Detroit Economic Club

As CEO of Humana, one of the nation’s largest publicly traded health and supplemental benefits companies, Mike McCallister is uniquely positioned to connect the dots and gain the best insights on the current state of health care transactions, given the company’s holistic perspective on the entire ecosystem – consumers/patients; pharmacies; hospitals; diagnostic centers; doctors; employers; and government.

In his presentation, Mr. McCallister will use this perspective to share his core belief that the underlying imperative of any healthcare reform remains cost control and that innovative, consumer-focused technology can play a critical role in helping health care reform succeed. He will emphasize the importance of committing to developing interoperable standards, safeguards to ensure the security of confidential information, and the infrastructure required to connect all parties.

Mr. McCallister will also share his larger perspective that the US needs to create a system of health - a true health care system and will discuss what he believes to be the essential factors in such a system:

• Begin with data - tools and applications that take what we know about patients/consumers, identify their needs, and direct them to appropriate support
• Provide personalized support, an array of programs and services that provide education and guidance, as well as care tailored to each person’s health lifestyle, health care options, and health care financing
• Developing insights to enable identifying opportunities around costs and health outcomes to drive continuous improvement for the system and enhanced well-being for individuals