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SECOND NATIONAL ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION (ACO) SUMMIT
AGENDA: DAY I
Monday, June 27, 2011
ACO SUMMIT PANEL BRIEFS
Below is the supplemental material for the entire conference agenda.
ACO Summit Panel Briefs (Acrobat)

DAY 1: JOINT PLENARY SESSION
(With Health IT and Delivery System Transformation Summit)
8:00 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks

Mark McClellan, MD, PhD
Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair in Health Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution; Former CMS Administrator; Former FDA Commissioner, Washington, DC
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
8:30 a.m. Transforming Medicare with Accountable Care

Kathleen Sebelius, MPA
Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
Presenter did not have a slide presentation
9:00 a.m. Break
DAY 1: ACO PLENARY SESSION
9:15 a.m. Core Competencies of Successful ACOs

Elliott Fisher, MD, MPH
Director, Population Health and Policy, Director, Center for Population Health, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH (Moderator)

Jonathan Blum, MPP
Deputy Administrator and Director of the Center for Medicare, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

Jeff Kang, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer, CIGNA; President, eHealth Initiative; Former Chief Medical Officer, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

David Lansky, PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Business Group on Health; Former Senior Director, Markle Foundation; Former President, Foundation for Accountability, San Francisco, CA

Robert Margolis, MD
Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer, HealthCare Partners; Chair, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Torrance, CA

Debra Ness, MS
President, National Partnership for Women and Families; Leader, Campaign for Better Care, Washington, DC
10:45 a.m. Models for ACO Implementation

Mark McClellan, MD, PhD
Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair in Health Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC (Moderator)

John Friend, JD
General Counsel, Tucson Medical Center, Tucson, AZ

Steve Hester, MD, MBA
Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Norton Healthcare, Louisville, KY

Ed Miller, MD
Chief Executive Officer, Johns Hopkins Medicine; Frances Watt Baker and Lenox D. Baker Jr. Dean, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

James Sams, MD
Medical Director, Piedmont Physicians Group, Atlanta, GA
12:15 p.m. Networking Luncheon

AFTERNOON TRACK SESSIONS
Track 1: Advancing Payment Models to Support Improved Performance
1:15 p.m. Track 1 Overview

Elliott Fisher, MD, MPH
Director, Population Health and Policy; Director, Center for Population Health, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH
1:30 p.m. Financial Accountability: What Providers Need to Do and How Payers Can Help

Elliott Fisher, MD, MPH
Director, Population Health and Policy; Director, Center for Population Health, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH (Moderator)

Carmella Bocchino, RN, MBA
Executive Vice President, Clinical Affairs and Strategic Planning, America's Health Insurance Plans, Washington, DC

Jay Cohen, MD, MBA
Executive Chairman, Monarch Health Care, Irvine, CA

Steve Erkenbrack
President and Chief Executive Officer, Rocky Mountain Health Plans, Grand Junction, CO

Gene Lindsey, MD
Chief Executive Officer, Atrius Health and Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Newton, MA
3:15 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m. Methods to Help Payers and Providers Successfully Manage Increased Risk

Sherry Glied, MA, PhD
Assistant Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, US Department of Health and Human Services (Moderator)

Arlene Ash, MS, PhD
Professor, Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA

Ed Cymerys, FSA, MAAA
Senior Vice-President and Chief Actuary, Blue Shield of California, San Francisco, CA

Dean Farley, PhD
Vice President, PPS and Payment Accuracy Solutions, OptumInsight, Rocky Hill, CT

Lisa Iezzoni, MD, MSc
Professor of Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, MA

Steve Lieberman, MPhil, MA
Visiting Scholar, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC

5:30 p.m. Networking Reception

Track 2: Multi-Payor ACOs
1:15 p.m. Track 2 Overview

Mark McClellan, MD, PhD
Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair in Health Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC
1:30 p.m. Medicaid ACOs

Mark McClellan, MD, PhD
Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair in Health Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC (Moderator)

Carol Backstrom
Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Deputy Administrator/Director, Center for Medicaid, CHIP and Survey & Certification, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Minneapolis, MN

Elaine Batchlor, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer, LA Care Health Plan; Chair-Elect, Integrated Healthcare Association, Los Angeles, CA

Colleen Kraft, MD
Program Director, Transitional Residency, Carilion Clinic Pediatric Medicine, Roanoke, VA

Richard Onizuka, PhD
Health Care Policy Director, Washington State Health Care Authority, Olympia, WA

Bruce Siegel, MD, MPH
Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems, Washington, DC
3:15 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m. Private-Public Payor Collaboration

Mark McClellan, MD, PhD
Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair in Health Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC (Moderator)

Bill Kramer, MBA
Executive Director, National Health Policy, Pacific Business Group on Health, San Francisco, CA

