Nat'l Pay for Performance Summit Features Measurement, Reliability, Public Reporting, Tiering, and Motivating Behavioral Change

PRESS RELEASE: Seventh National Pay for Performance Summit Features Measurement, Reliability, Public Reporting, Tiering, and Motivating Behavioral Change
A Hybrid Conference and Internet Event The Leading Forum on Pay for Performance, Transparency and Value Based Healthcare Sponsored by the Integrated Healthcare Association March 19 - 21, 2012 Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles, CA www.PFPSummit.com PRESS RELEASE Phone: 800-503-7382 Email: registration@hcconferences.com Website: www.PFPSummit.com

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LOS ANGELES, CA USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- JANUARY 19, 2012: The Integrated Healthcare Association's Seventh National Pay for Performance Summit, www.PFPSummit.com, will take place on March 19 - 21, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, CA.

FEATURING MEASUREMENT, RELIABILITY, PUBLIC REPORTING, TIERING AND MOTIVATING CHANGE BY

John L. Adams
Senior Statistician, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA

Howard Beckman, MD, FACP
Chief Medical Officer, Focused Medical Analytics, Pittsford, NY

Arnold Milstein, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Director of the Clinical Excellence Research Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Elizabeth Mitchell
Chief Executive Officer, Maine Health Management Coalition, Portland, ME

Tom Williams, DrPH
Executive Director, Integrated Healthcare Association, Oakland, CA (Moderator)

SEVENTH NATIONAL PAY FOR PERFORMANCE SUMMIT The Leading Forum on Pay for Performance, Transparency and Value-Driven Healthcare March 19 - 21, 2012
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

FEATURING PRECONFERENCE SESSIONS

Measuring Resource Use, Efficiency, and Total Cost of Care Sponsored by the Integrated Healthcare Association and the National Committee for Quality Assurance
Defining the Efficiency Component in Value Based P4P Sponsored by the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute
Ambition for Excellence: Small Physician Groups Aim High Sponsored by the California Association of Physician Groups
End of Life and Palliative Care: The Quality Improvement Opportunity Sponsored by Healthcare Partners

MINI SUMMITS

International P4P and Payment Reform
The National Quality Forum Convened Measure Applications Partnership (MAP)
Insurance Benefit Design and Cost Sharing for Payment Reforms
Updates from CMS: Value Based Purchasing, ACOs, and Other Initiatives - Interactive Session
ACO Performance Measurement and Payment
P4P and Bundled Payments
Pay for Performance at Work in Improving Hospital Quality
P4P and the Medical Home

PLENARY SESSIONS

Advancing to the Next Generation of Value Based Pay for Performance
How We Get to Affordable, Quality Healthcare
The Changing Landscape: Episodes of Care Version 2012 - A New Deal
Measurement, Reliability, Public Reporting, Tiering, and Motivating Behavioral Change

Creating Win-Win-Win Strategies for Successful Payment and Delivery Reform
Confronting the Realities of Implementing Payment and Delivery Reforms
Data Liberation: The Next Frontier in Information Technology
Who's Data is it Anyway? Why Can't We All Just Share It?

AND TRACK SESSIONS

The National Quality Forum Measure Use Evaluation
What Motivates Change?
Maximizing Safety, Quality and Efficiency: Achieving an Organization-wide Transformation
Using Metrics and Predictive Models to Succeed in CMS Hospital Value Based Payment Programs
ACO Quality and Efficiency Metrics
How Providers Can Manage and Administer Value Based Reimbursement
Translating Measurement into Tiering and Consumer Engagement
Reducing Hospital Acquired Complications: The Maryland P4P Experience

Engaging Hospitals in Quality Improvement through Pay for Performance
The Minnesota Experience: The Role of Measurement and Collaboration in Advancing the Triple Aim
It Starts with Appropriateness: Successfully Reducing Overuse of Cardiac Testing
Integrating Behavioral Health into Primary Care to Improve Value
Cleveland Clinic: Aligning Quality and Finance in a Hospital
Integrating Quality Metrics with Focused Interventions to Improve Medication Adherence
A New Compensation Approach for Cancer Care: A Prototype for Payment Reform
Pay for Performance Legal Issues

