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AGENDA: DAY II
TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2020
(All times below are Eastern Daylight Time)
DAY II MINI SUMMITS I & PLENARY SESSION
MINI SUMMITS I: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
(All attendees can attend any concurrent mini summit
and may move back and forth among the mini summits)
Mini Summit I: Patient Flow Strategies, including Resuming Elective Surgeries Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
11:00 am EDT
Introductions, Panel Discussion and Q&A
Bruce L. Gewertz, MD
H and S Nichols Distinguished Professor, Chair, Department of Surgery, Vice Dean Academic Affairs and Vice President, Interventional Services, Cedars-Sinai Health System, Los Angeles, CA
H and S Nichols Distinguished Professor, Chair, Department of Surgery, Vice Dean Academic Affairs and Vice President, Interventional Services, Cedars-Sinai Health System, Los Angeles, CA
Bruce L. Gewertz is Surgeon-in-Chief, Chair of the Department of Surgery, Vice-Dean for Academic Affairs and Vice-President for Interventional Services. He was on the faculty at the University of Chicago for 25 years, serving as the Dallas B. Phemister Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery from 1992 until 2006. Dr. Gewertz is the author of more than 250 original articles, book chapters and books. His principal clinical and research interests include mesenteric ischemia, cerebrovascular disease, and human factors in clinical care delivery. Recently, he led a $4 million multi-institutional research project integrating human performance and technology funded by the Department of Defense. Dr. Gewertz has received numerous awards for his basic investigations and teaching and was selected Outstanding Science Alumnus of Pennsylvania State University in 2003 and Alumni Fellow in 2009.
Katherine A. Hochman, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Chair, Quality and Assistant Chief of Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Chair, Quality and Assistant Chief of Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
Katherine A. Hochman is the Associate Chair of Quality for the Department of Medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center, where she also serves as the Assistant Chief of the Medicine service and the Director of the Hospitalist Program. Katherine was the first Hospitalist at NYU Langone Medical Center and became an Associate Program Director for Tisch Hospital in 2004. She received a Teacher of the Year Award in 2005. She became the first Director of the Hospitalist program in 2007. Under her leadership, the group grew from 1 FTE in one hospital in 2004 to over 30 FTE and 2 hospitals by 2020. She has worked on innovative ways to improve care delivery on the floors with the Hospitalist Scholars program, geographic wards. Kathy has served as an ad hoc editor on the Journal of Hospital Medicine and the American Journal for Quality.
Thomas K. Waddell, MD, MSc, PhD
Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University Health Network, Associate Professor, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Chief, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University Health Network, Associate Professor, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Thomas K. Waddell, MD, MSc, PhD, is the Pearson-Ginsberg Chair, Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Toronto and Head of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at University Health Network, including Toronto General Hospital. Dr. Waddell received his MD from the University of Ottawa in 1987, where he received the Gold Medal in Surgery. He completed surgical internship at St. Michael’s Hospital before joining the University of Toronto General Surgery Residency Program. He pursued basic laboratory training for 5 years as part of the Surgical Scientist Program, completing his MSc with Alec Patterson in 1992 and his PhD with Greg Downey in 1995. He runs a large lab with funding from the Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education, CIHR, Heart and Stroke, the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the Roche Organ Transplantation Research Foundation, the PSI Foundation and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research. His laboratory focuses on alternative approaches to the chronic shortage of donor lungs, especially stem cell and regenerative medicine approaches to lung disease. He leads the lung group for the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine. His clinical interests include lung transplantation and lung volume reduction surgery, lung cancer and especially minimally invasive and robotic thoracic surgery. He co-founded two companies related to lung re-conditioning for lung transplantion (EVLP). He continues to lead one of these, XOR – Labs Toronto Inc. as CEO. XOR – Labs Toronto is developing medical devices to facilitate EVLP.
Peter Viccellio, MD
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Renaissance Medical School, Stony Brook University, Vice Chairman and Clinical Director, Emergency Department, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY
Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Renaissance Medical School, Stony Brook University, Vice Chairman and Clinical Director, Emergency Department, Stony Brook University Hospital, Stony Brook, NY
Dr. Viccellio joined the faculty at Stony Brook in 1988. Under his leadership, Emergency Medicine became a Department in the Medical School. He also served as the department’s first residency director. He was appointed Vice Chairman and later Clinical Director of the Emergency Department. Known for his engaging teaching style, Dr. Viccellio has instituted a full capacity protocol at Stony Brook University Hospital which has been emulated nationwide, with data demonstrating impact on patient flow, patient safety, length of stay and patient satisfaction.
Dr. Viccellio is the editor of Handbook of Toxicology (Lippincott & Raven). His areas of research include emergency department and hospital overcrowding, patient safety, medical errors, head and cervical spine injuries, and residency education.
Dr. Viccellio has served in numerous leadership positions at the state and national levels of the American College of Emergency Physicians and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. He is a frequent lecturer on emergency medicine topics at the local, state, national, international conferences.
Dr. Viccellio is the editor of Handbook of Toxicology (Lippincott & Raven). His areas of research include emergency department and hospital overcrowding, patient safety, medical errors, head and cervical spine injuries, and residency education.
Dr. Viccellio has served in numerous leadership positions at the state and national levels of the American College of Emergency Physicians and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. He is a frequent lecturer on emergency medicine topics at the local, state, national, international conferences.
Eugene Litvak, PhD
President and CEO, Institute for Health Care Optimization, Adjunct Professor in Operations Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA (Moderator)
President and CEO, Institute for Health Care Optimization, Adjunct Professor in Operations Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA (Moderator)
Dr. Litvak is President and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Optimization. He is also an Adjunct Professor in Operations Management in the Department of Health Policy & Management at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), where he teaches the course “Operations Management in Service Delivery Organizations”. Prior to his current position, he was a co-founder and director of the Program for the Management of Variability in Health Care Delivery at the Boston University (BU) Health Policy Institute and a Professor at the BU School of Management. Dr. Litvak was a faculty member at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis. He was a member of the Institute of Medicine (currently the National Academy of Medicine) Committees “The Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System”, “The Learning Health Care System in America” and “Optimizing Scheduling in Health CareCurrently, he serves on the Executive Leadership Council, Strategic Innovation Engine, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. He is also Principal Investigator in many hospital and hospital systems operations improvement projects.
