The year 2011 seems to be
accelerating to its conclusion, but before it ends we want to
contemplate what is coming over the horizon for 2012.
If 2010 was about the legislative struggle to push the Affordable
Care Act over the finish line, 2011 was about drawing the outlines
for its implementation. Next year, states, hospitals, health plans,
and private practices will have to pour some foundations if they're
going to meet the stringent timetable to create a habitable edifice
for the nation's uninsured by 2014.
Granted, the
entire law may be overturned by the Supreme Court next year. But
even if that happens, the restructuring of the finance and delivery
system is likely to carry forward of its own momentum. Employers
will continue to demand health insurance benefit designs that put
more responsibility on the employee. States will struggle to hold
the line on Medicaid expenses. New models in physician payment will
seek to mitigate the side-effects of fee-for-service. Will
physicians practices try to turn themselves into patient-centered
medical homes? Will Medicare succeed in creating an attractive model
of accountable care organizations? And will hospitals be able to
continue to merge and acquire physician practices even if Congress
trims reimbursements further?
Join us on Dec. 9
as we convene a forecasting session with several of the Midwest’s
foremost experts on how the private healthcare marketplace will be
developing in the near future. It promises to be a lively hour.
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Participants will be able to:
- Describe the major trends on the horizon for the next 18
months.
- Have a sense of the evolution of the private sector health
industry regardless whether the Supreme Court invalidates the
health reform law.
- Learn how key Midwestern states are approaching the reform
of Medicaid.
- Understand differing perspectives on the CMS proposal for
the Medicare shared savings model of accountable care
organizations, and the obstacles to its implementation.
- Engage in interactive learning through live webinar providing
online question submission, attendee surveys, feedback and opportunity for
follow up questions, and networking with attendees, faculty and other
professionals through dedicated LinkedIn group.
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Michael L. Millenson,
President, Health Quality Advisors LLC , Highland Park, Ill
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Michael L. Millenson, president of Health Quality Advisors
LLC, is a nationally recognized expert on improving the
quality of American healthcare with more than a decade of
consulting experience.
He is the author of the
critically acclaimed book, Demanding Medical Excellence:
Doctors and Accountability in the Information Age, and he
holds an adjunct appointment as the Mervin Shalowitz, M.D.
Visiting Scholar at Northwestern University's Kellogg School
of Management. Earlier in his career, he was a healthcare
reporter for the Chicago Tribune and was nominated three
times for a Pulitzer Prize.
Millenson has testified
before Congress, lectured at the National Institutes of
Health and the Harvard Business School, and served as a
faculty member for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
He has written for publications ranging from the British
Medical Journal and Health Affairs to USA Today and World
Book Encyclopedia, and he is a regular contributor to healthcare blogs.
Millenson also serves on the board of
the American Medical Group Foundation and on the editorial
boards of Quality and Safety in Health Care and the American
Journal of Medical Quality.
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Jay Warden
Senior Vice President, The Camden Group, Chicago
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Jay Warden has more than 20 years of experience in
healthcare management. He specializes in physician-hospital
relations and strategic planning. He has worked with a wide
range of hospitals, health systems, and academic medical
centers.
He has previously been a senior vice president at Kaufman
Hall Associates, where he led the firm’s physician strategy
practice. He has also worked with Sg2 and the Tiber Group.
Before becoming a consultant, Warden held various leadership
positions in physician practice groups in the arenas of
primary care, occupational health, and emergency medicine.
Earlier he worked in hospital operations roles for a large
national hospital company
He is author of “Creating Sustainable Physician-Hospital
Strategies,” a book published in the Health Administration
Press Executive Essentials series.
Mr. Warden holds masters degrees in business
administration and health services administration from the
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and a bachelor of arts
degree from Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.
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William M. Dwyer
Founder and President, Dwyer HC
Strategies
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William M. Dwyer is a healthcare strategist and futurist
who serves as an executive advisor to several healthcare
related organizations. As founder and president of Dwyer HC
Strategies, Bill is frequently sought after as a speaker for
national and local leadership Board Retreats and senior
management events.
Previously he served the Cerner
Corporation as senior vice president, and engaged with
leading healthcare executives to provide insights on
emerging industry trends and issues, and to oversee specific
business development initiatives related to future
healthcare information technologies.
Before joining
Cerner, Dwyer was the divisional vice president of strategic
marketing for Abbott Laboratories in Abbott Park, Ill.,
where he was responsible for researching and developing
strategic analyses on the future of healthcare and medical
technology.
Dwyer has served on several national
boards of directors: National Quality Forum (NQF) Institute
Council, The Alliance, National Center for Healthcare
Leadership, Health Research Educational Trust, National
Committee for Quality Health Care, AHA Strategic Planning
Committee, and serves as a founding board member for Banner
Health system, Phoenix.
Bill earned a bachelor’s
degree from the University of Minnesota, and a master’s in
business administration with distinction from Northwestern
University Kellogg School’s Health Services Management
Program.
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