Agenda
8:30 a.m. – Networking Breakfast & Registration
9:00 a.m. – Welcome & Opening Remarks
Omolola Adepoju, Ph.D., M.P.H. - Director, Humana Institute
9:10 a.m. – Evaluating Trends in Private Equity Ownership and Impacts on Health Outcomes, Costs and Quality
Geronimo Bejarano, M.P.H. - Ph.D. Student, Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice at Brown University
9:55 a.m. – The Corporatization of Medicine: Implications for Patients and Providers
Ambar La Forgia, Ph.D. [Location] - Assistant Professor, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
10:40 a.m. – Break
10:55 a.m. – Panel Discussion: Perspectives on Consolidation and Corporatization in the Houston Market
Mark Cone, M.D. - Market President, Privia Health, Gulf Coast Texas
Lindsay Botsford, M.D. - Houston Market Medical Director, One Medical
Cedric Dark, M.D. - Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
Ken Janda J.D. (Moderator) - Professor of Practice, Community Accountable Health, University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
11:40 a.m. – Does Consolidation Lower Costs? Why Health Economists are So Excited about Provider Price Transparency
Vivian Ho, Ph.D. - Rice University’s Baker Institute of Public Policy Chair in Health Economics; Professor, Department of Economics at Rice University; Professor, Department of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine
11:40 a.m. – Lunch and Move to Break-Out Discussion Groups [Various breakout groups will discuss questions regarding the topic of consolidation and private equity investments.]
Ben King, Ph.D., M.P.H. - Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
1:30 p.m. – Reports on Break-Out Groups and Closing Remarks
Winston Liaw, M.D. - Department Chair, Health Systems and Population Health Sciences, University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine