Join us for an informative networking event with keynote speakers and interactive panel discussions focusing on Healthcare Cost management.

Keynote Speakers

Marshall Allen

Author - “Never Pay the First Bill: And Other Ways to Fight the Health Care System and Win”

Lisa Buckingham

Former EVP and Chief People, Place & Brand Officer at Lincoln Financial Group and has more than 30 years of HR experience. She was elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources in 2018, named HR Executive of the Year by HR Executive Magazine in 2017, and selected as one of the top 10 CHROs by Forbes in 2015.

Tommy Thompson (4C Chairman Emeritus)

Former U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary and four-term Governor of Wisconsin. Today, he remains committed as ever to developing innovative solutions to healthcare challenges facing American families, businesses, communities, states, and the nation as a whole.

Other Speakers & Special Guests

Charles Hurt

Charles is opinion editor for The Washington Times and a Fox News contributor. For two decades, Hurt has covered politics in Washington, first as a beat reporter and later as a columnist and opinion writer. He is a frequent guest across all of Fox News and Fox Business, including Tucker Carlson Tonight, Special Report and Gutfeld!

Meredith Karney MHA, MS, RD

Meredith Karney has long been an advocate for the healthcare industry shift from volume-to-value and has focused her career on creating digitally-enabled models that drive patient-centric care, improved health outcomes, and operational efficiency. She is a strategic advisor to large employer clients at Premise Health, the world’s leading direct healthcare provider and one of the largest digital providers in the country.

Ron Loeppke MD, MPH, FACOEM, FACPM

Dr. Ron Loeppke has over 30 years of clinical and physician executive experience in the Occupational Health, Preventive Medicine and Medical Management arenas. He has provided over 300 presentations nationally and internationally as well as authored numerous articles and book chapters relating to research studies and initiatives in preventive medicine, population health/disease/care management, employer health and productivity, workplace wellness, occupational health, quality care improvement, adoption of evidence-based medicine, consumer driven healthcare and innovative models of healthcare delivery.

Jon Corey, ESQ

Jon Corey is a principal in McKool Smith's Los Angeles office where he develops and prosecutes plaintiff-side cases. He focuses on representing plaintiffs in the health care industry including self-funded benefit plans, plan sponsors, and health care providers. He has a particular expertise in identifying potential claims and possible recoveries, developing recovery theories, and offering these claims to a plaintiff or to a plaintiff group. In many circumstances, the plaintiff or plaintiff group does not appreciate that the potential claim or possible recovery exists. His clients include companies, unions, governments and government-affiliated entities, health care providers, and individuals.

Jeff Kays

Principal in Buck’s Commercial Group serving as leader of the Global Client Management and Channel Partners group.

Jason Chirichigno MD, MA

Practicing board certified 50-state licensed, bilingual Internal Medicine physician who serves as the Clinical Systems Leader at Galileo.

Ed Pierce

Partner at Lockton Companies, which is the largest independent family held insurance brokerage and risk management firm in the world. He works mostly with complex self-funded clients to drive more value from the healthcare system.

Setu Vora, MD

Serves as the Chief Medical Officer of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation inConnecticut. He oversees population health, self-funded plans, pharmacy benefit management, and other healthcare services.

Mona Lisa Wallace, ESQ

Mona Lisa is the founding partner of the law firm of Wallace & Graham, P.A. There she was able to recover millions of dollars for workers and retirees in class actions addressing their pension and medical benefits. Wallace & Graham is currently involved in litigating antitrust monopoly lawsuits in both state and federal courts. She has taken on some of the largest corporations in the world in her relentless quest for justice and won.

Steve Buffone, ESQ

Steve Buffone is the Founder of Kenilworth Advisors, LLC, a legal and business consulting firm. From 1984 through 2017, Mr. Buffone was a partner at the Gibson Dunn law firm.

He is a corporate transactional lawyer who has led and closed 200+ transactions in 50+ counties and in 80+ industries with aggregate deal value in excess of $50 billion. His expertise includes mergers and acquisitions, bank financings, public and private issuances of debt and equity securities, venture capital financings, corporate restructurings and bankruptcies, corporate governance matters and general corporate counseling.

He earned his B.S.F.S. in international economics, cum laude, from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and his J.D., cum laude, from the Cornell and Stanford Law Schools.

Travel & Lodgings

If taking the train please use the Wilmington location at 100 French Street, Wilmington DE 19807. If flying, the closest airport is Philadelphia (code PHL).

The Inn at Montchanin is conveniently located 5 minutes from our Delaware Office and 5 minutes from the DuPont Country Club.

You can book your stay at The Inn at Montchanin or by calling: 1-302-888-2133.

Alternatives Lodging:

Sheraton Suites Wilmington Downtown

DoubleTree by Hilton

Participating Sponsors

US Preventive Medicine

Remedy Analytics

Galileo

Dress Code

The dress code for this event is business casual to business attire.