Northwest Regional Meeting

Creating High-Performing Care Organizations
Journey to an Accountable Care Organization

2010 Northwest Regional Meeting
Seattle, Washington
June 4, 2010

Hosted by Group Health Permanente
Supported by Novo Nordisk

This meeting is part of AMGA’s series of meetings focusing on the “Journey to an Accountable Care Organization (ACO).” At these meetings, AMGA will bring together the leaders of high-performing healthcare delivery systems to present their case studies and educate medical group leaders on how an accountable care organization (ACO) is defined and how your medical group can become one. The series culminates at the Institute for Quality Leadership: AMGA National Summit on ACOs, Sept. 29 - Oct 1, 2010, in Hollywood, Florida.

For this meeting, we are pleased to have AMGA’s President and CEO, Don Fisher, keynote the meeting by taking us through history and definition of ACOs and AMGA’s role in advocating for them in the health reform process. Don will be followed by presentations from four leaders in ACO development in the Northwest Region. These four groups will discuss their experiences in creating accountable care organizations, including lessons learned in leadership, building culture, organizational Initiatives, care redesign, and identifying and overcoming barriers.

We are also pleased to offer a special networking opportunity – we have secured a block of 24 seats at the Seattle Mariners game at 7:00 p.m. on June 3 (vs. Minnesota). Seats are limited so please respond quickly to secure your spot. Seats will be given on a first come, first serve basis

THURSDAY, June 3, 2010
AMGA has reserved a limited number of seats to attend a Seattle Mariners Baseball game. This will be a first come, first served opportunity and once the 24 tickets are assigned, the event will be full. Please indicate your interest in attending this even on your registration form.
FRIDAY, June 4, 2010
This meeting will be held at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel 1400 Sixth Avenue Seattle, WA 98101
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.	Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.	Welcome Announcements Pete Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, North Bend Medical Center, Inc., AMGA Northwest Regional Director
8:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.	AMGA’s Role in Developing and Advocating for Accountable Care Organizations in Health Reform Donald W. Fisher, Ph.D, CAE, President and CEO, American Medical Group Association
9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.	Group Health Permanente’s ACO Journey Marc West, Executive Vice President, Group Health Permanente Dr. Brenda Bruns, Executive Medical Director, Health Plan Division, Group Health Permanente
10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.	The Everett’s Clinic’s ACO Journey Harold Dash, MD, President of the Board of Directors, The Everett Clinic
11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.	Refreshment Break
11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.	Virginia Mason Medical Center’s ACO Journey Sarah Patterson, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Virginia Mason Medical Center
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.	Networking Lunch/State Updates Len Eddinger, Senior Director, and Robert J. Perna, Director, Washington State Medical Association
1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.	Northwest Physician Network’s ACO Journey Rick MacCornack, Ph.D., Chief Systems Integration Officer, Northwest Physician Network
1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.	Panel/Roundtable Discussion (led by previous presenters)
3:00 p.m.	Wrap up and Adjourn

Accommodations

Sheraton Seattle Hotel
1400 Sixth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
(888) 627-7033

AMGA is holding rooms for members wishing to stay the night before the meeting. However the rate is only being held until May 27, 2010. After this date, rate and availability are not guaranteed. Please call the Sheraton Seattle Hotel directly at (888) 627-7033 and request the AMGA rate of $129 per night.

More Information
For more information please contact Pete Johnson at (541) 267-5151, ext. 1298 or pete.johnson@nbmconline.com.

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