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SUMMARY:Webinar #1: The Case for Multifaceted Public Policy Intervention
DESCRIPTION:NEWSFLASH: HEALTH CARE MARKETS ARE BROKEN \nEveryone is tired of hearing about how broken our health care system is. We know: prices keep rising\, hospitals keep merging\, quality falters\, disparities widen. And over the next few years\, the outlook remains bleak. Experts predict that health care premiums will jump 5.6 percentage points over the previous year. \nIt’s become painfully apparent that well-meaning\, market-based interventions (price transparency\, consumer-driven health plans\, innovative care delivery models\, even provider payment reform) cannot exert enough pressure to right this capsized ship. At this level of dysfunction\, we need a more powerful force to referee the marketplace and level the playing field.  We need government intervention – specifically\, state government intervention. \n\nCPR’s white paper profiles five scenario-based policy menus\, designed to help state policymakers\, advocacy organizations and other stakeholders navigate through the multitude of policy intervention options and identify those best suited to meet their unique circumstances. \nDownload the FREE report here. \n\nThis Webinar\, the first of four\, lays out the case for combinations of state policy interventions designed to place downward pressure on commercial prices and rebalance market power. \nDownload the corresponding issue briefs here\, this session will cover Issue Brief #1. \nRegister today. \n\n \n 
URL:https://www.catalyze.org/event/the-case-for-multifaceted-public-policy-intervention/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Policy
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SUMMARY:The Catalyst Debates
DESCRIPTION:Will health care be more affordable in five years? \nJoin CPR as we gather health care luminaries to discuss the most critical challenges we face – affordability\, access\, equity\, adequate competition\, transparency\, quality and more. \nAs “catalyst” suggests\, these debates don’t tip toe around the edges of controversy in our health care system\, but engage in it directly so that we can make faster progress. Our debaters differ from each other in views\, backgrounds\, experiences and battle scars which together will enrich the discussion. Come and listen to those who speak truth to power\, who won’t rest until the health care system is responsive to the needs of those who use it. \nFeatured Catalyst Debaters: \n\nChristin Deacon\, Principal Owner\, VerSan Consulting\, LLC\nSuzanne Delbanco\, Executive Director\, Catalyst for Payment Reform\nDr. Mark Smith\, Clinical Professor of Medicine\, UCSF\nDr. Reed Tuckson\, Managing Director\, Tuckson Health Connections\, LLC\n\nThis event is sponsored by: \n \n \n  \n\n \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.catalyze.org/event/the-catalyst-debates/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Debate
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221206T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221206T153000
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SUMMARY:Q4 2022 CPR Member Strategy Meeting
DESCRIPTION:CPR Member Strategy Meetings offer CPR member organizations the opportunity to share and learn from one another and hear from other marketplace thought leaders.  During these sessions\, CPR members receive early access to CPR programming updates and the opportunity to offer perspective and shape CPR’s agenda. \nIf you are a CPR Member and do not have the meeting invites on your calendar\, please reach out to Ryan Olmstead\, Director of Member Services. \nContact us if you are interested in learning more about CPR Membership.\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.catalyze.org/event/strategy-session-2022-12-6/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221101T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221101T170000
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SUMMARY:Fostering Teen Mental Health
DESCRIPTION:It’s no secret that teens today are under a great deal of stress and experience high levels of anxiety due to the demands of school\, their jobs\, extracurriculars\, social life\, and a general uncertainty about their futures. Catalyst for Payment Reform\, in collaboration with Headspace Health\, is excited to invite you to join our webinar\, Fostering Teen Mental Health. \nSpeakers: \n\nDr. Dena Scott\, Adolescent Services Coordinator at Headspace Health\nCaitlin Morris\, Therapist at Headspace Health\nMichelle Martin\, Senior Vice President\, Total Rewards Experience at Paramount\n\nTopics include improving accessibility in youth mental health care\, successes and learnings from their programs\, and plans for the future.
URL:https://www.catalyze.org/event/fostering-teen-mental-health/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221011T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221011T153000
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SUMMARY:Turning the Tables on Big Health Care: Can New Entrants Re-Shape the Market?
