Panels and Speakers

Speaker Biographies

WILLIAM BORNE
Chief Executive Officer of Amedisys

A Registered Nurse and graduate of Charity Hospital School of Nursing, Bill Borne founded Amedisys in 1982 and has served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board since that time. Mr. Borne's leadership has resulted in Amedisys being listed in Inc. Magazine's 1989 and 1990 lists of the country's fastest growing companies; being listed on Investors Business Daily's Top 100 list as the number one investment recommendation in 2004; ranked by Forbes magazine as fourth out of the Top 200 Small Companies in the U.S. in 2004; ranked twelfth out of the Top 200 Small Companies in the U.S. in 2005; ranked the fourth best stock of the decade by CNBC on MSN Money in 2005; ranked by Forbes magazine as fifty-fifth out of the Top 200 Small Companies in the U.S. in 2006; ranked by BusinessWeek online as twenty-fourth on its list of 100 Hot Growth Companies in 2006; ranked by Fortune magazine as seventh on its list of 100 Fastest-Growing Companies in 2006; ranked by BusinessWeek online as sixty-fifth on its list of 100 Hot Growth Companies in 2007; ranked by Forbes magazine as thirty-second out of the Top 200 Small Companies in the U.S. in 2007; named Outstanding Employer or Facility of the Year (other than hospital) by the Louisiana State Nurses Association Foundation in 2008; ranked by TheStreet.com as a top five fast-growth stock in 2008; ranked by Forbes magazine as eightieth on the List of 100 Fastest-Growing Companies and ninth on its list of Best Mid-Cap Stocks in America in 2009, and second on its list of 10 Best Stocks for 2010, published in December 2009. Additionally, Amedisys was selected for the 2009 Best of Baton Rouge Award in the Home Health Service category by the US Commerce Association. Amedisys has been featured in a national industry snapshot in Investors Business Daily. Mr. Borne has received the following awards: Baton Rouge Business Report's 1990's Young Businessperson of the Year and 1990 Entrepreneur of the Year, Forbes magazine 2004 Entrepreneur of the Year, and 2004 Guardian Angel Award from the Caring Institute. In 2008, Mr. Borne was voted as Chairman of the Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation. In 2009, Mr. Borne was appointed to the E.J. Ourso College of Business Dean's Advisory Council and inducted into the E.J. Ourso College of Business Hall of Distinction.

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CHARLES COOK
Respected Authority on U.S. Elections and Political Trends

When Charlie Cook makes a pronouncement based on his analysis of the political scene in America, people who want to “be in the know” sit up and listen. For more than two decades he has been Washington’s most trusted—and most accurate—voice on all things political, whether it’s the outcome of a national, state, or local election or the likely vote tally on a bill before Congress. As the publisher of The Cook Political Report and a political analyst for the National Journal Group, his prodigious writing output is the direct line to politics for those who want to know what is happening behind the scenes in America’s halls of power. He writes weekly for National Journal magazine and CongressDailyAM, and he also pens a regular column for the Washington Quarterly, published by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Once deemed “the Picasso of election analysis” by the Wall Street Journal and represented exclusively by Leading Authorities, Cook produces the sharpest political handicapping in the business, serving as the one-man, go-to-source for Americans who want to be truly informed.

A Political Oracle. The plaudits for Charlie Cook are the best kind of broken record, an endless loop of praise. The New York Times has called Cook “one of the best political handicappers in the nation” and noted that The Cook Political Report is “a newsletter that both parties regard as authoritative,” and Bob Schieffer of CBS News calls it “the bible of the political community.” David Broder of the Washington Post has said Cook is “perhaps the best non-partisan tracker of Congressional races.” In its feature “The Top 50 Journalists in Washington,” The Washingtonian called him a “master observer” and the man who knows more about politics than anyone else.

A political analyst for NBC News, Cook’s expertise has also been featured on the ABC, CBS, Good Morning America, the Today show, Nightline, Meet the Press, and This Week. He is also a welcome fixture on CNBC, MSNBC, CNN, C-SPAN, and National Public Radio. Before joining the National Journal Group in 1998, Cook wrote a twice-weekly column in Roll Call, Capitol Hill’s premier newspaper. Charlie also served as an election night analyst for CBS in 1990 and 1992, and for every presidential election on NBC since 1994.

