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The 6th Annual World Congress Leadership Summit on Healthcare Quality convenes the nation's top visionaries and thought leaders to address the next stage of healthcare quality by exploring the evolution of such topics like pay-for-performance, value-based purchasing, the personalized medical home, high performance networks, public reporting and data exchange to achieve optimal care. This conference agenda is designed to assemble over 400 representatives from all sectors of healthcare, including hospital/health system/group practice providers; health plan/payer executives; government officials; society and coalition leaders; and employer/purchaser decision-makers who strive to drive quality improvement initiatives and innovations across the industry.

Advancing the Quality Agenda: State and National Approaches to Achieving High-Quality, Patient-Centered Care (Tuesday, August 5th from 4:15pm – 5:00pm) State Perspective JudyAnn Bigby, MD Secretary, Health and Human Services The Commonwealth of Massachusetts  View Biography National Perspective Carolyn Clancy, MD Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality  View Biography

Hospital/Health System/Group Practice
Bruce Bagley, MD Medical Director, Quality Improvement American Academy of Family Physicians	James E. Barr, MD Medical Director Partners in Care, Inc.
Michael S. Barr, MD, MBA, FACP Vice President Practice Advocacy and Improvement, Governmental Affairs and Public Policy American College of Physicians	Howard Beckman, MD, FACP Medical Director, RIPA Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Rochester
Kent Bottles, MD President, Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)	Francis X. Campion, MD, FACP Director of Complex Chronic Care, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates; Clinical Informatics Research Group, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention; Harvard Medical School
Mary Reich Cooper, MD, JD Vice President and Chief Quality Officer, Lifespan Corporation; Assistant Professor, Medicine and Public Health, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University	Francis J. (Jay) Crosson, MD Founding Executive Director, The Permanente Federation; Chair, Council of Accountable Physician Practices
Randall Curnow, Jr., MD, MBA, FACP, FACPE, CHE Medical Director Summit Medical Group	Michael Edbauer, DO Medical Director Catholic Independent Practice Association of Western New York (CIPA)
Robert Eidus, MD, MBA Family Practitioner Cranford Family Practice	Donald W. Fisher, PhD, CAE President and CEO American Medical Group Association
Kathleen Forbes, MD EVP, Clinical Affairs and Business Development, University of North Texas Health Science Center; Former SVP, Medical Affairs and Chief Quality Officer, TriHealth, Inc.	Cvetana Cindy Golusin Vice President, Medical Management Services United Physicians, P.C.
Gary L. Gottlieb, MD, MBA President Brigham and Women's Hospital	Paul Harkaway, MD President Huron Valley Physician Association
Trent T. Haywood, MD, JD Senior Vice President, Clinical Performance and Chief Medical Officer, VHA Inc.; former Deputy Chief Clinical Officer, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, Centers For Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)	Arthur J. Hopkins, MD Medical Director Montefiore Medical Group
Mark A. Kelley, MD Executive Vice President, Henry Ford Health System; Chief Executive Officer, Henry Ford Medical Group	Jeremy A. Lazarus, MD Speaker, House of Delegates American Medical Association (AMA)
Ginger Lyons de Neufville Executive Director Mount Auburn Cambridge Independent Practice Association (MACIPA)	Tami Merryman, RN, MSN, FACHE Vice President, Center for Quality Improvement and Innovation University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Robert E Nesse, MD President and Chief Executive Officer, Franciscan Skemp Healthcare Mayo Health System	Philip M. Oravetz, MD, MPH, MBA Vice President and Senior Medical Director Mills-Peninsula Medical Group
Xavier Sevilla, MD, FAAP Chief of Pediatrics, Manatee County Rural Health Services Inc.; Steering Committee of Quality Improvement and Management, American Academy of Pediatrics	Bill Spooner Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer Sharp HealthCare
James O. Taylor, MD President and Chief Medical Officer East Boston Neighborhood Health Center	John Tooker, MD, MBA, FACP Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer American College of Physicians
Jim Weinstein, DO Director, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice; Chairman, Department of Orthopedics, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center; Founder, Center for Shared Decision Making	Edward Westrick, MD, PhD Vice President Medical Management UMass Memorial Health Care
Gregory R. Wise, MD Vice President, Medical Affairs Kettering Medical Center	Scott Wooten Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Alegent Health
Janet S. Wright, MD, FACC Senior Vice President, Science and Quality American College of Cardiology
