Building a Higher Performing Medicare System

Tuesday, January 29 at 08:00 AM - Tuesday, January 29 at 10:30 AM RSVP
Newseum, Knight Conference Center
7th Floor
Washington, DC

Both lawmakers and medical professionals have expressed deep concerns about the poor alignment
that exists within Medicare’s current incentive programs designed to enhance quality. As a result,
recent hearings on Capitol Hill have focused on how Congress might go about reforming Medicare’s quality improvement programs, including identifying new pay models, providing more timely performance data to physicians, and involving physicians in efforts to measure quality and efficiency.

At this National Journal policy summit, National Journal brought together leading thinkers in the healthcare space—including physicians, healthcare executives, congressional staff experts, and other key voices—as we analyzed and weighed the policy options available in overhauling the Medicare payment system.

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Speakers

Thomas Claffey, M.D.

President, InterMed

Juliette Cubanski, Ph.D.

Associate Director, Program on Medicare Policy, Kaiser Family Foundation

Debbie Curtis

Professional Staffer, House Committee Ways and Means Minority

Paul Ginsburg, Ph.D.

President, Center for Studying Health System Change

Edward G. Murphy, M.D.

Professor of Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Len Nichols, Ph.D.

Director of the Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics, George Mason University

Dana G. Safran, Sc.D.

Senior Vice President of Performance Measurement and Improvement, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Grace Terrell, M.D.

CEO, Cornerstone Health Care

The Hon. Gail Wilensky, Ph.D.

Senior Fellow, Project HOPE

Moderators

Maggie Fox

Senior Writer, Health, NBCNews.com & Today.com

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