Managing Medicaid Patients with Physical and Behavioral Health Dual Diagnoses through Advanced Analytics

By Claire Thayer, March 28, 2012

MCOL’s Healthcare Web Summit announces a complimentary webinar event, co-sponsored by Elsevier/MEDai: Managing Medicaid Patients with Physical and Behavioral Health Dual Diagnoses through Advanced Analytics, scheduled for Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 at 1PM Eastern.  This webinar will provide a high-level briefing on how using a combination of analytical tools can be used to improve clinical and financial outcomes in state Medicaid programs, particularly for high-cost, high-risk Medicaid beneficiaries with dual medical and behavioral diagnoses.

More information: http://www.healthwebsummit.com/medai050112.htm

The 3rd Annual Contracting Web Summit

By Claire Thayer, March 23, 2012

MCOL’s Healthcare Web Summit announces The 3^rd Annual Contracting Web Summit, scheduled for Thursday, May 10th, 2012 at 1PM Eastern.  The Third Annual Health Plan Contracting Web Summit will address value based contracting, bundled payments, readmissions financial incentives and more. Join us for the live 90 minute webinar and also access pre-recorded sessions featuring national experts providing key insights, trends, strategic recommendations, actionable intelligence and more on these critical topics.

More information: http://www.healthwebsummit.com/contracting.htm

Health Plan Readmission Strategies: Contracting and Care Management Approaches

By Claire Thayer March 17, 2012

MCOL’s Healthcare Web Summit announces Health Plan Readmission Strategies: Contracting and Care Management Approaches, scheduled for Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 at 1PM Eastern.  Health plan readmissions management encompasses a variety of approaches that often incorporate new provider payment structures, data tracking, education and engagement. Some initiatives are designed for specific care delivery settings, while others are system-wide programs. Please join Drs. Joe Gifford and Robert Herr from Regence, and Dr. Brian Wolf from BCBSRI as they provide a Medical Director's perspective on aspects of their organization's current approaches to drive accountability by reducing unnecessary readmissions.

More information: http://www.healthwebsummit.com/readmissions050912.htm

Health Plan Readmission Strategies: Contracting and Care Management Approaches

By Claire Thayer, March 14, 2012

MCOL’s Healthcare Web Summit announces Health Plan Readmission Strategies: Contracting and Care Management Approaches, scheduled for Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 at 1PM Eastern.  Health plan readmissions management encompasses a variety of approaches that often incorporate new provider payment structures, data tracking, education and engagement. Some initiatives are designed for specific care delivery settings, while others are system-wide programs. Please join Drs. Joe Gifford and Robert Herr from Regence, and Dr. Brian Wolf from BCBSRI as they provide a Medical Director's perspective on aspects of their organization's current approaches to drive accountability by reducing unnecessary readmissions.

More information: http://www.healthwebsummit.com/readmissions050912.htm

Reducing Readmissions: Collateral Effects

By Claire Thayer, March 13, 2012

MCOL’s Healthcare Web Summit announces Reducing Readmissions: Collateral Effects, scheduled for Thursday, March 29th, 2012 at 1PM Eastern and co-sponsored by Payers & Providers.  Changes to the Medicare program will financially penalize hospitals whose patients are readmitted within 30 days of their discharge. The readmission penalty affects other providers as well, including physicians and hospitalists in particular. Join Warren Hosseinion, M.D., the chief executive officer of the hospitalist firm Apollo Medical Holdings and Daniel C. Cusator, M.D., vice president of The Camden Group, as they discuss upcoming changes in the finance of hospital readmissions, and how the effects will ripple far and wide.

More information: http://www.healthwebsummit.com/pp032912.htm

The Microinsurance Opportunity - Understanding the market and its implications

By Claire Thayer, March 12, 2012

MCOL’s Healthcare Web Summit announces The Microinsurance Opportunity - Understanding the market and its implications, scheduled for Thursday, April 19th, 2012 at 1PM Eastern.  Microinsurance has emerged over the last decade on a global scale. First seen as a poverty alleviation strategy, it was embraced by donors and NGOs as a compliment to the burgeoning micro credit field. More recently commercial insurers and reinsurers have been more significantly involved.  Join Michael McCord, President of the MicroInsurance Centre and Rick Koven, an independent consultant working with the Centre, as they provide an understanding of the market and its implications for the emerging microinsurance opportunity.

