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Press Release: Brookings/Dartmouth Sixth ACO Summit Features Fisher, Galvin & Ignagni on Aligning Goals for Payment Reform
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- A Hybrid Conference and Internet Event
- The Leading Forum on Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and Related Delivery System and Payment Reform
- Center for Health Policy at the Brookings Institution and Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
- June 17 - 19, 2015
- 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
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FEATURING ALIGNING GOALS FOR PAYMENT REFORM BY:
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Robert S. Galvin, MD, MBA, Chief Executive Officer, Equity Healthcare, Operating Partner, Blackstone; Chair, Catalyst for Payment Reform, New York, NY
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Karen Ignagni, MBA, President and Chief Executive Officer, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), Washington, DC
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Elliott S. Fisher, MD, MPH, Director, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH (Moderator)
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WASHINGTON DC USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE -- MARCH 31, 2015: The Sixth National Accountable Care Organization Summit, www.ACOSummit.com, will be held on June 17 - 19, 2015 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).
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SIXTH NATIONAL ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION (ACO) SUMMIT
June 17 - 19, 2015
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ATTEND ONSITE
Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill
Washington, DC
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WEBCAST PARTICIPATION
In your own office or home live via the Internet with 24/7 access for six months
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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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 |

Robert S. Galvin, MD, MBA
Chief Executive Officer, Equity Healthcare, Operating Partner, Blackstone, Chair, Catalyst for Payment Reform, New York, NY |

Karen Ignagni, MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer, America's Health Insurance Plans, Former Director, Department of Employee Benefits, AFL-CIO, Washington, DC
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Stephen M. Shortell, PhD, MBA, MPH
Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management, Director, Center for Healthcare Organizational and Innovation Research (CHOIR), Dean Emeritus, School of Public Health, Professor of Organization Behavior, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA |

Glenn D. Steele Jr., MD, PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Geisinger Health System, Former Richard T. Crane Professor in the Department of Surgery, Vice President for Medical Affairs, and Dean, Division of Biological Sciences Division and Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Danville, PA
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TRACK KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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Larry Atkins, PhD
Executive Director, Long-Term Quality Alliance (LTQA), Former President, National Academy of Social Insurance, Washington, DC |

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 |

Norman B. Kahn Jr., MD
Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, Council of Medical Specialty Societies, Former Vice President, Science and Education, American Academy of Family Physicians, Chicago, IL
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S. Lawrence Kocot, JD, LLM, MPA
Visiting Fellow, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution, Member, Epstein Becker Green, Former Senior Advisor to the Administrator, CMS, Washington, DC |

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

Terry McGeeney, MD, MBA, FAAFP
President, Care Accountability, Inc., Visiting Scholar, Brookings Institute, Kansas City, MO
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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 |

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

Marci Nielsen, PhD, MPH
Chief Executive Officer, Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative, Former Vice Chancellor for Public Affairs and Associate Professor, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Washington, DC
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Darshak Sanghavi, MD
Director, Preventive and Population Health Care Models Group, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Former Fellow and Managing Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Brookings Institution, Baltimore, MD |

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 |

Greger J. Vigen, MBA, FSA, MAAA
Independent Consulting Actuary, Co-Author, Measurement of Healthcare Quality and Efficiency: Resources for Healthcare, Professionals and Opportunities During Transformation: Moving To Health Care 2.0, Los Angeles, CA
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FEATURED FACULTY
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D. Clay Ackerly, MD, MSc
Chief Clinical Officer, naviHealth, Inc., Former Associate Medical Director, Population Health and Continuing Care, Partners HealthCare, Boston, MA |

Robert F. Atlas, MBA
President, EBG Advisors, Inc., Medicaid Consultant, North Carolina DHHS, Washington, DC |

Peter Basch, MD
Medical Director, Ambulatory EHR and Health IT Policy, MedStar Health, Visiting Scholar in Health IT Policy, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC
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Julie Brill, JD
Commissioner, FTC, Former Senior Deputy AG, North Carolina Department of Justice, Former Assistant AG for Consumer Protection and Antitrust, Vermont, Washington, DC |

Emily Brower, MBA
Executive Director, Accountable Care Programs, Atrius Health, Boston, MA |

Laura Butcher, MPH
Director, Strategic Portfolio Management, Population Health Services, Providence Health and Services/ Swedish Health System, Former Manager, Strategic Development, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, WA
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Angela Carmichael, MBA, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P
AHIMA-Approved ICD-10 CM/PCS Trainer, Health Information Management, Director, J.A. Thomas & Associates/Nuance Communications, Inc., Atlanta, GA |

Jamie Colbert, MD
Consultant, ACO Learning Network, Brookings Institution, Hospitalist, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |

Jon Darer, MD, MPH
Chief Innovation Officer, Division of Clinical Innovation, Clinical Director, Clinical Decision Intelligence System, Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA
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Derek DeLia, PhD
Associate Research Professor, Center for State Health Policy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ |

Daniel J. Durand, MD
Vice President, Specialty Health, Strategy and Health Plan, Evolent Health, Assistant Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Washington, DC |

