High Costs,
Broken Promises:
Healthcare in America