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Register for CAP's Free Webinar: Why Clinical Integration? Why ACO?

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Thursday, April 28, 2016 | 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Register: www.CAPphysicians.com/aco | Complimentary to physicians and their office staff

On-Demand Webinar: Key Strategies for Ensuring a Profitable Independent Practice
During this one-hour program, practice management expert Debra Phairas discusses how various business models and operational enhancements can increase revenue to help your practice remain successful in today’s competitive marketplace.

Thinking about joining an Accountable Care Organization (ACO) or Clinically Integrated Network (CIN)? There are many factors to consider. What do you stand to gain and lose? Is it the right “fit” for you? What is the value for physicians, hospitals, and patients? Learn about potential risks and rewards of both options to help you decide if this is the right choice for you. Join us for a chance to hear from an expert, Mark Shields, MD, MBA, FACP, Senior Advisor, Navigant Healthcare.

In our upcoming webinar, attendees will learn:

  • Benefits of clinical integration for the marketplace, physicians, and hospitals
  • The key drivers of clinical integration
  • The key aspects of an ACO contract
  • Approaches to clinical integration and contracting

The presentation will be followed by a short Q&A session. For those who are unable to attend the live event, this webinar will be recorded and made available to our members via email.

Why Clinical Integration? Why ACO? Is part of CAP’s ongoing “Surviving and Thriving Through Healthcare Reform” webinar series – and part of our broader initiative to help members remain successful and independent during these changing times.

 

ABOUT YOUR PRESENTERS

Mark Shields, MD, MBA, FACP, Senior Advisor, Navigant Healthcare

Dr. Mark Shields, a Board Certified Internist, has more than 25 years’ experience in management roles with medical groups, insurance companies, hospitals, and integrated delivery systems. Dr. Shields served for 11 years as Senior Medical Director for Advocate Physician Partners and Vice President of Medical Management for Advocate Health Care. Dr. Shields had been in this role since the start of APP’s nationally recognized Clinical Integration program in 2004 and APP’s launch as one of the nation’s largest Accountable Care Organizations in 2011, serving over 365,000 commercial patients and more than 100,000 Medicare patients.

Prior to joining Advocate Physician Partners, Dr. Shields held the position of Chief Medical Officer for Kaleida Health in New York, was the Chief Medical Officer at Dreyer Medical Clinic, Consulting Medical Director of HMOI, and President and Co-Founder of a primary care group where he practiced general internal medicine and geriatrics.

He has served on the boards of directors of the Alliance of Independent Academic Medical Centers (AIAMC), the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), and the Institute of Medicine of Chicago, and on the Committees on Health Professions and Clinical Leadership of the American Hospital Association. He is the recipient of the Ethel Weinberg Award from AIAMC. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the Institute of Medicine of Chicago and a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School and the University of Chicago Business School.