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“There are few others with DGA’s skill. I rely on their financial capabilities, experience evaluating physician practices and businesses, knowledge of incentive structures and above all their solid judgment about deals to capitalize on today’s acquisition opportunities with confidence.” John DiAngelo, Chief Financial Officer and Sr. VP of Finance South Jersey Health System
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- Vision and Viability, Fall 2004 – Securing Your Medical Staff Future: The Growing Challenge of Medical Staff Development (100kb)
- Vision and Viability, Summer 2004 – Financing Facility Development and Optimization (95kb)
- Transformations, Fall 2004 – Six Keys to Effective Analysis of Health Claims-Based Data (90kb)
- Transformations, Spring 2004 – Why and How to Create a Reliable Dataset
Physician-Hospital Alignment Archive
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Community-Based Physician Need Planning Methodologies Evolve
– H.J. Simmons, MBA, CHE and John M. Harris, MBA. Healthcare Strategic Management, December 2004
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Medical Staff Planning and Physician Community Need Assessments
– Daniel M. Grauman, H.J. (Jeff) Simmons, John Harris, DGA Seminar, Philadelphia - 2004
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Medical Staff Planning and Implementation: Keys to Success
Valuation
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Acquiring Physician-Owned Ambulatory Businesses - Traversing the Minefield
– Daniel M. Grauman and J. David Robeson, Healthcare Financial Management, May 2007 - (article)
Payer Contracting Archive
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Evaluating Pay-for-Performance and Other Payment Methodology Conversions
– Daniel M. Grauman, American Association of Integrated Health Delivery Systems (AAIHDS) Spring Forum - 2005
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Consumer Driven Health Plans: Implications for Hospitals
– Daniel M. Grauman, Delaware Valley Healthcare Council Seminar - 2004
Managed Care Operations Archive
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Critical Infrastructure for the Effective Management of PACE Organizations
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John M. Harris and Carole J. Graham, National PACE Association Annual Conference, October 2005
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Planning for Growth
– John Harris, NPA PACE Growth Summit - 2004
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Managed Care Strategic Planning
– John Harris, AAIHDS Spring Forum - 2004
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New Jersey Managed Care Market - 1997 - 2002
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Southeastern Pennsylvania Managed Care Market - 1992 - 2001
Events Archive
New Jersey Hospital Association – Hospital Consolidation Seminar
Details: DGA CEO Dan Grauman will participate with Carsten Beith, Managing Director - Chicago, Cain Brothers and Thomas Berry of Morgan Keegan (Shattuck Hammond) in a panel discussion on "Hospital Consolidations and Affiliation—Go or No Go." He will also be participating in a panel on physician alignment transactions on the same panel.
The panels are part of a conference on The Healthcare Industry in Flux: Enhanced Hospital Consolidation and Physician Alignment sponsored by the Health Research & Educational Trust of New Jersey. The seminar will be held at the NJHA Conference Center in Princeton, NJ.
Date/Time: October 20th, 2011
HFMA, New Jersey and Metro Philadelphia Chapters: Annual Institute
Details: DGA Director Karin Chernoff Kaplan and Thomas M. Tammany, Esquire, Co-Chair, Healthcare Section of Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney, PC will be presenting, "Complex Valuation: No Longer the Vanilla Transaction" at the Annual Institute of the New Jersey Chapter of HFMA. The conference will be held at the Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Date/Time: October 12th-14th, 2011
National PACE Association – 2011 Annual Conference
Details: DGA Principal John Harris and Kathryn McGuire, Chair, Board of Directors, National PACE Association will be presenting, "Accountable Care Opportunities for PACE Organizations" as an educational session at this year’s conference held in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Date/Time: October 9th-12th, 2011
Active Communications International – Accountable Care Organizations Conference
Details: DGA CEO Dan Grauman will be presenting "Running the Numbers on ACOs" at ACI's conference entitled "Cutting Costs and Raising Quality in Healthcare through Accountable Care Organizations." The conference will be held at the Sax Hotel in Chicago, IL.
Dates/Times: September 15th-16th, 2011
The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania Education Session
Details: DGA Principal John Harris and C. Mitchell Goldman, Partner, Duane Morris LLP will be the faculty for two HAP education sessions entitled "Accountable Care Organizations: Legal & Operational Implications for Pennsylvania Hospitals."
Dates/Times:
May 6th, 2011 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM - Hilton Garden Inn, Fort Washington, PA
May 19th, 2011 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM - Hospital Council of Western Pennsylvania, Warrendale, PA
The Governance Institute – Leadership Conference
Details: DGA CEO Dan Grauman and Pamela R. Knecht, President of ACCORD LIMITED will be presenting, "Go It Alone or Merge Into a Larger System: An Unavoidable Decision." The conference will be held at the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
Date/Time: May 1st-4th, 2011
HFMA, Hudson Valley Chapter: 2011 Annual Institute
Details: DGA CEO Dan Grauman will be participating in a panel discussion of "Accountable Care Organizations: Weighing the Benefits and the Risks." Richard L. Clarke, President & CEO, HFMA will be moderating views on how Accountable Care Organizations will impact healthcare finance. Other panelists are Dr. Nancy Beran, CMO, Westchester Health Association, Rima Cohen, Counselor to Secretary of Health Policy at U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services and Warren Hern, President & CEO, Unity Health System.
DGA Manager Rudd Kierstead will be presenting on the topic, "Aligned and Non-Aligned Physician Practice Integration: Reform Era Physician Compensation and Arrangement Models."
DoubleTree Hotel in Tarrytown, NY
Date/Time: April 7th, 2011, 7:30 AM to 6:30 PM
HFMA, Central Pennsylvania Chapter Education Conference
Details: DGA Principal John Harris will be presenting, "Strategic and Financial Implications of ACOs" at the Hospital and Physician Practice Management conference of the Central Pennsylvania chapter of HFMA, Lancaster Convention Center, Lancaster, PA.
Date/Time: March 31st, 2011, 3:00 to 4:30 PM
Annual Health Law Institute of the Pennsylvania Bar Law Institute
Details: DGA Principal John Harris will be participating in a panel discussion, "Assessing Accountable Care Organization Opportunities and Risks," along with Thomas Tammany of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, P.C., and Ed Shay and Mark Mattioli of Post & Schell, PC.
DGA Director Karin Chernoff Kaplan will be speaking on "The New Age of Complex Business Valuation – FMV," with Martin Durkin of Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP.
Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia
Date/Time: March 15th, 2011
HFMA, Metropolitan of Philadelphia Chapter - Spring Institute Seminar
Details: Principal John Harris will be participating in a Round Table Discussion on Healthcare Reform and Accountable Care Organizations at the Spring Institute Seminar of the Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter of HMFA. Other participants include John Maher from Premier Consulting Services. The Spring Institute Seminar is presented in conjunction with the Healthcare Leadership Network of the Delaware Valley.
LaSalle University (1900 W. Olney Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19141)
Date/Time: March 10th, 2011 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
American Health Lawyers Association – Physician Law Institute
Details: DGA CEO Dan Grauman and Toby G. Singer, Esq. of Jones Day, will be presenting "Strategic Decisions for ACOs and Their Antitrust Implications" at the American Health Lawyers Association Physician Law Institute, the Cosmopolitan Hotel of Las Vegas. The presentation will address:
- The top line strategic and financial implications of the ACO movement for providers
- How providers might integrate and consolidate for operational and financial success
- How to reconcile antitrust principles with the goals of ACOs when developing an antitrust-compliant program
- How to apply antitrust guidance from the federal enforcement agencies to multiprovider arrangements, including principles gleaned from the federal government’s ACO workshop
Date/Time: February 10th, 2011, 3:30 PM
American Health Lawyers Association – Physicians and Hospitals Law Institutes
Details: DGA Partners will be exhibiting at this event, to be held at the Cosmopolitan Hotel of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV.
Date/Time: February 9th-11th, 2011
Physician/Hospital Alignment at National Capital Healthcare Executives Meeting
Details: DGA Principal John Harris will be presenting, "From the Trenches: Physician and Hospital Alignment – Strategic Imperatives, Legal Environment and Practical Solutions," at the National Capital Healthcare Executives annual meeting, Holiday Inn Ballston, Arlington VA.
Date/Time: February 8th, 2011, 5:30 to 8:00 PM
Accountable Care Organizations: From Fragmentation to Integration?
Details: DGA Principal John Harris will be a panelist at the Annual Conference of the Temple University Health Administration Alumni Association. He and several other healthcare professionals will be sharing their perspectives and insights on the challenges posed by ACO adoption in the region and nationwide. At the ECRI Institute in Plymouth Meeting, PA.
Other panelists include Greg Wozniak, St. Mary’s Medical Center in Langhorne, PA; Dr. Carmen Ciervo, Kennedy Health System; and Lawrence Tabas, of Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel.
Date/Time: January 21st, 2011
Accountable Care Organizations
Details: John Harris, Principal, will be speaking on "Running the Numbers on ACOs" at the Metropolitan Philadelphia HFMA Chapter Fall Institute Seminar. The seminar will be held on November 18th at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA.
"Financial Analysis of Health Reform Payment Innovations: Running the Numbers on ACOs" will address the financial impact of ACOs, which goes far beyond whether savings are generated and includes the effect of potential shifts in volume.
"Running the Numbers on Bundled Payments" will look at the opportunity to engage independent specialists presented by bundled payments--an opportunity that is not without its risks.
Date/Time: November 18th, 2010
Two Presentations at AAIHDS Managed Care Forum
Details: DGA Principal John Harris and Director John Pearce will be presenting at the AAIHDS 2010 Fall Managed Care Forum in Las Vegas, NV.
"Financial Analysis of Health Reform Payment Innovations: Running the Numbers on ACOs" will address the financial impact of ACOs, which goes far beyond whether savings are generated and includes the effect of potential shifts in volume.
"Running the Numbers on Bundled Payments" will look at the opportunity to engage independent specialists presented by bundled payments--an opportunity that is not without its risks.
Date/Time: November 4th-5th, 2010
Preparing for Success with Bundled Payments
Details: DGA Partners’ John Harris and Jon Pearce will be speaking at the New Jersey Chapter HFMA Annual Institute in conjunction with the Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter, on "Preparing for Success with Bundled Payments." The Institute will be held October 21st-22nd at the Borgata Hotel in Atlantic City.
Date/Time: October 21st, 2010, 11:10 AM, Studio C
Three DGA Presentations at National PACE Associate Fall Conference
Details: DGA Manager Carole Graham will speak on Calculating Medicare Provider Fees. Whether your program pays claims itself or uses a TPA, it is vital that you understand Medicare fees so that you can negotiate effectively and pay claims correctly. Carole will explain the critical information you need to avoid overpayment, along with essential terms that can be included in your provider contracts.