12:00 pm EDT
Mini Summit Adjournment
Mini-Summit II: Impact of COVID on Accountable Care & the Role of Accountable Care in Health System Recovery
11:00 am EDT
Introductions, Panel Discussion and Q&A
CMS/CMMI Update
Pauline Lapin, MHS
Director, Seamless Care Models Group, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD
Director, Seamless Care Models Group, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD
Pauline Lapin is the Director for the Seamless Care Models Group (SCMG) in the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Pauline oversees and provides guidance in the development and implementation of innovative payment and delivery models related to advanced primary care and accountable care organizations, namely the Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) and CPC Plus initiatives, the Pioneer ACO and Next Generation ACO Models, and the Comprehensive ESRD Care initiative. Her group also manages Health Care Innovation Awards related to primary care redesign, “hot-spotting,” and ACO-like models. Pauline has been in federal service at CMS for over 24 years, previously serving as Deputy Director of SCMG, and as a Division Director in the Office of Research, Development and Information, where she oversaw the design and implementation of a variety of demonstrations, including those related to medical home/advanced primary care practice and prevention.
Interviewed by:
Valinda Rutledge, MBA
Senior Vice President of Federal Affairs, APG, Vice President Public Payor Health Strategy, Care Coordination Institute, Prisma Health, Former Group Director, Patient Care Model Group and BPCI Lead, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC
Valinda Rutledge, MBA
Senior Vice President of Federal Affairs, APG, Vice President Public Payor Health Strategy, Care Coordination Institute, Prisma Health, Former Group Director, Patient Care Model Group and BPCI Lead, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC
Valinda Rutledge is currently the Senior Vice President, Federal Affairs for APG in which she is responsible for all federal government affairs activities in DC. She oversees APG’s legislative and regulatory agenda, the political action committee, and other aspects of a vibrant and successful federal affairs program such as analyzing legislation and regulations. She works directly with the Board of Directors and the CEO to develop the federal strategy She also serves in a limited role as the Vice President of Public Payor Health Strategy in the Care Coordination Institute at Prisma Health in SC. She previously worked as Senior Advisor and Group Director at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation (CMMI) and as the Chief Executive Officer of several systems including Bon Secours, SSM Health, and CaroMont Health. Ms. Rutledge received the 2013 Becker’s Healthcare Leadership Award, which is given to the top 30 individuals in the nation who demonstrate leadership and impact to the industry on a national level.
Panel Discussion
Melanie Matthews, MA
Chief Executive Officer, NW Momentum Health Partners ACO, Chief Executive Officer, Physicians of Southwest Washington, Former Vice President Operations, Prestige Care, Olympia, WA
Chief Executive Officer, NW Momentum Health Partners ACO, Chief Executive Officer, Physicians of Southwest Washington, Former Vice President Operations, Prestige Care, Olympia, WA
Melanie Matthews is the dynamic, creative and innovative CEO at Physicians of Southwest Washington (PSW) and President at MultiCare Connected Care. She brings more than 20 years of operations, financial, human resources, and product marketing experience in health care services for specialty populations. Her passion for public policy and engaging legislatures has propelled Melanie as the “voice” of physician health policies. Since joining the company, Melanie has maintained the core principals in which PSW was founded on and expanded business lines to include MSO services including credentialing, coding and compliance and the implementation of CMMI innovation models such as the Next Generation ACO. Prior to PSW, Melanie served for three years as Vice President of Operations for Prestige Care, Inc., where she was responsible for regulatory and financial operations and outcomes for 38 skilled nursing facilities and two Medicare home health agencies in a four-state northwest region. Among her other accomplishments, Melanie serves as Co-Chair for APG – Risk Evolution Taskforce.
David B. Muhlestein, PhD, JD
Chief Research Officer, Leavitt Partners, LLC, Visiting Policy Fellow, Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke University, Visiting Fellow, Accountable Care Learning Collaborative, Washington, DC
Chief Research Officer, Leavitt Partners, LLC, Visiting Policy Fellow, Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke University, Visiting Fellow, Accountable Care Learning Collaborative, Washington, DC
David Muhlestein is Chief Strategy and Chief Research Officer for Leavitt Partners. He is responsible for the firm’s strategic planning and leads Leavitt Partners-directed research. David’s research and expertise centers on healthcare payment and delivery transformation, understanding healthcare markets, and evaluating how the broader healthcare system is changing. He is a self-identified data nerd and regularly speaks and writes about healthcare system evolution. Additionally, David serves as Adjunct Assistant Professor of The Dartmouth Institute (TDI) at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, is a Visiting Policy Fellow at the Margolis Center for Health Policy at Duke University, and is a Visiting Fellow at the Accountable Care Learning Collaborative. In these roles he conducts research to translate learnings of high-performing organizations for the benefit of the broader health care system.
Hoangmai H. (Mai) Pham, MD
Vice President, Provider Alignment Solutions, Anthem, Former Chief Innovation Officer, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC
Vice President, Provider Alignment Solutions, Anthem, Former Chief Innovation Officer, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC
Mai Pham is the Vice President Provider Alignment Solutions for Anthem, Inc. Mai is responsible for developing and refining Anthem’s provider payment models that reduce the cost of care while rewarding improvements in quality and access. Additionally, she is focused on developing new products and networks built on a foundation of value-based care, and overseeing Anthem’s Enhanced Personal Health Care initiative, a program that focuses on patient-centered care and reimburses doctors for value-based, rather than volume-based, performance. Prior to joining Anthem in 2017, Mai was a founding official at the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), where she served as Chief Innovation Officer. Previously, she was senior health researcher and co-director of research at the Center for Studying Health System Change and Mathematica. A general internist, Mai has practiced for several years at safety net clinics in the Washington D.C. area.
S. Lawrence Kocot, JD, LLM, MPA
Principal and National Leader, Center for Healthcare Regulatory Insight, KPMG, Former Senior Advisor to the Administrator, CMS, Washington, DC (Moderator)
Principal and National Leader, Center for Healthcare Regulatory Insight, KPMG, Former Senior Advisor to the Administrator, CMS, Washington, DC (Moderator)
Larry Kocot is a Principal at KPMG, LLP, and National Leader of KPMG’s Center for Healthcare Regulatory Insight. Mr. Kocot provides advice and counsel to companies on corporate strategy and regulatory matters relating to public health care programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. Mr. Kocot is a former Senior Advisor to the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Prior to joining KPMG, Mr. Kocot practiced law at Epstein Becker Green, PC, and Dentons, US LLP. Kocot was a visiting fellow in the Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution; he was also Deputy Director of the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at Brookings. Mr. Kocot was a fellow in International Security Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and an adjunct fellow at CSIS for several years thereafter.
12:00 pm EDT
Mini Summit Adjournment
Mini-Summit III: Implications of COVID-19 Testing and Contact Tracing for Hospital and Health System Operations
11:00 am EDT
Introductions, Panel Discussion and Q&A
Bechara Choucair, MD
Senior Vice President and Chief Health Officer, Kaiser Permanente, Former Vice President, Safety Net and Community Health, Trinity Health, Former Commissioner, Chicago Department of Public Health, Oakland, CA
Senior Vice President and Chief Health Officer, Kaiser Permanente, Former Vice President, Safety Net and Community Health, Trinity Health, Former Commissioner, Chicago Department of Public Health, Oakland, CA
Bechara Choucair is senior vice president and chief health officer at Kaiser Permanente, one of America’s leading integrated health care providers and not-for-profit health plans. Dr. Choucair oversees the organization’s efforts focused on addressing the social health of its 12.2 million members and the 68 million people who live in the communities it serves. He is the author of Precision Community Health, a guide for public health innovation in policy, data, media and community partnerships to improve health for all. Previously, he served as senior vice president, Community Health at Trinity Health and was the commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH). He was also the executive director of Heartland Health Centers in Chicago and as the medical director of Crusader Community Health in Rockford, Illinois. Dr. Choucair recently joined the board of Futuro Health, a nonprofit organization dedicated to growing the largest network of certified health care workers.
Cyrus Shahpar, MD, MBA
Director, Prevent Epidemics Team, Resolve to Save Lives Initiative, Former Team Lead, Global Rapid Response Team, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Former Commander, Commissioned Corps, US Public Health Service, San Francisco, CA
Director, Prevent Epidemics Team, Resolve to Save Lives Initiative, Former Team Lead, Global Rapid Response Team, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Former Commander, Commissioned Corps, US Public Health Service, San Francisco, CA
Dr. Cyrus Shahpar is currently the Director of the Prevent Epidemics Team at the Resolve to Save Lives Initiative of Vital Strategies. His team support countries to strengthen emergency preparedness capacity to find, stop and prevent disease outbreaks. In the COVID-19 response, Cyrus serves as the Director of the Epidemic Intelligence Unit and Chief Science Officer. Prior to joining Vital Strategies, Cyrus served as the Team Lead for the new Global Rapid Response Team at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). At CDC, he served as a Commander in the US Public Health Service and worked with humanitarian organizations including UNHCR, UNICEF, WHO, and WFP in large emergencies in the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. He also worked in Liberia, Atlanta, and Washington DC in a variety of roles for the 2014-15 West African Ebola response. Previously, he worked for John Hopkins University, the University of California at San Francisco, the San Francisco Department of Public Health, and as an attending emergency physician at Emory University.
Cameron Robert Wolfe, MBBS, MPH, FIDSA
Infectious Disease Specialist, Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
Infectious Disease Specialist, Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
Dr. Wolfe is an Infectious Disease Specialist at Duke University School of Medicine. He has been leading Duke University Medical School’s Coronarvirus Task Force, where he has been on the frontlines treating COVID-19 patients.
He is a nationally recognized infectious disease expert, specializing in HIV infection, transplant-related infectious diseases, general infectious diseases, biological and emergency preparedness for hospital systems, influenza and respiratory viral pathogens.
He is a nationally recognized infectious disease expert, specializing in HIV infection, transplant-related infectious diseases, general infectious diseases, biological and emergency preparedness for hospital systems, influenza and respiratory viral pathogens.
Marta Wosinska, PhD
Deputy Director, Policy, Consulting Professor, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Former Economic Advisor, US Senate Finance Committee, Former Chief Healthcare Economist, Office of Inspector General, HHS, Former Head, Economics Staff, Office of Strategic Programs, FDA Center for Drug Evaluation, Durham, NC (Moderator)
Deputy Director, Policy, Consulting Professor, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Former Economic Advisor, US Senate Finance Committee, Former Chief Healthcare Economist, Office of Inspector General, HHS, Former Head, Economics Staff, Office of Strategic Programs, FDA Center for Drug Evaluation, Durham, NC (Moderator)
Marta E. Wosinska is the Deputy Director, Policy at the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and Consulting Professor at the Fuqua School of Business. In her role, she works with Duke-Margolis leadership on developing and executing the Center’s strategy. Previously, Dr. Wosinska served as an economic advisor to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee and served as Chief Healthcare Economist in the Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the US Department of Health and Human Services. Prior to OIG, Dr. Wosinska headed the Economics Staff at the Office of Strategic Programs in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and served as Senior Economic Advisor to FDA’s Deputy Commissioner for Medical Products and Tobacco. Before entering public service, Dr. Wosinska was an Assistant Professor of Marketing at the Harvard Business School and was a visiting Assistant Professor at the Columbia Business School.
12:00 pm EDT
Mini Summit Adjournment
Mini-Summit IV: The Role of Medicaid and Medicaid Health Plans in Supporting Health System Recovery
11:00 am EDT
Introductions, Panel Discussion and Q&A
Margaret A. Murray, MPA
Chief Executive Office, Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP), Former Medicaid Director, State of New Jersey, Washington, DC
Chief Executive Office, Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP), Former Medicaid Director, State of New Jersey, Washington, DC
Margaret Murray is the founding CEO of the Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP). She has led the organization since its inception in 2001. Ms. Murray is a national expert on health care policy for people with low incomes and is a frequent speaker on these issues at national conferences and in the media. Prior to leading ACAP, Ms. Murray was the Medicaid Director for the State of New Jersey under the administration of Governor Christine Todd Whitman, where she oversaw the expansion of the FamilyCare program to cover all children under 350% of poverty. She was also a senior budget analyst for the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, with responsibility for negotiating the budget neutrality agreements for Medicaid managed care waivers. Ms. Murray is a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance and serves on the Board of Directors of the Alliance for Health Policy. Meg also serves on the Medicaid Policy Center Advisory Committee of the New Jersey Quality Institute.
