Tomorrow: CEOs of Large U.S. Companies and Bipartisan Policy Center to Release Report on Improving America's Health Through Innovation

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Tuesday, September 16 at 1:30pm ET, chief executives of some of the nation's largest companies will release a report on ways to advance the nation's health through innovation.

Members of the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) CEO Council on Health and Innovation include:

Dominic Barton, Managing Director, McKinsey & Company
Mark Bertolini, Chairman, CEO, and President, Aetna
Alex Gorsky, Chairman and CEO, Johnson & Johnson
Muhtar Kent (Co-chair), Chairman and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company
Lowell C. McAdam (Co-chair), Chairman and CEO, Verizon Communications
Brian T. Moynihan, CEO, Bank of America Corporation
Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD (Co-chair), Chairman and CEO, Institute for Advanced Health
Scott P. Serota, President and CEO, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
Gregory D. Wasson, President and CEO, Walgreen Co.

Several CEO Council members will attend and discuss the report, including Muhtar Kent of The Coca-Cola Company, Lowell McAdam of Verizon Communications, Patrick Soon-Shiong of the Institute for Advanced Health, Brian T. Moynihan of Bank of America Corporation and Mark Bertolini of Aetna.

Additional participants include: Patricia Babjak, Chief Executive Officer, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics; Brad Fluegel, Senior Vice President, Chief Strategy and Business Development Officer Walgreen Co.; Larry Hausner, Former Chief Executive Officer, American Diabetes Association; Trent Haywood, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association; Douglas Henley, MD, Executive Vice President and CEO, American Academy of Family Physicians; Fikry Isaac, MD, MPH, FACOEM, Vice President, Global Health Services, Johnson & Johnson; John R. Seffrin, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, American Cancer Society, Shubham Singhal, Director and Leader, Healthcare Systems and Services Practice, McKinsey & Company; Marla J. Weston, PhD, RN, Chief Executive Officer, American Nurses Association; Senator Tom Daschle, Former Senate Majority Leader and Co-Chair, Health Project, Bipartisan Policy Center; Jason Grumet, CEO and President, Bipartisan Policy Center; and Janet Marchibroda, Executive Director, CEO Council on Health and Innovation, Bipartisan Policy Center.

American companies and their employees bear about 45 percent of the nation's health expenditures. The report by the CEO Council will detail the companies' most successful strategies for improving health and health care.  In addition, the report will issue a call to employers to join their commitment to improve the health of individuals and communities and improve the health care system.

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