• The Leading Forum on Commercial and Public Program Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and Related Delivery System and Payment Reforms
• A Hybrid Conference and Internet Event
• Produced by California Association of Physician Groups (CAPG) and Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA)
• November 1 - 3, 2011
• Onsite at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, CA
• Online In Your Own Office or Home live via the Internet with 24/7 Access for Six Months
• www.ACOCongress.com

WASHINGTON DC USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- AUGUST 9, 2011: The National Accountable Care Organization Congress, www.ACOCongress.com, will be held November 1 - 3, 2011 at the Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, CA. Registrants may attend the event in person or online (live webcast and archived for 6 months).

FEATURING PRESENTATIONS ON COMMERCIAL ACOs

Juan Davila Senior VP, Network Management, Blue Shield of California, Woodland Hills, CA Jay M. Gellert President and Chief Executive Officer, Health Net, Inc., Woodland Hills, CA Dana Gelb Safran, Sc.D. Senior Vice Pres., Performance Measurement & Improvement, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Boston, MA Richard Salmon, MD, PhD National Medical Executive, Performance Measurement and Improvement, CIGNA HealthCare, Bloomfield, CT Scott Sarran Chief Medical Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield Illinois, Chicago, IL Charles Saunders, MD President of Strategic Diversification, Aetna, Inc., Hartford, CT J. Bradley Wilson President and CEO, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Durham, NC

