Conference Agenda
Thursday, May 30 | |
| 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM | PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP: Lean Six Sigma Program and MGMA White Belt Certification Owen J. Dahl, FACHE, CHBC, Consultant, MGMA Health Care Consulting Group (see separate course description) |
| 5:00-7:00 PM | Early Bird Registration/Wine and Cheese Welcome |
Friday, May 31 | |
| 7:30-9:00 AM | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00-10:30 AM | GENERAL SESSION 1: The Future of Medical Practice |
| Can Physicians Control Their Professional Destiny? Jeff Goldsmith, PhD, President, Health Futures, Inc. and Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia | |
| 10:30-11:00 AM | Break |
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | GENERAL SESSION 1 (continued) |
| Who Will Control a “Vertically Integrated” Health Care Delivery System? Panel Discussion with Audience Q&A Dustin Corcoran, CEO, California Medical Association; Susan Turney, MD, CEO, Medical Group Management Association; Jeff Goldsmith, PhD, President, Health Futures, Inc .; additional panelists TBA | |
| 12:45-2:00 PM | LUNCHEON WITH KEYNOTE Health Reform and the Economy: Has It?* Anderson Payne, PhD, Special Advisor and Consultant, President’s Council on Economic Development |
| 2:15-5:15 PM | BREAKOUTS |
| 2:15-3:15 PM | a. Leadership: Being an Effective Board Member Patrick K. Moore, JD, Principal, Patrick K. Moore Law Corporation |
| 2:15-3:15 PM | b. Increasing Practice Revenue through Documentation* Regina Mixon Bates, CEO, The Physicians Practice S.O.S. Group |
| 2:15-3:15 PM | c. Gearing Up for the ACA: Panel Discussion Susan Turney, MD, CEO, Medical Group Management Association; Norma Plante, FACMPE, FACHE, Senior Administrative Director, Physician Services, Scripps Health; Amy Germann, MBA, FACMPE, Manager, Health Care Consulting, Moss Adams LLP |
| 2:30-3:30 PM | d. Negotiating in the World of Health Care Reform* Kim Fenton, President, Coastal Healthcare Consulting Group, Inc. |
| 2:30-3:30 PM | e. Tribal Leadership and Organizational Change (Part 1) Carrie Kish, CPCC, Senior Consultant, CultureSync |
| 3:45-5:15 PM | f. Leadership: Prescription for Personal and Professional Success Susan Reynolds, MD, PhD, President and CEO, Institute for Medical Leadership |
| 3:45-5:15 PM | g. Hot Topics in Labor Law for the Medical Practice Jonathan Fraser Light, JD, Partner, LightGabler, LLP |
| 4:00-5:15 PM | h. Aligning Your Practice for Accountable Care Deborah Walker Keegan, PhD, MBA, FACMPE, Health Care Consultant, Medical Practice Dimensions, Inc. |
| 4:00-5:15 PM | i. Tribal Leadership and Organizational Change (Part 2) Carrie Kish, CPCC, Senior Consultant, CultureSync |
| 4:00-5:00 PM | ADJUNCT SESSION Six Steps to Help You Secure Your Retirement* Presented by Wells Fargo Advisors and the CMA Foundation Separate registration required (no fee). See workshop description. |
| 5:30-6:30 PM | ACADEMY RECEPTION |
Saturday, June 1 | |
| 7:30-9:00 AM | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM | BREAKOUTS |
| 9:00-10:30 AM | a. Leadership: Maximizing Your Success through Collaboration - The Egg Challenge Susan Reynolds, MD, PhD, President and CEO, Institute for Medical Leadership |
| 9:00-10:30 AM | b. Staffing the Medical Practice for Optimal Performance Deborah Walker Keegan, PhD, MBA, FACMPE, Healthcare Consultant, Medical Practice Dimensions, Inc. |
| 9:00-10:15 AM | c. Opioids and Oversight: Is CURES the Cure? Richard Thorp, MD, President-Elect, California Medical Association and Chair, CMA Opioid Rapid Response Team; Sherry L. Green, Executive Director, National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws; Daniel Blaney-Koen, JD, Senior Legislative Attorney, American Medical Association |
| 9:15-10:45 AM | d. How to Create and Analyze Billing Reports* Sara Larch, FACMPE, Specialist Leader, Deloitte Consulting LLP |
| 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM | e. What Prescribers Need to Know About Opioids Robert E. Wailes, MD, Founder and Medical Director, Pacific Pain Medical Consultants |
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | f. Negotiating and Managing Medical Group Contracts* Frank Gamma, JD, MBA, FACMPE, Partner, Kessenick, Phillips & Gamma LLP |
| 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | g. Message Training: How to Communicate Medicine’s Views Jason Kinney, JD, Principal and Head of Strategic Communications Practice, California Strategies, LLC; The Honorable Richard Pan, MD, Member, California State Assembly |
| 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | h. Pride, Passion, Performance: 21 Strategies for Improving the Patient Experience Meryl Luallin, Partner, SullivanLuallin Group Healthcare Consulting |
| 12:45-2:00 PM | LUNCHEON WITH KEYNOTE |
| Precise and Patient-Centered: The Next Wave in American Health Care Freda Lewis-Hall, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Pfizer, Inc. | |
| 2:30-5:00 PM | GENERAL SESSION 2: Health Care Payment and Independent Practice |
| Overcoming Barriers to Health Care Payment Reform* Harold D. Miller, Executive Director, Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform; President and CEO, Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement | |
| Physician Practice Models: Which Way for Independent Medical Practice? Len Nichols, PhD, Professor of Health Policy and Director, Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics, George Mason University | |
| The Future of Independent Medical Practice Panel Discussion with Audience Q&A Jeff Goldsmith, Harold Miller, Len Nichols | |
Sunday, June 2 | |
| 8:00-9:00 AM | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00-11:30 AM | GENERAL SESSION 3: Toward the Future |
| Transforming Health Care with IBM Watson Elizabeth Bigham, Vice President, Health IT Strategy, Wellpoint, Inc.; Martin Kohn, MD, Chief Medical Scientist, Care Delivery Systems, IBM Research | |
| Toward the Future* Eric J. Topol, MD, Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute and Professor of Genomics, The Scripps Research Institute | |
| 11:30 AM | Academy Adjourns |
* Asterisk indicates presentation not eligible for CME credit | |




