The Lyceum Newsletter

Amgen

Cancer Care Northwest

Carol

CBS Corporation

Cigna International

Consortium Health Plans

CVS Caremark

EMC Corporation

Engel & Novitt

General Mills

Harvard Medical School

HLM Venture Partners

Hospitals Without Borders

Hyde Rx

Intellogy Health Design

Inspire

Merrill Lynch Health Care Services

MinuteClinic

National Organization for Rare Disorders

New York Presbyterian Hospital

New York Business Group on Health

Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation

NovoLogix

SustainAbility

University of Colorado, School of Pharmacy

University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health

Unisys Health Information Management

Volo Healthcare

Maureen Bailey "Silent Epidemic" (volume 5, issue 2), "Nudging Temptation Aside: Behavioral Economics and Diabetes" (volume 5, issue 5)

Maureen is the author of the forthcoming book The Diabetic Diva, a cookbook for diabetics with a foreword by Ron Rosedale, MD.  Dr. Rosedale developed a nutritional protocol that has helped thousands of people reverse type 2 diabetes.  Her work has also appeared in Barron's and The Economist. 

Mark Billmayer "Cancer Cornerstones" (volume 5, issue 3)

Mark is a partner at Intellogy Health Designs, a health care management consultancy.  As a 19-year business, marketing and communications professional, his skills include program development, business planning, strategy creation, marketing, sales and promotion.  Mark's work experience features concentrations in health and managed care, software, insurance services, advertising, and work as an independent consultant.

Ravin Bisla "Radiation Oncology: Economic Factors and Patient Impact" (volume 5, issue 1)

Ravin is director of partnership development for Vantage Oncology, a management firm offering comprehensive development and implementation solutions for radiation oncology.  Previously, as a consultant with the health care practice of Deloitte Consulting, he advised clients on capital structure optimization, new product feasibility and pro forma acquisition assessment. Ravin currently focuses on structuring and optimizing ownership arrangements with new physician partners and developing in-market acquisition opportunities to complement Vantage's network of existing centers.

Bruce Cutter, MD "A New Oncology Business Model" (volume 5, issue 1)

Bruce is a practicing medical oncologist/hematologist at Cancer Care Northwest, a large integrated oncology group in Spokane, WA.  As president and CEO from 2000 to 2007, Bruce lead the development of a comprehensive quality initiative called Foundations of Quality ("FOQ"). FOQ was developed six years ago, in close collaboration with Premera Blue Cross. This program, which includes a pay-for-performance contractual relationship, was founded on the quality principles promulgated by the Institute of Medicine, is physician-driven and collaborative, and based on a commitment by the practice to measurable quality and accountability. 

Steve Hyde "Curing Health Care: The Otherworldly Economics and Persistent Myths of American Health Care" (volume 5, issue 3)

Steve is the author of “Curing Health Care—The Ultimate Reform Handbook” (Estimated publication 4/09). He also wrote “Prescription Drugs for Half Price or Less,” (2006, Bantam-Dell Division of Random House).  He has been a public company CEO and chairman or board member of numerous companies.  The former federal chief HMO financial regulator and a certified actuary, he started and grew Peak Health Care, Inc., into a highly successful public managed care company, recognized by BusinessWeek Magazine as one of America’s Best Small Companies.  He has extensive experience in managed care operations and strategy, health insurance, managed care regulation, consumer-driven health care, pharmacy benefits, disease management, medical information technology, medical group management, medical network and PPO operations, health benefit design & pricing, health insurance underwriting, community rating, and health service product development and marketing.   Steve is CEO of Hyde Rx Services Corp., a health care management consultancy. 

Neal Learner "The PBM Audit Process: How It Works, What Needs to Improve" (volume 5, issue 2), "Plans, PBMs and Personalized Rx" (volume 5, issue 5)

Neal is managing editor of Atlantic Information Services Inc.' Drug Benefit News. He has more than ten years of experience as a Washington, D.C.-based reporter and editor working for national newspapers, magazines and newsletters.

Kavita Nair, PhD "Value-Based Benefit Design: Getting It Right" (volume 5, issue 4)

Kavita is an associate professor in the department of clinical pharmacy at the University of Colorado (Denver) School of Pharmacy.  Her current area of research involves pharmacy benefit design in managed care and retail pharmacy including the structure, pricing and reimbursement of medications, factors affecting the reimbursement of medication in retail pharmacy, willingness to pay for retail pharmacists services and consumer attitudes regarding their pharmacy benefit plans and the impact of multi-tiered reimbursement mechanisms on medication utilization.  She is currrently working with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Colorado to examine the impact of two and three tier co-pay pharmacy benefit plans on the drug utilization patterns of a commercially insured population and a Medicare managed care population.  She is also working with various Pharmacy Benefit Managers to examine the impact of converting prescription Claritin to an over-the-counter status on medication utilization and reimbursement mechanisms.

John Schaetzl & Peter Zollinger "Silver Lining to the Credit Crisis" (volume 4, issue 12)

John is chairman of SustainAbility, an independent, international think-tank and consultancy. Peter Zollinger is senior vice president, client services and leads SustainAbility's finance and capital markets sector.

The Senior Writers and Editors of BioCentury® "Adversity in Biotechnology" (volume 4, issue 11)

Chairman and editor-in-chief Karen Bernstein, CEO David Flores, Washington editor Steve Usdin and senior editors Peter Rittenhouse, Susan Schaeffer and Mike Ward.

Greg Wallace "The Power of Openness" (volume 4, issue 12)