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ACHE Scottsdale Cluster 2011
Topic(s): Achieving Results From Growth Strategies: From Ideas to Implementation
Description:
In this session, we use examples from our national consulting work to facilitate learning about growth via large and small group discussions. In addition, this seminar offers an opportunity for you to develop a specific plan to improve growth results for your organization.
Date/Location: May 18 - February 19 2011/Scottsdale, Arizona
Speaker(s): (with with Ellen F. Goldman, EdD)


American College of Physician Executives: Integrated Health Systems Course
Topic(s): Integrated Health: Clinical Integration
Description:
Implementing clinical integration will be the cornerstone of operational and clinical improvements in the next decade. As the healthcare delivery model evolves physician leaders will need to know how competing market dynamics, technological advancements, greater customization; and the demand for quality will drive clinical integration. This course will explore key trends, developments, and guidelines which will to help shape clinical practice in the future.
Date/Location: November 14 - 18 2010/Tucson, Arizona
Speaker(s): Brian J. Silverstein M.D.


Hospital & Physician Relations: An Executive Summit
Topic(s): Value-Based Care: Real Models that Deliver
Description:
Value-based payment is increasingly viewed as the solution to bending the curve on healthcare cost growth. While models take many forms, the goal is consistent: to reduce costs while improving quality. Through case presentations and a panel discussion, executives from leading organizations will share their progress with value-based models including bundled payment, clinical integration, and accountable care. Examine the keys toengaging physicians and empowering them to achieve results; developing meaningful financial incentives to drive cost efficiency and achieve clinical quality goals; and enabling seamless information exchange and coordination of care between hospitals, physician offices, and other sites of care
Date/Location: October 27 2010/Scottsdale, Arizona
Speaker(s): Robert A. Minkin, Eric T. Nielsen M.D., Brian J. Silverstein M.D. (with William Chin, MD, Executive Medical Director, HealthCare Partners Medical Group)


MGMA 2010 Annual Conference
Topic(s): Accountable Care Organizations - Physician/Hospital Integration Under Healthcare Reform
Description:
Fully integrated delivery systems (IDSs) and accountable care organizations (ACOs) are becoming more plentiful, spurred on by a number of factors: healthcare reform, hospitals' difficulties in recruiting physicians, physicians' desire to access managed care contracts. This session will identify the issues in building such systems, how to counter them, and how to develop successful systems. This session will provide you with the knowledge to identify the key requirements and drivers of ACOs and IDSs; determine ACOs' strategic, financial, operational, and organizational issues; and apply changes to organizational structures, financial arrangements, and clinical coordination.
Date/Location: October 26 2010/New Orleans, Louisiana
Speaker(s): Laura P. Jacobs (with Paul DeMuro, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP)


ACHE San Francisco Cluster
Topic(s): Achieving Results From Growth Strategies: From Ideas to Implementation
Description:
In this session we use examples from our national consulting work to facilitate learning about growth via large and small group discussions. In addition, this seminar offers an opportunity for you to develop a specific plan to improve growth results for your organization.
Date/Location: October 4 - 5 2010/San Francisco, California
Speaker(s): Mark J. Dubow (with Ellen F. Goldman, EdD)


The Hospital Council of Northern and Central California Leadership Summit 2010
Topic(s): Repositioning Your Service Lines in an Accountable Care World
Description:
Many hospitals and health systems have spent the last couple decades focusing on key service lines to establish Centers of Excellence that will attract patients to their hospitals, improve their overall reputation and enhance financial viability. Will these strategies be enough to be successful in an accountable care world? How will you need to modify your strategies to thrive in the dynamic post-reform environment of value-based purchasing?
Date/Location: October 1 2010/Olympic Valley, California
Speaker(s): Barbra Z. Riegel


Association of Community Cancner Centers 27th National Oncology Economics Conference
Topic(s): What is the Role of a Community Cancer Center in an Accountable Healthcare Organization (ACO)?
Description:
Under healthcare reform, ACOs will manage and coordinate care across settings. We’ll examine how community cancer centers might benefit and what may be required.
Date/Location: September 29 - October 2 2010/St. Louis, Missouri
Speaker(s): Carolyn S. Tung


