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