Michael Neidorff
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Centene Corporation, Chairman, National Urban League and Trinity University, Former President and CEO, Physicians Health Plan of Greater St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Centene Corporation, Chairman, National Urban League and Trinity University, Former President and CEO, Physicians Health Plan of Greater St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO
Michael F. Neidorff joined Centene as its president and CEO in 1996, and has since led the development and implementation of programs and services under Medicaid, Medicare, and commercial managed care while remaining committed to the philosophy that quality healthcare is best delivered locally. Under Mr. Neidorff’s leadership, Centene has expanded from a $40 million corporation to a multi-national healthcare enterprise with annual revenues expected to exceed $109 billion in 2020. Centene provides high-quality, culturally sensitive services to more than 23 million members in all 50 states, reaching nearly 1 in 15 individuals across the nation.
Sara Rosenbaum, JD
Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy, School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University, Commissioner, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, Washington, DC
Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy, School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University, Commissioner, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission, Washington, DC
Sara Rosenbaum is the Harold and Jane Hirsh Professor of Health Law and Policy and Founding Chair of the Department of Health Policy at George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health. Professor Rosenbaum has devoted her career to health justice for medically underserved populations, emphasizing public engagement, along with academic and judicial scholarship, as core aspects of her work. Among her many public service activities, Professor Rosenbaum worked for President Clinton from 1993-1994, directing the drafting of the Health Security Act.
She is a member of the National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, the National Academy of Social Insurance, and is a founding board member and current chair of FAIRHealth. She also has served on the CDC’s Director’s Advisory Committee and its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice and previously served as Board Chair of AcademyHealth and the National Academy for State Health Policy. Professor Rosenbaum was a founding Commissioner on Congress’s Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), which she chaired from January 2016 through April 2017.
She is a member of the National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, the National Academy of Social Insurance, and is a founding board member and current chair of FAIRHealth. She also has served on the CDC’s Director’s Advisory Committee and its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice and previously served as Board Chair of AcademyHealth and the National Academy for State Health Policy. Professor Rosenbaum was a founding Commissioner on Congress’s Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC), which she chaired from January 2016 through April 2017.
12:00 pm EDT
Mini Summit Adjournment
DAY II AFTERNOON PLENARY SESSION
12:05 pm EDT
Chair’s Introductions; Attendee Polling
Susan Dentzer
Senior Policy Fellow, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Former Editor in Chief, Health Affairs, Former Health Correspondent, PBS NewsHour, Washington, DC
Senior Policy Fellow, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Former Editor in Chief, Health Affairs, Former Health Correspondent, PBS NewsHour, Washington, DC
Susan Dentzer is the Senior Policy Fellow for the Robert J. Margolis Center for Health Policy at Duke University. She focuses on health system transformation, biopharmaceutical policy, and other key health policy issues. Dentzer is one of the nation’s most respected health and health policy thought leaders and a frequent speaker and commentator on television and radio, including PBS and NPR, and an author of commentaries and analyses in print publications such as Modern Healthcare. She was also the editor and lead author of the book Health Care Without Walls: A Roadmap for Reinventing U.S. Health Care. Previously, Dentzer was President and Chief Executive Officer of NEHI, the Network for Excellence in Health Innovation, she was senior policy adviser to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and before that, was the editor-in-chief of the policy journal Health Affairs. She was the on-air Health Correspondent for the PBS NewsHour. Dentzer wrote and hosted the 2015 PBS documentary, Reinventing American Healthcare, focusing on the innovations pioneered by the Geisinger Health System and spread to health systems across the nation. Dentzer is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine) and serves on the Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice of the National Academies of Science, Medicine, and Engineering. She is an elected member of the Council on Foreign Relations; a fellow of the National Academy of Social Insurance; and a fellow of the Hastings Center, a nonpartisan bioethics research institute. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the International Rescue Committee, a member of the board of directors of Research!America, which advocates on behalf of biomedical and health-related research; and a member of the board of directors of the Public Health Institute, a nonprofit organization addressing public health issues and solutions nationwide. Dentzer serves on the global access public policy advisory committee for Roche, the international biopharmaceutical company based in Basel, Switzerland. She is a member of the Boards of Advisors for RAND Health and for the Philip R. Lee Institute of Health Policy Studies at the University of California-San Francisco. From 2011 to 2017 she was public member of the Board of Directors of the American Board of Medical Specialties, which assists 24 medical specialty boards in the ongoing evaluation and certification of physicians. Dentzer graduated from Dartmouth, is a trustee emerita of the college, and chaired the Dartmouth Board of Trustees from 2001 to 2004. She serves on the advisory board for the Center for Global Health Equity at Dartmouth, and previous was a member of the Board of Advisors of Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine or more than two decades.
12:20 pm EDT
Keynote Address by Anthony S. Fauci, MD
Anthony S. Fauci, MD
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, Chief, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, Washington, DC
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, Chief, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, Washington, DC
Dr. Fauci was appointed Director of NIAID in 1984. He oversees an extensive research portfolio of basic and applied research to prevent, diagnose, and treat established infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, respiratory infections, diarrheal diseases, tuberculosis and malaria as well as emerging diseases such as Ebola and Zika. NIAID also supports research on transplantation and immune-related illnesses, including autoimmune disorders, asthma and allergies. The NIAID budget for fiscal year 2020 is an estimated $5.9 billion.
Dr. Fauci has advised six Presidents on HIV/AIDS and many other domestic and global health issues. He was one of the principal architects of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a program that has saved millions of lives throughout the developing world.
