7:30 am

Continental Breakfast and Conference Registration

8:00 am

Yikes! ObamaCare Has Passed, What Do We Do Now?

• Richard Figueroa, Deputy Cabinet Secretary, Office of the Governor
• Duane Dauner, CEO, California Hospital Association
• Don Crane ,CEO, California Association of Physician Groups
• Patrick Johnston ,CEO, California Association of Health Plans
• Dustin Corcoran ,CEO, California Medical Association

The much debated universal health care initiative was finally passed and signed into law by President Obama. How will this unprecedented legislation affect health care providers, hospitals, medical groups, health plans, employers, and the uninsured? Listen to our panel of health care leaders and a senior Advisor on healthcare for the Governor, as they tell us what to expect.

10:00 am

Break

10:30 am

CEO Panel

• Richard Afable, MD, MPH, President & CEO, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
• Thomas Priselac, President & CEO, Cedars-Sinai Health System
• Marcy Feit ,President & CEO, ValleyCare Health System
• Robert Issai ,President & CEO, Daughters of Charity Health System

This distinguished CEO panel will provide unique views of the challenges facing hospitals under the current economic conditions and healthcare reform efforts; the panel will discuss approaches they take to address financial, quality, access and comparative effectiveness issues, and other changes impacting the industry.

Moderator: Duane Dauner, CEO, California Hospital Association

12:00 Noon

Lunch: Talking Head in Chief

• Jeanne Scott

ObamaCare has been the law for six months already, how many grannies have been killed? Are the death panels operational yet? How many IRS agents have been hired to throw people into jail for not having health insurance? These and other critical issues are answered by Jeanne Scott, bringing us up to date, in her own inimitable way, on implementing health care insurance reform and what we can expect to happen next.

2:00

Break

2:30 pm

(T3) - Breakout: PFS Track: PFS Roundtable

Hot topics will be reviewed in a roundtable open conversation format. Coordinators at each table will include PFS directors from throughout CA. Send your suggested topics to hfmacafallconf@aol.com

2:30 pm

(T4) - Breakout: Finance Track: Community Benefit and the IRS 990 H

• Julie Trocchio, Senior Director of Community Benefit & Continuing Care, Catholic Health Association
• Mary Tyren, Senior Finance Director, Catholic Healthcare West
• Eileen Barsi ,Community Benefit Director, Catholic Healthcare West

This session will focus on how to report community benefit information to the IRS on the revised Form 990, Schedule H. New reporting requirements will be discussed as well as a Catholic Healthcare West case study.

2:30 pm

(T5) - Breakout: Managed Care Track: Medi-Cal Managed Care Update

• Jim R. Brown, Chief Operating Officer, LA Care Health Plan
• Gregory S. Buchert, MD, Chief Operating Officer, CalOptima
• Greg Price ,Vice President, Valley Health Plan

Medi-Cal Managed Care is facing increased challenges as a result of budget crises, changes in their delivery systems, and understanding, accommodating, and implementing health care reform policies. Can all these challenges also lead to opportunities? A panel of 3 Medi-Cal health plan leaders will discuss the issues of Medi-Cal sustainability, operational challenges, cost containment initiatives, delivery system issues, and how health care reform might impact their plans and their membership.

4:00 pm

Conference Closing - Door Prizes