DESCRIPTION:In the world of TPAs and other point solution vendors\, there are takers and shapers.  Takers accept the health care market dynamics as they are and try to squeeze out a few extra dollars of savings with another round of discount negotiation thumb-wrestling or perhaps a shiny new app.  Shapers\, on the other hand\, aren’t afraid to upend the status quo.  They intrepidly adopt disruptive network and benefit design strategies that elevate high-value providers; they insist on holding providers accountable through alternative payment models; they hand purchasers the steering wheel by enabling direct contracting.  Some of these vendors are TPAs\, but others aren’t in the business of paying claims: that’s why we call them market-shaping enterprises. \nWe hope you’ll join CPR and a star-studded roster of thought-leaders\, employers\, vendors and consultants\, as we explore the ways that health care purchasers can take back their market power and forge their own pathway toward superior quality\, affordability\, and care experience. \nSpeakers \n \n \n \n \n \nCPR is still accepting sponsors for this event! For more information on the costs and benefits of supporting CPR’s virtual summit\, please contact jmcgarry@catalyze.org
URL:https://www.catalyze.org/event/2022-mse-virtual-summit/
LOCATION:Zoom
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220922
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221005
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SUMMARY:Q3 2022 Health Plan User Groups
DESCRIPTION:Catalyst for Payment Reform’s Health Plan User Groups (HPUGs) offer a forum for a substantive and nutrient-rich two-way dialogue between CPR Members and Coalition Partner Members on a variety of current and high-priority topics. \nIn the Q3 HPUG meetings\, plans will share their strategies for improving health equity and reducing disparities in access\, treatment and outcomes. \nHealthy People 2020 defines a health disparity as\, “a particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social\, economic\, and/or environmental disadvantage.”  Trend data from 1999-2018 show a widening gap in the prevalence of chronic conditions between people of color and non-Hispanic white Americans.  Moreover\, while the full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic – not only in terms of disease burden\, but also in terms of its effect on health disparities – is unknown\, Kaiser Family Foundation research finds that “the pandemic has taken a disproportionate toll on the financial security and mental health and well-being of people of color\, low-income people\, LGBT people\, and other underserved groups.” \nThe opportunity to improve health equity relies on collaboration among health plans\, purchasers\, and the health care delivery system.  Addressing health disparities must begin with understanding the nature and scope of the problem.  Purchasers need data from their health plan partners to formulate strategies and adopt programs to improve health outcomes across their covered populations. \nMembers will gain insight into how health plans are currently measuring disparities as well as key findings related to the data. \nIf you are a CPR Member and do not have the meeting invites on your calendar\, please reach out to Ryan Olmstead\, director of member services. \nContact us if you are interested in learning more about CPR Membership.
URL:https://www.catalyze.org/event/2022-hpugs-q3/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220907
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220909
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SUMMARY:CPR’s 2022 Annual Member Strategy Meeting
DESCRIPTION:CPR’s Annual Member Strategy Meeting offers CPR members the opportunity to share and learn from one another and set CPR’s shared purchaser agenda for 2023.  In addition\, CPR members will hear from marketplace thought leaders through various panels and presentations during this two-day session. \nIf your organization is a CPR Member and you do not have the CPR Member Strategy Meeting invites on your calendar\, please reach out to Ryan Olmstead\, Director of Member Services. \nContact us if you are interested in learning more about CPR Membership.\n  \n 
URL:https://www.catalyze.org/event/strategy-session-2022/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220602T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220602T160000
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SUMMARY:2022 Aligned Sourcing Toolkit Webinar: The more we work together\, the more we'll achieve
DESCRIPTION:June 2nd | 12pm – 1pm PDT \nIt’s that time of year again\, and now more than ever employer-purchasers need to send a deliberate and direct message to the marketplace that they expect provider competition\, more price and quality transparency\, more reform in payment and care delivery\, more innovative benefit and network design\, more action in addressing health disparities\, and better collaboration. \n\n\nIt cannot be done alone. By sending a strategic and unified message\, employer-purchasers multiply their strength. \n\n\nThis session will orient you to this year’s updates – the 2022 Health Plan Request for Information Questionnaire (RFI)\, the Model Contract Language\, and the Renewal Questionnaire reflect learnings from the pandemic such as the need for new payment models that increase accountability while ensuring that PCPs have access to a predictable revenue stream.  New in 2022 is language that commits health plans to address issues of health equity and health disparities that have plagued health care for decades\, a focus on strategies to mitigate against record-high inflation\, and affirmative pledges of partnership to help self-insured purchasers prepare for new transparency guidelines. \n\n\nWant to be a part of the movement? Join us on June 2nd for a re-introduction to our Aligned Sourcing and Contracting Toolkit. \n\n \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.catalyze.org/event/2022-aligned-sourcing-toolkit-webinar/
LOCATION:WebEx
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220525T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220525T153000
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SUMMARY:Q2 2022 CPR Member Strategy Meeting
DESCRIPTION:CPR Member Strategy Meetings offer CPR member organizations the opportunity to share and learn from one another and hear from other marketplace thought leaders.  During these sessions\, CPR members receive early access to CPR programming updates and the opportunity to offer perspective and shape CPR’s agenda. \nIf you are a CPR Member and do not have the meeting invites on your calendar\, please reach out to Ryan Olmstead\, Director of Member Services. \nContact us if you are interested in learning more about CPR Membership.\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.catalyze.org/event/strategy-session-2022-5-25/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220517
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220602
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SUMMARY:Q2 2022 Health Plan User Groups
DESCRIPTION:Catalyst for Payment Reform’s Health Plan User Groups (HPUGs) offer a forum for a substantive and nutrient-rich two-way dialogue between CPR Members and Coalition Partner Members on a variety of current and high-priority topics. \nIn this the Spring of 2022\, plans will share how they measure the success of their High Performance Networks using a standardized tool and uniform set of metrics.   The HPN Reform Evaluation Framework (or HPN REF) measures performance in terms of the difference in total cost of care\, quality outcomes\, changes in utilization\, and member experience between an HPN and the health plan’s standard broad network.  The HPN REF provides a unique opportunity for purchasers to examine HPNs in a head-to-head comparison where CPR and its members\, not the health plans\, choose the measures of success. \nAs a member\, you gain insight into HPN network construction and inclusion criteria\, provider incentives\, network and benefit administration\, and network maturity and uptake. \nIf you are a CPR Member and do not have the meeting invites on your calendar\, please reach out to Ryan Olmstead\, director of member services. \nContact us if you are interested in learning more about CPR Membership.
