Monday, December 4

The Evidence Base for Quality-Based Purchasing

Moderator: Peggy McNamara, MSPH, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Delivery Organization and Markets, AHRQ

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

• PowerPoint Presentation

Key Decisions for Purchasers Engaging in Quality-Based Purchasing

Moderator: Peggy McNamara, MSPH, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Delivery Organization and Markets, AHRQ

Meredith Rosenthal, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard University School of Public Health

Discussants:

• PowerPoint Presentation

• Annette King
  Director of Benefits
  Starbucks
• Andrew Oliviera, MD, MHA
  Medical Director, Northwest
  Aetna - Seattle Office

• Barney Speight
  Deputy Administrator
  Washington State Health Care Authority
• Diane Zahn
  Secretary and Treasurer
  United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 21

Luncheon Keynote: How to Incentivize Good Chronic Care

Moderator: Nancy Fisher, MD, MPH, Medical Director, Washington State Health Care Authority

Ed Wagner, MD, MPH, Director of Improving Chronic Illness Care, MacColl Institute for Healthcare Innovation, Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative of Seattle

Discussant:

• Jonathan Sugarman, MD, MPH, President and Chief Executive Officer, Qualis Health

• PowerPoint Presentation

Examining Business Cases for Interventions to Improve Quality of Care

Moderator: Lance Heineccius, MS, Director, Information and Incentives, Puget Sound Health Alliance

Douglas Conrad, PhD, MBA, MHA, Professor of Health Services and Director, Center for Health Management Research, University of Washington

Discussants:

• PowerPoint Presentation

• Jay Krueger
  Vice President, Benefit Analytics
  Washington Mutual
• Rich Maturi

Senior Vice President, Health Care Delivery Systems
Premera Blue Cross

• Caroline Whalen
  Deputy County Administrative Officer
  Department of Executive Services
  King County

Selecting Measures for Purchasing

Moderator: Susie Dade, MPA, Director, Quality Improvement and Administration, Puget Sound Health Alliance

Paul Sheckelle, MD, PhD, Consultant, Health Sciences, RAND

Patrick Romano, MD, Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of California, Davis

Discussants:

• Paul Sheckelle
  PowerPoint Presentation
  
• Patrick Romano PowerPoint Presentation

• Richard Onizuka, PhD
  Director, Health Care Policy
  Washington State Health Care Authority

• Michael Tronolone, MD, MMM
  Medical Director
  The Polyclinic