Health Equity: A New & Necessary Frontier in Employee Benefits

Description

Join us in the pursuit of health equity, a shared goal among employers. Success involves removing barriers to care and fostering strong support systems. Explore innovative strategies that align with employer values, gain management support, incorporate employee perspectives, foster collaborations between health plans and vendors, and address community needs. Engage with HBCH and Center for Houston's Future in a thought-provoking discussion featuring leaders from government, academia, employers and non-profit organizations.

Who Should Attend: Houston employers, equity focused organizations, health systems, independent healthcare providers, academic institutions, city and county officials.

Program Objectives:

• Create awareness among Houston employers to incorporate equity in benefits design
• Understand the health inequities that exist in employer sponsored health benefits design and its relationship to employee and community health outcomes
• Describe the value of multi-stakeholder community initiatives that benefit the employer, its employees and families and communities
• Learn about a current employer-community equity-based initiative pilot that can serve as a template for other initiatives

AGENDA 

11:30 – 12:15 Registration & Networking Lunch 

12:15 – 12:20 Welcome & Opening Remarks

• Brett Perlman, CEO, Center for Houston's Future
• Chris Skisak, PhD, Executive Director, HBCH

12:25– 1:10 The Need for Action in Greater Houston 

• Moderator: Brett Perlman, CEO, Center for Houston's Future
• Doug Lawson, PhD, CEO, St. Luke’s Health and SVP, CommonSpirit Health
• Quianta Moore, MD, JD, ED, The Hackett Center for Mental Health, EVP of Health Equity, MMHPI
• Shreela Sharma, PhD, Director, UT School of Public Health, Center for Health Equity
• Ann Barnes, MD, MPH, President & CEO, Episcopal Health Foundation
• April Clark, DrPH, VP Communities and Partnerships, bp

1:15– 2:00 Opportunities to Achieve Health Equity through Benefits Design (Mental Health, Obesity/Diabetes, Cancer)

• Moderator: Courtney Walker, Pharm.D., RPh, Health Outcomes Director, Managed Markets Health
       Equity, Novo Nordisk 
• Renae Tomczak, CEO, Mental Health America of Greater Houston
• Fred Brown, PharmD., Principal National Account Executive, Genentech
• Karen Rakers, MD, Vice President, Next Level Prime & Onsite Clinics, Next Level Medical

2:05 – 2:55 Less Talk More Action: Maternal Community Health Pilot with Center for Houston’s Future and Daikin Industries

• Megan Rose, Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives, Center for Houston’s Future
• Kristi Pittman, Vice President Human Resources, Daikin Industries
• Ericka Brown, MD, MBA, FACHE, Director of Community Health and Wellness Division at Harris County Public Health
• Victoria Regan, MD, Vice President, Women's and Children's Service Line, Memorial Hermann
• Fatimah, Lalani, DO, FACOG, Medical Director, Hope Clinic

2:55 – 3:00 Closing Comments

SPEAKERS

Chris Skisak, PhD  Executive Director HBCH	Brett Perlman, CEO Center for Houston's Future	Doug Lawson, PhD, CEO, St. Luke's Health and SVP, CommonSpirit Health	Quianta Moore, MD, JD, ED, The Hackett Center for Mental Health, EVP of Health Equity, MMHPI
Shreela Sharma, PhD, Director, UT School of Public Health, Center for Health Equity	Courtney Walker, Pharma D., RPH, Health Outcomes Dir., MM Health Equity, Novo Nordisk	Renae Tomczak CEO, Mental Health America of Greater Houston	Fred Brown, PharmD., Principal National Account Executive Genentech
Megan Rose, Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives, Center for Houston's Future	Kristi Pittman, Vice President Human Resources, Daikan Industries	Ericka Brown, MD, MBA, FACHE, Dir. of Community Health & Wellness Div. at Harris County Public Health	Victoria Reagan, MD, Vice President, Women's and Children's Service Line, Memorial Hermann
April Clark, DrPH, VP Communities and Partnerships, bp	Ann Barnes, MD, MPH, President & CEO, Episcopal Health Foundation	Fatimah Lalani, DO, FACOG, Medical Director, Hope Clinic	Karen Rakers, MD, Vice President, Next Level Prime and Onsite Clinics, Next Level Medical