2022 Healthcare Bundle Payments Summit
September 19-20, 2022 * Chicago Marriott Downtown * Chicago, IL
2022 Healthcare Bundle Payments Summit
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About the Conference:
In an effort to improve healthcare quality and outcomes for both patients and healthcare professionals alike, we are seeing a dynamic shift to Value Based Healthcare. As we transition from a traditional reactive model of healthcare, which strongly encompasses a fee -for-service approach, we are seeing a rise in the adoption of Bundled Payments in this healthcare model. As one form of an alternative payment model, this approach uses comprehensive payment systems to cover the cost of one solitary episode of patient care. This approach aims to create better efficiency and productivity in the overall management of patients.
Business Research Intelligence Network’s Bundled Payments Summit will have substantial and relevant dialogue surrounding healthcare’s adoption of Bundled Payment models. With topics led by industry thought-leaders, who are familiar and equipped to provide insight on the outlook of these models, attendees will have the opportunity to learn about practices and procedures that have been implemented to position yourself as a leader in this space. This summit will pro- vide you with the tools necessary to ensure success when preparing or considering a pivot to bundle payment options and enhancing care. This event will be in-person, and COVID-19 pre- cautions will be enforced. We hope you will be able to join us!
Who Should Attend?
From Health Plans/Hospitals/Health Systems
- Medical Directors
- CFO’s/CEO’s
- Care Coordination
- Nursing Officers
- Case Managers
- Population Health
- Medical Informatics
- Accountable Care
- Revenue Cycle
- Auditing
- Reimbursement
- Contracting
- Claims Management
- Analytics
- Member Services
- Public Relations
- Marketing Officers
- Wellness
- Compliance
- Quality
- Innovation
- Managed Care
- Operations
- Finance
- Regulatory Affairs
- Hospital Finance
Also of interest to Vendors/Solution Providers/Consultants
Conference Agenda
Day One - Monday, September 19, 2022
7:15am - 8:00am
Conference Registration
8:00am - 8:15am
Opening Remarks
8:15am - 9:00am
Bundled Payments: Promises and Pitfalls
As Bundled Payment options become more commonplace, we are becoming increasingly aware of the many advantages of this model. While there are many positives, during this session, we will investigate the uncertainty that you may come across in this model including, what should be encompassed in the Bundled Payment options, and how to manage the pivot towards this model.
Bhawna Jha, MD, MRCP
Medical Director of BPCI
University Hospital of AR Intervention- al Pain Physician
9:00am - 9:45am
Triumphs in Bundled Payment Models
As more healthcare facilities make the transition to Bundled Payment Models, during this session we will explore the success that healthcare facilities can experience within this model including improved patient care, successful patient outcomes, and increased revenue.
MaCalus V. Hogan
Professor in the Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Bioengineering
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
9:45am - 10:15am
Networking Break
10:15am - 11:00am
Creating Bundled Payment Teams and Governance
Creating a career team to oversee and manage qualified patients is imperative to the success of Bundled Payment Plans. This session explores the need for multidisciplinary stakeholders in a Bundled Care Model, and how each role is essential for the overall success of this initiative. We will learn the importance of coordinators, technicians, physicians, and others in the Bundled Payment Model.
11:00am - 11:45am
Obtaining Physician Buy-In in a Bundled Payment Model
When shifting to a Bundled Payment Model, there is a variety of considerations including physician alignment with the model. This presentation will explore how to ensure you financially align physicians and your healthcare facility’s goals. We will review potential risks, gainsharing agreements, physical collaboration, and navigating whether or not this alignment is right for your facility.
11:45am - 12:30pm
Bundled Payment Models: Pilot to Implementation
How can pilot programs evolve into permanent solutions and lead to implementation? In this presentation, we will investigate how some experimental strategies with Bundled Payment initiatives evolved into full-time solutions. We will investigate what made these pilots successful and how they have been implemented as permanent strategies and solutions.
Kristen Heath
Vice President, Population Health
St. Joseph’s Health
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm - 2:15pm
Patient Participation in a Bundled Payment Model
Ensuring patient participation in a Bundled Payment Model is imperative to ensuring overall health outcomes are positive. This discussion will investigate how positive Bundled Payment options and communication is indicative of patient involvement and ways in which providers can encourage participation with patients.
Shemeka Hamlin-Palmer, Ph.D., MPH
University of Memphis
2:15pm - 3:00pm
Pathway to Align Episode-based payment models within Population Health
When designing a roadmap for Bundled Payment Models, what are key elements that should be accounted for? During this session, we will discuss how payment methodology, care definition, risk sharing, and adjustment and quality outcomes all must be considered when proposing and instituting this model.
DaNita Weddle, DHA, PMP
Director, APM Operations
Trinity Health
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Networking
3:30pm - 4:30pm
