May 31 - June 2, 2013 | Planet Hollywood | Las Vegas, Nevada

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