URL:https://www.catalyze.org/event/2022-hpugs-q2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220414
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220501
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SUMMARY:Spring 2022 Webinar Series: Breaking Ground with Innovative Purchasers
DESCRIPTION:CPR is hosting a FREE webinar series featuring innovative health purchasers. \nSign up by clicking “Register” below! Each webinar will be recorded and distributed to all that RSVP\, regardless of whether you attend.\n \nApril 20\, 2022 | 1pm – 2pm PT \nJoin Jon Schloemer\, Cargill’s Senior Consultant\, Health and Welfare Plans / North America\, and Jeff Wells\, Marathon’s CEO and co-founder\, as they discuss the successful partnership in their near-site health center program. More than 12\,700 Cargill employees have access to incremental\, accessible\, and affordable healthcare — a reality thanks to these health centers across the country. By supplementing existing medical coverage with health centers for their employees\, Cargill and Marathon Health are providing these communities a more convenient way to seek preventive care and other health care services. \n 
URL:https://www.catalyze.org/event/spring-2022-webinar-series-breaking-ground-with-innovative-purchasers-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220330T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220330T140000
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SUMMARY:Health Care Data: How to Assess whether Your TPA and Vendor Partners will Play Nice in the Sandbox
DESCRIPTION:Employers and other health care purchasers: Have you struggled with obstacles and foot-dragging when you request data to serve your plan participant population?  Consultants\, Vendors and TPAs: are you tired of playing tug-o-war over accessing the data you need to serve your clients?  If so\, this webinar is for you. \nOver the past year\, CPR has researched the barriers purchasers and their business associates encounter when they request data from a health plan or other vendor.  We gathered information from a diverse group of stakeholders – employer-purchasers\, vendors\, consultants\, and even health plans to inform a 360° view of data stewardship between purchasers and their business associates.  This research culminated in the creation of a new suite of tools that purchasers can use to assess their TPA’s and other vendors’ willingness to “play nice” in the data sandbox.  In January\, we published these tools – Purchaser Tools for Breaking Barriers to Data Ownership\, Access\, & Use and hosted a virtual event – Data is the New Health Care Currency. Are Purchasers Getting Short-Changed. \nThis session will orient you to CPR’s TPA and Vendor Self-Assessment and RFI Questionnaire for Enhancing Data Stewardship and provide a timeline to conduct the assessment\, then memorialize the TPA’s and Vendor’s commitments using CPR’s Model Contract Language for Enhancing Data Stewardship. \nAttendees will leave with an understanding of CPR’s newest resource and a multi-month roadmap to break down common barriers to data ownership\, access\, and use. \n \nSPEAKERS\n \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.catalyze.org/event/enhancing-data-stewardship-webinar/
LOCATION:WebEx
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220127T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220127T150000
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SUMMARY:Data is the New Health Care Currency: Are Purchasers Getting Short-Changed?
DESCRIPTION:JANUARY 27\, 2022 @ 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST EASTERN\nHealth care data provide invaluable information to self-insured purchasers\, helping them engineer\, administer\, and refine their benefits purchasing strategy. Unfortunately\, purchasers experience challenges in accessing and using the data that they and their business associates require. As a result\, purchasers remain stymied in their efforts to actualize obligations as Plan fiduciary. \nOver the past two years\, Catalyst for Payment Reform gathered information from a diverse group of stakeholders – employer-purchasers\, vendors\, consultants\, and even health plans – to discuss the purposes and challenges of data stewardship. Pursuant to these findings\, CPR developed a toolkit that all purchasers can use to ensure access to the data elements necessary to enhance their health care purchasing strategy. \nDuring this Virtual Summit\, you’ll hear from sophisticated purchasers about how they use data to inform their strategy. Then\, CPR will team up with benefits consultants to unpack the obstacles purchasers face in data ownership\, access\, and use\, and potential solutions around the obstacles. Finally\, you’ll hear policy experts describe the benefits and limitations of the hospital and payer price transparency rules in resolving some data access issues. \nPurchasers and others will leave with an understanding of how some of the country’s most sophisticated purchasers use data\, the common barriers purchasers experience when accessing and using data\, and the impact of  the new transparency rules and the challenges that remain. \nAGENDA\n\n\nSPEAKERS\n\n\n  \nSPONSORS\nThank you to our sponsors for this event! \n  \n \n  \n \n \n \n \n  \n \n \n \n \n  \nTICKET SALES\nPlease purchase a ticket according to the appropriate tier below. Catalyst for Payment Reform will be monitoring both the ticket sales and Webex registrations to validate that tickets have been purchased at the appropriate tier based on your role and organization. \nThis Virtual Summit will be recorded and distributed to all ticket holders\, regardless of whether you attend.  After the event\, the recording will be available for purchase. \n\nWe’re committed to your privacy.  By registering for the Virtual Summit\, you agree to receive email from CPR staff\, including event updates and our newsletter\, CPR Weekly.  You may unsubscribe from the Weekly at any time. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.catalyze.org/event/data-is-the-new-health-care-currency-virtual-summit/
