Opal Group: Healthcare Chief Medical Officer Summit 2017

Healthcare Chief Medical Officer Summit 2017

Dallas, TX
October 16-17, 2017

 

Conference Details:

 

One of the most important and challenging leadership roles within healthcare is the “Chief Medical Officer.” As senior physicians tasked with providing leadership to increasingly diverse medical staffs during times of unrivaled challenge and uncertainty, the leadership style of a CMO is absolutely essential for stability and sustained success.

 

The role of Chief Medical Officers is changing dramatically as they face a new set of challenges such as new Medicare & Medicaid rules, understanding what the Trump Administration means for healthcare, finance & technology in addition to their main role of Improving Quality of care while Reducing Costs and Developing a Medical Leadership Team.

 

This event is focused on the end-user Chief Medical Officer and told by other Chief Medical Officers in terms of topics/issues/perspectives and case studies to discuss these new challenges in a manner that allows the attendees great actionable takeaways.

 

Discount code: BECMO2017

 

Topics will include:

 

• Physician Leadership & Succession Planning
• Patient Care & quality
• Patient Experience
• Medical staff affairs
• Corporate strategic planning
• Staffing, Recruitment and Retention
• Physician Shortage Strategies 
• Patient Safety/Quality of Care
• Patient Operations
• Population Health
• Patient Compliance & Adherence
• Value-Based Care
• The Cost of Quality Care/Cost Management
• Physician Empowerment/Engagement
• Budgets and Quality Metrics for CMOs

Agenda:

 

