Thank you to all HASC members who have registered for this year’s annual meeting, May 23 to 25 at The Grand Del Mar. Visit (link to pdf) for a full list of registered annual meeting attendees to date.

Register online for the meeting. 

Breakouts for this year’s meeting will feature the following topics and speakers:

How to Avoid Collaboration Traps, Create Unity and Get Results – Morten Hansen, management professor at University of California, Berkeley School of Information

• This session distills more than a decade of field-tested research into a disciplined approach that helps managers separate good collaboration opportunities from bad ones.

Leading the Transformation of the Health Imperative – James L. Reinsertsen, head of The Reinertsen Group, practicing rheumatologist

• In a session developed specifically for CEOs, Dr. Reinertsen will take us through six leadership challenges in transforming health care systems.

The Great Race from Volume to Value – Ted Schwab, partner in Oliver Wyman’s Health and Life Sciences Practice, and Eric Klein, partner (Century City/Los Angeles) and National Healthcare Team Leader for Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

• Leading physician alignment strategists and transaction experts Schwab and Klein will examine the mega forces shaping health care – including recent industry consolidation transactions and health plan initiatives – and their surprising implications for hospitals, health systems, physician organizations and health plans in California.