MINNEAPOLIS --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 9, 2016-- Piper Jaffray Companies (NYSE:PJC), a leading investment bank with one of Wall Street’s most active and awarded healthcare practices, will host its Heartland Summit on June 14, 2016 in Minneapolis .

The Piper Jaffray Heartland Summit is an exclusive annual gathering of CEOs, policy-makers and investors from across the healthcare continuum. The event’s panel-only format offers a real-time forum for discourse about the future of healthcare, the existing roadblocks and the solutions ahead.

“The Piper Jaffray Heartland Summit provides a critical forum for the sector’s most influential CEOs, investors, policy leaders and decision makers to address topics shaping healthcare today,” said Jeff Klinefelter , global head of equities at Piper Jaffray.

This year’s event hosts a distinguished group of more than 35 panelists and presenters, including:

• Joe Almeida , chairman and CEO of Baxter International Inc.
• George Barrett , chairman and CEO of Cardinal Health, Inc.
• Stan Bergman , chairman and CEO of Henry Schein, Inc.
• Bob Bradway , chairman and CEO of Amgen Inc.
• John Hammergren , chairman, president and CEO of McKesson Corporation
• Steve Hemsley , CEO of UnitedHealth Group Incorporated
• Omar Ishrak, chairman and CEO of Medtronic plc
• John Noseworthy , M.D., CEO and president of Mayo Clinic
• Rice Powell, chairman and CEO of Fresenius Medical Care AG and Co.
• Tim Ring , chairman and CEO of C.R. Bard, Inc.
• Sir Andrew Witty , chairman and CEO of GlaxoSmithKline PLC

Special guest moderators include:

• Patrick Conway , M.D., deputy administrator for innovation and quality, chief medical officer of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• George Halvorson , former chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente
• Marilyn Tavenner , former administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services , and president and CEO of America’s Health Insurance Plans

Panel topics will include:

• Models of Risk-Sharing in Medical Devices
• Impact of Politics and the Election on Healthcare
• Provider Evolution Toward Value-Based Care
• Making an Efficient Supply Chain
• Paradigm Shifts in Biotechnology
• Addressing the Pricing Question in Pharma
• Evolving Models of Care Delivery Outside of the Hospital

Follow the conversation using the event hashtag #PJCHeartland.

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Company and investor participation in the conference is by invitation only. Clients interested in attending should contact their Piper Jaffray representative. General and research-related media inquiries should be directed to analystmediarelations@pjc.com . All other media inquiries should be directed to Pamela Steensland at pamela.k.steensland@pjc.com .

Information as of June 9, 2016 . Subject to change.

About Piper Jaffray
Piper Jaffray Companies (NYSE: PJC) is a leading, international investment bank and asset management firm. Securities brokerage and investment banking services are offered in the U.S. through Piper Jaffray & Co. , member SIPC and FINRA; in Europe through Piper Jaffray Ltd. , authorized and regulated by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority and Simmons & Company International Limited , authorized and regulated by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority and the Dubai Financial Services Authority ; in Hong Kong through Piper Jaffray Hong Kong Limited , authorized and regulated by the Securities and Futures Commission . Asset management products and services are offered through four separate investment advisory affiliates―U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) registered Advisory Research, Inc. , Piper Jaffray Investment Management LLC and PJC Capital Partners LLC ; and Guernsey-based Parallel General Partners Limited , authorized and regulated by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission .

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