Mayo Clinic Health Policy Forum III

Encouraging the Formation of Integrated Systems

March 5-7, 2007
San Diego, Calif.
Co-host: RAND
Co-Chairs: Robert Smoldt and Elizabeth McGlynn, Ph.D.
News Release
Participants

Agenda

Monday, March 5

6 p.m. - Reception and introduction of participants

Tuesday, March 6

7:30 - 8 a.m. - Breakfast
8 - 8:30 a.m. - Welcome and overview of Policy Center, Policy Forum objectives
8:30 - 9:30 a.m. - Evidence that integration is important and improves results
9:30 - 10 a.m. - Break
10 - 12 p.m. - How to encourage more integrated group practices
12 - 1 p.m. - Lunch

1 - 1:30 p.m. - Perspective of an elected official
1:30 - 2 p.m. - Break
2 - 3:45 p.m. - How to encourage more integration among non-integrated practices — how to advance integration of systems
3:45 - 5:30 p.m. - How to "incent" patients to use integrated systems of care
6 p.m. - Happy Hour
7 p.m. - Dinner

Wednesday, March 7

7:30 - 8 a.m. - Breakfast
8 - 8:30 a.m. - Opening comments
8:30 - 10:30 a.m. - How to encourage integration through how we pay for medical services
10:30 - 11:30 a.m. - Review of Forum Results
11:30 a.m. - Adjourn - Closing - Luncheon

Suggested Readings

The Impact of Health Plan Delivery System Organization on Clinical Quality and Patient Satisfaction
Robin R. Gillies, Kate Eresian Chenok, Stephen M. Shortell, Gregory Pawlson, and
Julian J. Wimbush

Taking Steps Toward Integration
Denis Cortese and Robert Smoldt
Health Affairs, January/February 2007; 26(1): w68-w71
Abstract

The Delivery System Matters
Francis J. Crosson
Health Affairs, November/December 2005; 24(6): 1543-1548
Abstract

Creating Accountable Care Organizations: The Extended Hospital Medical Staff
Elliott S. Fisher, Douglas O. Staiger, Julie P.W. Bynum, and Daniel J. Gottlieb
Health Affairs, January/February 2007; 26(1): w44-w57
Abstract

Hospital-Physicians Relations: Cooperation, Competition, Or Separation?
Robert A. Berenson, Paul B. Ginsburg, and Jessica H. May
Health Affairs, January/February 2007; 26(1): w31-w43
Abstract

Toward a 21st Century Health System: The Contributions and Promise of Prepaid Group Practice
Alain C. Enthoven and Laura A. Tollen
E-book (Publisher - Jossey-Bass)

Prepaid Groups and Organized Delivery Systems
Stephen M. Shortell and Julie Schmittdiel
(from "Toward a 21st Century Health System")

So Long, Hospitals
Michael Romano
Modern Healthcare, October 23, 2006