DGA’s Carole Graham and John Harris, along with Stephanie Button of PACE CNY, Brenda Vatland from Mediture, and Johanna Yurkow of Mercy LIFE will present EMRs: Planning, Implementing and Funding. This presentation will include a full discussion of selection and implementation issues and real-life examples from several PACE programs.
DGA's John Harris and Jon Pearce will join Mark Sheppard of LIFE Pittsburgh in Building a PACE Decision Support System. As a health plan, one of a PACE program’s most valuable assets is its data.This session explores the "what/why/where and when" of building a PACE Decision Support System that retrieves and presents data so that executives and managers can make decisions based on facts. The presentation will include a live demo of the Decision Support System in use at LIFE Pittsburgh.
Date/Time: October 3rd-6th, 2010, San Francisco, CA
Accountable Care Organizations: The Opportunities and the Risks
Details: DGA Principal John Harris will be presenting this audio webcast, which is offered by Health Resources Online.
Hospitals, PHOs, IPAs and other physician organizations, networks or group practices need to make some quick decisions about ACOs, since ACOs can begin to operate in January 2012. If your organization is considering creating an ACO, you have no time to lose. Proposed CMS regulations are due to be published this fall. This presentation will help you and your management team, as you weigh the merits and downside of pursuing an ACO.
Date/Time: September 30th, 2010, 1:30 to 2:30 PM
Keynote Address, Wyoming Hospital Association Annual Meeting
Details: DGA Principal John Harris will be the keynote speaker at the Wyoming Hospital Association Annual Meeting and Convention, Cheyenne, WY. His topic will be Accountable Care Organizations.
Date/Time: September 29th, 2010, 9 AM
Accountable Care Organizations: The Challenge of Setting Strategy Amid Uncertainty
Details: John Harris, Principal, DGA Partners and Don Seymour President, Don Seymour and Associates will present for the Governance Institute.
Date/Time: September 22nd, 2010 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Accountable Care Organizations: To Be or Not to Be?
Details: Jeff Simmons, Principal, DGA Partners and James M. Daniel, Jr., Attorney, Hancock, Daniel, Johnson & Nagle, P.C. will present at the Virginia/DC HFMA Summer 2010 Education Conference at the Virginia Beach Hilton Oceanfront.
How will ACO’s impact your organization? Is your organization ready for the change? Should your organization become an ACO? What are the benefits and requirements? Learn how to assess your organization’s preparedness, financial risk and/or opportunity, and identify changes required to enable this opportunity.
Date/Time: August 18th-20th, 2010
Utilization Management Programs: How are PACE Programs Developing Them?
Details: Teleconference for members of the National PACE Association. Carole Graham, Manager, DGA Partners with Mary Gavinski, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Community Care, Milwaukee, WI and Donna Raziano, M.D., Medical Director, Mercy LIFE, Philadelphia, PA.
Date/Time: June 17th, 2010
Go It Alone or Merge Into a Larger System: An Unavoidable Decision
Details: The Governance Institute will be presenting a webinar with DGA President and CEO Dan Grauman and Edward A. Kazemak, chairman and CEO of ACCORD LIMITED.
Are independent hospitals and smaller health systems in danger of becoming extinct? The complexity and economics of the healthcare industry, coupled with the harsh reality that “life as we’ve known it” is not sustainable, have generated intense discussions in boardrooms and among executives and physician leaders of independent hospitals and smaller health systems. Addressing the question in a thoughtful and organized manner is an imperative for many hospitals and health systems today.
This Webinar is intended to assist board members, executives, and physician leaders of independent hospitals and smaller health systems to think strategically about the long-term future of the healthcare institutions that they lead and cherish. The presentation will help participants:
- Understand the role and duty of the board in addressing these issues
- Identify what it will take to remain independent for the long term
- Differentiate among partnering arrangements being used by larger health systems
- Think through an appropriate decision-making process
This 1-hour program will include a live question/answer session.
Date/Time: June 16th, 2010
DGA Partners Exhibiting at the National Accountable Care Organization Summit
Details: DGA Partners will be exhibiting at the National Accountable Care Organization Summit at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, DC. Come talk with DGA President & CEO Dan Grauman and Principal John Harris to talk about the opportunities and challenges with ACOs and how to begin assessing your options.
Date/Time: June 7th-8th, 2010
AAIHDS: Accountable Care Organizations – A Game Changer?
Details: DGA Principal John Harris will be presenting at the 2010 Spring Managed Care Forum of the American Association of Integrated Delivery Systems (AAIHDS) in Orlando, FL.
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are likely to transform healthcare delivery. The last change this important in how providers are paid was the introduction of DRGs. With Medicare’s significant volume driving this change, it can’t be ignored. Is your hospital, PHO, or IDS ready for this change? Should your organization become an ACO? What are the benefits and requirements?
Begin to answer questions that will be on the top of the agenda for you and your senior leadership. Participants will:
- Learn how ACOs will work
- Understand opportunities ACOs will offer providers
- Determine how to assess your organization’s preparedness and what steps you need to take
Date/Time: April 22nd, 2010
Complex Healthcare Business Valuation – No Longer the Vanilla Transaction
Details: HFMA Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter, free webinar presented by DGA President and CEO Dan Grauman.
Hospital executives are increasingly entering into services/employment agreements, co-management agreements and the acquisition of all or a portion of physician-owned businesses. As these deals between hospitals and physicians become more complex, determining fair market value may no longer be a straight-forward objective analysis.
The presentation will address:
- The relationship of fair market value and deal-structuring
- The types of arrangements DGA is seeing today
- A review of co-management agreements, time-share arrangements and under arrangements
Daniel M. Grauman, President and CEO, DGA Partners
Date/Time: April 20th, 2010
DGA Partners Exhibiting at Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association Conference
Details: DGA Partners will be exhibiting at the 2010 Spring Conference of the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association at the Williamsburg Lodge in Williamsburg, VA. Come talk with DGA Principal Jeff Simmons and senior consultant Dayana Rapoport and get their thoughts about the issues facing your organization.
Date/Time: April 14th-16th, 2010
Integrated Payment Innovations: Implications for Physician Alignment Strategies
Details: New York Society for Health Planning. An overview of the healthcare innovations that are most expected to impact hospitals and their physicians. Many responses to the need for “bending the cost curve” are still with us in spite of the impediments to significant federal legislation. Health reform will have many implications. Daniel M. Grauman, President and CEO, DGA Partners.
Date/Time: March 16th, 2010
New Strategies for Physician-Hospital Alignment—Legal and Financial Considerations
Details: The pace of change in physician-hospital alignment has intensified and new models are providing options that did not exist a year ago. This presentation at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute Health Law Institute 2010 by John Harris, DGA Principal and John Washlick of Cozen O’Connor will describe new and successful strategies and the legal, strategic and financial considerations for each one.
Date/Time: March 12th, 2010
DGA Partners Exhibiting at American Health Lawyers Association, Hospitals and Health Systems Law Institute
Details: DGA Partners will be exhibiting at the Hospitals and Health Systems Law Institute in Miami on February 25th and 26th. Principal Jeff Simmons and Director Karin Chernoff Kaplan will be there to talk with attendees about contemporary alignment options, including physician employment and co-management, as well as valuation and fair market value, structuring compensation, and transaction support for mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures.
Date/Time: February 25th and 26th, 2010
Tasting of Artisanal wines at Moore Brothers Wine Company
Details: Join DGA Partners in New York City for a delightful evening in the company of healthcare friends and colleagues. The award-winning Moore Brothers import wines that are “traditional, idiosyncratic, authentic.” The tasting will be complemented by light hors d’oevres.
The wines are kept temperature controlled. A light jacket is recommended.
Date/Time: February 24th, 2010, 6:30 to 8:30 PM
Healthcare Leadership Network Webinar: Health Reform, Bundled Payments, and Accountable Care Organizations – Implications for Physician Alignment Strategies
Details: Health reform may drive innovative payment approaches that require closer alignment between physicians and hospitals: bundled payments, patient centered medical homes and accountable care organizations. John Harris, Principal at DGA Partners, will explore the alignment strategies required for success with these approaches. The webinar is sponsored by the Healthcare Leadership Network of the Delaware Valley.
Date/Time: February 10th, 2010, noon to 1 PM
Physician Alignment: Employment and its Operational Implications
Details: VHA Empire – Metro 3rd Annual Executive Leadership Education Program, Skaneateles, NY. Dan Grauman, President & CEO, DGA Partners, with Rudd Kierstead, Manager. By invitation.
Date/Time: November 19th, 2009
Health Care Reform: The Impact on Provider-Payer Relationships
Details: A presentation at the Fall Managed Care Conference of the American Association of Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems, in Las Vegas. John Harris, Principal, DGA Partners.
Date/Time: November 12th, 2009, 4 PM to 5 PM
Physician Practice Acquisition And Employment: Challenges of Implementation, Management and Operations
Details: Hudson Valley HFMA, Hospital-Physician Alignment Seminar: Physician Alignment and Employment, Physician Practice Acquisition/Employment, Legal/Regulatory Issues, Payer Contracting. Dan Grauman, President & CEO, DGA Partners with attorneys from two law firms.
Date/Time: October 29th, 2009, 9 AM to 3 PM
Planning for an EMR and Tapping Federal Funds
Details: Presentation at the National PACE Association Annual Conference, Omni William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA. John Harris, Principal, DGA Partners with Glenn Dassa, RSM McGladrey, Inc., New York, NY, David Kleinhanzl, Comprehensive Care Management, Bronx, NY and Walter Tanenbaum, RSM McGladrey, Inc., New York, NY.
Date/Time: October 21st, 2009, 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Utilization Management Programs: How are PACE Programs Developing Them?
Details: Panel discussion at the National PACE Association Annual Conference, Omni William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA. Carole Graham, Manager, DGA Partners with Mary Gavinski, M.D., Community Care, Milwaukee, WI and Donna Raziano, M.D., Mercy LIFE, Philadelphia, PA.
Date/Time: Tuesday, October 20th, 2009, 10 AM to 11:30 AM
From the Trenches: Physician Alignment Strategies and Models
Details: HFMA New Jersey Annual Institute, Borgata Hotel, Atlantic City, NJ. Dan Grauman, President & CEO, DGA Partners.