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211208T150000
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SUMMARY:Q4 2021 CPR Member Strategy Meeting
DESCRIPTION:CPR Member Strategy Meetings offer CPR member organizations the opportunity to share and learn from one another and hear from other marketplace thought leaders.  During these sessions\, CPR members receive early access to CPR programming updates and the opportunity to offer perspective and shape CPR’s agenda. \nIf your organization is a CPR Member and you do not have the CPR Member Strategy invites on your calendar\, please reach out to Ryan Olmstead\, Director of Member Services. \nContact us if you are interested in learning more about CPR Membership.\n  \n 
URL:https://www.catalyze.org/event/strategy-session-2021-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211116T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211116T170000
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SUMMARY:Health Policy Developments Impacting Employer-Purchasers with Suzanne Delbanco\, Catalyst for Payment Reform\, Katy Spangler\, Spangler Strategies and Tracy Watts\, Mercer
DESCRIPTION:  \nAfter a decade of pushing for greater transparency and payment reform in health care\, employers and other health care purchasers need to know how the latest federal policy developments impact these efforts.\nEmployers and other health care purchasers have pushed for over 10 years to have greater transparency into health care prices for themselves and their plan members.  This push has made it from the commercial sector to state legislatures and now to federal law.  But now that a federal law has passed\, will we ever see it fully implemented? \n  \nFew are fans of the practice of surprise billing other than providers who stand to enhance their revenue. A new federal law prevents surprise billing\, but will the arbitration process for paying out of network providers truly lower spending? \nWhat about payment policy for telehealth?  Many states now require by law that virtual visits be paid at the same rate as in person visits.  The federal government established payment parity as part of the Public Health Emergency. In some cases\, telehealth payment parity may make sense\, but in others\, it could simply serve as a permanent\, unnecessary increase in health care spending.  Will parity lead to a permanent cost hike? \nLooking ahead\, what will the Biden administration or the other branches of the federal government do about anticompetitive behavior by health care providers with strong market power? How can purchasers contract for health care services and advocate with lawmakers to ensure smart policies are in place? \nIn this webcast\, CPR’s executive director\, Suzanne Delbanco\, will describe how CPR and its members have helped to change health care using their influence in the market and how public policies have the potential to bring their efforts to the next level.  Then\, Katy Spangler of Spangler Strategies\, will update attendees on the latest developments in DC around price transparency and surprise billing.  Following Katy\, Tracy Watts\, Mercer\, will share federal updates on telehealth payment and efforts to stem anticompetitive behavior by health care providers.  We will leave time at the end for audience questions. \n \n  \n \n  \n 
URL:https://www.catalyze.org/event/health-policies-impacting-purchasers/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211103
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211119
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SUMMARY:Q4 2021 Pharmacy Benefit Manager User Groups
DESCRIPTION:CPR’s Members regularly meet with major pharmacy benefits managers\, allowing participants to align their expectations and PBMs an efficient means to deliver information to participating purchasers.  In this meeting series\, PBMs will present their latest progress using CPR’s progress report and present on a topic Member interest. \nIf you are a CPR Member and do not have the meeting invites on your calendar\, please reach out to Ryan Olmstead\, director of member services. \nContact us if you are interested in learning more about CPR Membership.
URL:https://www.catalyze.org/event/pbm-usergroup-q2-21/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210921
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211006
DTSTAMP:20260420T023547
CREATED:20210107T235643Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T095903Z
UID:17884-1632182400-1633478399@www.catalyze.org
SUMMARY:Q3 2021 Health Plan User Groups
DESCRIPTION:CPR’s Members and Coalition Partner Members regularly meet with major national and regional health plans\, allowing participants to align their expectations and plans an efficient means to deliver information to participating purchasers.  In this Series of meetings\, plans will share MSK program impact using one of CPR’s Reform Evaluation Frameworks and present on their MSK strategy. \nIf you are a CPR Member and do not have the meeting invites on your calendar\, please reach out to Ryan Olmstead\, director of member services. \nContact us if you are interested in learning more about CPR Membership.