John Friend, JD
Founding and Managing Member, Value Stream Partners, LLC, Former CEO/Executive Director, Arizona Connected Care, LLC, Tucson, AZ
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Michael G. Hunt, DO, FACOP, FAAP, MMI
Chief Medical Officer and Chief Medical Information Officer, St. Vincent's Health Partners, Inc., Bridgeport, CT |

Bill Lape, MBA
Chief Executive Officer, R&Q Healthcare Interests, Chicago, IL |

Kevin Larsen, MD, FACP
Medical Director, Meaningful Use, Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota, Washington, DC
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Robert F. Leibenluft, Esq.
Partner, Hogan Lovells, Former Assistant Director, Health Care, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC |

Cheryl Lulias, MPA
President and Executive Director, Medical Home Network, President and CEO, MHN ACO, LLC, Chicago, IL |

Kristen Miranda
Vice President, Strategic Partnerships and Innovation, Blue Shield of California, Former Director, Provider/Plan Interface, WellPoint, Inc., Sacramento, CA
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David Morales
Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Steward Health Care, Lynn, MA |

Doug Pace
Executive Director, Advancing Excellence in Long Term Care Collaborative, Former Executive Director, Long-Term Quality Alliance, Washington, DC |

Jose F. Peña, MD
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Director, Rio Grande Valley ACO Health Providers, Donna, TX
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Marc Probst, MBA
Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt lake City, UT |

Christine S. Ritchie, MD, MSPH
Professor of Medicine, Harris Fishbon Distinguished Professor in Clinical Translational Research and Aging, Division of Geriatrics, UCSF, San Francisco, CA |

Iyah Romm
Policy Director for System Performance and Strategic Investment, Massachusetts Health Policy Commission, Former Director of Policy, Health Planning and Strategic Development, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Somerville, MA
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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 |

Charles E. Saunders, MD
Chief Executive Officer, Healthagen, an Aetna company, Former Executive in Residence, Warburg Pincus, Former Chief Medical Officer, Healtheon/WebMD, San Francisco, CA |

Mark Savage, JD
Director of Health Information Technology Policy and Programs, National Partnership for Women & Families, Former Senior Attorney, Consumers Union, Washington, DC
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Christina Severin, MPH
President and Chief Executive Officer, Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization, Former President, Network Health, a Tufts Health Plan subsidiary, Boston, MA |

Eliza (Pippa) Shulman DO, MPH
Chief of Geriatric Programs, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Boston, MA |

Janice Singer, MA, MPH
Vice President, Programs and Operation, Massachusetts Health Quality Partners, Former Director of Managed Care Programs, Massachusetts Medicaid Program, Watertown, MA
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Gregory Spencer, MD, FACP
Chief Medical Officer and Chief Medical Information Officer, Crystal Run Healthcare, Middletown, NY |

Mary F. Temm, DSc, MHSA
President, Temm & Associates, Inc., Phoenix, AZ |

Troy Trygstad, PharmD, MBA, PhD
Director of the Network Pharmacist Program and Pharmacy Projects, Community Care of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
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W. Douglas Weaver, MD
VP and System Medical Director, Heart and Vascular Services, Henry Ford Health System; Past President, American College of Cardiology, Detroit, MI |

Marcus Zachary, DO
Vice President/Senior Medical Director of Population Health and Quality, Brown and Toland Medical Group, Former Lead Physician Informaticist/EHR Physician Champion, Dignity Health, San Francisco, CA
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EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION
- SAVE UP TO $600 -
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Register by Friday, April 24, 2015 for Early Bird Discount and save up to $600.
Click here to register.
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CO CHAIRS
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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

Elliott S. Fisher, MD, MPH
Director, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH
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FEATURING KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS
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- US Department of Health and Human Services Perspective on Payment Reform
- Aligning Goals on Payment Reform
- Future Directions for Health System Payment and Delivery Reform
- ACO Next Steps: Proposed Rule and Beyond
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AND TRACKS
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- Track 1: Quality Improvement and Measurement
- Track 2: Commercial ACO Innovation and Growth
- Track 3: Variation and Financial Performance Metrics
- Track 4: Employer-Led Accountable Care Innovations
- Track 5: State Innovations in Accountable Care
- Track 6: Strategies for Managing Vulnerable Populations
- Track 7: Data Management/Health IT Issues
- Track 8: Opportunities to Maximize the Value of Supplier Products
- Track 9: Specialty Care Challenges and Approaches
- Track 10: Advancing Primary Care and Delivery Design
- Track 11: Clinical Leadership and Engagement
- Track 12: Patient Engagement
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ACO SUMMIT IS
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PARTICIPATION OPTIONS
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TRADITIONAL ONSITE ATTENDANCE
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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
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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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WEBCAST INTERFACE SAMPLE
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Click here for a sample stream

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SIXTH NATIONAL ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION (ACO) SUMMIT
June 17 - 19, 2015
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ATTEND ONSITE
Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill
Washington, DC
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WEBCAST PARTICIPATION
In your own office or home live via the Internet
with 24/7 access for six months
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