In the wake of the 2012 U.S. presidential and congressional elections, the School of Business Administration will bring together some of the nation’s leading health care policy and industry leaders for a conference focused on the impact that the election results will have on health care reform and what it will mean for health care organizations and business in general.

The conference on Feb. 1, 2013, “The Business of Health Care Post-Election,” will be hosted by the School’s Center for Health Sector Management and Policy and will come within two weeks of the inauguration of Barack Obama for a second term as president.

“The re-election of President Obama and other election results put renewed focus on health care reform and the impact that it will have on the financing and delivery of health care as well as on the business community,” said Steven Ullmann, director of the Center for Health Sector Management and Policy at the School of Business. “This conference will provide a unique opportunity for professionals across industries to hear from many of the thought leaders who have been at the forefront of the health care debate, and to exchange ideas on what’s in store for businesses and health care organizations as a result of the election.”

Conference Speakers Include:

	Tom Daschle Senior Policy Advisor, DLA Piper, Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader and Author, "Critical: What We Can Do About the Health-Care Crisis"			Robert Galvin, MD CEO, Equity Healthcare Operating Partner, The Blackstone Group and Former Executive Director, Health Services and Chief Medical Officer, General Electric
	Karen Ignagni President and CEO, America’s Health Insurance Plans			Chris Jennings President, Jennings Policy Strategies, Former Senior Health Care Advisor to President Bill Clinton, Former Staff Director, Bipartisan Policy Center’s Comprehensive Health Reform Policy Project
	Mark McClellan, MD Director and Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair in Health Policy Studies, Engleberg Center for Health Care& Reform, Brookings Institution, Former Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and Former Senior Director, Health Care Policy under President George W. Bush			James T. Olsen Managing Director and Head of Healthcare Advisory Services, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Moderators include Donna E. Shalala, president of the University of Miami and former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services; Richard L. Clarke, former president and CEO of the Healthcare Financial Management Association; and Patrick J. Geraghty, the chairman and CEO of Florida Blue.

The conference is expected to draw those working within the industries of health care, health care delivery and health care policy and administration, as well as business leaders and other professionals in the finance, technology, legal, marketing, government and public policy, and academic sectors. The conference is presented by Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Florida Blue. For more information and to register, visit http://www.bus.miami.edu/healthcare2013.