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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
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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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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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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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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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