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"A true Summit! Excellent organization in terms of getting all the national voices, key leaders and stakeholders together in one place!"
— Tommye Hinton, RN, MSN, Vice President, Health Management Services, Health Alliance Plan

"The caliber of the speakers was incredible. They shared tons of information in a short period of time. There is no better way to spend your time to learn more about P4P!"
— Ronald Bangasser, Dir External Affairs, Beaver Medical Group

Great Opportunity to hear from industry leaders' experience in P4P development, application, and results to date".
— Alecia Hathaway, MD, MPH, FACPM, Senior Medical Policy Advisor, US Army Reserves


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The 5th Annual World Congress Leadership Summit on Healthcare Quality and Pay-for-Performance leads efforts to provide the nation's best practices in achieving and rewarding provider quality. The conference convenes over 350 executives, and addresses the most current and emerging issues in creating sustainable pay-for-performance programs and driving quality improvement across different industry sectors.
Payer Thought Leaders
 
Dennis Batey, MD
SVP & CMO
Fallon Community Health Plan
 
Gifford Boyce-Smith, MD
Senior Medical Director, Quality Management
Blue Shield of California
 
Roberta Herman, MD
Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Health Services
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
 
Jeffrey Kang, MD
Chief Medical Officer, CIGNA
President, eHealth Initiative
 
Charles D. Kennedy, MD
VP, Health Information Technology & Research, WellPoint, Inc.
Founding Commissioner, Certification Commission for Health Information Technology
 
Andreas L. Mang
Senior Director, Medical Innovation and Leadership
Blue Cross Blue Shield MA
 
Jeff Robertson, MD
Chief Medical Officer
The Regence Group
 
Dana Gelb Safran, Sc.D.
Vice President for Performance Measurement and Improvement
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Massachusetts
 
David A. Share, MD, MPH
Senior Associate Medical Director, Health Care Quality
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Medical Director
The Corner Health Center
 
Carey Vinson, MD
Vice President for Quality and Medical Performance Management
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
 
Hospital / Health System / Group Practice Thought Leaders
 
Joel Allison
President and CEO, Baylor Health System
Board Member, National Quality Forum
 
Bruce Bagley, MD
Medical Director, Quality Improvement
American Academy of Family Physicians
 
Howard Beckman, MD, FACP
Medical Director, RIPA
Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Rochester
 
Mary Reich Cooper, MD, JD
Vice President and Chief Quality Officer
Lifespan Corporation
 
Mayumi Fukui
Vice President, Managed Care
University of Chicago Hospitals and Health Systems
 
Rodney A. Hayward, MD
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Health Management and Policy
Director, VA Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research
Co-Director, RWJ Clinical Scholars Program
Director, The Measurement Core Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center
 
David S. Hefner
President
University of Chicago Medical Center
 
Thomas H. Lee, MD
CEO
Partners Community HealthCare
Network President
Partners Healthcare System
 
Thomas Mahoney, MD
CEO and Executive Director
Rochester Individual Practice Association (RIPA)
 
Charles Riccobono, MD
Chief Quality and Patient Safety Officer
Hackensack University Medical Center
 
Lee Sacks, MD
President
Advocate Health Partners
 
Steven Waldren, MD, MS
Director, Center for HIT
American Academy of Family Physicians
Co-Chair
AQA Data Sharing and Aggregation Workgroup
 
Public Purchasers / Government Thought Leaders
 
  Jody Blatt
Senior Research Analyst and Project Officer, Division of Payment Policy Demonstrations, Medicare Demonstration Programs Group/Office of Research Development and Information
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
 
  David K. Kelley, MD, MPA
Chief Medical Officer, Office of Medical Assistance Programs
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
 
Jon Kingsdale
Executive Director
Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector
 
Judith Monroe, MD, FAAFP
State Health Commissioner
Indiana State Department of Health
 
  John Pilotte
Senior Analyst, Medicare Demonstrations Program Group
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
 
Steven E. Wegner, JD, MD
President
North Carolina Community Care Network
 
Flossie Wolf
Director of Health Policy Research
Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4)
 
Charlotte S. Yeh, MD, FACEP
Regional Administrator (Region I)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
 
Employer / Employer Coalition / Consumer Leaders
 
Patricia Marine Barrett, MHSA
Consultant & Program Director
GM Managed Care Consulting Team
 
John Bott
Value Based Purchasing Manager
Employer Health Care Alliance Cooperative (WI)
 
  Mary Bradley
Director of Healthcare Planning
Pitney Bowes Inc.
 
