Roughly half of all Americans receive health coverage through their employer, or a family member’s employer. The cost can be high and the quality uneven with employers holding much of the power in the health care market. How can businesses wield this power to improve the value of health care services for their employees and their families? This event, kicking off the 2022-‘23 series for the Hopkins Business of Health Initiative, will look at opportunities and challenges now, and in the years ahead.
Panelists:
Dan Mendelson is the Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Health at JPMorgan Chase & Co. He oversees a business unit at JPMorgan Chase focused on accelerating the delivery of new care models that improve the quality, equity, and affordability of employer-sponsored healthcare. He was previously Founder and CEO of Avalere Health, a healthcare advisory company based in Washington DC. He also served as Operating Partner at Welsh Carson, a private equity firm. Before founding Avalere, Mendelson served as associate director for Health at the Office of Management and Budget in the Clinton White House. He currently serves on the boards of Vera Whole Health and Champions Oncology (CSBR). He is also an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business. Mendelson previously served on the boards of Coventry Healthcare, HMS Holdings, Pharmerica, Partners in Primary Care, Centrexion, and Audacious Inquiry. He holds a BA from Oberlin College, and an MPP from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Elizabeth Mitchell is the President and CEO of the Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH), a 501c (3) non-profit organization representing 40 of the largest public and private purchasers of health care services in the country who collectively spend $100 billion on health care annually for 15 million employees and their families. As leader of PBGH, Mitchell advances the organization’s strategic focus areas of redesigning care delivery, driving affordability and optimizing health care markets, leveraging her extensive experience working with health care purchasers, providers, policymakers, and payers to improve health care quality and cost.
Moderator
Joanne Kenen is the Commonwealth Fund Journalist in Residence and Assistant Lecturer at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is also a member of the HBHI Leadership Team.
Conversations on the Business of Health
Webinar Series
This event is part of a larger series on 'Conversations on the Business of Health,' which will be one-hour webinars that will engage leaders in business and academia. We will explore questions such as: Should companies invest in their employees’ health? Are companies responsible for the health consequences of their products? Will artificial intelligence actually advance health? How can business offer healthcare in novel settings?
Moderated by faculty members and jointly hosted by the Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Carey Business School, the School of Nursing, and the School of Medicine, the series is open to all. Indeed, we invite you to spread the word as we seek participants both inside and outside of Johns Hopkins, including the business world.
Seminars will be on a Friday from noon to 1 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