Dr. Fauci also is the longtime chief of the Laboratory of Immunoregulation. He has made many contributions to basic and clinical research on the pathogenesis and treatment of immune-mediated and infectious diseases. He helped pioneer the field of human immunoregulation by making important basic scientific observations that underpin the current understanding of the regulation of the human immune response. In addition, Dr. Fauci is widely recognized for delineating the precise ways that immunosuppressive agents modulate the human immune response. He developed effective therapies for formerly fatal inflammatory and immune-mediated diseases such as polyarteritis nodosa, granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly Wegener’s granulomatosis), and lymphomatoid granulomatosis. A 1985 Stanford University Arthritis Center Survey of the American Rheumatism Association membership ranked Dr. Fauci’s work on the treatment of polyarteritis nodosa and granulomatosis with polyangiitis among the most important advances in patient management in rheumatology over the previous 20 years.
Dr. Fauci has made seminal contributions to the understanding of how HIV destroys the body’s defenses leading to its susceptibility to deadly infections. Further, he has been instrumental in developing treatments that enable people with HIV to live long and active lives. He continues to devote much of his research to the immunopathogenic mechanisms of HIV infection and the scope of the body’s immune responses to HIV.
Dr. Fauci is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society, as well as other professional societiescoauthor, or editor of more than 1,300 scientific publications, including several textbooks.
Dr. Fauci has advised six Presidents on HIV/AIDS and many other domestic and global health issues. He was one of the principal architects of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), a program that has saved millions of lives throughout the developing world.
Dr. Fauci also is the longtime chief of the Laboratory of Immunoregulation. He has made many contributions to basic and clinical research on the pathogenesis and treatment of immune-mediated and infectious diseases. He helped pioneer the field of human immunoregulation by making important basic scientific observations that underpin the current understanding of the regulation of the human immune response. In addition, Dr. Fauci is widely recognized for delineating the precise ways that immunosuppressive agents modulate the human immune response. He developed effective therapies for formerly fatal inflammatory and immune-mediated diseases such as polyarteritis nodosa, granulomatosis with polyangiitis (formerly Wegener’s granulomatosis), and lymphomatoid granulomatosis. A 1985 Stanford University Arthritis Center Survey of the American Rheumatism Association membership ranked Dr. Fauci’s work on the treatment of polyarteritis nodosa and granulomatosis with polyangiitis among the most important advances in patient management in rheumatology over the previous 20 years.
Dr. Fauci has made seminal contributions to the understanding of how HIV destroys the body’s defenses leading to its susceptibility to deadly infections. Further, he has been instrumental in developing treatments that enable people with HIV to live long and active lives. He continues to devote much of his research to the immunopathogenic mechanisms of HIV infection and the scope of the body’s immune responses to HIV.
Dr. Fauci is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society, as well as other professional societiescoauthor, or editor of more than 1,300 scientific publications, including several textbooks.
12:40 pm EDT
Keynote Address: What Can We Do to Help?
Mark D. Smith, MD, MBA
Founding President & Former CEO, California Health Care Foundation, Former Co-chair, Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network (LAN), Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Attending Physician, Positive Health Program for AIDS Care, San Francisco General Hospital, Oakland, CA
Founding President & Former CEO, California Health Care Foundation, Former Co-chair, Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network (LAN), Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Attending Physician, Positive Health Program for AIDS Care, San Francisco General Hospital, Oakland, CA
Dr. Smith is currently a Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of California at San Francisco. Previously, he co-chaired the Guiding Committee of the Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network and was the Founding President and CEO of the California HealthCare Foundation. Dr. Smith spearheaded the launch of California HealthLine, the CHCF Innovation Fund, and the CHCF Leadership Fellows Program. He was a 2014 Menschel Senior Policy Fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health. Smith is a nationally recognized health policy expert. Before founding CHCF, Dr. Smith was Executive Vice President of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Prior to that, he was on the faculty at the Johns Hopkins Schools of Medicine and of Public Health. He serves on the Boards of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, the Commonwealth Fund, Teladoc Health, and Phreesia Inc. and the Editorial Board of Health Affairs. A Board-certified internist, he maintains an active clinical practice in HIV care at San Francisco General Hospital.
1:15 pm EDT
COVID Reports from the Field: Calling Health Care Workers ‘Heroes’ Harms All of Us
Matthew Lewis, PhD
Core Leadership, The Third Conversation, Senior Strategic Consultant, Primary Care Progress, Dallas, TX
Core Leadership, The Third Conversation, Senior Strategic Consultant, Primary Care Progress, Dallas, TX
Matthew Lewis is an expert on the use of narrative as a tool for connection, teamwork, and leadership development. With more than a decade of experience in classrooms and clinics, Matt has taught on topics ranging from narrative, leadership, trauma, war, American culture, and personal identity at Harvard University (as a Teaching Fellow), Syracuse University (as a visiting researcher), and at Emory University (as a professor) where he completed his doctorate (an ethnography focused on narrative, war, and trauma). Dr. Lewis is an advocate for the use of story and community building to break down barriers and cultivate meaningful and authentic relationships. He also frequently writes, speaks, and advises organizations and individuals on ways to leverage their personal stories, and the stories of others, for social good and systems change.
Brian J. Park, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU), Portland, OR
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU), Portland, OR
Dr. Brian Park (he/him) holds a secondary faculty appointment in the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health as an Assistant Professor in the graduate level Health Management & Policy and Health Systems & Policy programs. In this role, his work includes teaching classes, mentoring students, and collaborating on research with primary faculty.
In addition to this commitment to the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health (SPH), Dr. Park is an Assistant Professor in the OHSU’s School of Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine. He is passionate about the impact of narrative, relationships, and community organizing on advancing health equity and health justice. Dr. Park co-founded and directs The RELATE Lab (Relationships in Equity, Leadership, and Team Effectiveness), an initiative aiming to create a more relational, equitable, and human-centered health system for health professionals, patients, and community members.
As part of The RELATE Lab, Dr. Park co-founded and directs the Relational Leadership Institute (RLI). Based on successful evaluation results, RLI has since expanded to the University of North Carolina and the University of Utah.
In addition to this commitment to the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health (SPH), Dr. Park is an Assistant Professor in the OHSU’s School of Medicine in the Department of Family Medicine. He is passionate about the impact of narrative, relationships, and community organizing on advancing health equity and health justice. Dr. Park co-founded and directs The RELATE Lab (Relationships in Equity, Leadership, and Team Effectiveness), an initiative aiming to create a more relational, equitable, and human-centered health system for health professionals, patients, and community members.