Date/Time: October 15th, 2009, 3 PM to 4 PM
Hospitals 2020: How Fundamental Economics, Clinical Innovation, and IT will Reshape the Healthcare Delivery Model
Details: A half-day workshop at Connections 2009, the annual conference of the Society for Healthcare Strategy, Marketing and Development of the American Hospital Association. Orlando, FL. Dan Grauman, President & CEO, DGA Partners with Don Seymour, President, Don Seymour & Associates.
Date/Time: September 30th, 2009, 9 AM to 12 PM
Seminar: Physician Alignment: Recent Strategies and Models
Details: The Health Research and Education Trust of New Jersey presents Dan Grauman, DGA President & CEO; Jeffrey A. Reichman, Partner, CardioVision, Inc.; Seth Frazier, Vice President for Transformation, Geisinger Health System; and others.
Sponsored by the New Jersey Hospital Association
Date/Time: June 25th, 2009, 8:30 to noon, followed by luncheon
Webcast: Three-part webinar: Physician-Hospital Alignment
Details: The Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association, together with DGA Partners and the law firm of Hancock, Daniel, Johnson and Nagle are partnering to produce this three-part webinar.
Topics include: Overview of physician hospital alignment, the legal issues surrounding these arrangements and real world examples and experiences.
The webinar will also be made available to other state hospital associations and their members.
Webcast: Hospital-Physician Alignment: Best Strategies and Models for Developing Successful Relationships
Details: Health Resources Online presents Dan Grauman, DGA Partners President & CEO, in a one-hour audio webcast.
Date/Time: June 4th, 2009 from 1:30 to 2:30 PM.
- Acquiring Physician-Owned Ambulatory Businesses - Traversing the Minefield – Daniel M. Grauman and J. David Robeson, Healthcare Financial Management, May 2007 - (article)
Payer Contracting Archive
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Evaluating Pay-for-Performance and Other Payment Methodology Conversions
– Daniel M. Grauman, American Association of Integrated Health Delivery Systems (AAIHDS) Spring Forum - 2005
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Consumer Driven Health Plans: Implications for Hospitals
– Daniel M. Grauman, Delaware Valley Healthcare Council Seminar - 2004
Managed Care Operations Archive
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Critical Infrastructure for the Effective Management of PACE Organizations
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John M. Harris and Carole J. Graham, National PACE Association Annual Conference, October 2005
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Planning for Growth
– John Harris, NPA PACE Growth Summit - 2004
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Managed Care Strategic Planning
– John Harris, AAIHDS Spring Forum - 2004
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New Jersey Managed Care Market - 1997 - 2002
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Southeastern Pennsylvania Managed Care Market - 1992 - 2001
Events Archive
New Jersey Hospital Association – Hospital Consolidation Seminar
Details: DGA CEO Dan Grauman will participate with Carsten Beith, Managing Director - Chicago, Cain Brothers and Thomas Berry of Morgan Keegan (Shattuck Hammond) in a panel discussion on "Hospital Consolidations and Affiliation—Go or No Go." He will also be participating in a panel on physician alignment transactions on the same panel.
The panels are part of a conference on The Healthcare Industry in Flux: Enhanced Hospital Consolidation and Physician Alignment sponsored by the Health Research & Educational Trust of New Jersey. The seminar will be held at the NJHA Conference Center in Princeton, NJ.
Date/Time: October 20th, 2011
HFMA, New Jersey and Metro Philadelphia Chapters: Annual Institute
Details: DGA Director Karin Chernoff Kaplan and Thomas M. Tammany, Esquire, Co-Chair, Healthcare Section of Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney, PC will be presenting, "Complex Valuation: No Longer the Vanilla Transaction" at the Annual Institute of the New Jersey Chapter of HFMA. The conference will be held at the Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Date/Time: October 12th-14th, 2011
National PACE Association – 2011 Annual Conference
Details: DGA Principal John Harris and Kathryn McGuire, Chair, Board of Directors, National PACE Association will be presenting, "Accountable Care Opportunities for PACE Organizations" as an educational session at this year’s conference held in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Date/Time: October 9th-12th, 2011
Active Communications International – Accountable Care Organizations Conference
Details: DGA CEO Dan Grauman will be presenting "Running the Numbers on ACOs" at ACI's conference entitled "Cutting Costs and Raising Quality in Healthcare through Accountable Care Organizations." The conference will be held at the Sax Hotel in Chicago, IL.
Dates/Times: September 15th-16th, 2011
The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania Education Session
Details: DGA Principal John Harris and C. Mitchell Goldman, Partner, Duane Morris LLP will be the faculty for two HAP education sessions entitled "Accountable Care Organizations: Legal & Operational Implications for Pennsylvania Hospitals."
Dates/Times:
May 6th, 2011 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM - Hilton Garden Inn, Fort Washington, PA
May 19th, 2011 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM - Hospital Council of Western Pennsylvania, Warrendale, PA
The Governance Institute – Leadership Conference
Details: DGA CEO Dan Grauman and Pamela R. Knecht, President of ACCORD LIMITED will be presenting, "Go It Alone or Merge Into a Larger System: An Unavoidable Decision." The conference will be held at the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
Date/Time: May 1st-4th, 2011
HFMA, Hudson Valley Chapter: 2011 Annual Institute
Details: DGA CEO Dan Grauman will be participating in a panel discussion of "Accountable Care Organizations: Weighing the Benefits and the Risks." Richard L. Clarke, President & CEO, HFMA will be moderating views on how Accountable Care Organizations will impact healthcare finance. Other panelists are Dr. Nancy Beran, CMO, Westchester Health Association, Rima Cohen, Counselor to Secretary of Health Policy at U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services and Warren Hern, President & CEO, Unity Health System.
DGA Manager Rudd Kierstead will be presenting on the topic, "Aligned and Non-Aligned Physician Practice Integration: Reform Era Physician Compensation and Arrangement Models."
DoubleTree Hotel in Tarrytown, NY
Date/Time: April 7th, 2011, 7:30 AM to 6:30 PM
HFMA, Central Pennsylvania Chapter Education Conference
Details: DGA Principal John Harris will be presenting, "Strategic and Financial Implications of ACOs" at the Hospital and Physician Practice Management conference of the Central Pennsylvania chapter of HFMA, Lancaster Convention Center, Lancaster, PA.
Date/Time: March 31st, 2011, 3:00 to 4:30 PM
Annual Health Law Institute of the Pennsylvania Bar Law Institute
Details: DGA Principal John Harris will be participating in a panel discussion, "Assessing Accountable Care Organization Opportunities and Risks," along with Thomas Tammany of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, P.C., and Ed Shay and Mark Mattioli of Post & Schell, PC.
DGA Director Karin Chernoff Kaplan will be speaking on "The New Age of Complex Business Valuation – FMV," with Martin Durkin of Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP.
Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia
Date/Time: March 15th, 2011
HFMA, Metropolitan of Philadelphia Chapter - Spring Institute Seminar
Details: Principal John Harris will be participating in a Round Table Discussion on Healthcare Reform and Accountable Care Organizations at the Spring Institute Seminar of the Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter of HMFA. Other participants include John Maher from Premier Consulting Services. The Spring Institute Seminar is presented in conjunction with the Healthcare Leadership Network of the Delaware Valley.
LaSalle University (1900 W. Olney Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19141)
Date/Time: March 10th, 2011 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
American Health Lawyers Association – Physician Law Institute
Details: DGA CEO Dan Grauman and Toby G. Singer, Esq. of Jones Day, will be presenting "Strategic Decisions for ACOs and Their Antitrust Implications" at the American Health Lawyers Association Physician Law Institute, the Cosmopolitan Hotel of Las Vegas. The presentation will address:
- The top line strategic and financial implications of the ACO movement for providers
- How providers might integrate and consolidate for operational and financial success
- How to reconcile antitrust principles with the goals of ACOs when developing an antitrust-compliant program
- How to apply antitrust guidance from the federal enforcement agencies to multiprovider arrangements, including principles gleaned from the federal government’s ACO workshop
Date/Time: February 10th, 2011, 3:30 PM
American Health Lawyers Association – Physicians and Hospitals Law Institutes
Details: DGA Partners will be exhibiting at this event, to be held at the Cosmopolitan Hotel of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV.
Date/Time: February 9th-11th, 2011
Physician/Hospital Alignment at National Capital Healthcare Executives Meeting
Details: DGA Principal John Harris will be presenting, "From the Trenches: Physician and Hospital Alignment – Strategic Imperatives, Legal Environment and Practical Solutions," at the National Capital Healthcare Executives annual meeting, Holiday Inn Ballston, Arlington VA.
Date/Time: February 8th, 2011, 5:30 to 8:00 PM
Accountable Care Organizations: From Fragmentation to Integration?
Details: DGA Principal John Harris will be a panelist at the Annual Conference of the Temple University Health Administration Alumni Association. He and several other healthcare professionals will be sharing their perspectives and insights on the challenges posed by ACO adoption in the region and nationwide. At the ECRI Institute in Plymouth Meeting, PA.
Other panelists include Greg Wozniak, St. Mary’s Medical Center in Langhorne, PA; Dr. Carmen Ciervo, Kennedy Health System; and Lawrence Tabas, of Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel.
Date/Time: January 21st, 2011
Accountable Care Organizations
Details: John Harris, Principal, will be speaking on "Running the Numbers on ACOs" at the Metropolitan Philadelphia HFMA Chapter Fall Institute Seminar. The seminar will be held on November 18th at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA.
"Financial Analysis of Health Reform Payment Innovations: Running the Numbers on ACOs" will address the financial impact of ACOs, which goes far beyond whether savings are generated and includes the effect of potential shifts in volume.
"Running the Numbers on Bundled Payments" will look at the opportunity to engage independent specialists presented by bundled payments--an opportunity that is not without its risks.
Date/Time: November 18th, 2010
Two Presentations at AAIHDS Managed Care Forum
Details: DGA Principal John Harris and Director John Pearce will be presenting at the AAIHDS 2010 Fall Managed Care Forum in Las Vegas, NV.
"Financial Analysis of Health Reform Payment Innovations: Running the Numbers on ACOs" will address the financial impact of ACOs, which goes far beyond whether savings are generated and includes the effect of potential shifts in volume.
"Running the Numbers on Bundled Payments" will look at the opportunity to engage independent specialists presented by bundled payments--an opportunity that is not without its risks.
Date/Time: November 4th-5th, 2010
Preparing for Success with Bundled Payments
Details: DGA Partners’ John Harris and Jon Pearce will be speaking at the New Jersey Chapter HFMA Annual Institute in conjunction with the Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter, on "Preparing for Success with Bundled Payments." The Institute will be held October 21st-22nd at the Borgata Hotel in Atlantic City.
