Raising the Bar / Payment Reform and Cardiovascular Disease - Conferences

Raising the Bar /
Payment Reform and
Cardiovascular Disease
June 12, 2009 | Washington, DC

Avalere Health is proud to have assembled a diverse group of leaders and decision-makers in government, industry, and advocacy. These key players will engage you and each other in a dialogue on the current and future state of health reform are in the United States. The insights of these speakers at the Avalere Health Payment Reform and Cardiovascular Disease conference will illustrate how payers and policy makers are raising the bar..

Speaker Profiles /

		James Hereford Executive Vice President, Strategic Services and Quality James Hereford is executive vice president of Strategic Services and Quality at Group Health Cooperative, one of the nation’s largest consumer-governed health care systems. His responsibilities include strategic oversight of technology, quality, human resources, and strategic planning. Hereford has been instrumental in the development of secure Web portals for Group Health contracted providers, employers, brokers, and members at www.ghc.org. He oversaw the implementation of a comprehensive electronic medical record for patients at Group Health–operated medical centers and clinics—one of the nation’s largest. He has also been a key figure in the implementation of a Lean-based management and improvement system at Group Health. Hereford has held various positions in service quality and health informatics during his 17 years at Group Health. He holds a Bachelor and a Masters of Science in Mathematics from Montana State University. Hereford is a faculty member at the University of Washington, where he has taught operations management in the Master of Health Administration program. Hereford is chair of the Washington State Health Care Authority Health Information Infrastructure Advisory Board, commissioned to create a statewide clinical data sharing infrastructure, and sits on the board of OneHealthPort, a shared technology security service. He is a frequent speaker nationally on operational improvement through the use of Lean and technology. About Group Health Founded in 1947, Group Health Cooperative is an innovative nonprofit health care system that provides integrated care and coverage. Along with its subsidiary carriers, Group Health Options, Inc. and KPS Health Plans, Group Health works to improve the health of more than 580,000 plan members in Washington and Idaho. More than 9,000 staff employed by Group Health and Group Health Permanente, its multispecialty medical group, provide patient-centered, evidence-based care to members and the broader community through medical and specialty centers, a hospital, a charitable foundation, and a nationally recognized research center. Please visit the virtual newsroom on our Web site, www.ghc.org under “Newsroom.”

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