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Monday April 17, 2006

INDUSTRY UPDATES

Chairperson
Karen Davis
President
The Commonwealth Fund

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2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
Top Ten Issues for Payors and Providers
  • Critical issues facing the payer and provider industries in the coming year
  • Analysis of the strategies employed to address these issues
  • In-depth review of the same issue affecting payers and providers differently
Peter Kongstvedt MD
Partner
Accenture

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3:00 pm - 3:45 pm
The New New Thing in Evidence-Based Health Care: Engaged Consumers
  • Research on emerging trends including: consumer-directed health products, health plans’ focus to reach members directly, employers’ role in reinforcing their employees' efforts in self-management for both chronic illnesses and prevention and the growing interest in personal health records
  • Solutions to improve consumer involvement in care and treatment decisions
  • Innovations to support informed treatment choices including choices between roughly comparable alternatives
Carolyn Clancy MD
Director
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

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Eric B. Larson MD, MPH, MACP
Director, Center for Health Studies,
Group Health Cooperative;
Immediate Past Chair, Board of Regents
American College of Physicians

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3:45 pm - 4:15 pm
NETWORKING BREAK WITH MODERATED SPEAKER DISCUSSION GROUPS
4:15 pm - 5:00 pm
Transparency in Health Care Quality — Evidence of Impact
  • Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality's initiatives to develop verifiable quality measures for meaningful public reporting
  • PCH4's quality reporting efforts and the impact on providers, payers and purchasers
  • IHA's pay-for-performance initiatives and its impact on financial and clinical outcomes
Moderator
Gail M. Amundson MD, FACP
Associate Medical Director, Quality Improvement
HealthPartners

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Christopher Queram
President and CEO
Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality
Mark C. Rattray MD
National Medical Director
UnitedHealthcare

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Marc Volavka
Executive Director
Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council

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5:15 pm - 6:00 pm
Keynote Address "International Epidemics"
6:10 pm - 6:45 pm
Keynote Address "Microfinance - Improving Economic and Health Status in Developing Countries"
6:45 pm - 8:00 pm
Welcoming Reception with Executive Discussion Series (TBA)
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