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ForwardComprehensive Care Conference
Chicago, IL US
May 19, 2027 to May 20, 2027
Help Shape the Future of Comprehensive Care
Discover proven strategies to design, implement, and evaluate innovative care models for patients with complex medical and social needs. Learn from experts in implementation science, connect with peers tackling similar challenges, and gain practical tools to reduce care fragmentation, improve patient outcomes, and create more sustainable, high-value care.
Whether you're building a new program or enhancing an existing one, you'll leave with actionable strategies to structure, incentivize, and evaluate comprehensive care models that reduce unnecessary health care utilization and costs while improving care for the patients who need it most.
Join a community of innovators working to transform care for patients with the most complex needs, and return to your organization with practical solutions you can implement right away!
Join a community of innovators working to transform care for patients with the most complex needs, and return to your organization with practical solutions you can implement right away!
Target Audience
This activity is designed for healthcare professionals, administrators, social service providers, and patients who have experience or expressed interest in developing, implementing, and evaluating comprehensive care models, or care models that defragment care for patients who are frequently hospitalized and often experience complex medical and social needs.
Learning Objectives
After this activity, participants will be able to:
- Describe the financial impact of Comprehensive Care Physician (CCP) implementation on cost, revenue, and profitability across institutional settings.
- Explain the role of catchment areas in optimizing the clinical and financial value of CCP.
- Identify core team structures and staffing models that support relational continuity in CCP.
- Compare payer and provider perspectives on strategies for controlling costs within comprehensive care models.
- Analyze drivers and barriers to achieving financial sustainability within CCP models.
- Apply implementation science principles to support the adoption, evaluation, and sustainability of CCP models across healthcare settings.
- Assess key stakeholders, data, and messaging strategies needed to secure institutional buy-in for CCP investment.
- Evaluate approaches to reducing costs associated with high-utilizer care while improving clinical outcomes among high-utilizer patient populations.
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| Time | Session | Faculty |
|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2027 | ||
| 10:00 – 10:30 AM | Keynote & Conference Goals | David Meltzer, MD, PhD |
| 10:30 – 11:30 AM | Panel: Payer and Provider Perspectives on Cost Control | Sree Chaguturu, MD Tim Ferris, MD |
| 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | Panel: Effects of CCP on Cost, Revenue, and Profitability: Perspectives from the Field | Andrew Schram, MD, MBA Ed Vasilevskis, MD Nicole Gier, LCSW |
| 12:30 – 1:45 PM | Lunch & Poster Session | |
| 1:45 – 3:15 PM | Small Group Workshops: Building the Value Case for CCP at Your Institution | Elaine Morrato, PhD Emily Perish, MPP |
| 3:15 – 3:30 PM | Break | |
| 3:30 – 4:45 PM | Panel: Improving Outcomes and Controlling Costs for the Highest Utilizers | Scott Lee, MD Michael McCann, MD James Zhang, PhD |
| 5:00 – 7:00 PM | Reception and Networking | |
| May 20, 2027 | ||
| 8:00 – 8:45 AM | Breakfast & Poster Session | |
| 8:45 – 9:30 AM | Location, Location, Location: Defining Catchment Areas for CCP Practice to Optimize Value | David Meltzer, MD |
| 9:30 – 10:30 AM | Building and Sustaining the CCP Team to Maximize Relational Continuity | Grace Berry, MD Sara Westergaard, MD |
| 10:30 – 10:45 AM | Break | |
| 10:45 – 11:30 AM | Small Group Workshops: Planning for Innovation in CCP Research and Clinical Care | Elaine Morrato, PhD David Meltzer, MD, PhD |
| 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Conference Synopsis, Action Planning & Debrief | All conference participants |
The agenda is subject to change.
Industrious
24 E Washington St
Ste 875
Chicago, IL
60602
United States
INDUSTRIOUS
Join us at Industrious at Millennium Park, located in Chicago's iconic Marshall Field and Company building in the heart of the Loop. Blending contemporary meeting space with the elegance of one of the city's most celebrated historic landmarks, the venue provides an ideal setting for learning, collaboration, and meaningful conversation.
Just one block from Millennium Park, participants will be steps away from world-class hotels, acclaimed restaurants, shopping, and many of Chicago's most recognizable attractions. The venue is easily accessible by CTA trains, Metra, and bus lines, making travel convenient whether you're visiting from across the country or commuting locally.
Experience two days of learning, collaboration, and networking in the heart of downtown Chicago and discover practical solutions to improve care while enjoying one of the nation's most vibrant cities.
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ACCESSIBILITY The University of Chicago is committed to providing equal access appropriate to need and circumstances and complies fully with legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are in need of special accommodation, please contact our office via email.
The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, the University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO COURSE DIRECTORS
David Meltzer, MD, PhD
Fanny L. Pritzker Professor of Medicine
Fanny L. Pritzker Professor of Medicine
Andrew Schram, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine
Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an educational activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships before the start of the activity.
Additionally, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration at first mention and, where appropriate, in the content.
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an educational activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships before the start of the activity.
Additionally, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration at first mention and, where appropriate, in the content.
Physician Credit
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 8.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other Participant Credit
Other participants will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
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