2022 Greater Philadelphia Healthcare Summit

City & State PA’s regional Healthcare Summits offer industry executives, public sector leaders and academics a full day conference dedicated to fostering partnerships between government and the private sector to improve the delivery of healthcare services. We will hear from policy makers, healthcare organizations and advocacy groups within the healthcare industry in three separate panel discussions. Attendees will learn about the solutions for the region's elder care crisis, innovations in primary care delivery, new programs to support our most vulnerable populations, and innovations in healthcare technology.

The Greater Philadelphia Healthcare Summit will seek to address these topics and more. Each of our live panels will dig into a different aspect of the region's healthcare challenges. All of City & State's policy summits offer industry executives, public sector leaders and academics the opportunity to debate over critical issues and develop solutions that will benefit all stakeholders.

10:00 AM	Doors Open + Breakfast
10:40 AM	Welcome and Introduction Emcee - Greg Salisbury, Senior Editor, City and State PA
10:45 AM	Sponsor Remarks Joanne Grossi, Volunteer State President Emeritus, AARP
10:50 AM	Keynote Speaker Denise A. Johnson, M.D., FACOG, FACHE, Acting Secretary of Health and Physician General, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
11:00 AM	Panel 1: Building an Effective Response to Nutritional Challenges Like so many other parts of the country, the Greater Philadelphia region is dealing with everything from food deserts to eating disorders, as well as inflation and nutrition-related health inequities. How are state and local policymakers addressing these issues and what resources do the region’s nonprofits bring to the table? In this panel, we will hear from leaders addressing food insecurity and innovators in nutrition as we tackle the policies that will ultimately build a healthier community. Panel Moderated by Harrison Cann, Staff Reporter, City and State PA Meg Snead, Acting Secretary, Department of Human Services, State of Pennsylvania Heidi Gorniok, Director of Community Nutrition, The Food Trust Kortney Cruz, SVP Government Markets, Independence Blue Cross Ayana Bradshaw, Executive Director, Health Promotion Services, PHMC/Health Promotion Council (HPC)
12:00 PM	Lunch
12:45 PM	Panel 2: The Crisis in Elder Care The Great Resignation, the economy, and unprecedented income opportunities for lower wage earners has caused a severe shortage in caregivers for our most vulnerable populations. How are government agencies at local and state levels responding, what are providers doing to retain existing employees and attract new ones, and what role can family members trained as caregivers play in ensuring that senior Pennsylvanians are protected and thriving? Panel Moderated by Joanne Grossi, Volunteer State President Emeritus, AARP Nora Dowd Eisenhower, Executive Director, The Mayor's Commission on Aging, City of Philadelphia Laila Khalil, Legislative Director, Office of Councilmember Kendra Brooks, Philadelphia City Councilmember At-Large Zachary Shamberg, President and CEO, PHCA Garry Pezzano, President & CEO, LeadingAge PA
1:45 PM	Break + Networking
2:00 PM	Panel 3: Meet me at the Intersection of Tech and Healthcare Despite its abatement in severity, COVID-19 continues to impact virtually every aspect of life, perhaps nowhere more so than health care. Pennsylvania’s health systems and services continue to reinvent their approach to this crucial sector. From artificial intelligence to smartwatches, from the continuing trend toward telehealth to airpods that double as hearing aids, the implications for the continuing synthesis of healthcare and technology have never been more apparent. Find out how we got here, where we are going and what it means for the respective industries and the people impacted by them. Panel Moderated by Justin Sweitzer, Senior Reporter, City and State PA Sharif Street, State Senator, Pennsylvania State Senate Art Haywood, State Senator, Pennsylvania State Senate Abhi Rastogi, President & CEO, Temple University Hospital Cindy Bass, Councilmember & Deputy Majority Whip, Philadelphia City Council 8th District Tobey Dichter, Founder and CEO of Generations on Line
3:00 PM	Summit Concludes