Press Release: CMS Releases ACO Regulations; The Brookings/Dartmouth Second ACO Summit, June 27 - 28, 2011 in Washington, DC Features Core Competencies of Successful ACOs
  • A Hybrid Conference and Internet Event
  • June 27 - 28, 2011
  • Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC
  • The Leading Forum on Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and Related Delivery System and Payment Reform
  • Online In Your Own Office or Home live via the Internet with 24/7 Access for Six Months
  • www.ACOSummit.com
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WASHINGTON DC USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- MAY 4, 2011: The Second National Accountable Care Organization Summit, www.ACOSummit.com, will be held on June 27 - 28, 2011 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC.

FEATURING A PANEL ON CORE COMPETENCIES FOR ACOs BY

Elliott Fisher, MD, MPH
Director, Population Health and Policy, Director, Center for Population Health, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH (Moderator)

Jonathan Blum, MPP
Deputy Administrator and Director of the Center for Medicare, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

Jeff Kang, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer, CIGNA; President, eHealth Initiative; Former Chief Medical Officer, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

David Lansky, PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Business Group on Health; Former Senior Director, Markle Foundation; Former President, Foundation for Accountability, San Francisco, CA

Robert Margolis, MD
Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer, HealthCare Partners; Chair, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Torrance, CA

Debra Ness, MS
President, National Partnership for Women and Families; Leader, Campaign for Better Care, Washington, DC
FEATURING SESSIONS ON
  • Transforming Medicare with Accountable Care
  • Core Competencies of Successful ACOs
  • Models for ACO Implementation
  • Creating High-Value Health Care:The Big Picture

  • NEWLY CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKER

    Kathleen Sebelius, MPA
    Secretary, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
    AND TRACK SESSIONS ON
    • Advancing Payment Models to Support Improved Performance
      • Financial Accountability:What Providers Need to Do and How Payers Can Help
      • Methods to Help Payers and Providers Successfully Manage Increased Risk
    • Multi-Payor ACOs
      • Private-Public Payor Collaboration
      • Medicaid ACOs
    • ACO Legal Issues
      • Addressing ACO Legal Issues
      • Structural Safeguards Against Market Dominance and Antitrust Concerns
    • The Role of Health IT in ACO Implementation
    • Clinical Transformation
      • New Pathways to Clinical Innovation
      • The Role of Clinical Leadership in Transformation
      • Models for Clinical Transformation
    • Performance Measurement
      • Collaborative Measurement Approaches Between Payers And Providers
      • Innovations in Delivering and Measuring Results of Patient-Centered Care
    • Payment Models and Patient Assignment
      • New Methods of Paying for Value
      • Assigning Patients to ACOs
    • Funding ACO Start-Up Costs
      • Opportunities from the Public Sector
      • Opportunities from the Private Sector
    • Fostering Better Care Coordination
    • Other Providers Helping to Support ACOs
    • Patient Notification in ACOs
    OTHER KEYNOTE FACULTY

    Jonathan Blum, MPP
    Deputy Administrator and Director of the Center for Medicare, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC

    Atul Gawande (Invited), MD, MA, MPH
    Brigham and Women's Hospital; Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

    Robert Kocher, MD
    Guest Scholar, Brookings Institution, Principal and Director, Center for Health Reform, McKinsey, Former Special Assistant to the President for Health Care, Washington, DC

    Aaron McKethan, PhD
    Director, Beacon Communities Program, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, DHHS, Washington, DC

    Edward D. Miller, MD
    Chief Executive Officer, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Frances Watt Baker and Lenox D. Baker Jr. Dean, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

    Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM
    National Coordinator for Programs and Policy, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

    Governor Mark Parkinson, JD
    President and Chief Executive Officer, AHCA/NCAL; Former Governor of Kansas, Washington, DC

    James N. Weinstein, DO, MS
    President, Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinic, Lebanon, NH

    Cecil Wilson, MD, MACP
    President, American Medical Association, Chicago, IL

    FEATURED FACULTY

    Laura Adams
    President and Chief Executive Officer, Rhode Island Institute for Quality, Providence, RI

    Arlene Ash, MS, PhD
    Professor, Quantitative Health Sciences, UMass Medical School, North Worcester, MA

    Bart Asner, MD
    Chief Executive Officer, Monarch Healthcare, Chairman, Integrated Healthcare Association, Irvine, CA

    Michael S. Barr, MD, MBA, FACP
    Senior Vice President, Division of Medical Practice, Professionalism and Quality, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA

    Elaine Batchlor, MD, MPH
    Chief Medical Officer, LA Care Health Plan, Chair-Elect, Integrated Healthcare Association, Los Angeles, CA

    Caroline S. Blaum, MD, MS
    Associate Chief, University of Michigan Faculty Group Practice, Ann Arbor, MI

