Transformation of health care industry focus of May conference

By the very nature of its direct impact on life, death and personal medical concerns, the health care industry is unique. However, the changes facing the industry offer an opportunity to review and adapt successful business transformations to develop innovative care delivery and payment models that increase both physician decision making and operational efficiency, leading to quality health care that is both affordable and accessible.

The Physician’s Practice: Emerging Issues for Healthcare Providers forum focuses on the transformation through the lens of the patient-physician relationship, bringing industry practitioners and researchers together to present and discuss topics from patient, practice, care delivery and information technology support. The forum is Thursday May 9, from 8 a.m. – 5:15 p.m., followed by a networking reception and 9 a.m. to mid-afternoon on Friday, May 10, in Westin, 1500 Town Center, in Southfield.

Presented by the Center for Integrated Business Research and Education at Oakland University’s School of Business Administration in partnership with the Executive MBA in Health Care Management at Oakland University, Oakland County's Medical Main Street and St Joseph Mercy-Oakland, the forum offers attendees a look at innovations at the intersections of where these topics impact the physician practice.

Presentations include:

• Reimbursement Trends – Bundled Payments and Their Impact on Medical Practices by Anthony V. Colarossi, partner, Healthcare Consulting, Plante Moran

• Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) by Monica P. Navarro, professor, Thomas M. Cooley Law School

• Managing Patients in the New Healthcare Paradigm: The Role of Observation Medicine by Carol Clark, director, Division of Observation Medicine, Dept. of Emergency Medicine, Beaumont Health Systems

• Alternative and Innovative Physician Health Care Models: Back to the Future, by Dr. Bassam H. Nasr, medical director and president, Physician HealthCare Network PC

• The Next Evolution of Physician Engagement by Jim Slubowski of HighPoint Solutions

• Optimizing the Patient Experience, by Russell Faust, MD, PhD, CEO, Anicca Media

• Expanding Health Access in Under-Served Communities, where Edith Killins, director, Health and Human Services, Wayne County

• Enablers to Encourage and Support Preventive Care, by Dr. Harry Wasvary, co-chair for the Colorectal Multidisciplinary Cancer Clinic at Beaumont-Royal Oak

• Connecting Michigan: Understanding Michigan’s Health Information Sharing Roadmap where Timothy Pletcher, executive director, Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services

• IT Enablement of a Managed Service Organization (MSO) via PM, EMR & Ancillary Solutions, by Ramu Kannan, PhD, CIO, Concentra Inc., a Humana subsidiary

• Dashboards and physician performance by Jack Weiner, CEO, St Joe Mercy Health Systems

• Research on Health Care Practices and Health Information Exchanges by Oakland University business faculty and graduate students

For a complete list of speakers, conference details and registration information, please visit www.oakland.edu/cibre.