MBGH to host its 31st Annual Conference for employers, health benefits professionals

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Apr 2 2011Midwest Business Group on Health

The Midwest Business Group on Health (MBGH), one of the nation's leading business groups of private and public employers, will host its 31st Annual Conference for employers, health benefits professionals and other health care stakeholders, May 5-6, 2011 in Chicago. This year's theme is Health Benefits MEGATrends: Transformations in Health Care, Health Benefits & Health Improvement.

The conference will address the major changes taking place in the direction and design of health benefits, the health care system and approaches to improving our nation's health status. MBGH offers a nationally-relevant, purchaser-focused health benefits conference that is local and affordable, featuring leading employers and industry experts providing objective, timely and practical information on the latest research, trends and best practices critical to health care reform and business success.

Employer and keynote speakers for the 2011 conference include:

Jeffrey C. Bauer, PhD, health futurist and medical economist
Leah Binder, CEO, The Leapfrog Group
Dan Buettner, Jr., author, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who've Lived the Longest & Thrive - Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way
Wayne N. Burton, MD, global corporate medical director, American Express
Karen Ignagni, president and CEO, America's Health Insurance Plans
Shawn Leavitt, vice president, Benefits, Safeway
Kathy McAlpine, senior director, U.S. Benefits, Kraft Foods
Lee Sacks, MD, executive vice president and chief medical officer, Advocate Health Care and president, Advocate Physician Partners
Kenneth E. Thorpe, PhD, Robert W. Woodruff professor and chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Andrew Webber, president and CEO, National Business Coalition on Health
Kevin B. Weiss, MD, MPH, president and CEO, American Board of Medical Specialties
Jeffrey C. White, director, Strategic Health Initiatives, The Boeing Company