The managed care market faces a series of challenges and opportunities in 2008 that may change the face of the industry and therefore impact both health providers and payors.
But what are the most challenging issues in the year ahead?
The annual New Year look ahead at the managed care industry features three thought leaders presenting their analysis of what the future holds this year for the managed care market from payors and providers perspectives. The program is sponsored by The Executive Report on Managed Care and the Managed Care Information Center.
Numerous issues surround the managed care market this year including payor-provider dynamics stretched to the limit, continued push back by healthcare providers, inadequate reimbursement, increasing healthcare costs and who is going to foot the bill, health benefit cost increases, contracting and negotiation issues, claim denials, impact of provider pay-for-performance programs, silent PPOs, the growth and effectiveness of consumer driven health plans, controversial healthcare quality rankings, transparency, healthcare reform initiatives, and continued health plan consolidation.
Join health plan, hospital and physician organization CEOs, COOs, and other senior executives from around the country to discuss the forces will affect the marketplace in the upcoming year, emerging trends that will shape the industry, and what strategies health plans should consider to address these issues.
Agenda
- The top managed care issues for the year ahead
- New and emerging developments in the payor-provider arena
- The healthcare market forces and pressures leading to revolutionary change for health plans
- Will approaches to expanding coverage for all Americans be focused on individual coverage or requiring employer-sponsored coverage?
- How the entry of new healthcare business models impact health plans
- The changing role of the consumer
- The increased focus on price and quality data transparency
- Proliferation of physician ratings by consumers and health insurers
- The momentum of Pay-for-Performance into the private and public sectors
- Linking evidence-based medicine to P4P
- How providers can successfully participate with P4P Measures
- New initiatives for improvement in quality
- The shift away from payment for medical errors
- The need for IT support for new and disparate functions in health plans
- The resurgence of IPAs and PHOs as engines of change
- Question and answer session
Listen in to this program with your staff members to hear about the multiple forces shaping the health and managed care industry.
Who Will Benefit From This Audio Conference?
Health plan,hospitals and health systems, PHO and IPA's, pharmaceutical and disease management companies, medical device manufacturers, healthcare technology companies, TPAs, PBMs, associations, government officials, and employers with titles:
CEOs, COOs, CIOs, hospital and managed care executives, vice president of operations, vice president of finance, business development, strategic and implementation consultants, medical directors, sales executives and marketers, network services, public relations executives, compliance officers, operations executives, executive directors, team leaders, planners, product managers, knowledge managers, department heads, pharmacists, human resource benefit managers, employer health plan decision makers, network development and provider services directors, strategic planners, utilization management, network managers, physician practice management, medical management directors, analysts, implementer consultants, account services, administration executives, ancillary products managers.
©2008 Health Resources Publishing