NATIONAL ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION (ACO) CONGRESS

October 25 - 27, 2010

ONSITE
Century Plaza Hyatt Regency
Los Angeles, CA

ONLINE
In your own office or home live via the Internet with 24/7 access for six months

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NEWLY CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Susan Dentzer Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs, Health Policy Analyst, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, Washington, DC	Elliott S. Fisher, MD, MPH Director, Population Health and Policy, Director, Center for Population Health, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy, Lebanon, NH
Peter V. Lee, Esq. Director of Delivery System Reform, Office of Health Reform, US Department of Health & Human Services, Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Business Group on Health, Washington, DC	Mark McClellan, MD, PhD Director, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, Brookings Institution, Former CMS Administrator and FDA Commissioner, Washington, DC

CONGRESS CO-CHAIRS

Bart Asner, MD Chief Executive Officer, Monarch Healthcare, Chair, Integrated Healthcare Association, Irvine, CA	Susan Dentzer Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs, Health Policy Analyst, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, Washington, DC
Richard de Filippi, PhD Chair, American Hospital Association, Chair, Cambridge Health Alliance, Managing Partner, Ariano Partnership, Cambridge, MA	Keith Wilson, MD, FACOG Regional Medical Director, Region 6 - Talbert Medical Group, HealthCare Partners Medical Group, Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Talbert Medical Group, Chair, California Association of Physician Groups, Costa Mesa, CA

CONGRESS THEMES

Day I: Understanding Accountable Care Organizations
Day II: Implementing Accountable Care Organizations
Day III: Innovations in Accountable Care Organizations

PRE-CONFERENCES

I: The Premier Healthcare Alliance Collaboratives: From Readiness to Implementation
II: The Role of the Patient Centered Medical Home in Accountable Care Organizations
III: Measuring Accountable Care

CONCURRENT SESSION TRACKS

I: Patient Attribution Models for ACOs
II: Creating the Culture for Accountable Care: Case Studies
III: Managing Risk and Global Payments in the ACO Environment
IV: ACO Legal, Governance and Organizational Structure
V: A Community Model Case Study
VI: Infrastructure for the Administration of the ACO
VII: Building the Information Technology Infrastructure for ACOs
VIII: ACO Payment Models
IX: Federal and State Regulation of ACOs
X: Legislative Perspectives on the ACO
XI: ACO Models: 1204(a) and 1206(d) Clinics
XII: The ACO Legal Environment: Antitrust, Kickbacks, and other Pitfalls to Avoid
XIII: Leveraging ACOs to improve Access and Quality while Bending Cost Trends in Massachusetts
XIV: Facing Antitrust Hurdles in Forming and Operating an ACO
XV: Medical Foundations - State, Regional, and Local
XVI: Performance Measurement in the ACOs
XVII: Infrastructure for Medical Management of the ACO
XVIII:ACO Return on Investment (ROI)
XIX: Are You Ready for Accountable Care and How to Make it Work?!