URL:https://www.catalyze.org/event/2021-hpugs-q3/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210914
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210916
DTSTAMP:20260420T023547
CREATED:20210108T180037Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T100234Z
UID:17885-1631577600-1631750399@www.catalyze.org
SUMMARY:CPR’s 2021 Annual Member Strategy Meeting
DESCRIPTION:CPR’s Annual Member Strategy Meeting offers CPR members the opportunity to share and learn from one another and set CPR’s shared purchaser agenda for 2022.  In addition\, CPR members will hear from marketplace thought leaders through various panels and presentations during this two-day session. \nIf your organization is a CPR Member and you do not have the CPR Member Strategy Meeting invites on your calendar\, please reach out to Ryan Olmstead\, Director of Member Services. \nContact us if you are interested in learning more about CPR Membership.\n  \n 
URL:https://www.catalyze.org/event/strategy-session-2021-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210623T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210623T140000
DTSTAMP:20260420T023547
CREATED:20210528T221414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T100121Z
UID:17887-1624453200-1624456800@www.catalyze.org
SUMMARY:What’s Next?  Purchaser Priorities with CPR and Willis Towers Watson
DESCRIPTION:As the pandemic winds down in the U.S. with the availability of vaccines\, employers and other health care purchasers are looking critically at their health plans\, their benefits programs\, and where their members are getting care. \nWhat’s in store \nAttend this free webinar to learn how to address purchaser needs in payment reform\, care delivery transformation\, benefit & network design\, and reporting & evaluation. \n \nHear from two Willis Towers Watson experts – Jeff Levin-Scherz\, MD & Population Health Leader\, and Drew Hodgson\, Actuary & Health Care Delivery Leader – who will present alongside CPR’s Director of Member Services\, Ryan Olmstead. Together\, they’ll provide their perspectives on purchaser priorities for championing real and sustained improvements in health care quality and affordability. \nOur presenters will also provide an in-depth look at the topics covered by CPR’s 2021 Aligned Sourcing & Contracting Toolkit\, a downloadable toolkit that helps purchasers keep a pulse on their incumbent or prospective third-party administrators while simultaneously sending consistent demands to the health care marketplace. \n  \n \nAbout our guest speakers:\nDrew Hodgson\, FSA MAAA Drew is a Senior Director in the Health and Benefits practice of Willis Towers Watson’s Metro New York offices and serves as the National Health Care Delivery practice leader. Drew is also a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries. \nJeff Levin-Scherz\, MD MBA Jeff is the North American Population Health leader for Willis Towers Watson Health and Benefits. He has served in leadership roles in provider organizations and a health plan\, and is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Chan School of Public Health. \nWho should attend?\nThis 60-minute webinar is intended for benefit managers and other plan sponsor representatives\, no matter where they are in their plan year cycle. It is also relevant for regional business groups on health\, health insurance brokers\, consultants who advise on health benefits\, policymakers\, and any stakeholder who is interested in understanding purchaser health care priorities for 2022 and beyond.
URL:https://www.catalyze.org/event/purchaser-priorities-2021/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210526T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210526T150000
DTSTAMP:20260420T023547
CREATED:20210111T173152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T100331Z
UID:17889-1622035800-1622041200@www.catalyze.org
SUMMARY:Q2 2021 CPR Member Strategy Meeting
DESCRIPTION:CPR Member Strategy Meetings offer CPR member organizations the opportunity to share and learn from one another and hear from other marketplace thought leaders.  During these sessions\, CPR members receive early access to CPR programming updates and the opportunity to offer perspective and shape CPR’s agenda. \nIf you are a CPR Member and do not have the meeting invites on your calendar\, please reach out to Ryan Olmstead\, Director of Member Services. \nContact us if you are interested in learning more about CPR Membership.\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.catalyze.org/event/q2-2021-cpr-member-strategy-meeting/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210520
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210521
DTSTAMP:20260420T023547
CREATED:20210111T172718Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T100502Z
UID:17891-1621468800-1621555199@www.catalyze.org
SUMMARY:Aggregated Health Care Purchasing: Models for Success
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 20 from 1pm-3pm EDT/ 10am-12pm PDT\nFrustrated by the continued erosion of health care affordability\, some purchasers have taken matters into their own hands by pooling their volume of covered lives with other health care purchasers. There is a three decades-long history of purchasers banding together to aggregate their member volume to achieve better health care value in local markets. CPR spent the last 18 months researching and analyzing past and current efforts at aggregated purchasing: studying why they fall apart (most do) and unlocking the secrets of success for those that persevere. \nDuring the 2-hour virtual summit\, CPR will reveal which market factors are essential for purchasers to succeed at working together and enhancing their buying power to procure higher value health care.  Attendees will learn from past efforts and how purchasers can set themselves up for future success\, including working with progressive health care systems\, innovative alternative third-party administrators and other vendors. \nAgenda\nPart 1\n \nPart 2\n \nSponsors\nThank you to our event sponsor: \n \n  \nSHRM\nCPR is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP®. The live event qualifies for 2 PDCs. \n \n  \nTicket Sales\nPlease purchase a ticket according to the appropriate tier below. CPR will be monitoring both the ticket sales and Webex registrations to validate that tickets have been purchased at the appropriate tier based on your role and organization. \nPlease contact us for a bulk discount on orders of 5 or more tickets. \nThis Virtual Summit will be recorded and distributed to all ticket holders\, regardless of whether you attend. After the event\, the recording will be available for purchase. \n\nWe’re committed to your privacy.  By registering for the Virtual Summit\, you agree to receive email from CPR staff\, including event updates and our newsletter\, CPR Weekly.  You may unsubscribe from the Weekly at any time.
