Forum Session
| Date: | MARCH 7, 2008 |
| Title: | The Physician Group Practice Demo: Where Do We Take What We've Learned? |
| Manager: | Lisa Sprague |
| Summary: | The Physician Group Practice (PGP) Demonstration is the first pay-for-performance initiative for physicians in the Medicare program. Now in their third performance year, all of the ten participating groups have been able to document improved quality of care for a Medicare population. For this seniors-only meeting, representatives of four practices participating in the demonstration addressed the following questions:
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| Speakers: | Caroline S. Blaum, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Michigan; James Lee, MD, Assistant Medical Director, The Everett Clinic; James T. Rogers, MD, FACP, Vice President, Medical Management Services, St. John’s Health System; Katherine Schneider, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Middlesex Health System |
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More information on the Medicare PGP Demonstration is available on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Web site. |