FEATURED FACULTY

Richard Afable, MD President and Chief Executive Officer, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, Newport Beach, CA	Steve Allen, MD, MBA Chief Executive Officer, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH	Bart Asner, MD Chief Executive Officer, Monarch HealthCare, Irvine, CA
Donald C. Balfour III, MD President and Medical Director, Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, San Diego, CA	James Barber President and Chief Executive Officer, Hospital Association of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA	Kevin F. Brennan, CPA, FHFMA (Invited) Executive Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Geisinger Health System, Treasurer, Geisinger Health System Foundation, Danville, PA
Lawrence P. Casalino, MD, MPH Livingston Farrand Associate Professor of Public Health, Chief, Division of Outcomes and Effectiveness Research, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY	John H. Cochran, MD, FACS Executive Director, The Permanente Federation, Oakland, CA	Jay J. Cohen, MD, MBA President and Chairman, Monarch HealthCare, Irvine, CA
Donald H. Crane President and Chief Executive Officer, California Association of Physician Groups, Los Angeles, CA	Francis J. (Jay) Crosson, MD Associate Executive Director, The Permanente Medical Group, Senior Fellow, Institute for Health Policy, Kaiser Permanente, Vice Chair, MEDPAC, Oakland, CA	C. Duane Dauner President, California Hospital Association, Sacramento, CA
Susan Dentzer Editor-in-Chief, Health Affairs, Health Policy Analyst, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, Washington, DC	Susan D. DeVore President and Chief Executive Officer, Premier, Inc., Charlotte, NC	Elliott S. Fisher, MD, MPH Director, Population Health and Policy, Director, Center for Population Health, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH
Bruce Merlin Fried, Esq. Partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, Washington, DC	Jill H. Gordon, JD, MHA Partner and Co chair, Health Law Group, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Los Angeles, CA	Jennifer l. Jackman President and Chief Executive Officer, Bright Health Physicians, Whittier, CA
Lance Lang, MD, FAAFP Consulting Medical Director, Health Dialog, Berkeley, CA	Peter V. Lee, Esq. Director of Delivery System Reform, US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Health Reform, Former President and CEO, Pacific Business Group on Health, Washington, DC	Steven M. Lieberman, MPhil, MA Visiting Scholar, Brookings Institution, Managing Member, Lieberman Consulting, Inc., Former Assistant Director, White House OMB, Bethesda, MD
Robert J. Margolis, MD Managing Partner and CEO, HealthCare Partners, Chair, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Torrance, CA	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	Harold D. Miller President and Chief Executive Officer, Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement, Executive Director, Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform, Pittsburgh, PA
Margaret E. O'Kane President, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Washington, DC	Jerry Penso, MD, MBA Medical Director, Continuum of Care, Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, San Diego, CA	Michael S. Ramseier Vice President, Provider Engagement and Contracting, Anthem Blue Cross, Woodland Hills, CA
Donald J. Rebhun, MD Regional Medical Director, HealthCare Partners, Mission Hills, CA	Ann Robinow President, Robinow Health Care Consulting, Founder and Former President, Patient Choice Healthcare, Inc., Minneapolis, MN	James C. Robinson, PhD Kaiser Permanente Professor or Health Economics, School of Public Health, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Edwina Rogers, Esq. Executive Director, Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative, Washington, DC	Stephen M. Shortell, PhD, MBA, MPH Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management, Dean, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA	Bruce Spurlock, MD Executive Director, Clinical Acceleration, Beacon, The Bay Area Patient Safety Collaborative, Chief Executive Officer, Convergence Health Consulting, Roseville, CA
Paul C. Tang, MD, MS Chief Innovation and Technology Officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Vice Chair, Health Information Technology Policy Committee, and Chair, Meaningful Use Work Group, HHA, Palo Alto, CA	Phyllis Torda Vice President, Strategy and the Quality Solutions Group, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Washington, DC	Rick Vance Director, Physician Clinic Services, Marshall Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
Mark Werner, MD Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Carilion Clinic, Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, VA	Tom Williams Executive Director, Integrated Healthcare Association, Oakland, CA	Chris Wing Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, HealthCare Partners, LLC and California, Torrance, CA

NATIONAL ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATION (ACO) CONGRESS October 25 - 27, 2010
ONSITE Century Plaza Hyatt Regency Los Angeles, CA	OR	ONLINE In your own office or home live via the Internet with 24/7 access for six months

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FEATURED ACO VIDEO
From 2009 Hospital Payment Reform Summit
*Featuring:*
Elliott S. Fisher, MD, MPH Director, Population Health and Policy, Director, Center for Population Health, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy, Lebanon, NH
Charles N. (Chip) Kahn III, MPH President, Federation of American Hospitals, Washington, DC
Bart Asner, MD Chief Executive Officer, Monarch Healthcare, Irvine, CA (Moderator)

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PARTICIPATION OPTIONS

TRADITIONAL ONSITE ATTENDANCE

Simply register, travel to the conference city and attend in person.

Pros: subject matter immersion; professional networking opportunities; faculty interaction

LIVE AND ARCHIVED INTERNET ATTENDANCE

Watch the conference in live streaming video over the Internet and at your convenience at any time 24/7 for the six months following the event.

The archived conference includes speaker videos and coordinated PowerPoint presentations.

Pros: Live digital feed and 24/7 Internet access for next six months; Accessible in office, at home or anywhere worldwide with Internet access; Avoid travel expense and hassle; No time away from the office

INTERNET INTERFACE SAMPLE
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