URL:https://www.catalyze.org/event/aggregating-volume/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210518
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210528
DTSTAMP:20260420T023547
CREATED:20210111T172607Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T100546Z
UID:17893-1621296000-1622159999@www.catalyze.org
SUMMARY:Q2 2021 Health Plan User Groups
DESCRIPTION:CPR’s Members and Coalition Partner Members regularly meet with major national and regional health plans\, allowing participants to monitor each health plan’s progress toward payment and delivery reform. The User Group meetings also offer the health plans an efficient means to deliver information to participating purchasers\, which include both current and prospective customers. In this series of meetings\, plans will present COVID-19’s impact on cost\, utilization\, and quality of care and discuss the pandemic’s impact on payment reform. \nIf your organization is a CPR Member and you do not have the meeting invites on your calendar\, please reach out to Ryan Olmstead\, Director of Member Services. \nContact us if you are interested in learning more about CPR Membership.
URL:https://www.catalyze.org/event/2021-health-plan-user-group-q2/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210429
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210430
DTSTAMP:20260420T023547
CREATED:20210111T172856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T100738Z
UID:17895-1619654400-1619740799@www.catalyze.org
SUMMARY:Anchoring to Medicare: Can Reference Pricing Turn the Rising Tide of Health Care Costs?
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, April 29 from 2pm-3:30pm EDT/ 11am-12:30pm PDT\nAccording to the Health Care Cost Institute\, approximately 75% of the increase in per-person spending in the U.S. is explained by growth in prices for health care services\, as opposed to increased utilization. Reference-based pricing presents a new opportunity for purchasers to attack health care cost inflation at its root. \nUnder a reference-based pricing (RBP) model\, a vendor sets a maximum price it will pay to providers for individual health care services\, which is usually expressed as a percentage of Medicare rates.  If a provider refuses to accept this price and/or bills the patient\, the RBP vendor will negotiate payment on the patient’s behalf.  Purchasers have historically been skeptical of RBP – why would providers accept lower rates from vendors than from health plans?  Is this just an invitation for a deluge of balance billing?  CPR dug deep into these issues to understand the risks\, rewards and feasibility of RBP models. We’re excited to share our findings with you! Plus\, our recent blog post outlines how the vendor-convened RBP model is distinct from the models pioneered by CalPERS and Montana. \nDuring this Virtual Summit\, CPR will provide an overview of reference-pricing: how/why it works\, how the model evolved\, and where it’s going next. You’ll hear experts discuss the risks\, rewards\, and regulatory implications of RBP. We will also host a panel of real-world purchasers who have implemented an RBP strategy\, who will talk about why they chose reference-based pricing\, how it’s impacted their health spending\, and lessons learned along the way. \n \n  \n\n\n \nSponsors\nThank you to our event sponsors: \n  \nSHRM\nCPR is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP®. The live event qualifies for 1.5 PDCs. \n \nTickets\nTicket sales for this event have ended. The recording will be available for purchase. \n  \n\nWe’re committed to your privacy.  By registering for the Virtual Summit\, you agree to receive email from CPR staff\, including event updates and our newsletter\, CPR Weekly.  You may unsubscribe from the Weekly at any time.
URL:https://www.catalyze.org/event/anchoring-to-medicare-can-reference-pricing-turn-the-rising-tide-of-health-care-costs/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210427
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210505
DTSTAMP:20260420T023547
CREATED:20210111T172845Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T100559Z
UID:17897-1619481600-1620172799@www.catalyze.org
SUMMARY:Q2 2021 Pharmacy Benefit Manager User Groups
DESCRIPTION:CPR’s Members regularly meet with major pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs)\, allowing participants to monitor each PBM’s progress toward transparency and other reforms. The User Group meetings also offer the PBMs an efficient means to deliver information to participating purchasers\, which include both current and prospective customers.  In this meeting series\, PBMs will present their latest progress using CPR’s PBM Progress Report and present on a topic that is of interest to CPR’s member organizations. \nIf your organization is a CPR Member and you do not have the meeting invites on your calendar\, please reach out to Ryan Olmstead\, Director of Member Services. \nContact us if you are interested in learning more about CPR Membership.
