AGENDA

8:00 am | Breakfast and Networking

8:30 am | Opening Remarks

Christine Schuster, President and CEO, Emerson Hospital
Conference Emcee: Mallika Marshall, MD, Medical Reporter, CBS Boston
Steve Walsh, President and CEO, Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association

8:40 am | Healthcare from the House

Hear from House leadership on key issues and priorities including market dynamics, access to coverage, and critical interventions in public and behavioral health.

Representative Marjorie C. Decker, House Chair, Joint Committee on Public Health
Representative John J. Lawn, House Chair, Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

9:00 am | The Healthcare Leadership Agenda: Charting the Path Forward

Discussion of the greatest opportunities and challenges facing healthcare including workforce retention and growth, shifting sites of care and advancing health equity and innovation.

Panel Discussion
Cain Hayes, President and CEO, Point32Health
Anne Klibanski, MD, President and CEO, Mass General Brigham
Christine Schuster, President and CEO, Emerson Hospital
Kevin Tabb, MD, President and CEO, Beth Israel Lahey Health

Moderator: John McDonough, Professor of Public Health Practice in the Department of Health Policy & Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

10:15 am | Break

10:30 am | On Caregiving: What’s Hard, What’s Helping and Opportunities for Short Term Impact

Alexandra Drane, Co-founder and CEO, ARCHANGELS

11:00 am | Cracking the Workforce Code

Discussion of innovative solutions to retain and attract workers

Panel Discussion
Patricia Samra, Vice President HR Operations, Baystate Health
Rosemary Sheehan, Chief Human Resources Officer, Mass General Brigham
Sarah Sjostrom, Associate Chief Nursing Officer, Hebrew SeniorLife

Moderator: Alexandra Drane, Co-founder and CEO, ARCHANGELS

12:00 pm | Luncheon

12:30 pm | Redefining Excellence in Times of Uncertainty

Thomas H. Lee, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Press Ganey

1:15 pm | The Story Behind the Story

Panel Discussion
Jessica Bartlett, Medical Reporter, The Boston Globe
Eric Boodman, General Assignment Reporter, STAT News
Gabrielle Emanuel, Senior Health and Science Reporter, WBUR

Moderator: Mallika Marshall, MD, Medical Reporter, CBS Boston

2:00 pm | Closing Remarks and Adjourn

Steve Walsh, President and CEO, Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association