PANEL DISCUSSION: Bundled Payments: The Importance of Data for Episodic Care
Bundled Payment Models rely on timely and relevant data to make informed and precise
decisions when it comes to care practices. This data is integral to Bundled Payment models in order to evaluate procedures and processes that are adequate and appropriate for the patient. This panel will discuss the importance of facilities having accurate and informed data to make empirical evidence-based decisions and to ensure standard procedures are an overall benefit to the facility.
Christine Ahn
Director of Value Based Care
UCLA Health
Grecia Marrufo
Managing Director
Avalere Health
Jorge Santibanez
Senior Vice President
Alteon Health
4:30pm - 5:15pm
Considerations for Implementing a Bundle Payment Model
Bundle Payment Models have proven to be a successful model for many facilities, by
implementing initial strategies for pivoting to this model can cause difficulties. This presentation will explore important considerations when shifting to this model including existing and potential provider and facility partnerships, billing re-structures, and risk protections models.
John Thomas
Director, Population Health Telemedicine and Care Innovation
Children’s Hospital of Colorado
Day Two – Tuesday, September 20, 2022
7:15am
Morning Breakfast
8:00am - 8:10am
Recap of Day One
8:10am - 8:50am
Building a Bundled Payment Model
Basic Bundled Payment Models include retrospective and prospective modeled payments. When choosing a Bundled Payment Model, providers and payers should account for which method would be most beneficial to them when contracting and building this model. How can factors such as budget reconciliation, regulatory hurdles, and predictive treatments influence decisions on Bundled Payment Models?
Scott Sanders, MSHCA
Director of Contracting and Provider Relations
Friday Health
8:50am - 9:30am
Conveners and Bundled-Payment Alliance
This presentation will review the benefit of having conveners to encourage participation in voluntary bundled payment models. This workshop will analyze how providers can share associated risk when shifting to this model, how expertise can be leveraged, and how services can be assessed and managed within this partnership.
Kristen Barlow, VP
Provider Partnerships & Contracting
Carrum Health
9:30am - 9:55am
Networking Break
9:55am - 10:35am
Managed Care Bundled Payments: Trials and Tribulations
Government bundled payments have been in place for over a decade. With a few exceptions, insurance companies and corporations are only recently entering this arena. A very small percent of hospitals have managed care or direct-to-employer bundled plans in place. This presentation will focus on what managed care insurance companies and employers are seeking when approaching or being approached by a health care provider to consider bundled payment arrangements. Bill will discuss the value equation, contract elements, true cost calculations, price negotiations, steerage, and navigation, as well as billing and collection challenges within traditional hospital settings. You will learn:
- What makes you attractive to insurance and private employers for bundled payments
- How to negotiate these contract elements
- How to calculate true cost and true contribution margins
- The pitfalls of fitting this square peg into the round hole for billing and collection purposes
William Munley
Administrator
Shriners Hospitals for Children® – Greenville
10:35am - 11:15am
TennCare’s Approach to Episodes of Care
States have a unique opportunity to leverage managed care organizations (MCO) to accelerate wide-scale adoption of value-based payment at the provider level. This session will examine the partnership between TennCare and its managed care organizations (MCOs) to advance Tennessee’s Delivery System Transformation goals, with a case study on how the state implemented its value-based Episodes of Care program, which utilizes a retrospective bundled payment model. The session will cover practical approaches for promoting collaborative value-based payment goals, along with lessons learned and best practices for working together with MCO partners.
Beth DeWeese
Provider Engagement Lead
TennCare
11:15am - 11:55am
How Bundle Payments Aid Vulnerable Populations
This session explores how Bundle Payment options can aid vulnerable populations, who otherwise, would be at risk of paying high fees for ongoing care. How can comprehensive payments for a sole episode of care benefit populations such as those with chronic illness, hospice patients, and those with ongoing disabilities.
11:55am - 12:40pm
Strategies for Evolving Bundled Payments
Bundled Payment Models have become more common and we have seen many advancements within these models. What predictive trends are we seeing in these models for the future, and what developments can we expect? During this session we will discuss what we can expect to see as these models take precedence and how providers and payers alike can benefit.
12:40pm
Conference Concludes
Workshop - Tuesday, September 20, 2022
12:40pm - 2:40pm
Workshop Session: Importance of Post-Acute Care Spending in a Bundled Payment Model
Bundled Payment Models focus on a more holistic approach to health care services, encompassing various comprehensive services as one treatment. Oftentimes, when pivoting to this model, post-acute care is often overlooked. This workshop will explicate how, we will discuss the importance of ensuring post actor care spending is allocated into your Bundled Payment Model, and how this approach can improve costs, quality, and outcomes.
Dr. Anthony Sorkin
President
Curve2Consulting, LLC
Featured Speakers

