• The intersections of cost containment pressures, competition from new entrants, clinical innovation, politics and the Affordable Care Act’s implementation through 2020: how will each sector respond, and what factors will determine winners and losers
• The status of the ACA’s implementation
• Two catalysts for disruptive change: employers seeking value and consumers forced to engage directly
• Speed traps for providers—physicians, hospitals, long term care providers: fraud and adherence to evidence-based medicine; business relationship transparency
• Realities for health insurers: new customers, consolidation, scrutiny, diversification