NATIONAL PAY FOR
PERFORMANCE SUMMIT
PRESS RELEASE:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Director Carolyn Clancy, MD and Brent James, MD Explain the Role of Pay for Performance in National Quality Initiatives
  • The Leading National Forum on Pay for Performance to Enhance Healthcare Access, Quality and Efficiency
  • Sponsored by the Integrated Healthcare Association
  • Cosponsored by Bridges to Excellence, California HealthCare Foundation, Leapfrog Group, National Business Coalition on Health, National Committee on Quality Assurance, National Quality Forum and the Pacific Business Group on Health
  • February 6 - 9, 2006
  • Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles, C
  • www.PFPSummit.com
PRESS RELEASE
Phone: 800-684-4549
Email: registration@hcconferences.com
Website: www.PFPSummit.com

LOS ANGELES, CA USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE(TM) -- JANUARY 23, 2006: The National Pay for Performance Summit, www.PFPSummit.com, February 6 - 9, 2006, in Los Angeles announced today that Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Director Carolyn Clancy, MD and Brent James, MD will explain the role of pay for performance in national quality initiatives at the Summit.

QUALITY LEADERS ASSESS THE ROLE OF PAY FOR PERFORMANCE:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Director Carolyn Clancy, MD and Brent James, MD will explain the role of pay for performance in national quality initiatives at the Summit.

Carolyn Clancy, MD
Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD
Brent James, MD
Executive Director, Institute for Health Care Delivery Research, Vice President, Medical Research and Continuing Medical Education, Intermountain Health Care, Salt Lake City, UT
PFP SUMMIT PRECONFERENCE SESSIONS:
  • PFP Boot Camp for Hospitals and Health Systems - Sponsored by the Leapfrog Group
  • PFP Boot Camp for Physicians and Physician Organizations and Payers and Payer Coalitions - Sponsored by the Integrated Healthcare Association and Bridges to Excellence
PFP SUMMIT PLENARY SESSIONS:
  • Pay for Performance and Quality
  • Pay for Performance and Health Information Technology
  • Pay for Performance and Medicare
  • The National Pay for Performance Debate
  • Pay for Performance: the International Perspective
  • The Marketplace Speaks: Reports from Regional Pay for Performance Initiatives
  • Pay for Performance: A Business Perspective
PFP SUMMIT TRACKS:
  • Employer and Health Plan PFP Programs
  • Government PFP Programs
  • PFP and Healthcare Quality
  • PFP and Health Information Technology
  • PFP and Physicians Participation and Engagement
  • PFP and Financial Incentives and Legal Issues
  • PFP and Advanced Issues in Measurement and Data Collection
  • Advanced PFP Case Studies
PFP SUMMIT POSTCONFERENCE SESSION:
  • Certified Professional in Electronic Health Records (CPEHR) and Certified Professional in Health Information Technology (CPHIT) Basic Training and Certification Examinations
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

David Brailer, MD, Ph.D.
National Health Information Technology Coordinator, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
Francois de Brantes
Program Leader, Health Care Initiatives, GE Corporate Health Care and Medical Services Programs, Officer and Director, Bridges to Excellence, Fairfield, CT
Suzanne Delbanco, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer, The Leapfrog Group, Washington, DC
Peter V. Lee, Esq.
President and Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Business Group on Health, San Francisco, CA
Janet Marchibroda
Chief Executive Officer, eHealth Initiative and Foundation, Executive Director, Connecting for Health, Washington, DC
Mark McClellan, MD, Ph.D.
Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Former Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC
Arnold Milstein, MD, MPH
U.S. Heathcare Thought Leader, Mercer Health & Benefits, Medical Director, Pacific Business Group on Health, San Francisco, CA
Ian Morrison, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, Institute for the Future, Founding Partner, Harris/Harvard Strategic Health Perspectives, Author, Healthcare in the New Millennium: Vision, Values and Leadership And The Second Curve: Managing the Velocity of Change, Menlo Park, CA
John Nelson, MD, MPH
President, American Medical Association, Chicago, IL
Samuel Nussbaum, MD
Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, WellPoint, Inc., Indianapolis, IN
Peggy E. O'Kane
President, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Washington, DC
Dennis S. O'Leary, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Chicago, IL
James Robinson, Ph.D., MPH
Kaiser Permanente Distinguished Professor of Health Economics, Chair, Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Stephen M. Shortell, Ph.D.
Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management, and, Professor of Organization Behavior, School of Public Health and Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

