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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
10:15 am -
10:20 am
Chairperson's Opening Remarks
10:20 am -
11:05 am
Learning by Leading: California's Pay for Performance Program
  • An overview of the CA P4P model, including program structure, guiding principles, and governance
  • P4P measurement evolution: integrating cost and quality of care
  • P4P results and lessons learned
  • Looking forward, plans for building on a foundation of meaningful performance measurement to remain relevant in a changed marketplace
Dolores Yanagihara, MPH
Program Director, Pay for Performance
Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA)

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11:05 am -
11:50 am
The High-Stakes Use of Data – Assessing the Impact Across All Stakeholders
  • Analyzing bundled-payments as a component of health care reform legislations
  • Contrasting bundling to existing payment models as a means for improving system-wide effectiveness and efficiency
  • Evaluating the potential impact of payment for episodes of care on provider relationships and current organizational structures
  • Preparing the provider community to respond and succeed in a changing environment
Nicholas Wolter - Speaker Photo Nicholas Wolter, MD
Chief Executive Officer, Billings Clinic;
Former Commissioner, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC);
Member, Board of Trustees, American Hospital Association (AHA)

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11:50 am -
1:00 pm
Luncheon with Executive Discussion Roundtables
1:00 pm -
1:45 pm
A Health Plan's Solution to Quality and Total Cost Improvements
  • An Update on Aetna's High Performance Provider Initiative (HPPI)
  • Fostering strategic partnerships with providers to ensure a bilateral exchange of information
  • Current efforts to standardize data across organizations
Kirsten Anderson, MD
Chief of Staff to the Chief Medical Officer
Aetna

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1:45 pm -
2:30 pm
Collaborative Payment Models to Drive Quality – An Update on the Alternative Quality Contract (AQC)
  • Moving beyond pay-for-performance to provider contracts that pay for quality and reward efficiencies
  • Tying new payment models to evidence-based medicine and comparative effectiveness models
  • Development and launch of the Alternative Quality Contract to pay providers for quality and outcomes, not volume and complexity
Deborah Devaux
Executive Director, Community Transformation
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA)

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