HealthExecWire

For almost a year after the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, industry talk lasered in on accountable care organizations. ACOs seemed the wave of the future, the be all and end all of integrated healthcare delivery.

However, the release of draft ACO regulations by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last spring unleashed a wave of criticism from virtually every significant provider organization in the United States. The Cleveland Clinic’s leadership raised concerns about what it termed “significant administrative burdens.” The Geisinger Health System leaders said the framework “seems to be very prescriptive and restrictive with a fair amount of administrative and regulatory oversight." The Mayo Clinic decided not to participate in an ACO at all.

Is this the beginning of a lengthy but productive debate about how ACOs will be structured or regulated – or the beginning of the end?

This webinar will discuss how healthcare organizations in California are responding to the proposed ACO regulations. What do they believe needs to be changed in order to make the ACO rules and payment systems workable?

Please join Rick Swanson, vice president of the California Association of Physician Groups, Teresa Koenig, M.D., vice president of The Camden Group, and Emma Dolan, policy analyst for the Integrated Healthcare Association, to discuss the critiques of the ACO regulations, and what future ACOs now have in California and elsewhere. This event is co-sponsored by Payers & Providers, and supported by Contexo Media.

The following issues will be addressed:

What are the primary concerns provider and affiliated organizations have about the proposed ACO regulations?
What should be changed regarding the regulations? What will these changes accomplish?
What are the “make or break” portions of the regulations that will guarantee enough participation in ACOs to make them a viable structure?

Participants will be able to engage in interactive learning through online question submission, attendee feedback and opportunity for follow up questions, and networking with attendees, faculty and other professionals through dedicated LinkedIn group.

Interested attendees would include:

C-Suite executives
Healthcare attorneys
Healthcare consultants
Policy experts
Medical group executives and staff
Hospital executives and staff
Provider network executives and staff
Provider contracting executives and staff
Market and Business Intelligence staff
Healthcare industry analysts
Other interested parties

Attendees would represent organizations including:

Hospitals and hospital chains
Medical groups
Commercial health plans
Provider networks
Policy think tanks and foundations
Legal firms
Healthcare consulting firms
Media
Healthcare capital and investment firms
Other interested organizations

Individual Registration Fee: $195. Audio Conference CD-ROM: $40 for attendees; $255 for non-attendees after the event. This event is co-sponsored by Payers & Providers, and supported by Contexo Media.

Corporate Site licensing also available. Click here to register or call 209.577.4888 We look forward to your participation in this event!