    Carmella Bocchino, RN, MBA
    Executive Vice President, Clinical Affairs and Strategic Planning, America's Health Insurance Plans, Washington, DC

    Karen Boudreau, MD, FAAFP
    Senior Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Cambridge, MA

    Troy Brennan, MD
    Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, CVS Caremark, Boston, MA

    Ralph G. Brindis, MD, MPH, MACC, FSCAI
    Immediate Past President, American College of Cardiology, Senior Advisor for Cardiovascular Disease, Northern California Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA

    David Bronson, MD, FACP
    President, Cleveland Clinic Regional Hospitals; The Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Immediate Past Chair, AMGA

    Brenda Bruns, MD
    Executive Medical Director, Health Plan Division, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA

    Neil Calman, MD, ABFP, FAAFP
    President and Chief Executive Officer, The Institute for Family Health, New York, NY

    Jay Cohen, MD, MBA
    Executive Chairman, Monarch Health Care, Irvine, CA

    Kathryn Correia
    President of Hospital Division, ThedaCare, Appleton, WI

    Molly Coye, MD, MPH, MA
    Chief Innovation Officer, UCLA Health System, Los Angeles, CA

    Randall D. Cebul, MD
    Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Director, Center for Health Care Research and Policy; Director, Better Health Greater Cleveland, Cleveland, OH

    Edward C. Cymerys, FSA, MAAA
    Senior Vice-President and Chief Actuary, Blue Shield of California, San Francisco, CA

    Susan Dentzer
    Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs, Health Policy Analyst, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, Washington, DC

    Marilyn A. Follen, RN, MSN
    Administrator, Institute for Quality, Innovation & Patient Safety, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, WI



    John Friend, Esq.
    General Counsel, Tucson Medical Center, Tucson, AZ

    David Gifford, MD, MPH
    Senior Vice President of Quality and Regulatory Affairs, AHCA/NCAL, Washington, DC

    Paul Ginsburg, PhD
    President, Center for Studying Health System Change, Washington, DC

    Norbert Goldfield, MD
    Medical Director, Clinical Research, 3M Health Information Systems, Wallingford, Connecticut

    Jill H. Gordon, JD, MHA
    Partner and Co chair, Health Law Group, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Los Angeles, CA

    Robert Graham, MD
    Program Director, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Aligning Forces for Quality Program, Washington, DC

    Douglas A. Hastings, Esq.
    Chairman, Board of Directors, Epstein, Becker, Green, PC, Washington, DC


    Melinda Hatton, JD, MPA
    Senior Vice President and General Counsel, American Hospital Association, Washington, DC

    Daniel Hawkins
    Senior Vice President, National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC), Washington, DC

    Lisa Iezzoni, MD, MSc
    Professor of Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, MA

    John Iglehart
    Founding Editor, Health Affairs, National Correspondent, New England Journal of Medicine, Washington, DC

    Christopher G. Janney, Esq.
    Partner, SNR Denton, Washington, DC




    Sheila Johnson, RN, MBA
    Director, Clinical Services, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic, Lebanon, NH

    David Judge, MD
    Medical Director, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

    Jeffrey L. Kang, MD, MPH
    Chief Medical Officer, CIGNA, President, eHealth Initiative, Former Chief Medical Officer, CMS, Washington, DC

    Larry Kocot, JD, MPA, LLM
    Deputy Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Senior Counsel, SNR Denton LLP, Washington, DC

    Uma R. Kotagal, MBBS, MSc
    Senior Vice President, Quality and Transformation and Director, Health Policy and Clinical Effectiveness, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH

    Colleen Kraft, MD
    Program Director, Transitional Residency, Carilion Clinic Pediatric Medicine, Roanoke, VA

    William E. Kramer
    Executive Director, National Health Policy, Pacific Business Group on Health, San Francisco, CA

    Gail Kursh
    Deputy Chief, Legal Policy Section and Special Counsel for Federal-State Cooperation, US Department of Justice, Washington, DC

    David Lansky, PhD
    President and Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Business Group on Health, San Francisco, CA

    Bruce Leff, MD
    Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

    Arthur Lerner, Esq.
    Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC

    Lisa Letourneau, MD, MPH, FACP
    Executive Director, Quality Counts; Maine Patient-Centered Medical Home Pilot, Portland, ME

    Steve Lieberman, MPhil, MA
    Visiting Scholar, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC

    H. Eugene Lindsey, MD
    Chief Executive Officer, Atrius Health, and Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Newton, MA

    Peter Long, PhD
    President and Chief Executive Officer, Blue Shield of California Foundation, San Francisco, CA



    Marie Mann, MD, MPH, FAAP
    Project Officer and Deputy Chief, Genetics Services Branch, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, HRSA, Rockville, MD

    Janet M. Marchibroda
    Chair, Health Information Technology Initiative, Health Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center, Washington, DC