CO CHAIRS:

Steve McDermott
Chief Executive Officer, Hill Physicians Medical Group and Past Chair, Integrated Healthcare Association, San Ramon, CA

Peggy E. O'Kane
President, National Committee on Quality Assurance, Washington, DC

Jenni Vargas
Health Care Delivery Officer, Health Net of California and Chair, Integrated Healthcare Association, Oakland, CA

Tom Williams
Executive Director, Integrated Healthcare Association, Oakland, CA


FEATURED FACULTY:

Margret Amatayakul, RHIA, CPEHR, CPHIT, CHPS, FHIMSS
President, Margret\A Consulting, LLC, Member, Board of Examiners, Health IT Certification, LLC, Schaumburg, IL

Bart Asner, MD
Chief Executive Officer, Monarch HealthCare, Irvine, CA

Bruce Bagley, MD
Medical Director for Quality Improvement, American Academy of Family Physicians, Leawood, KS

Geoffrey B. Baker, MBA
Senior Associate, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, San Francisco, CA

Peter Basch, MD
Medical Director, MedStar e-Health, Washington, DC

Christine Bechtel
Director of Government Affairs, The American Health Quality Association, Washington, DC

Howard Beckman, MD
Medical Director, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Rochester Individual Practice Association, Rochester, NY

Michael Belman, MD
Staff Vice President and Medical Director, Blue Cross of California, Woodland Hills, CA

Professor Elaine Blechman
University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, CO

J. Dennis Bush
Vice President, Thomson Medstat, Ann Arbor, MI

Jeffrey Bush
Group Publisher, Managed Health Care Executive & Formulary, Advanstar Communications, Inc. Publications, Fort Myers, FL

Michael F. Cannon
Director of Health Policy Studies, Cato Institute, Washington, DC

Dogu Celebi MD, MPH
Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Ingenix, Waltham, MA

Richard Chung, MD
Senior Vice President, Health Services Division, Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA), Honolulu, HI

Michael R. Costa, JD, MPH
Senior Associate, Greenberg Traurig, Boston, MA

Kathleen Curtin, NP, MBA
Senior Vice President, Client Services, Med-Vantage, Inc, San Francisco, CA

Guy D'Andrea
President, Discern Consulting, LLC, Baltimore, MD

Cheryl L. Damberg, PhD
Senior Researcher, RAND, Santa Monica, CA

Thomas J. Davies
Chair, Integrated Healthcare Association , Manager, Managed Care, West Region, Verizon, Walnut Creek, CA

Linda Davis
President, LCD Solutions Ltd., Edina, MN

William J. DeMarco, MA, CMC
President, DeMarco and Associates, Rockford, IL

Jessica DiLorenzo
Team Leader, Health Care Initiatives, General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY

R. Adams Dudley, MD, MBA
Associate Professor of Medicine, Health Policy, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care & Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Catherine Eikel
Director, Leapfrog Hospital Rewards Program, The Leapfrog Group, Washington, DC

Jeff Flick
Regional Administrator, Region IX, Centers, for Medicare and Medicaid Services, San Francisco, CA

Thomas Foels, MD, MMM
Director of Practice Management, Independent Health, Williamsville, NY

Stephen Forney
Chief Financial Officer, Fountain Valley Regional Medical Center, Fountain Valley, CA

Andrew Foster, CBE
Director of Workforce, Department of Health, National Health Service, United Kingdom

John D. Freedman, MD, MBA
Consultant, Newton, MA

Kathryn M. Fristensky
Director, Product Development, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Concord, CA

