Buffalo's Future: Healthcare 101 – What It Means for WNY

Healthcare is a complex issue and one that is hard to predict. In Western New York, the healthcare field is experiencing record high employment with forecasts that it will remain in high demand well into the future. Yet how can business leaders make the best decisions for their company with so much change looming? How do you discern fact from fiction when reading the headlines?

Join our panel of healthcare experts as they discuss the ins and outs of this challenging issue. The discussion will focus on what you need to know today and what, if any, actions you need to take to protect one of the costliest benefits to any business.

This panel discussion will provide you with an overview of our current healthcare system, as well as a look at what the future might hold. The conversation will also focus on what these healthcare changes could mean for the Western New York business landscape. A question and answer period that gives you the chance to hear the specifics regarding your greatest healthcare concerns will follow.

Join Michael Hughes '12, Senior Vice President of Kaleida Health as he moderates our esteemed panel of healthcare experts, including:

• David W. Anderson, President and CEO of HealthNow New York Inc.

• Michael Edbauer, D.O, President and CEO of Catholic Medical Partners

• Al Hammonds, CSSBB, Executive Director of Millennium Collaborative Care

• Steven D. Schwaitzberg, M.D., Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University at Buffalo

*Registration required.

5:30 p.m. Welcome Reception

6:00 p.m. Healthcare 101 – What It Means for Your Business