Mr. Becker will moderate a panel, “Healthcare Policy: Untangling Today’s Regulatory Environment and Preparing for the Future,” featuring panelists Steve Northrup, a principal at PodestoGroup and former health policy director for the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee; Mark McClellan, director of the Health Care Innovation and Value Initiative at the Brookings Institution and former CMS administrator and FDA commissioner; Jonathan Blum, principal deputy administrator at CMS; and Congressman Patrick Meehan (R-Pa.), and a member of the House Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care, and Entitlements.
The conference, hosted by the Wharton School and the University of Pennsylvania, draws more than 700 attendees representing a broad range of functions including business development, marketing, strategy, finance, operations and clinical development. It is taking place Feb. 20-21, 2014 at the Hyatt at the Bellevue in Philadelphia.