Date/Time: October 21st, 2010, 11:10 AM, Studio C
Three DGA Presentations at National PACE Associate Fall Conference
Details: DGA Manager Carole Graham will speak on Calculating Medicare Provider Fees. Whether your program pays claims itself or uses a TPA, it is vital that you understand Medicare fees so that you can negotiate effectively and pay claims correctly. Carole will explain the critical information you need to avoid overpayment, along with essential terms that can be included in your provider contracts.
DGA’s Carole Graham and John Harris, along with Stephanie Button of PACE CNY, Brenda Vatland from Mediture, and Johanna Yurkow of Mercy LIFE will present EMRs: Planning, Implementing and Funding. This presentation will include a full discussion of selection and implementation issues and real-life examples from several PACE programs.
DGA's John Harris and Jon Pearce will join Mark Sheppard of LIFE Pittsburgh in Building a PACE Decision Support System. As a health plan, one of a PACE program’s most valuable assets is its data.This session explores the "what/why/where and when" of building a PACE Decision Support System that retrieves and presents data so that executives and managers can make decisions based on facts. The presentation will include a live demo of the Decision Support System in use at LIFE Pittsburgh.
Date/Time: October 3rd-6th, 2010, San Francisco, CA
Accountable Care Organizations: The Opportunities and the Risks
Details: DGA Principal John Harris will be presenting this audio webcast, which is offered by Health Resources Online.
Hospitals, PHOs, IPAs and other physician organizations, networks or group practices need to make some quick decisions about ACOs, since ACOs can begin to operate in January 2012. If your organization is considering creating an ACO, you have no time to lose. Proposed CMS regulations are due to be published this fall. This presentation will help you and your management team, as you weigh the merits and downside of pursuing an ACO.
Date/Time: September 30th, 2010, 1:30 to 2:30 PM
Keynote Address, Wyoming Hospital Association Annual Meeting
Details: DGA Principal John Harris will be the keynote speaker at the Wyoming Hospital Association Annual Meeting and Convention, Cheyenne, WY. His topic will be Accountable Care Organizations.
Date/Time: September 29th, 2010, 9 AM
Accountable Care Organizations: The Challenge of Setting Strategy Amid Uncertainty
Details: John Harris, Principal, DGA Partners and Don Seymour President, Don Seymour and Associates will present for the Governance Institute.
Date/Time: September 22nd, 2010 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Accountable Care Organizations: To Be or Not to Be?
Details: Jeff Simmons, Principal, DGA Partners and James M. Daniel, Jr., Attorney, Hancock, Daniel, Johnson & Nagle, P.C. will present at the Virginia/DC HFMA Summer 2010 Education Conference at the Virginia Beach Hilton Oceanfront.
How will ACO’s impact your organization? Is your organization ready for the change? Should your organization become an ACO? What are the benefits and requirements? Learn how to assess your organization’s preparedness, financial risk and/or opportunity, and identify changes required to enable this opportunity.
Date/Time: August 18th-20th, 2010
Utilization Management Programs: How are PACE Programs Developing Them?
Details: Teleconference for members of the National PACE Association. Carole Graham, Manager, DGA Partners with Mary Gavinski, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Community Care, Milwaukee, WI and Donna Raziano, M.D., Medical Director, Mercy LIFE, Philadelphia, PA.
Date/Time: June 17th, 2010
Go It Alone or Merge Into a Larger System: An Unavoidable Decision
Details: The Governance Institute will be presenting a webinar with DGA President and CEO Dan Grauman and Edward A. Kazemak, chairman and CEO of ACCORD LIMITED.
Are independent hospitals and smaller health systems in danger of becoming extinct? The complexity and economics of the healthcare industry, coupled with the harsh reality that “life as we’ve known it” is not sustainable, have generated intense discussions in boardrooms and among executives and physician leaders of independent hospitals and smaller health systems. Addressing the question in a thoughtful and organized manner is an imperative for many hospitals and health systems today.
This Webinar is intended to assist board members, executives, and physician leaders of independent hospitals and smaller health systems to think strategically about the long-term future of the healthcare institutions that they lead and cherish. The presentation will help participants:
- Understand the role and duty of the board in addressing these issues
- Identify what it will take to remain independent for the long term
- Differentiate among partnering arrangements being used by larger health systems
- Think through an appropriate decision-making process
This 1-hour program will include a live question/answer session.
Date/Time: June 16th, 2010
DGA Partners Exhibiting at the National Accountable Care Organization Summit
Details: DGA Partners will be exhibiting at the National Accountable Care Organization Summit at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, DC. Come talk with DGA President & CEO Dan Grauman and Principal John Harris to talk about the opportunities and challenges with ACOs and how to begin assessing your options.
Date/Time: June 7th-8th, 2010
AAIHDS: Accountable Care Organizations – A Game Changer?
Details: DGA Principal John Harris will be presenting at the 2010 Spring Managed Care Forum of the American Association of Integrated Delivery Systems (AAIHDS) in Orlando, FL.
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are likely to transform healthcare delivery. The last change this important in how providers are paid was the introduction of DRGs. With Medicare’s significant volume driving this change, it can’t be ignored. Is your hospital, PHO, or IDS ready for this change? Should your organization become an ACO? What are the benefits and requirements?
Begin to answer questions that will be on the top of the agenda for you and your senior leadership. Participants will:
- Learn how ACOs will work
- Understand opportunities ACOs will offer providers
- Determine how to assess your organization’s preparedness and what steps you need to take
Date/Time: April 22nd, 2010
Complex Healthcare Business Valuation – No Longer the Vanilla Transaction
Details: HFMA Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter, free webinar presented by DGA President and CEO Dan Grauman.
Hospital executives are increasingly entering into services/employment agreements, co-management agreements and the acquisition of all or a portion of physician-owned businesses. As these deals between hospitals and physicians become more complex, determining fair market value may no longer be a straight-forward objective analysis.
The presentation will address:
- The relationship of fair market value and deal-structuring
- The types of arrangements DGA is seeing today
- A review of co-management agreements, time-share arrangements and under arrangements
Daniel M. Grauman, President and CEO, DGA Partners
Date/Time: April 20th, 2010
DGA Partners Exhibiting at Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association Conference
Details: DGA Partners will be exhibiting at the 2010 Spring Conference of the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association at the Williamsburg Lodge in Williamsburg, VA. Come talk with DGA Principal Jeff Simmons and senior consultant Dayana Rapoport and get their thoughts about the issues facing your organization.
Date/Time: April 14th-16th, 2010
Integrated Payment Innovations: Implications for Physician Alignment Strategies
Details: New York Society for Health Planning. An overview of the healthcare innovations that are most expected to impact hospitals and their physicians. Many responses to the need for “bending the cost curve” are still with us in spite of the impediments to significant federal legislation. Health reform will have many implications. Daniel M. Grauman, President and CEO, DGA Partners.
Date/Time: March 16th, 2010
New Strategies for Physician-Hospital Alignment—Legal and Financial Considerations
Details: The pace of change in physician-hospital alignment has intensified and new models are providing options that did not exist a year ago. This presentation at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute Health Law Institute 2010 by John Harris, DGA Principal and John Washlick of Cozen O’Connor will describe new and successful strategies and the legal, strategic and financial considerations for each one.
Date/Time: March 12th, 2010
DGA Partners Exhibiting at American Health Lawyers Association, Hospitals and Health Systems Law Institute
Details: DGA Partners will be exhibiting at the Hospitals and Health Systems Law Institute in Miami on February 25th and 26th. Principal Jeff Simmons and Director Karin Chernoff Kaplan will be there to talk with attendees about contemporary alignment options, including physician employment and co-management, as well as valuation and fair market value, structuring compensation, and transaction support for mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures.
Date/Time: February 25th and 26th, 2010
Tasting of Artisanal wines at Moore Brothers Wine Company
Details: Join DGA Partners in New York City for a delightful evening in the company of healthcare friends and colleagues. The award-winning Moore Brothers import wines that are “traditional, idiosyncratic, authentic.” The tasting will be complemented by light hors d’oevres.
The wines are kept temperature controlled. A light jacket is recommended.
Date/Time: February 24th, 2010, 6:30 to 8:30 PM
Healthcare Leadership Network Webinar: Health Reform, Bundled Payments, and Accountable Care Organizations – Implications for Physician Alignment Strategies
Details: Health reform may drive innovative payment approaches that require closer alignment between physicians and hospitals: bundled payments, patient centered medical homes and accountable care organizations. John Harris, Principal at DGA Partners, will explore the alignment strategies required for success with these approaches. The webinar is sponsored by the Healthcare Leadership Network of the Delaware Valley.
Date/Time: February 10th, 2010, noon to 1 PM
Physician Alignment: Employment and its Operational Implications
Details: VHA Empire – Metro 3rd Annual Executive Leadership Education Program, Skaneateles, NY. Dan Grauman, President & CEO, DGA Partners, with Rudd Kierstead, Manager. By invitation.
Date/Time: November 19th, 2009
Health Care Reform: The Impact on Provider-Payer Relationships
Details: A presentation at the Fall Managed Care Conference of the American Association of Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems, in Las Vegas. John Harris, Principal, DGA Partners.
Date/Time: November 12th, 2009, 4 PM to 5 PM
Physician Practice Acquisition And Employment: Challenges of Implementation, Management and Operations
Details: Hudson Valley HFMA, Hospital-Physician Alignment Seminar: Physician Alignment and Employment, Physician Practice Acquisition/Employment, Legal/Regulatory Issues, Payer Contracting. Dan Grauman, President & CEO, DGA Partners with attorneys from two law firms.
Date/Time: October 29th, 2009, 9 AM to 3 PM
Planning for an EMR and Tapping Federal Funds
Details: Presentation at the National PACE Association Annual Conference, Omni William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA. John Harris, Principal, DGA Partners with Glenn Dassa, RSM McGladrey, Inc., New York, NY, David Kleinhanzl, Comprehensive Care Management, Bronx, NY and Walter Tanenbaum, RSM McGladrey, Inc., New York, NY.
Date/Time: October 21st, 2009, 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Utilization Management Programs: How are PACE Programs Developing Them?
Details: Panel discussion at the National PACE Association Annual Conference, Omni William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA. Carole Graham, Manager, DGA Partners with Mary Gavinski, M.D., Community Care, Milwaukee, WI and Donna Raziano, M.D., Mercy LIFE, Philadelphia, PA.
Date/Time: Tuesday, October 20th, 2009, 10 AM to 11:30 AM
From the Trenches: Physician Alignment Strategies and Models
Details: HFMA New Jersey Annual Institute, Borgata Hotel, Atlantic City, NJ. Dan Grauman, President & CEO, DGA Partners.
