The National Accountable Care Organization Congress Is Born

This is a California meeting; however I’m sure there’ information for everyone here who wants to participate and see what speakers will be talking about. This is to be a hybrid meeting of both sides, the hospital management and physicians with looking for answers for innovation and keeping cost down and meeting the new rules and regulations for CMS. BD

LOS ANGELES--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Leading healthcare experts from across the country are meeting in Los Angeles, October 25 - 27, 2010 to answer the question: How will physicians, hospitals and health plans have to innovate their business practices and work together to form health care organizations that are held accountable for aligning financial incentives with patient interests and improving the quality and efficiency of patient care?

The California Association of Physician Groups (CAPG) and the Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA) are co-producing the conference to provide an unprecedented opportunity to examine accountable care organizations -- which have become the centerpiece of federal health reform – and the specific models used in California.