Monday, October 16,2017 / Tuesday, October 17, 2017
7:15am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15am	Get to Meet the CMOs Ice Breaker
8:40am	Chairperson Opening Remarks
8:45am	The Evolving Role of the Chief Medical Officer In both healthcare providers and payers, the Chief Medical Officer has had more responsibilities thrown into their day-to-day affairs. The CMO is a crucial player to the organization’s bottom line. In addition to overseeing all the physicians, ensuring patients are safe and well-cared for; CMOs must be able to understand financials, data and communicate with executives throughout their organization as well as other throughout the healthcare ecosystem. This session, will examine the evolution of the role of the CMO and what leadership styles are necessary to be effective.
9:45am	Population Health – The Move from a Sick-Care to a Well-Care Model as We Transition to Value-Based Care This interactive session will take a look at how various hospitals and healthcare systems both in the US and abroad are approaching population health, particularly as most are feeling a push to move towards a value-based cared model versus FFS. We will look at a variety of issues, including: An unregrettable strategy of transforming to value based care. The key pillars to your strategy of moving from Fee-for-Service to value-based care. Types of programs that keep your patients engaged (spanning from healthy to catastrophic patients). How your organization is approaching the idea of well-care and moving towards preventative and wellness strategies versus sick-care. What roles do your EMRs play in population health? Where do you see challenges with this strategy, and how do you anticipate this evolving? What are some of the biggest challenges you see and areas you think you need the most help?
10:15am	Challenges of a CMO: Creating Value for the Growing Health System As health systems continue to grow whether it be through mergers, acquisitions or the development of new facilities, the Chief Medical Officer is under constant pressure to create value both at the system and the entity level. This session will provide insight into how CMOs are facing this challenge. We will examine such topics as: How do system decisions create value? How is value measured? What differences are found at the entity versus the system in terms of value? Additional challenges in integrating into the system
10:45am	Morning Refreshment Break
11:00am	Building a Clinical Integrated Network to Enhance Quality of Care Clinical integration offers the opportunity to coordinate patient interventions, manage quality across the continuum of care, move toward population health management and pursue true value-based contracting. However, the path to a true clinical integrated network is far from clear. We will discuss best practices including: Collaborative leadership Aligned incentives Clinical programs Technology infrastructures Valued partnerships across the ecosystem
11:30am	How Is Your Electronic Health Record (eHR) Affecting Patient Experience? There is no doubt, electronic health records can standardize documentation, improve communication amongst providers as well as across the provider-payer relationship and can facilitate reliable care. Additionally, as patients become more involved in their healthcare decisions and utilize mobile and wearable devices, they are asking to be able to communicate electronically. So, then what’s the problem? Physicians are so set staring into a computer screen or tablet; that they aren’t paying attention to their patients. In this session, we will look at: The CMOs role in training physicians on the proper manner to utilize eHRs for better patient experience Utilizing transcription services to ensure the patient visit is interactive and engaging Having all your executives, physicians, nurses, staff utilize systems as a patient to understand their effect on patient engagement Best Practices and Lessons Learned
12:00pm	Engaging the Entire Medical Community Identify who you want to engage and why Determine what outcomes you are hoping for with your community engagement program Examine methods of reaching and each of the groups and demographics in the community Discuss best practices and case studies
12:30pm	Lunch
1:30pm	Staffing Shortages — Doing More with Less: Acting Smarter by Investing in the Capital of Your Hospital The expected shortages of physicians and nurses has caused tremendous pressure on hospitals and healthcare systems, particularly now in a push for value-based care and a time of healthcare consumerism. This creates a huge need to “Do More with Less” staff and reduced budgets. This session will examine and discuss: How do you do things differently and with less money and still get the same or better outcomes What services are profitable? What do you keep? And, where do you go from here? Learn what the “need to have” and the “nice to have” are for your hospital Execute Leadership Development programs that create stars
2:00pm	Telehealth Will Need CMO Adoption and a Financial Gain to Thrive Chief Medical Officers and other clinicians are often the primary gatekeepers to adoption of new virtual care technologies, and bringing about their widespread use of telemedicine technology is a challenge in many organizations. How can we provide value to the clinician and the patient with telemedicine? How does the economic realities of current and future reimbursement and compensation models affect adoption? Best practices of Telehealth Uses
2:45pm	Afternoon Refreshment Break
3:10pm	Collaboration Among Provider, Payer & Pharma CMOs = Innovation & Reduced Costs? Payers and providers have had a complex relationship. Many assume that all payers want is to cut costs, while providers want high quality of care, regardless of cost. And, in the past the relationships have been suspicious at best. In fact, the same could be said for pharma-payer relationships. However, as providers become more responsible for cost in value-based payment models; payers are more willing to share information, data and expertise. Additionally, many payers have recognized that having a better connection with their providers gives them better tools to assess the quality ROI of a treatment over time. Almost all agree that pharmaceutical companies need to be part of this discussion as well as they are developing treatments. In this session, we will look at stories and case studies that: Demonstrate a collaborative approach to healthcare that has improved quality of life and outcomes Discuss what types of disruptive innovation has come from collaborative relationships among providers, payers and pharma CMOs Examine how “coopetition” can improve the health of the community Determine which types of relationships can reduce costs across the entire ecosystem
3:45pm	Opportunities & Strategies in a Provider-Owned Health Plan Many Hospitals and health systems have been developing their own health plans. This interactive discussion will provide insight into the opportunities, investments, planning, strategies, challenges and lessons learned when a health provider decides to provide its own health plan. We will look at things like: Evaluating current capabilities and necessary investments to move into the payer space successfully Understanding the areas that impact this decision including market consolidation, the exchange environment, the current administration and network alignment Identifying the role of the Chief Medical Officer in both the provider and the plan Determining how to approach partners and vendors in this expansion launch Overcoming issues to obtain actionable population and cost data Assessing risk Attracting and retaining the right leadership for this move to be successful Examining the role of the C-Suite and Board of Directors in Such a product launch
4:15pm	What Can the CMO do to Improve Margins? Embrace today’s emphasis on quality, safety and service Monitor financial metrics closely Examine your Coding Process Initiate a compliant documentation management program Assess programs for employees Monetize certain areas of your hospitals – dialysis, rehab, imaging Review your Chargemaster Utilize your electronic health records in an effective and efficient manner Examine energy costs Create a “healthy community” program
4:35pm	Technology = Better Care & Reduced Costs Technology — whether mobile, cloud computing, big data analysis, systems software, or medical device advancements — is a tool that can aid healthcare organizations in providing better care while reducing costs. However, choosing wisely and parsing through the promises of sales representatives requires expertise in house. Someone must be able to evaluate new potential systems, plan implementation programs, and know when and how to push back on vendors when problems occur. Providers and Payers also need to optimize the systems they currently have to be sure they are getting the most value possible and not searching for tools that should already be in place. This session will provide best practices and lessons learned from various CMOs and CMIOs.
5:35pm	Day One’s Closing Remarks
5:45 - 6:45pm	Cocktail Reception

Contact us at:

 

Sherry Shin

Email: sshin@opalgroup.net

Tel: 212.532.9898 ext. 345