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| Press Release: Thirteenth National Value-Based Payment & Pay for Performance Summit Agenda and Brochure Now Available; Early Bird Registration Ends on January 12, 2018 |  | 
PRESS RELEASEA Hybrid Conference and Internet Event
February 28 - March 2, 2018
The Leading Forum on Pay for Performance, Value-Based Payment and MACRA
Onsite at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Online in Your Own Office or Home Live via the Internet with 24/7 Access for Six Months
 www.PFPSummit.com Phone: 800-503-7382
 Email: registration@hcconferences.com
 Website: www.PFPSummit.com
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA USA -- PAYMENT/DELIVERY SYSTEM REFORM UPDATE NEWS SERVICE -- DECEMBER 6, 2017: The Thirteenth National Value-Based Payment and Pay for Performance Summit, www.PFPSummit.com,  will take place February 28 - March 2, 2018 at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco in San Francisco, CA. The Summit will be offered both onsite and live and archived for 6 months over the Internet. |  
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| KEYNOTE SPEAKERS |  | 	
|  Francois de Brantes, MBA
 Vice President and Director, Center for Payment Innovation, Altarum, Former Program Leader, Health Care Initiatives, GE Corporate Health Care, Newtown, CT
 |  Kate Goodrich, MD
 Chief Medical Officer and Director, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC
 |  John Gorman
 Founder & Executive Chairman, Gorman Health Group, Former Assistant to the Director, Office of Managed Care, HCFA, Former Press Secretary and Staff Director, US Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Washington, DC
 |  |  Robert J. Margolis, MD
 Founder, Robert and Lisa Margolis Family Foundation, Duke-Robert J. Margolis, MD, Center for Health Policy, Former Managing Partner and CEO, HealthCare Partners, Los Angeles, CA
 |  Barbara L. McAneny, MD, FASCO, MACP
 Board-Certified Medical Oncologist / Hematologist, Co-founder and Managing Partner, New Mexico Oncology Hematology Consultants Ltd., President-Elect, American Medical Association, Albuquerque, NM
 |  Mark McClellan, MD, PhD
 Director, Robert J Margolis Center for Health Policy and Margolis, Professor of Business, Medicine and Health Policy, Duke University, Former CMS Administrator and FDA Commissioner, Washington, DC
 |  |  Arnold Milstein, MPH, MD
 Clinical Excellence Research Center Director and Professor of Medicine, Center for Advanced Study of the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Former Chief Medical Officer, Pacific Business Group on Health, Former National Health Care Thought Leader, William Mercer, San Francisco, CA
 |  J. Mario Molina, MD
 President, Golden Shore Medical Group, Former President and CEO, Molina Healthcare, Inc., South Pasadena, CA
 |  James C. Robinson, PhD, MPH
 Leonard D. Schaeffer Endowed Chair in Health Economics and Policy, Director, Berkeley Center for Health Technology, Division Head, Health Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
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|  Stephen M. Shortell, PhD, MBA, MPH
 Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management, Dean Emeritus, School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
 |  Mark D. Smith, MD, MBA
 Clinical Faculty, University of California, San Francisco, Attending Physician, Positive Health Program for AIDS Care, San Francisco General Hospital, Co-chair, Guiding Committee, Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network, Founding President and CEO, California Health Care Foundation, San Francisco, CA
 |  |  Arthur M. (Artie) Southam, MD, MBA
 Executive Vice President, Health Plan Operations, Kaiser Permanente, Former Vice Chairman Board of Directors, CHRISTUS Health, Former President and CEO, Health Net, Former CEO, CareAmerica Health Plans, San Francisco, CA
 |  Indu Subaiya, MD, MBA
 Health 2.0 Executive Vice President, HIMSS, Former Co-chairman and CEO, Health 2.0, Los Angeles, CA
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| FEATURING A PRECONFERENCE SESSION |  | 
 Redesigning Care Delivery for Success in Value-Based Payment: Steps from A-Z |  
 	
