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- Analyze pay-for-performance and quality measures for health plans and hospitals
- Debate why Medicare isn’t setting the standard for quality improvement
- Determine how evidence based medicine can transform cost and quality in Medicare
- Evaluate best practices for formulary design to produce positive clinical and financial outcomes
- Develop responsive strategies and practical applications for Part D implementation
- Explore competitive bidding processes to identify the best pricing structure for your plan
- Evaluate the competitive trends facing local and regional Medicare Advantage plans
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- Delve into future projections from the Chronic Care Improvement Program
- Debate the financial sustainability of Medicare for private health plans
- Peruse methods for mitigating cost of retiree benefits, Part D and the value of maintaining product offerings for the Medicare population
- Deliberate effective benefit and care coordination for dual eligible beneficiaries
- Exchange best practices to service vulnerable beneficiary populations
- Identify emerging technologies to transform physician/patient communication – An in-depth review of electronic health records and decision support tools
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Stephen C. Benowitz
Associate Director for Human Resources
Products and Services
U.S. Office of Personnel Management
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Leslie Norwalk
Deputy Administrator
Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services
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Steven B. Cohen, PhD
Director of the Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
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Robert Epstein, M.D.
Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer
Medco Health Solutions, Inc
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James Hereford
Executive Vice President, Strategic Services & Quality
Group Health Cooperative
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Randy M. Kammer, JD
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs & Public Policy
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida
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Mary Kennedy
Vice President, Business Development
Evercare, A UnitedHealth Group Company
Former Director of Medicaid
State of Minnesota
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Dorothy Outland
Director of Government Relations
Ovations' Insurance Solutions, a United Health Group Company
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Kevin "Kip" Piper, MA, CHE
President
Health Results Group LLC
Former Senior Advisor to the Administrator
Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services
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Bruce Vavrichek
Assistant Director for Health and Human Resources
Congressional Budget Office
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David Wennberg , M.D., MPH
Director, Center for Outcomes
Research & Evaluation
Maine Medical Center
Chief Operating Officer
Health Dialog Data Services
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Karen Wintringham
Vice President of Medicare Strategy and Operations
Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield
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