I Just Got a Pay Cut! RVU, VBC – OMG: Can & Should We Make Everybody Whole?

Description

Timely discussion regarding provider compensation models given changing landscape of reimbursement for EP procedures. We will examine this from both a private practice versus employed model and include physicians, administrators and legal counsel.

Learning Objectives

Characterize the potential implications that changing physician compensation models might have in maintaining and improving quality patient care.
Explore how various compensation models might impact health care systems and their physicians based upon different system characteristics.
Describe administrative, operational and legal limitations that might influence the adoption of innovative compensation models.

Session Chair(s)

Amit Thosani, MD
Thomas Deering, MBA, MD

Presentations

Private Practice EP Perspective - Let's Sink The Boat
Presenter(s): Brett A. Gidney, MD

Employed/Academic EP Perspective - Let's Sink The Boat
Presenter(s): Gery F. Tomassoni, MD

Employed/Academic EP Perspective - Let's Not Rock The Boat
Presenter(s): Brett D. Atwater, MD

Contract Attorney Perspective
Presenter(s): Victor Cotton

Private Practice EP Perspective - Let's Not Rock The Boat
Presenter(s): Mark H. Schoenfeld, MD

Hospital Administrator Perspective
Presenter(s): Kevin Mair

Disclosures

Brett Gidney:

Boston Scientific (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee)
Biosense Webster, Inc. (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee)
Janssen Pharmaceuticals (Speakers' Bureau)
Abbott (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee)
AtriCure, Inc. (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee)
General Electric (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee)
Medtronic,Inc. (Travel/Entertainment)

Gery Tomassoni:

AtriCure, Inc. (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee)
Impulse Dynamics USA (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee)
Abbott (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee)
Boston Scientific (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee)
Zoll Medical Corporation (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee)

Brett Atwater:

Biotronik (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee)
Abbott (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee)
Medtronic (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee)
Biosense Webster, Inc. (Honoraria/Speaking/Consulting Fee)
Eli Lilly (Salary from Employment)

Victor Cotton: Nothing Relevant to Disclose
Mark Schoenfeld:

Apple Inc. (Stocks – Publicly Traded)

Kevin Mair: Nothing Relevant to Disclose

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Education Framework

Tachyarrhythmias
Supraventricular
AFib and Flutter
Catheter Ablation - AF
General Concepts
Communication Skills and Shared Decision Making
Pathophysiological Basis of Cardiac Arrhythmias and Basic EP
n/a – non-clinical content

Summary


Availability:	On-Demand


Cost:	FREE


Credit Offered:	No Credit Offered

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