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2005 National Webcast on Pay for Performance Trends and Issues
An audioconference/ web summit on Thursday November 17th, 2005,  1 PM Eastern (10 AM Pacific)

Pay for Performance (P4P) is the hottest issue in health care today. From local business coalitions to regional and national health plans to the Federal government, P4P sponsors across the country are experimenting with new ways to drive quality improvement through incentives. 

MCOL and the authors of the 2003 and 2004 national studies on provider pay for performance (P4P) programs -- Geof Baker and staff from Med-Vantage --  invite you to attend their upcoming national webcast on the 2005 national P4P study results.  

Individual Registration Fee: $195: Click here to register or call 209.577.4888
Web Summit CD-ROM: $20 for attendees; $225 for non-attendees after the event. 
Corporate Site licensing also available. 

Live Audioconference	Powerpoint  Presentation	Copy of 2005 P4P Study	CD-ROM Also Available

Ten leading national organizations on quality and performance measurement have expressed support for the research this year:    

1. The Alliance Health Care Cooperative (the Alliance), Madison WI
2. American Medical Group Association (AMGA)
3. Bridges to Excellence
4. Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
5. The Leapfrog Group
6. National Business Coalition on Health
7. National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA)
8. National Quality Forum
9. Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH)
10. Rewarding Results National Evaluation Team

NOTE: The above ten organizations are not providing any financial support for the survey, nor will they reap any financial benefit from it.  Further, their support does not imply an endorsement for the products or services of Med-Vantage, Inc.

Who Should Attend:  

The webcast will appeal to a wide variety of executives and managers:

• Federal, State, and local government managers interested in designing or learning about P4P programs in both the public and private sector

• Key executives responsible for strategy, finance, operations, and human resources from large employers and employer coalitions

• Health plan managers responsible for health care quality, network development, disease management, and benefit design as well as CEOs, COOs, CFOs, and CMOs

• Hospital and physician executives interested in learning how to respond to external P4P programs or how to design their own internal rewards programs

• Consumer groups interested in the efforts to increase performance transparency and offer sophisticated consumer tools

• Academic researchers studying P4P trends

• Consulting firms playing key roles in P4P design and implementation

What Will be Covered

The webcast will cover trends in program design and strategy, measurement domains and weighting, scoring  models and payment amounts, public reporting, and critical data issues, among other topics.  The authors will also report on valuable lessons learned and recommendations from some of the more than 100 P4P sponsors (health plans, government, and employer coalitions) across the country.   

Webcast participants will receive complimentary copies of the comprehensive 2005 written report on P4P trends and issues when it is released later in the year. 

Faculty:

Geof Baker, MBA CEO  Med-Vantage, Inc.

Mr. Baker founded Med-Vantage®, a health informatics company that has attained industry leadership in deploying provider pay-for-performance programs, evidence-based measures and physician scorecard rating systems with 18 health plan customers. In 2004, Mr. Baker invented and filed patents for a quality and efficiency scorecard designed for consumers.  Mr. Baker has twenty years of healthcare industry experience as an accomplished executive, entrepreneur and consultant. Mr. Baker has worked nationally and internationally with health plans, provider delivery systems, and technology companies on healthcare operations, managed care, marketing and clinical informatics initiatives. Mr. Baker has published numerous articles and speaks nationally on managed care, pay-for-performance and consumer directed healthcare. Prior to Med-Vantage, Mr. Baker founded three other companies, ran an IPA and joint venture between Columbia HCA and UniHealth, and worked for Ernst & Young and Cigna Health Plans. Mr. Baker received his Master of Business degree from the Wharton School of Business and his Bachelor's degree in Economics from Williams College .  Faculty also includes Beau Carter, Health Policy and Strategy Consultant for Med-Vantage, Inc.

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