Jim Guest
President and CEO
Consumers Union (publisher of Consumer Reports)
 
David Hoke
Principal
The Good Health Company
 
David Hom
Chair and Special Advisor, Center for Health Value Innovation
 
  Frank A. Johnson
Executive Director, Office of Employee Health & Benefits
State of Maine
 
Paul V. Matsiras, PhD
Managing Director, Corporate Health Initiatives Consulting
former VP, Health Initiatives, Safeway Inc.
 
Deven McGraw
Chief Operating Officer
National Partnership for Women & Families
 
Dolores L. Mitchell
Executive Director
Group Insurance Commission
 
Cyndy Nayer
Executive Director
Center for Health Value Innovation
 
Christopher Nohrden, MPH
Advisory Well-being Professional
IBM Healthcare & Life Sciences
 
Laurel Pickering
Executive Director
New York Business Group on Health
 
Earl P. Steinberg, MD, MPP
President and CEO
Resolution Health Inc.
 
Raymond J. Zastrow, MD
Associate Corporate Medical Director
QuadMed
 
Association / Society Leaders
 
Joseph G. Cacchione, MD, FACC
Executive Vice President
Saint Vincent Health;
Chair, 2007 Medical Director’s Institute
American College of Cardiology
 
Jim Chase
Executive Director
Minnesota Community Measurement
 
Richard Chung, M.D.
Senior Vice President, Health Services Division
Hawaii Medical Service Association
 
Thomas J. Foels, MD, MMM
Medical Director
Independent Health Association
 
Mark Jarvis
Sr. Director of Practice Economics
Ohio State Medical Association
 
Maulik S. Joshi, Dr.PH
President and CEO
Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (NRHI)
 
Samuel Lin, MD, PhD, MBA
Medical Affairs Consultant, American Medical Group Association (AMGA)
former Rear Admiral and Assistant Surgeon General, USPHS
former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, DHHS
 
B. Dale Magee, MD, MS
President-Elect
Massachusetts Medical Society
 
Janet Marchibroda
Chief Executive Officer
eHealth Initiative and Foundation
 
Charles Parker
VP and CTO
Doctors' Office Quality - Information Technology (DOQ-IT), MassPRO
 
Barbra G. Rabson
Executive Director
Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP)
 
Phyllis Torda
Vice President, Product Development
National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
 
Tom Williams
President
Integrated Healthcare Association
 
Nancy D. Zionts
Vice President, Program and Planning
Jewish Healthcare Foundation & Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative
 
Academic / Other Leaders
 
Martha Bebinger
Reporter & Producer
WBUR
 
George Bennett
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Health Dialog
 
Michael F. Cannon
Director of Health Policy Studies
CATO Institute
 
Michael Chernew
Professor, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
Co-Editor, The American Journal of Managed Care
 
Molly Joel Coye, MD, MPH
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Health Technology Center
 
Stuart Guterman
Senior Program Director, Medicare's Future
The Commonwealth Fund
 
Chuck Hagen
Regional Vice President, Premier Healthcare Informatics
Premier, Inc.
 
Jeffrey Hanson
Vice President, Pay for Performance, Thomson Healthcare Medstat
former Regional Healthcare Manager, Verizon Communications
 
Antonio Legorreta, M.D., MPH
President and CEO
Health Benchmarks, Inc
 
Michael Millenson
President, Health Quality Advisors
The Mervin Shalowitz, MD Visiting Scholar
Northwestern University
 
Anthony Nowlan, MD, MRCP, FFPH, PhD
Medical Director, CentriHealth, Inc.
former Director, NHS Information Authority
 
Dexter W. Shurney, MD, MBA, MPH
Vice President and National Business Medical Director
Healthways
 
Lawrence W. Vernaglia, JD, MPH
Partner
Foley & Lardner LLP
 
Victor G. Villagra, MD, FACP
Founder & President, Health & Technology Vector, Inc.
Board Member, ProHealth Physicians Inc.
 
Bert White, MBA, DMin
Project Director, National Evaluation Team, Rewarding Results
Boston University School of Public Health
 
Gary Young, JD, Ph.D
Chair, Health Policy and Management
Boston University School of Public Health
Associate Director, Center for Organization,
Leadership and Management Research
Department of Veterans Affairs
Principal Investigator
Rewarding Results
 
Richard J. Zall
Partner
Proskauer Rose
 
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