    Robert J. Margolis, MD
    Managing Partner and CEO, HealthCare Partners, Chair, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Torrance, CA

    Mary D. Naylor, PhD, FAAN, RN
    Marian S. Ware Professor in Gerontology, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA

    Eugene C. Nelson, D.Sc., MPH
    Senior Faculty Member, Center for Leadership and Improvement, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Hanover, NH

    Debra Ness, MS
    Leader, Campaign for Better Care, President, National Partnership for Women and Families, Washington, DC

    J. Marc Overhage, MD, PhD
    Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Siemens AG; Professor of Informatics, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN

    Peggy O'Kane, MHA
    President, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Washington, DC

    Richard K. Onizuka, PhD
    Health Care Policy Director, Washington State Health Care Authority, Olympia, WA

    Susan E. Pantely, FSA, MAAA
    Consulting Actuary, Milliman Group, San Francisco, CA

    Kavita Patel, MD, MSHS
    Fellow, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, The Brookings Institution, Former Director of Policy, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement, White House, Washington, DC

    Joachim Roski, PhD, MPH
    Managing Director, High-Value Health Care Project, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC

    Douglas C. Ross, Esq.
    Partner and Chair, Firmwide Litigation Practice, Davis Wright Tremaine, Governing Council, ABA Antitrust Section, Seattle, WA

    Dana Gelb Safran, ScD
    Senior Vice President, Performance Measurement and Improvement, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Boston, MA

    Richard Salmon, MD, PhD
    Vice President and National Medical Executive, CIGNA HealthCare, Bloomfield, CT

    James C. Sams, MD
    Medical Director, Piedmont Physicians Group, Atlanta, GA

    Lew Sandy, MD, MBA
    Senior Vice President for Clinical Advancement, United HealthCare, Senior Fellow, School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota, Minnetonka, MN

    Cary Sennett, MD, PhD
    Fellow, Economic Studies and Managing Director for Health Care Finance Reform, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC

    Mark Shields, MD, MBA, FACP
    Senior Medical Director, Advocate Physician Partners, Vice President, Advocate Health Care, Former Chief Medical Officer, Kaleida Health in New York, Oak Brook, IL

    Kirsten Sloan
    Vice President, National Partnership for Women and Families, Washington, DC




    Nora Super, MPA
    Director, Federal Government Relations, Health and Long-Term Care, AARP, Washington, DC

    Kalahn Taylor Clark, PhD, MPH
    Research Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC

    David Toomey
    President and General Manager, CIGNA HealthCare South Region, Dallas, TX

    Tom Tsang, MD, MPH
    Medical Director, Meaningful Use Division, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, DHHS, Washington, DC



    Rome Walker, MD
    Medical Director, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Roanoke, VA

    Jay Want, MD
    Principal, Want Health Care, LLC; Former President and Chief Executive Officer of Physician Health Partners, LLC, Denver, CO

    Steve Wiggins, MBA
    Managing Director, Essex Woodlands, New York, NY

    Tom Williams, Dr PH, MBA
    Executive Director, Integrated Healthcare Association, Oakland, CA

    CO CHAIRS

    Mark McClellan, MD, PhD
    Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Brookings Institution, Former CMS Administrator and FDA Commissioner, Washington, DC

    Elliott S. Fisher, MD, MPH
    Director, Population Health and Policy, Director, Center for Population Health, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy, Lebanon, NH

    CO-LOCATED WITH
    NATIONAL HEALTH IT AND DELIVERY SYSTEM TRANSFORMATION SUMMIT
    A Hybrid Conference and Internet Event
    The Leading Forum on Aligning Health IT With Delivery System Reforms, Including ACOs, the Medical Home and Other Care Coordination Models
    Sponsored by Bipartisan Policy Center and Center for Health Information Technology Policy
    Media Partners: Harvard Health Policy Review, Health Affairs, Accountable Care News and Medical Home News
    June 27 - 28, 2011
    Omni Shoreham Hotel
    Washington, DC
    www.HealthITandDeliverySystem
    Transformation.com


    NATIONAL CONGRESS ON WELLNESS ENGAGEMENT AND INNOVATION
    A Hybrid Conference and Internet Event
    The Leading Forum on Employee Accountability and Preventive Health Strategies
    Media Partners: Harvard Health Policy Review, Health Affairs, Accountable Care News, Medical Home News and Population Health Journal
    June 27 - 29, 2011
    Omni Shoreham Hotel
    Washington, DC
    www.WellnessInnovation
    Congress.com


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    FEATURED VIDEO
    From the
    NATIONAL ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION (ACO) CONGRESS
    Monday, October 25, 2010




    Key ACO Principles and Issues

    Mark McClellan, MD, PhD
    Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair in Health Policy Studies; The Brookings Institution, Former CMS Administrator; Former FDA Commissioner, Washington, DC

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    June 27 - 28, 2011

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