Health Check

West Michigan Health Care Economic Forecast

The Office of the Vice Provost for Health commissions the report, Health Check: Analyzing Trends in West Michigan. The report focuses on health-related trends, costs, and employment projections in the West Michigan area and is released each January at the West Michigan Health Care Economic Forecast event held at Grand Valley's Eberhard Center in Grand Rapids, MI. The study is conducted by economics faculty from Tulane University and the GVSU Seidman College of Business.

Each year the event is complemented by a panel of experts which might include health administrators/practitioners, government officials, or industry representatives. Audiences have the opportunity to participate in a Q & A session following the panel presentations.

(THE 2019 Forecast was held on January 11, 2019.)

2019 HEALTH CHECK PRESENTERS:

Kevin Callison, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Tulane University

Sebastian Linde, PhD
Assistant Professor of Economics
Seidman College of Business
Grand Valley State University

2019 PANEL: TRENDS IN HEALTH CARE:

Robert Casalou, M.B.A., M.H.S.A.
President & CEO, Mercy Health & Saint Joseph Mercy Health System
PowerPoint Presentation - Casalou

Tina Freese Decker, M.H.A., M.S.I.E., FACHE
President & CEO, Spectrum Health
(Presentation not available)

Rakesh Pai, M.D., M.B.A., M.H.C.D.S., FACC
President Medical Group & Chief Population Health Officer
Metro Health University of Michigan Health
PowerPoint Presentation - Pai

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PAST EVENTS

2019 Webcast

2018 Webcast

2017 webcast

PAST HEALTH CHECK REPORTS

2019 Health Check

2018 Health Check

2017 Health Check

2016 Health Check

PAST SLIDE PRESENTATIONS

2019 Health Check Slide Presentation

2018 Health Check Slide Presentation