Back to Balance: The Art, Science, and Business of Medicine

Dr. Halee Fischer-Wright, President and CEO Medical Group Management Association

WHEN: Wednesday, January 23rd from 12 noon to 2 p.m.

WHERE:  COPIC offices, 7351 Lowry Blvd., Denver, CO 80230

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“Healthcare as a Zero-Sum Game–Who are the Winners and Losers Past and Future?“

Scott Becker, Publisher and Founder of Becker’s HealthCare and Becker’s Hospital Review; Healthcare Partner McGuireWoods, LLP

Over the past several years, there have been dramatic changes in healthcare. These changes have occurred at such a rapid pace that they’ve been difficult to keep up with. The result has been a lot of winners and losers in healthcare!

What will be the impact as we go forward over the next five to ten years? How will it affect health systems, providers, pharma companies, payors and beneficiaries/patients? Who will be the winners and losers in the future? What are some of the headwinds facing the healthcare industry? How will you be affected?

That’s what our internationally recognized keynote speaker, Scott Becker, Becker’s Healthcare, will be sharing with us on Dec. 5th at Children’s Hospital. This is a “can’t miss” opportunity to learn what we can expect going forward. The “takeways” from Scott’s presentation will be: (1) gaining an understanding of who the winners and losers have been over the last several years and (2) getting a sense of who will likely survive and thrive over the next five to ten years and who will struggle and possibly fail.

Scott is the Publisher and Founder of Becker’s Healthcare and Becker’s Hospital Review.   Over the last 25 years, Becker’s Healthcare has grown into the digital leader in healthcare business news. It is constantly striving to be the Wall Street Journal of Healthcare. Scott has served as chair of the national health care practice at McGuireWoods for more than 12 years.   He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and a CPA.

WHEN: Wednesday, December 5th at 5:30 p.m.  Heavy Hors’d’oeuvres from 5:30-6:30, Meeting from 6:30-8:00 p.m.

WHERE:  Children’s Hospital Conference Center, 13123 East 16th Avenue, Aurora, CO

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U.S. Healthcare From an International Perspective – What Can We Learn From Others?”

Robert K. Smoldt,  Associate Director, Healthcare Delivery and Policy Program, Arizona State University; Chief Administrative Officer Emeritus, Mayo Clinic

WHEN: Tuesday, September 25^th from 12 noon to 2 p.m.

WHERE:  COPIC offices, 7351 Lowry Blvd., Denver, CO 80230

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“Can the American Healthcare System Deliver Health?”

Patricia Gabow, M.D., MACP, Retired CEO Denver Health, Professor Emerita, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Master of the American College of Physicians

As we engage in a national dialogue about our healthcare system, we should ask the most basic question, “Can the American healthcare system deliver health?” To answer this question, we will explore three related questions:

1. What is health–is it more than the absence of disease?
2. What is our healthcare systems performance in terms of cost, coverage/access, quality, and equity/disparity?
3. What really are the determinants of health and what is the impact of each of these determinants?

As we address these questions, we will compare the United States to other countries and compare states and counties within the United States. After addressing these three questions, we will try to lay out a way forward for health for all Americans.

WHEN: Wednesday, August 22nd from 12 noon to 2 p.m.

WHERE:  COPIC offices, 7351 Lowry Blvd., Denver, CO 80230

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“Systems Wanted: Programs Need Not Apply”

Benjamin F. Miller, Psy.D., Chief Strategy Officer, Well Being Trust
Former Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Founding Director, Eugene S. Farley, Jr., Health Policy Center

The problems that exist in health care are so pervasive that new programmatic solutions are not going to solve them. Simply put, programs matter, but we need more thoughtful connection of these programs into a true system of care that can take into account the various pieces of health that health care has fragmented. Consider the problem our nation is facing with addiction – specifically, the opioid crisis. If all we did was to create a new program to decrease the amount of opioids on the street (supply side) we have done little to address the underlying issues driving our disease of despair, which are predominately social in nature (demand side). To this end, the last thing we need are more disconnected programs in this country without first creating a true system where people do not fall through the cracks.

This presentation will highlight some of the problems, elevate solutions, and most importantly help underscore the importance of making thoughtful systemic decisions for how we begin to address health. Using examples from business, health care, and on the ground experience, a framework will be proposed to help evaluate how we approach complex solutions to complex problems.

• Attendees will be able to describe some of the problems around fragmentation in health care, specifically the impact this has on mortality;
• Attendees will leave able to explain some of the solutions to addressing mental health and substance use in the larger context of health and community; and,
• Attendees will be able to list the elements associated with a National Resilience Strategy and specific actions we could take together

WHEN: Wednesday, June 27th from 12 noon to 2 p.m.

WHERE:  COPIC offices, 7351 Lowry Blvd., Denver, CO 80230

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Our Evening with Glenn Steele, MD, PhD Talking about Value-Based Healthcare: What It Looks Like, What it is, How to Achieve it.

Dr. Steele shared with the group how Geisinger developed its “Warranty” or “Money Back Guarantee”, and it’s effectiveness through Proven Care, systematic implementation of surgical procedures from one provider to another. He also spoke about xG Health Solutions that Geisinger developed to help other health systems develop more effective healthcare strategies.

With Dr. Steele’s role as Vice Chair of Health Transformation Alliance (HTA), Glenn talked about the efforts the 46 of the country’s largest employers working together to take population health management innovations out to markets where Geisinger has not expanded its provider component.

Sponsors, Key Bank (Melissa Whitmer) and Eide Bailly (Bruce Kirkpatrick) join Dr. and Mrs Steele (and Chris) for a photo of the speaker during the reception hour prior to the meeting.