More information: http://www.healthwebsummit.com/micro041912.htm

Pioneer ACOs: Quantifying Risks & Identifying Opportunities

By Claire Thayer, March 5, 2012

MCOL’s Healthcare Web Summit announces Pioneer ACOs: Quantifying Risks & Identifying Opportunities, scheduled for Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 1PM Eastern.  This session discusses the elements of risk associated with Pioneer ACOs as well as potential strategies for controlling costs and identifying opportunities for savings. Organizations not participating in the Pioneer ACO program but either wishing to monitor Pioneer ACO issues and activities, or wishing to adapt applicable risk and cost control strategies discussed to other populations, can also benefit from this session.

More information: http://www.healthwebsummit.com/milliman052312.htm

Improving Chronic Care Outcomes: Depression Management Coaching

By Claire Thayer, March 3, 2012

MCOL’s Healthcare Web Summit announces Improving Chronic Care Outcomes: Depression Management Coaching, scheduled for Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 1PM Eastern.  This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Health Value Innovation.  Hear from leaders in the Center, Chief Medical Officer Jack Mahoney MD, and President Cyndy Nayer, along with Fred Newman, Founder and CEO of Interface EAP Coordinated Health Solutions. There are real-world outcomes to be shared, and questions that attendees will want to ask about outcomes-based contracting for emerging services.

More information: http://www.healthwebsummit.com/chvi041212.htm

The Business of Clinical Integration: Payment Models, Structures, Governance, Strategic Issues and More

By Claire Thayer, March 2, 2012

MCOL’s Healthcare Web Summit announces The Business of Clinical Integration: Payment Models, Structures, Governance, Strategic Issues and More, scheduled for Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 1PM Eastern.  Join nationally renowned experts Doug Hastings, Chairman of Epstein, Becker & Green, and Dr. Mark Browne, Principal of Pershing Yoakley & Associates, as they construct the foundation of business considerations for health care organizations in pursuit of clinical integration. This session will address payment models, structures, governance, strategic issues and more, for organizations seeking: to manage populations and patients based on a culture of patient focused “Clinical Teaming”; utilizing systems and data which enable seamless coordination and continuity-of-care; and optimization of applicable incentives.

More information: http://www.healthwebsummit.com/integration041812.htm

Medicare: Predictive Analytics, MSSP & Star – Hidden Compliance & Enrollment Patterns

By  Claire Thayer, March 1, 2012

MCOL’s Healthcare Web Summit announces Medicare: Predictive Analytics, MSSP & Star – Hidden Compliance & Enrollment Patterns, scheduled for Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 1PM Eastern.  The Medicare Shared Savings Program and the Medicare Advantage Part C "Star" rating program both provide significant potential financial rewards if participating organizations meet applicable criteria. Join Milliman's Rong Yi and Bruce Pyenson as they explore how the two sets of quality measures relate to each other, and discuss what types of these Medicare members are less likely to be compliant and therefore require more targeted communication or intervention.

More information: http://www.healthwebsummit.com/milliman040512.htm

MCOL.com has a new fresh look!

By Claire Thayer, February 16, 2011

Check out our new web site at mcol.com! Now it’s a whole lot easier to quickly find what you’re looking for!  Browse list of Topics and Offerings. View the What’s New section for upcoming webinar events along with e-learning and other announcements. Log-in to the MCOL member web site. Learn about advertising opportunities. And lots more! Take a peek today at www.mcol.com  and let us know what you think!!

Managing and Increasing Trend of Elective Preterm Deliveries

By Claire Thayer, Febuary 6, 2012

MCOL’s Healthcare Web Summit announces Managing and Increasing Trend of Elective Preterm Deliveries, scheduled for Friday, February 24, 2012 at 1PM Eastern.   In the past two decades the United States has witnessed a substantial increase in the rate of elective deliveries preterm birth. Employers, health plans and Medicaid programs have become increasingly concerned, and stakeholders have created multifaceted strategies to reduce the number of early deliveries that don't have a medical justification. Join us to hear an expert panel discuss the problems surrounding elective preterm deliveries, and strategic approaches that stakeholders can consider adopting.

More information:http://www.healthwebsummit.com/pp022412.htm

Charity Care & Community Benefits: The New Paradigm

By Claire Thayer, Febuary 2, 2012

MCOL’s Healthcare Web Summit announces Charity Care & Community Benefits: The New Paradigm, scheduled for Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 1PM Eastern. Join Providence Health’s Ronald Sorensen, Huntington Memorial's Jane Haderlein and Michael Bilton from the AHA's Association for Community Health Improvement to discuss the changing environment and its long-term implications for hospital operations and healthcare delivery.

