Healthcare Informatics—the most widely read and circulated publication on healthcare IT since 1984—proudly features such pioneers as Michael Barr from NCQA, and Jim Whitfill, MD from Innovation Care Partners, in its latest Executive Roundtable series.

 

MACRA, MIPS and APMs: Fiscal Strategies and Organizational Positioning for Value-Based Reimbursement, will be held Thursday, April 13 from 7:30-11 a.m.  at the Westin Hotel in San Jose, CA.

 

These Executive Roundtables are private, small-group breakfast events that bring together a vanguard of senior healthcare executives in collaborative discussions designed to share best practices, highlight potential pitfalls, and work collectively to solve enterprise-level strategic challenges.

 

MACRA, MIPS and APMs agenda will examine Quality and Payment: The Intersection of MACRA, Quality, and Financials;  Differences, Penalties, and Financial Impacts Between APMs and MIPs;  Case Study: St Luke’s Health’s Strategy for Value-based Payment and Quality Payment Program Success; MACRA’s Influence on Hospital Systems, Physicians, and the Financial Bottom Line; MACRA Executive Roundtable.

Session participants include senior executives Michael Barr, MD, Executive VP, Quality Measurement and Research Group, NCQA; Michael Hogarth, MD, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UC Davis Medical Center; Geoffrey N. Swanson, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Propel Health; and Jim Whitfill, MD, Officer, Innovation Care Partners.

 

“We are delighted to be able to play a role in facilitating the ongoing discussion of this extremely important set of topics at this critical, transformative time in the evolution of the U.S. healthcare system,” says Mark Hagland, Editor-in-Chief of Healthcare Informatics.  “We are especially grateful to our esteemed group of discussion participants. It is their expertise and insights that help make these events so highly informative yet practical.”

 

The event is sponsored by WhiteCloud Analytics, a performance management technology company that assists health systems with performance management technology to drive improvement in value-based care.

 

“WhiteCloud Analytics is proud to partner with Healthcare Informatics to create an event on such an important topic,” said Bob Lokken, WhiteCloud Analytics CEO.  “Managing the complex regulatory environment around programs like MACRA are foundational to success in a value-based world, and we are committed to helping health systems drive physician-led improvement in outcomes and cost reduction.”

 

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Healthcare Informatics serves a professional community dedicated to the planning, development, and implementation of important technological trends that will define tomorrow’s healthcare.  These dedicated professionals exchange a wide range of pioneering concepts as they tackle important strategic and information technology issues facing organizations such as hospitals, medical groups, and integrated health systems.  Members of the Healthcare Informatics community share a focus on healthcare IT leadership, vision, and strategy—driving change forward by shaping innovations that point the way to the future of healthcare. For more information, visit: http://www.healthcare-informatics.com

 

WhiteCloud arms health systems with performance management technology that drives improvement in a value-based world by aligning the organization and engaging physicians in transformative care. Based on 20 years of analytics and performance management best practices, the WhiteCloud™ Healthcare Performance Management Platform is designed to help health systems optimize care, improve financial health and streamline operational efficiency to thrive in a risk-based world. www.whitecloud.com.