Steve Bird
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- Milken Institute1h 0m
Wellness and Prevention: Creating Healthier Lives and a Healthier Economy
Eric Schatzker, Steve Bird, Lynn Goldman, Kyuri, Bernard Tyson, LaDawn Mantegi, Daryl Difty
A panel featuring leaders from Safeway, Kaiser Permanente, and IBM demonstrates how shifting healthcare focus from treatment to prevention can drastically reduce costs and improve population health outcomes. These organizations achieved significant results, such as Safeway's 50% healthcare cost reduction and Kaiser Permanente's lower cost trends, by implementing outcome-based rewards, addressing social determinants, and utilizing data-driven interventions. The discussion further highlights the urgent economic necessity of rebalancing public policy and incentives to address systemic disparities and move beyond fee-for-service models toward holistic, value-based care.
- Milken Institute1h 1m
Prescription for Wellness: Extending Our Health Span
Hossie Cohen, Freda Lewis-Hall, Yves Joannet, Paul Irving, Steve Bird, Lynn Goldman, Mike McDonald Jr.
Panelists at this gathering analyzed the widening gap between increased life expectancy and stagnant health spans, highlighting the rising economic and societal burden of chronic conditions like Alzheimer's in rapidly aging global populations. Experts outlined emerging biomedical strategies, including precision genomics and preventive interventions, while emphasizing the urgent need to shift funding from curative care to early prevention to mitigate projected trillions in future healthcare costs. The discussion further stressed that overcoming these challenges requires systemic changes in urban planning, employer policies, and insurance incentives to address behavioral barriers and social determinants that currently hinder effective aging outcomes.
- Milken Institute47 min
The 2014 Atlanta Summit - - The Economic Burden of Chronic Disease: Preventing the Preventable
Ross DeVol, Margaret Anderson, Steve Bird, David Heber, Ken Thorpe
Milken Institute's Ross Duvall, Safeway's Steve Bird, UCLA's David Heber, and Emory's Ken Thorpe presented a unified analysis revealing that rising chronic disease prevalence, particularly in diabetes and stroke, is the primary driver of escalating healthcare costs despite controlled medical inflation. The panel highlighted successful private-sector interventions, such as Safeway's biometric wellness programs and social network strategies for obesity, which achieved significant cost reductions by targeting visceral fat and behavioral incentives rather than relying solely on traditional medical treatment. To scale these proven models, the speakers urged policymakers to reframe Medicare reform as a proactive health strategy, overcome Congressional Budget Office scoring constraints, and replace fee-for-service payment structures with value-based incentives that prioritize prevention and early disease management.