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ACOs are like the weather – everyone is talking about them, but action on
them often remains hazy.
“ACOs: A Midwest Perspective” has been constructed to take the dialogue
about accountable care organizations to the next level. On Thursday June
2 at noon, Central time, it will provide information on what has been
accomplished to date in building ACOs in the region, relevant hospital
and physician regional marketplace issues, how ACOs will function in the
region, and what potential roadblocks or difficulties may be on the
horizon.
This one hour session, featuring Pendulum President & CEO Bill DeMarco and
Dean Health System CEO Dr. Craig Samitt, will address topics including:
- ACO health plan initiatives such as
BCBS Illinois contract with the Advocate Physician Partners joint
venture
- Exclusive bundling payment programs,
such as under the Advocate and BCBS IL arrangement
- Implications of CMS proposed ACO regulations for Midwest
stakeholders
- Current hospital consolidation
implications in markets such as Chicago and Detroit
- Physician networks with multiple
markets in the region
- Physician owned Accountable Care
Organizations
- Managing rural and urban physician
groups in the ACO environment
- Dean Health System's perspective on ACO development and relevant
Dean programs and initiatives
About Dean Health System
Based in Madison, Wisconsin, Dean is one of the largest integrated
healthcare delivery systems in the country. Established in 1904, Dean
provides: Medical and health services through a network of Dean or St.
Mary's/Dean-owned clinics throughout southern Wisconsin; Health
insurance services through Dean Health Plan; Ancillary health services
within Dean Clinic locations; and Clinical research and education,
through Dean Foundation.
About Pendulum Healthcare Development Corporation
Based in Rockford, IL, Pendulum's management team has worked with a
variety of physicians, hospitals, employers, health plans and provider
networks in startup, expansion and turnaround situations. Their goal is
to revitalize interest in local delivery system transformation by
helping physicians design risk and incentive plans that reimburse
doctors based on quality outcomes not just the number of patients seen.
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Participants will be able to:
- Understand Midwest region specific marketplace issues directly
impacting the ACO environment
- Explore specific ACO initiatives and bundled payment programs
underway in the Midwest
- Consider ACO development perspectives specific to the Midwest
from Dean Health System and Pendulum President & CEO Bill DeMarco
- Examine relevant programs, services and initiatives developed by
Dean Health System
- Engage in interactive learning through online question submission, attendee feedback and opportunity for
follow up questions, and networking with attendees, faculty and other
professionals through dedicated LinkedIn group
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Interested attendees would include:
- C-Suite Executives
- Physician Executives
- Strategy and Planning Executives and
Staff
- Legal, Regulatory and Policy
Executives and Staff
- Managed Care and Revenue Cycle
Executives and Staff
- Business Development Executives
and Staff
- Business Intelligence Staff
- Provider Network
Executives and Staff
- Provider Contracting
Executives and Staff
Attendees would represent organizations
including:
- Hospitals
- Provider Networks
- Medical Groups
- Health Plans
- Business Process Organizations
- Solutions Providers
- Healthcare Quality Organizations
- Associations, Institutes and
Research Organizations
- Pharmaceutical Organizations
- Media and Communications
- Other Interested Parties
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Individual Registration Fee: $195. Audio Conference CD-ROM: $40
for attendees; $255 for non-attendees after the event.
Corporate Site licensing also available. Click
here to register or call 209.577.4888 We look forward to your
participation in this event!
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William DeMarco
President & CEO
Pendulum HealthCare Development Corporation
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William J. DeMarco MA CMC is the President & Chief Executive Officer of
Pendulum Health Development Corporation, and DeMarco & Associates, Inc.,
a national, independent healthcare consulting firm specializing in
healthcare delivery system redesign and transformation. The firm
specializes in research and strategy development, organization
development of successful provider owned enterprises and marketing
management including product design and promotion. Mr DeMarco is
recognized as a leader in the research, design and implementation of
community based health plans. Since his involvement in several startup
health plans in Minnesota in the early 1970s Bill and his team of
management consultants clinical specialists and reimbursement analysts
have assisted employers and physicians in developing better
relationships with insurers up to and including developing local
solutions to deliver and finance care.
Using Health Services Research from its affiliate Pendulum HealthCare
Development Corporation (www.pendulumhealth.com), DeMarco and Associates
assists both provider and employer clients in addressing prospective
payment approaches in order to build Pay for Performance models to
develop direct employer/provider contracting entities, benchmarking
collaboratives under the new value purchasing legislation as well as
Accountable Care organization development and management.. Mr. DeMarco
is a well-known author having written or contributed to over a dozen
books on managed care topics. His most recent book Performance Based
Medicine will be released in January 2011. He holds a master’s degree in
organizational development from DePaul University. He a past faculty
member of Loyola Law School’s graduate program and DePaul University MBA
program on entrepreneurial management.
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Craig Samitt, MD MBA President and Chief
Executive Officer
Dean Health System
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As President and CEO of Dean Health System since 2006, Dr. Samitt leads
one of the largest integrated delivery systems in the Midwest and
oversees nearly 500+ doctors, 3000 staff, 60 facilities, retail and
ancillary services, a 300,000 member health plan, and a Pharmacy Benefit
Management company. Under Dr. Samitt’s leadership, Dean has achieved a
rapid transformation of its operational and strategic performance, and
through delivery of “better care at a lower cost,” has become one of the
nation’s leading examples of a high-performing Accountable Care
Organization.
Dr. Samitt has served for over 15 years in senior leadership roles in
major healthcare systems. He began his career at Harvard Community
Health Plan, where he served as Chairman of Medicine and Executive
Director of HCHP’s flagship site. Dr. Samitt subsequently served on the
turnaround team of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care as Senior Vice President
of Marketing, Sales, Customer Service, and Product Development and
Management. From 2002 through 2006, Dr. Samitt was Chief Operating
Officer at Fallon Clinic, a leading multi-specialty group practice in
New England.
Dr. Samitt is widely known within the healthcare community and lectures
extensively about Accountable care, healthcare turnaround management,
physician engagement and leadership, payment reform, and the future of
healthcare. He serves as a coach and consultant for medical groups,
hospitals and health plans seeking to transform their organizational
performance, and currently serves as the Chair of the Group Practice
Improvement Network and as Co-Chair of the Patient Centered Primary Care
Collaborative (PCPCC) Center for Accountable Care.
Dr. Samitt graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a degree of Biology from Tufts
University, received his MD from Columbia University College of
Physicians & Surgeons, completed his clinical training at Harvard’s
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and earned his MBA from the Wharton
School. He has been designated as both an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of
the Year Finalist as well as a finalist for Modern Healthcare’s Top 100
Most Powerful People in Healthcare.
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Progress report on the Accountable Care
environment in the Midwest