ACO Summit
ACO Summit healthcare conference

Press Release: Brookings/Dartmouth Fourth National ACO Summit Features Managing the ACO Balance Sheet: Financing the ACO Operations
  • A Hybrid Conference and Internet Event
  • The Leading Forum on Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and Related Delivery System and Payment Reform
  • June 12 - 14, 2013
  • Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
  • Online In Your Own Office or Home live via the Internet with 24/7 Access for Six Months
  • www.ACOSummit.com
PRESS RELEASE
Phone: 800-503-3597
Email: registration@hcconferences.com
Website: www.ACOSummit.com
CO CHAIRS
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 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


EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION
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WASHINGTON DC USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- APRIL 4, 2013: The Fourth National Accountable Care Organization Summit, www.ACOSummit.com, will be held on June 12 - 14, 2013 at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC. Registrants may attend the event in person or online (live webcast and archived for 6 months).

FEATURING MANAGING THE ACO BALANCE SHEET: FINANCING THE ACO OPERATIONS

Charles Kennedy, MD, MBA
Chief Executive Officer, Accountable Care Solutions, Aetna, Hartford, CT

Richard Merkin, MD
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Heritage Provider Network, Inc., Northridge, CA

Michael Murphy, FACHE, CMPE
President and Chief Executive Officer, Accountable Care Organization, Iowa Health System, Des Moines, IA

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 and FDA Commissioner, Washington, DC (Moderator)

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TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS
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CREDIT DESIGNATION STATEMENT
This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for both onsite and online attendees.

FEATURING PLENARY SESSION PANELS
  • Managing the ACO Balance Sheet: Financing the ACO Operations
  • Emerging Models of Accountable Care
  • Health Care Reform 2013 and Beyond

AND EXTENSIVE TRACK SESSIONS
  • Track 1: Strategies and Technology for Innovative Payment Models
  • Track 2:Performance Measurement for Accountable Care
  • Track 3:Delivery System Reform and Clinical Transformation
  • Track 4: Managing Vulnerable Populations
  • Track 5:Optimizing Care Teams
  • Track 6:Engaging Patients in Medical Care
  • Track 7: Analytics and Health IT for Population Health Management
  • Track 8: Moving Beyond Readmissions for Quality and Savings

AS PART OF DC HEALTHCARE INNOVATION WEEK OFFERED IN SEQUENCE WITH
THIRD NATIONAL BUNDLED PAYMENT SUMMIT
A Hybrid Conference and Internet Event
The Leading Forum on the Role of Healthcare Payment Reforms with Special Focus on Bundled Payment Approaches
Sponsored by the Integrated Healthcare Association
Media Partners: Harvard Health Policy Review, Health Affairs, Accountable Care News, and Medical Home News
June 10 - 11, 2013
Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill
Washington, DC
www.BundledPaymentSummit.com

NATIONAL HEALTHCARE INNOVATION SUMMIT
A Hybrid Conference and Internet Event
The Leading Forum on Healthcare Innovation and Achieving the Triple Aim
Sponsored by NEHI and UCLA Health System
Media Partners: Harvard Health Policy Review, Health Affairs, Accountable Care News, and Medical Home News
June 10 - 12, 2013
Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill
Washington, DC
www.HealthcareInnovationsSummit.com

ACO SUMMIT IS

FOURTH NATIONAL ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION (ACO) SUMMIT

June 12 - 14, 2013

ONSITE
Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill
Washington, DC


OR
ONLINE
In your own office or home live via the Internet
with 24/7 access for six months



FEATURING PRECONFERENCE: LEGAL AND OPERATIONAL ISSUES IN ACO DEVELOPMENT

S. Lawrence Kocot, JD, LLM, MPA
Deputy Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, The Brookings Institution; Senior Counsel,
SNR Denton; Former Senior Advisor to the Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
Washington, DC (Moderator)

KEYNOTE PANEL #1: MANAGING THE ACO BALANCE SHEET: FINANCING THE ACO OPERATIONS

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 and FDA Commissioner, Washington, DC (Moderator)

Charles Kennedy, MD, MBA
Chief Executive Officer, Accountable Care Solutions, Aetna, Hartford, CT

Richard Merkin, MD
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Heritage Provider Network, Inc, Northridge, CA

Michael Murphy, FACHE, CMPE
SVP/President and Chief Executive Officer, Accountable Care Organization, Iowa Health System, Des Moines, IA

