On June 16-17, the Iowa Hospital Association hosted its summer leadership forum: Reform and the Road Ahead. Conference objectives were to discuss the current MedPAC recommendations regarding health care payment reform, how scale matters in health care and what the impact of the current U.S. economy will have on the entire health care industry.

The following video is the first in a two-part series of interviews conducted with a couple of the forum’s esteemed speakers. IHA had the chance to speak with Herb Kuhn, President and CEO of the Missouri Hospital Association (Jefferson, MO), on how health care reform will impact states like Iowa and Missouri.

Part two of the series will be posted next week and will feature David Swenson, Associate Scientist, Dept. of Economics at Iowa State University. (Update: click here for part 2)

YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWSOlXI7qiA