URL:https://www.catalyze.org/event/pbm-user-group-q2-2-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210421T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210421T150000
DTSTAMP:20260420T023547
CREATED:20210408T170527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T100911Z
UID:17898-1619013600-1619017200@www.catalyze.org
SUMMARY:The New Evidence Behind Direct-to-Employer Bundled Payments
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, April 21\, 2021 from 2:00-3:00 pm EDT / 11:00 am – 12:00 pm PDT\nWhy new Health Affairs study on bundled payments has purchasers talking  \nJoin CPR\, a panel of purchaser representatives\, and lead researcher\, Christopher Whaley of the RAND Corporation for a free\, 60-minute webinar exploring the first-ever independent evaluation of a direct-to-employer bundled payment program. \nFirst\, Ryan Olmstead will introduce CPR’s work on how the pairing of bundled payments with a Centers of Excellence benefit design can transform health care delivery and the importance and qualities of a strong independent evaluation. \nThen\, Christopher Whaley of the RAND Corporation will provide an inside look at his recently published study on Carrum Health’s prospective bundled payment program for self-insured purchasers. The research found that\, after implementation of the program\, episode prices for three selected surgical procedures declined by $4\,229\, a 10.7% relative reduction. Employers captured approximately 85% of the savings\, or $3\,582 per episode (a 9.5% relative decrease)\, and patient cost-sharing payments decreased by $498 per episode (a 27.7% relative decrease). The study analyzed the following surgical procedures: \n\n\n\n\nspinal fusion (DRG 455)\,\nmajor joint replacement (DRG 470)\, and\nbariatric surgery (DRG 621).\n\n\n\n\nFinally\, a panel of employer-purchaser representatives\, including Sidney DiDomenico of PRISM\, Jon Camire of Equity Healthcare\, and Wendy Smith of Aon\, will react to the study findings and share the opportunities and obstacles they see around increasing the use of bundled payment for self-insured employer-purchasers. Scroll down to learn more about our guest speakers. \n \n  \nRSVP to register for the event and to receive the recording. \n \n  \n\nWe’re committed to your privacy.  By registering for the Webinar\, you agree to receive email from CPR staff\, including event updates and our newsletter\, CPR Weekly.  You may unsubscribe from the Weekly at any time. \n\nLearn more about our guest speakers:\nChristopher Whaley is a Policy Researcher at the RAND Corporation and Professor at the RAND Pardee Graduate School. Christopher’s research focuses on health care price transparency and market structure and has been published in Health Affairs\, JAMA\, the Journal of Health Economics\, and the New England Journal of Medicine. Christopher is well-known for his leadership in the RAND Hospital Price Transparency Study. \nSidney DiDomenico is the Director of Employee Benefits for Public Risk Innovation Solutions and Management (PRISM) with current administrative oversight of the second largest Public Agency Healthcare purchasing pool in California. As a 30+ year Healthcare industry professional\, Sidney specializes in JPA Administration\, self-funded plans\, strategic planning and business analytics. Sidney is a strong advocate of cost-containment initiatives that assist employers and plan participants in self-directed access to care. \nJon Camire\, FSA\, MAAA\, is the Chief Financial and Analytics Officer if Equity Healthcare and a Principal at Blackstone. Equity Healthcare (EH) is the healthcare management division within Blackstone Portfolio Operations. Jon Camire is responsible for financial evaluation\, benchmarking\, and modeling of health plan performance optimization for existing and potential EH Member Companies including benefit design alternatives\, clinical programming\, and innovation partner opportunities. Prior to joining Equity Healthcare\, Jon served as Vice President of Financial Modeling with Unum\, spearheading the modernization of the actuarial and financial management capabilities across the enterprise. \nWendy M. Smith is the National Leader of Delivery System Transformation and a Senior Vice President for Aon Health & Benefits. In this role\, Wendy works with Aon’s largest self-insured national accounts in assisting them in their journey to value-based care focusing on “the how’ to deliver on the promise of improved quality\, lower cost of care\, efficiency and satisfaction for employer sponsored plans. Wendy’s career spans over 30 years in healthcare.  Her responsibilities as CEO of carrier health plans in the Commercial\, Medicaid and Medicare Advantage/Dual Eligible space including provider contracting\, operations\, compliance\, finance\, sales and clinical management.  She also served as CEO for a health delivery system (Seton Health Plan) which included the Employee Population of 15\,000 lives\, the creation of two joint ventures with Carriers-one a central Texas commercial offering and the second a Managed Medicaid Joint Venture with Amerigroup. \n 
URL:https://www.catalyze.org/event/bundled-payment-evidence/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210317
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210402
DTSTAMP:20260420T023547
CREATED:20210111T172748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T100935Z
UID:17900-1615939200-1617321599@www.catalyze.org
SUMMARY:Webinar Series: Innovative Purchasers and Their Health Care Purchasing Strategies
DESCRIPTION:  \nThis spring\, CPR is hosting a FREE webinar series featuring innovative health care employer-purchasers and their strategies. The series will provide a platform for CPR’s diverse audience of benefit managers\, health plans\, providers\, consultants\, and other stakeholders to hear the stories of purchasers using their unique ability to push for big changes to the health care system. Attend the series to learn best practices directly from benefit managers and other purchaser leaders. \nSponsorship opportunities are available. Sponsors will gain visibility before\, during\, and after the series. If you are interested\, contact us. \nInterested in sharing your or your client’s story?  Email connect@catalyze.org if you’d like to share with CPR’s audience on April 7th\, 2021. \n  \n \n \n  \n\nThank you to our first speaker in the series\, Hesham Sheikh\, Director of Benefits at Sargento Foods Inc.! Check out the recording here.\n\n\nThank you to our speakers for the second webinar\, David Hines\, Executive Director of Employee Benefits at MNPS\, and C.J. Stimson\, M.D. J.D. Senior Vice President of Value Transformation at Vanderbilt University Medical Center! Check out the recording here.\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n\n\n\nWe’re committed to your privacy.  By registering for the Innovative Purchaser Series\, you agree to receive email from CPR staff\, including event updates and our newsletter\, CPR Weekly.  You may unsubscribe from the Weekly at any time.
