CONFERENCE AGENDA
Institute of Medicine
National Academy of Sciences
Washington, DC 20418
Collaboration Among Managed Care Organizations
for Quality Improvement
November 13, 1997
9:00 a.m.–9:30 a.m.
Introduction to Collaboration
Robert A. Berenson, M.D.
The Lewin Group and Chair, Steering Committee for the Conference
9:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
Conceptual Papers
• Legal Issues in Collaboration
Clark Havighurst, J.D.
William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law, Duke University
• Collaboration in Other Industries
George C. Fads, Ph.D.
Charles River Associates, Washington, D.C.
10:30 a.m.–10:50 a.m.
Welcome
Kenneth L Shine
President, Institute of Medicine
10:50 a.m.–11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
Panel and group discussion of the papers
- What are the limits to proprietary interests in quality improvement?
- When do we compete; when do or might we collaborate to improve quality?
- What are the concerns, e.g., public goods, the free rider problem, adverse selection?
Panel:
Antitrust
Robert Leibenluft, J.D.
Assistant Director, Health Care, Bureau of Competition, FTC
The Limits of Competition
Paul B. Batalden, M.D.
Director, Health Care Improvement Leadership Development Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Dartmouth
The Medical Director's Perspective
George J. Isham, M.D.
Medical Director and Chief Health Officer, HealthPartners
Lessons from the Electronics Industry
Bruce Mueller
Corporate Vice President and Director of Human Resources, Infrastructure, and Technology, Motorola, Inc.
12:15 p.m.–1:15 p.m. Lunch
1:15 p.m.–2:45 p.m.
Examples of Collaboration (panel and general discussion)
Panel:
Catherine A. Borbas, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Executive Director, Healthcare Education and Research Foundation St. Paul, MN
Thomas Davies, J.D., M.P.A.
Manager of Managed Care, GTE Services Corporation
Rachel Rowe, R.N.
Executive Vice President, Foundation for Health Communities
Tim Size, M.B.A.
Executive Director, Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative, and President Elect, National Rural Health Care Coalition
Donald M. Steinwachs, Ph.D.,
Professor and Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management,
School of Public Hygiene and Public Health, John Hopkins University
2:45 p.m.–3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.
Working session (all invited participants)
- What are the problems?
- Which areas are conducive to collaboration?
- Which areas present serious impediments to collaboration?
4:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.
Findings and conclusions
- Criteria for collaboration
- Feasible areas for collaboration
- Elements for evaluation of successful collaboration
- Identification of the structures that are needed to promote collaboration
- The role of government?
5:30 p.m. Adjourn