New Models of Physician Hospital Integration (HASC Educational Event)
Topic(s): Are Your Service Lines Ready for Healthcare Reform?
Description:
In this session, we will focus on how to reposition your centers of excellence in an accountable care world.
Date/Location: August 17 2010/Los Angeles, California
Speaker(s): Barbra Z. Riegel


Alabama Hospital Association Annual Meeting
Topic(s): Physician Alignment & Health Reform
Description:
In this session, we will share our experience in clinical integration, as well as the implications of healthcare reform on delivery models. In time, wide disparities in cost and quality will give way to new forms of payment that reward coordination and quality outcomes. Learn how your organization can thrive in a post-health care reform era where value-based payment and Accountable Care Organizations will require most hospitals to align with physicians and other providers.
Date/Location: June 11 - July 11 2010/Destin, Florida
Speaker(s): Brian J. Silverstein M.D.


Labor Management Institute's 2010 International Conference on Workforce Management (co-sponsored by The Camden Group)
Topic(s): The Impact of Healthcare Reform on Resource Management
Description:
Hospitals and health systems face an unprecedented array of challenges from the current economy, healthcare reform legislation and declining reimbursement rates. Learn from this nationally recognized healthcare industry leader how these challenges will impact your services and resource management. Learn about strategies such as Accountable Care Organizations, Co-Management and Clinical Integration to help achieve organizational goals, improve quality, structure operations and control costs so that your organization can thrive in the future.
Date/Location: June 9 - 10 2010/Henderson
Speaker(s): Steven T. Valentine


Labor Management Institute's 2010 International Conference on Workforce Management (co-sponsored by The Camden Group)
Topic(s): Effectively Managing Resources by Balancing Cost & Quality
Description:
In the near future, management effectiveness will be measured and evaluated through a composite assessment of resource utilization and quality outcomes. To perform this balancing act with success, organizations will need to make full use of a variety of tools, including benchmarks, best practice standards, real time or near real-time financial and quality data, and streamlined workflows to improve care structures and processes on an ongoing basis. During this session you will learn about tools and methodologies you can use to align resource efficiency and service quality.
Date/Location: June 9 - 10 2010/Henderson, NV
Speaker(s): Frank G. Flosman, Patricia A. Hines


Labor Management Institute's 2010 International Conference on Workforce Management (co-sponsored by The Camden Group)
Topic(s): Staffing Incentives: A Critical Management Tool
Description:
Incentives can motivate your valuable resources and improve staffing levels when you need it most. However,creating and managing incentives is both an art and science that takes foresight, planning, clear communication and consistent execution. Learn new ways to develop creative and meaningful incentives that will help you better manage and retain staff.
Date/Location: June 9 - 10 2010/Henderson, NV
Speaker(s): Bonnie L. Barndt-Maglio


National Accountable Care Organization summit
Topic(s): ACO Operational Tools and Strategies
Description:
This panel will cover ACO operational tools and strategies.
Date/Location: June 7 - 9 2010/Washington, D.C.
Speaker(s): Eric T. Nielsen M.D.


Becker's Hospital Review: Hospitals and Health Systems / Improving Profitability and Business and Legal Issues Conference
Topic(s): Clinical Integration Models and How to Affiliate for Managed Care Contracting
Description:
Dr. Silverstein will discuss the latest clinical integration models and as well as ways to affiliate for managed care contracting.
Date/Location: April 14 2010/Chicago, Illinois
Speaker(s): Brian J. Silverstein M.D.


