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2004 Agenda > Track 8 � Chief Medical Officer/Medical Director Summit
 
 
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Co-Chairman:
Francis J. Crosson, MD, Executive Director, The Permanente Federation
Roberta Herman, MD, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
 
- S U N D A Y , J A N U A R Y  2 5 T H -
 
1:00 Dialogue A – Improved Clinical Management Strategies for Populations to Address the Affordability of Care
  • Identifying strategic goals of the organization and the role of clinical outcomes in achieving strategic goals
  • Understanding purchaser demands and impact on medical management
  • Framing medical management programs as a competitive imperative
  • Population-based care to demonstrate improved clinical outcomes
  • Tying clinical quality improvement goals to financial metrics

Woodrow A. Myers, Jr., MD, Chief Medical Officer, WellPoint
Robert Margolis, MD, CEO, Healthcare Partners Medical Group

2:00 Dialogue B – Impact of Consumerism on the Transformation of the Medical Director’s Role Transforming medical operations to support consumer-driven health care
  • Adapting claims processing environment for consumers
  • Determining appropriateness of care
  • Connectivity between providers and patients – Creating a relationship with patients for improved health
  • Developing a direct connection to personalized healthcare and its impact on utilization
  • Consumer tools to help effectively and efficiently manage chronic illness
  • Customization challenges of the EMR and eHealth systems

Paul Tang, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation; Chair, Patient Safety Data Standards Committee, Institute of Medicine
Jonathan T. Lord, MD, Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, Humana, Inc.

3:00 Networking and Refreshment Break
4:00

Dialogue C –Best Practices in Utilizing Information Technology for Chronic Care Programs

  • Clinical outcomes research comparing disease management effectiveness from a vendor vs. an integrated delivery system
  • Comparative data on disease management ROI
  • Make Vs. Buy decision
  • Contracting with DM vendors with performance guarantees
  • Predictive modeling to manage chronic illness and to identify high risk patients
  • Integrating DM and pharmacy linked to quality measurement including medical offset from increased pharmaceutical usage

George Isham, MD, MS, Medical Director and Chief Health Officer, HealthPartners

5:00 Dialogue D – Best Practices in Quality Metrics and Pay-for-Performance
  • Physician leadership – Critical role of CMOs and Medical Directors to ensure quality improvement throughout the healthcare enterprise
  • Establishing quality metrics through collaboration to ensure participation
  • Negotiating pay-for-performance – Key issues for medical directors from plans and provider organizations
  • Public reporting – Obstacles, challenges and rewards
  • Differential reimbursement – Analyzing the quality/cost payoff

Sam Ho, MD, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, PacifiCare

6:00 CMO/Medical Director Summit Reception
 
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