Robert S. Galvin, MD, Director, Global Health Care, General Electric;
Thomas H. Lee, MD, Network President, Partners Healthcare System, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School;
Suzanne Delbanco, PhD, CEO, Leapfrog Group;
Jeff Kang, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President, Clinical Programs and Policy, CIGNA Healthcare Programs and Policy;
Donna Abney, Executive Vice President, University Medical Center Coordinating Council

      Provider organizations will describe their experiences with pay-for-performance programs and their impact on improvement. A panel of providers and payers will also discuss their respective views on reimbursement, performance-based payment, and quality improvement.
      After this presentation you will be able to:

• Discuss the potential impact of paying for performance.
• Develop approaches to influence pay-for-performance programs to support improvement.
• Describe both the payer and provider viewpoints on reimbursementand quality.