2011 Fall IDN Summit & Expo

Sept. 13 - 15, 2011

Arizona Biltmore

Phoenix, AZ


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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT TRACK

As Healthcare Reform provisions begin to take effect, healthcare leaders are preparing for change. It will be an imperative to analyze and utilize good data to drive strategic decisions that foster alignment of your IDN/health system with the goals mandated by the recent Healthcare Reform legislation. During the strategic management sessions, we’ll provide you with the ‘big picture’ of how senior healthcare executives are proactively confronting the ever-challenging strategic initiatives and the respected opinions of leading industry analysts. This track is designed for senior executives who have operational responsibility for their supply chains, senior level GPO and supplier executives.

Monday, Sept. 12

  
 4:00 pm — 9:00 pm Registration Open
Outside Gold Room

Tuesday, Sept. 13

  
 6:30 am — 7:00 pm Registration Open 
 7:30 am — 11:15 pm Team Building
MacArthur Salon 5-7

Explore the true meaning of collaboration and giving back during the Fall Team Building Challenge. Invest the first morning of your IDN Summit experience building bikes for needy and deserving children of local Phoenix area charities.  This year VHA has challenged the IDN Summit attendees to go beyond the 30 bikes that were built and donated last year by building 50 bikes in 2011! You’ll be placed in a collaborative environment to learn new strategies on working together to meet challenges you face on a day-to-day basis. Breakfast, lunch and beverages will be provided and comfortable clothing is strongly recommended.
11:00 am — 12:00 pm First-Time Attendee Lunch
Sedona

Is this your first time attending an IDN Summit & Expo? Don't miss your chance to get together with other first-time attendees and learn more about how to get the most out of your IDN Summit Experience.
12:00 pm — 1:15 pm Strategic Management Track: Enhancing the Supply Chain Partnership
 Casa Grande

Presenters:  John Donnelly, Administrative Director, Supply Chain, Virginia Mason Medical Center; and John Sdanowich, Capital Administrator, Johns Hopkins Health System

While supply chain partnerships are common in the private industry, they are unique in health care. In light of reform and the increasing demands on both health systems and suppliers, examples of partnering across the healthcare supply chain are emerging across the country. By sharing information and working together, organizations can form collaborations that benefit all parties.

This session will open with a frank look at the importance of full transparency in every transaction. The current economic climate has given rise to many types of sales and marketing programs promoted to healthcare systems. Hear John Sdanowich at Johns Hopkins Health System describe how these programs could impact your healthcare system from a legal, credit rating, accounting, and even fraud and abuse perspective. Learn why all deals should be unbundled and why disclosure of details is essential.

Then, hear how Virginia Mason Medical Center Supply Chain entered into a highly sophisticated activity-based product distribution relationship with Owens & Minor. This unprecedented model, the Alpha Vendor, considers a unique metric, the Total Supply Chain Cost (TSCC), as the gold standard for all measurement of performance and cost. This model has increased O&M margin while reducing VMMC expense and increased quality for both parties.

This presentation will describe these relationships, the challenges, the successes, and visions for evolution into what Womack and Jones describe in Lean Thinking as Lean Enterprise.

Learning Objectives:
 1. Analyze the necessary foundation for supply chain partnerships.
2. Evaluate how your organization can better collaborate with business partners.
3. Define an evolutionary model in supply chain efficiency.
 1:30 pm — 2:30 pm Strategic Management Track: Exploring the Role of Supply Chain to Maximize Physician Alignment
Casa Grande

Presenters:  Jean Chenoweth, Senior Vice President, Center for Performance Improvement, Thomson Reuters

Attracting and retaining high quality primary care providers is critical to the success of healthcare systems, but it becomes particularly vital in the creation of successful Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). Recruiting and relationship building with these primary physicians should be part of your healthcare system’s growth plan. While these physicians are drawn to a system for a wide variety of reasons, one factor gaining prominence is a healthcare system’s access to Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs). Healthcare systems and ACOs are seeking to position this strategic supply chain relationship as an advantage in attracting independent physicians. 

