The White House has released the list of attendees from the health care industry who met with the Presdient on Monday and pledged to squeeze $2 trillion in cost savings out of the health system over the next 10 years. The group consisted of representatives of insurers, hospitals, physicians, medical device companies, pharmaceutical firms and labor. The full list is below:
Meeting Participants:
Insurers
George Halvorson, Chairman and CEO of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
Karen Ignagni, President and CEO of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
Jay Gellert, President and CEO of Health Net Inc.Hospitals
Thomas Priselac–President & CEO, Cedars-Sinai Health System
Rich Umbdenstock– President & CEO, American Hospital Association (AHA)
Ken Raske–President,Greater New York Hospital AssociationPhysicians
J. James Rohack, M.D.– President-Elect, American Medical Association (AMA)
Rebecca Patchin, M.D.– Chair-Elect of the AMA
Rich Deem– Senior Vice President of the AMAMedical Device Companies
Michael Mussallem–Chairman & CEO, Edwards Lifesciences
Steve Ubl– President & CEO, AdvaMed
David Nexon– Senior Executive Vice President, AdvaMedPharmaceutical Companies
Richard Clark–Chairman, President & CEO, Merck
Billy Tauzin—President & CEO, PhRMA
Rick Smith–Senior Vice President, PhRMALabor
Andy Stern, SEIU
Dennis Rivera, SEIU HealthAdministration Officials:
Nancy-Ann DeParle, Director of the Office of Health Reform
Peter Orszag, Director of the Office of Management and Budget
Larry Summers, Director of the National Economic Council
Kathleen Sebelius, HHS SecretaryAfter the meeting, the following stakeholders joined President Obama for his remarks:
- George Halverson, Chairman and CEO of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan
- J. James Rohack, M.D., President-Elect, American Medical Association
- Richard Clark, Chairman, President & CEO, Merck
- Michael Mussallem, Chairman & CEO, Edwards Lifesciences
- Dennis Rivera, SEIU
- Tom Priselac, President and CEO of Cedars- Sinai Health System
