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Global Finance Roundtable

April 7, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Health Care: Investing, Financing & Insurance

William Blair & Company provides overview of key trends impacting the healthcare sector and its current/potential stock performance; LaSalle Bank discusses healthcare financing and managing malpractice risks; Hewitt Associates LLC discusses ways to control healthcare costs and where focus on insurance should be. Highly interactive event with plenty of time for audience questions.

Where:
Gleacher Center
Room 621
450 North Cityfront Drive
Chicago, Illinois
Map on how to reach Gleacher Center

Program:
5:30 - 6:00 pm: Sponsor Tables
6:00 - 8:00 pm: Panel Session
8:00 - 9:00 pm: Cash Bar Reception

Who:
Ryan Daniels
Senior Analyst
William Blair & Company

Sarah A. Rusher
First Vice President
LaSalle Bank

David C. Fortosis
Principal
Hewitt Associates LLC

Registration:
Register Online

Business casual to business attire is appropriate. You do not need to be a GSB alum to attend plus guests are also welcome provided everyone registers their attendance in advance.

Questions:
Kathy Graham
630.466.7095
hqs1@juno.com

Event Details:
Panelists representing:

• THE INVESTMENT PERSPECTIVE: Ryan Daniels, William Blair & Company
• THE FINANCING ISSUES: Sarah A. Rusher, First Vice President, LaSalle Bank
• THE INSURANCE OUTLOOK: David C. Fortosis, Principal, Hewitt Associates LLC

FOCUS: Health care, one of the BIG issues on every business person’s mind this year, is the focus for this month’s GSB Finance Roundtable. So as to leave PLENTY OF TIME for QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE, this HIGHLY INTERACTIVE event will center in on just three areas of health care, namely:

1. HEALTH CARE AS AN INVESTMENT: an OVERVIEW of the KEY TRENDS IMPACTING THE HEALTH CARE SECTOR & STOCK PERFORMANCE: demographics, regulations, technology, & government policy issues related to ensuing developments in companies and their stocks plus LIKELY IMPACTS TO INVESTORS OF ABOVE KEY TRENDS.
   
2. HEALTH CARE FINANCING: the rising cost of MEDICAL MALPRACTICE has some startling repercussions that are affecting everyone from health care providers to the risk that it presents to the financiers so…
   
   • What are the different alternatives to manage the risks MEDICAL MALPRACTICE poses?
   • Where are the growth areas and emerging trends in healthcare financing?
     
3. HEALTH CARE INSURANCE : in the absence of a government sponsored national health care solution,
   
   • What are the avenues that employers have to CONTROL HEALTH CARE COSTS?
   • Where should the focus of health care insurance be? And why?
   • CONSUMER DIRECTED HEALTH CARE: is it the “silver bullet” capable of slaying rising costs?

Speaker Profiles:

Ryan Daniels joined William Blair & Company in 2002 as a health care services analyst with a focus on providers, specialty providers, and disease management companies. Previously he worked with Deloitte Consulting’s M&A Advisory Services Group. Mr. Daniels holds a B.A. in Economics from Northwestern University and earned his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management.

Sarah A. Rusher is a first vice president of LaSalle Bank's Health care Commercial Lending group. She is responsible for developing new commercial banking relationships with health care companies and managing a loan portfolio of new and existing clients. Ms. Rusher joined LaSalle Bank in October 1999 after working at Bank of America/Banc of America Securities for seven years where she was responsible for servicing middle market and Fortune 500 health care companies. Previously, she completed credit training at American National Bank where she worked for three years. Ms. Rusher earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1989 and completed advanced coursework at the University of Chicago's School of Business. She is currently a member of Mercy Home for Boys and Girls Leadership Council. A native of Rochester Hills, Mich., she currently resides in Chicago.

David C. Fortosis is a Principal with Hewitt Associates LLC, responsible for the Chicago Health Management Practice. He joined Hewitt from The Provident Life Insurance Group where he worked in the Managed Care and Network Development area. Dave has been with Hewitt Associates for 14 years and is a widely recognized resource in the Employee Benefits and Health Care management fields. His client list includes Cardinal Health, Tenneco Automotive, Robert Bosch, Solo Cup and Wheaton Franciscan Services. Dave has a B.A. from Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL and a Masters Degree from Northeastern University in Boston, MA.