Bill Gill
President and Chief Executive Officer, Facey Medical Foundation, Mission Hills, CA

Joel Hasenwinkel
Director, Clinical Collaboration, Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, Des Moines, IA

Trent T. Haywood, MD, JD
Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD

Jon A. Hultman, DPM, MBA
Chief Executive Officer, Integrated Physician Systems, Los Angeles, CA

Tom E. Jeffry, Jr., Esq.
Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Los Angeles, CA

Jeff Kamil, MD
Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Blue Cross of California, Woodland Hills, CA

Jon Kingsdale
Senior Vice President, Policy Development, Tufts Health Plan, Waltham, MA

Nat Kongtahworn
Consultant, Office of Clinical Affairs/Strategic Services, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Chicago, IL

Steven S. Lazarus, PhD, CPEHR, CPHIT, FHIMSS
President, Boundary Information Group, Member, Board of Examiners, Health IT Certification, LLC, Past Chair, WEDI, Denver, CO

Antonio Legorreta, MD, MPH
President, Health Benchmarks, Woodland Hills, CA

Jeff Levin-Scherz, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer, Partners Community Healthcare, Inc., Boston, MA

Robert Margolis, MD
Managing Partner and CEO, HealthCare Partners, Los Angeles, CA

John Marlow, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Advanstar Medical Economics, Montvale, NJ

Steve McDermott
Chief Executive Officer, Hill Physicians Medical Group, Past Chair, Integrated Healthcare Association, San Ramon, CA

Ed Mendoza
Acting Director, California Office of the Patient Advocate, Sacramento, CA

Peter Mongroo
Senior Director, Global Healthcare Strategy, Oracle

Kevin J. Murphy
E. Morgan Stanley Chair in Business Administration, Vice Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Richard A. Norling
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Premier, Inc., San Diego, CA

James O'Connor, MD
Director of Clinical Informatics, Emdeon Corporation, Alachua, FL

Stan Padilla, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Brown & Toland Medical Group, San Francisco, CA

Lawrence M. Pawola, PharmD, MBA
Associate Professor of Health Informatics, University of Illinois at Chicago, President, Lincolnshire Consulting Associates, LLC, Chicago, IL

Michael W. Pekas, MD, FACS
Medical Director, South Dakota, Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, Sioux Falls, SD

William Phillips
Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer, Revenue Strategies, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL

Kristiana Raube, PhD, MPH
Adjunct Professor and Executive Director, Graduate Program in Health Management, University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

Jeff Rideout, MD, MA
Vice President, Internet Business Solutions Group, Healthcare and Corporate Medical Director, Cisco Systems, Former Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President, Blue Shield of California, San Jose, CA

William c. Rollow, MD, MPH (Invited)
Director, Quality Improvement Group, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD

Robert H. Rosenfield, Esq.
Partner, McDermott, Will & Emery, Los Angeles, CA

John Rother
Policy Director, American Association of Retired Persons, Washington, DC

Barbara Rudolph, PhD, MSSW
Director, Leaps and Measures, The Leapfrog Group, Washington, DC

Mark Russo
Project Leader, Health Care Initiative, General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY

Lee Sacks, MD
President, Advocate Health Partners, Oak Brook, IL

Hesham Sheikh
Project Leader, Healthcare Initiatives, General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY

Linda Shelton
Assistant Vice President, Product Development, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Washington, DC

Mark Shields, MD
Senior Medical Director, Advocate Health Partners, Oak Brook, IL

Paul T. Smith, Esq.
Partner and Co-chair, HIT/HIPAA Task Force, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, San Francisco, CA

David Swieskowski, MD, MBA
Vice President, Quality Improvement, Mercy Clinics, Inc., Des Moines, IA

Patrick A. Tellez, MD, MPH, MSHA
Vice President, Medical Affairs, MedPlus, a Quest Diagnostics Company, Mason, OH

Cristie Travis
Chief Executive Officer, Memphis Business Group on Health, Memphis, TN