As part of The RELATE Lab, Dr. Park co-founded and directs the Relational Leadership Institute (RLI). Based on successful evaluation results, RLI has since expanded to the University of North Carolina and the University of Utah.
Zac Willette, MDiv, BCC
Founder and President, Allay Care, Former System Director, Mission Integration & Spiritual Care, Ascension, Former Vice President of Mission Integration, MissionPoint Health Partners, Minneapolis, MN
Founder and President, Allay Care, Former System Director, Mission Integration & Spiritual Care, Ascension, Former Vice President of Mission Integration, MissionPoint Health Partners, Minneapolis, MN
Zac Willette is a board-certified chaplain trained to listen and help people name what is most important to them. Zac has guided thousands of people as they traversed through both life and death experiences. With a background in education, international work and experience serving people in two of Chicago’s most intense ER and Trauma Centers, Zac understands the power of communication and brings a perspective of inclusion and diversity to his work. Zac co-founded Allay Care Services in 2018 out of a deep belief that life is beautiful and – because death is inescapably a part of life – death should have beauty and dignity in it as well.
Before co-founding Allay Care Services, Zac served as head of Spiritual Care for Ascension, the nation’s largest nonprofit health system.
Before co-founding Allay Care Services, Zac served as head of Spiritual Care for Ascension, the nation’s largest nonprofit health system.
1:30 pm EDT
COVID Commentary: Health Care Transparency in the Age of COVID-19
John O’Shea, MPA, MD
Former Senior Fellow, Health Policy, Domestic Policy Studies, Heritage Foundation, Former Visiting Scholar, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, The Brookings Institution, Former Health Policy Advisor, US House, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Washington, DC
Former Senior Fellow, Health Policy, Domestic Policy Studies, Heritage Foundation, Former Visiting Scholar, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, The Brookings Institution, Former Health Policy Advisor, US House, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Washington, DC
Dr. O’Shea is a surgeon and independent researcher. From 2014-2019 he was a Senior Fellow in the Center for Health Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC, where he worked on a number of health policy issues, including implementation of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), health care payment and delivery reform, Medicare Advantage, VA health care, emergency medical care and graduate medical education. Previously, he was a Visiting Scholar in the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at the Brookings Institution and served as senior health policy advisor to the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Before moving to DC in 2011, he was Director of Acute Care Surgery at Montefiore Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, NY.
1:45 pm EDT
Interview: Wyatt Decker, MD, MBA, CEO, OptumHealth
Wyatt Decker, MD, MBA
Chief Executive Officer, OptumHealth, Eden Prairie, MN
Chief Executive Officer, OptumHealth, Eden Prairie, MN
Wyatt Decker, MD, MBA, joined Optum in 2019. In his role as chief executive officer of OptumHealth, Dr. Decker oversees the care delivery and ambulatory care capabilities of OptumCare, as well as major platforms serving Behavioral Health, Population Health, Complex Care, and consumer offerings at Optum. He is leveraging the full value of Optum’s distinctive assets in data, analytics, technology and clinical expertise to improve the health outcomes and experiences for the millions of people receiving care in local care systems and everywhere Optum serves consumers and patients.
Prior to joining Optum, Dr. Decker served for more than two decades at Mayo Clinic. He most recently held the dual role of chief medical information officer for Mayo Clinic, and CEO of Mayo Clinic in Arizona. At Mayo Clinic, Dr. Decker pioneered the use of innovative digital technologies, including telemedicine and AI, to deliver health care expertise to affiliated care providers nationwide.
Dr. Decker also has served as a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, and directed the Emergency Medicine Residency Training program at Mayo Clinic.
Prior to joining Optum, Dr. Decker served for more than two decades at Mayo Clinic. He most recently held the dual role of chief medical information officer for Mayo Clinic, and CEO of Mayo Clinic in Arizona. At Mayo Clinic, Dr. Decker pioneered the use of innovative digital technologies, including telemedicine and AI, to deliver health care expertise to affiliated care providers nationwide.
Dr. Decker also has served as a Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, and directed the Emergency Medicine Residency Training program at Mayo Clinic.
Interviewed by:
Francis Jay Crosson, Jr, MD
Chair, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Founding Executive Director, The Permanente Federation, Former Director, Public Policy for the Permanente Medical Group, Past Chair, Governing Board, American Medical Group Association (AMGA), San Francisco, CA
Francis Jay Crosson, Jr, MD
Chair, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), Founding Executive Director, The Permanente Federation, Former Director, Public Policy for the Permanente Medical Group, Past Chair, Governing Board, American Medical Group Association (AMGA), San Francisco, CA
Dr. Crosson is the immediate past Chairman of the Congressional Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC). MedPAC advises Congress on ways to promote high quality coordinated care for beneficiaries and preserve the fiscal integrity of the Medicare program. He was appointed by the U.S. Controller, General to MedPAC from 2004 to 2010, 2014 to 2020, and as Chairman from 2015 to 2020. Previously, Dr. Crosson was the founding Executive Director of The Permanente Federation. He served in that role from 1997 to 2007. Subsequently he was a Senior Fellow at the Kaiser Permanente Institute for Health Policy. He currently is Senior Lecturer at the Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine in Pasadena California. Dr. Crosson is Past Chair of the Governing Board of the American Medical Group Association (AMGA). From 2012 to 2014 he was a Group Vice President of the American Medical Association. He also served on the National Advisory Committee of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) from 2012-2015.
2:05 pm EDT
Physician and Physician Organization Perspective
Grace Emerson Terrell, MD, MMM, FACP, FACPE
Chief Executive Officer, Eventus WholeHealth, Chair, American Medical Group Association (AMGA), General Internist, Wake Forest Health Network, Co-chair, Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee, Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Cornerstone Health Care, High Point, NC
Chief Executive Officer, Eventus WholeHealth, Chair, American Medical Group Association (AMGA), General Internist, Wake Forest Health Network, Co-chair, Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee, Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Cornerstone Health Care, High Point, NC
Grace E. Terrell MD MMM is CEO of Eventus Whole Health, a company focused on integrated value-based behavioral medicine and primary care in the long-term care space. She is a national thought leader in health care innovation and delivery system reform, and a serial entrepreneur in population health outcomes driven through patient care model design, clinical and information integration, and value-based payment models. She is the former CEO of Cornerstone Health Care, one of the first medical groups to make the “move to value” by lowering the cost of care and improving its quality for the sickest, most vulnerable patients, the founding CEO of CHESS, a population health management company, and the former CEO of Envision Genomics. Dr. Terrell currently serves on the U.S. DHHS’ Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee, the board of the AMGA, is a founding member of the Oliver Wyman Health Innovation Center, and the co-author of Value – Based Care and Payment Models.