Robert Margolis, MD
Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer, HealthCare Partners; Chair, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Torrance, CA

Aaron McKethan, PhD
Director, Beacon Communities Program, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Washington, DC

Lew Sandy, MD, MBA
Senior Vice President for Clinical Advancement, United HealthCare; Senior Fellow, School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota, Minnetonka, MN
5:30 p.m. Networking Reception

Track 3: Legal Issues
1:15 p.m. Track 3 Overview

Larry Kocot, JD, MPA, LLM
Deputy Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, The Brookings Institution; Senior Counsel, SNR Denton LLP, Washington, DC
1:30 p.m. Addressing ACO Legal Issues

James Cannatti, JD
Senior Counsel, Office of Counsel to the Inspector General, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

Larry Kocot, JD, MPA, LLM
Deputy Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, The Brookings Institution; Senior Counsel, SNR Denton LLP, Washington, DC (Moderator)

John Friend, JD
General Counsel, Tucson Medical Center, Tucson, AZ

Doug Hastings, JD
Chairman, Board of Directors, Epstein, Becker, Green, PC, Washington, DC

Chris Janney, JD
Partner, SNR Denton, Washington, DC

Cathy Livingston, JD
Health Care Counsel, Office of the IRS Chief Counsel, Washington, DC
3:15 p.m. Break
3:45 p.m. Structural Safeguards Against Market Dominance and Antitrust Concerns

Larry Kocot, JD, MPA, LLM
Deputy Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, The Brookings Institution; Senior Counsel, SNR Denton LLP, Washington, DC (Moderator)

Paul Ginsburg, PhD
President, Center for Studying Health System Change, Washington, DC

Melinda Hatton, MPA, JD
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, American Hospital Association, Washington, DC

Gail Kursh
Deputy Chief, Legal Policy Section, US Department of Justice, Washington, DC

Arthur Lerner, JD
Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP, Former Director, Health Care Antitrust Program, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC

Douglas C. Ross, JD
Partner and Chair, Firmwide Litigation Practice, Davis Wright Tremaine, Governing Council, ABA Antitrust Section, Seattle, WA
5:30 p.m. Networking Reception

Track 4: Health IT and Delivery Reform
(Also Opening Plenary Session of the Health IT and Delivery System Transformation Summit)
1:15 p.m. Opening Remarks

Janet M. Marchibroda
Chair, Health Information Technology Initiative, Health Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center, Washington, DC (Co chair)

Aaron McKethan, PhD
Director, Beacon Communities Program, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Washington, DC (Co chair)
1:30 p.m. Overview of and Update on the Administration's Work Around Health Information Technology and its Role in New Delivery Models

Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM
National Coordinator for Programs and Policy, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
2:30 p.m. Key Imperatives for Delivery System Reform Enabled by Health IT: Lessons From the Beacon Community and Aligning Forces for Quality Programs

Aaron McKethan, PhD
Director, Beacon Communities Program, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Washington, DC (Moderator)

Randall D. Cebul, MD
Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Director, Center for Health Care Research and Policy; Director, Better Health Greater Cleveland, Cleveland, OH

Jac Davies, MS, MPH
Director, Beacon Community of the Inland Northwest, Inland Northwest Health Services, Spokane, WA
Presentation Material (Acrobat)

Richard Thompson
Quality Health Network, Colorado Beacon Community, Grand Junction, CO

James Walker, MD
FACP, Chief Information Officer, Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
3:30 p.m. Break
4:00 p.m. Community-Based Models for Transformation: Insights on Scalability to Other Market Across the U.S.

Janet M. Marchibroda
Chair, Health Information Technology Initiative, Health Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center, Washington, DC (Moderator)
Presentation Material (Acrobat)

David E. Kelleher, MA
Executive Director, Employers Forum of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN
Presentation Material (Acrobat)

Craig Osterhues
Health Care Manager, GE Aviation, General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH
Presentation Material (Acrobat)

David Kibbe, MD
Senior Advisor, American Academy of Family Physicians, Oriental, NC
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
4:45 p.m. Alignment of Health IT with Delivery System Reform: Lessons From Leading Health Plans

Mark J. Segal, PhD
Vice President, Government and Industry Affairs, GE Healthcare IT, Oak Park, IL (Moderator)

Dana Gelb Safran, ScD
Senior Vice President, Performance Measurement and Improvement, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
Presentation Material (Acrobat)

David Toomey
Principal and Chief Strategist, ACAP Health; Former President and General Manager, CIGNA HealthCare South Region; Dallas, TX
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
5:30 p.m. Aligning Health IT with Delivery System Reform

Peggi M. Czinger MPH
Director, Network Care Management COE, CMO - Montefiore Care Management, Yonkers, New York
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
6:00 p.m. Networking Reception




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