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“There was a good balance of ’outside’ as well as Southwind speakers, topics and opinions. This was a very good experience and an excellent venue.”
Chief Executive Officer,
400-bed hospital.
“The Institute presented relevant subjects, provided good networking and had a nice variety of speakers.”
Chief Financial Officer,
southeastern. U.S. multi-hospital system.
[Identifying information withheld to protect confidentiality of attendees.]
Program: Thursday, November 6, 2008
Details are subject to change at Southwind’s discretion
10:00 – 11:30
Executive Roundtables for guests arriving early
- Physician Compensation and Productivity
- Physician Recruitment Policies
- Physician and Executive Dashboards
- Practice Acquisitions
- Information Technology
11:45 – 12:30 p.m.
Opening Luncheon
12:25 – 12:30 p.m.
Welcome
John Deane; CEO, Southwind Health Partners
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Opening Keynote Address
The Emerging Physician-Hospital Relationship
Speaker: Nathan S. Kaufmann, Managing Director & Founder, Kaufmann Strategic Advisors
Drawing on strategic, governance and operational experience with many major U.S. healthcare systems, Nate Kaufmann describes a changing relationship among physicians and hospitals. Healthcare reform, new economic realities, and legal and regulatory trends are helping shape and alter traditional provider relationships. In this session, you will learn how these new relationships and expectations will affect U.S. healthcare systems in the coming years.
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Pillars of an Optimal Physician Enterprise
Speaker: John Deane; CEO, Southwind Health Partners
Adhering to sound financial and operational principles in the employed physician practice is one of the most difficult challenges facing health system executives. But doing so is essential to creating a sustainable employed physician enterprise. In this session John Deane, Southwind CEO will discuss proven financial and operational principles and provide useful examples and tactics for those difficult hospital/physician financial “conversations”.
2:30 – 2:45 p.m.
Break
2:45 – 3:30 p.m.
WANTED – High Performing Management Teams
Speakers: Sue Cejka, Managing Partner, Grant Cooper & Associates
Dick Wright, Senior Partner, Southwind Health Partners
Developing a well functioning health system sponsored physician enterprise depends heavily upon recruiting the right talent. This session, led by two national experts in identifying strong management talent, will explore the key administrative and physician leadership roles required to operate a successful physician enterprise. Key topics will include: being “bi-lingual” in hospital and physician cultures; hospital vs. physician management skills; experience in physician-focused revenue cycle management and information systems; and understanding a physician compensation plans’ impact on economic behavior and enterprise financial success.
3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Driving Quality Through Information Technology – Current Experience and Future Direction
Speaker: George Langdon, G.E. Healthcare
New levels of payor and patient accountability are driving quality initiatives in the U.S. today and having a profound effect on how hospitals and physicians relate to each other. The technology requirements for this new era of accountability can be daunting. George Langdon will discuss GE Healthcare's real life experiences with measuring and driving quality initiatives through the effective use of electronic medical record and physician practice management systems. Included in this vital discussion will be current success stories, the impact of technology on pay-for-performance programs, and a look to the future.
4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Case Study: Cardiology Practice Integration
Speakers: Michele Molden, President and CEO, Piedmont Heart Institute, Atlanta, GA
Dr. William Knopf, Chief Operating Officer, Piedmont Heart Institute, Atlanta, GA
John Deane, CEO, Southwind Health Partners
Reimbursement and regulatory pressures on cardiology practices have resulted in several high profile mergers and acquisitions of cardiology practices. Ms. Molden and Dr. Knopf have been leaders in the creation of the Piedmont Heart Institute in Atlanta, Georgia and will share their experiences which include the coming together of three premiere cardiology group practices into an organization encompassing seventy-five physicians and mid-level providers.
5:30 p.m.
First Day Wrap Up, Announcements
6:00 -7:00 p.m.
Cocktail Reception
Harp Music by Betty-Ashton Andrews
7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Dinner
8:00 – 9:30 p.m.
Evening Entertainment:
A Nashville Experience: Singer-Songwriters in the Round
Famed Nashville Singer-Songwriters Greg Trooper, Bill Lloyd and Don Henry
Friday, November 7, 2008
7:00 – 7:30 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
7:30 – 8:15 a.m.
Breakfast Discussion:
Valuation Issues in Physician Employment Transactions
Speakers: Manfred Steiner, Wellspring Valuation, LTD
Anthony D’Eredita, Southwind Health Partners
The acquisition of physician practices poses many challenges for the health system executive who is faced with medical staff members’ interest or need to become employed. Manfred Steiner of Wellspring Valuations, LTD and Anthony D’Eredita, Southwind Senior Vice President will discuss effective transaction processes and ways to successfully bridge the gap that often exists in a physician transaction between financial expectations and realities.
8:15 – 9:00 a.m.
Medical Staff Planning Meets New Alignment Imperatives
Speakers: Randy Gott, Southwind Health Partners
Brian McCartie, Cejka Search
As the need for sustainable employed physician enterprises grows, hospitals and health systems are taking a new look at their traditional physician needs planning tools and processes. Significant investment in physician integration requires solid planning processes. As hospital employment of physicians increases, the financial stakes grow even higher. In this session, Brian McCartie from Cejka Search Randy Gott, Southwind Senior Vice President will explore the new imperatives for thoughtful and thorough medical staff planning in light of the growth of employed physician practices and other integration imperatives.
9:00 – 9:15 a.m.
Break
9:15 – 10:00 p.m.
Legal Issues and Trends in Hospital-Physician Alignment
Speakers: Craig Holden; President & COO, Ober Kaler
Anthony D’Eredita; Senior Vice President, Southwind Health Partners
Legal and regulatory requirements present constantly shifting
challenges to the health system sponsored physician enterprise.
Trends toward limiting the viability of certain physician/hospital
arrangements are increasing the need for sustainable physician
employment arrangements. This informative session will be led by
Craig Holden, President and Chief Operating Officer at Ober Kaler
in Baltimore, MD and a former trial attorney in the Inspector
General’s Division, Office of the General Counsel, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services. Craig and Anthony
D’Eredita an attorney and Southwind Senior Vice President will
explore current issues and trends that define the legal and
regulatory scope of physician alignment.
10:00 – 11:45 a.m.
Health System Executive Panel Discussion:
Physician Leader and Professional Administrator: Partnerships for Successful Integration
Moderator: Dick Wright, Southwind Health Partners
Panelists:
Pro Medica Health System; Toledo, OH
Dr. Lee Hammerling, CMO ProMedica Health System and President of ProMedica Physician Group
Dr. David James, Vice President Medical Affairs, ProMedica Physician Group
Carilion Clinic; Roanoke, VA
Dr. Howard Graman, Medical Director, Carilion Medical Group,
A Division of Carilion Clinic
Hugh Thornhill, Vice President for Practice Integration,
Carilion Clinic
12:00 noon
Luncheon
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Luncheon Keynote Address:
Transforming Healthcare Delivery: Optimizing the Power of an Integrated Delivery System
Speaker: Craig E. Samitt, MD, MBA
President & Chief Executive Officer
Dean Health System, Madison, Wisconsin
1:30 p.m.
Closing Comments
John Deane, CEO; Southwind Health Partners
2:00 p.m.