2009 Pay for Performance Stakeholders Meeting
"The Road To Performance Based Contracting"

September 24, 2009
Sheraton Gateway LAX, Los Angeles, California

Program Guide

General Session Presentations

The State of Pay for Performance Address
Tom Williams, MBA, MPH, Executive Director, Integrated Healthcare Association, Oakland, CA

2009 and 2010 Pay for Performance Program Updates
Dolores Yanagihara, MPH, Pay for Performance Program Director, Integrated Healthcare Association, Oakland, CA

Morning Breakout Session Presentations 

#1 - Case Studies on Clinical Quality

From Underdog to Hot Dog
Paula Friend, Hill Physicians Medical Group - San Joaquin

Kaiser Permanente, Southern CA Breast Cancer Screening Program
Joanne Schottinger, MD, Southern California Permanente Medical Group and
Ruthie Goldberg, Southern California Permanente Medical Group

#2 - Improving the Patient Experience

Changes that Improve the Patient Experience
Stephanie Bamford, RN, BS, Facey Medical Foundation and
Daniel J. Lewis, MD, Facey Medical Group

Improving the Patient Experience
Kathryn Fristensky, Monarch HealthCare, A Medical Group, Inc.

#3 - Health IT and the Quality Data Set

Automating Quality Measurement
Daniel Rosenthal, MD, MSc, MPH, National Quality Forum  

Afternoon Breakout Session Presentations

#4 - Using IT to Systematically Identify Patients in Need of Additional Care

Using IT to Systematically Identify Patients in Need of Additional Care: Risk Stratification to Improve Care Management Efficacy
Stuart Levine, MD, MHA, HealthCare Partners Medical Group

Pay 4 Performance
Bill Beighe, Physicians Medical Group of Santa Cruz

#5 - Reducing Inappropriate Variation in Care

Brown & Toland Physicians' Reducing Inappropriate Variation in Care: Three Creative Approaches
Sheila Lyzwa, BSN, MHA, Brown and Toland Physicians

Sutter Medical Network: Building the Bridge to the Future
Michael van Duren, MD, MBA, Sutter Connect

#6 - Coordinated Diabetes Care Best Practices

The Rules of Success for Diabetes Management
Jorge Pelayo-Garcia, MD, Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group

Assessment of 'Best Practices' in Diabetes Quality of Care Among Physician Organizations
Manasi Tirodkar, PhD, MS, National Committee for Quality Assurance