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

John L. Adams Senior Statistician, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA	Gail M. Amundson, MD, FACP President and Chief Executive Officer, Quality Quest for Health of Illinois, Peoria, IL	Howard Beckman, MD, FACP Chief Medical Officer, Focused Medical Analytics, Pittsford, NY
Jim Chase President, Minnesota Community Measurement, Minneapolis, MN	Molly Joel Coye, MD, MPH Chief Innovation Officer, UCLA Health System, Los Angeles, CA	François de Brantes, MS, MBA Executive Director, Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute, Newtown, CT
Trace Devanny Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, The Trizetto Group, Greenwood Village, CO	Gary B. Ferguson, PhD, PharmD Chief Healthcare Strategist, TIBCO, Inc., Palo Alto, CA	Charles D. Kennedy, MD Chief Executive Officer, Accountable Care Solutions, Aetna Inc., Hartford, CT
Tom Leyden, MBA Director, Value Partnerships Program, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Detroit, MI	Harold D. Miller Executive Director, Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform, President and CEO, Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement, Pittsburgh, PA	Arnold Milstein, MD, MPH Professor of Medicine and Director, Clinical Excellence Research Center, Stanford University, Medical Director, Pacific Business Group on Health, US Health Care Thought Leader, Mercer Health & Benefits, San Francisco, CA
Elizabeth Mitchell Chief Executive Officer, Maine Health Management Coalition, Portland, ME	Jean Moody-Williams, RN, MPP Director, Quality Improvement Group, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD	Samuel R. Nussbaum, MD Executive Vice President, Clinical Health Policy and Chief Medical Officer, Wellpoint, Inc., Indianapolis, IN
Peggy E. O'Kane President, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Washington, DC	Dana Gelb Safran, ScD Senior Vice President, Performance Measurement & Improvement, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Boston, MA	David Sayen Regional Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Region IX, San Francisco, CA

Betsy L. Thompson, MD, DrPH
Chief Medical Officer, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Region IX, San Francisco, CA

Dolores Yanagihara, MPH
Director, Pay for Performance Program, Integrated Healthcare Association, Oakland, CA

