The Healthcare Leadership Council hosted 10 webinars in 2023 on various healthcare topics prioritized by its members. Panelists representing the breadth of the healthcare industry showcased private sector innovation, common hurdles, and analyzed legislation and regulations in play which would affect the delivery of care. Additionally, HLC hosted an in-person Hill briefing on artificial intelligence, and is planning on more in-person events for 2024. Redefining American Healthcare: The Boots on the GroundA panel of recent recipients of the Healthcare Leadership Council’s Redefining American He ..read more

The last thing the U.S. healthcare system needs is more paperwork. Unfortunately, the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing a policy change that would assign more “busy work” to key players across the health sector. The proposal specifically targets Medicaid, the government program that provides health care for millions of low-income Americans and people with disabilities. Back in 1990, Congress passed legislation requiring drug makers to pay rebates to Medicaid in exchange for their medicines being covered by the program. For brand drugs, these rebates are se ..read more

Addressing health equity and eliminating disparities in healthcare delivery and access continues to be a major priority for every sector of the healthcare industry. Throughout the year, this platform has been examining how leaders within these different sectors – members of the Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC) – have been crafting and implementing innovative approaches to make healthcare more accessible and quality-driven for all Americans and to improve health outcomes. Today, in this space, we’re going to spotlight what the nation’s leading healthcare distributors and group purchasing org ..read more

The Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC) hosted a webinar focused on how various healthcare organizations have approached value-based care and the outcomes associated with those methods. While, historically, providers have been financially compensated for the volume of services they provide, it has been increasingly recognized that a holistic view of patients’ health includes additional lifestyle factors and results in a healthier population while reducing the cost of care. The panel consisted of four expert representatives from HLC’s membership. Dr. Adam Solomon, chief medical officer of Memor ..read more

Previously on this site, we took a look at some of the initiatives Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC) members in the biopharmaceutical and care delivery sectors are taking to advance equity within our healthcare system and eliminate disparities. This remains a strong priority for HLC and its membership from all sectors of American healthcare. Our members have formally and repeatedly made clear their commitment to ensuring that all citizens have access to high-quality healthcare and the opportunity to live longer, healthier lives. They are devoting significant resources and innovative spirit t ..read more

In an earlier post, we provided a snapshot of some of the actions Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC) members in the biopharmaceutical sector are taking to advance equity within our healthcare system and eliminate health disparities. This is a priority for HLC and its membership from all sectors of American healthcare. Our members are each committed to ensuring that the healthcare system works for all citizens and they are devoting energies and resources to initiatives aimed at making this happen. Today, we are going to use this space to examine what several of the nation’s leading healthcare ..read more

As the healthcare industry has transformed throughout the years, the use of healthcare data has evolved as well. The Healthcare Leadership Council recently hosted a webinar entitled, “The Past, Present, and Future of Health Privacy Policy,” featuring a panel of legal experts who were able to provide a glimpse into the world of how privacy laws play a role in conducting research and collecting mass amount of data for purposes such as predictive analytics. Erin Geygan, senior privacy counsel at Johnson & Johnson, explained that the organization is comprised of three segments – pharmaceutical ..read more

(This op-ed by Mary R. Grealy, Healthcare Leadership Council president, was originally posted in DC Journal) All of us who have lost a loved one to cancer cheered when President Biden made clear that the Cancer Moonshot project — and its goal of reducing cancer mortality by 50 percent over the next 25 years — would be a major priority for his presidency. More than 50 years after President Richard Nixon declared the nation’s War on Cancer, America is poised to finally win a war that still claims more than 600,000 lives yearly. That’s why it is so perplexing and painful to see government policy ..read more

For the Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC), an alliance of leading companies and organizations from every health sector, one of the most important priorities on which all of our members are unified is the need to advance equity within our healthcare system and to eliminate health disparities. It’s not enough to say that we have the greatest healthcare system in the world. We need to ensure that every American has access to care of the highest quality. Last September, HLC, in coordination with the management consulting and technology firm ZS, published a comprehensive report on existing variat ..read more

The Report of the Secretary’s Task Force on Black and Minority Health was released in 1985, serving as a catalyst for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to begin addressing health disparities, and Congress to form the Office of Minority Health within HHS the following year. Today, much of the progress in this arena is taking place in the private sector. The healthcare industry is taking steps to achieve health equity with considerable vigor and with some lessons learned under its belt. The Healthcare Leadership Council (HLC), representing all health industry sectors, releas ..read more