BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20140815T143000Z DTEND:20140815T160000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Networking Breakfast DESCRIPTION:Join us for a summer Networking Breakfast. Pacific Medical Center will discuss the following:\n\n Heath care system is confusing & expensive\n What do employers need to navigate this complex system?\n How are your health care dollars spent today?\n What should employers be asking?\n What to look for in quality health care\n What is an Intensive outpatient care team\, and why should employers care?\n The Resources\n Be aware of price variability\n\n \n\nWm. Richard Ludwig\, MD\n\nChief Integration Officer\n\nMedical Director\, Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP)\n\nPacific Medical Centers (PacMed)\n\n\n\nChief Medical Officer\n\nProvidence ACO\n\n\n\nDr. Ludwig is board certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics. He received his medical degree from the University of Michigan and completed his internal medicine training at Virginia Mason Medical Center. He began his practice at Pacific Medical Centers in 1981 and has held several administrative positions including practice president\, medical director\, chief of primary care and medical director for quality.\n\n\n\nWith the recent PacMed & Providence affiliation\, Dr. Ludwig's role as the Chief Integration Officer is to preserve and identify opportunities to propagate PacMed's care model and best practices into the Providence and Swedish systems\, and vice versa. He also works collaboratively to align Providence's shared services to support PacMed's care model\, managing the pace and priority of integration efforts between Providence and PacMed and provides further oversight for the cultural work between the organizations. This affiliation also provides the opportunity for PacMed to play an integral role in the Providence ACO\, and Dr. Ludwig's experience as the medical director for quality\, positions him to serve as CMO. He will maintain his long term role as the Medical Director for the USFHP.\n\n\n\nDr. Ludwig is an active participant in the Washington Health Alliance\, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and the American Diabetes Association. \n\n\n\nFor more information about Dr. Ludwig\, please visit the PacMed website at www.PacMed.org. You may contact Dr. Ludwig at (206) 621-4408 or rickl@pacmed.org. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Join us for \;a summer \;Networking Breakfast. Pacific Medical Center will discuss the following:\n
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  1. Heath care system is confusing &\; expensive
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  2. What do employers need to navigate this complex system?
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  3. How are your health care dollars spent today?
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  4. What should employers be asking?
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  5. What to look for in quality health care
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  6. What is an Intensive outpatient care team\, and why should employers care?
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  7. The Resources
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  8. Be aware of price variability
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\nWm. Richard Ludwig\, MD
\nChief Integration Officer
\nMedical Director\, Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP)
\nPacific Medical Centers (PacMed)
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\nChief Medical Officer
\nProvidence ACO
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\nDr. Ludwig is board certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics. \; He received his medical degree from the University of Michigan and completed his internal medicine training at Virginia Mason Medical Center. \; He began his practice at Pacific Medical Centers in 1981 and has held several administrative positions including practice president\, medical director\, chief of primary care and medical director for quality.
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\nWith the recent PacMed &\; Providence affiliation\, Dr. Ludwig&rsquo\;s role as the Chief Integration Officer is to preserve and identify opportunities to propagate PacMed&rsquo\;s care model and best practices into the Providence and Swedish systems\, and vice versa. \; He also works collaboratively to align Providence&rsquo\;s shared services to support PacMed&rsquo\;s care model\, managing the pace and priority of integration efforts between Providence and PacMed and provides further oversight for the cultural work between the organizations. \; This affiliation also provides the opportunity for PacMed to play an integral role in the Providence ACO\, and Dr. Ludwig&rsquo\;s experience as the medical director for quality\, positions him to serve as CMO. He will maintain his long term role as the Medical Director for the USFHP.
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\nDr. Ludwig is an active participant in the Washington Health Alliance\, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and the American Diabetes Association. \;
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\nFor more information about Dr. Ludwig\, please visit the PacMed website at www.PacMed.org. \; You may contact Dr. Ludwig at (206) 621-4408 or rickl@pacmed.org.
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\n \; LOCATION:Hampton Inn & Suites 31720 Gateway Center Blvd. South Federal Way\, WA 98003 UID:e.1152.1172 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260415T223532Z URL:https://business.federalwaychamber.com/events/details/networking-breakfast-08-15-2014-1172 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR