Session Descriptions

Leadership Intensive: Health Care Reform Minnesota Style
2/11/2010 12:00 PM - 2/11/2010 4:30 PM

Leadership Intensive "Health Care Reform Minnesota Style" Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010 Registration: 11:30 a.m. - Noon Lunch and Program: Noon - 4:30 p.m. Registration Fee: $100 (includes handouts, light lunch and afternoon refreshments) Pre-registration is required. Program sponsored by Piper Jaffray & Company Schedule and Program Content 11:30 a.m. Registration Noon Lunch sponsored by Alliance Purchasing/Aging Services Group 12:30 p.m. Beyond Medicare: Future Payment Trends Minnesota has long been a leader in health care and an innovator in health care policy and reimbursement. While the federal health care reform debate rages on, Minnesota payers and providers are quietly moving forward to improve clinical care and restructure health care reimbursement. -Prepare for the new world of Medicare by understanding the latest news from Washington D.C. on proposed changes to Medicare payment as part of federal health care reform. -Explore the changing health care landscape in Minnesota and get an overview of the changes being developed by payers and providers in Minnesota. -Examine in-depth some of the new payment models and initiatives to improve care across sites of service, including in-home, skilled care and senior housing. -Identify the key changes to reimbursement and integration of care between the hospital or doctor's office to other levels of care. -Discuss an emerging vision for how care delivery will change and the new role aging service providers will play. -Estimate the impact of these potential changes on your organization using a proposed methodology developed by LarsonAllen for Aging Services of Minnesota members. Nancy Rehkamp, Principal, LarsonAllen LLP, Minneapolis NEW PAYMENT MODELS FOR REIMBURSEMENT AND CARE DELIVERY A panel presentation moderated by Nancy Rehkamp Bundled Payment Learn about Fairview Health Services' (FHS) work-in partnership with Medica-to create a systemic change in the way health care is delivered and reimbursed. This new reimbursement methodology is designed to improve clinical quality, assure greater integration across sites of service and reduce the total costs of care while rewarding providers. Mark Eustis, CEO, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis (invited) Value-Based Payment Become familiar with Prometheus Payment - a non-profit corporation working with other organizations to develop a new payment methodology to improve health care quality, lower administrative burdens, increase transparency and support patient-centered care across an episode of care. Presenter to be announced: Park Nicollet Health Services, St. Louis Park. Health Care Homes Discuss the key concepts of health care homes and the role aging services organizations can play to reduce the costs and improve the care provided to elders. Jan Malcolm, CEO, Courage Center, Golden Valley Implications of Payment Reform for Aging Services Providers Panel moderator: Nancy Rehkamp A panel of aging services providers who are actively working to develop tools and services to integrate with the new reimbursement and care delivery models will discuss the implications of payment reform. Gain insights on how each of the panelists' organizations are reassessing current services and identifying and creating the changes required. Wayne Olson, Regional Executive Vice President, Volunteers of America, Eden Prairie; Mark Thomas, Executive Vice President, Fairview Health Services and President of Ebenezer, Minneapolis and presenter to be announced, Presbyterian Homes and Services, Roseville 4:30 p.m. ADJOURN Key Learning Objectives: " Describe the key concepts and care delivery elements of health care reform in Minnesota. " Gain a greater understanding of payment reforms being developed and their potential impact on the financial performance of aging services providers. " Understand at least three major organizational changes required to adapt to the changing health care environment in Minnesota.
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