In this session, Jean Chenoweth, Senior Vice President, Center for Performance Improvement at Thomson Reuters, will discuss the urgent need for supply chain executives to be linked into quality and efficacy evaluations as a means of aligning physicians with healthcare systems and ACOs. 

Learning Objectives: 
1. Analyze how supply chain can play a key role in recruiting physicians to healthcare systems or ACOs. 
2. Explain how to leverage supply chain cost benefit analysis to support quality improvement. 
3. Outline the collaborative relationships supply chain can develop to maximize physician alignment with healthcare systems and ACOs. 

 2:45 pm — 4:00 pm

Strategic Management Track: Analyzing Reform: The Payer's Perspective
Casa Grande

Presenter: Herb K. Schultz, Regional Director, Region IX, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Healthcare Reform brings sweeping changes for all healthcare stakeholders. Undoubtedly, the healthcare payer industry will be transformed. Initiatives such as guaranteed coverage, ACOs, Medical Homes, and Value-Based Purchasing will restructure current business models. 

Hear from Herb K. Schultz, regional director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Region IX, on what payers plan to implement in light of these massive healthcare reform changes. As a healthcare provider, analyzing this information will help your organization plan appropriately for the trickle-down impact on operations and prepare your organization for the impact of these initiatives.  


Learning Objectives:
1. Analyze key challenges facing the healthcare insure industry as it relates to healthcare reform mandates.
2. Evaluate strategic insights on how healthcare reform will affect the payer community and how your organization’s financial picture could be impacted. 
3. Outline potential strategies for managing new payer-provider relationships.
 4:00 pm — 6:00 pm







 Vision Sessions
Invitation for Providers Only
Vision sessions are in-depth educational forums providing opportunity for discussion of current issues impacting the healthcare supply chain. They are neither a sales pitch nor a research study, but rather provide the chance for honest and open discussion about strategies, problem-solving and informed decision making, as well as frank analysis of hard-hitting industry issues. Led by industry leaders, these provider-only sessions are designed to be interactive and to provide you with access to experts in a number of specific topic areas. Each session will afford you with ample opportunity for open dialogue with the presenting companies. Session content begins at 4:30 pm.

Cook Medical Vision Session
ArjoHuntleigh Vision Session
TECSYS Vision Session
TriMedx Vision Session
VHA Vision Session
 6:00 pm — 7:30 pm
 GPO Receptions

Amerinet
HealthTrust
MedAssets
Novation
Premier healthcare alliance

Wednesday, Sept. 14

  
 7:00 am — 5:00 pm Registration Open
Main Foyer - Conference Center
 7:00 am — 8:30 am New Product Showcase and Breakfast
Gold, Grand Ballroom and Aztec

Get your day off to a great start and learn about some of the most innovative new products and services available to the industry. Launched at the 2011 Spring IDN Summit, the New Product Showcase features emerging innovations in products and services providing solutions to healthcare systems. Grab your meal while also grabbing some new ideas and solutions for your organization.
 8:00 am — 9:00 am General Session
Arizona Biltmore Ballroom

Lessons Learned from Joplin
Sisters of Mercy Health System (Mercy)--through its supply chain division, ROi--will share the remarkable story that has unfolded since May 22, 2011, after Mercy's St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Missouri, suffered a direct hit from the most deadly tornado to trike the U.S. since 1947.You’ll hear how Mercy had the St. John’s Mercy field hospital, a 60-bed, high-tech unit, up and running within seven days following the tornado—providing medical care so deeply needed by the citizens of Joplin. Learn from executives how this incredible feat was handled with movement of supplies amidst recovery efforts after the tornado hit. Healthcare industry leader Chuck Lauer will open this session with a video highlighting some of the personal interviews and stories from those touched by this disaster.