| PLENARY SESSIONS |  | 
 Mark McClellan Keynote Address
 CMS Keynote: CMS/CMMI Value-Based Care Initiatives Update
 Payment Reform from a Nat'l Perspective: A View from the CMS/CMMI LAN
 2018 Alternative Payment Models: Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty?
 The Future for Government Medicare, Medicaid and the ACA Marketplaces
 The Role of Analytics, Big Data and Technology in Value-Based Care
 The Role of Health Plans in Value-Based Care
 The Challenges of Managing Risk and Clinical Quality
 Case Studies in Health Care Delivery Innovations
 MACRA Implementation Update
 Medicare Advantage Update
 Reference Pricing in Insurance Design
 What Is Needed for Transformational Performance Improvement
 Findings of the California Regional Health Care Cost & Quality Atlas |  | 
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| AND MINI SUMMITS |  | 
 Aligning Physicians Incentives in a Value-Based World
 Primary Care Value-Based Strategies
 Value-Based Specialty Care
 Advanced Strategies in MACRA APM Development
 Provider Directory Utility
 Standardizing Commercial ACO Performance Measurement
 Value-Based Payment Across Business Segments
 Case Studies in Employer-Driven Value-Based Care
 Pay-for-Performance at Community Behavioral Health
 Behavioral Health in an Age of Value-Based Care
 Negotiating Capitation Contracts
 Multi-Purchaser Collaboration to Advance Value-Based Care
 Making the Business Case for Value-Based Care
 Managing Benefits and Care Coordination
 Incorporating Post-Acute Care into Value-Based Care
 Improving Quality and Reducing Costs through Post-Acute Care
 Advanced Strategies in Medicare Advantage/Part D Star Ratings
 CareMore Health System Case Study
 Developing High Performing Networks by Reducing Low-Value Care
 Financial Modeling of Value-Based Payment Arrangements |  |  
 
