MMA 155th Annual Session

Agenda

Thursday, September 4

Maine Medical Association & Maine Hospital Association Quality Symposium

Co-sponsor: Maine Quality Forum

8:00 am

Registration and Breakfast
8:15

Welcome and Introductions David McDermott MD, MPH, Chair, MMA Physician Quality Committee

8:30

Plenary Session: The Paradox of Plenty - Challenging the Assumption That More is Better
Moderator: D. Joshua Cutler, MD, Director, Maine Quality Forum
Eliott Fisher MD, MPH - Director, Center for Health Policy Research, Dartmouth Medical School

Using data from the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, a compendium of national and regional information on the performance of the U.S. health care system, Dr. Fisher will examine often-held assumptions that more care is better, and that more resources are needed to improve our healthcare system. This data-driven approach will challenge attendees to examine these assumptions to better identify what is needed to drive improvements in care in Maine.
9:15

Q&A
9:30

Best Practices Workshop 1

  1. Physician - Hospital Relationships: New Partnerships to Achieve a Shared Vision Eliot Fisher, MD, MPH
  2. Coding for Quality Jana Purrell, CPC-I, CPC-EM
  3. Update on the Patient-centered Medical Home Initiative in Maine
    Lisa Letourneau, MD, MPH
10:30

Break
11:00

Plenary Session: It Takes a Community – A Model for Shared Accountability & Rewards
Eliott Fisher MD, MPH - Director, Center for Health Policy Research, Dartmouth Medical School

Dr. Fisher will discuss approaches to improving the cost and quality of care through delivery system reform, focusing on three broad areas - fostering the development of integrated delivery systems around existing local care systems; refocusing performance measurement on longitudinal costs and health outcomes; and approaches to physician and institutional provider payment reform that include shared savings models. He will present examples of regional data that show how this model can be used locally to measure and report quality, outcomes, and cost.
11:45

Q&A
12:00 pm

Lunch: Future of Quality Improvement & Variation Analysis in Maine
Robert Keller, MD, Chairman, Maine Quality Forum Advisory Council
1:30

Best Practices Workshop 2

  1. Shared Savings Model #1: NSQIP Larry Hopperstead, MD
  2. Measuring Quality, Protecting Confidentiality: the MMA Office-based Quality Improvement Program Jan Wnek, MD, Gordon Smith, Esq.
  3. Coding for Quality Jana Purrell, CPC-I, CPC-EM

2:30

Break
2:45

Best Practices Workshop 3

  1. Shared Savings Model #2: BCBS MA Community Payment Model TBA
  2. Best Practices Models: Managing Chronic Disease Vicki Hardy, RN
  3. Physician - Hospital Relationships: New Partnerships to Achieve a Shared Vision Eliot Fisher, MD, MPH
3:45

Wrap Up

Friday, September 5

MMA 155th Annual Session Begins
12:00 pm

Lunch Meal Ticket Required - See registration for details
12:30

Keynote: Communicating to Improve Performance Greg Carroll, PhD
1:30

Break
1:45

Break-out Sessions
Track one: Communication Skills Workshop John Tongue, MD & Greg Carroll, PhD (limited to first 20 participants)
Track two: Clinical track - Integrating Mental Health and Primary Care
Moderator: Barbara Leonard, Maine Health Access Foundation
Panelists: Wes Davidson, Aroostook Mental Health Services Inc.; Jeff Ray, DO, Sacopee Valley Health Center

2:45

Break
3:15

Break-out Sessions
Track one: Communications Skills Workshop (continued)
Track two: Tapping into the Hive Mind: Internet Resources for Clinicians,
Moderator: George Davis, MD
Panelists: Richard Kahn, MD, Patricia Kahn, Carol Dennis, MD
5:30

Opening Reception in State of Maine Exhibit Hall
Saturday, September 6
7:00 am

28th Annual Edmund Hardy, MD Road Race
(sponsored by Medical Mutual Insurance Company of Maine)

8:30

MMA General Session, Moderator: Richard Evans, MD
12:00 pm

Lunch Meal Ticket Required - See registration for details
Keynote: Communicating Bad News, Rev. Kate Braestrup, Maine Warden Service Chaplain
1:00

Free time
5:30

Reception
7:00

Annual Banquet; Installation of Officers, Awards and 50-year Pin Recognition Presiding: William Strassberg, MD, President; Stephanie Lash, MD, President-Elect

Sunday, September 7
7:30 am

Breakfast buffet, Road Race Awards

8:30

Public Health Leadership Forum: Childhood Obesity - Addressing the Epidemic
Few public health challenges are more important today than stopping the epidemic of overweight and obesity. Obesity is second only to smoking as a preventable cause of death in the United States. The panelists will address this multifactorial issue to assist physicians in playing an active role in addressing this problem.
Introductory Remarks: Stephanie Lash, MD, MMA President
Moderator: Charles Danielson, MD, MPH, Chair, MMA Public Health Committee
Panelists: Victoria Rogers, MD – New Guidelines for Pediatric Overweight and “Let’s Go” Initiative
David McDermott, MD, MPH – School and Community Interaction: How to Work with your Schools
Robert Holmberg, MD – Office Practice Changes & Quality Measures
Charles Danielson, MD, MPH – Recommendations for Action/Policy Framework

10:30

Adjourn