IHA staff and board members are available to speak on behalf of IHA on the various topics of expertise noted below. The IHA Speakers List and the Speaker Request Form may be downloaded from the related resources section to the right. IHA Expertise
Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) and California lessons learned
Bundled episode payment
Capitation and the California delegated model
Clinical data exchange
Confidentiality and price transparency for implant devices
Efficiency measurement (episodes of care and appropriate resource use)
Encounter data
Integrating clinical and administrative data for performance measurement
P4P payment methodology (improvement versus relative performance)
P4P program development, implementation and management
Payment reform
Performance measures
Performance-based contracting
Physician-Hospital alignment in device selection
Public reporting
Quality measurment
Readmissions
Regional quality variation in California
To request a speaker, complete and return the Speaker Request Form by email or fax to:
Cindy Ernst Director of Communications
Integrated Healthcare Association
Email: cernst@iha.org
Fax: 510-444-5842
Phone: 510-208-1743
“To drive major improvements, performance-based payments must exceed 10% of total provider income. Incentives of this magnitude can only be mobilized if they originate in payer savings.”