Date/Time: October 15th, 2009, 3 PM to 4 PM
Hospitals 2020: How Fundamental Economics, Clinical Innovation, and IT will Reshape the Healthcare Delivery Model
Details: A half-day workshop at Connections 2009, the annual conference of the Society for Healthcare Strategy, Marketing and Development of the American Hospital Association. Orlando, FL. Dan Grauman, President & CEO, DGA Partners with Don Seymour, President, Don Seymour & Associates.
Date/Time: September 30th, 2009, 9 AM to 12 PM
Seminar: Physician Alignment: Recent Strategies and Models
Details: The Health Research and Education Trust of New Jersey presents Dan Grauman, DGA President & CEO; Jeffrey A. Reichman, Partner, CardioVision, Inc.; Seth Frazier, Vice President for Transformation, Geisinger Health System; and others.
Sponsored by the New Jersey Hospital Association
Date/Time: June 25th, 2009, 8:30 to noon, followed by luncheon
Webcast: Three-part webinar: Physician-Hospital Alignment
Details: The Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association, together with DGA Partners and the law firm of Hancock, Daniel, Johnson and Nagle are partnering to produce this three-part webinar.
Topics include: Overview of physician hospital alignment, the legal issues surrounding these arrangements and real world examples and experiences.
The webinar will also be made available to other state hospital associations and their members.
Webcast: Hospital-Physician Alignment: Best Strategies and Models for Developing Successful Relationships
Details: Health Resources Online presents Dan Grauman, DGA Partners President & CEO, in a one-hour audio webcast.
Date/Time: June 4th, 2009 from 1:30 to 2:30 PM.
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- Planning for Growth – John Harris, NPA PACE Growth Summit - 2004
- Managed Care Strategic Planning – John Harris, AAIHDS Spring Forum - 2004
- New Jersey Managed Care Market - 1997 - 2002
- Southeastern Pennsylvania Managed Care Market - 1992 - 2001
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New Jersey Hospital Association – Hospital Consolidation Seminar
Details: DGA CEO Dan Grauman will participate with Carsten Beith, Managing Director - Chicago, Cain Brothers and Thomas Berry of Morgan Keegan (Shattuck Hammond) in a panel discussion on "Hospital Consolidations and Affiliation—Go or No Go." He will also be participating in a panel on physician alignment transactions on the same panel.
The panels are part of a conference on The Healthcare Industry in Flux: Enhanced Hospital Consolidation and Physician Alignment sponsored by the Health Research & Educational Trust of New Jersey. The seminar will be held at the NJHA Conference Center in Princeton, NJ.
Date/Time: October 20th, 2011
HFMA, New Jersey and Metro Philadelphia Chapters: Annual Institute
Details: DGA Director Karin Chernoff Kaplan and Thomas M. Tammany, Esquire, Co-Chair, Healthcare Section of Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney, PC will be presenting, "Complex Valuation: No Longer the Vanilla Transaction" at the Annual Institute of the New Jersey Chapter of HFMA. The conference will be held at the Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Date/Time: October 12th-14th, 2011
National PACE Association – 2011 Annual Conference
Details: DGA Principal John Harris and Kathryn McGuire, Chair, Board of Directors, National PACE Association will be presenting, "Accountable Care Opportunities for PACE Organizations" as an educational session at this year’s conference held in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Date/Time: October 9th-12th, 2011
Active Communications International – Accountable Care Organizations Conference
Details: DGA CEO Dan Grauman will be presenting "Running the Numbers on ACOs" at ACI's conference entitled "Cutting Costs and Raising Quality in Healthcare through Accountable Care Organizations." The conference will be held at the Sax Hotel in Chicago, IL.
Dates/Times: September 15th-16th, 2011
The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania Education Session
Details: DGA Principal John Harris and C. Mitchell Goldman, Partner, Duane Morris LLP will be the faculty for two HAP education sessions entitled "Accountable Care Organizations: Legal & Operational Implications for Pennsylvania Hospitals."
Dates/Times:
May 6th, 2011 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM - Hilton Garden Inn, Fort Washington, PA
May 19th, 2011 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM - Hospital Council of Western Pennsylvania, Warrendale, PA
The Governance Institute – Leadership Conference
Details: DGA CEO Dan Grauman and Pamela R. Knecht, President of ACCORD LIMITED will be presenting, "Go It Alone or Merge Into a Larger System: An Unavoidable Decision." The conference will be held at the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
Date/Time: May 1st-4th, 2011
HFMA, Hudson Valley Chapter: 2011 Annual Institute
Details: DGA CEO Dan Grauman will be participating in a panel discussion of "Accountable Care Organizations: Weighing the Benefits and the Risks." Richard L. Clarke, President & CEO, HFMA will be moderating views on how Accountable Care Organizations will impact healthcare finance. Other panelists are Dr. Nancy Beran, CMO, Westchester Health Association, Rima Cohen, Counselor to Secretary of Health Policy at U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services and Warren Hern, President & CEO, Unity Health System.
DGA Manager Rudd Kierstead will be presenting on the topic, "Aligned and Non-Aligned Physician Practice Integration: Reform Era Physician Compensation and Arrangement Models."
DoubleTree Hotel in Tarrytown, NY
Date/Time: April 7th, 2011, 7:30 AM to 6:30 PM
HFMA, Central Pennsylvania Chapter Education Conference
Details: DGA Principal John Harris will be presenting, "Strategic and Financial Implications of ACOs" at the Hospital and Physician Practice Management conference of the Central Pennsylvania chapter of HFMA, Lancaster Convention Center, Lancaster, PA.
Date/Time: March 31st, 2011, 3:00 to 4:30 PM
Annual Health Law Institute of the Pennsylvania Bar Law Institute
Details: DGA Principal John Harris will be participating in a panel discussion, "Assessing Accountable Care Organization Opportunities and Risks," along with Thomas Tammany of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, P.C., and Ed Shay and Mark Mattioli of Post & Schell, PC.
DGA Director Karin Chernoff Kaplan will be speaking on "The New Age of Complex Business Valuation – FMV," with Martin Durkin of Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP.
Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia
Date/Time: March 15th, 2011
HFMA, Metropolitan of Philadelphia Chapter - Spring Institute Seminar
Details: Principal John Harris will be participating in a Round Table Discussion on Healthcare Reform and Accountable Care Organizations at the Spring Institute Seminar of the Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter of HMFA. Other participants include John Maher from Premier Consulting Services. The Spring Institute Seminar is presented in conjunction with the Healthcare Leadership Network of the Delaware Valley.
LaSalle University (1900 W. Olney Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19141)
Date/Time: March 10th, 2011 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
American Health Lawyers Association – Physician Law Institute
Details: DGA CEO Dan Grauman and Toby G. Singer, Esq. of Jones Day, will be presenting "Strategic Decisions for ACOs and Their Antitrust Implications" at the American Health Lawyers Association Physician Law Institute, the Cosmopolitan Hotel of Las Vegas. The presentation will address:
- The top line strategic and financial implications of the ACO movement for providers
- How providers might integrate and consolidate for operational and financial success
- How to reconcile antitrust principles with the goals of ACOs when developing an antitrust-compliant program
- How to apply antitrust guidance from the federal enforcement agencies to multiprovider arrangements, including principles gleaned from the federal government’s ACO workshop
Date/Time: February 10th, 2011, 3:30 PM
American Health Lawyers Association – Physicians and Hospitals Law Institutes
Details: DGA Partners will be exhibiting at this event, to be held at the Cosmopolitan Hotel of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV.
Date/Time: February 9th-11th, 2011
Physician/Hospital Alignment at National Capital Healthcare Executives Meeting
Details: DGA Principal John Harris will be presenting, "From the Trenches: Physician and Hospital Alignment – Strategic Imperatives, Legal Environment and Practical Solutions," at the National Capital Healthcare Executives annual meeting, Holiday Inn Ballston, Arlington VA.
Date/Time: February 8th, 2011, 5:30 to 8:00 PM
Accountable Care Organizations: From Fragmentation to Integration?
Details: DGA Principal John Harris will be a panelist at the Annual Conference of the Temple University Health Administration Alumni Association. He and several other healthcare professionals will be sharing their perspectives and insights on the challenges posed by ACO adoption in the region and nationwide. At the ECRI Institute in Plymouth Meeting, PA.
Other panelists include Greg Wozniak, St. Mary’s Medical Center in Langhorne, PA; Dr. Carmen Ciervo, Kennedy Health System; and Lawrence Tabas, of Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel.
Date/Time: January 21st, 2011
Accountable Care Organizations
Details: John Harris, Principal, will be speaking on "Running the Numbers on ACOs" at the Metropolitan Philadelphia HFMA Chapter Fall Institute Seminar. The seminar will be held on November 18th at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA.
"Financial Analysis of Health Reform Payment Innovations: Running the Numbers on ACOs" will address the financial impact of ACOs, which goes far beyond whether savings are generated and includes the effect of potential shifts in volume.
"Running the Numbers on Bundled Payments" will look at the opportunity to engage independent specialists presented by bundled payments--an opportunity that is not without its risks.
Date/Time: November 18th, 2010
Two Presentations at AAIHDS Managed Care Forum
Details: DGA Principal John Harris and Director John Pearce will be presenting at the AAIHDS 2010 Fall Managed Care Forum in Las Vegas, NV.
"Financial Analysis of Health Reform Payment Innovations: Running the Numbers on ACOs" will address the financial impact of ACOs, which goes far beyond whether savings are generated and includes the effect of potential shifts in volume.
"Running the Numbers on Bundled Payments" will look at the opportunity to engage independent specialists presented by bundled payments--an opportunity that is not without its risks.
Date/Time: November 4th-5th, 2010
Preparing for Success with Bundled Payments
Details: DGA Partners’ John Harris and Jon Pearce will be speaking at the New Jersey Chapter HFMA Annual Institute in conjunction with the Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter, on "Preparing for Success with Bundled Payments." The Institute will be held October 21st-22nd at the Borgata Hotel in Atlantic City.
Date/Time: October 21st, 2010, 11:10 AM, Studio C
Three DGA Presentations at National PACE Associate Fall Conference
Details: DGA Manager Carole Graham will speak on Calculating Medicare Provider Fees. Whether your program pays claims itself or uses a TPA, it is vital that you understand Medicare fees so that you can negotiate effectively and pay claims correctly. Carole will explain the critical information you need to avoid overpayment, along with essential terms that can be included in your provider contracts.
DGA’s Carole Graham and John Harris, along with Stephanie Button of PACE CNY, Brenda Vatland from Mediture, and Johanna Yurkow of Mercy LIFE will present EMRs: Planning, Implementing and Funding. This presentation will include a full discussion of selection and implementation issues and real-life examples from several PACE programs.
