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Previous Events
January 2005
January 13-14, 2005
National Health Leadership Council meeting
"Health Information Technology: The Foundation for Health System Reform"
Saddlebrook Resort
Tampa, Florida
January 20, 2005
Health Action Council
Second Annual Kick-Off Conference
8:00 AM — 6:00 PM
February 2005
February 9, 2005
Midwest Business Group on Health "Learning Network"
Disease Management: It’s Not Plug and Play
Getting The Most Out of Disease Management
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m
Those out of area may also participate by phone.
Inquiries contact: jlarsen@mbgh.org
February 10, 2005
The Health Action Council of Northeast Ohio
Breakfast Meeting "RX Programs: Price Transparency? Carve-in or Carve-out? Point/Counterpoint"
On-line registration & directions are available at: www.healthactioncouncil.org
February 17, 2005
Greater Detroit Area Health Council, Inc
2005 Health Trends Conference "Leadership, The Engine for Change: Applying Business Principles to Health Care to Save Lives and Save Dollars"
To register, visit www.gdahc.org
February 23-24, 2005
THE HEALTHCARE (R)EVOLUTION:
Powerful Tools to Repair Healthcare!
Orlando, Florida
February 28 – March 1, 2005
Leadership Summit on Next Generation Health Benefits for Employers and Payers
Building for Breakthroughs in Quality and Affordability
New York City
The World Congress Leadership Summit on Next-Generation Health Benefits for Employers and Payers convenes leading executives to address the industry-wide efforts to achieve a sustainable balance between health plan costs and quality health care for employees.
March 2005
March 1, 2005
Louisiana Business Group on Health - LBGH
2005 Public Policy Forum
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
labusinessgroup@lbgh.org
Inquiries contact: Cheryl Tolbert
Are you confused by the never ending array of health care problems that grow by the minute and seem to lack any real answers in spite of a "gazillion" committees and task forces appointed (from the Governor on down) to study and recommend solutions now? Will this coming fiscal session of the legislature "offer up" the proposals we've already begun to hear about, that will:
- Create new transparency about health care charges, costs, etc.;
- Create new taxes to shore up a struggling Medicaid program and Charity Hospital System;
- Create new standards for health plans that affect claims payment, credentialing and much more;
- Create local options for indigent care, realign priorities for core benefits and reduce cost shifting to private payers; and
- Create new economic incentives for employers to offer (and employees to take when offered) health care benefits, thus reducing the number of uninsured?
You can find out by attending this unique Conference in which each of the major stakeholder groups — purchasers, payors (including the public payors) and providers — will have an opportunity to present their legislative goals for this spring. Getting each perspective on what employers, health plans, hospitals, physicians, DHH, the LSU Health (Charity Hospital) System view as threats and solutions will be extraordinarily helpful when you see these ideas presented as legislation and explained in upcoming LBGH "Legislative Updates" and "Alerts." Especially since we will be asking for your help in contacting legislators on the issues
March 4, 2005
Health Policy Institute of Ohio
What Ohio Medicaid Reform Could Mean to You
10:00 A.M. — 1:00 P.M., VNA of Cleveland
Barbara Belovich
Executive Director
Health Action Council
216-518-9377 (office)
216-554-9100 (cell)
March 9, 2005
Midwest Business Group on Health "Learning Network"
Diabetes: Strategies Within Benefits Design
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m
Those out of area may also participate by phone.
Inquiries contact: jlarsen@mbgh.org
March 30-31, 2005
The 2nd Annual Specialty Pharmaceutical Management Strategies For Health Plans
Atlanta, GA
Proven Strategies to Control Pharmacy Spending, Manage the Cost and Utilization of Specialty Pharmaceuticals and Effectively Deliver Biotechs and Injectables
March 30-April 1, 2005
PBMI's Prescription Drug Utilization Management Conference
Hilton Scottsdale Resort & Villas
Scottsdale, Arizona
The Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute (PBMI) hosts the nation's premier independent meeting dedicated to pharmacy benefit programs.
Join more than 300 industry professions to:
- Discuss trends in drug benefit plan design
- Apply utilization management strategies to manage these trends
- Examine best practices in PBM contracting, specialty pharmacy, disease management
- Integrate cost and clinical controls for top-performing benefit programs
NBCH members receive a $100 discount off of conference registration for the Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute's 2005 Prescription Drug Utilization Management Conference if they register before January 30, 2005.
