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October 2007 Health Webcasts

• October 19: Transparency in Health Care

• October 26: Provider Incentives to Improve Care
  

Transparency in Health Care
October 19th

***FREE Archive is now available*** Free archive for this webcast is available here.  This webcast was produced by WebEx.

This web-assisted audioconference will explore the idea of transparency in health care, what it means and how consumers can lower their health care costs and receive more effective and higher quality care.  This discussion will include state activities to increase transparency in their systems. 

• Nancy Wilson, Senior Advisor to the Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Patricia Kolodzey, Associate Director-Legislative Affairs, Texas Medical Association

Event Resources:
 Slides
Texas Senate Bill 1731
Texas Hospital Association Analysis of Senate Bill 1731
Texas Hospital Association and Texas Medical Association flyer on Senate Bill 1731

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Provider Incentives to Improve Accountability
October 26th

***FREE Archive is now available*** Free archive for this webcast is available here.  This webcast was produced by WebEx.

This web-assisted audioconference will focus on performance measurement from a provider perspective, and will explore pay for performance programs and physician incentives.  Dr. Glaseroff will focus on the challenges and triumphs of California's experience with pay for performance, and will also address what other states can do to build an accountable health system.

• Alan Glaseroff, President of the Humboldt - Del Norte Foundation for Medical Care and chief medical officer of the Humboldt-Del Norte Independent Practice Association

Event Resources:
 Slides

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