DGA's John Harris and Jon Pearce will join Mark Sheppard of LIFE Pittsburgh in Building a PACE Decision Support System. As a health plan, one of a PACE program’s most valuable assets is its data.This session explores the "what/why/where and when" of building a PACE Decision Support System that retrieves and presents data so that executives and managers can make decisions based on facts. The presentation will include a live demo of the Decision Support System in use at LIFE Pittsburgh.
Date/Time: October 3rd-6th, 2010, San Francisco, CA
Accountable Care Organizations: The Opportunities and the Risks
Details: DGA Principal John Harris will be presenting this audio webcast, which is offered by Health Resources Online.
Hospitals, PHOs, IPAs and other physician organizations, networks or group practices need to make some quick decisions about ACOs, since ACOs can begin to operate in January 2012. If your organization is considering creating an ACO, you have no time to lose. Proposed CMS regulations are due to be published this fall. This presentation will help you and your management team, as you weigh the merits and downside of pursuing an ACO.
Date/Time: September 30th, 2010, 1:30 to 2:30 PM
Keynote Address, Wyoming Hospital Association Annual Meeting
Details: DGA Principal John Harris will be the keynote speaker at the Wyoming Hospital Association Annual Meeting and Convention, Cheyenne, WY. His topic will be Accountable Care Organizations.
Date/Time: September 29th, 2010, 9 AM
Accountable Care Organizations: The Challenge of Setting Strategy Amid Uncertainty
Details: John Harris, Principal, DGA Partners and Don Seymour President, Don Seymour and Associates will present for the Governance Institute.
Date/Time: September 22nd, 2010 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Accountable Care Organizations: To Be or Not to Be?
Details: Jeff Simmons, Principal, DGA Partners and James M. Daniel, Jr., Attorney, Hancock, Daniel, Johnson & Nagle, P.C. will present at the Virginia/DC HFMA Summer 2010 Education Conference at the Virginia Beach Hilton Oceanfront.
How will ACO’s impact your organization? Is your organization ready for the change? Should your organization become an ACO? What are the benefits and requirements? Learn how to assess your organization’s preparedness, financial risk and/or opportunity, and identify changes required to enable this opportunity.
Date/Time: August 18th-20th, 2010
Utilization Management Programs: How are PACE Programs Developing Them?
Details: Teleconference for members of the National PACE Association. Carole Graham, Manager, DGA Partners with Mary Gavinski, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Community Care, Milwaukee, WI and Donna Raziano, M.D., Medical Director, Mercy LIFE, Philadelphia, PA.
Date/Time: June 17th, 2010
Go It Alone or Merge Into a Larger System: An Unavoidable Decision
Details: The Governance Institute will be presenting a webinar with DGA President and CEO Dan Grauman and Edward A. Kazemak, chairman and CEO of ACCORD LIMITED.
Are independent hospitals and smaller health systems in danger of becoming extinct? The complexity and economics of the healthcare industry, coupled with the harsh reality that “life as we’ve known it” is not sustainable, have generated intense discussions in boardrooms and among executives and physician leaders of independent hospitals and smaller health systems. Addressing the question in a thoughtful and organized manner is an imperative for many hospitals and health systems today.
This Webinar is intended to assist board members, executives, and physician leaders of independent hospitals and smaller health systems to think strategically about the long-term future of the healthcare institutions that they lead and cherish. The presentation will help participants:
- Understand the role and duty of the board in addressing these issues
- Identify what it will take to remain independent for the long term
- Differentiate among partnering arrangements being used by larger health systems
- Think through an appropriate decision-making process
This 1-hour program will include a live question/answer session.
Date/Time: June 16th, 2010
DGA Partners Exhibiting at the National Accountable Care Organization Summit
Details: DGA Partners will be exhibiting at the National Accountable Care Organization Summit at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, DC. Come talk with DGA President & CEO Dan Grauman and Principal John Harris to talk about the opportunities and challenges with ACOs and how to begin assessing your options.
Date/Time: June 7th-8th, 2010
AAIHDS: Accountable Care Organizations – A Game Changer?
Details: DGA Principal John Harris will be presenting at the 2010 Spring Managed Care Forum of the American Association of Integrated Delivery Systems (AAIHDS) in Orlando, FL.
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are likely to transform healthcare delivery. The last change this important in how providers are paid was the introduction of DRGs. With Medicare’s significant volume driving this change, it can’t be ignored. Is your hospital, PHO, or IDS ready for this change? Should your organization become an ACO? What are the benefits and requirements?
Begin to answer questions that will be on the top of the agenda for you and your senior leadership. Participants will:
- Learn how ACOs will work
- Understand opportunities ACOs will offer providers
- Determine how to assess your organization’s preparedness and what steps you need to take
Date/Time: April 22nd, 2010
Complex Healthcare Business Valuation – No Longer the Vanilla Transaction
Details: HFMA Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter, free webinar presented by DGA President and CEO Dan Grauman.
Hospital executives are increasingly entering into services/employment agreements, co-management agreements and the acquisition of all or a portion of physician-owned businesses. As these deals between hospitals and physicians become more complex, determining fair market value may no longer be a straight-forward objective analysis.
The presentation will address:
- The relationship of fair market value and deal-structuring
- The types of arrangements DGA is seeing today
- A review of co-management agreements, time-share arrangements and under arrangements
Daniel M. Grauman, President and CEO, DGA Partners
Date/Time: April 20th, 2010
DGA Partners Exhibiting at Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association Conference
Details: DGA Partners will be exhibiting at the 2010 Spring Conference of the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association at the Williamsburg Lodge in Williamsburg, VA. Come talk with DGA Principal Jeff Simmons and senior consultant Dayana Rapoport and get their thoughts about the issues facing your organization.
Date/Time: April 14th-16th, 2010
Integrated Payment Innovations: Implications for Physician Alignment Strategies
Details: New York Society for Health Planning. An overview of the healthcare innovations that are most expected to impact hospitals and their physicians. Many responses to the need for “bending the cost curve” are still with us in spite of the impediments to significant federal legislation. Health reform will have many implications. Daniel M. Grauman, President and CEO, DGA Partners.
Date/Time: March 16th, 2010
New Strategies for Physician-Hospital Alignment—Legal and Financial Considerations
Details: The pace of change in physician-hospital alignment has intensified and new models are providing options that did not exist a year ago. This presentation at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute Health Law Institute 2010 by John Harris, DGA Principal and John Washlick of Cozen O’Connor will describe new and successful strategies and the legal, strategic and financial considerations for each one.
Date/Time: March 12th, 2010
DGA Partners Exhibiting at American Health Lawyers Association, Hospitals and Health Systems Law Institute
Details: DGA Partners will be exhibiting at the Hospitals and Health Systems Law Institute in Miami on February 25th and 26th. Principal Jeff Simmons and Director Karin Chernoff Kaplan will be there to talk with attendees about contemporary alignment options, including physician employment and co-management, as well as valuation and fair market value, structuring compensation, and transaction support for mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures.
Date/Time: February 25th and 26th, 2010
Tasting of Artisanal wines at Moore Brothers Wine Company
Details: Join DGA Partners in New York City for a delightful evening in the company of healthcare friends and colleagues. The award-winning Moore Brothers import wines that are “traditional, idiosyncratic, authentic.” The tasting will be complemented by light hors d’oevres.
The wines are kept temperature controlled. A light jacket is recommended.
Date/Time: February 24th, 2010, 6:30 to 8:30 PM
Healthcare Leadership Network Webinar: Health Reform, Bundled Payments, and Accountable Care Organizations – Implications for Physician Alignment Strategies
Details: Health reform may drive innovative payment approaches that require closer alignment between physicians and hospitals: bundled payments, patient centered medical homes and accountable care organizations. John Harris, Principal at DGA Partners, will explore the alignment strategies required for success with these approaches. The webinar is sponsored by the Healthcare Leadership Network of the Delaware Valley.
Date/Time: February 10th, 2010, noon to 1 PM
Physician Alignment: Employment and its Operational Implications
Details: VHA Empire – Metro 3rd Annual Executive Leadership Education Program, Skaneateles, NY. Dan Grauman, President & CEO, DGA Partners, with Rudd Kierstead, Manager. By invitation.
Date/Time: November 19th, 2009
Health Care Reform: The Impact on Provider-Payer Relationships
Details: A presentation at the Fall Managed Care Conference of the American Association of Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems, in Las Vegas. John Harris, Principal, DGA Partners.
Date/Time: November 12th, 2009, 4 PM to 5 PM
Physician Practice Acquisition And Employment: Challenges of Implementation, Management and Operations
Details: Hudson Valley HFMA, Hospital-Physician Alignment Seminar: Physician Alignment and Employment, Physician Practice Acquisition/Employment, Legal/Regulatory Issues, Payer Contracting. Dan Grauman, President & CEO, DGA Partners with attorneys from two law firms.
Date/Time: October 29th, 2009, 9 AM to 3 PM
Planning for an EMR and Tapping Federal Funds
Details: Presentation at the National PACE Association Annual Conference, Omni William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA. John Harris, Principal, DGA Partners with Glenn Dassa, RSM McGladrey, Inc., New York, NY, David Kleinhanzl, Comprehensive Care Management, Bronx, NY and Walter Tanenbaum, RSM McGladrey, Inc., New York, NY.
Date/Time: October 21st, 2009, 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Utilization Management Programs: How are PACE Programs Developing Them?
Details: Panel discussion at the National PACE Association Annual Conference, Omni William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA. Carole Graham, Manager, DGA Partners with Mary Gavinski, M.D., Community Care, Milwaukee, WI and Donna Raziano, M.D., Mercy LIFE, Philadelphia, PA.
Date/Time: Tuesday, October 20th, 2009, 10 AM to 11:30 AM
From the Trenches: Physician Alignment Strategies and Models
Details: HFMA New Jersey Annual Institute, Borgata Hotel, Atlantic City, NJ. Dan Grauman, President & CEO, DGA Partners.
Date/Time: October 15th, 2009, 3 PM to 4 PM
Hospitals 2020: How Fundamental Economics, Clinical Innovation, and IT will Reshape the Healthcare Delivery Model
Details: A half-day workshop at Connections 2009, the annual conference of the Society for Healthcare Strategy, Marketing and Development of the American Hospital Association. Orlando, FL. Dan Grauman, President & CEO, DGA Partners with Don Seymour, President, Don Seymour & Associates.
