Physician-Hospital Alignment in Pediatric Healthcare: Contemporary Alignment Strategies in the Reform Era

During the Web conference, we also will explore the following: 

• Pediatric subspecialist and surgeon practice environment 
  
• Common approaches to alignment in the reform era
  
• Specific case studies of contemporary approaches to physician-hospital alignment at two children’s hospitals:
  
  
  
  • Rady Children’s Hospital – San Diego, San Diego, California
    
  • Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut
  
  
• Lessons learned from structural and internal alignment strategies in the two case studies
  
• Co-management arrangements
  
• Faculty practice arrangements with community hospitals

Speakers

• Herbert C. Kimmons, Jr., M.D., MMM, UCSD Dean, Children’s Clinical Services; Executive Director, Rady Children’s Specialists Medical Foundation; President, Children’s Specialists of San Diego
  
• Dean Rapoza, M.B.A., Vice President, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center; President, Connecticut Children’s Specialty Group, Inc.
  
• Roger G. Roux, Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer, Rady Children’s Hospital – San Diego
  
• Ken Roorda, Principal, ECG Management Consultants, Inc.
  
• J. Mark Waxman, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP

Moderator

• Jim Lord, Principal, ECG Management Consultants, Inc.

Who Should Attend

Health system/hospital C-level executives, general counsel, medical directors, and managed care and strategy development executives can benefit from the information provided during these Web conferences.

Upcoming Series Topics

We hope you also will join us for future Web conference programs, which will feature lively discussions on the following topics: 

• Fraud and abuse compliance
  
• Information technology
  
• Research and teaching
  
• Subspecialty physician practice: managing teaching, research, and clinical missions in the presence of shortages

Foley & Lardner LLP will apply for CLE credit after the program, wherever applicable. Foley & Lardner LLP certifies that this activity has been approved for California MCLE credits by the State Bar of California in the amount of 1.5 General credits. Foley & Lardner LLP is a State Bar of California MCLE approved provider. Participants must log into the Web conference using the link from GoToWebinar and use either the telephone or their computer to access the audio portion of the session on the date of the event to be eligible for CLE; credit may not be obtained by viewing and/or listening to a program recording after the event. If you would like to request CLE credit for this program, please provide the CLE two-character state abbreviation and bar number in the designated area on the registration page.

For more information, please contact Kathi Sweyer at [email protected]. To follow up on CLE credit, please contact Zulaikha Rahim at [email protected].

Serving the pediatric population remains one of the most complex challenges in healthcare delivery. Children’s hospitals, pediatric programs, and physicians face economic uncertainties as the legal/regulatory landscape changes and healthcare payment and care delivery reforms begin to take shape. The Pediatric Business and Healthcare Delivery Series explores the most important business and structural challenges to pediatric healthcare delivery, as well as the complex, and often undiscussed, efforts made by pediatric providers and payors.