HASC Annual Meeting
Topic(s): Clinical Integration: Successful Strategies for a New Era
Description:
We will discuss the elements of clinical integration, Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), new delivery organizations and operating a Knox-Keene License within the context of health reform outcomes. This session will present the models, critical success factors, payment methods and key components required to do it right.
Date/Location: April 14 - 16 2010/La Quinta, California
Speaker(s): Laura P. Jacobs, Steven T. Valentine


ACHE 2010 Congress on Healthcare Leadership
Topic(s): Bold Strategies: Thriving During and After a Recession
Description:
In this session, audience members will understand why a bold strategy, though counterintuitive, may be the best strategy during and immediately after a recession. Audience members will also discover the tools and techniques to identify, prioritize, select, and implement the right bold strategies to get desired results.
Date/Location: March 24 2010/Chicago, Illinois
Speaker(s): Mark J. Dubow, Brian J. Silverstein M.D.


AMGA 2010 Annual Conference
Topic(s): Caring for the High-Risk Patient: A Model to Improve Outcomes and Efficiency
Description:
We will explore how one medical group is addressing the needs of its high-risk patients. We will examine the key elements of Healthcare Partner's home care program to improve patient outcomes and efficiency of resource utilization. We will describe the organizational structure, relationship to the patient's PCP, operational requirements, and team member composition. We will also share the results of the study on the program's impact on patient care.
Date/Location: March 20 2010/New Orleans, Louisiana
Speaker(s): Mary J. Witt (with Lorrie J. Melby, M.D., Lead HomeCare Physician, High Risk Programs and Jill A. Young, Director of High Risk Operations, Heatlhcare Partners Medical Group)


Physician Strategies Summit
Topic(s): From Clinical Integration to Accountable Care: Organizing for Value-Based Payment
Description:
Wide disparities in the cost and quality of care are giving way to new forms of payment that reward provider coordination and quality outcomes. Learn how your organization can thrive in tomorrow’s payment landscape, where Value-Based Payment and Accountable Care Organization reforms will require most hospitals to align both employed and independent physicians.
Date/Location: February 28 2010/Scottsdale, Arizona
Speaker(s): Eric T. Nielsen M.D., Brian J. Silverstein M.D.


2010 Western Healthcare Alliance Annual Summit
Topic(s): Transforming Clinical Practice and Implementing Clinical Integration
Description:
Patient care has become more complicated as clinical practices continue to change at an unprecedented rate. What is the best tool to get the job done? The healthcare delivery model will continue to evolve and is largely driven by several competing market dynamics: technological advancements and the efficacy of traditional applications; greater customization; and an unrelenting demand for transparency. Implementing clincial integration will be the cornerstone of operational and clinical improvements in the next decade. Dr. Silverstein will explore key trends, developments, and guidelines to help shape clinical practice in your community.
Date/Location: February 10 2010/Grand Juction, Colorado
Speaker(s): Brian J. Silverstein M.D.


The Governance Institute - Leadership Conference
Topic(s): Do Quality & Price Matter? When Will We Finally See Payment Tied to Outcomes?
Description:
Americans, who once inherently believed their local hospital and physician provided the highest “quality” of care, are becoming increasingly skeptical. Gain an appreciation for trends in healthcare reform, quality, cost-effectiveness, and price transparency. Learn practical approaches for engaging consumers by creating a more lucid understanding of quality and price.
Date/Location: January 11 2010/Naples, Florida
Speaker(s): Brian J. Silverstein M.D.


The Governance Institute - Leadership Conference
Topic(s): Clinical Delivery Strategy—How do you Secure the Physician Resources Necessary to Deliver Care in Your Community?
Description:
Economic forces and practice changes are leading to a new wave of physician employment—looking for ways to align with independent physicians to drive quality outcomes, improve care efficiency, and ensure viability in a changing environment. Understand emerging trends and collaboration models, including clinical integration, for securing your physician workforce today and tomorrow.
Date/Location: January 10 2010/Naples, Florida
Speaker(s): Brian J. Silverstein M.D.


Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Annual Meeting
Topic(s): Valuing Your Imaging Center or Radiology Practice and Analyzing the Decision to Sell It
Description:
Participants will learn how to communicate and document the value of a company to a potential buyer or partner, understand the applications of each valuation approach and apply the appropriate model to an imaging center or radiology practice, and develop market strategies for staying competitive with the changing technological, payment, and economic landscapes.
Date/Location: November 29 - December 4 2009/Chicago, IL
Speaker(s): Mark J. Dubow, Brian J. Silverstein M.D., Ronald D. Van Horssen


10th Annual Healthcare Transactions Conference
Topic(s): Initiating a Clinical Integration and/or Accountable Care Organization Project
Description:
This panel will cover the following topics: •Federal regulatory policy initiatives impacting physician/hospital integration •Quality and value initiatives and pay for performance methodology • Health Information Technology (HIT) • Payment reform initiatives • Recent developments impacting clinical integration and the potential of accountable care organizations • Recent FTC guidance on clinical integration • Practical guidance for establishing a clinical integration program • Recent healthcare market dynamics and new models of physician/hospital integration • New methods for care management • California models as a possible precursor for the future
Date/Location: November 5 2009/Chicago, Illinois
Speaker(s): Brian J. Silverstein M.D. (with Paul Katz, CEO Intelligent Healthcare)


The Governance Institute - Leadership Conference
Topic(s): Creating Energy from Chaos: Top Actions That Create Clarity in Turbulent Times
Description:
As the economic crisis continues to dominate management meetings and boardroom discussions, the day-to-day tasks continue to grow. This session will cover the key questions and actions to bring clarity by migrating from a reactionary mode into a proactive direction. Dr. Silverstein will explore the top action areas including customer experience, key financial and operational ideas, affiliations, physician strategy, clinical strategy, and transparency.
Date/Location: October 21 2009/White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Speaker(s): Brian J. Silverstein M.D.


The Governance Institute - Leadership Conference
Topic(s): Transforming Clinical Practices & Technologies
Description:
Patient care has become more complicated as clinical practices continue to change at an unprecedented rate. What is the best tool to get the job done? The healthcare delivery model will continue to evolve and is largely driven by several competing market dynamics— technological advancements and the efficacy of traditional applications; greater customization; and an unrelenting demand for transparency. Dr. Silverstein will explore key trends, developments, and guidelines to help shape clinical practice in your community.
Date/Location: October 20 2009/White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Speaker(s): Brian J. Silverstein M.D.


Hospital & Physician Relations: An Executive Summit (Forum for Healthcare Strategists)
Topic(s): Clinical Integration: The Time is NOW
Description:
The movement towards clinical integration has been slow, in part due to the investment required, the legal hurdles, and skeptical physicians. With healthcare reform on the horizon, though, clinical integration’s time has come. Advocate Physician Partners’ Clinical Integration Program unites over 3,200 independent and employed physicians and the 8 Advocate hospitals in a nationally recognized program. Examine the details and the results, including improved clinical outcomes and reduced costs.
Date/Location: October 18 2009/Chicago, Illinois
Speaker(s): Brian J. Silverstein M.D. (with with Lee Sacks, MD, Executive Vice President & CMO Advocate Health Care)


Hospital Association of California Educational Program
Topic(s): Is My Hospital Set Up for New Revenue Opportunities?
Description:
These are challenging times. Can your hospital afford to sit still and wait for times to get better? As hospitals struggle to make a profit or increase their margins to hit budget expectations, many are running out of options for reducing expenses. In fact, California hospitals are already some of the leanest in the country – proving that expense savings will only take you so far. To achieve long-term viability, hospitals must turn to revenuemaking opportunities. Unfortunately, many hospitals do not always understand why their volume numbers are up or down, or how to effectively achieve growth. This program can teach participants how to take control and be bold!
Date/Location: October 15 2009/Los Angeles, CA
Speaker(s): Mark J. Dubow, Barbra Z. Riegel


