Conference - December 5th


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Quality-Based Health Care Purchasing Conference
December 4 & 5, 2006
Bell Harbor Conference Center - Seattle Washington

Tuesday, December 5		Click for December 4 Agenda
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Role in Quality Based Purchasing Moderator: Bernice Hecker, MD, MHA, Medical Director, Medicare Part A, Noridian Administrative Services, LLC Kenneth Fink, MD, MGA, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Region X Discussants:		PowerPoint Presentation
Jonathan Sugarman, MD, MPH President & Chief Executive Officer Qualis Health Dorothy Teeter, MHA Chief of Health Operations Interim Director & Health Officer Public Health-Seattle & King County	Jeffery Thompson, MD Medical Director Medical Assistance Administration Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
Break Out Session 1a: Innovative Quality Based Purchasing Examples Moderator: Richard Cooper, MHA, Chief Executive Officer, The Everett Clinic Meredith Rosenthal, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard University School of Public Health Discussants:		PowerPoint Presentation
Andrew Oliveria, MD, MHA Medical Director, Northwest Aetna - Seattle Office	Barney Speight Deputy Administrator Washington State Health Care Authority
Break Out Session 1b: Methodological Challenges to Implementing Quality Based Purchasing Moderator: Gary Franklin, MD, MPH, Medical Director, Washington State Department of Labor & Industries R. Adams Dudley, MD, MBA, Associate Professor of Medicine and Health Policy, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care & Institute for Health Policy Studies, The University of California, San Francisco Discussant:		PowerPoint Presentation
Tom Wickizer, MSW, MPH, PhD, Professor Department of Health Services University of Washington
Break Out Session 1c: Quality Based Purchasing and Health Information Technology Moderator: Roy Plaeger-Brockway, MPA, Senior Program Manager, Healh Service Analysis, Washington State Department of Labor & Industries Discussants:		Thomas Fritz PowerPoint Presentation
Stephan Fihn, MD, MPH Director Northwest Center for Outcomes Research in Older Adults Health Services Research & Development Servcice, VA Puget Sound HCS, Seattle Division 152	Rich Moyer MedInsight Project Manager Milliman Inc. Thomas Fritz, MA, MPA Chief Executive Officer Inland Northwest Health Services
Break Out Session 2a: Quality Based Purchasing in State Medicaid Programs Moderator: Alice Lind, RN, MPH, Medical Assistance Administration, Washington State Department of Social & Health Services Discussants:		David Kelley PowerPoint Presentation John Searcy PowerPoint Presentation Jeffery Thompson PowerPoint Presentation Jean Moody-Williams PowerPoint Presentation
David Kelley, MD, MPA Chief Medical Officer Office of Medical Assistance Programs Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare John Searcy, MD, FAAP Medical Director Alabama Medicaid Agency	Jeffery Thompson, MD Medical Director Medical Assistance Administration Washington State Department of Social and Health Services Jean Moody-Williams, RN, MPP Director, Division of Quality, Evaluation, & Health Outcomes Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services US Dept. of Health & Human Services
Break Out Session 2b: Quality Based Purchasing in Private Employer Health Insurance Programs Moderator: Lance Heineccius, MS, Director, Information & Incentives, Puget Sound Health Alliance Discussants:		Mark Rattray PowerPoint Presentation
Bob Mecklenburg, MD Chief of Medicine Virginia Mason Medical Center Theresa Helle Manager, Health Care Quality and Effectiveness Initiatives The Boeing Company	Mark Rattray President CareVariance
Break Out Session 2c: Role of Community Partnerships in Facilitating Quality Based Purchasing Moderator: Roberto Mootz, DC, Associate Medical Director, Washington State Department of Labor & Industries Thomas Fritz, MA, MPA, Chief Executive Officer, Inland Northwest Health Services Roy Plaeger-Brockway, MPA, Senior Program Manager, Health Services Analysis, Washington State Department of Labor & Industries Discussants:		Roy Plaeger-Broadway PowerPoint Presentation David Flum PowerPoint Presentation
Mary Gregg, MD, MHA Medical Director Clinical Outcomes Assessment Program (COAP)	David Flum, MD, MPH Associate Professor University of Washington, Department of Surgery Director Surgical Outcomes Research Center, Director, Surgical Clinical Outcomes Assessment Program (SCOAP)
IOM Report on Pay-for-Performance Moderator: Margaret Stanley, MHA, Executive Director, Puget Sound Health Alliance Cheryl Scott, MHA, Chief Operating Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation		Cheryl Scott PowerPoint Presentation
Quality Based Purchasing and Washington State: Discussion of Fit within Overarching Quality Strategy and Potential Next Steps to Further the Discussion Moderator: Gary Franklin, MD, MPH, Medical Director, Washington State Department of Labor & Industries Bob Mecklenburg, MD, Chief of Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center Margaret Stanley, MHA, Executive Director, Puget Sound Health Alliance Barney Speight, Deputy Administrator, Washington State Health Care Authority Discussant:		Gary Franklin PowerPoint Presentation
Meredith Rosenthal, PhD Associate Professor Department of Health Policy and Management Harvard University School of Public Health