Donald Rebhun, MD
Regional Medical Director, HealthCare Partners, Medical Group and Affiliated Physicians, Chairman, America’s Physician Groups (APG), Past Chairman, Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA), Los Angeles, CA
Regional Medical Director, HealthCare Partners, Medical Group and Affiliated Physicians, Chairman, America’s Physician Groups (APG), Past Chairman, Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA), Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Donald Rebhun is the Regional Medical Director of HealthCare Partners Medical Group and Affiliated Physicians, a nationally recognized medical group helping enable people across the greater Los Angeles area to live healthier lives. Dr. Rebhun is a passionate champion of information technology for patient safety, collaborative treatment decisions, and evidence-based best practices. He is recognized for his work in areas of coordinated care and quality outcomes. He is active in areas of strategic development and is involved with physician and patient education programs. He also actively works in areas of legislation and advocacy, while maintaining a part-time clinical practice.
Dr. Rebhun is the current Chairman of America’s Physician Groups (APG) and also the Co-chair of APG’s Quality and Performance Committee. He is a former Board Member and past Chairman of the Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA).
Dr. Rebhun is the current Chairman of America’s Physician Groups (APG) and also the Co-chair of APG’s Quality and Performance Committee. He is a former Board Member and past Chairman of the Integrated Healthcare Association (IHA).
Interviewed by:
Donald H. Crane, JD
President and Chief Executive Officer, America’s Physician Groups, Los Angeles, CA
Donald H. Crane, JD
President and Chief Executive Officer, America’s Physician Groups, Los Angeles, CA
Don Crane is the President and CEO of America’s Physician Groups, the nation’s leading professional association representing medical groups and independent practice associations practicing coordinated care. With offices in Los Angeles, Sacramento and Washington, America’s Physician Groups has become the leading voice for the value-based healthcare movement across the nation. America’s Physician Groups’ are at the forefront of national healthcare reform and represent the care model and payment methodologies adopted by federal legislation for the entire nation. Mr. Crane serves on the Board of Directors of the National Coalition on Health Care. In 2016, he received the prestigious Mathies Award for Vision and Excellence in Healthcare Leadership.
2:50 pm EDT
COVID Reports from the Field: Notes from the Field: Pandemic Palliative Care
Dana Lustbader, MD, FAAHPM
Chief, Department of Palliative Care, ProHEALTH, an OPTUM Company, Former Critical Care Physician and ER Director, Northwell Health, New York, NY
Chief, Department of Palliative Care, ProHEALTH, an OPTUM Company, Former Critical Care Physician and ER Director, Northwell Health, New York, NY
Dr. Lustbader is Chief of the Department of Palliative Care for OPTUM’s ProHEALTH. She developed patient and family centered high value healthcare models in the home and via telemedicine through her roles as Senior Medical Advisor for Aspire Health and as the founder and CMO of OPTUM Supportive Care. Prior to this, Dr. Lustbader worked as a critical care physician at Northwell Health where she served as the ICU Director, Founder & Section Head of Palliative Medicine and Program Director for the Palliative Medicine Fellowship. During the Covid-19 pandemic, she returned to work as an intensivist in the overwhelmed New York City hospitals. She is a Professor of Medicine at Northwell Hofstra School of Medicine. Dr. Lustbader is a faculty member for the Center to Advance Palliative Care and an elected board member for the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. She is a triple board certified in Palliative Care, Internal Medicine and Critical Care Medicine
3:05 pm EDT
COVID Reports from the Field: The COVID-19 Pandemic And Rural Hospitals
Pat Schou, MPH
Executive Director, Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network, President, National Rural Health Association (NRHA), Davenport, IA
Executive Director, Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network, President, National Rural Health Association (NRHA), Davenport, IA
Pat Schou is the executive director of the Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network (ICAHN), the first statewide critical access hospital (CAH) network comprised of 57 CAH and rural hospitals, providing hospital support and education programs and well as managing state and federal healthcare grants. In addition, Ms. Schou is the executive director of the Illinois Rural Community Care Organization (IRCCO). Ms. Schou has more than 40 years of clinical and rural hospital administrative experience and is the current president of the National Rural Health Association (NRHA). She serves as chair of her local health Board and services as a member of the Board for Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program, National Rural Resource Center, and Partners for Connected Illinois. She is also a fellow member of the American College of Healthcare Executives as well as a national speaker and facilitator. She was recently appointed to the National Advocacy Committee on Rural Health and Human Services.
3:20 pm EDT
Purchaser Perspective
Sree Chaguturu, MD
Chief Medical Officer, CVS Health, Chief Medical Officer, Caremark, Attending Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital, Instructor in Internal Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Chief Medical Officer, CVS Health, Chief Medical Officer, Caremark, Attending Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital, Instructor in Internal Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Sree Chaguturu is Chief Medical Officer of CVS Caremark, where he focuses on enhancing the quality of services provided to millions of its members and patients, while also contributing to the overall mission of CVS Health. He most recently was Chief Population Health Officer at Partners HealthCare. In this role, he led the system’s accountable care organization, one of the largest in the nation serving over 600,000 lives. Previously, he was a health care consultant at McKinsey and Company.
Dr. Chaguturu is also a practicing internal medicine physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and a Lecturer at Harvard Medical School. His articles have appeared in publications such as the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, and Health Affairs.
Dr. Chaguturu is also a practicing internal medicine physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and a Lecturer at Harvard Medical School. His articles have appeared in publications such as the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, and Health Affairs.
