Optimizing Performance Series (OPS)

Managing Change in the Physician Office

Quality isn't just a managed care trend – it's an industry trend. To go from good to great, physician groups need to support change in the doctor's office. Organizational survival is at stake. Most of the leading provider groups in California are gaining control of their data to self-report in Pay for Performance and to provide feedback reports to their physicians. Many are also using the measures of P4P to create physician level incentives. However, to go from good to great, physician groups need to support change in the doctor's office.

The OPS Curriculum

OPS is a 5-day training over 5 months to help groups do the right things in the right way.

Coursework will focus on the right things:

Improving clinical performance
Improving patient experience
Successfully implementing EMR or other clinical IT

And the training to get them done in the right way:

Using leadership and culture to enhance integration
Building teams to support multiple changes at the practice site
Planning spread throughout the network
Using data to drive change

OPS On-site Session Dates

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What You Get

Exposure to best practices
Intensive sharing of experience with other committed California IPAs and Medical Groups
CME credits

Faculty Include

Sarah Fraser, PhD, Spreading Change Across Practices
Chuck Kilo, MD, MPH, Practice Redesign
Jack Silversin, DMD, DrPH, Leadership and Culture in Physician Groups
Neil Solomon, MD, Business Benefits of Quality Programs

Expectations of Participants

Leadership teams of 2-6 senior leaders (a team MUST include at least 2 people, including one clinical leader)
Commit to 5 days of on-site learning over 5 months
Participate in monthly teleconferences
Share information openly with others to facilitate spread across organizations

Benefits

Move strategic initiatives ahead farther, faster
Get better on all the Pay for Performance measures
("Outcomes equals income")
Demonstrate clinical integration
Build the organization's "leadership bench strength"

Cost

Cost is based on total HMO enrollment and covers up to 6 participants. Each team is responsible for travel and lodging expenses.

$ 5,000 Enrollment < 30,000
$ 7,000 Enrollment 30,001 to 90,000
$10,000 Enrollment > 90,001

*Scholarships are available for groups serving primarily Medi-Cal members.

To Apply

We are not accepting applications at this time.

For Additional Information

Neil Solomon, MD

nsolomon@nasconsulting.biz

(415) 836-6777

The Optimizing Performance Series is a collaborative project of the California Quality Collaborative (CQC) and the California Association of Physician Groups (CAPG).

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