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Breakout Sessions

Seven different seminars and workshops will be offered during each of three separate breakout sessions. Choose from the following and other programs for clinicians, management and staff of CAPG groups, many offering CME credits. Sessions will be offered at 10:45 a.m. on Friday, and at 10:30 a.m. and 1:45 p.m. on Saturday. Please consult your on-site agenda for changes, additions and complete details.

Access to Care: Programs That Work
L.A. Care Health Plan will review its many programs for increasing access, including learning collaboratives, school-based clinics, equipment grants, and extended access hours.
  • Howard A. Kahn, CEO, L.A. Care Health Plan
Achieving Your Ultimate Work-Life Balance
This interactive presentation will help participants break the "mental log-jam" of feeling stuck on a work treadmill, and offer steps for combining career and personal life.
  • Cheryl Mann, President, Goals InSight
Boomers: The Generation That Could, Did and Will
The audience will gain understanding of the Boomer Generation, including the four key personality segments, as Procter & Gamble shares its research with this population.
  • Mary Austin, Regional Customer Marketing Manager, Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals
CAPG Public Policy Update
Members of the CAPG Public Affairs team describe the political landscape in Sacramento and Washington, D.C.
  • William Barcellona, Vice President for Government Affairs, CAPG
  • Bruce Fried, Partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal
Claim Data: Its Value in Clinical Settings
This presentation will explore the value of claim data, such as ER and office visit utilization, in clinical settings.
  • Charles Kennedy, MD, Vice President, Health Information Technology, WellPoint, Inc.
Diversity and Opportunity: Patient Centered Care in Modern California
The audience will learn about some of the demographic changes, cultural knowledge, and human adaptations required for California health systems to deliver the promise of Patient Centered Care.
  • David Hayes-Bautista, Ph.D, Director, Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture
  • Wells Shoemaker, MD, Medical Director, California Association of Physician Groups
Fear Not the PPO: It May Be Our Future
This session will examine pressures on the delegated model and offer strategies for bringing it continued value.
  • John E. Jenrette, MD, CEO and CMO, Sharp Community Medical Group
Managing Healthcare Resources: Three Creative Approaches
Brown and Toland Medical Group will discuss the development, implementation and outcomes of three new initiatives for managing healthcare resources.
  • Sheila Lyzwa, Director, Case Management and Referral Services, Brown and Toland Medical Group
Medicare Advantage: Opportunity and Risk
The political, regulatory and competitive landscape of new Medicare choices will be reviewed, with a special emphasis on the opportunities and challenges open to IPAs willing to move up to Medicare Advantage.
  • Jeff Fox, President, Gorman Health Group, LLC
Physician Group Consolidation: Walking the Walk
This session will explore how a large, successful IPA developed a strategic consolidation plan, found a strategic partner, and developed a merger transition plan.
  • Eric Klein, Esq., Shepphard Mullin Richter Hampton LLP
  • Stuart Levine, MD, HealthCare Partners
  • Barton Wald, MD, President and CEO, Physician Associates of the Greater San Gabriel Valley
Primary Care and the Medical Home
CareMore Health Plan offers one answer to providing quality care while reconciling a decrease in family practice residencies, a growing demand for PCPs, and a renewed interest in the Medical Home.
  • Douglas Allen, MD, MMM; Vice President, Clinical Programs, CareMore Health Plan
Quality Home Care for the Frail: A Comprehensive Program
HealthCare Partners Medical Group will share the development, design, operations, and to-date results of its innovative patient-and-family-based HomeCare program.
  • Lorrie Melby, MD, Lead HomeCare Physician, HealthCare Partners Marketing and Advertising College
CMS - Making A Down Payment on Health Reform
In this session, the quality initiatives implemented by CMS since the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 will be reviewed, followed by a discussion of the federal government's future role in quality improvement.
  • David Sayen, Regional Administrator, CMS, Region IX
The Provider Web Portal: Discovering New Patient Care Benefits
This program will explore the benefits of provider portals for patient care, including cost reduction, timely decision-making and clinical record sharing.
  • Rasheed Baqai, EMR Product Manager, CERECONS
  • Bernard Katz, MD, Co-CEO, Bay Area Community Medical Group
  • Mark Needham, MD, Medical Director, Santa Monica Bay Physicians
  • Frank Rhie, MD, Chief Medical Advisor, Founder-Alteer EMR, CERECONS
To Integrate or Not: That Is the Question
This discussion will address the choices physician groups and IPAs have when considering strategic alignments with larger groups or hospital systems.
  • Bill Gil, CEO, Facey Medical Foundation
  • Paul Jaconette, CEO, Sansum Medical Clinic
Special Topic Roundtable Discussions

Be sure to take part in our popular, expert-driven and informative one-hour Special Topic Roundtable Discussions at 3:15 p.m. Saturday. Join in a discussion of timely topics including:
  • Language and Disparities
  • Medi-Cal Managed Care
  • Pay-for-Performance

(213) 624-CAPG (2274)