Keeping America Informed. A hugely popular speaker, Cook addresses dozens of associations and corporate clients each year. With his encyclopedic knowledge of American politics, memorable stories, quick wit, and meaningful insights, Cook’s speeches focus on the broad implications of the most recent political decisions coming from the Obama White House, and he parses Congress’ agendas, all the while providing perceptive commentaries on policy-making in Washington. In a balanced, non-partisan manner, he furnishes audiences with the concrete information they need to hear about today’s political and legislative environments.

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DAVID B. PRYOR, MD
Chief Medical Officer of Ascension Health

Dr. Pryor began his rise to prominence in clinical excellence at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C., where he served as a practicing cardiologist and Director of the cardiology consultation service, the section of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, the Duke Database for Cardiovascular Disease, and clinical program development. In his 15 years at Duke, Dr. Pryor chaired numerous committees including the Patient Care Subcommittee, the Duke University Heart Center Database Committee, the Quality Care Task Force and the Medical Center Computer Advisory Committee.

Dr. Pryor has served on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Medical Quality, the American Journal of Managed Care, the International Journal of Cardiology, Cardiology Emergency Decisions, and as a reviewer for numerous other medical journals. He has authored more than 250 publications and has been the principal investigator of a number of significant research investigations.

Dr. Pryor also has participated on numerous national and international committees including the Earnest Codman Awards Committee (JCAHO National Quality Awards, 1997-1999); The Advisory Council for Performance Measurement for the Joint Commission (1995 - present, chairman 1998-2003), the national scientific session committees for the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 2000 Spring Congress, the American College of Cardiology, 1991-92, and the American Heart Association, 1994-96. He was listed as one of Modern Healthcare's 100 Most Powerful Persons in Healthcare in 2002 and 2005, and as one of Modern Healthcare's 50 Most Powerful Physician Executives in 2005 and 2006. He received the CareScience Executive Leadership Award in 2006.
In addition to his position at Ascension Health, Dr. Pryor currently holds several academic appointments including Consulting Associate Professor of Medicine at Duke University Medical Center and Adjunct Professor at St. Louis University School of Public Health. Prior to joining Ascension Health, Dr. Pryor was Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Allina Health System in Minneapolis, Minn. Prior to Allina, Dr. Pryor was President of the New England Medical Center Hospitals in Boston, Mass.

Dr. Pryor is a graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, Mich., and he completed his medical internship and residency at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, and his fellowship in cardiovascular diseases at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.

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GLEN TULLMAN
Chief Executive Officer of Allscripts

Glen E. Tullman joined Allscripts as Chief Executive Officer in August 1997 to lead the Company's transition into the Healthcare Information Sector. He led the Company's Initial Public Offering and Secondary Offerings of the Company, which is now traded on NASDAQ (MDRX) and has driven the Company to becoming the leading provider of clinical software, connectivity and information services to physicians.

Prior to joining Allscripts, Mr. Tullman was Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise Systems, Inc., a leading healthcare information services company providing resource management solutions to large integrated healthcare networks, from October 1994 to July 1997. Mr. Tullman led the company's Initial Public Offering and secondary offerings. HBO and Company of Atlanta acquired Enterprise in 1997 in a stock transaction valued in excess of $250 million. From 1983 to 1994, Mr. Tullman served in a number of management roles including President and Chief Operating Officer of CCC Information Services, Inc., a provider of information systems to the country's largest property and casualty insurers. Under his leadership, the company grew from $17 million to more than $100 million and is publicly traded.

Mr. Tullman graduated from Bucknell University Magna Cum Laude, with a double major in Economics and Psychology. Upon graduation, he joined the Executive Office of the President of the United States in Washington, D.C. and later accepted a fellowship to study social anthropology at St. Antony's College, Oxford University, England. Mr. Tullman serves on the International Board of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and on the Board of Trustees of the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT). He also is Co-Chair of the National ePrescribing Patient Safety Initiative (NEPSI), a $100 million campaign, led by Allscripts and Dell Computers, to deliver free electronic prescribing to every physician in America. In 2006, he was named CEO of the Year by the Illinois Information Technology Association.

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