About this event:

Join keynote speaker Mark Cuban, policymakers, advocates, employers, and healthcare purchasers to discuss actionable tactics to change the playbook on hospital pricing, including strategies to eliminate healthcare middlemen and partner with others to achieve affordable and equitable care.

Changing the Playbook on Hospital Prices, a one-day conference with policymakers, employers, purchasers, and others, explores actionable strategies for lowering the cost of hospital care. Attendees will hear from leaders who have successfully passed price capping legislation in their states despite political obstacles. Their work will materially impact the price of hospital care.

The event will also discuss the anti-competitive contracting practices that are often utilized by hospitals to keep prices high and care out of reach, which was the focus of the Justice Department’s newly announced investigation of NewYork-Presbyterian reported on by The New York Times.

Speakers include:

• Mark Cuban, Co-founder of Cost Plus Drugs
• Ivana Krajcinovic, PhD, Vice President of Healthcare Delivery, UNITE HERE HEALTH
• Gloria Sachdev, PharmD, Indiana Secretary of Health and Family Services
• Mark Hage, Trust Administrator, Vermont Education Health Initiative, and Director of Benefits, Vermont-National Education Association
• More to be announced

Alongside networking opportunities, participants will learn about: 

• State and local policy solutions 
• Employer purchasing strategies 
• How employers, unions, and advocates can work together to achieve maximum results

This event is hosted by the 32BJ Health Fund, 32BJ Labor Industry Cooperation Fund, and City & State NY.

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Questions? Contact LICF@32bjfunds.com 

The 32BJ Health Fund is a self-insured Taft-Hartley Act plan that provides health benefits to more than 200,000 32BJ union members and their families with contributions from more than 5,000 employers of all sizes. 

The 32BJ Labor Industry Cooperation Fund is a joint initiative between SEIU 32BJ—a union of 185,000 building service workers—and the Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations, focused on containing rising healthcare costs, including tackling out-of-control hospital prices, for 32BJ members and employers in New York City and surrounding areas.

Accessibility

If you require reasonable accommodations to participate in this event, please contact events@cityandstateny.com.

By registering for this event, you consent to receive emails from 32BJ Labor Industry Cooperation Fund, 32BJ Health Fund, and City & State/NYN Media, and acknowledge that photos may be taken and used in future 32BJ Labor Industry Cooperation Fund or 32BJ Health Fund communications.

All attendees will be required to provide a government-issued photo ID upon entry.