AMGA 2013 Institute for Quality Leadership Annual Conference
 
Thursday, September 26, 2013
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

  • Harold D. Miller, Executive Director, Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform
If healthcare systems want to successfully control the rapid growth in costs and improve the quality of care for patients, then the systems must make significant changes in the way providers are paid.  Progress has been slow in making these necessary changes to methods which have been in place for decades due to challenges facing physicians, hospitals, health plans, employers, and policymakers.  In this provocative presentation, Mr. Miller will identify 10 barriers to payment reform and provide suggestions and strategies to overcome them.  



  • Sue Knudson, Vice President, Health Informatics, HealthPartners
Improved population health and patient experience have been robustly represented in measurement for many years; however, affordability of care measurement has lagged behind. As an integrated care delivery and health care financing system, HealthPartners has developed a balanced approach to affordability measurement called Total Cost of Care and Total Resource Use. In this presentation, participants will learn about HealthPartners’ approach to using the companion measures to drive value, and how the measures can be used to evaluate medical groups, hospitals, and health plans compared to their peer group, and to drill deeper to understand drivers of performance and enable improvement. The presenter will share HealthPartners’ use of the approach and the outcomes they have achieved, the impetus behind the creation of the measure, how it was implemented, and how has it impacted the organization and community.

3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Total Cost of Care: Exploring Payment Models

Moderator:

  • Jerry Penso, MD, Chief Quality Officer, American Medical Group Association
Panelists:
  • William Bunn, III, MD, JD, MPH, Vice President, Safety and Productivity, International Truck and Engine Corporation
  • Richard Bankowitz, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Premier
  • Dana Safran, ScD, Senior Vice President, Performance Measurement & Improvement, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Robert Margolis, MD, Chief Executive Officer, Healthcare Partners, LLC

Moving to successful payment and service models that lower the total cost of care is a top goal for many stakeholders in the healthcare delivery system. Dr. Penso will lead the panelists through a discussion on new finance models from the physician group, hospital, health plan, and employer perspectives. The panel will explore the challenges of designing and implementing innovative payment models that improved quality, enhance the patient experience, and reduce the total cost of care. 
Friday, September 27, 2013
10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Healthcare 2020: The Transformative Trends to Define Our Future
  • Jim Carroll, author of Ready, Set, Done: How to Innovate When Faster is the New Fast
What will be the major scientific, technological, consumer, and social trends we will face by the year 2020 that will fundamentally change in the concept of healthcare delivery along the journey?  In this closing presentation, Mr. Carroll will lead us on an exploration of future trends in health care and put into perspective why innovation is no longer just a fashionable phrase―it’s the critical new leadership focus for executives in the healthcare industry.