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P4P Trends and Legal Concerns

Latest Developments in Physician Pay-for-Performance Programs

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Throughout the U.S., Pay-for-Performance (P4P) plans are under a microscope for their impact pro, con, or neutral on health care quality and productivity.

Now three of the nations top authorities on P4P Charles Oppenheim and Jan Anderson of the national law firm of Foley & Lardner and Pat Dyson of the award-winning Borgess Health Alliance examine how healthcare institutions like yours can learn from the success and missteps of P4P programs.

With this Audio CD (recorded in July 2007), youll also learn about the federal rules governing P4P and receive practical tips for starting or fine-tuning your own P4P programs.

You'll examine

What is Pay-for-Performance? -- A snapshot of the variety of incentive programs being implemented around the country
Update on Medicare P4P (Value-Based Purchasing Program)
Preliminary results of the CMS pilot program
Best practices for engaging physicians in performance programs
What about Stark? Compliance concerns when engaging physicians
Other legal issues impacting Pay-for-Performance, including:
o Antikickback statute
o Use of civil money penalty (CMP) funds
o Medical malpractice concerns
OIG role in physician incentive programs
Are voluntary efforts to improve health care quality just as effective as financial incentives?
Lessons learned on the front lines of P4P. How measurable and predictable are the results?

Who Should Attend:
This practical program is designed for hospital and physician business leaders, CEOs, CFOs, healthcare attorneys, and business development executives.

Speaker(s):

	Charles B. Oppenheim Foley & Lardner, LLP
Charles B. Oppenheim is a partner with Foley & Lardner LLP. A nationally recognized expert on Stark law issues and a member of the firm's Health Care Industry Team, he focuses his practice on all aspects of transactional, operational and regulatory health care law. For many of the largest health care companies in the U.S., Charles provides counseling on the anti-kickback and Stark laws, creates and implements compliance programs, investigates compliance issues, responds to government enforcement actions, and negotiates settlements for many types of health care providers. He is the author of "Stark Final Regulations: A Comprehensive Analysis of Key Issues and Practical Guide, Third Edition", published by the American Health Lawyers Association.
	Janice A. (Jan) Anderson Foley & Lardner, LLP
Janice A. (Jan) Anderson is a partner in Foley & Lardners Health Care Industry Team. Her practice focuses on corporate health care and transactional law, including policy development for hospitals and contracting issues with physicians and other health care providers. Prior to joining Foley, Jan was the general counsel, vice president and corporate compliance officer for Borgess Health Alliance, Inc. and Borgess Medical Center.
No Image	Pat Dyson Burgess Health Alliance, Inc.
Pat Dyson is Executive Vice President of Corporate Services at Borgess Health Alliance, Inc. He has practical experience with physician quality and productivity incentives within his award-winning healthcare network. Borgess Health includes more than 120 sites of care in 15 Michigan cities, as well as eight owned or affiliated hospitals. These Borgess Health members form a health care network that offers medical services to the 1.1 million people living in southwest and south-central Michigan. With the merger of the Sisters of St. Joseph and the Daughters of Charity in 1999, Borgess Health became a member of Ascension Health, the largest nonprofit health care system in the U.S. For the sixth straight year, Borgess Health has been named to the list of Top 100 U.S. Integrated Healthcare Networks (IHN 100).

P4P Trends and Legal Concerns


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