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SECOND NATIONAL ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION (ACO) CONGRESS November 1 - 3, 2011 ONSITE Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel Los Angeles, CA OR ONLINE In your own office or home live via the Internet with 24/7 access for six months CAPG AND IHA ACO CONGRESS WELCOME As ACO Congress co producers, it is the pleasure of the California Association of Physician Groups (CAPG) and the Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA) to welcome attendees to our ACO Congress. The Congress will provide an unprecedented opportunity to discuss, dissect, and identify effective ways to implement ACOs, a key component of the recently passed health care reform. Donald H. Crane President and Chief Executive Officer, California Association of Physician Groups, Los Angeles, CA Tom Williams Executive Director, Integrated Healthcare Association, Oakland, CA KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Jonathan Blum, MPP Deputy Administrator and Director of the Center for Medicare, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC Karen Davis, PhD President, The Commonwealth Fund, Former Chairmam, Department of Health Policy and Management, The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, New York, NY Jeff Goldsmith, PhD President, Health Futures, Inc., Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Karen Ignagni President and Chief Executive Officer, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), Washington, DC Hoangmai H. Pham, MD, MPH Director of ACO Programs, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Former Co-director for Research, Center for Studying Health System Change, Baltimore, MD FEATURED FACULTY Richard Afable, MD, MPH President and Chief Executive Officer, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Newport Beach, CA Gail M. Amundson, MD, FACP President and Chief Executive Officer, Quality Quest for Health of Illinois, Peoria, IL Bart Asner, MD Chief Executive Officer, Monarch Healthcare, Chair, Integrated Healthcare Association, Irvine, CA David A. Balto, Esq. Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress, Partner, Law Offices of David Balto, Former Policy Director, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC Carole B. Black, MD Chief Medical Officer, Valence Health, Chicago, IL Christi J. Braun, JD, MPH Partner, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, PC, Former Staff Attorney, Health Care Services & Products Division, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC Matt Chayt, JD Legal Fellow, Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law & Social Policy, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Robert M. Crane Senior Advisor, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA Francis J. (Jay) Crosson, MD Associate Executive Director, The Permanente Medical Group, Senior Fellow, Institute for Health Policy, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA Juan Davila Senior Vice President, Network Management, Blue Shield of California, Woodland Hills, CA James Dougherty, MD Chief Medical Officer, The Medical Group of Ohio and Ohio Health Group, Columbus, OH David M. Eddy, MD, PhD Founder and Medical Director, Archimedes Healthcare Modeling, San Francisco, CA Leonard Fromer, MD, FAAFP Executive Medical Director, Group Practice Forum, Los Angeles, CA Jay M. Gellert President and Chief Executive Officer, Health Net, Inc., Woodland Hills, CA Jill H. Gordon, Esq. Partner and Vice Chair, Health Law Practice, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Los Angeles, CA Barbara B. Gray, MBA, RN Vice President, Accountable Care Collaborative, Premier, Inc., Charlotte, NC Robert G. (Bob) Homchick, Esq. Partner and Chair, Health Law Practice, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, WA John Jenrette, MD Chief Executive Officer, Sharp Community Medical Group, San Diego, CA James P. Joseph, Esq. Tax Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC Paul Katz President & CEO, Intelligent Healthcare, Los Angeles, CA Sharon Levine, MD Associate Executive Director, The Permanente Medical Group, Oakland, CA Ann Marie Marciarille, JD Senior Research Fellow, Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law & Social Policy, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Steve McDermott Chief Executive Officer, Hill Physicians Medical Group, San Ramon, CA David Nace, MD Vice President & Medical Director of Clinical Development, McKesson Corporation, Vice Chairman, Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC), Malvern, PA Jonathan M. Niloff, MD Founder and Chief Medical Officer, MedVentive, Inc., Waltham, MA Cynthia Perazzo Senior Vice President, Strategy & Business Development, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Newport Beach, CA Alan Puzarne Chief Operating Officer, Nautilus Healthcare Management Group/Greater Newport Physicians, Newport Beach, CA Jeff Rideout, MD Senior Vice President, Cost & Care Management and Chief Medical Officer, The TriZetto Group, Newport Beach, CA James C. Robinson, PhD Leonard D. Schaeffer Professor of Health Economics, School of Public Health, Director, Berkeley Center for Health Technology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Cástulo de la Rocha, JD President and Chief Executive Officer, AltaMed Health Services, Los Angeles, CA Jeffrey R. Ruggiero, Esq. Healthcare Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP, New York, NY Dana Gelb Safran, ScD Senior Vice President, Performance Measurement & Improvement, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Associate Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA Richard Salmon, MD, PhD National Medical Executive, Performance Measurement and Improvement, CIGNA HealthCare, Bloomfield, CT H. Scott Sarran, MD Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield Illinois, Chicago, IL Charles E. Saunders, MD, MBA President of Strategic Diversification, Aetna, Inc., Hartford, CT Martin Serota, MD Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, AltaMed Health Services, Los Angeles, CA Barbara S. Spivak, MD President, Mount Auburn Cambridge Independent Practice Association (MACIPA), Brighton, MA Aldo De La Torre Vice President, Provider Contracting, Anthem Blue Cross, Rancho Cordova, CA Asim Varma, Esq. Antitrust Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC J. Bradley Wilson President and Chief Executive Officer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, Durham, NC Keith Wilson, MD Regional Medical Director, HealthCare Partners Medical Group, Chair, California Association of Physician Groups, Torrance, CA John Wray Senior Vice President, Managed Care, Catholic Healthcare West, San Francisco, CA Dolores Yanagihara, MPH Director, Pay for Performance Program, Integrated Healthcare Association, Oakland, CA PARTICIPATION OPTIONS TRADITIONAL ONSITE ATTENDANCE Simply register, travel to the conference city and attend in person. Pros: subject matter immersion; professional networking opportunities; faculty interaction LIVE AND ARCHIVED INTERNET ATTENDANCE Watch the conference in live streaming video over the Internet and at your convenience at any time 24/7 for the six months following the event. The archived conference includes speaker videos and coordinated PowerPoint presentations. Pros: Live digital feed and 24/7 Internet access for next six months; Accessible in office, at home or anywhere worldwide with Internet access; Avoid travel expense and hassle; No time away from the office INTERNET INTERFACE SAMPLE Click here for a sample stream CONGRESS REGISTRATION For Congress registration information, visit www.ACOCongress.com/registration.php, email registration@hcconferences.com, or call 800-503-5640. CONGRESS EXHIBIT & SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION For sponsorship and exhibit information, visit www.ACOCongress.com/promotional/index.html, or contact Justin Sorensen, Exhibit Manager, at (206) 452-0609 phone, (206) 319-5303 fax, or exhibits@hcconferences.com.