Integration Options

in an Era of
Accountable Care
Crafting Physician-Physician and
Physician-Hospital Relationships

Medical Group Management Association® (MGMA®) National Seminar

Presented in conjunction with Faegre & Benson

April 4, 2011
Denver

Led by nationally known healthcare advisers:

 ruce A. Johnson
B  eborah Walker Keegan
D
JD, MPA PhD, FACMPE

Register now at mgma.com/IDSBootcamp

or call toll-free 877.275.6462 x. 1888.
 Determine the “right” integration
option for your medical practice.
The move to more integrated care delivery systems is growing throughout the country.
It’s driven by evolving payment systems, financial pressures, healthcare reform and
other trends. As a result, varied provider and system relationships are being established.

General session
In the general session, our expert faculty share structural options available to medical
practices as they seek co-alignment and/or integration with hospital and physician
partners and the key legal, governance, financial, compensation, business and operations
essentials required to demonstrate accountable care and ensure success.

Focused break-out sessions

During the course of the day, you participate in break-out sessions that address your
current interests:
> Physician-to-physician integration involving alignment with one or
more medical practices

> P hysician-to-hospital integration

In these sessions, the faculty dive deeper into each alignment model and provide a
tool kit to understand and negotiate key transaction issues and options.

After attending this seminar, you will be able to:

>U
 nderstand the forces driving physician-physician and physician-hospital integration
>H
 elp practice leaders apply a systematic approach to evaluate alignment and
integration options consistent with strategic objectives

>U
 se a tool kit to understand and negotiate key transaction issues and options
>A
 ssess alternative structures and strategies for physician-physician and
physician-hospital integration, including benefits and challenges

>U
 nderstand essential legal issues and regulatory compliance issues associated
with alternative structures

>U
 nderstand the impact of accountable care and care coordination
in the integration continuum

> C onsider alternative approaches to key relationship components,

including governance and decision-making, financial and business
arrangements, physician compensation and care coordination
Who should attend?
Medical practice executives, administrators,
managers and physician executives in medical groups
and other healthcare organizations that are:

> In the beginning stages of the integration process

> C onsidering the formation of a closer relationship with hospitals,
health systems, physicians and/or medical groups

Level: Basic to intermediate

Prerequisites:

> P articipants should be healthcare organization

leaders with a basic understanding of healthcare
trends and operations, with an interest in
learning more about emerging alignment
and integration strategies. Continuing-education
credit hours
ACMPE: 7 credit hours
CME: 7 credit hours
Faculty CPE: 8 contact hours

Bruce A. Johnson, JD, MPA

Partner, Faegre & Benson LLP, Denver

Bruce Johnson has crafted a wide variety of integration models, spanning

the continuum from loose affiliation to the tightest integration. He brings
nearly 20 years of healthcare legal and management experience to his
clients as a management consultant with the MGMA Health Care
Consulting Group and as a healthcare attorney with Faegre & Benson LLP.

Deborah Walker Keegan, PhD, FACMPE

President, Medical Practice Dimensions Inc., and
Principal, Woodcock & Walker Consulting

Deborah Walker Keegan shares best-practice compensation models and

business practices inherent in successful models to help medical practices
avoid stumbling blocks as they transition to new delivery system models.
She is a nationally recognized consultant, keynote speaker and author
with more than 25 years of experience.

Register today at mgma.com/IDSBootcamp.

MGMA members: $399
Nonmembers: $499
Bring a colleague and save $50 on each additional registrant
from your organization. You must call to register all people
at the same time.
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104 Inverness Terrace East

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What alignment
model is right
for my practice?
We have the tools to help you decide.
Look inside to learn more.

Hotel Information
The Embassy Suites Denver-International Airport
7001 Yampa St.
Denver, CO 80249
303.574.3000
The Embassy Suites Denver-International Airport Additional amenities you can enjoy during your stay
hotel is located just six miles from the Denver at the Embassy Suites Denver-International Airport:
International Airport, and complimentary 24-hour
dedicated shuttle service is provided by the hotel.
> Complimentary hot breakfast buffet with
You can make shuttle arrangements when you cooked-to-order eggs every morning
reserve your room. > Complimentary two-hour cocktail reception daily
Room reservations can be made by calling the hotel > Complimentary transportation to
directly. Be sure to ask for the MGMA negotiated rate and from the airport
of $99 plus state and local taxes when you call.
> High speed wireless Internet is available
The seminar is being held at the Embassy Suites for $14.95 per day
Denver-International Airport, so once you arrive,
you don’t have to travel any farther. > Every room is a two-room suite

For complete details on how to register, where to stay, continuing

credit information and more, visit mgma.com/IDSBootcamp.