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Leapfrog’s first Annual Meeting is being held the day before the Incentives and Rewards Workshop on July 18th. If you are a paying member of Leapfrog or if you lead one of Leapfrog’s Regional Roll-Outs, you are welcome to attend their meeting. Please click here to learn more about this meeting.

Program

Wednesday, July 19, 2006
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Registration Open
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Continental Breakfast/Exhibit Hall
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM Conference Overview
Suzanne Delbanco, Ph.D., The Leapfrog Group
Andrew Webber, National Business Coalition on Health
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Day 1 Keynote Address
Mark McClellan, MD, Ph.D., Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
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10:15 AM - 11:15 AM The Market at Work: Rewards
Rick Norling, CEO, Premier
Frank Perez, President and CEO, Kettering Adventist HealthCare Corp
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11:15 AM - 11:30 PM Break in Exhibit Hall
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM The Market at Work: Incentives
Dolores Mitchell, Executive Director, Group Insurance Commission of MA
Roberta Herman, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
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12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Networking Lunch in Exhibit Hall
1:30 PM - 4:45 PM Day 1 Breakout Sessions: Concurrent Leapfrog Hospital Rewards Program™ and Bridges to Excellence Toolkit Review Workshops

LHRP
The Need for Value-Based Purchasing

Hassan Azar, Ford Motor Company

Value-Based Purchasing through the Leapfrog Hospital Rewards Program™
Suzanne Delbanco, CEO, The Leapfrog Group

Q&A

LHRP: A National Program with Regional Implementation
Catherine Eikel, Director, Leapfrog Hospital Rewards Program™ and Guy D'Andrea, Discern Consulting

Bill Finck/Cathy Egan, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey

Break (15 minutes)

Potential Gains from the Leapfrog Hospital Rewards Program™
Jeff Hanson, Vice President for Pay-for-Performance, Medstat

Q&A

Getting Started
Catherine Eikel, Director, Leapfrog Hospital Rewards Program
George Chedraoui, Global Well Being Services, IBM

BTE
The Value of BTE

Moderator — Dale Whitney — Bridges to Excellence
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BTE Lessons Learned
Dale Whitney — Bridges to Excellence

BTE Key Evaluation Points
Jessica DiLorenzo — Programs and Operations Leader, Bridges to Excellence

Evidence to Date — Practice Transformation
A. O'tayo Lalude, MD — Practicing Physician/Louisville, KY
Robert Fortini, PNP — Clinical Operations, Manager Community Care Physicians

Session Closing Remarks
Dale Whitney — Bridges to Excellence

Break

BTE Case Studies
Moderator — Guy D'Andrea — Bridges to Excellence

Implementation Strategy — Business Coalition vs. Health Plan
Guy D'Andrea — Senior Consultant, Bridges to Excellence

BTE/Health Plan — Washington, DC, Northern Virginia and Maryland)
Jon Shematek, MD — Vice President, Quality & Medical Policy
Carefirst BlueCross BlueShield

BTE/Business Coalition
Colorado Springs, CO
Donna Marshall — Director, Colorado Business Group on Health

Georgia BTE Statewide Effort
Dale Whitney — Bridges to Excellence

Employer Participation
Pascale Thomas — Director, Planning, Communications & Public Policy
HR-Corporate Benefits
Verizon Communications Inc.

Q&A

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM Reception in Exhibit Hall
 
Thursday, July 20, 2006
7:30 AM - 12:00 PM Registration Open
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Day II Keynote Address
TBD
8:30 AM - 11:45 AM Breakout Session 2: Concurrent Leapfrog Hospital Rewards Program™ and Bridges to Excellence Toolkit Review Workshops (See Day 1 Agendas)
11:45 PM - 12:45 PM Award Ceremony Lunch
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12:45 PM - 1:45 PM The Low Hanging Fruit: Transparency and Public Reporting
Dale Shaller, President, Shaller Consulting
Gaye Fortner, HC 21
Bonnie Curran, Knoxville County
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1:45 PM - 3:00 PM The "I" in I&R: Incentives for Consumer Choice

Panelists

  • Incentives for provider choice: Theresa Helle, Boeing (confirmed)
  • Incentives for provider choice: Richard Salmon, MD, Senior National Medical Director for Medical Management, Cigna
  • Incentives for wellness/disease management/medical intervention choice: Babette Apland, Senior Vice President of Health Care Management and Provider Relations, Health Partners
  • Incentives for health plan choice: Patricia Barrett, General Motors (confirmed)
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3:00 PM - 3:15 PM Break
3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
Grand Ball Room
The "R" in I&R: Rewards for Providers/Payers
  • Rewarding health plans: Peter Lee, JD, CEO, Pacific Business Group on Health
  • Rewarding hospitals: Doug Libby, Executive Director, Maine Health Management Coalition
  • Rewarding physicians: Elaine Batchlor, MD, Chief Medical Officer, L.A. Care Health Plan
  • Rewarding physicians: Jerry Reeves, MD, President of the Culinary Fund of Las Vegas
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