The WHCC 8th Annual Executive Congress on Health Reform convenes over 600 CEOs and senior executives from all sectors of health care including employers, employer coalitions, public purchasers, health plans, hospitals, health systems, government regulators, pharma, health IT solution providers and medical suppliers to discuss solutions to the escalating challenges of health care access, affordability, coverage and quality. In addition, the vast majority of WHCC's 130 members of the media attend the Executive Congress including more than a dozen national TV, print and radio outlets.
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Monday, April 4, 2011
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2:00 pm -
3:55 pm
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3:00 pm -
4:00 pm
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Achieving Value in Health Care—Incentives and Collaboration Needed to Drive Delivery System Reform |
- Brookings and Premier recommendations on how the delivery system establish accountable care models to rein in the growth of spending for Medicare
- Strategies to improve quality, satisfaction, and efficiency by redesigning financial incentives and re-engineering the delivery of care
- Addressing concerns of possible cost increases from hospital mergers, group practice acquisitions or hiring more doctors to better coordinate care
- The need to improve physician hospital relations and establishing a greater emphasis on clinical integration
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Mark B. McClellan, MD, PhD
Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Brookings Institution;
Former Administrator, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS);
Former Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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10:40 am -
11:35 am
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Establishing Accountable Care Organizations for Shared Savings—Strategies to Align Incentives |
- Lessons learned from the PGP Demonstration - Insights into payment reform options that promote high-value care and reduce Medicare spending growth
- How the Billings Clinic reduced hospital admissions for around 500 heart-failure patients by 35% to 43%, saving Medicare more than $3 million over three years
- Design and development of a sustainable ACO to ensure shared savings in the short and long term
- Care coordination strategies to achieve savings to be shared between hospitals, physicians, beneficiaries, and CMS
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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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11:40 am -
12:35 pm
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Next Generation Medical Home Models to Improve Reimbursement and Quality Outcomes |
- Proven medical home models as a long-term strategy for management of and care coordination for chronic conditions
- Details on CareFirst’s voluntary medical home and the greater emphasis compensation based on physician-patient engagement
- Strategies to achieve patient engagement and patient satisfaction within a medical home
- Success stories and lessons learned from patient-centered medical home initiatives
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Chester Burrell
President and CEO
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
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2:50 pm -
3:45 pm
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10:35 am -
11:30 am
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11:30 am -
12:15 pm
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