Join us in Boston from August 6-8 for the 5th Annual World Congress Leadership Summit on Healthcare Quality and Pay-for-Performance (Please note: when you register be sure to use the following code for a special discount available only through this blog: BYH788). 

The conference convenes over 350 executives and addresses the most current and emerging issues in creating sustainable pay-for-performance programs and driving quality improvement across different industry sectors. See below for information or visit the event’s website.

Among those speaking:

Dennis Batey, MD
SVP & CMO
Fallon Community Health Plan

Roberta Herman, MD
Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Health Services
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Jeffrey L. Kang, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer and SVP, CIGNA

Andreas L. Mang
Senior Director, Medical Innovation and Leadership
Blue Cross Blue Shield MA

Joel Allison
President and CEO, Baylor Health System; Board Member, National Quality Forum

Bruce Bagley, MD
Medical Director, Quality Improvement
American Academy of Family Physicians

Mary Reich Cooper, MD, JD
Vice President and Chief Quality Officer
Lifespan Corporation

Thomas H. Lee, MD
CEO
Partners Community HealthCare
Network President
Partners Healthcare System

Lee Sacks, MD
President
Advocate Health Partners

Gary Young, JD, Ph.D
Chair, Health Policy and Management
Boston University School of Public Health
Associate Director, Center for Organization,
Leadership and Management Research
Department of Veterans Affairs
Principal Investigator
Rewarding Results

Jon Kingsdale, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Commonwealth Health Connector

Charlotte S. Yeh, MD, FACEP
Regional Administrator (Region I)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Mary Bradley
Director of Healthcare Planning
Pitney Bowes Inc.

Jim Guest
President and CEO
Consumers Union (publisher of Consumer Reports)

Frank A. Johnson
Executive Director, Office of Employee Health & Benefits
State of Maine

Deven McGraw
Chief Operating Officer,
National Partnership for Women & Families

Cyndy Nayer
Executive Director
Center for Health Value Innovation

Laurel Pickering
Executive Director,
New York Business Group on Health

Janet Marchibroda
Chief Executive Officer
eHealth Initiative and Foundation

Barbra G. Rabson
Executive Director,
Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP)

Tom Williams
President
Integrated Healthcare Association

George Bennett
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Health Dialog

Michael F. Cannon
Director of Health Policy Studies
CATO Institute

Michael Chernew
Professor, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School; Co-Editor, The American Journal of Managed Care

Jeffrey Hanson
Vice President, Pay for Performance, Thomson Healthcare Medstat
former Regional Healthcare Manager, Verizon Communications

Bert White, MBA, DMin
Project Director, National Evaluation Team, Rewarding Results, Boston University School of Public Health

For more information on the agenda and participants, click here.  And again, if you decide to join us remember to use the code - BYH788 - to qualify for a special discount.