| FEATURED FACULTY |  | 
|  Todd Allen, MD
 Assistant Quality Officer, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT
 |  Deirdre Baggot, PhD, MBA, RN
 Principal and Bundled Payments, Practice Leader, ECG Management Consultants, Former Expert Reviewer, BPCI Program, Former Lead, ACE Program, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC
 |  Toni J. Brayer, MD
 Internist, California Pacific Medical Center, Chief Executive Officer, Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation, San Francisco, CA
 |  |  Lili Brillstein, MPH
 Director, Episodes of Care, Horizon Healthcare Innovations, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield New Jersey, Member, CMS Advisory Panel on Oncology Bundles, Former Senior Director, Medicare & Retirement, UnitedHealthcare, Newark, NJ
 |  Charlie Brown, MBA
 Associate Principal, ECG Management Consultants, Arlington, VA
 |  Megan Burns, MPP
 Senior Consultant, Bailit Health Purchasing, Boston, MA
 |  |  Sean Cavanaugh, MD
 Chief Administrative and Performance Officer, Aledade, Former Deputy Administrator and Director, Center for Medicare, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Washington, DC
 |  Elizabeth Cherot, MD,MBA
 Obstetrician/Gyn, Managing Partner, Brunswick Hills Obstetrics and Gynecology, Whitehouse Station, NJ
 |  Carman A. Ciervo, DO, FACOFP
 Executive Vice President and Chief Physician Executive, Jefferson Health New Jersey, Professor of Family Medicine, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Marlton, NJ
 |  |  Ken Cohen, MD, FACP
 Chief Medical Officer, New West Physicians, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine and University of Colorado School of Pharmacy, Golden, CO
 |  Courtney (MacFarlane) Dalury
 Manager, GE Healthcare Partners, Boston, MA
 |  Gerard I. Duprat, MD
 Medical Director, Beacon ACO, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Beacon Medical Group Vascular Interventional Radiology, South Bend, IN
 |  |  Kerry Easthope, MBA
 Area Finance Officer, Kaiser Permanente; Former Chief Financial Officer, Alameda Hospital; Former Chief Operating Officer, Victor Valley Community Hospital, Walnut Creek, CA
 |  Bill Gil, MBA
 Chief Executive, Providence Health Network, Southern California, Former CEO, Facey Medical Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
 |  Christopher S. Girod, FSA, MAAA
 Principal, Consulting Actuary, Millilman, San Diego, CA
 |  |  Leannette C. Henagan, MSW, DBH
 Chief Integration Officer, Partners in Recovery, CEO, Concierge Wellness, LLC, Phoenix, AZ
 |  Jen Johnson, MBA
 Managing Director and Head, Professional Service Agreements Division, VMG Health, Dallas, TX
 |  Young Joo, MS, MA
 VP, Clinical Operations, CareMore Health System, Former VP of Medicare Accountable Care, Steward Health Care System, Former Director, Health Care Data Policy and Strategy, MA Division of Health Care Finance and Policy, Los Angeles, CA
 |  |  Walter Kopp, MSHA
 President, Medical Management Services, Inc.; Former Chief Operating Officer, California Pacific Medical Center Physicians Foundation; Former Chief Operating Officer, Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation; Former Interim Executive Director, Alta Bates Medical Group, San Francisco, CA
 |  Susanna Kramer, MA
 Program Evaluation Coordinator, Community Behavioral Health, Philadelphia, PA
 |  William E. Kramer, MBA
 Executive Director for National Health Policy, Pacific Business Group on Health, San Francisco, CA
 |  |  Mark Krivopal, MD, MBA
 Vice President, GE Healthcare Partners, Former Vice President & Medical Director, Clinical Integration & Hospital Medicine, Steward Health Care, Boston, MA
 |  David Lansky, PhD
 President and Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH), Former Founding President, Foundation for Accountability (FACCT), San Francisco, CA
 |  Suet Lim, PhD
 Director of Research and Evaluation, Community Behavioral Health, Philadelphia, PA
 |  |  Mark McAdoo, MBA
 Vice President, Value Based Payment Division, Change Healthcare, Former Vice President, Value Base Payments, McKesson, Former President, CEO and Co-Founder, HealthQX, Philadelphia, PA
 |  Meaghan McCamman, MPA
 Assistant Director, Policy, California Primary Care Association; Former Director, Program Services, National Rural Health Association, Sacramento, CA
 |  Marc Mertz, MHA
 Vice President, GE Healthcare Partners, Former President, Health Check Inc., Los Angeles, CA
 |  |  Angela Mitchell
 US Healthcare Delivery Systems Manager, Intel Corporation, Portland, OR
 |  Esther M. Moas, MS, RN
 Senior Director of Care Continuum, Mount Sinai Health System, Former Director, Business Development, ArchCare, Executive Director of Certified Services, Premier Home Health Care Services, Inc., New York, NY
 |  David B. Muhlestein, PhD, JD
 Chief Research Officer, Leavitt Partners, LLC, Salt Lake City, UT
 |  |  Daniel Parker, CPA
 Director, Value-Based Strategy, Beacon Health System, South Bend, IN
 |  Josh Rosenthal, PhD
 Chief Scientific Officer, RowdMap, Louisville, KY
 |  Jim Ryan, MBA
 Manager, ECG Management Consultants, Dallas, TX
 |  |  Shelley Rouillard
 Director, California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC), Former Deputy Director, Managed Risk Medical Insurance  Board, Former Program Director Legal Services of Northern California/Health Rights Hotline, Former Chief, Health Policy, California , Public Employees  Retirement System, Sacramento, CA
 |  Valinda Rutledge, MBA
 Vice President- Public Payor Health Strategy, Care Coordination Institute, Greenville Health System, Former Group Director of Patient Care Model Group and BPCI Lead, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Greenville, SC
 |  Scott Sarran, MD
 Chief Medical Officer, Government Programs, Health Care Service Corp; Former Vice President and Medical Director, University of Chicago Health System, Chicago, IL
 |  |  Erin Smith, JD
 Director of Public Policy, Cardinal Health, Former Director, Division of Technical Model Support and Lead Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Initiative, CMMI, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC
 |  Melissa Newton Smith
 Vice President of Stars and Quality Innovations, Gorman Health Group, Former Director, Medicare Star Operations, Cigna-HealthSpring, Former Associate Director, Financial/Research Administration, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
 |  Ken Steele, MHA
 Principal, ECG Management Consultants, Former Vice President Managed Care, Catholic Healthcare West (Now Dignity Health), Former President, St. Mary's Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
 |  |  Mark Stephan, MD, MBA
 Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Equality Health Network, Former Chief Medical Officer, Arizona Care Network, Former Vice President of Clinical Integration for Physician Integration, Dignity Health, Phoenix, AZ
 |  Rebecca E. Stewart, PhD
 Post-doctoral Fellow, Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
 |  Larry G. Strieff, MD
 Specialty Medical Director, Hill Physicians Medical Group, San Ramone, CA
 |  |  Kenneth Tai, MD
 Chief Medical Officer, North East Medical Services, San Francisco, CA
 |  Cassidy Tsay, MD, MBA
 Vice President Business Development, CAPG, Former Regional Medical Director, Blue Shield California, Former Medical Director, Nautilus Healthcare Management, Los Angeles, CA
 |  Anthony Wehbe, DO, MBA, FACOI
 Chief Population Health Executive, Jefferson Health New Jersey, Kennedy University Hospital Teaching Attending Physician, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Marlton, NJ
 |  |  Sally Welborn
 Founder and President, Welborn Advisory Services, Board Member, The Leapfrog Group, Former Senior Vice President - Global Benefits, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., San Francisco, CA
 |  Jeff White, MS, MBA
 Director, Global Healthcare and Well Being, The Boeing Company, Former Consultant, Watson Wyatt, Former Consultant, Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Seattle, WA
 |  Dolores Yanagihara, MPH
 Vice President, Analytics and Performance Information, Lead, Transition of the California Pay for Performance (P4P) Program to Value Based P4P, Integrated Healthcare Association, Oakland, CA
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| CO CHAIRS |  |  Donald H. Crane, JD
 President and Chief Executive Officer, CAPG, Los Angeles, CA
 
 
  Jeffrey A. Rideout, MD
 President and Chief Executive Officer, Integrated Healthcare Association, Oakland, CA
 
 
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 Physicians: Approval for 15.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.
 
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 |  | 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 WEBCAST PARTICIPATION |  | 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.
 
 
  
 
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