Jenni Vargas
Health Care Delivery Officer, Health Net of California, Chair, Integrated Healthcare Association, Oakland, CA

Andrew Webber
President and Chief Executive Officer, National Business Coalition on Health, Washington, DC

Andy Weissberg
General Manager, Product Development and Interactive Marketing, Advanstar Medical Economics, Montvale, NJ

Tom Williams
Executive Director, Integrated Healthcare Association, Oakland, CA

Terrell Womack
Vice President, Human Resources Strategy, Bell South Corporation

Ann Woo, PharmD
Director, Clinical Support, Hill Physicians Medical Group, San Ramon, CA

Pauline Yan
Regional Vice President, Integrated Healthcare Markets, GlaxoSmithKline, San Ramon, CA

Dolores Yanagihara
Program Development Manager, Integrated Healthcare Association, Oakland, CA

Corrie Zenzola
US Benefits Health Initiative Strategist, Intel Corporation, Folsom, CA


IMPLEMENTING PAY FOR PERFORMANCE PROGRAMS:

A faculty of over 100 national pay for performance experts will present over 50 substantive session, including:

  • The Role of Financial Incentives and Quality Improvement
  • The Promise of Pay for Performance
  • Healthcare Pay for Performance: The International Perspective
  • Pay for Performance Two-year Program Evaluation Results
  • Quality of Care Return on Investment on Pay for Performance
  • Pay for Performance and Health Information Technology
  • Pay for Performance and Medicare
  • Are Employers Serious About Pay for Performance?
  • Pay-for-Performance - The Catalyzing Component of Clinical Integration
  • Overview of HIT Pay for Performance Initiatives
  • Pay for Performance in the Individual Physician PPO World
  • Basic Legal Issues in Implementing Healthcare Incentives and Pay for Performance Programs
  • Hospital and Health System PFP Overview
  • Report from a National Study of Pay for Performance Experiments
  • The Tools for Change: PBGH and Employer Strategies for Improving Quality and Affordability
  • An Overview of CMS Pay for Performance Demonstration Projects
  • Collaboration on Quality: A Foundation Built on Trust - Making Practice Information Available and Providing Support Mechanisms to Assist Providers in Quality Improvement
  • The Silicon Valley Health IT Pay for Performance Initiative
  • Predictive Modeling in Pay for Performance
  • The Leapfrog Hospital Rewards Program: Selecting & Reporting Measures
  • Results from Eight-Year Program at Hawaii Medical Service Association: Implementing and Measuring a PFP Program to Improve Quality of Care
  • Employer and Health Plan PFP Programs: Bridges to Excellence
  • Consumer Access to Public Score Care Pay for Performance Results
  • Second-Generation Pay-for-Performance and Community-Wide Diabetes and Asthma Care
  • PFP and Health Information Technology: Implementing PFP with your Electronic Health Record
  • Achieving Collaboration Amongst Independent Physicians on a Common Database Employing an HER
  • Gain Sharing - Pay for Performance Innovation or Disruption
  • Implementing the Leapfrog Hospital Rewards Program
  • Multi-stakeholder Views on Pay for Performance
  • Physician Group Experience in a PFP Program: Maximizing Opportunity
  • Information Use as the Pay for Performance Criterion
  • Pay for Performance Pushes EHR Adoption
  • Best Practices for Leveraging Media as Quality Distribution Channel for Communicating PFP Guidelines to Physicians
  • Understanding the New AMA Principles and Guidelines for Pay-for-Performance Programs - A Legal Interpretation
  • Using Hospital Performance Data: Consumer Education and Benefit Design Consumer Education
  • Pay for Performance -What Works and What Does Not: Case Studies of 4 Different Pay for Performance Plans
  • Setting National Pay for Performance Standards
  • Strategic Alternatives in the Design of Payment Incentives
  • Pay for Performance Lessons from Other Industries
  • The Role of Pay for Performance in the Future of American Healthcare

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