IDN Summit will honor Joplin with a silent auction and raffle during the Summit to benefit the Mercy Tornado Relief Fund established to help those who face hardship and loss due to this tragedy. The Relief! Silent Auction and Raffle will kick off on Tuesday morning when registration opens and run until the winners are announced Wednesday evening at the Relief! Reception to Honor Joplin event. IDN Summit is committed to raising $25,000 through the effort. This is a great way to help your industry colleagues in need, and enjoy the fun and competition of an auction and raffle as well.
 9:00 am — 9:15 am Break
 9:15 am — 10:15 am General Session
Arizona Biltmore Ballroom

Keynote Presentation: Leading and Leveraging the Links in Your Supply Chain

Presenter:  U.S. Army Major General (Ret.) Vincent E. Boles

When healthcare leaders gather for the 2011 Fall IDN Summit, it will have been just past the 10-year anniversary of 9-11, the attack that changed U.S. history forever. A decade ago, U.S. Army Major General (Ret.) Vincent E. Boles had just assumed command of the Army’s War Reserve equipment and was now leading the massive effort to flex it into operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and other areas around the globe. As a career Army officer with 33 years of experience in supply chain management, General Boles has a wealth of experience to share with today’s healthcare industry leaders on the challenges he has faced and what it takes to become a “team of teams” in supply chain management. There will be ample time during the session for question and answers on supply chain management, the U.S. military and Gen. Boles’ experiences and insight.  
 10:15 am — 10:30 am Break
 10:30 am — 12:00 pm General Session
Arizona Biltmore Ballroom

Thought Leadership Panel Discussion with Chuck Lauer
Arizona Biltmore Ballroom

Panelists: Charlie Martin, Chairman and CEO, Vanguard Health Systems; Michael Means, CEO, Health First; James Ramsey, President, University of Louisville; and Don Wegmiller, Chairman and Co-Founder, C-Suite Resources

Moderator: Chuck Lauer, healthcare business and policy expert, former publisher of Modern Healthcare

Merger and acquisitions continue to dominate healthcare industry headlines, but what long-term impacts will these changes have on the face of the industry? Chuck Lauer moderates this panel of the top leaders in the nation’s healthcare industry as they engage in a thought-provoking discussion of the changing realities of today’s healthcare industry. Listen as they share insight on how they think new partnerships and alliances are shaping the industry. You’ll also hear their forecasts for the future of healthcare and how these executives believe the supply chain can be used to improve healthcare delivery.
12:15 pm — 1:30 pm New Product Showcase and Lunch
Gold, Grand Ballroom and Aztec

Before you head off to the Reverse Expo, stop for lunch and some food for thought on solutions for your organization from the New Product Showcase. Participating companies will be on hand to display and describe some of the latest products and services in healthcare. Launched at the 2011 Spring IDN Summit, the New Product Showcase features emerging innovations in products and services providing solutions to healthcare systems.
 1:30 pm — 2:00 pm Provider and Sponsor-Only Access Reverse Expo 
Frank Lloyd Wright Ballroom
 2:00 pm — 5:30 pm Reverse Expo 
Frank Lloyd Wright Ballroom
 7:00 pm — 9:00 pm Relief! Reception to Honor St. John's Hospital of Joplin, Missouri
Grand Ballroom and Squaw Peak Terrace

Wrap up a productive afternoon of relationship building during the Reverse Expo and take time to enjoy a beautiful Arizona evening as the IDN Summit honors the victims of the Joplin tornado. On May 22, 2011, St. John’s Regional Medical Center in Joplin, MO, took a direct hit from an EF-5 deadly tornado. Five patients and a hospital visitor lost their lives, and the hospital sustained significant damage. Workers at St. John’s suffered injuries and losses to their homes and other possessions. The 2011 Fall IDN Summit will hold a silent auction and raffle in honor of Joplin to benefit the Mercy Co-worker Tornado Relief Fund, culminating in the announcement of auction and raffle winners at the reception. The 2011 IDN Summit is committed to raising $25,000 to benefit the Relief Fund. Don’t miss this opportunity to relax at the end of the day while also seizing the opportunity to honor and assist our industry colleagues in need.

Thursday, Sept. 15 

  
 7:00 am — 8:30 am New Product Showcase and Breakfast
Gold, Gold Patio and Aztec Patio

It’s your last chance to enjoy breakfast at the Summit and visit with some of the companies showcasing new products and services before heading over to the general session. Missed talking with one of these innovators earlier in week? This is your chance. Drop by the New Product Showcase for some breakfast and you’ll be sure to take home some fresh ideas for your organization.
 8:30 am — 9:30 am General Session
Arizona Biltmore Ballroom

Transforming the Healthcare Supply Chain – Lessons from Two Big Brands 

Presenter:  Eric O'Daffer, Research Director, Gartner AMR Research

Moderator: Ed Hisscock, CEO, The Optime Group       

Healthcare can learn a lot from other industries. Our complexity is unique just as aerospace is unique or the chemical industry is unique -- just in different ways.  

In this session, Gartner AMR Research shares their research from Consumer and Technology businesses that directly relate to the supply chain transformation journey in healthcare. These examples illustrate wide scale change from large well known national brands that transformed their supply chain into a strategic advantage. These examples provide the background to explore how the healthcare can evolve into a more end to end value chain than the siloed one we live in today. 

Supply Chain transformation, of course, occurs in stages. We will discuss the stages and the collaboration needed between suppliers, provider supply chain and clinicians to make the next large scale improvements in the efficiency of the value chain. Supply chain sits at the intersection of patient outcomes, cost and reimbursement for most healthcare providers. This critical intersection and how it relates to supply chain transformation provides the background to set up the Chief Medical Officer panel discussion that follows.  

Learning Objectives:
1. Compare two well known brands and their supply chain transformation. Relate these transformations to healthcare providers.
2. Identify the stages of transformation in supply chain and the challenges inherent to healthcare providers in this evolution.
3. Outline the intersection of patient outcomes, cost and reimbursement and the challenges the healthcare value chain faces in incorporating these critical data points.
 9:30 am — 9:45 am Break
 9:45 am — 11:15 am General Session
Arizona Biltmore Ballroom

Panelist: David DiLoreto, MD, CMO, Resurrection Health Care; and Dr. Tom Krejcie, Chief Medical Technology Officer, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Moderator: Ed Hisscock, CEO, The Optime Group

CMO Discussion on Achieving Supply Chain Success

Supplies have grown to become the second largest healthcare system cost after labor. Emphasis has evolved from transactions and order fulfillment to integration into the organization’s overall business strategy. But lack of leadership, inadequate understanding of the supply chain and worry about costs can all slow collaboration. Identifying shared goals between the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and the Chief Supply Chain Officer can forge a foundation of mutual trust and collaboration.

This panel discussion will bring you the unique opportunity to gain insight from CMOs of the nation’s leading healthcare systems as they discuss their roles within the organization and the day-to-day challenges they face. You’ll hear how the decisions they make can impact the supply chain department. Listen as they share their insight and applicatory data targeted toward establishing better relationships among supply chain, physicians and clinical staff, and then use what you’ve learned to take away new strategies for collaboration toward mutual end goals in your own organization.

Learning Objectives: 
1. Describe the transformation of supply chain management from one of operation to strategic, and the significant role that relationship building plays in the process.
2. Identify challenges faced by CMOs, understand the impact on supply and learn how to find common ground in solutions.
3. Evaluate how to strengthen and better manage the CMO/supply chain relationship for increased efficiency and effectiveness.
 11:15 am — 11:30 am Open Forum Discussion
Arizona Biltmore Ballroom
 11:30 am Meeting Adjourned