Jeffrey Kluever

Our 20^th Anniversary: A Celebration of Leading Change, Creating Value was held at the Italian Community Center on November 15. The event, attended by approximately 150 heath care stakeholders from numerous organizations across the state, provided a great afternoon of impactful presentations, an enlightening panel discussion and the awarding of the BHCG Paul Purcell Leading Change, Creating Value Award. A cocktail reception and networking followed the meeting.

Program Highlights

• We looked back at the successes of BHCG’s first 20 years – noting the critical contributions of our founders and early C-Suite champions – and I shared my vision of a bright future for our organization
• Ashok Subramanian, Founder & CEO of Centivo shared results of the BHCG-Centivo high-performance health plan, offering primary care-centered network solutions
• A panel of physician leaders explored the key role of primary care in health care value creation. Panel members included:
  • Patricia Golden, DO, Clinical President, Ascension Medical Group Wisconsin
  • Paul Pritchard, MD, Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer, Prevea Health
  • Mark Lodes, MD, President, Froedtert & MCW Community Physicians
  • Wayne Jenkins, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Centivo
• Wendell Potter, an American advocate for health insurance payment reform, New York Times bestselling author, and former health insurance industry communications director shared his observations, reactions and recommendations for driving health care insurance payment reform
• The Paul Purcell Leading Change, Creating Value Award was presented by Dianne Kiehl, BHCG Executive Director Emeritus, to the Sojourner Family Peace Center and was accepted by Carmen Pitre, Sojourner's President and CEO.

Special Thanks

A special thanks goes to Novo Nordisk, our educational sponsor for the event. I would also like to acknowledge our current Executive Steering Committee members (and past members) whose guidance is invaluable to me and our organization. Without their commitment, we would not have achieved such a magnitude of successes. Finally, a big thank you to all who attended and participated in our 20^th anniversary celebration!

A video recording of the program, presenters’ slides, a slide presentation providing a retrospective on BHCG’s 20 years of success and a photo gallery of the afternoon’s activities are also available for review.

As always, thank you for your support this year. Warmest greetings for the holiday season and best wishes for health and happiness in the New Year!

If you have questions or would like more information about our celebration or BHCG, please feel free to contact me at jlkuever@bhcgwi.org or 262-875-3312 X1.