Date/Time: September 30th, 2009, 9 AM to 12 PM
Seminar: Physician Alignment: Recent Strategies and Models
Details: The Health Research and Education Trust of New Jersey presents Dan Grauman, DGA President & CEO; Jeffrey A. Reichman, Partner, CardioVision, Inc.; Seth Frazier, Vice President for Transformation, Geisinger Health System; and others.
Sponsored by the New Jersey Hospital Association
Date/Time: June 25th, 2009, 8:30 to noon, followed by luncheon
Webcast: Three-part webinar: Physician-Hospital Alignment
Details: The Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association, together with DGA Partners and the law firm of Hancock, Daniel, Johnson and Nagle are partnering to produce this three-part webinar.
Topics include: Overview of physician hospital alignment, the legal issues surrounding these arrangements and real world examples and experiences.
The webinar will also be made available to other state hospital associations and their members.
Webcast: Hospital-Physician Alignment: Best Strategies and Models for Developing Successful Relationships
Details: Health Resources Online presents Dan Grauman, DGA Partners President & CEO, in a one-hour audio webcast.
Date/Time: June 4th, 2009 from 1:30 to 2:30 PM.
New Jersey Hospital Association – Hospital Consolidation Seminar
Details: DGA CEO Dan Grauman will participate with Carsten Beith, Managing Director - Chicago, Cain Brothers and Thomas Berry of Morgan Keegan (Shattuck Hammond) in a panel discussion on "Hospital Consolidations and Affiliation—Go or No Go." He will also be participating in a panel on physician alignment transactions on the same panel.The panels are part of a conference on The Healthcare Industry in Flux: Enhanced Hospital Consolidation and Physician Alignment sponsored by the Health Research & Educational Trust of New Jersey. The seminar will be held at the NJHA Conference Center in Princeton, NJ. Date/Time: October 20th, 2011
HFMA, New Jersey and Metro Philadelphia Chapters: Annual Institute
Details: DGA Director Karin Chernoff Kaplan and Thomas M. Tammany, Esquire, Co-Chair, Healthcare Section of Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney, PC will be presenting, "Complex Valuation: No Longer the Vanilla Transaction" at the Annual Institute of the New Jersey Chapter of HFMA. The conference will be held at the Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.Date/Time: October 12th-14th, 2011
National PACE Association – 2011 Annual Conference
Details: DGA Principal John Harris and Kathryn McGuire, Chair, Board of Directors, National PACE Association will be presenting, "Accountable Care Opportunities for PACE Organizations" as an educational session at this year’s conference held in New Orleans, Louisiana.Date/Time: October 9th-12th, 2011
Active Communications International – Accountable Care Organizations Conference
Details: DGA CEO Dan Grauman will be presenting "Running the Numbers on ACOs" at ACI's conference entitled "Cutting Costs and Raising Quality in Healthcare through Accountable Care Organizations." The conference will be held at the Sax Hotel in Chicago, IL.Dates/Times: September 15th-16th, 2011
The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania Education Session
Details: DGA Principal John Harris and C. Mitchell Goldman, Partner, Duane Morris LLP will be the faculty for two HAP education sessions entitled "Accountable Care Organizations: Legal & Operational Implications for Pennsylvania Hospitals."Dates/Times:
May 6th, 2011 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM - Hilton Garden Inn, Fort Washington, PA May 19th, 2011 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM - Hospital Council of Western Pennsylvania, Warrendale, PA
The Governance Institute – Leadership Conference
Details: DGA CEO Dan Grauman and Pamela R. Knecht, President of ACCORD LIMITED will be presenting, "Go It Alone or Merge Into a Larger System: An Unavoidable Decision." The conference will be held at the Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, North Carolina.Date/Time: May 1st-4th, 2011
HFMA, Hudson Valley Chapter: 2011 Annual Institute
Details: DGA CEO Dan Grauman will be participating in a panel discussion of "Accountable Care Organizations: Weighing the Benefits and the Risks." Richard L. Clarke, President & CEO, HFMA will be moderating views on how Accountable Care Organizations will impact healthcare finance. Other panelists are Dr. Nancy Beran, CMO, Westchester Health Association, Rima Cohen, Counselor to Secretary of Health Policy at U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services and Warren Hern, President & CEO, Unity Health System.DGA Manager Rudd Kierstead will be presenting on the topic, "Aligned and Non-Aligned Physician Practice Integration: Reform Era Physician Compensation and Arrangement Models." DoubleTree Hotel in Tarrytown, NY Date/Time: April 7th, 2011, 7:30 AM to 6:30 PM
HFMA, Central Pennsylvania Chapter Education Conference
Details: DGA Principal John Harris will be presenting, "Strategic and Financial Implications of ACOs" at the Hospital and Physician Practice Management conference of the Central Pennsylvania chapter of HFMA, Lancaster Convention Center, Lancaster, PA.Date/Time: March 31st, 2011, 3:00 to 4:30 PM
Annual Health Law Institute of the Pennsylvania Bar Law Institute
Details: DGA Principal John Harris will be participating in a panel discussion, "Assessing Accountable Care Organization Opportunities and Risks," along with Thomas Tammany of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, P.C., and Ed Shay and Mark Mattioli of Post & Schell, PC.DGA Director Karin Chernoff Kaplan will be speaking on "The New Age of Complex Business Valuation – FMV," with Martin Durkin of Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP. Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia Date/Time: March 15th, 2011
HFMA, Metropolitan of Philadelphia Chapter - Spring Institute Seminar
Details: Principal John Harris will be participating in a Round Table Discussion on Healthcare Reform and Accountable Care Organizations at the Spring Institute Seminar of the Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter of HMFA. Other participants include John Maher from Premier Consulting Services. The Spring Institute Seminar is presented in conjunction with the Healthcare Leadership Network of the Delaware Valley.LaSalle University (1900 W. Olney Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19141) Date/Time: March 10th, 2011 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
American Health Lawyers Association – Physician Law Institute
Details: DGA CEO Dan Grauman and Toby G. Singer, Esq. of Jones Day, will be presenting "Strategic Decisions for ACOs and Their Antitrust Implications" at the American Health Lawyers Association Physician Law Institute, the Cosmopolitan Hotel of Las Vegas. The presentation will address:- The top line strategic and financial implications of the ACO movement for providers
- How providers might integrate and consolidate for operational and financial success
- How to reconcile antitrust principles with the goals of ACOs when developing an antitrust-compliant program
- How to apply antitrust guidance from the federal enforcement agencies to multiprovider arrangements, including principles gleaned from the federal government’s ACO workshop
Date/Time: February 10th, 2011, 3:30 PM
American Health Lawyers Association – Physicians and Hospitals Law Institutes
Details: DGA Partners will be exhibiting at this event, to be held at the Cosmopolitan Hotel of Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV.Date/Time: February 9th-11th, 2011
Physician/Hospital Alignment at National Capital Healthcare Executives Meeting
Details: DGA Principal John Harris will be presenting, "From the Trenches: Physician and Hospital Alignment – Strategic Imperatives, Legal Environment and Practical Solutions," at the National Capital Healthcare Executives annual meeting, Holiday Inn Ballston, Arlington VA.Date/Time: February 8th, 2011, 5:30 to 8:00 PM
Accountable Care Organizations: From Fragmentation to Integration?
Details: DGA Principal John Harris will be a panelist at the Annual Conference of the Temple University Health Administration Alumni Association. He and several other healthcare professionals will be sharing their perspectives and insights on the challenges posed by ACO adoption in the region and nationwide. At the ECRI Institute in Plymouth Meeting, PA.Other panelists include Greg Wozniak, St. Mary’s Medical Center in Langhorne, PA; Dr. Carmen Ciervo, Kennedy Health System; and Lawrence Tabas, of Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel. Date/Time: January 21st, 2011
Accountable Care Organizations
Details: John Harris, Principal, will be speaking on "Running the Numbers on ACOs" at the Metropolitan Philadelphia HFMA Chapter Fall Institute Seminar. The seminar will be held on November 18th at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA."Financial Analysis of Health Reform Payment Innovations: Running the Numbers on ACOs" will address the financial impact of ACOs, which goes far beyond whether savings are generated and includes the effect of potential shifts in volume. "Running the Numbers on Bundled Payments" will look at the opportunity to engage independent specialists presented by bundled payments--an opportunity that is not without its risks. Date/Time: November 18th, 2010
Two Presentations at AAIHDS Managed Care Forum
Details: DGA Principal John Harris and Director John Pearce will be presenting at the AAIHDS 2010 Fall Managed Care Forum in Las Vegas, NV."Financial Analysis of Health Reform Payment Innovations: Running the Numbers on ACOs" will address the financial impact of ACOs, which goes far beyond whether savings are generated and includes the effect of potential shifts in volume. "Running the Numbers on Bundled Payments" will look at the opportunity to engage independent specialists presented by bundled payments--an opportunity that is not without its risks. Date/Time: November 4th-5th, 2010
Preparing for Success with Bundled Payments
Details: DGA Partners’ John Harris and Jon Pearce will be speaking at the New Jersey Chapter HFMA Annual Institute in conjunction with the Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter, on "Preparing for Success with Bundled Payments." The Institute will be held October 21st-22nd at the Borgata Hotel in Atlantic City.Date/Time: October 21st, 2010, 11:10 AM, Studio C
Three DGA Presentations at National PACE Associate Fall Conference
Details: DGA Manager Carole Graham will speak on Calculating Medicare Provider Fees. Whether your program pays claims itself or uses a TPA, it is vital that you understand Medicare fees so that you can negotiate effectively and pay claims correctly. Carole will explain the critical information you need to avoid overpayment, along with essential terms that can be included in your provider contracts.DGA’s Carole Graham and John Harris, along with Stephanie Button of PACE CNY, Brenda Vatland from Mediture, and Johanna Yurkow of Mercy LIFE will present EMRs: Planning, Implementing and Funding. This presentation will include a full discussion of selection and implementation issues and real-life examples from several PACE programs. DGA's John Harris and Jon Pearce will join Mark Sheppard of LIFE Pittsburgh in Building a PACE Decision Support System. As a health plan, one of a PACE program’s most valuable assets is its data.This session explores the "what/why/where and when" of building a PACE Decision Support System that retrieves and presents data so that executives and managers can make decisions based on facts. The presentation will include a live demo of the Decision Support System in use at LIFE Pittsburgh. Date/Time: October 3rd-6th, 2010, San Francisco, CA
Accountable Care Organizations: The Opportunities and the Risks
Details: DGA Principal John Harris will be presenting this audio webcast, which is offered by Health Resources Online.Hospitals, PHOs, IPAs and other physician organizations, networks or group practices need to make some quick decisions about ACOs, since ACOs can begin to operate in January 2012. If your organization is considering creating an ACO, you have no time to lose. Proposed CMS regulations are due to be published this fall. This presentation will help you and your management team, as you weigh the merits and downside of pursuing an ACO. Date/Time: September 30th, 2010, 1:30 to 2:30 PM
Keynote Address, Wyoming Hospital Association Annual Meeting
Details: DGA Principal John Harris will be the keynote speaker at the Wyoming Hospital Association Annual Meeting and Convention, Cheyenne, WY. His topic will be Accountable Care Organizations.Date/Time: September 29th, 2010, 9 AM
Accountable Care Organizations: The Challenge of Setting Strategy Amid Uncertainty
Details: John Harris, Principal, DGA Partners and Don Seymour President, Don Seymour and Associates will present for the Governance Institute.Date/Time: September 22nd, 2010 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Accountable Care Organizations: To Be or Not to Be?
