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Star Ratings Symposium


Developing, Implementing & Executing Your 5-Star Rating Strategy
February 27-28, 2012
Crowne Plaza Anaheim Resort
Anaheim, CA
United States

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Conference Details:
              How would your rank your strategy for optimizing CMS's 5-Star Quality Rating System? Were you a top-rated plan in 2011?             

If not, the Star Ratings Symposium is a must-attend conference for you. The information will be high-level, but very practical. You'll learn valuable strategies from the nations top health plans for improving your rating, including how to get buy-in from your providers - as well as intervention strategies.

Make 2012 your year for bonus payments and the other  competitive advantages to being a top-rated plan!

Continuing  Education:

  • Post-conference  complimentary webinar:

5 Star Ratings Tutorial: How You'll Avoid the  Mistakes Plans Made in 2011

Current Conference Composition (as of 1/26/11):
Conference Registration Prices:
Before 1/26/12After 1/26/12
Medicare/Medicare Advantage/Medicaid Health  Plans*, Physician Group, Hospital, Government EmployeesFREE$995
Behavioral Health, Vision Plans, Dental Plans, Radiology, Vascular Access, Rehabilitation Services, Diagnostic Laboratory Testing Services$995
Service Providers$1895
Register now for the Star Ratings Conference: Developing, Implementing & Executing Your 5-Star Health Plan/ Medicare Advantage Rating Strategy
Group Discounts:If you'd like to be invoiced, please submit your contact  details on the registration page and select "Please invoice me" at the bottom  of the page.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
If you are interested in sponsorship, exhibiting, or speaking opportunities, please call 212-532-9898 or email information@opalevents.org
Core Curriculum:
  • The New  Face of Medicare Medical Management: The Impact of Star Ratings on the Playing  Field
  • Star  Performers Panel Discussion
  • The Nuts  and Bolts of Star Ratings: What We Know Drives Your Score
  • Integrating  Health Plan Operations to Improve Star Ratings
  • Provider  and Member Engagement Strategies
  • Mistakes  Plans Made in 2011
  • Case  Studies
  • Uncover  Hidden On-Going Plan Activities That Could Impact Your Rating
  • Risk  Adjustment
  • Network  Profiling & Intervention Strategies
  • Provider Outreach: Bringing Medical Management, HCC and Stars All  Together
Who Will Attend:
This  practical business conference is designed for executives from national Medicare  Advantage health plans of every size, along with their network providers. The symposium will be of specific interest to:             
  • VPs of Operations
  • VPs of Finance
  • VPs of Provider  Relations
  • Directors of Medical Management Programs
  • Clinical Quality Directors
  • Directors of Quality Improve
  • and any other Stars Stakeholder in your plan.
Hotel Info:
Crowne Plaza Anaheim Resort
We are pleased to announce that the Opal room block   is open and we are accepting reservations. Please click on the ONLINE HOTEL RESERVATIONS link below to book your room. The hotel will not accept individual call-ins.
Onlne Hotel Reservations
  • Rooms are available only to those participants who are registered conference attendees.
  • Rooms will not be guaranteed without a credit card.
  • Rooms are allocated on a first come first serve basis. Room types/rates are subject to availability.
  • The name on the form will be the name of the guest room.
Gold Sponsors:
Altegra HealthHealth AdvocateLeprechaunMatrix Medical NetworkMedAssurantOptumPharm MD
Exhibitor Sponsors:
Record FlowCV infosyMedical Data ExchangeSenior Bridge
Media Sponsors:
Billing and CodingGoing to MeetMedical Billers and CodersMedcity MediaOne Med PlacePharm Cast PharmaPhorum
Current Attendees:

Director of IT, Access  Medical Group, Inc

Director Of Medicare,  Inland Empire Health Plan

Conference Day One: Monday, February 27, 2012
9:00 amOpal Events' Welcome
9:05 amChair's Welcome and Keynote Address:
9:50 amSpotlight Session:
10:50 amMid-Morning  Refreshment Break and Networking
11:20 amHealth Advocate Medicare Stars Platform: Driving  Member Engagement to Maximize Reimbursement

This talk will focus on Member engagement as the key  to improving a plan's Medicare Stars levels. Motivating Medicare members to  address their own health needs presents unique challenges and is not easy. Putting in place  complementing services like paying for transportation, arranging for home monitoring and testing, and  facilitating physician appointments builds success.

Speaker:

12:05 pmLuncheon
1:05 pmIntegrating Health Plan  Operations to Improve Star Ratings
  • IT  & data management tactics to impact ratings

Speaker:

1:50 pmMid-Afternoon  Refreshment Break and Networking
2:20 pmProvider and Member Engagement Spotlight
3:05 pmProvider and Member Engagement Strategies
3:55 pmPart D CAHPS Scores – The  Most Important Measures
  • How are part C and part D  scores interrelated?
  • How are part D CAHPS  scores and adherence scores related?
  • How do claims payment,  formulary design and UM programs interact to drive those scores?
  • What are the implications  for adherence?
  • Suggestions for  programmatic interventions
Speaker:
4:40 pmCase Study
5:25 pmDay One Adjourns;  Cocktail Reception Immediately to Follow
Conference Day 2: Tuesday, February 28, 2012
9:00 amChair's Day One Recap  and "How You'll Avoid  the Mistakes Plans Made in 2011" Keynote

Chair:

9:15 pmSpotlight Address:
10:00 amMid-Morning Refreshment Break; Hotel Check-Out
10:30 amThe Physician Group's Role in Star Ratings: Why  Should an IPA Care About Health Plan Ratings?
  • Is your physician compensation model set to facilitate physicians  performing on the measures and
11:15 amAligning and Integrating  Medicare Stars Activities with Risk Score Improvement

Speaker:

11:45 pmLuncheon
12:45 pmQuality Drives Health Care Reform: IHA  P4P and Medicare Star Initiatives as the Key for Cost Effective Quality Care  for ACOs and Managed Care
1:30pmDrive Your Health Plan to 5 Fast Via a  Star Card
  • Creating an integrated data driven  model for 5 stars
  • Using a Star Card as a tool for daily  management of star levels derived from members in order to achieve a 5-star  threshold
  • How to keep a score  cared for measuring the effectiveness of your health plan's initiatives

Speaker:

2:15 pmMid-Afternoon Refreshment & Networking Break
2:45 pmMVP Healthcare Case Study

Speaker:

3:30 pm

Star Ratings in Review: Symposium Key Take-Aways

4:00 pmSymposium Adjourns
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