Health Care Quality and Pay-for-Performance: Leading the Nation in Developing Solutions for Achieving and Rewarding Quality

Partner Lawrence Vernaglia spoke at the 5th Annual World Congress Leadership Summit on Health Care Quality and Pay-for-Performance: Leading the Nation in Developing Solutions for Achieving and Rewarding Quality on August 6 – 8, 2007 in Boston, MA.

Mr. Vernaglia spoke on Monday, August 6, 2007 beginning at 1:30 p.m. at Seminar A, “Contracting Trends, Financial Implications and Legalities.” His session was titled “An Update on Recent Legal Issues in Pay-for-Performance Implementation.”

This session explored issues like antitrust, confidentiality, contractual obligations, the anti-kickback statute, Stark law, state regulatory restrictions and applicable tort law as well as navigate the legal maze of operating P4P programs.