Health Plan/Insurer
Marylou Buyse, MD President and Chief Executive Officer Massachusetts Association of Health Plans (MAHP)	John A. Fallon, MD, MBA Senior Vice President and Chief Physician Executive Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Jeff Flick Regional Vice President, Network Management for Government Products Blue Cross of California	Richard J. Gilfillan, MD President and Chief Executive Officer, Geisinger Health Plan; Executive Vice President, Geisinger System Insurance Operations
Allen J. Hinkle, MD Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Health Value Tufts Health Plan	David Moroney, MD Chief Medical Officer, Government Business and Emerging Markets BCBS of Tennessee
Russell Munson, MD Medical Director, Southeast Region Boston Medical Center HealthNet Plan	Harold A. Picken, MD, MPH Associate Chief Medical Officer Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island
James Roosevelt Jr. President and CEO Tufts Health Plan	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	Donald D. Storey, MD Former National Medical Director Aetna
MaryAnn Stump, RN President, Consumer Aware; Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota	Carol Wilhoit, MD, MS QI Medical Director Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
Employer/Purchaser
Robert Galvin, MD Director, Global Healthcare General Electric Company	Peter Hayes Director of Associate Health & Wellness, Hannaford Bros.; Board of Governance, Care Focused Purchasing Initiative Board member, The Leapfrog Group; Executive Board Member, Maine Health Management Coalition
Marsha Manning Manager, Community Health Care Initiatives General Motors	Dolores L. Mitchell Executive Director Group Insurance Commission
Eva Powell, MSW, CPHQ Director, Health Information Technology Project National Partnership for Women & Families	Delia Vetter Senior Director, Benefits and Programs EMC Corporation
Government/Policy
Melinda K. Abrams, MS Assistant Vice President The Commonwealth Fund	JudyAnn Bigby, MD Secretary, Health and Human Services The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Carolyn Clancy, MD Director Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality	Stuart Guterman Senior Program Director, Medicare's Future The Commonwealth Fund
Mary Kapp Research Analyst, Office of Research, Development, and Information Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)	William J. Kassler, MD, MPH Chief Medical Officer, New England Regional Office Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Jerod M. Loeb, PhD Executive Vice President, Quality Measurement and Research The Joint Commission	Greg Pawlson, MD, MPH Executive Vice President National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)
Stephen C. Schoenbaum, MD, MPH Executive Vice President for Programs The Commonwealth Fund	Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) United States Senate
Academic/Coalitions/Other
Richard Bankowitz, MD, MBA Medical Director, Healthcare Informatics Premier	Michael Chernew, PhD Professor, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School Co-Editor, The American Journal of Managed Care
Francois de Brantes, MS, MBA Chief Executive Officer, Bridges To Excellence; National Coordinator, PROMETHEUS Payment®	William J. DeMarco President & CEO DeMarco and Associates, Inc.
Tom Evans, MD President and CEO Iowa Healthcare Collaborative	Floyd J. Fowler, Jr., PhD President Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making
Marjie Grazi Harbrecht, MD Medical/Executive Director Colorado Clinical Guidelines Collaborative	Dianne Hasselman, MSPH Associate Vice President Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS)
Jerilyn Heinold, MPH Healthcare Consultant Massachusetts Health Data Consortium	Maulik S. Joshi, Dr.PH President and CEO Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (NRHI)
Melinda Karp Director of Programs Massachusetts Health Quality Partners	Bob King Founder and Chief Executive Officer Goal/QPC
Antonio Legorreta, M.D., MPH President and CEO Health Benchmarks, Inc	Jack Needleman, PhD, FAAN Associate Professor, Department of Health Services, School of Public Health University of California, Los Angeles
Joseph C. Nichols, MD Medical Director, Healthcare Informatics ViPS, Inc.	Jonathan M. Niloff, M.D., MBA President and CEO MedVentive
Michael W. Painter, JD, MD Senior Program Officer Robert Wood Johnson Foundation	Charles Parker Chief Technology Officer and Vice President, Business Development Masspro
Joshua Seidman, PhD President Center for Information Therapy	Janice A. Singer Director, Operations Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP)
Jack Steele Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ActiveStrategy, 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

Purchasers and Provider Relationships: Discovering the Power of Performance-Based Contracting Facilitator: William J. DeMarco President and Chief Executive Officer DeMarco and Associates, Inc.  View Biography Additional Industry Leaders TBA