Press Release: Fifth National Accountable Care Congress Agenda and Brochure Now Available

A Hybrid Conference and Internet Event

Produced by CAPG and Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA)

November 10 - 12, 2014

Onsite at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles, CA

Online in Your Own Office or Home Live via the Internet with 24/7 Access for Six Months

www.ACOCongress.com

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AGENDA AND BROCHURE NOW AVAILABLE

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WASHINGTON DC USA -- PAYMENT/DELIVERY SYSTEM REFORM UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- JULY 31, 2014: The Fifth National Accountable Care Congress, www.ACOCongress.com, will be held on November 10 - 12, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles, CA. Registrants may attend the event in person or online (live webcast and archived for 6 months).

FIFTH NATIONAL ACCOUNTABLE CARE CONGRESS

November 10 - 12, 2014

ATTEND ONSITE
Hyatt Regency Century Plaza
Los Angeles, CA

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

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Jonathan S. Bush, MBA Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and President, athenahealth, Watertown, MA	Elliott S. Fisher, MD, MPH Director, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH	Samuel W. Ho, MD Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, UnitedHealthcare, President, UnitedHealthcare Clinical Services, Cypress, CA
Farzad Mostashari, MD Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Aledade, Inc., Visiting Fellow, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Brookings Institution, Former Nat'l HIT Coordinator, US DHHS, Washington, DC	Bruce K. Muma, MD, FACP Chief Medical Officer, Henry Ford Physician Network, Detroit, MI	Samuel R. Nussbaum, MD Executive Vice President, Clinical Health Policy and Chief Medical Officer, WellPoint, Indianapolis, IN

Hoangmai H. Pham, MD, MPH Acting Director, Seamless Care Models Group, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC	Stephen M. Shortell, PhD, MPH, MBA Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professor, Health Policy and Management, Professor of Organization Behavior and Dean Emeritus, School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Mark Wagar, MPH President, Heritage Medical System; Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Empire BlueCross BlueShield, Northridge, CA	Joseph M. Zubretsky Senior Executive Vice President, National Businesses, Aetna, Former Chief Financial Officer, Aetna, Hartford, CT

FEATURING PRECONFERENCE SESSIONS:

Ambulatory Palliative Care

Mobilizing Team Based Care Towards Patient Engagement and Population Health

PLENARY SESSIONS:

The Health Care Policy Landscape

CMS Accountable Care Update

Health Plan Perspectives: Commercial ACO Arrangements

Hospital Perspectives: Role of Hospitals in Accountable Care

Physician Group Perspectives: Leading Accountable Care

Commercial ACO Development on A PPO Platform: An Attributed Model

Employer-Driven Accountable Care: the Boeing and Swedish/Providence Experience

Commercial ACO Development on a PP O Platform: An Attributed Model

Employer-Led Innovation for Healthcare Delivery and Payment Reform

Where Does it Hurt in Health Care?

AND CONCURRENT SESSIONS:

Patient Engagement in Accountable Care Organizations

Post-Acute Services in Accountable Care

Accountable Care and Government Programs

Early Observations from ACOs Developing in the Private Market

Primary Care Practice Transformation

Population Health in a Hospital ACO

Hospital System Innovations in an Accountable Care World

2nd Generation Medicare ACOs

Achieving Physician Cooperation to Drive ACO Performance

Can Quality Measures Promote Optimal and Not Underuse?