Register now or call 480-730-0814.
April 2005
April 4, 2005
ARHQ
"Improving Health Care for All Americans: Celebrating Success, Measuring Progress, Moving Forward."
Washington DC
This one day summit will showcase successful national, regional, and local efforts to improve quality and reduce disparities in health care. Confirmed speakers include: Mark McClellan, Don Berwick, David Schulke, Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, and Jack Rowe, Gov. Mike Huckabee John Nelson, Randall Maxey, and Elena Rios.
April 11-14, 2005
College for Advanced Management of Health Benefits
Phoenix, AZ
The National Business Coalition on Health, Thomas Jefferson University Department of Health Policy and HealthCare21 Business Coalition are pleased to announce the College for Advanced Management of Health Benefits for 2005. This course was created to help employee benefit managers meet the growing challenges of providing high quality health benefits and managing rising benefit costs. The College offers a practical, intensive program that focuses on benefits purchasing techniques and skills that emphasize improving the value, quality-cost ratio, and effectiveness of health care services purchased on behalf of employees.
Please revisit NBCH's Web site for meeting details at a future date.
April 13, 2005
Midwest Business Group on Health "Learning Network"
Depression: Strategies Within Benefits Design
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m
Those out of area may also participate by phone.
Inquiries contact: jlarsen@mbgh.org
April 15, 2005
Interactive Roundtable Discussion on NCQA’s New Quality Plus Draft Standards
Online
The National Committee for Quality Assurance invites NBCH Members and their employers to join an online discussion about NCQA’s New Quality Plus Draft Standards. Discussion around the Draft standards will include the following content areas— Care Management and Health Improvement and Physician and Hospital Quality Standards; both have just been released. The purpose of this online interactive roundtable discussion is to solicit input and feedback from the purchaser community and provide a venue for purchasers to discuss these standards with NCQA senior staff. The meeting will be held online on April 15, 2005 from 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Please visit NCQA’s web site at www.ncqa.org for more details, or you may contact Kafi Grigsby at kgrigsby@nbch.org for a copy of the draft standards and more information.
April 27-28, 2005
The 3rd Best Practices in Optimizing Patient Throughout
Chicago, IL
Maximizing Patient Flow and Streamlining Efficiency to Increase Patient Satisfaction and Improve Outcomes
May 2005
May 17-18, 2005
NBCH Board of Governors meeting
Loews L’Enfant Plaza Hotel
Washington, DC
May 19-20, 2005
The Leapfrog Group and National Business Coalition on Health’s Incentives and Rewards Workshop
Loews L’Enfant Plaza Hotel
Washington, DC
The Leapfrog Group and the National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH) are co-hosting a two-day workshop on the implementation of two national incentive and reward (I&R) programs: one focusing on hospital care performance improvement, The Leapfrog Hospital Rewards Program, and the other focusing on ambulatory care performance improvement, Bridges to Excellence. Workshop participants will be able to return to their respective markets with the knowledge, tools, and off-the-shelf solutions that they will need to successfully implement these two I&R programs. This is the first event of its kind for either sponsoring organization.
Agenda: TBD
List of Confirmed Speakers:
- Suzanne Delbanco, CEO, Leapfrog
- Andy Webber, President and CEO, NBCH
- Bob Galvin, Director, Corporate Health Care and Medical Programs, General Electric
- Francois de Brantes, Program Leader, Health Care Initiatives, General Electric
- Arnie Milstein, Medical Director, Pacific Business Group on Health
- Paula Wickland, Actuary, Towers Perrin
- Dennis Bush, Vice President, Medstat
- Jon Conklin, Vice President, Medstat
- Cristie Travis, CEO and President, Memphis Business Group on Health
- Dale Whitney, Corporate Health and Welfare Manager, UPS
- Dennis Scanlon, Assistant Professor of Health Policy & Administration, The Penn State University
- Peter Hayes, Health Benefits Strategist, Hannaford Brothers
Please revisit Leapfrog’s or NBCH’s Web site for meeting details at a future date.