Details: Jeff Simmons, Principal, DGA Partners and James M. Daniel, Jr., Attorney, Hancock, Daniel, Johnson & Nagle, P.C. will present at the Virginia/DC HFMA Summer 2010 Education Conference at the Virginia Beach Hilton Oceanfront.How will ACO’s impact your organization? Is your organization ready for the change? Should your organization become an ACO? What are the benefits and requirements? Learn how to assess your organization’s preparedness, financial risk and/or opportunity, and identify changes required to enable this opportunity. Date/Time: August 18th-20th, 2010
Utilization Management Programs: How are PACE Programs Developing Them?
Details: Teleconference for members of the National PACE Association. Carole Graham, Manager, DGA Partners with Mary Gavinski, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Community Care, Milwaukee, WI and Donna Raziano, M.D., Medical Director, Mercy LIFE, Philadelphia, PA.Date/Time: June 17th, 2010
Go It Alone or Merge Into a Larger System: An Unavoidable Decision
Details: The Governance Institute will be presenting a webinar with DGA President and CEO Dan Grauman and Edward A. Kazemak, chairman and CEO of ACCORD LIMITED.Are independent hospitals and smaller health systems in danger of becoming extinct? The complexity and economics of the healthcare industry, coupled with the harsh reality that “life as we’ve known it” is not sustainable, have generated intense discussions in boardrooms and among executives and physician leaders of independent hospitals and smaller health systems. Addressing the question in a thoughtful and organized manner is an imperative for many hospitals and health systems today. This Webinar is intended to assist board members, executives, and physician leaders of independent hospitals and smaller health systems to think strategically about the long-term future of the healthcare institutions that they lead and cherish. The presentation will help participants:
- Understand the role and duty of the board in addressing these issues
- Identify what it will take to remain independent for the long term
- Differentiate among partnering arrangements being used by larger health systems
- Think through an appropriate decision-making process
DGA Partners Exhibiting at the National Accountable Care Organization Summit
Details: DGA Partners will be exhibiting at the National Accountable Care Organization Summit at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, DC. Come talk with DGA President & CEO Dan Grauman and Principal John Harris to talk about the opportunities and challenges with ACOs and how to begin assessing your options.Date/Time: June 7th-8th, 2010
AAIHDS: Accountable Care Organizations – A Game Changer?
Details: DGA Principal John Harris will be presenting at the 2010 Spring Managed Care Forum of the American Association of Integrated Delivery Systems (AAIHDS) in Orlando, FL.Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are likely to transform healthcare delivery. The last change this important in how providers are paid was the introduction of DRGs. With Medicare’s significant volume driving this change, it can’t be ignored. Is your hospital, PHO, or IDS ready for this change? Should your organization become an ACO? What are the benefits and requirements? Begin to answer questions that will be on the top of the agenda for you and your senior leadership. Participants will:
- Learn how ACOs will work
- Understand opportunities ACOs will offer providers
- Determine how to assess your organization’s preparedness and what steps you need to take
Date/Time: April 22nd, 2010
Complex Healthcare Business Valuation – No Longer the Vanilla Transaction
Details: HFMA Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter, free webinar presented by DGA President and CEO Dan Grauman.Hospital executives are increasingly entering into services/employment agreements, co-management agreements and the acquisition of all or a portion of physician-owned businesses. As these deals between hospitals and physicians become more complex, determining fair market value may no longer be a straight-forward objective analysis. The presentation will address:
- The relationship of fair market value and deal-structuring
- The types of arrangements DGA is seeing today
- A review of co-management agreements, time-share arrangements and under arrangements
DGA Partners Exhibiting at Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association Conference
Details: DGA Partners will be exhibiting at the 2010 Spring Conference of the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association at the Williamsburg Lodge in Williamsburg, VA. Come talk with DGA Principal Jeff Simmons and senior consultant Dayana Rapoport and get their thoughts about the issues facing your organization.Date/Time: April 14th-16th, 2010
Integrated Payment Innovations: Implications for Physician Alignment Strategies
Details: New York Society for Health Planning. An overview of the healthcare innovations that are most expected to impact hospitals and their physicians. Many responses to the need for “bending the cost curve” are still with us in spite of the impediments to significant federal legislation. Health reform will have many implications. Daniel M. Grauman, President and CEO, DGA Partners.Date/Time: March 16th, 2010
New Strategies for Physician-Hospital Alignment—Legal and Financial Considerations
Details: The pace of change in physician-hospital alignment has intensified and new models are providing options that did not exist a year ago. This presentation at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute Health Law Institute 2010 by John Harris, DGA Principal and John Washlick of Cozen O’Connor will describe new and successful strategies and the legal, strategic and financial considerations for each one.Date/Time: March 12th, 2010
DGA Partners Exhibiting at American Health Lawyers Association, Hospitals and Health Systems Law Institute
Details: DGA Partners will be exhibiting at the Hospitals and Health Systems Law Institute in Miami on February 25th and 26th. Principal Jeff Simmons and Director Karin Chernoff Kaplan will be there to talk with attendees about contemporary alignment options, including physician employment and co-management, as well as valuation and fair market value, structuring compensation, and transaction support for mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures.Date/Time: February 25th and 26th, 2010
Tasting of Artisanal wines at Moore Brothers Wine Company
Details: Join DGA Partners in New York City for a delightful evening in the company of healthcare friends and colleagues. The award-winning Moore Brothers import wines that are “traditional, idiosyncratic, authentic.” The tasting will be complemented by light hors d’oevres.The wines are kept temperature controlled. A light jacket is recommended. Date/Time: February 24th, 2010, 6:30 to 8:30 PM
Healthcare Leadership Network Webinar: Health Reform, Bundled Payments, and Accountable Care Organizations – Implications for Physician Alignment Strategies
Details: Health reform may drive innovative payment approaches that require closer alignment between physicians and hospitals: bundled payments, patient centered medical homes and accountable care organizations. John Harris, Principal at DGA Partners, will explore the alignment strategies required for success with these approaches. The webinar is sponsored by the Healthcare Leadership Network of the Delaware Valley.Date/Time: February 10th, 2010, noon to 1 PM
Physician Alignment: Employment and its Operational Implications
Details: VHA Empire – Metro 3rd Annual Executive Leadership Education Program, Skaneateles, NY. Dan Grauman, President & CEO, DGA Partners, with Rudd Kierstead, Manager. By invitation.Date/Time: November 19th, 2009
Health Care Reform: The Impact on Provider-Payer Relationships
Details: A presentation at the Fall Managed Care Conference of the American Association of Integrated Healthcare Delivery Systems, in Las Vegas. John Harris, Principal, DGA Partners.Date/Time: November 12th, 2009, 4 PM to 5 PM
Physician Practice Acquisition And Employment: Challenges of Implementation, Management and Operations
Details: Hudson Valley HFMA, Hospital-Physician Alignment Seminar: Physician Alignment and Employment, Physician Practice Acquisition/Employment, Legal/Regulatory Issues, Payer Contracting. Dan Grauman, President & CEO, DGA Partners with attorneys from two law firms.Date/Time: October 29th, 2009, 9 AM to 3 PM
Planning for an EMR and Tapping Federal Funds
Details: Presentation at the National PACE Association Annual Conference, Omni William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA. John Harris, Principal, DGA Partners with Glenn Dassa, RSM McGladrey, Inc., New York, NY, David Kleinhanzl, Comprehensive Care Management, Bronx, NY and Walter Tanenbaum, RSM McGladrey, Inc., New York, NY.Date/Time: October 21st, 2009, 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM
Utilization Management Programs: How are PACE Programs Developing Them?
Details: Panel discussion at the National PACE Association Annual Conference, Omni William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA. Carole Graham, Manager, DGA Partners with Mary Gavinski, M.D., Community Care, Milwaukee, WI and Donna Raziano, M.D., Mercy LIFE, Philadelphia, PA.Date/Time: Tuesday, October 20th, 2009, 10 AM to 11:30 AM
From the Trenches: Physician Alignment Strategies and Models
Details: HFMA New Jersey Annual Institute, Borgata Hotel, Atlantic City, NJ. Dan Grauman, President & CEO, DGA Partners.Date/Time: October 15th, 2009, 3 PM to 4 PM
Hospitals 2020: How Fundamental Economics, Clinical Innovation, and IT will Reshape the Healthcare Delivery Model
Details: A half-day workshop at Connections 2009, the annual conference of the Society for Healthcare Strategy, Marketing and Development of the American Hospital Association. Orlando, FL. Dan Grauman, President & CEO, DGA Partners with Don Seymour, President, Don Seymour & Associates.Date/Time: September 30th, 2009, 9 AM to 12 PM
Seminar: Physician Alignment: Recent Strategies and Models
Details: The Health Research and Education Trust of New Jersey presents Dan Grauman, DGA President & CEO; Jeffrey A. Reichman, Partner, CardioVision, Inc.; Seth Frazier, Vice President for Transformation, Geisinger Health System; and others.Sponsored by the New Jersey Hospital Association Date/Time: June 25th, 2009, 8:30 to noon, followed by luncheon
Webcast: Three-part webinar: Physician-Hospital Alignment
Details: The Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association, together with DGA Partners and the law firm of Hancock, Daniel, Johnson and Nagle are partnering to produce this three-part webinar.Topics include: Overview of physician hospital alignment, the legal issues surrounding these arrangements and real world examples and experiences.
The webinar will also be made available to other state hospital associations and their members.
Webcast: Hospital-Physician Alignment: Best Strategies and Models for Developing Successful Relationships
Details: Health Resources Online presents Dan Grauman, DGA Partners President & CEO, in a one-hour audio webcast.Date/Time: June 4th, 2009 from 1:30 to 2:30 PM.
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