The WHCC 12th Annual Health Information Technology Summit

Workshop A: Cutting Costs in Employer-Sponsored Health Care

Workshop B: Preparing People and Organizations for the Challenge of Change: Seven Critical Success Factors

Workshop C: The Future of Interoperable Health IT: Direct, eHealth Exchange, and Beyond

Workshop D: Employee Engagement Strategies for HR Professionals

Workshop E: PPACA Certification Course

• How does patient churn between plans and provider networks affect the marketplace and patient-provider relationships, and what are possible approaches to overcome problems posed by churn?
• Evolution to a more sustainable Medicare payment system - Will Medicare Advantage replace traditional Medicare?
• What possibilities do employers and plans see in defined contribution and private exchanges?

• Hear how data is impacting traditional care methods
• Explore money-saving innovations that add value
• Apply science and big data to the bedside with genomic medicine

Market Insight A: Patients Take the Wheel: The Road Ahead

Market Insight B: Innovations in ePayment: The Evolving Face of the Virtual Card

Market Insight C: Your Communication Channels Are Holding You Back: Here’s How To Fix Them

• Invest in technology to improve operational efficiency and care outcomes
• how do you measure success?
• ROI vs. VOI: Shift in focus from calculating financial returns to achieving greater long-term value
• Cross hurdles in technology implementation within the workflow of payers and providers
• Mimize financial risks and maximize outcomes
• Use IT to improve health care safety and quality
• Align information technology objectives with enterprise strategy

• Facilitate collaboration between providers, payers, federal agencies, and other stakeholders while complying with regulations
• Build a clinical model around interoperability to ensure the right clinician is available at the right time
• Understand innovative HIE models that enable effective sharing of patient data and facilitate delivery of Patient Health Records (PHR) to consumers
• Achieve industry-wide interoperability among providers and HIE networks by mirroring the banking industry – Automated Clearing House (ACH) network

• Create an EHR ecosystem that encompasses and connects hospitals and clinics to share patient health information
• Explore the benefits of automated EHRs to reduce clinical expenditure: Hear from organizations with successful EHR rollouts
• learn about the importance of vendor relations
• allocate sufficient budget for training clinical staff
• Discuss strategies to overcome obstacles and navigate a smooth transition to Stage 2 MU

• Strategic insights from health system, plan, and other leaders transitioning from FFS to value-based care
• Why have some ACOs failed and others succeeded?
• Where is industry experiencing measurable benefits?
• How has the ACO model started disruptive processes for providers, payers, and hospital financing

• Perspective on how the business community can influence delivery reforms
• Approaches to reduce cost by equipping employees to partner in health care decisions
• Uptake and outcomes of financial incentive programs and cost transparency tools

• Economic determinants impacting provider, payer, employer, and supplier business strategies
• How could the ACA Marketplaces be reformed and expanded?
• The potential of market forces to affect pricing, overall cost, and innovation in health care

• Discuss levers that payers, providers, and employers can pull to impact health care cost
• Hear about Rosencare, an employer-led alternative to the ACA that is dramatically reducing cost while providing richer health benefits, and how it can apply to the broader U.S. health system
• Gain insight into trends impacting the cost curve including provider consolidation, utilization, and specialty drug pricing

Market Insight A: Bringing the Amazon Service Experience to Healthcare

Market Insight B: Demand-Driven Customer Engagement Strategies for Payers

• Create an effective IT strategy and structure
• Manage and integrate clinical and financial data
• Understand strategies to navigate ACOs from a physician standpoint
• Hear about efficient storage and exchange of patient data
• Understand the importance of IT systems for successful ACO operations

• Capture and extract the right data to manage patient populations
• learn to view Enterprise Data Warehousing (EDW) as a key corporate asset
• explore new technologies and think beyond traditional EDW
• Understand the importance of data security and drivers of Information Governance (IG)
• gain insight on effective measures to ensure data integrity
• Shift from traditional analytics to advanced analytics to create value
• understand data mining, use of metrics, and predictive modeling strategies
• Examine recent collaborations between payers and providers to share data, decrease cost, and improve care

• Leverage innovative tools to increase access in a consumer-centric health care system
• Hear about the power of social media to influence behavior, connect patients, providers, and caregivers
• Create patient-centric and provider-centric mobile apps
• ensure patients are equally responsible for their care and recovery
• wearable devices: How can they assist in monitoring treatment and progress?
• what incentivizes patients to actively participate in their health and well-being?

• The missing link in patient care – a focus on compassion
• The move toward a “System for Health” with patient-centered wellness and education

• Impacts of value-driven alliances and partnerships between payers, providers, employers, and suppliers
• Provider consolidation and the future of these affiliations
• The rise of the employed physician and how that changes health care delivery
• Vertical integration of plans and health systems: How is that working?

• Consumer engagement in an era of high-deductibles, narrow networks, and transparency
• Strategies to improve experience and influence choice throughout the consumer journey as purchaser, member, and patient
• Leveraging technology and data to effectively engage members, improve health outcomes, and enhance the member experience

• What does connected mean? Is it theory, tools, or the Consumer Electronics Market (CEM)?
• Explore results of implementing patient engagement tools and the effectiveness of wearables
• How does virtual medicine impact the provider-patient relationship? Where does responsibility begin and end?
• Can the current system adapt or is it poised for a revolution?

Market Insight A: Meet the Demands of Consumerism: The New Importance of Payments

Market Insight B: Creating Harley Davidson Loyalty in a Chronic Care World – What Retail Brands Can Teach Health Care about Consumer Engagement