• Policy updates and preliminary data based on implementation rollout
• Lessons from initial consumer enrollment
• Government initiatives to refine and optimize processes in the next six months

• Microeconomic impacts of reform and the growth of private insurance exchanges on the business of delivering health care
• Stakeholder approaches, levels of engagement/commitment, and success measures
• Important shifts in business and product design to succeed in an exchange-based environment and adjust to the movement of larger employers to private exchanges
• Effects on provider, public and private plan, employer, and life sciences organizations

Market Insight A: Managing Your Technology Portfolio: The Things You Should Know

Additional Market Insights TBA

If you have a product or solution you would like to showcase, please contact us.

• Learn about the changing relationships between payers and providers: What are the financial outcomes of the exchanges for each party?
• Discuss the impact of the health exchange on the rates between payers and providers
• Examine who are the customers at the exchange: Will there be a shift in customers?

• Understand what new compensation models have been defined, which models are for hospitals, and which are for physicians
• Get insight into different payment models
• Hear CMS’ opinion on payment reform regarding quality, access, and outcomes
• Learn what payment models CMS has implemented and which are anticipated

• Define which models are bundled and which are global
• Discuss the pros and cons of bundled payment versus global payment
• Case Study: Learn from first-hand experience which model should be used under which circumstances
• Learn what the risk arrangements are for population management

• Examine how hospitals are approaching quality measures: What are the different systems in place and how is quality measured?
• Discover patient engagement initiatives that have resulted in better outcomes
• Discuss the impact of quality improvement on the financial outcome
• How do you quantify the return on investment?

• The delicate interplay between government, vendor, provider, and patient goals in privacy and security
• Approaches to sharing clinical trial data to foster and drive scientific discovery
• Data analysis and connectivity at the patient, provider system, and reimbursement level to improve outcomes and support value-based care initiatives
• Requirements of privacy and security rules and their impact on industry, covered entities, and patients

• Examine the strategic thinking behind partnerships and collaborations: How are leaders from all sectors of health care positioning initiatives for optimal uptake and success?
• Understand current efforts between sectors to support the move toward value and quality

• Delivering on the promise of genomics and targeted treatments in clinical decision support
• Implementing next gen HIT cloud-based platforms for coordinated care, population management, and real-time data integration

• Approaches to reduce cost for employers, patients, providers, and payers
• Implementing (and paying for) money-saving measures
• Providing cost transparency in the system

If you have a product or solution you would like to showcase, please contact us.

• Discuss the impact of mergers on the contracting process
• Explore how consolidations influence the direction of the market price
• Discover if and how mergers create economies of scale and high quality

• Understand how to use price data and quality data
• Find out how the availability of data effects negotiations
• Hear about the impact of quality data on negotiations between providers and payers: How do the conversations change?

• Financial and clinical alignment of physicians to change care practices
• Disruptive forces that provide alternatives to the trend of consolidation
• Thinning line between provider and payer groups
• Employment models and practice redesign to improve care

• Motivate consumers to engage with your brand by determining what results in reduced costs or improved outcomes
• Gauge the role of employers in driving behavior change
• Discuss how to differentiate your brand meaningfully as products become more standardized
• Examine retail segmentation, patient engagement, and wellness initiatives

• Strengthening the link between innovation and strategy
• Balancing innovation with need: Realizing the benefit of technology investments in increased outcomes or reduced costs
• Technology that enables sustainable and scalable, consumer-focused models of care
• Systems implementation and integration for truly connected care

• What is the ROI of wellness programs versus the cost of doing nothing?
• What parameters and culture support success?
• What can we learn from failed attempts?

• Capture the opportunity to serve the newly eligible
• Expand access and market share in the provider community
• Define the value proposition for a new population

• Parallels in innovation from life sciences and Silicon Valley
• Gauging the impact on the cost curve from investments in prevention versus treatment
• Leveraging personalized medicine to improve chronic disease treatment

If you have a product or solution you would like to showcase, please contact us.