Learn How to Align Healthcare Practice with Technology for Better Patient Outcomes at Collaborative Innovation in Healthcare: A Frost & Sullivan Executive MindXchange

The only event where payors and providers come together to advance a shared vision of the healthcare ecosystem will take place Jan. 27-30,2019,at the San Diego Marriott La Jolla,La Jolla,Calif.

SANTA CLARA,California,Sept. 19,2018 --Rasu Shrestha,M.D.,MBA,Chief Innovation Officer,UPMC,Executive Vice President UPMC Enterprises,will give a keynote presentation on Customer Experience: Industry Barometers and Best Practices at Frost & Sullivan's annual healthcare event,attended by both payors and providers. Rasu will examine how the emphasis on customer experience and utilizing best practices can improve the quality of care,decrease costs and improve revenue.

To register and download the event agenda for the Collaborative Innovation in Healthcare: A Frost & Sullivan Executive MindXchange,please visit: www.healthcaremindxchange.com

Shrestha plays a leading role in driving UPMC's innovation strategy,where he serves as a catalyst for transforming the organization into a more patient-focused and economically sustainable system. Through strategic partnerships,joint development agreements and investments in promising healthcare start-ups,Shrestha and the Enterprises team champion the development,implementation and commercialization of innovations that solve complex healthcare challenges.

Shrestha has been recognized byBecker's Hospital Reviewas one of the 26 "Smartest People in Health IT," andInformation Weeknamed him one of the "Top 20 Health IT Leaders Driving Change" and a "Top Healthcare Innovator."

Jaewon Ryu,J.D.,Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer,Geisinger Health System,will also present,"Challenge Your Thinking -- Could Capitation be the End Point?" In this session,he will discuss how prepayment models and greater financial accountability over a patient population (whether capitation or other variations) could create the right incentives to support building out additional care programs that allow patients to be cared for in more efficient ways.

Ryu previously served as president of Integrated Care Delivery for Humana,where he was responsible for owned and joint ventured care delivery practices,as well as Transcend Insights,a management services organization assisting affiliated practices to adopt population health under value-based reimbursement. He also held leadership roles at Kaiser-Permanente,the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,and served as a White House Fellow at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

At the Collaborative Innovation in Healthcare: A Frost & Sullivan Executive MindXchange,participants will leverage the latest payor–provider collaboration strategies and patient experience best practices.Participants and presenters will share real-world lessons learned,and ideation on new approaches,new systems and new technology solutions.

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