June 2005
June 6-7, 2005
HIMSS Summit
“Achieving National Healthcare Transformation”
Marriott Marquis
New York, New York
June 7th
Free Webinar on The Employer’s Role in Managing Migraine
2 pm EST
Today, because of migraine, employers incur a $50 billion annually in missed work and reduced productivity. NBCH, together with the National Headache Foundation and GlaxoSmithKline, are offering a free webinar on the Employer’s Role in Managing Migraine. Through this webinar, NBCH hopes to increase awareness about migraine, and build employers’ capacity to manage costs. Dr. Lisa Mannix with the National Headache Foundation will discuss migraine and offer solutions to employers. To view a copy of the invitation to participate, including facts about the costs of migraine to employers, please click here. To register for this free webinar, please click here.
June 27-29, 2005
Get Connected Knowledge Forum
Dallas Texas
“A groundbreaking educational conference on how to build a Connected Healthcare Community to foster more collaborative care.” Continuing education credits will be offered. For more information on this unique event that promises to bring healthcare providers and RHIO advocates together, in a collaborative setting visit www.GetConnectedConference.com
July 2005
July 25-28, 2005
College for Advanced Management of Health Benefits
Hyatt Regency, Chicago, on the Riverwalk
August 2005
August 3-5, 2005
NBCH National Health Leadership Council
Climbing Mt. Everest; Physician Performance Measurement
Harrah’s Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe, Nevada
September 2005
September 19-22, 2005
College for Advanced Management of Health Benefits
Minneapolis, Minnesota
September 21-23, 2005
Disease Management Congress and Exposition
Orlando, Florida
The focus of the event is "Innovation — Driving change to achieve sustainable outcomes." It includes keynotes, roundtables and discussions. The goal is to "deliver the most objective and up-to-date information about the development of cost effective, quality based programs for preventing and managing diseases that impact millions of Americans." For more info, visit: www.diseasemanagementcongress.com
September 26 - 27, 2005
2005 AHRQ Quality Indicators User Meeting
AHRQ Conference Center, Rockville, Maryland
The two-day AHRQ Quality Indicators User Meeting is intended both for active users of the AHRQ Quality Indicators (AHRQ QI) and for those interested in how the AHRQ QI might be used in their organizations.
The sessions will focus on lessons learned from actual applications on these topics:
- New Pediatric Indicator Module
- Applying the AHRQ QI to improve population health
- Using the AHRQ QI as a catalyst for quality improvement
- Implications of ICD-9-CM coding practices
- Use of the AHRQ QI in the National and State Healthcare Quality Reporting
- Methods for creating aggregate performance indices
- Considerations in using the AHRQ QI for comparative reporting and pay-for performance
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
One-day State Summit on Public Reporting
Co-sponsored by AHRQ and the Florida Agency for Health
This one-day meeting will build on the information presented at the AHRQ QI User Meeting, proposing consensus-based cooperation among states on public reporting of healthcare quality information. The morning presentations will frame the difficulties inherent in fulfilling the state's reporting obligation, and the afternoon session will be an open discussion of collaborative steps that can lead to best practices for reporting and ongoing improvement.
Information on how to register, the meeting agendas, location, and hotel accommodations is available on the AHRQ Quality Indicators Web site at: http://www.qualityindicators.ahrq.gov/usermeeting.htm
Space at the meeting will be limited to 100 individuals on a first-come, first-served basis. For questions, please contact: support@qualityindicators.ahrq.gov or call the AHRQ QI voicemail at (888) 512 - 6090.
September 29 – 30, 2005
Medicare Pharmacy Benefit Management Summit
Strategies for Managing Your Medicare Pharmacy Benefit to Prepare for the Implementation of Medicare Part D
Minneapolis, MN
For more information visit the Institute for International Research at: www.iirusa.com/mpm
October 2005
Minnesota Psychiatric Society's
I N T E G R A T I N G
General Medical and Behavioral Health Care in the Medical Setting
Embassy Suites Hotel Minneapolis-Airport
Bloomington, Minnesota
October 10th & 11th, 2005
www.mnpsychsoc.org
Click here for more information!
October 18-20, 2005
Advanced Technologies in the Neurosciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Cambridge, MA
For the agenda, click here.
November 2005
November 12, 2005
NBCH Board of Governors Meeting
Westin Kierland Resort and Spa
Scottsdale, AZ
November 13-15, 2005
10th NBCH Annual Conference
Westin Kierland Resort and Spa
Scottsdale, AZ
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