UPCOMING MEETING
April 19, 2024
The Long and Winding Road to the HLTHCard
– Between 1878 and 1880, Thomas Edison and his “Muckers” worked on at least 3,000 theories to develop an efficient incandescent lamp.
– Following Alexander Fleming‘s observation of what he called “mold juice,” in 1928, the mass production of penicillin took 12 years.
– Between the proposed Health Security Act of 1993 (AKA “Hillarycare”), it took over 16 years until the passage of Obama’s Affordable Care Act in 2010 – with major provisions of the Act not enforced until 2014.
If we’re to learn lessons from these and thousands of other life-improving inventions and laws, it’s that great ideas don’t emerge from the drawing board unchanged – or in a straight line.
As we open our Members’ Discussion, we’ll look to hear each other’s stories of a particular accomplishment perhaps years in the making, or still being made. We’ll also look to hear “What’s Keeping You Up Nights” as you work to achieve your latest breakthrough.
We’ll also hear from our Featured Member, Mike Epstein, Managing Director of The Tay Group and “Father” of HLTHCard, which nearly five years in the making, will soon be ready for its “primetime” introduction to an entirely different audience than the one for whom it was originally intended.
Mike Epstein has spent most of his career working with Health Plans and Employers, trying to fill holes in their coverage. Prior to launching The Tay Group, in 2009, Mike was a Senior Member of Deloitte Consulting’s Healthcare Strategy & Operations Practice, from 2004 to 2009. Before that, he served as the Chief of Staff of WellPoint’s Specialty Products Division, from 2002 to 2004, where he was responsible for developing that business unit’s growth plan and developing the operating model for the integrated WellPoint/Anthem Specialty Products organization.
Upcoming Session Dates
2024: JAN 19 FEB 16 MAR 15 APR 19 MAY 17 JUN 21 JUL 19 AUG 16 SEPT 20 OCT 18 NOV 15 Dec 4* – Combined Session for All Healthcare Round Tables
Our Los Angeles Healthcare Round Table typically meets on the third Friday of each month (*with some combined sessions on alternative dates).
Monthly meetings are held via Zoom with occasional In-Person events.
Past Meeting Information
- Using Co-branding to Leverage Your Brand
- Meet Angle Health: The Health Plan Startup for Startups
- Gov. Newsom Expands Mental Health Parity
- Predicting What's Next in The New Normal
- Adopting the Mindset of an Innovator
- Diagnostic Breakthroughs for the 21st Century
- Implications of the Expanded World of Telehealth
- Getting Back to a New Normal
- Even During a Pandemic, the Business of Healthcare Must Go On
- Your COVID-19 experience to date: with employees, clinicians, patients, and yourself AND Infection Control in the Age of COVID-19
- INFECTION PREVENTION & CONTROL IN THE ERA OF THE CORONAVIRUS
- Lessons Learned from Successful Transactions & Turnarounds
- Lessons from Business Expansion & Integration (in an era of declining reimbursement)
- How to Accelerate Bringing New Healthcare Product/Service Ideas to Market
- Chapter 2 of the Retailization of Healthcare
"ABL Membership exposes you to new technologies, innovations, and the ability to receive thoughtful feedback from experienced professionals. Presentation topics are well organized and encourage critical thinking and interaction with other Members."
"ABL's brought my attention to important ideas that are circulating in other sectors of healthcare that we can put to work."