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Monday, April 21, 2008
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Chairman:
Ronald H. Kirkland - Speaker Photo Ronald H. Kirkland, MD
Past Chairman of the Board of Directors, The Jackson Clinic;
P.A. and Chair, American Medical Group Association

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1:20 pm -
2:20 pm
Managing Dynamic Physician-Hospital Relations
  • Balancing competitive and contractual issues between hospital and physician-driven specialty hospitals
  • The growth of physician-owned diagnostic and therapeutic facilities
  • Status of Congress regulating the use of imaging in physician-owned specialty hospitals
  • Emergency Department coverage trends
Craig E. Samitt - Speaker Photo Craig E. Samitt, MD, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
Dean Health System

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Harvey White, MD FACC
Medical Director and Founder
Heart Hospital of New Mexico

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2:25 pm -
3:25 pm
EMR Implementation Strategies for Improved ROI
  • Defining the strategic imperative and forecasting ROI to build consensus for EHR implementation
  • Overcoming ambulatory EHR challenges including an implementation sequence and plan
  • Successes and challenges to date
  • Technology’s unintended positive results of EMR and HIPAA on the environmental impact
Charles Parker - Speaker Photo Charles Parker
VP, Chief Technology Officer
Masspro

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Todd Rothenhaus - Speaker Photo Todd Rothenhaus, MD,FACEP
Chief Medical Information Officer
Caritas Christi Health Care System

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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
9:10 am -
10:10 am
Innovative Delivery Models for Patient-Centered Care
  • Partnership for home visits resulting in decreased costs, higher patient satisfaction and memorable employee benefits
  • Delivering preventive care with measurable outcomes
Edward (Ted) Conklin - Speaker Photo Edward (Ted) Conklin, MD
Chairman, Chief Medical Officer and Founder
Carena

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Rushika Fernandopulle - Speaker Photo Rushika Fernandopulle, MD
CEO
Renaissance Health

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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
9:15 am -
9:55 am
The Future of Performance-Based Payment for Physician Groups
  • PQRI update – 12 month results on physician participation
  • PQRI’s progress to establish meaningful financial incentives for quality reporting and future directions
  • Operationalizing value-based purchasing metrics and partnering with payers to demonstrate outcomes
Frank Opelka - Speaker Photo Frank Opelka, MD, FACS
CEO, LSU Health Network;
Vice-Chancellor of Clinical Affairs, Louisiana State University Medical School

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Thomas Valuck - Speaker Photo Thomas Valuck, MD, JD
Medical Officer & Senior Adviser, Center for Medicare Management
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

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Eric Nielsen - Speaker Photo Eric Nielsen, MD
Chief Medical Officer
The Greater Rochester Independent Practice Association (GRIPA)

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10:00 am -
10:40 am
Models for Comprehensive Primary Care to Prevent and Manage Chronic Conditions
  • Evolving models of care that focus on complex co-morbidities
  • Innovative focus on prioritizing conditions: How new predictive models prioritize the most critical set of interventions
  • Kaiser’s approach to population-based care and disease combinations – Implementation of a combination of workflow, team composition and technology
  • The momentum of large employers embracing the patient-centered medical home model for comprehensive care
  • Comprehensive longitudinal vs. episodic care – Buying comprehensive prevention and chronic care management at the point of care delivery
Paul Wallace - Speaker Photo Paul Wallace, MD
Medical Director, Health and Productivity Management Programs;
Senior Advisor, The Care Management Institute and KP-Healthy Solutions, The Permanente Federation, Kaiser Permanente

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Paul Grundy - Speaker Photo Paul Grundy, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FACPM
Director of Healthcare, Technology and Strategic Initiatives, Global Wellbeing Services and Health Benefits, IBM;
Chairman, Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative

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World Congress welcomes our attendees celebrating the Passover holiday and is pleased to provide kosher meals throughout the conference.

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