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Healthcare Leadership Panel

HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP PANEL Thursday, April 17, 2008, 9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon, USC Davidson Conference Center, BoardroomKindly RSVP to Melissa Gomez at melissgg@usc.edu or 213.740.2984 if you wish to attend!If you are interested in the healthcare sector—where it is today and where it's headed—this is a "not-to-be-missed" opportunity to meet, hear and learn from the industry's most recognized and distinguished leaders and policy-makers! PANEL LEADER: LEONARD D. SCHAEFFER—Founding Chairman and CEO, WellPoint DISTINGUISHED PANELISTS:HERB SCHULTZ—Senior Health Policy Advisor, Office of CA Governor SchwarzeneggerTHOMAS PRISELAC—CEO, Cedars Sinai Health System and Chair, American Hospital AssociationROBERT MARGOLIS, MD—Managing Partner & CEO, HealthCare PartnersPATRICK E. KAPSNER—CEO, Bristol Park Medical GroupThis session is part of PPD 608: Frontline Issues in Health Management and Policy led by Prof. Glenn Melnick and Mr. Schaeffer. Classroom space is limited, therefore an RSVP is required. Distinguished Panelist Bios:PATRICK E. KAPSNER—CEO, BRISTOL PARK MEDICAL GROUPPat Kapsner is CEO of Bristol Park Medical Group, where he is responsible for strategic development and establishing policy on all non-medical issues. BPMG has approximately nearly 90 primary care providers serving more than 110,000 capitated patients in 11 locations throughout the coastal portions of Orange County. http://www.bristolparkmed.com/about.aspHe serves on the board of the California Association of Physician Groups and the California Medical Group Insurance Company, Risk Retention Group. He is past chairman of the Healthcare Association of Southern California and the California Association of Physician Organizations (CAPG), as well as past president of the Medical Group Management Association Western Section, Orange County MGMA, Unified Medical Group Association and American Medical Group Association (AMGA). Mr. Kapsner earned a B. A. in economics from CSULB and was elected to the economics honor society, Omicron Delta Epsilon. He then earned his MPA from USC, where he is an adjunct professor and serves on the SPPD Health Advisory Board. Mr. Kapsner is a fellow of the American College of Medical Practice Executives.ROBERT MARGOLIS, MD—MANAGING PARTNER & CEO, HEALTHCARE PARTNERSRobert Margolis, MD, has been the managing partner and CEO of HealthCare Partners since the company's formation in 1992. He was a founding partner and the managing partner of HealthCare Partners' predecessor, California Primary Physicians Medical Group. Under Dr. Margolis' stewardship, HealthCare Partners has become a highly respected and innovative physician-owned and operated medical group, IPA and MSO. HealthCare Partners delivers medical care and also develops and manages health systems through its companies HealthCare Partners LLC; HealthCare Partners Medical Group; HealthCare Partners IPA; The Camden Group, and HealthCare Partners Institute. http://www.healthcarepartners.com/aboutus/aboutus.aspDr. Margolis has been on the leading edge of managed care for more than 20 years. He served as board chairman of California Hospital Medical Center-Los Angeles, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and CAPG. He is a past member of the Catholic Healthcare West, Southern California board and its Strategic Planning Committee. Dr. Margolis is past chairman of the AMGA and a two-time past chairman of the Unified Medical Group Association. He is board certified in internal medicine and medical oncology, and while practicing was an active member of the American College of Physicians and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. He is a graduate of Rutgers and the Duke University Medical School and served a fellowship at the National Cancer Institute.THOMAS PRISELAC—CEO, CEDARS SINAI HEALTH SYSTEMThomas Priselac is President and CEO of the Cedars-Sinai Health System, a position he has held since January 1994. The Cedars-Sinai Health System is among the nation's leading providers of health services, graduate and continuing medical education services and medical research. Prior to being named president and CEO, he was executive vice president from 1988 to 1993, and has been with Cedars since 1979. Before joining Cedars-Sinai, he was on the executive staff of Montefiore Hospital in Pittsburgh. Mr. Priselac is current chairman of the American Hospital Association and presides over the AHA's Long-Range Policy Committee. He is the immediate past chairman of the Association of American Medical Colleges, and chaired both the California Healthcare Association and the Healthcare Association of Southern California. Mr. Priselac served on the boards of Blue Cross of California, Voluntary Hospitals of America, Inc., NCQA, California HealthCare Foundation and the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. An adjunct professor at the UCLA School of Public Health, he earned an MPH in Health Services Administration and Planning at the University of Pittsburgh. HERB SCHULTZ, SENIOR HEALTH POLICY ADVISOR, OFFICE OF THE GOVERNORHerb Schultz is the senior health policy advisor for the Office of the Governor. Prior to joining the Schwarzenegger Administration, he served as vice president of government programs for McKesson Health Solutions, where he oversaw disease management and nurse advice Medicaid and Medicare programs. Previously, Mr. Schultz was acting director of the California Employment Development Department and also served as acting secretary and undersecretary for the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. Prior to that, Mr. Schultz was deputy director of external affairs for the California Department of Managed Health Care and served as director of the Advisory Committee on Managed Health Care.

Location: Charlotte S. & Davre R. Davidson Continuing Education Conference Center (DCC) - Boardroom

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Georgia Lum