We thank both Melissa and Bruce and their employers for their support of the Denver Medical Study Group this year. They are greatly appreciated!

Glenn and Chris listening intently to one of our attendees who is asking question about the HTA program and its similiarity to the recently publcised announcement of JP Morgan, Amazon and Berkshire Hathaway announcement of their intent to form their own health insurance plan for their employees.

Bobbie Kite and Dave Baker, DMSG Advisory Board members welcoming guests in the Children’s Hospital lobby.

Jennifer Brin and Dea Robinson, DMSG Advisory Board members, registering guests before they join the rest of our group in the reception lobby for hot appetizers and drinks.

Below: DMSG guests intently listening to Dr. Steele’s presentation about how HTA is going to expand its clinics in other parts of the country during 2018. They currently have clinics open in six different cities in the eastern part of the U.S. Their plan is to expand into six more cities in central and southwest U. S. in 2018.

Below: DMSG guests visiting about Dr. Steele’s presentation after the meeting. Dr. Marjie Harbrecht on the left is a long time supporter of the DMSG and has spoken to the group at previous meetings.

The meeting was a success and our guests left with a greater understanding of what can be done to provide effective value-based healthcare in Colorado.

WARRANTIES, PROVEN CARE AND VALUE-BASED REIMBURSEMENT ALL IN ONE EVENING!

Glenn Steele, Jr., MD, PhD

On April 4th at Children’s Hospital Conference Center, we’re going to meet and hear from the physician who originated the “Warranty” concept in healthcare and took it to the “next level” as told in the article below from The New York Times on May 17, 2007. “The group, Geisinger Health System, had overhauled its approach to surgery. And taking a cue from the makers of television sets, washing machines and consumer products, Geisinger essentially guarantees its workmanship, charging a flat fee that includes 90 days of follow-up treatment.”

You might have seen this article by Reed Abelson from 2007.

The Geisinger phrase of a “money back guarantee” was coined by the current CEO at Geisinger, David Feinberg. Read more in Becker’s Hospital Review:

This is a “can’t miss” and “cutting edge” opportunity all in one to hear Glenn Steele, Jr., MD, PhD, Chairman, xG Health Solutions, Vice Chair, Health Transformation Alliance and Past President & CEO, Geisinger Health System, 2001-2015 to share with us what has happened since February 2006, when Geisinger began its experiment focusing on elective heart bypass surgery,

Register here for this educational and networking experience as it may be some time before a speaker of this national recognition visits Denver again:

http://denvermedicalstudygroup.com/april-4th-glenn-d-steele-jr-md-phd-ceo-emeritus-geisinger-health-system/

I look forward to seeing you on Wednesday evening, April 4th from 5:30 to 6:30 for food and drink followed by Dr. Steele’s presentation from 6:45 to 8 p.m.

Best to you,

Chris

Chris Hadley
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“Value-Based Healthcare: What it Looks Like, What it is, How to Achieve”

Glenn D. Steele Jr., MD, PhD; Chairman, xG Health Solutions; Vice-Chair, Health Transformation Alliance; Past President and CEO, Geisinger Health System

Dr. Steele will share how Geisinger, a vertically integrated healthcare organization serving a population of well over 3 million people in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maine, Delaware, and West Virginia, has developed and implemented value reengineering for populations of patients in both hospital and ambulatory care settings.  The reengineering of care between community practice and hospital-based specialty and sub-specialty will be detailed as well as the inception of the “warranty” and how it has recently evolved.  Dr. Steele will also share scaling and generalizing efforts through xG Health Solutions and the Health Transformation Alliance, taking the acute care and population health management innovations out to non-Geisinger, non-employed physicians and into markets where Geisinger has not expanded its provider component.

WHEN: Wednesday, April 4th at 5:30 p.m.  Heavy Hors’d’oeuvres from 5:30-6:30, Meeting from 6:30-8:00 p.m.

WHERE:  Children’s Hospital Conference Center, 13123 East 16th Avenue, Aurora, CO

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“The Opioid Crisis: Latest Developments in the U.S. and Colorado”

Robert J. Valuck, PhD, RPh, FNAP

Deaths from drug overdoses continue to increase across the U.S. and in Colorado.  Both prescribed opioids and illicit heroin and fentanyl cause over 33,000 deaths per year in the U.S., over 500 per year in Colorado.  In this session, participants will learn more about the scope and impact of the problem, including tools and strategies for collaboration in prescription drug abuse prevention at the national, state and local levels.

WHEN: Wednesday, January 31st from 12 noon to 2 p.m.

WHERE:  COPIC offices, 7351 Lowry Blvd., Denver, CO 80230

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“DaVita’s Strategy for Becoming a More Integrated Healthcare Enterprise Through Diversification and Delivery”

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DaVita Inc., and Chief Executive Officer, DaVita Medical Group

We all know that healthcare is constantly changing. Insurance carriers, hospitals and provider groups are all undergoing changes in the way they provide and pay for services. DaVita is changing along with the rest of the healthcare industry. Kent Thiry’s presentation will explore DaVita’s strategy for becoming a more integrated, and therefore more durable, health care enterprise by diversifying both products and delivery models. This discussion will include DaVita’s international expansion, the opportunities and challenges of emerging technologies and delivery models that are shaping health care services, and Mr. Thiry’s thoughts on leadership in a values-based organization.

WHEN: Monday, October 16th from 12 noon to 2 p.m.

WHERE:  COPIC offices, 7351 Lowry Blvd., Denver, CO 80230

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