MGMA Annual Conference
Topic(s): Converting Strategy into Success - Implementing the Strategic Plan That is Sitting on Your Shelf
Description:
In today's ever changing and increasingly complex healthcare environment, it is important that medical groups not only create a strategic plan, but that they convert their strategic initiatives into action. All too often, a strategic plan is developed and then the plan simply sits in a binder on the bookshelf. In this session, participants will learn how to how to translate a strategic plan into specific goals and objectives and to organize the goals and objectives into an action plan that includes tasks, timeframes, milestones, and individual accountability. Participants will also learn how to manage the execution of the action plan, monitor performance, and achieve success.
Date/Location: October 12 2009/Denver, CO
Speaker(s): Marc G. Mertz


ACHE Baltimore Cluster
Topic(s): Achieving Results from Growth Strategies: From Ideas to Implementation
Description:
This session will help participants learn how to focus time, energy, and resources to increase revenue and how to explore techniques for the successful prioritization and implementation of growth strategies and projects.
Date/Location: October 5 - 8 2009/Baltimore, MD
Speaker(s): Mark J. Dubow (with Ellen F. Goldman, EdD)


Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development's (SHSMD) Annual Educational Conference
Topic(s): Counterintuitive Success: Implementing Bold Strategies in the Face of a Recession
Description:
As the economy continues to become more challenging, and patients reduce their use of elective procedures, many hospitals respond intuitively to the economic down turn by "hunkering down" and following more conservative operations enhancement steps. However, pursuing bold strategies and taking more aggressive approaches can prove to be the best and most successful course of action for some hospitals in a failing economy. By identifying, prioritizing, and implementing "counterintuitive" and outside-the-box strategies, hospitals can capitalize on unique opportunities to help weather the recession and emerge with a competitive advantage over other hospitals. This session will include a profile of El Camino Hospital's decision-making process and implementation of bold strategies during this recessionary period.
Date/Location: September 30 - October 3 2009/Orlando, FL
Speaker(s): Mark J. Dubow (with Ann Fyfe)


SEAK's 6th Annual Non-Clinical Careers for Physicians Conference
Topic(s): Non-Clinical Consulting Opportunities for Physicians: What is Available and How to Obtain Work
Description:
In this session, we will discuss the numerous opportunities available to physicians outside of clinical practice. We will review the specific skills and core competencies that both clinicians and great consultants have in common. Additionally, we will explain the number of sub-industries available to physician consultants including: IT, clinical outcomes, medical devices, Pharma, payor, hospital provider-strategy operations, physician groups, think tanks, and compliance. We will review what to look for in firms and how to find the right fit for physicians, as well as offer practical suggestions for positioning physicians as a successful non-clinical physician consultant.
Date/Location: September 12 2009/Chicago, IL
Speaker(s): Brian J. Silverstein M.D.


The Governance Institute's Leadership Conference
Topic(s): Ahead of the Curve: Achieving Success in Uncertain Times Strategic Direction & Planning: Implications & Practical Applications
Description:
In the Ahead of the Curve: Achieving Success in Uncertain Times session, we will focus on how to allocate and leverage scarce resources for optimal return. Participants will learn five essential strategies for 2009. In the Strategic Direction & Planning: Implications & Practical Applications session,we will discuss the nuts and bolts of results-oriented strategic and service line planning forms, checklists, templates, processes, and advice for growing volume and revenue in key service lines (e.g., cardiac, orthopedics, women's, oncology, neurosciences).
Date/Location: April 7 2009/Scottsdale, AZ
Speaker(s): Guy M. Masters


The Governance Institute's Leadership Conference
Topic(s): Transforming Clinical Practices & Technologies Personalized & Preventative Medicine: Today's Strategic Planning for Tomorrow's Care Delivery
Description:
In the Transforming Clinical Practices & Technologies session, we will explore the key trends and development that will shape clinical practice as well as practical guidelines for selecting and adopting clinical opportunities in the community. In the Personalized & Preventative Medicine session, we will discuss the promise of personalized medicine and ways to plan for such complex scenarios.
Date/Location: March 10 2009/Henderson, NV
Speaker(s): Brian J. Silverstein M.D.



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