KEYNOTE PANEL #2: EMERGRING MODELS OF ACCOUNTABLE CARE

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

Jonathan Gavras, MD, FCCP
Senior Vice President, Delivery System, Chief Medical Officer, Florida Blue, Jacksonville, FL

Wayne Jenkins, MD, MPH
President, Orlando Health Physician Partners, Orlando, FL

Jeffrey Kang, MD, MPH
SVP of Health and Wellness Services and Solutions, Walgreen Co., Deerfield, IL

KEYNOTE PANEL #3: HEALTH CARE REFORM 2013 AND BEYOND

Judy Mohr-Peterson, PhD
Medicaid Director, Oregon Health Authority, Salem, OR

Kay Ghahremani
Associate Commissioner for Medicaid/CHIP, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Austin, TX

TRACK 1: STRATEGIES AND TECHNOLOGY FOR INNOVATIVE PAYMENT MODELS
PANEL 1: THE PATH TO QUALITY-BASED PAYMENTS: LOOKING AHEAD

Craig E. Sammitt, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Dean Health Systems, Former Chief Operating Officer, Fallon Clinic, Former Senior Vice President, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Madison, WI (Moderator)

James E. Barr, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Optimus Healthcare Partners ACO, Summit, NJ

Lewis G. Sandy, MD, FACP
Senior Vice President Clinical Advancement, UnitedHealth Group Senior Fellow, School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota, Minnetonka, MN

Cary Sennett, MD, PhD
President, IMPAQ International, Former Chief Medical Officer, MedAssurant, Former Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, Ingenix Columbia, MD

Greger Vigen, FSA, MBA
Consulting Actuary; Co-Author, Measurement of Healthcare Quality and Efficiency: Resources for Healthcare Professionals and Opportunities During Transformation: Moving To Health Care 2.0; Society of Actuaries, Los Angeles, CA
PANEL 2: TECHNOLOGY ENABLED SOLUTIONS IN PAYMENT REFORM

Peter Basch, MD, FACP
Medical Director of Ambulatory EHR and Health IT Policy, MedStar Senior Fellow for Health IT Policy, Center for American Progress, Washington, DC (Moderator)

Ted Meisel, JD
Senior Advisor, Elevation Partners, Los Angeles, CA

Marc Overhage, MD, PhD
Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Health Services, Siemens Healthcare, Indianapolis, IN

Jordan Shlain, MD, FACP
Cofounder and President, HealthLoop, San Francisco, CA

Earl Steinberg, MD, MPP
Executive Vice President, Innovation and Dissemination, Chief, Healthcare Solutions Enterprise, Geisinger Health System; Former Senior Vice President for Clinical Strategy, Quality and Outcomes at WellPoint, Inc., Danville, PA

TRACK 2: PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT FOR ACCOUNTABLE CARE
PANEL 1: USING PERFORMANCE MEASURES IN MONITORING VALUE

Patrick Conway, MD, MsC
Chief Medical Officer and Director, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD (Moderator)

Marc H. Bennett
Chief Executive Officer, HealthInsight; Chair, Utah Patient Safety Steering Committee, Salt Lake City, UT

Palmer Evans, MD
Former Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Tucson Medical Center, Tucson, AZ

Terrence O'Malley, MD
Medical Director, Non-Acute Care Services, Partners, Medical Director, Spaulding Nursing and Therapy Center, North End; Medical Director, Partners Home Care, Boston, MA

Lucy Savitz, PhD, MBA
Director of Research and Education, Institute for Health Care Delivery Research, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT
PANEL 2: PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT COORDINATION

Tom Valuck, MD, JD
Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, National Quality Forum, Washington, DC (Moderator)

Mylia Christensen
Executive Director, Oregon Health Care Quality Corporation Portland, OR

Elizabeth Mitchell
Chief Executive Officer, Maine Health Management Coalition Portland, ME



Collette Pitzen, RN, BSN, CPHQ
Clinical Measure Development Manager, MN Community Measurement, Minneapolis, MN

Chris Queram
President and Chief Executive Officer, Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality, Middleton, WI

TRACK 3: DELIVERY SYSTEM REFORM AND CLINICAL TRANSFORMATION
PANEL 1: MANAGING THE PACE OF CHANGE IN CLINICAL TRANSFORMATION

Jeffrey Epstein, MD
Medical Director: Quality, Case Management and Resource Utilization, Stamford Health Stamford, CT (Moderator)