URL:https://www.catalyze.org/event/2021-innovative-purchasers/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210305
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210318
DTSTAMP:20260420T023547
CREATED:20200904T213407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T101637Z
UID:17902-1614902400-1616025599@www.catalyze.org
SUMMARY:Q1 2021 Health Plan User Groups
DESCRIPTION:CPR’s Members and Coalition Partner Members regularly meet with major national and regional health plans\, allowing participants to align monitor each health plan’s progress toward payment and delivery reform. These “User Group” meetings also offer the health plans an efficient means to deliver information to participating purchasers\, which include both current and prospective customers. In this series of meetings\, plans will present their latest progress using CPR’s Health Plan Progress Report and present on a topic of the plan’s choice. \nIf you are a CPR Member and do not have the meeting invites on your calendar\, please reach out to Ryan Olmstead\, Director of Member Services. \nContact us if you are interested in learning more about CPR Membership.
URL:https://www.catalyze.org/event/2021-health-plan-user-group-q1/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210225T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210225T150000
DTSTAMP:20260420T023547
CREATED:20191112T054153Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T101020Z
UID:17906-1614258000-1614265200@www.catalyze.org
SUMMARY:The Aftermath of COVID-19: Experts Plot the Path Forward for Payment Reform
DESCRIPTION:Watch the recording for the third installment of CPR’s COVID-19 Virtual Summit series: The Aftermath of COVID-19: Experts plot the path forward for payment reform. \nIn May of 2020\, CPR launched our first exploration of COVID-19’s impact on the health care ecosystem\, focusing on emerging trends in health care costs and spend\, with analysis of how purchasers could adapt their procurement strategy.  Our second installment in August brought health care strategists and executives from the delivery system and commercial health insurance to the table to analyze how the health care delivery system has responded to COVID-19\, and the downstream implications for patient access\, care quality\, and health equity. \nIn this third chapter\, CPR is bringing together voices of private sector executives\, health care economists\, and leaders at the forefront of the payment reform movement\, to forecast the future of alternative payment models in Medicare and the private sector\, and the implications for health care purchasers. \nThe Virtual Summit occurred on Thursday\, February 25\, from 1:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern time. \nAGENDA\n\n\n\nWelcome \nSuzanne Delbanco\, Catalyst for Payment Reform\n\n\nPanel #1: What is the road ahead for payment reform in Medicare? \n\nHow has the payment reform movement evolved and grown since its inception?\nHow has the pandemic impacted Medicare/CMMI’s payment reform roadmap?\nDoes the Biden Administration have an agenda for payment reform?\n\nExperts: \n \nModerated by Suzanne Delbanco\n\n\nPanel #2: Can the infrastructure of delivery reforms weather the pandemic? \n\nWhat was the momentum of ACOs and PCMHs before the pandemic?\nWhat will happen to the push toward contracts with downside risk?\nDid alternative payments help sustain providers through the pandemic?\n\nExperts: \n \nModerated by Hoangmai Pham\n\n\nPanel #3: Will the private sector forge its own path? \n\nWill the private sector look to Medicare’s lead?  Where will it part ways?\nHow did the pandemic change the focus and strategy of commercial health plans and commercial purchasers with respect to alternative payment models?\n\nExperts: \n \nModerated by Andrea Caballero\n\n\n\nSponsors\nThank you to our current sponsors: \n \nSHRM\nCPR is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP®. The live event qualified for 2 PDCs. \n \nTickets\nTicket sales have ended; the recording is available for purchase. \np\n\nWe’re committed to your privacy.  By registering for the Virtual Summit\, you agree to receive email from CPR staff\, including event updates and our newsletter\, CPR Weekly.  You may unsubscribe from the Weekly at any time.
URL:https://www.catalyze.org/event/covid-19-payment-reform/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201022
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201113
DTSTAMP:20260420T023547
CREATED:20200925T163336Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240220T101545Z
UID:17910-1603324800-1605225599@www.catalyze.org
SUMMARY:Fall 2020 Webinar Series: Timely Topics with Innovative Purchasers
DESCRIPTION:CPR is hosting a FREE webinar series featuring innovative health purchasers and their strategies focused on bundled payment\, health care disparities\, and mental health. \nRegister by clicking “RSVP” below!  Each webinar will be recorded and distributed to all that RSVP\, regardless of whether you attend. \nCheck out CPR’s Webinar Library for the recordings of the webinars in the Series. \n  \n \nThis event occurred on 10/22/2020. \n \nThis event occurred on 10/29/2020. \n \nThis event occurred on 11/5/2020. \n \nThis event occurred on 11/12/2020. \n  \n\nWe’re committed to your privacy.  By registering for the webinars\, you agree to receive email from CPR staff\, including event updates and our newsletter\, CPR Weekly.  You may unsubscribe from the Weekly at any time.
URL:https://www.catalyze.org/event/2020-fall-webinar-series/
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