Improving Value by Focusing on Clinical Variation

Lessons Learned in Launching a Commercial ACO

Public and Private Insurance Exchanges: Implications for Providers

A Close Up Look at Cost Effective Population Health Strategies

An Approach to Medically Complex Patients

Beyond ACOs: New Revenue Sources in a Consumer-Centric World

Risky Business: California's Delegated Model in Critical Condition

The Evolution of Accountable Care Arrangements

FEATURED FACULTY

Janet Appel, BSN, MSN Director, Population Health, Sharp Rees Stealy Medical Centers, San Diego, CA	Barry S. Arbuckle, PhD President and CEO, MemorialCare Health System, Fountain Valley, CA	Robin Arnold-Williams Partner, Leavitt Partners, Former Secretary, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Salt Lake City, UT
Bruce Bagley, MD, FAAFP President and Chief Executive Officer, TransforMED, Leawood, KS	Howard Beckman, MD Director, Innovative Strategies, Finger Lakes Health System Agency, Chief Medical Officer, Focused Medical Analytics, Rochester, NY	Ann Boynton, MA Deputy Executive Officer, Benefit Programs Policy and Planning, CalPERS, Sacramento, CA
Lauren Cates Director of Consumer Convenience and Market Development, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Albuquerque, NM	Robert Ching, Esq. General Counsel and Executive Vice President, Hawaii Pacific Health, Honolulu, Hawaii	Andrew Cohen Vice President Strategy, Kaufman Hall, Former Vice President, Product Development Retiree & Value Based Plans, UnitedHealth Group, New York, NY
Tamara Cull National Director of Value Based Care Management Programs and Operation, Catholic Health Initiatives, Englewood, CO	Aldo De La Torre Vice President, Provider Engagement and Contracting, Anthem Blue Cross, Woodland Hills, CA	Brian DeVore Director, Healthcare Strategy and Ecosystem, Intel Corporation, Portland, OR
Robert W. Dubois, MD, PhD Chief Science Officer, National Pharmaceutical Council, Washington, DC	Darren Dworkin Chief Information Officer, Cedars-Sinai Health System, Los Angeles, CA	Cindy Ehnes, Esq. Executive Vice President, Consulting, Cope Health Solutions, Sacramento, CA
Jerry Floro, MD President, Pioneer Medical Group, Cerritos, CA	Randall D. Frakes Chief Executive Officer, Health Access Solutions, San Francisco, CA	Emmy Hall Ganos, PhD Program Associate, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ
Joe Gifford, MD Chief Executive, ACO, Providence-Swedish, Former Chief Medical Officer, Regence Blue Shield, Seattle, WA	Sam Glick Principal, Oliver Wyman, New York, NY	Jonathan Gluck, Esq. Senior Executive and Corporate Counsel, Heritage Provider Network, Northridge, CA
Edward Gold, MD Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, The Hackensack Physician Hospital Alliance ACO, Hackensack, NJ	Mark Golberg Senior Vice President of Healthcare Strategy and Value Based Care, ConvergeHEALTH by Deloitte, Newton, MA	Lisa Rediger Hayward, Esq. Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, WA
J. Kersten Kraft, MD Practicing Urologist; President, Individual Practice Association Medical Group of Santa Clara County, San Jose, CA	Colin LeClair Executive Director, Monarch HealthCare ACO, Irvine, CA	William MacBain Senior Vice President, Gorman Health Group, LLC, Washington, DC
Lisa Mangiante, MPP, MPH Director, Intensive Outpatient Care Program, Pacific Business Group on Health, San Francisco, CA	Ann McAlearney, ScD, MS Professor of Family Medicine, Vice Chair for Research, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH	Robert Mechanic, MBA Senior Fellow, Heller School of Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University; Executive Director, Health Industry Forum, Waltham, MA
Steve C. Montamat, MD Medical Director, Accountable Care, St. Luke's Health System, Boise, ID	Jonathan F. Nasser, MD Chief Transformation Officer, Crystal Run Healthcare, New York, NY	Chris Pricco Senior Vice President of Risk and Quality Enablement Solutions, Optum, Eden Prairie, MN
Richard Salmon, MD, PhD National Medical Executive, Performance Measurement and Improvement, CIGNA HealthCare, Hartford, CT	Scott Sarran, MD Chief Medical Officer, Government Programs, Health Care Service Corporation, Chicago, IL	Lucy Savitz, PhD Senior Scientist, Intermountain Healthcare Institute for Health Care Delivery Research, Salt Lake City, UT
Ernie Schwefler Regional Vice President - California, Provider Engagement and Contracting, Anthem Blue Cross, Los Angeles, CA	Jane Scott Senior Vice President, Clinical Services, Gorman Health Group, LLC, Washington, DC	Wells Shoemaker, MD Consulting Medical Director, Aptos, CA
Richard Slavin, MD President and CEO, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Mountain View, CA	Steven Stout Vice President, McKesson Business Performance Services, St. Louis, MO	David Swieskowski, MD, MBA Senior Vice President and Chief Accountable Care Officer, Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines, Iowa
Judy (Citko) Thomas, JD Executive Director, Coalition for Compassionate Care of California, Sacramento, CA	Rachel Tobey, MPA Director, John Snow, Inc. (JSI), San Francisco, CA	Thomas Valuck, MD, JD Partner, Discern Health, Former Senior Vice President for Strategic Partnerships, National Quality Forum, Former Senior Advisor and Medical Officer, CMS, Baltimore, MD
Michael Van Duren, MD, MBA Vice President, Clinical Transformation, Sutter Medical Network at Sutter Health, San Francisco, CA	Barbara Wachsman Senior Executive, Employee Health Benefits, Disney Worldwide, Burbank, CA	Scott Weingarten, MD Senior Vice President and Chief Clinical Transformation Officer, Cedars-Sinai Health System, Los Angeles, CA

Jeff White
Director Healthcare Strategy, The Boeing Company, Seattle, WA

Jill Yegian, PhD
Senior Vice President, Programs and Policy, Integrated Healthcare Association, Oakland, CA

Marcus Zachary, MS, DO
Medical Director, Quality and Population Health, Brown and Toland Physicians, San Francisco, CA

PRODUCED BY

CAPG AND IHA ACCOUNTABLE CARE CONGRESS WELCOME

Donald H. Crane, JD
President and Chief Executive Officer, CAPG, Los Angeles, CA

Tom Williams, DrPH
President and Chief Executive Officer, Integrated Healthcare Association, Oakland, CA

As Accountable Care Congress co producers, it is the pleasure of CAPG and the Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA) to welcome attendees to our Accountable Care Congress. The Congress will provide an unprecedented opportunity to discuss, dissect, and identify effective ways to implement ACOs, a key component of the recently passed health care reform.

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TRADITIONAL ONSITE ATTENDANCE

Simply register, travel to the conference city and attend in person.

Pros: subject matter immersion; professional networking opportunities; faculty interaction

LIVE AND ARCHIVED WEBCAST ATTENDANCE

Watch the conference in live streaming video of plenary sessions and listen to audio of preconference and track sessions over the Internet and at your convenience at any time 24/7 for six months following the event.

The archived conference includes speaker Video and Audio and coordinated PowerPoint presentations.

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

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FIFTH NATIONAL ACCOUNTABLE CARE CONGRESS November 10 - 12, 2014
ATTEND ONSITE Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Los Angeles, CA	OR	WEBCAST PARTICIPATION In your own office or home live via the Internet with 24/7 access for six months

CONGRESS REGISTRATION

For Congress registration information, visit www.ACOCongress.com/registration.php, email registration@hcconferences.com, or call 800-503-5640.

CONGRESS EXHIBIT & SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION

For sponsorship and exhibit information, visit www.ACOCongress.com/promotional/index.html, or contact Justin Sorensen, Exhibit Manager, at (206) 452-0609 phone, (206) 319-5303 fax, or exhibits@hcconferences.com.