2008 Pay for Performance Stakeholders Meeting

The seventh annual Pay for Performance Stakeholders Meeting was held on October 2, 2008 at the Radisson Hotel LAX.

Program Guide

General Session Presentations

2008 and 2009 Pay for Performance Program Updates
Tom Williams, MBA, MPH, Executive Director, IHA, Oakland, CA

2008 and 2009 Pay for Performance Program Updates
Dolores Yanagihara, MPH, P4P Program Director, IHA, Oakland, CA

Improving Patient Experience of Care

Improving the Patient Experience
Moderator - Tammy Fisher, Senior Manager, PBGH, San Francisco, CA

Improving the Patient Experience
Michael H. Kanter, MD, Medical Director, Quality and Clinical Analysis, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Pasadena, CA and Jim O'Donnell, MD, Physician-in-Chief, The Permanente Medical Group, Redwood City, CA

How We Boost Patient Satisfaction
Michael P. Kern, MD, Senior Vice President, John Muir Physician Network,
Walnut Creek, CA

Developing Systematic Care Processes Supported by Information Technology (IT)

Turning Information into Action: An IPA Perspective
Daniel Bluestone, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Sante Health System; Medical Director, Sante Community Physicians, Central Valley, CA

Developing Systematic Care Processes Supported by IT
Anna Sugi, IPA Administrator, Choice Medical Group, Apple Valley, CA

Assessing Appropiate Resource Use and Increasing Efficiency

Assuring Appropriate Resource Use and Increasing Efficiency : The Role of the California Quality Collaborative
Moderator - Neil A. Solomon, MD, President NAS Consulting Services, San Francisco, CA

Reducing Avoidable ED Usage in an IPA
Howard Botwinick, MD, Associate Medical Director, Mills-Peninsula Medical Group, Burlingame, CA

Assessing Appropriate Resource Use and Increasing Efficiency
Kathryn M. Fristensky, Director, Quality Management & Performance Improvement, Monarch HealthCare, Irvine, CA

Achieving Coordinated Diabetes Care

Achieving Coordinated Diabetes Care
Moderator - Alan Galseroff, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Humbolt-Del Norte, Eureka, CA

Coordinated Diabetes Care
Vivian Barron, Director, Integrated Health, Hill Physicians Medical Group, San Ramon, CA

Achieving Coordinated Diabetes Care
Steven Villalobos, MD, Medical Director, St. Mary IPA, Lakewood, CA

Maximizing Data Exchange Between Groups and Plans

Maximizing Data Exchange Between Groups and Plans
Moderator - Dolores Yanagihara, P4P Program Director, Integrated Healthcare Association, Oakland, CA

• Ellen B. Fagan, Director, Provider Group Performance, CIGNA Healthcare of California, Inc., Oakland, CA
• Cherise Funakoshi, Director of Payer Accounts, Diversified Data Design,
  Culver City, CA
• Jerry Penso, MD, Associate Medical Director, Sharp Rees-Steely, San Diego, CA
• Jim Wright, Director, Business Development, Global Customers Solutions, MedPlus, a Quest Diagnostics Co., Mason, OH

Assessing Appropiate Resource Use and Increasing Efficiency

Assessing Appropriate Resource Use and Increasing Efficiency
Moderator - Michael van Duren, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Sacramento, CA

Assessing Appropriate Resource Use and Increasing Efficiency Domain
Surendra Jain, MD, Chief Medical Officer, AppleCare Medical Management,
Buena Park, CA

Assessing Appropriate Resource Use and Increasing Efficiency
Maninder Khalsa, MD, Medical Director, Mercy Medical Group, Sacramento, CA

Anthem Blue Cross Shared Savings Program - Inventive for Cost Efficiency
Kurt M. Tamaru, MD, Medical Director, Anthem Blue Cross, Woodland Hills, CA