Massachusetts Hospital Association
&
Healthcare Management Association present:

39th MID-WINTER
LEADERSHIP FORUM

Achieving an Affordable and Thriving
Health Care System for Massachusetts

Friday, January 27, 2006
Sheraton Framingham Hotel
Framingham, MA

Featured Speakers

The Pursuit of Health Care Quality and Efficiency: Responsible Consumer or Integrated Delivery System?
Alain C. Enthoven, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University School of Business

Health Care Affordability – the Search for Common Ground
Panel Discussion

Collaborative Experiences and the Hospital Rewards Initiative: How Other Systems Have Responded
Catherine Eikel, Director, Leapfrog Hospital Rewards Program, The Leapfrog Group

Health Care Affordability – the Search for Common Ground
Jim Brande, Moderator, Co-Host NECN's NewsNight and Panel Discussion

Implementing Pay for Performance: Observations from the Front Line
Cristie Upshaw Travis, CEO, Memphis Business Group on Health

Conference Objectives

• Understanding the specific differences between a consumer-driven versus integrated system as it applies to the delivery of health care.
• Identifying approaches for improving cost efficiency within your organization.
• Listing the most significant barriers to improving cost efficiency in the health care industry.
• Recognizing the similarities and differences between cost inefficiencies in the health care industry compared to other segments of the business community.

This will be an opportunity for CEO’s, COO’s and others in leadership positions in the health care industry to participate in an important discussion of issues critical to the viability of their organizations.

Agenda

Registration Fees

MHA/HCMA Members: $229; Non-members: $329
Registration Form (PDF)