Thomas Valuck, MD, MHSA, JD

Director, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

“CMS’ Progress Toward Value-Based Purchasing”

Monday, November 5, 2007 | 9:30 AM – 10:45 AM

Objectives

Understand the relationship between CMS' value-based purchasing programs and the administration's value-driven four cornerstones of healthcare, including:

  1. Hospital value-based purchasing
  2. Hospital resource use
  3. Hospital Acquired Conditions

Michael Millenson

President, Health Quality Advisors

Caught on the Sharp Point of Change—Emerging Expectations in Healthcare

Tuesday, November 6, 2007 | 8:45 AM – 9:45 AM

Objectives

  1. To identify leading future healthcare market trends that will affect health plans and hospitals
  2. To identify trends in patient safety and quality movements and how they are shaping healthcare
  3. To identify trends in patient/member empowerment and education and how they are shaping healthcare

Bruce Spurlock, MD

President & CEO, Convergence Health Consulting, Inc.

“Will, Execution and Ideas: Accelerating Quality Improvement in California with the 5 Million Lives Campaign and Other Programs”

Tuesday, November 6, 2006 | 9:45 AM – 10:45 AM

Objectives

  1. Introduce and update the 5 Million Lives Campaign
  2. Discuss patient safety and quality improvement activities in California

Scott Burrows

Motivational Speaker, Speakers Ink

“Vision, Mindset and Grit.....No limits to success”

Wednesday, November 7, 2007 | 9:30 AM – 10:15 AM

Objectives

  1. Teach the audience how to overcome change and adversity
  2. Teach the audience how to turn setbacks into comebacks
  3. Teach the audience how to formulate an unstoppable mindset, create a complelling vision and set loftier goals