During recent surveys concerning IDN Summit content we heard very strongly you wanted to hear more real-world success strategies on cost reduction without impacting patient satisfaction.

We’ve worked hard to develop a Financial Operations track to provide you with real-world success stories that assist you in developing a culture of savings within your health system.

 

We begin the afternoon with a discussion surrounding bundled payments by focusing on the Acute Demonstration Project from Baptist Health System in San Antonio, TX. Natalia Wilson, MD or Arizona State University will lead this discussion between Daniel Hurry, VP of Supply Chain and Gary Whittington, CFO Region Services of Baptist Health System. We believe you’ll come away with more knowledge of how hospitals and physicians can share a single payment per episode of care to deliver higher quality and more cost-efficient care.

In the second session on Tuesday, September 21st we get to hear from Bob Simpson, CEO of LeeSar concerning how four IDNs are working together to design a purchasing model to bring costs more effectively under control and add value to their systems. Amy Newman, Purchasing Director is one of those systems working with Bob to accomplish this mission and she’ll join him for this presentation. Managing Partner of Appleseed Consulting, Nick Toscano will moderate this discussion.

In the last session for the  Financial Operations track Dawn Cole, Assistant Vice President of Surgical Services, Medical Center of Central Georgia; Gregg Lauder, Senior Director, Capital Equipment, Banner Health System and Peggy Styer, Senior Director, Supply Chain Operations and Contract Management, Catholic Healthcare West will present on three distinct focus areas their systems have improved while cutting costs. David Hesson, CEO, Hesson Consulting will lead them through their presentations which will focus on capital equipment contracting, purchased service contracting and safe-patient-handling initiatives.

Our goal is to provide you with the critical education to assist you in leading through these turbulent times within healthcare. These real-world savings strategies, we believe, will assist you with this goal. If you have further questions about these tracks or the IDN Summit education program please contact Lisa Ponssa, Content Director (insert contact info), who can assist you in meeting your educational needs. Please also remember that all of our content is CE approved through Inquist. For more information please visit CE information page.