The World Congress Leadership Summit on Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) will convene providers and other stakeholders to discuss strategies for integrating and participating in an Accountable Care Organization framework on a local level that offers shared savings payments for improving the quality of care and costs. Real-world, case study examples of organizationscurrently participating in ACO pilots will be featured on the agenda and the Summit faculty will offer concrete, specific steps that others must take throughout the process of planning and implementation.

• UNDERSTAND the CMS implementation guidelines for participating in the Shared Savings program
• SUCCEED with an ACO in the private market by developing a multi-payer approach
• DEVELOP structures and processes that enable physicians and hospitals to work together to improve care with common quality and cost effectiveness goals
• ENGAGE physicians in leading change and reward them when health outcomes improve
• FORM a legal structure for receiving and distributing shared savings payments
• IMPROVE patient outcomes, increase quality while achieving efficiencies in care management, medication reconciliation, transitions and advance directives
• INTEGRATE financial and clinical systems to effectively manage risk and care
• ESTABLISH actuarial cost and utilization targets that if achieved will result in financial savings
• IMPLEMENT EHR and other technologies that enable data capture and sharing, analytics and reporting capability

2011 Co-Chairpeople
Michael Edbauer, DO Chief Medical Officer Catholic Health Partners	Dennis R. Horrigan President and CEO Catholic Health Partners
2011 Featured Speakers
Jitin Asnaani, MBA Initiative Coordinator, Office of Interoperability & Standards Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT	James E. Barr, MD Chief Medical Officer and Vice President, Physician Network Development Optimus Healthcare Partners
Tricia Marine Barrett, MHSA Vice President, Product Development NCQA	Howard Beckman, MD, FACP, FAACH Chief Medical Officer Focused Medical Analytics Clinical Professor of Medicine and Family Medicine University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Shannon Brownlee, MS Acting Director The New America Foundation Health Policy Program; Instructor The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice; Author Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine is Making Us Sicker and Poorer; Woodrow Wilson Visiting Scholar	Matthew F. Burke Policy Analyst Office of Economic Analysis & Modeling Office of the National Coordinator for HIT
Robert S. Canterman Bureau of Competition Federal Trade Commission	F. Douglas Carr, MD, MMM Medical Director, Education and System Initiatives Billings Clinic
Dustin Charles Public Health Analyst, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT	William J. DeMarco, MA, CMC President and Chief Executive Officer DeMarco and Associates, Inc.
Susan DeVore President and Chief Executive Officer Premier Healthcare Alliance	Palmer Evans, MD Former Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Tucson Medical Center
Jeffrey Gruen, MD, MBA Director, PRTM Management Consultants	Betty J. Herbert Director, Managed Care CaroMont Health
Jeff James Chief Executive Officer Wilmington Health Associates	Wendy Johnson Healthcare Group Publisher, FierceMarkets
Dan Kinsella Senior Vice President Ingenix Consulting	Richard A. Kipp, MAAa, FCA, RHU Principal, Consulting Actuary Milliman
Ronald M. Klar, MD, MPH President, Health Services Analysis, Inc., Washington, DC	Thomas H. Kloos, MD President and Chief Executive Officer Optimus Healthcare Partners
Daniel Lemberg Senior Principal Engineer ViPS, a General Dynamics Information Technology Company	H. Eugene Lindsey, MD President and CEO Atrius Health
Paul Markovich Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Blue Shield of California	Jan Mathews, RN, MPHA, CPHQ, NEA, BC Assistant Vice President, Quality Management CaroMont Health
Anne McCune Senior Vice President Ingenix Consulting	Edward G. Murphy, MD President and Chief Executive Officer Carilion Clinic
Wayne Pan, PhD, MD, MBA Chief Medical Officer Santa Clara County IPA	Jeffrey R. Ruggiero, Esq. General Counsel Medical Society of the County of Queens Counsel Queens County IPA, Inc.
H. Scott Sarran, MD, MM Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois	James E. Satterfield, MD, FACS Past President and Trustee Medical Society of the County of Queens Chair and Board of Directors QCIPA
Ted Smith Senior Advisor Innovations Office of the National Coordinator for HIT	Jay Sultan Associate Vice President, Systematic Health Management and Applied Analytics TriZetto
Gary Young, JD, Ph.D Professor and Director, Center for Health Policy and Healthcare Research Northeastern University	Wil Yu Special Assistant, Innovations The Office of the National Coordinator, Health IT
Barry Grant Zallen, MD, FAAP Medical Director, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA)