2010 FALL IDN SUMMIT & EXPO CONFERENCE AGENDA

Strategic Management Track Financial Operations Track Market Strategies Track Pharmacy Track Value Analysis Track Continuing Education Conference PowerPoints

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VALUE ANALYSIS TRACK

During this track we’ll explore the latest strategies for aligning clinical products and services with clinical protocols and reimbursement guidelines to achieve optimal efficacy. Examine best practices, key infrastructure requirements, staffing, training, helpful tools and resources, and other factors that may either facilitate or create barriers to a successful value analysis program. Learn how to enhance internal capabilities and elevate leadership acumen to improve health system performance by utilizing Value Analysis teams.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

6:30 am - 7:00 pm  Registration Open

7:00 am - 12:00 pm  IDN Summit Golf Tournament Sponsored by ArjoHuntleigh
 

Kick off the day golfing with your peers through the majestic beauty of Arizona's South Mountain Park, a protected natural desert preserve. Dramatic elevation changes and breathtaking mountain vistas highlight this diverse and challenging course which compliments the grandeur of the spectacular Sonoran desert. To further this unique experience, try to hold your own against inspirational golfer Butch Lumpkin. For more information about this course please visit: http://www.arizonagrandresort.com/arizona-golf-courses.php.

For more information and to register contact Chris Nolan or call him at 859.523.5701. 

7:30 am - 11:30 am  Team Building with PossibiliTEAMS Sponsored by VHA

Explore the true meaning of collaboration as you spend the morning building bikes for deserving children in this unique, fun and worthwhile indoor team building event. Participants will be placed on teams who will proceed to work together to assemble bicycles that will be donated to a local Boys & Girls Club Charity. Cool, comfortable dress strongly recommended. 

For more information and to register contact Lisa Ponssa or call her at 813.928.0414.

12:00 pm - 1:15 pm  Value Analysis Track: The Value Analysis Toolbox 

Panelists: Bob Essner, Director of Materials Management, Freeman Health System and Dinsie Williams, Senior Hospital Consultant, Hayes, Inc.

Moderator: Wini Hayes, President & CEO, Hayes, Inc.

A recent survey reports that 73% of responding health systems are using value-analysis teams to evaluate products and services to ensure they offer the highest level of patient care while controlling costs. This session will introduce two value analysis tools that have produced savings through product review and standardization.

Bob Essner will demonstrate how an Intranet-based program can automate and document all processes involved in value analysis. The system is completely paperless and leads the requestor and committee members through a decision-tree process of accumulating all required information ‘upfront’ so members have a basis for discussion and decision making. He’ll introduce participants to the concepts and processes covered in this application from obtaining vendor/manufacturer information electronically, to submitting the request and attaching relevant files, to validating the request, to obtaining financial cost and reimbursement analysis, to obtain evidence-based clinical documentation along with physician champion recommendation, to submitting to members for discussion and voting, to moving forward with a trial or implementation phase, to handling an appeal, to validating that product has been ordered and available for use, to following up on projections.

Dinsie Williams will describe a tool that can be used for a variety of situations in healthcare operations such as establishing procedures for managing infectious disease outbreaks, best practices for high risk and chronic patients and selecting technologies. She’ll demonstrate how analytical modeling can be used to simplify complex, ‘real world’ problems and participants will learn how to identify the key components of decisions enabling them to track how these components impact the outcomes of decisions. Management of a MRSA surveillance program will be used to illustrate the utility of decision analysis in solving issues that span multiple departments.

Learning Objectives:
1. Review two differing value analysis tools.
2. Compare effectiveness and features of two available value analysis tools.
3. Determine which value analysis tools would be most effective in your organization.

1:15 pm - 1:30 pm  Break

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm  Value Analysis Track: Evidence-Based Value Analysis: Do's and Don'ts 

Presenter: Wini Hayes, President & CEO, Hayes, Inc.

"Evidence-based" has become a catch word, overused and often misunderstood. What does "evidence-based" mean? What is the role of evidence evaluation in value analysis? How does comparative effectiveness fit into this process? Can "evidence" be misused and can it lead to a less than effective or efficient approach? Answer: YES!

This session will discuss the do's and don'ts of value analysis grounded in evidence evaluation. Brief case studies will be used to illustrate principles, methods and misuses of evidence, specifically devices and approaches used to prevent hospital acquired infections and the retention and selection of imaging equipment.

Learning Objectives: 
1. Define "evidence-based" and "comparative effectiveness reviews" (CERs).
2. Review evidence evaluation methodology, defining what constitutes "compelling" evidence. 
3. Discuss and provide examples of the appropriate use of evidence evaluation in value analysis. 
4. Discuss and provide examples of the inappropriate use of evidence evaluation in value analysis. 

2:30 pm - 2:45 pm  Break

2:45 pm - 4:00 pm  Value Analysis Track: Models for Success 

Presenter: Cindy Christofanelli, Corporate Director Supply Chain Management, SSM Health Care

Moderator: Wini Hayes, President & CEO, Hayes, Inc.

This session will discuss value analysis models being employed across the industry in detail and explore the various components of these differing value analysis models. In addition, the session will suggest which models provide the most favorable outcomes and are the most effective in reducing cost while elevating patent safety.

Learning Objectives
1. Identify which value analysis models are being utilized on a national level.
2. Explore the various components of several value analysis models.
3. Identify what value analysis models are the most successful.   

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm  Vision Sessions and Refreshments

Vision Sessions are in-depth education or research opportunities discussing current topics impacting the healthcare supply chain. The Vision Sessions are led by industry leaders and are designed to be interactive and to provide you with a hands-on experience with experts in the specific areas. Each session will afford you with ample opportunity for an open dialogue with the presenting companies. Session programming will begin at 4:30 pm with the first few minutes devoted to a networking break with light snacks.

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm  GPO Receptions: Make it a Blockbuster Night!

Join the National GPOs as they celebrate some of the most memorable movies of our time. Each of the participating GPOs will host their own hospitality suite complete with refreshments and fun. After a full afternoon of education, unwind with your peers with a night at the movies.                                       

GNYHA & Premier Healthcare Alliance	Palm 2A	Star Wars
The Broadlane Group	Palm 2B	Cocktail
Amerinet	Palm 3A	Grease
Novation	Palm 3B	Blues Brothers
MedAssets	Palm 3C	Caddyshack
HealthTrust	Palm 3D	Indiana Jones

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm  Sponsored Receptions

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

7:00 am - 5:00 pm  Registration Open

7:00 am - 8:00 am  Welcome to Phoenix Breakfast

8:00 am - 9:15 am  Welcome and Opening Keynote: Butch Lumpkin

In the 1950's and 1960's there were between ten and twenty thousand "Thalidomide Babies" born after their mother's took the drug to combat morning sickness.  Butch Lumpkin is one of the approximately 5,000 survivor's world-wide.  Born with what he calls "short arms," he really has what amounts to no functional arms at all.  Three fingers extend from his left side in a flipper like manner, and his right arm ends before the elbow with three fingers that point backward toward his body.  If you ask Butch he'll tell you he is blessed and after this inspiring opening session you'll understand why.

Join the IDN Summit as we welcome Butch Lumpkin as he shares his incredible life story. One that has taken this extraordinary man through life as a high school soccer star, university soccer and tennis champion, golf pro, motivational speaker with appearances in front of high school groups to a recent ESPN Espy Awards show.

Butch will discuss why he feels blessed, how much modern healthcare has enabled him to progress through life, his life of stories and how each of us can make a difference because it is only a matter of choice. This is one talk you will not want to miss!

9:15 am - 10:15 am  Keynote Presentation: John Hofmeister

Perhaps no one in America can offer such a unique, real-world perspective on leadership, knowledgeable commentary on the recent BP oil spill, future energy solutions and thoughts on improving healthcare delivery than John Hofmeister.  During his career he has held executive leadership positions in General Electric, Nortel, AlliedSignal and finally at Shell Oil as President. These corporate positions as well as his service on leading organization's boards have given him insights on crucial issues impacting healthcare delivery.

As the leader of large, multinational human resources departments John is well versed in the demands being placed on the US healthcare delivery networks and is keenly aware of the challenges we all face in improving healthcare delivery. John will discuss how corporate behaviors of all kinds are being scrutinized much more closely today than they were in the past and how everyone in an organization becomes the public face an organization presents. After recent high-profile incidents, we all understand why corporate behavior has never been more crucial to organizations long-term fortunes. He will also elaborate on what he felt was the most important lesson he learned as Shell Oil president — leaders need to take their own messages seriously, so that others will as well.

John will provide his insights on these issues and more as he addresses critical issues we all must deal with if we are to meet the challenges that lie ahead. Come prepared with your questions as John will entertain them at the conclusion of his talk.

10:15 am - 10:30 am  Break

10:30 am - 11:45 am  Thought Leadership Panel Discussion with Chuck Lauer

Join Chuck Lauer, noted healthcare leader and former publisher of Modern Healthcare, as he engages industry thought leaders in a high level panel discussion on the state of today's healthcare system and the daily trials these leaders face in trying to positively impact their organizations. Dialogue will surround the challenges of implementing recent healthcare reform legislation, the current state of healthcare delivery in the U.S. and future trends that will impact all healthcare stakeholders.

12:00 pm - 1:15 pm  Networking Lunch 

12:00 pm - 1:15 pm  Peer-to-Peer Lunch Series 

P2P Exchange is designed to go in-depth on four key challenges impacting supply chain management. Participants will be provided research on each topic area prior to the IDN Summit for their review. The P2P research, along with moderator questions will aim to stimulate active discussion among participants. These discussions will be condensed and attached to the P2P research paper and electronically delivered to each IDN Summit attendee after the conclusion of the Summit.

1. Purchased Services Contracting: Facilitator: Tina Norris, Senior Director, Purchased Services, VHA 
Download PDF Research
2. Reform Survey Results: Facilitator: Nick Gaich, CEO, Nick Gaich and Associate, Partner, Appleseed Healthcare International, Executive Director COO, Stanford Center for Clinical and Translational Education and Research 
Download PDF Research
3. Service Line Analytics: Facilitator: Brent Petty, Director of Supply Chain, Wellmont Health System
Download PDF Research
4. Capital Management: Facilitator: John Sdanowich, Administrator, Capital Administration Unit, John Hopkins Health System  
Download PDF Research 
For more information and to register contact Lisa Ponssa or call her at 813.928.0414.

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm  Provider and Sponsor Only Access Reverse Expo 

2:00 pm - 5:30 pm  Reverse Expo

Spend the afternoon cultivating business partnerships and connecting with other industry stakeholders as senior supply chain executives from leading IDNs/Health Systems welcome you to their exhibit booths. 

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm  Island Nights at The Oasis

Against the backdrop of the beautiful South Mountain Preserve, enjoy a perfect Arizona evening as you build upon business partnerships cultivated in the reverse expo. Join your friends in the ideal outdoor setting for drinks and dinner. And after the Phoenix sun goes down, heat up the dance floor with the exciting sounds of the best Video DJ in town!

Thursday, September 23, 2010

7:00 am - 8:30 am  Breakfast

8:30 am - 9:30 am  Collaboration: A Key to Supply Chain Efficiency and Cost Reduction

Presenters: Jean Chenoweth, Senior Vice President, Center for Performance Improvement, Thomson Reuters and Eric O'Daffer, Research Director, AMR Healthcare & Life Sciences Supply Chain, Gartner Research
Moderator: Ed Hisscock, President, The Optime Group, Inc.

Join two of the nation's leading healthcare strategists as they discuss their analysis concerning collaboration and its impact on supply chain improvement. Jean Chenoweth, who directs Thompson-Reuters Performance Improvement and Top 100 Hospitals Programs, will illustrate that midwestern states have displaced hospitals in the Northeast and South in setting the national benchmarks. Analysis is now showing that the 100 Top benchmark hospitals show significantly lower supply usage than peers at the patient level.  Ms. Chenoweth will discuss how collaboration has played a critical role in changing performance.

Eric O'Daffer who provides research and strategic advice to the Gartner AMR Provider and healthcare manufacturer clients has uncovered examples from other industries to support the value of collaboration for significant healthcare supply chain improvements. Eric will share these 'outside of healthcare' examples to support his analysis.

9:30 am - 10:30 am  Healthcare at a Crossroads: A Discussion Among Leading IDN Executives  

Panelists: Steve Huckabaa, Network Vice President, Supply Chain Management, Retail Pharmacy & Center for Innovation, Kettering Health Network and Joe Sheil, Director of Contracting, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical
Moderator: Ed Hisscock, President, The Optime Group, Inc.

Hear from health system purchasing executives from across the nation on what they are doing in their health systems to prepare for healthcare reform. This session will take an honest look at what choices health systems should make when faced with healthcare at a crossroads.

10:30 am - 11:00 am  Where Do We Go From Here Interactive Forum

Moderator: Ed Hisscock, President, The Optime Group, Inc.

Reflecting the collaborative learning nature of the IDN Summit and Expo, the floor will be opened to the attendees of the IDN Summit, who will have an opportunity to ask questions of each other and share their knowledge and best practices for improving the healthcare supply chain.

11:00 am   Meeting Adjourned