AUDIOCONFERENCE OVERVIEW
The Commonwealth Fund, The Leapfrog Group, Med-Vantage and the authors of the 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 national studies on provider pay for performance (P4P) programs -- Geof Baker and Suzanne Delbanco -- invite you to attend their upcoming national webcast on the 2006 national P4P study results and latest trends.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
The webcast will appeal to a wide variety of executives and managers:
- Federal, State, and local government managers interested in designing or learning about P4P programs in both the public and private sector
- Key executives responsible for strategy, finance, operations, and human resources from large employers and employer coalitions
- Health plan managers responsible for health care quality, network development, disease management, and benefit design as well as CEOs, COOs, CFOs, and CMOs
- Hospital and physician executives interested in learning how to respond to external P4P programs or how to design their own internal rewards programs
- Consumer groups interested in the efforts to increase performance transparency and offer sophisticated consumer tools
- Academic researchers studying P4P trends
- Consulting firms playing key roles in P4P design and implementation
WHAT WILL BE COVERED:
The webcast will cover trends in program design and strategy, measurement domains and weighting, scoring models and payment amounts, public reporting, and critical data issues, among other topics. The authors will also report on valuable lessons learned and recommendations from some of the more than 140 P4P sponsors (health plans, government, and employer coalitions) across the country.
Webcast participants will receive complimentary copies of the comprehensive presentation on P4P trends and issues after the webcast.
KEY POINTS ADDRESSED:
- What types of pay-for-performance ("P4P") programs exist today in healthcare?
- What has changed over the past three years and what is the future direction of these programs?
- Who are the sponsors of P4P?
- What are employers doing?
- What can you expect from government programs in P4P?
- Learn which health plans are making the most progress in P4P
- What is the next evolution of P4P?
- Has an ROI been achieved with P4P?
- Have outcomes improved with P4P?
- How does transparency relate and not relate to P4P?
- Which national standards are being used to measure hospital and physician performance?
- What tools and processes are P4P sponsors using to communicate performance results to providers?
- What types of investments are P4P sponsors making?
- What is required to be successful in P4P?
- What are the lessons learned so far?
- Learn three things that will separate your plan from a cost and quality standpoint?
- Why has Pay for Reporting become important?
- What is the role of consumer incentives and how do they relate to P4P?
