Full Conference Agenda – December 1, 2006

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.                                      
Keynote Address: "Is Pay for Performance Ready for Prime Time?"
Margaret O'Kane, President, National Committee for Quality Assurance

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.                                     
Point/Counterpoint: "Will P4P Improve the Quality and Efficiency of Health Care?"
Newt Gingrich, Former Speaker of the House; Founder, Center for Health Transformation
Bruce Vladeck, Former Administrator, U.S. Health Care Financing Administration; Interim President, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.                                   
Break

10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.                  
“Intended and Unintended Consequences of Britain's P4P Programs”
Robert Galvin, M.D., Director, Global Health Care, General Electric
Tim Doran, M.D., Clinical Research Fellow, National Primary Care Research and Development Centre, The University of Manchester

11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.                                   
Research Report: What Does the Evidence Tell Us So Far?
Stephen C. Schoenbaum, M.D., Executive Vice President, The Commonwealth Fund
R. Adams Dudley, M.D., M.B.A., Associate Professor of Medicine and Health Policy, University of California-San Francisco
David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P., Samuel O. Thier Professor of Medicine and Health Policy, Harvard Medical School

12:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.                                     
Luncheon
Keynote Address: Leslie Norwalk, Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
“How Will the New Congressional Leadership Approach Pay for Performance for Physicians, Hospitals, Health Plans, and Others?”
Congressman Pete Stark (D-Calif.); Incoming Chairman, House Ways and Means Committee Subcommittee on Health

2:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Thought Leader Roundtable: "Where Do We Go From Here? Achieving the Goals of P4P"
Ronald Bangasser, M.D., Beaver Medical Group, Integrated Health Care Association
Brent James, M.D., Vice President for Medical Research, Intermountain Health Care
Mark Miller, PhD., Executive Director, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Margaret E. O'Kane, President, National Committee for Quality Assurance
Jeffrey Rideout, M.D., Vice President, Internet Business Solutions Group, Global Healthcare Practice and Corporate Medical Director, Cisco Systems Inc.
Reed Tuckson, M.D., Senior Vice President, Consumer Health & Medical Care Advancement, United HealthGroup

4:00 p.m.                                                        
Adjournment