With health care reform on the horizon, the business case for quality and efficiency in health care has never been clearer. The new system will encourage payers to reimburse only for consistent and efficient care. Increasing transparency will make it easier for patients, who will in turn demand care that meets their needs. Preparing for the future of health care is therefore critical to the survival of many organizations. This changing health care landscape will have implications for medical providers and suppliers alike.

This session provides an overview of health care reform by understanding Massachusetts reform as a likely model. Dr. John Freedman outlines how such changes are likely to impact clinicians, as well as medical suppliers. This includes outlining key macro trends related to performance measurement, improvement, efficiency and cost containment.

This audio conference covers:

• An overview of federal health care reform
• Lessons learned thus far through Massachusetts health care reform
• Role of performance measurement in payment reform
• Opportunities for providers and suppliers in the changing medical landscape
• Risks for clinicians, suppliers and others as a result of reform

About the speaker:

John Freedman, MD, MBA, is principal at Freedman HealthCare, LLC, and has 18 years' experience in systems management, managed care, health care quality measurement and quality improvement, physician profiling, disease management, pay-for-performance, clinical laboratory development, health economics, and medical informatics. His experience comes from leadership roles at nationally recognized organizations, such as Kaiser Permanente, Tufts Health Plan, Massachusetts Health Quality Partners, Focused Medical Analytics and the Massachusetts Quality and Cost Council. Dr. Freedman received a 2004 Innovator’s Award from America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) for the creation of Navigator, a value-based tiered network insurance product.

Dr. Freedman attended Harvard College and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He earned an MBA in health systems from the University of Louisville, where he also practiced and taught at the School of Medicine. He is board-certified in internal medicine, and practiced general internal medicine and geriatrics for 10 years.

Who should attend?

• Clinicians
• Medical Directors
• Quality & Quality Improvement Leaders
• Senior Contracting Staff
• Senior Sales & Marketing Staff

*Please note: Each registration covers one line connected to the audio conference. Attendees dialing from separate locations are required to have separate registrations.