Gail Wilensky
Authority on Healthcare Policy & Financing Issues; Senior Fellow, Project Hope
Biography
Gail R. Wilensky, Ph.D. is an economist and senior fellow at Project HOPE, an international health foundation. She directed the Medicare and Medicaid programs and served in the White House as a senior adviser on health and welfare issues to President GHW Bush. She was also the first chair of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission. Her expertise is on strategies to reform health care, with particular emphasis on Medicare, comparative effectiveness research and military health care. Dr. Wilensky currently serves as a trustee of the Combined Benefits Fund of the United Mine Workers of America and the National Opinion Research Center, is on the Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) and the Board of Directors of the Geisinger Health System Foundation. She is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine and has served two terms on its governing council. She is a former chair of the board of directors of Academy Health, a former trustee of the American Heart Association and a current or former director of numerous other nonprofit organizations. She is also a director on Quest Diagnostics and United Health Group boards. Dr.Wilensky testifies frequently before Congressional committees, serves as an adviser to members of Congress and other elected officials, and speaks nationally and internationally. She received a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a Ph.D. in economics at the University of Michigan and has received several honorary degrees. Wilensky has published a book and over 90 articles on health economics and policies and has spoken to hundreds of professional, business, and consumer groups. She has been on numerous television and radio programs, including NBC's Today, ABC's Good Morning America, CBS's Morning News, CNN's Newsmaker Sunday, The Dallas Morning News, and National Public Radio.
Speech Topics
Health Policy and Politics
The Aging Population and What It Means For You
The Changing Healthcare Landscape/Environment
U.S. Healthcare Policy - For Foreign Audiences
The Future of Medicare
Videos
Books
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Speakers Like Gail Wilensky
Stanley Hupfeld
Stanley Hupfeld became President and Chief Executive Officer of INTEGRIS Health in 1994. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Oklahoma Healthcare Corporation and Baptist Medical Center of Oklahoma and served as President of All Saints Healthcare in Fort Worth, Texas for ten years. He has spoken and been published widely, having been honored as the "CEO Marketer of the Year" by the American Society for Healthcare Planning and Marketing, and as "Executive of the Year" by the Sales & Marketing Executives International. He is the 2003 recipient of the W. Cleveland Rodgers Distinguished Service Award for outstanding service to the health care industry. He currently writes a healthcare column for a local business daily, The Journal Record. Stanley Hupfeld is the author of Political Malpractice, How The Politicians Made A Mess of Health Reform.
Fee: $8,000
Travels From: OK
Robert Laszewski
Robert Laszewski speaks widely on the topic of health care policy and market change. He was awarded a "Top 5 Speaker" award on the health care topic from Speaker.com. Laszewski is president of a policy and market place consulting firm specializing in assisting its clients through the significant health policy and market change afoot. Before forming his own company in 1992, Mr. Laszewski was Executive VP and COO, Group Markets, for the Liberty Mutual Insurance Group. For ten years he also served as National Advisor on Health Policy Issues for Ernst & Young. The majority of Mr. Laszewski’s time is spent being directly involved in the marketplace as it comes to grips with the health care cost and quality challenge. Bob is active in the purchase and divestiture of health care and insurance businesses. He has participated extensively in the nation's health care debate, especially on health insurance reform and the impact it will have on existing health insurance programs, the insurance industry, and the evolving role between payers and providers. He has offered his perspective on health care reform in testimony before several committees of both the House and Senate of the U.S. Congress.
Fee Range: $11,000–$11,000
Travels From: DC
David Nash, MD
David B. Nash, MD MBA, is a board certified internist who is internationally recognized for his work in public accountability for outcomes, physician leadership development, and quality-of-care improvement. He is the Founding Dean Emeritus of the Jefferson College of Population Health and now serves as the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy. Dr. Nash is regularly on Modern Healthcare's list of Most Powerful Persons in Healthcare and is a principal faculty member for quality of care programming for the American Association of Physician Leaders. Dr. Nash has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and edited 23 books, including Connecting with the New Healthcare Consumer, The Quality Solution, Demand Better, and most recently Population Health: Creating a Culture of Wellness (3rd edition).
Fee Range: $10,000–$20,000
Travels From: PA
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