Poonam Alaigh, MD, MSHCPM, FACP
Chief Executive Officer and President, Alaigh Care Associates LLC. Former New Jersey Commissioner of Health and Senior Services; Former Executive Director, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, North Plainfield, NJ

Tom Cassels
Executive Director, Research & Insights, Advisory Board Company Washington, DC

Seth Frazier, MBA
SVP of Client Strategy and Clinical Transformation, Evolent Health, Arlington, VA



Kimberly Kauffman, MA
Executive Director, Summit Medical Group, Knoxville, TN
PANEL 2: INNOVATIVE WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS IN AN ACCOUNTABLE CARE ENVIRONMENT

Kavita Patel, MD, MSHS
Fellow and Managing Director, Clinical Transformation and Delivery Reform, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC (Moderator)

Norma Ferdinand, MSN, RN, DNSS
Senior Vice President, Chief Quality Officer, Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, PA

Marcia Guida James, MBA, MS, CPC
Director, Provider Engagement, Humana, Louisville, KY

Edward Salsberg, MPH
Director, National Center for Health Workforce Analysis, HRSA Rockville, MD

Tom Strong, MBA
Program Manager, The Hitachi Foundation, Washington, DC

TRACK 4: MANAGING VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
PANEL 1: ADDRESSING THE NON-CLINICAL NEEDS OF HIGH-RISK POPULATIONS

Jeffrey Brenner, MD
Medical Director, Urban Health Institute at Cooper University Healthcare; Executive Director, Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, Camden, NJ (Moderator)




Steven Carson, RN, BSN, MHA
Vice President, Clinical Integration, Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, PA

Ken Coburn, MD, MPH
Chief Executive Officer and Medical Director, Health Quality Partners, Doylestown, PA

Rebecca Onie
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Health Leads, Boston, MA

Corey Waller, MD
Director, Spectrum Health Medical Group Center for Integrative Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI
PANEL 2: CLINICAL MODELS FOR HIGH-RISK POPULATIONS

Jim Bonnette, MD
Chief Medical Officer and Partner, Oliver Wyman, Detroit, MI (Moderator)

Donald Furman, MD, MBA
Co-founder and former Chief Medical Officer, CareMore



Chris Stanley, MD, MBA
Vice President of Care Management, Catholic Health Initiatives Englewood, CO

Grace Terrell, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Cornerstone Health Care High Point, NC

TRACK 5: OPTIMIZING CARE TEAMS
PANEL 1: SPECIALISTS IN ACCOUNTABLE CARE

Barbara L. Mcaneny, MD
Chief Executive Officer, New Mexico Cancer Center, New Mexico Oncology Hematology Consultants, Ltd., Albuquerque, NM (Moderator)

Geraldine McGinty, MD, MBA
Partner, NRAD Medical Associates PC; Former Chair, Commission on Economics, American College of Radiology; Former Medical Director, Outpatient Imaging, Montefiore Medical Center

Frank Opelka, MD, FACS
Vice President, Health Affairs and Medical Education, Louisiana State University System; Former Vice Chancellor for Clinical Affairs, LSU Health Sciences Center; Former Associate Medical Director, American College of Surgeons Baton Rouge, LA

Terry Spoleti
President, Glenridge HealthCare Solutions, Columbia, MD
PANEL 2: ALIGNING ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR CARE DELIVERY TEAMS

Diane Cardwell, MPA, ARNP, PA-C
Vice President of Healthcare Solutions, TransforMED, Leawood, KS

J. Emilio Carillo, MD, MPH
Vice President, Community Health Development, New York Presbyterian, Former President and Chief Medical Officer, New York-Presbyterian Community Health Plan, Former President, New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, New York, NY

Paul Cook, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Rocky Mountain Health Network, Billings, MT

TRACK 6: ENGAGING PATIENTS IN MEDICAL CARE
PANEL 1: PATIENT ENGAGEMENT IN HEALTHCARE DECISION MAKING

Shannon Brownlee, MS
Director (Acting), Health Policy Program, The New America Foundation, Author, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine is Making Us Sicker and Poorer, Washington, DC (Moderator)

Glyn Elwyn, BA, MB, BCH, MSC, FRCGP, PhD
Visiting Professor and Senior Scientist, The Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science, Hanover, NH

