AMGA Institute for Quality Leadership Annual Meeting
 
Thursday, October 4, 2012

8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m
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Routes to Tomorrow’s Health Care

Speakers will include:
  • Donald W. Fisher, Ph.D., CAE, President and Chief Executive Officer, AMGA
  • Daniel Kraft, MD, Physician, Scientist, Entrepreneur

This presentation will frame the meeting with a discussion of the current state of accountable care, alternate routes to becoming an ACO, the evolution of value-based care, and the role of technology and data analytics in creating a truly patient-centered healthcare system. Featured speaker Dr. Daniel Kraft, a physician-scientist, inventor, and innovator with over 20 years of experience in clinical practice, biomedical research, and healthcare innovation, will discuss developing technologies and their potential in biomedicine and health care, as well as connected, data-driven, and integrated personalized medicine.


3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Tomorrow’s Health Care Today


Panelists:
  • Sheila Johnson, RN, Project Director, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic
  • Donald C. Balfour, MD, President and Medical Director, Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, Inc.
  • Lee Sacks, MD, Chief Executive Officer, Advocate Physician Partners
  • Scott Sarran, MD, MM. Chief Medical Officer, Government Programs, Health Care Service Corporation
  • Hal Teitelbaum, MD, MBA, CEO & Managing Partner, Crystal Run Healthcare

America’s future healthcare model is already in place at a number of AMGA groups that are transitioning from volume-based care to value-based, accountable care models. A panel of providers, payers, and CMS representatives will discuss their ACO models including the benefits, challenges, and lessons learned to help other medical groups that are forming these partnerships..

Friday, October 5, 2012

10:30 a.m. -12:00 p.m.

General Session: Election 2012 and Health Care’s Future

Featuring:
  • Mark Shields, Political Analysis Team-Member, PBS NewsHour and Moderator of CNN’s Capital Gang.
  • Tucker Carlson, contributor to FOX News, Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Caller News Site, and Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute.
Healthcare policy continues to be a very hot topic in the nation as the 2012 election approaches.

This presentation will provide up-to-date information on each Party’s platform on healthcare reform and allow you the opportunity to have your questions and concerns answered by two of the top political analysts in broadcasting.