Candace Jodice
Vice President, Benefits, CVS Health, Former Benefits Administration Manager, Partners HealthCare, Boston, MA
Vice President, Benefits, CVS Health, Former Benefits Administration Manager, Partners HealthCare, Boston, MA
Candace Jodice Vice President, Benefits, CVS Health Jodice is responsible for the design and financial management of colleague benefits programs for ~300,000 colleagues at an annual expense of over $2 billion. She directs a team of individuals engaged in program strategy, design and implementation, plan compliance, analytics, financial management, as well as partner relationship management. Jodice has more than 25 years of benefits and compensation experience and has spent the last 17 years with CVS Health. Jodice is a member of the New England Employee Benefits Council, the Council on Employee Benefits, American Benefits Council, HR Policy Association, Business Roundtable, ERISA Industry Committee and the National Business Group on Health. She also serves as a Board Member for the Cost Solutions Institute within the National Business Group on Health and Connecting Children & Families, a non-profit organization in the city of Woonsocket, RI, and serves as CEO Roundtable Lieutenant of the American Heart Association.
Elizabeth Mitchell
President and CEO, Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH), Former Senior Vice President for Healthcare and Community Health Transformation, Blue Shield of California, Former President and CEO, Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (NRHI), San Francisco, CA
President and CEO, Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH), Former Senior Vice President for Healthcare and Community Health Transformation, Blue Shield of California, Former President and CEO, Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (NRHI), San Francisco, CA
Elizabeth Mitchell is President and CEO of the Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH). PBGH is a 501c(3) non-profit organization focused on improving health outcomes, experience and affordability for consumers and purchasers across the United States.
Mitchell previously served as Senior Vice President for Healthcare and Community Health Transformation at Blue Shield of California. Mitchell also served as the President and CEO of the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement; served as CEO of Maine’s business coalition on health (the Maine Health Management Coalition); worked within an integrated delivery system (MaineHealth); and was elected to the Maine State Legislature, serving as a State Representative. Mitchell served as Vice Chairperson of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee, Board and Executive Committee Member of the National Quality Forum (NQF), Member of the National Academy of Medicine’s “Vital Signs” Study Committee on core metrics, and a Guiding Committee Member for the Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network.
Mitchell previously served as Senior Vice President for Healthcare and Community Health Transformation at Blue Shield of California. Mitchell also served as the President and CEO of the Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement; served as CEO of Maine’s business coalition on health (the Maine Health Management Coalition); worked within an integrated delivery system (MaineHealth); and was elected to the Maine State Legislature, serving as a State Representative. Mitchell served as Vice Chairperson of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee, Board and Executive Committee Member of the National Quality Forum (NQF), Member of the National Academy of Medicine’s “Vital Signs” Study Committee on core metrics, and a Guiding Committee Member for the Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network.
Lisa Woods
Senior Director, US Health Care, Walmart, Chair, Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH), Bentonville, AR
Senior Director, US Health Care, Walmart, Chair, Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH), Bentonville, AR
Lisa Woods serves as Senior Director, U.S. Strategy & Design of Benefits for Walmart Stores, Inc. Woods is a benefits professional with broad based knowledge and has been recognized nationally as an innovator and thought leader in health care with a strong commitment to ensuring that more than a million Walmart associates have access to benefits that are comprehensive, affordable, and competitive. Woods has played a key role in developing a portfolio of innovative programs focused on payment reform, reducing waste in the system and ensuring appropriateness of care for Walmart associates. Lisa led the effort with her team to design and implement the Centers of Excellence program for heart, spine, joint replacements, and cancer with leading quality health systems. Lisa has also worked on developing narrow network plans including direct contracting with ACO’s. Lisa serves on many committees and boards including board chair for the Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH), board vice president for the Council of Employee Benefits, several National Business Group on Health (NBGH) affiliated committees and the Catalyst for Payment Reform (CPR).
Interviewed by:
Susan Dentzer
Senior Policy Fellow, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Former Editor in Chief, Health Affairs, Former Health Correspondent, PBS NewsHour, Washington, DC
Susan Dentzer
Senior Policy Fellow, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Former Editor in Chief, Health Affairs, Former Health Correspondent, PBS NewsHour, Washington, DC
Susan Dentzer is the Senior Policy Fellow for the Robert J. Margolis Center for Health Policy at Duke University. She focuses on health system transformation, biopharmaceutical policy, and other key health policy issues. Dentzer is one of the nation’s most respected health and health policy thought leaders and a frequent speaker and commentator on television and radio, including PBS and NPR, and an author of commentaries and analyses in print publications such as Modern Healthcare. She was also the editor and lead author of the book Health Care Without Walls: A Roadmap for Reinventing U.S. Health Care. Previously, Dentzer was President and Chief Executive Officer of NEHI, the Network for Excellence in Health Innovation, she was senior policy adviser to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and before that, was the editor-in-chief of the policy journal Health Affairs. She was the on-air Health Correspondent for the PBS NewsHour. Dentzer wrote and hosted the 2015 PBS documentary, Reinventing American Healthcare, focusing on the innovations pioneered by the Geisinger Health System and spread to health systems across the nation. Dentzer is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine) and serves on the Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice of the National Academies of Science, Medicine, and Engineering. She is an elected member of the Council on Foreign Relations; a fellow of the National Academy of Social Insurance; and a fellow of the Hastings Center, a nonpartisan bioethics research institute. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the International Rescue Committee, a member of the board of directors of Research!America, which advocates on behalf of biomedical and health-related research; and a member of the board of directors of the Public Health Institute, a nonprofit organization addressing public health issues and solutions nationwide. Dentzer serves on the global access public policy advisory committee for Roche, the international biopharmaceutical company based in Basel, Switzerland. She is a member of the Boards of Advisors for RAND Health and for the Philip R. Lee Institute of Health Policy Studies at the University of California-San Francisco. From 2011 to 2017 she was public member of the Board of Directors of the American Board of Medical Specialties, which assists 24 medical specialty boards in the ongoing evaluation and certification of physicians. Dentzer graduated from Dartmouth, is a trustee emerita of the college, and chaired the Dartmouth Board of Trustees from 2001 to 2004. She serves on the advisory board for the Center for Global Health Equity at Dartmouth, and previous was a member of the Board of Advisors of Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine or more than two decades.