Susan Dentzer

Susan Dentzer is the President and CEO of America’s Physician Groups, the organization representing more than 360 physician practices providing coordinated care to nearly 90 million patients nationwide. She speaks on healthcare policy, health system transformation, and the economic forces shaping American medicine, bringing decades of experience as one of the nation’s most respected health policy voices. An elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and the Council on Foreign Relations, Susan translates complex policy into actionable insights for corporate and association audiences.

Career in Health Policy & Journalism
Susan served as on-air Health Correspondent for the PBS NewsHour for a decade and wrote and hosted the PBS documentary Reinventing American Healthcare. She was Editor-in-Chief of Health Affairs, the nation’s leading health policy journal, and served as Senior Policy Adviser to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the largest U.S. philanthropy focused on health. She previously spent a decade as chief economics correspondent for U.S. News & World Report.

Author & Thought Leader
Susan is editor and lead author of Health Care Without Walls: A Roadmap for Reinventing U.S. Health Care. A Nieman Fellow at Harvard University and a Dartmouth trustee emerita who chaired the Board of Trustees, she publishes regularly in Modern Healthcare, the New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst, and the Annals of Internal Medicine. Her keynotes deliver expert analysis of healthcare reform, economic policy, and the future of the American health system.

The Future of Healthcare Policy
As an expert on healthcare policy, Susan Dentzer cuts through the rhetoric and examines the latest policy changes and explains what they mean for the future.

Political Economics

In this informative presentation, Susan Dentzer analyzes fiscal and budgetary problems facing the US, outlines current disputes, and explains whether or not they revolve around healthcare. While examining current battles between Congress and the White House, she offers both short-and-long term solutions, and explains what it all means for everyone – from consumers to associations and corporations.