Judith H. Hibbard, DrPH
Lead PAM Inventor, Insignia Health Board of Advisors, Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research and Innovation, Professor Emerita, Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management, University of Oregon, Portland, OR

L. Gordon Moore, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Treo Solutions LLC; Founder of the Ideal Medical Practices, Troy, NY

Chris Saigal, MD, MPH
Associate Professor and Vice Chair, Director of Health Services Research, UCLA Department of Urology, Institute of Urologic Oncology, Los Angeles, CA
PANEL 2: PALLIATIVE CARE

Lynn Spragens, MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer, Spragens & Associates Durham, NC (Moderator)

Susan Block, MD
Chair, Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital Co-Director, HMS Center for Palliative Care, Boston, MA

Dorothy Deremo, MSN, RN, MHSA
President and Chief Executive Officer, Hospice of Michigan, Former Vice President of Patient Care Services/Chief Nursing Officer, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI

Timothy G. Ihrig, MD, MA
Medical Director, Palliative Care Services, Iowa Health System, Fort Dodge, IA

Robert Sawicki, MD
Senior Vice President of Supportive Care, OSF Healthcare, Peoria, IL

TRACK 7: ANALYTICS AND HEALTH IT FOR POPULATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT
PANEL 1: CASE STUDIES IN USING PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS FOR POPULATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT

Fauzia Khan
Chief Medical Officer, Co-Founder, DiagnosisOne, Inc., Alere, Inc. Lowell, MA (Moderator)

Peter E. Alperin, MD
Vice President of Medicine, Archimedes Inc., Former Director of Medical Informatics, Brown and Toland Medical Group, San Francisco, CA

A.G. Breitenstein, JD, MPH
Vice President and General Manager of Provider Markets, Co-Founder, Humedica, Boston, MA

Lisa Farnan
Vice President, Accountable Care, The TriZetto Group, Greenwood Village, CO

Miles Snowden, MD, MPH, CEBS
Chief Medical Officer, OptumHealth, Minneapolis, MN

PANEL 2: HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGES FOR ACOS

David Kelleher
Director, Employers' Forum of Indiana, Indiana Health Information Exchange, Indianapolis, IN (Moderator)

W. Michael Long
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Lumeris, Former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Healtheon/WebMD, St. Louis, MO

Sumit Nagpal
President and Chief Executive Officer, Alere Accountable Care Solutions, Waltham, MA

Rex Osborn
Senior Healthcare Solutions Architect, Xerox Federal Solutions Group, Washington, DC

Darren Schulte, MD, MPP
President, Apixio, San Mateo, CA

TRACK 8: MOVING BEYOND READMISSIONS FOR QUALITY AND SAVINGS
PANEL 1: INTEGRATING CARE FOR DUAL ELIGIBLES

Patricia A. Gabow, MD
Former Chief Executive Officer, Denver Health and Hospital Authority, Denver, CO (Moderator)

Indira Paharia, PsyD, MBA, MS
Corporate Vice President, Clinical Programs Policy, Research & Development, Molina Healthcare, Seattle, WA
PANEL 2: USING MEDICATION MANAGEMENT TO OPTIMIZE DELIVERY

S. Lawrence Kocot, JD, LLM, MPA
Deputy Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, The Brookings Institution; Senior Counsel, SNR Denton; Former Senior Advisor to the Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC (Moderator)

Molly J. Ekstrand, RPh, AE-C, CDE
Pharmacist, Medication Management, Certified Asthma and Diabetes Educator, Medication Management Program Director, Park Nicollet Health Services, St Louis Park, MN

Katherine Heller, PharmD
Vice President, Clinical Solutions, Integrated Delivery Systems and Patient Services, Walgreens, Daytona Beach, FL

William Shrank, MD
Director, Rapid Cycle Evaluation Group, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, MD

Marie Smith, PharmD
Henry A. Palmer Professor of Community Pharmacy Practice, Assistant Dean, Pharmacy Practice and Policy Partnerships, University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy, Storrs, CT

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LIVE AND ARCHIVED WEBCAST ATTENDANCE
Watch the conference in live streaming video over the Internet and at your convenience at any time 24/7 for the six months following the event.

The archived conference includes speaker videos and coordinated PowerPoint presentations.

Pros: Live digital feed and 24/7 Internet access for next six months; Accessible in office, at home or anywhere worldwide with Internet access; Avoid travel expense and hassle; No time away from the office





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SUMMIT REGISTRATION

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