Christine Ahn
Director of Value Based Care
UCLA Health

John Thomas
Director, Population Health Telemedicine and Care Innovation
Children’s Hospital of Colorado

Scott Sanders, MSHCA
Director of Contracting and Provider Relations
Friday Health

Brittany L Cunningham, MSN, RN, CSSBB
Senior Director, Episodes of Care, Population Health
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Kristen Heath
Vice President, Population Health
St. Joseph’s Health

DaNita Weddle, DHA, PMP
Director, APM Operations
Trinity Health

Shemeka Hamlin-Palmer, Ph.D., MPH
Clinical Assitant Professor
University of Memphis

William Munley
Administrator
Shriners Hospitals for Children® – Greenville

Johnny Lai
Episodes Strategy Manager
TennCare

Bhawna Jha, MD
MRCP, Medical Director of BPCI
University hospital of AR Intervention- al Pain Physician

MaCalus V. Hogan
Professor in the Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering
University of Pittburgh School of Medicine

Nisha Pasupuleti
System Director
Enterprise Population Health

Dr. Anthony Sorkin
President
Curve2Consulting, LLC

Grecia Marrufo
Managing Director
Avalere Health

Jorge Santibanez
Senior Vice President
Alteon Health

Kristen Barlow, VP
Provider Partnerships & Contracting
Carrum Health

Beth DeWeese
Provider Engagement Lead
TennCare
Venue
Marriott Chicago Downtown
540 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
312-836-0100
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FAQ
Are there group discounts available?
- Yes – Register a group of 3 or more at the same time and receive an additional 10% off the registration fee
Are there discounts for Non-Profit/Government Organizations?
- Yes – please call us at 800-743-8490 for special pricing
What is the cancellation policy?
- Cancellations received 4 weeks prior to the event will receive a refund minus the administration fee of $225. Cancellation received less than 4 weeks prior to the event will receive a credit to a future event valid for one year.
Can the registration be transferred to a colleague?
- Yes – please email us in writing at info@brinetwork.com with the colleague’s name and title
Where can I find information on the venue/accommodations?
- Along with your registration receipt you will receive information on how to make your hotel reservations. You can also visit individual event page for specific hotel information. The conference fee does not include the cost of accommodations.
What is the suggested dress code?
- Business casual. Meeting rooms can sometimes be cold so we recommend a sweater or light jacket