FEATURED FACULTY

Cesar Abicalaffe, MD, MSc Executive Director, Impacto Medica, Curitiba, Brazil	Karen Adams, PhD Vice President, National Quality Forum, Washington, DC	Kevin Anderson, MBA Program Manager, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Barry Arbuckle, PhD President and Chief Executive Officer, MemorialCare Medical Centers; Treasurer, Integrated Healthcare Association, Fountain Valley, CA	Dan Ayala Director, Clinical Analysis and Physician Compensation, Hill Physicians Medical Group, San Ramon, CA	Jeff Bond President and Chief Executive Officer, Cox Health Plans, Springfield, MO
Richard L. Brown, MD, MPH Clinical Director, Wisconsin Initiative to Promote Healthy Lifestyles, Professor of Family Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI	Nell Wood Buhlman, MBA Vice President, Clinical Compliance Products Press Ganey Associates, Inc., South Bend, IN	Cheryl L. Damberg, PhD Senior Researcher, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA
Gilbert D'Andria, MS, MBA Vice President, MedAssets, Plano, TX	Missy Danforth Senior Director, Communications & Membership, The Leapfrog Group, Washington, DC	Terri Devereaux, MPM, MSN Senior Quality Improvement Specialist, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI), Pittsburgh, PA
Stacey Eccleston Implementation Leader, Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute, Newtown, CT	Carol Everhart Senior Health Informatics Analyst, Western Maryland Health System, Swanton, MD	Brent D. Fulton, MBA, PhD Assistant Research Economist, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Norbert Goldfield, MD Medical Director, Clinical and Economic Research 3M Health Information Systems, Inc., Wallingford, CT	Jill H. Gordon, Esq. Partner and Vice Chair, Health Law Practice, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Los Angeles, CA	Tina Hahn Director of Education & Coaching, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI), Pittsburgh, PA
Kathy Hartman, RN, MSN, CNS Senior Director, HIM, Cleveland Clinic, Independence, OH	Constance W. Hwang, MD, MPH Vice President, Measure Applications Partnership (MAP), National Quality Forum, Washington, DC	Nancy Jaeckels Vice President and Chief Consultant, Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement, Bloomington, MN
Jen Johnson, MBA, CFA Partner, VMG Health, Dallas, TX	Keith T. Kanel, MD, FACP Chief Medical Officer, Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative, Pittsburgh, PA	Jamie Kerr, MD, FACP Chief Medical Officer, Utilization Management, Excellus Health Plans, Rochester, NY
Jennifer Lenz Assistant Vice President, Quality Solutions Group National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), Oakland, CA	Stuart Levine, MD, MHA Medical Director, HealthCare Partners, Torrance, CA	Kimberly MacPherson, MBA, MPH Program Director, Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, Co-Director, Berkeley Center for Health Technology, Berkeley, CA
Sanne Magnan, MD, PhD President and Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement, Bloomington, MN	Margaret H. Mason, MHSA Enhancing Healthcare Value Business Consultant, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Detroit, MI	Nikolas Matthes, MD, PhD, MPH Vice President, Clinical Research, Press Ganey Associates, Inc., South Bend, IN
Ruth McDonald Professor of Healthcare Innovation and Learning, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK	Michelle Merchant Acting Director, Network Hospital Relations, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, Newark, NJ	David Nace, MD Vice President & Medical Director, McKesson Corporation / Relay Health, Chairman, Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC), Malvern, PA
Shannon Phillips, MD, MPH Quality and Patient Safety Officer, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH	Lisa Rajt, MSW Senior Health Care Analyst, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Detroit, MI	James C. Robinson, PhD Leonard D. Schaeffer Professor or Health Economics, University of California at Berkeley, Director, Berkeley Center for Health Technology, Berkeley, CA
Richard M. Scheffler, PhD Distinguished Professor of Health Economics & Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA	Mah-J Soobader, PhD, MPH Vice President, MedAssets, Bedford, MA	Jett Stansbury Director, New Program Development and Episode Payment Program, Integrated Healthcare Association, Oakland, CA
Gregg Stefanek Family Practice Physician, Alma, MI	Jay Sultan AVP, Product Management for Value Based Reimbursement, The TriZetto Group, Union, NJ	Aldo De La Torre Vice President, Provider Contracting, Anthem Blue Cross, Rancho Cordova, CA
Thomas B. Valuck, MD, MHSA, JD Senior Vice President for Strategic Partnerships, National Quality Forum, Washington, DC	Michael van Duren, MD, MBA Chief Medical Officer, Sutter Physician Services, Emeryville, CA	Anthony Warmuth, MPH Administrator, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Brad Wolfsen, MBA
Chief Operating Officer, Safeway Health, Pleasanton, CA

Ann Woo
Director, Clinical Support, Hill Physicians Medical Group, San Ramon, CA

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CO CHAIRS

Barry Arbuckle, PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer, MemorialCare Medical Centers; Treasurer, Integrated Healthcare Association, Fountain Valley, CA

Elaine Batchlor, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer, LA Care Health Plan, Chair, Integrated Healthcare Association, Los Angeles, CA

David S. Joyner, MBA
Senior Vice President, Blue Shield of California, Chair-Elect, Integrated Healthcare Association, San Francisco, CA

Tom Williams
Executive Director, Integrated Healthcare Association, Oakland, CA

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PARTICIPATION OPTIONS

TRADITIONAL CONFERENCE 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

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SUMMIT REGISTRATION

For Summit registration information, visit www.PfPSummit.com/registration.php, email registration@hcconferences.com, or call 800-503-7382.

SUMMIT EXHIBIT & SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION

For sponsorship and exhibit information, visit www.PfPSummit.com/promotional/index.html, or contact Justin Sorensen, Exhibit Manager, at (206) 452-0609 phone, (206) 319-5303 fax, or exhibits@hcconferences.com.

SEVENTH NATIONAL PAY FOR PERFORMANCE SUMMIT The Leading Forum on Pay for Performance, Transparency and Value-Driven Healthcare March 19 - 21, 2012

SEVENTH NATIONAL PAY FOR PERFORMANCE SUMMIT
The Leading Forum on Pay for Performance, Transparency and Value-Driven Healthcare

March 19 - 21, 2012