How health care is obtained, provided and paid for in America is increasingly vital to the national economy. In the face of health care reform, urgent and practical responses on behalf of providers are essential.
Panelists from Northeast Ohio leading medical centers and DHG Healthcare will discuss how reforms will transform how they deliver care and measure quality outcomes.
The panel discussion “Healthcare Reform and Leading Provider Strategies” will take place Wednesday, May 27, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Case Western Reserve University’s Tinkham Veale University Center. Panelists will address the mandatory reform elements influencing health care providers’ reimbursement.
The program was created by the Alumni Advisory Council of the Weatherhead School of Management, and it is sponsored by DHG Healthcare, the national health care practice of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP. J.B. Silvers, the John R. Mannix Medical Mutual of Ohio Professor of Health Care Finance at the Weatherhead School, will serve as moderator.
“In the past, quality was in the eye of the provider and cost was whatever they decided to spend,” Silvers said. “Reform means turning this on its head. Now providers must meet cost and quality measures of value to succeed, and this requires serious innovation and the design of new approaches.”
The panel will cover:
- Current mandatory reform elements and how they affect cost and employee effectiveness.
- Critical reform timeline and clinical performance periods.
- Lost payments to providers with poor clinical performance.
- Readmission penalties and at-risk payment opportunities.
Panelists are:
- William Annable, associate clinical professor of ophthalmology at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and chief quality officer and director of University Hospitals Quality Institute
- Alfred F. Connors Jr., chief medical officer and chief quality officer at MetroHealth System
- Melinda S. Hancock, partner at DHG Healthcare and national chair-elect of the Healthcare Financial Management Association
- Shannon Phillips, associate chief quality officer at Cleveland Clinic
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required by May 22.
For more information and to register, visit weatherhead.case.edu/events/2015/05/27/healthcare-reform-and-leading-provider-strategies/.