AGP Business Seminar

State of Healthcare in Alabama 

 

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the United States spent more on health care per capita ($9403), and more on health care as percentage of its GDP (17.1%), than any other nation in 2014. Germany spent $5411 per capita and 11.3% of GDP.

We have higher screening rates; higher access to treatment for high cholesterol or hypertension and in some cases higher survival rates for special type of cancers. But not all have access to the system. The Affordable Care Act did make healthcare accessible to many more but had challenges and now might be a thing in the past?  

A large demographic shift in the United States is putting pressure on the medical system, and the industries that support it. Baby boomers retire every day which removes many talented and experienced workers from the medical field but also increase the medical spending through medicare and other social services. 

Learn about the state of healthcare in Alabama from our broad lineup of speakers and panels. They will cover what impact our healthcare system have on healthcare providers and other institutions; and what the corporate perspective and solutions are.

 

Join us: 

Friday, March 3, 2017
8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. 

Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM)
Auburn Research Park, Auburn  

 

Program:

8:00-8:45 a.m. Registration and Research Poster Session

8:45-9:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductions

• Tine Hoffmeister, Executive Director, AlabamaGermany Partnership (AGP)
• Larry Fillmer, Executive Director, Auburn Research and Technology Foundation (ARTF) 

9:00-9:15 a.m. Remarks - Healthcare Cost Perspective from Germany

• Hartmut Reichl, Head of Department of of SMEs and International Markets, Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labor & Housing, Germany

9:15-10:00 a.m. Keynote Addresses

• Jeff Ingrum, Senior Vice President, Healthcare Networks, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama 

10:00-10:15 a.m. Break

10:15-11:00 a.m. Panel Discussion - Impact on Health Care Providers and Other Institutions 

• Terry Andrus, President and CEO of East Alabama Medical Center
• Captain Michele Kane, PhD, U.S. Navy, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Bureau of Navy Medicine and Surgery
• Dixie Tooke-Rawlins, DO, Provost and President of Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM)

11:00-11:45 a.m. Panel Discussion - Corporate Perspective and Solutions

• Kellye Phillips, HR Specialist for Benefits, Mercedes-Benz US International
• Kelly Nelson, President/CEO, Rausch & Pausch LP
• Alan Wood, Healthcare Consultant, S.S. Nesbitt Co., Inc. 

11:45-12:00 p.m. Q & A 

12:00-1:00 p.m. Lunch 

Introduction by John M. Mason, Auburn University Vice President for Research and Economic Development

• Auburn University Research in Health Science - Focus on Health Disparities - Jennifer Kerpelman, Associate Dean for Research, AU College of Human Sciences
• Health Disparities in Medication Use - Richard Hansen, Dean of the AU Harrison School of Pharmacy

1:00-1:30 p.m. Tour of VCOM Facility  

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