More information: http://www.healthwebsummit.com/pp021612.htm

11th Annual Consumerism Web Summit 2012

By Claire Thayer, January 28, 2012

MCOL’s Healthcare Web Summit announces the 11th Annual Consumerism Web Summit 2012, scheduled for Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 1PM Eastern.  This year's event addresses consumer empowerment from multiple perspectives, and will provide attendees the intelligence to position themselves for 2012 and beyond. The event includes a featured 90 minute live webinar, three additional faculty pre-recorded sessions plus supplemental features addressing consumerism in 2012 and beyond.

More information: http://www.healthwebsummit.com/consumerism.htm

ACO Capitation 101: Understanding Medicare ACOs’ real potential to influence patterns of care

By Claire Thayer, January 26, 2012

MCOL’s Healthcare Web Summit announces ACO Capitation 101: Understanding Medicare ACOs’ real potential to influence patterns of care, scheduled for Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 1PM Eastern.   As the pioneer ACOs gain experience with the various capitation models and if CMS incorporates capitation in the standard model, Medicare ACOs will gain a powerful tool to influence patterns of care through payment contracts and incentives. Hear from William A. MacBain, Senior Vice President of Gorman Health Group, on the steps CMS is taking to evaluate and potentially change capitation in Medicare ACOs.

More information: www.healthwebsummit.com/gorman021512.htm

How Much is Too Much? Hospital C-Suite Compensation

By Claire Thayer, January 9, 2012

MCOL’s Healthcare Web Summit announces How Much is Too Much? Hospital C-Suite Compensation, scheduled for Friday, January 20 from 10:00AM – 11:00AM Pacific . The mission of a not-for-profit hospital or healthcare system is fairly clear: Heal the region’s patients and provide benefit to the community. Yet hospital boards find themselves under increasing pressure to offer generous compensation packages in order to attract and retain the executives who can keep their organizations out of financial distress and help them prosper in a challenging reimbursement environment. This webinar features persons knowledgeable on healthcare compensation trends.

More information: www.healthwebsummit.com/pp012012.htm

Medicare initiatives towards accountable care: Aetna’s Provider Collaboration Programs

 By Claire Thayer, December 22, 2011

MCOL’s Healthcare Web Summit announces Moving Towards Accountable Care: Aetna’s Medicare Provider Collaboration Program, scheduled for Thursday, February 23rd from 1:00 PM to 2:00PM Eastern.  As groups throughout the health care system work to develop Accountable Care Organizations, Aetna recently announced results of collaborative relationships with several medical groups in working together to accomplish two of the main goals of ACOs through the Aetna Medicare Provider Collaboration program – improving quality of care and lowering health care costs. Join Doctor Krakauer on Thursday February 23rd, 2012 at 1PM Eastern as he reviews detailed aspects and results of Aetna's Medicare Provider Collaboration program.

More information:  http://www.healthwebsummit.com/aetna022312.htm

Benchmarking Employer Onsite Health and Fitness Centers

By Claire Thayer, December 13, 2011

MCOL’s Healthcare Web Summit announces the Benchmarking Employer Onsite Health and Fitness Centers, scheduled for Thursday, January 19^th from 1:00 PM to 2:30PM Eastern. Regardless of size, every employer needs comparisons in their efforts to design, manage and expand the capabilities and performance of their worksite health and fitness centers. This session will provide attendees with the results of surveys intended to help employer-sponsors of such facilities benchmark against others.

More information: http://www.healthwebsummit.com/nawhc011912.html

Managing Patient Security and Privacy on a New Data-Sharing Playground

By Claire Thayer, November 24, 2011

MCOL’s HealthcareWeb Summit announces the Managing Patient Security and Privacy on a New Data-Sharing Playground, scheduled for Wednesday, January 25th at 1PM.  Join PwC's Sarah Haflett, as she presents findings and insights from 2011 HRI research encompassing a survey of more than 600 provider, health insurer, and pharmaceutical/life sciences professionals on the privacy and security implications of the explosion of new data sources and uses in the healthcare industry; and interviews of 25 chief privacy officers (CPOs), chief information security officers (CISOs), chief information officers (CIOs), and other executives of healthcare organizations. 

More information: http://www.healthwebsummit.com/data012512.htm

Transparent Cost Networks: A Consumer Driven Solution

By Claire Thayer, November 22, 2011

MCOL’s HealthcareWeb Summit announces the Transparent Cost Networks: A Consumer Driven Solution, scheduled for Thursday, February 9^th at 1PM.  Milliman's Will Fox discusses the issues, implications and components of a transparent cost network, and the specific approach and steps involved in implementing the network.

More information: http://www.healthwebsummit.com/milliman020912.htm