Join the AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange for a free Web event:
Innovative Health Care Policies: Using ACO Principles and
Financial Incentives to Improve Health Outcomes

When: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 from 1 – 2:30 PM EST

How can you successfully use Accountable Care Organization (ACO) principles and financial incentives to improve health outcomes?
Join the Innovations Exchange for a free Web event and learn from innovators who will share their experiences and lessons learned. The following innovations, part of a new focus on innovative policies that promote quality health care, will be featured during this event:

The Montefiore Medical Center established an infrastructure based on ACO principles, improving the management of diabetes, asthma, and congestive heart failure and reducing hospital admissions, readmissions, and medical expenses among several key populations. Read the innovation profile: http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/content.aspx?id=3651.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan provides financial incentives and supports provider-led quality improvement collaboratives, significantly improving quality, reducing costs, and generating a positive return on investment.
Read the innovation profile: http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/content.aspx?id=3641.

Host: Judi Consalvo, AHRQ Center for Outcomes and EvidenceModerator: Gerry Fairbrother, PhD, AcademyHealth

Participants:

Stephen Rosenthal, MBA, MS, President and Chief Operating Officer for The Care Management Company, LLC (CMO) and Corporate Vice President for Network Care Management for Montefiore’s Integrated Delivery System
David A. Share, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President of Value Partnerships at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Lauren Henrikson-Warzynski, MPA, Health Care Analyst, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Xavier Sevilla, MD, MBA, FAAP, Vice President for Clinical Quality for Catholic Health Initiatives (Respondent)