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Press Release: The Sixth National Accountable Care Congress Features Keynote Address by CMS's Patrick Conway, MD, MSc
  • A Hybrid Conference and Internet Event
  • Media Partners: Harvard Health Policy Review and Health Affairs
  • November 16 - 18, 2015
  • 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
PRESS RELEASE
Phone: 800-503-5640
Email: registration@hcconferences.com
Website: www.ACOCongress.com
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FEATURING KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY
Patrick Conway, MD, MSc
Deputy Administrator for Innovation and Quality, Chief Medical Officer, Director, CMMI and Director, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, CMS, DHHS, Baltimore, MD

WASHINGTON DC USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- SEPTEMBER 2, 2015: The Sixth National Accountable Care Congress, www.ACOCongress.com, will be held November 16 - 18, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles, CA. Registrants may attend the event in person or online (live webcast and archived for 6 months).

CHAIRS

Elliott S. Fisher, MD, MPH
Director, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, John E. Wennberg Distinguished Professor of Health Policy, Medicine and Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Co-Director, Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, Lebanon, NH

Michael Leavitt
Founder and Chairman, Leavitt Partners, Former Governor of Utah, Former Secretary, US Department of Health and Human Services, Salt Lake City, UT

Mark McClellan, MD, PhD
Senior Fellow in Economic Studies and Director, Initiatives on Value and Innovation in Health Care, The Brookings Institution, Former CMS Administrator and FDA Commissioner, Washington, DC

CO CHAIRS

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

Jeffrey A. Rideout, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Integrated Healthcare Association, Oakland, CA

GOVERNMENT KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Patrick Conway, MD, MSc
Deputy Administrator for Innovation and Quality, Chief Medical Officer, Director, CMMI and Director, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, CMS, DHHS, Baltimore, MD

Hoangmai H. Pham, MD, MPH
Acting Chief Innovation Officer, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation Center, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC

FEATURING A PRECONFERENCE
  • Legal and Operational Issues for ACOs
PLENARY SESSIONS
  • Health Plans Driving Health Care Payment Reform
  • Health Care Delivery Transformation: From ACOs to Full Risk
  • Consolidation and Competition in Health Care Markets
  • Managed care Contracting in 2016
  • State Innovations in Population Health
  • Payer/Provider Partnerships and Efforts to Scale Reforms
  • ACO Policies and Issues on the Horizon

AND TRACK SESSIONS
  • Strategies for Risk and Contracting
  • Employer-Led and Other Contracting Innovation
  • Physicians' Role in Patient Engagement
  • Population Health Approaches/Behavioral Health Integration
  • Health IT and Mobile Technology
  • Pharmaceuticals and Devices
  • Managing Post-Acute Care
  • Managing Pediatric and Specialty Care

FEATURED FACULTY

Marc Berg, MD, PhD
Principal and National Lead of Government Healthcare Transformation, KPMG, Former Professor in Health Policy and Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Washington, DC

John Bertko, FSA, MAAA
Independent Actuarial Consultant, Former Chief Actuary, Covered California; Former Director, Office of Special Initiatives and Pricing, Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Sacramento, CA

Richard L. Brown, MD, MPH
Professor of Family Medicine, Director, Wisconsin Initiative to Promote Healthy Lifestyles, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer, Wellsys, LLC, Madison, WI

Mischa Dick, MBA
Vice President, Healthcare Excellence Institute, Phoenix, AZ

Judy Hibbard, DrPh
Lead PAM Inventor, Insignia Health Board of Advisors, Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research and Innovation and Professor Emerita, University of Oregon, Portland, OR

Kimberley K. Hiemenz, FSA, MAAA
Principal and Consulting Actuary, Milliman, Brookfield, WI

S. Lawrence Kocot, JD, LLM, MPA
Principal and National Leader, Center for Healthcare Regulatory Insight, KPMG, Visiting Fellow, The Brookings Institution, Former Senior Advisor to the CMS Administrator, Washington, DC

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

Stuart Levine, MD, MHA
Chief Innovation and Clinical Care Officer, Blue Shield of California, Los Angeles, CA

John Marchica, MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer, Darwin Research Group, Phoenix, AZ

Robert E. Matthews
President and Chief Executive Officer, MediSync, Cincinnati, OH

Robert E. Mechanic, MBA
Senior Fellow, Heller School of Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University, Executive Director, Health Industry Forum, Waltham, MA

Kelsey Mellard, MPA
Executive Director, Post-Acute Care Center for Research (PACCR), Vice President, Policy Transformation, naviHealth, Washington, DC

David B. Muhlestein, PhD, JD
Senior Director of Research and Development, Leavitt Partners, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT

Jose F. Peña, MD
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Director, Rio Grande Valley ACO Health Providers, Donna, TX

James M. Perrin, MD, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, John C. Robinson Chair in Pediatrics, Associate Chair, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Immediate Past President, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Boston, MA

Stephen M. Shortell, PhD, MBA, MPH
Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management, Dean Emeritus, School of Public Health, Professor of Organization Behavior, Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA




Jeff Squier, MBA
Payer Relations & Strategy Officer, Ascension Health/Columbia St. Mary's, Appleton, WI

Jeanene Smith MD, MPH
Administrator, Office for Oregon Health Policy and Research, Oregon Health Authority, Former Chief Medical Officer, Oregon Health Authority, Salem, OR


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TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS
The Accountable Care Congress is now offering partial and full Tuition Scholarships to qualifying representatives of local, state and federal government, consumer advocate organizations, safety net providers, academics, students and health services research organizations.
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ACCOUNTABLE CARE CONGRESS IS

SIXTH NATIONAL ACCOUNTABLE CARE CONGRESS
November 16 - 18, 2015

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


PARTICIPATION OPTIONS
TRADITIONAL ONSITE ATTENDANCE
Simply register, travel to the conference city and attend in person.

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




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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.





WEBCAST INTERFACE SAMPLE

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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.