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AGENDA: DAY III
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2020
(All times below are Eastern Daylight Time)
DAY III MINI SUMMITS II & PLENARY SESSION
MINI SUMMITS II: 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 V: Health Care Without Walls: Telehealth and Virtual Care in the Public Health Emergency and Beyond
11:00 am EDT
Introductions, Panel Discussion and Q&A
Grant Chamberlain
Managing Director, Corporate Finance Healthcare Practice, Ziegler, Board, American Telemedicine Association, Chicago, IL
Managing Director, Corporate Finance Healthcare Practice, Ziegler, Board, American Telemedicine Association, Chicago, IL
Grant Chamberlain joined Ziegler in 2015 as a managing director in the Corporate Finance Healthcare Practice. With over 20 years of investment banking experience, Grant has advised some of the leading healthcare systems, including CentralLogic, SCI, Regroup, Forefront, Basys, Sharp Healthcare, Cedars-Sinai and Baylor Health, along with several of the most innovative telehealth companies. Prior to Ziegler, Grant led the mHealth sector coverage at Raymond James after spending 15 years advising HCIT and tech-enabled outsourced services companies on a broad variety of M&A, joint ventures/partnerships, and private financings. Additionally, Grant has completed dozens of transactions in the physician practice management space with a specific concentration in oncology. Prior to Raymond James, Grant was a principal at Shattuck Hammond Partners, which was acquired by Morgan Keegan. In addition, Grant is on the Board of Directors for The MAVEN Project and is an elected Director of the American Telemedicine Association (ATA).
Todd Czartoski, MD
Chief Medical Technology Officer, CE Telehealth, Former Executive Medical Director, Providence Health & Services, Seattle, WA
Chief Medical Technology Officer, CE Telehealth, Former Executive Medical Director, Providence Health & Services, Seattle, WA
Todd Czartoski is Chief Executive, Telehealth and Chief Medical Technology Officer for Providence Health System. He oversees enterprise-level telemedicine services and integration of technology into the clinical space across the organization. Prior to this role, he was Executive Medical Director for Providence Telehealth and Chief of Neurology at the Swedish Neuroscience Institute. He started the Swedish Neurohospitalist program in 2007 and helped develop the Swedish Telestroke network. He also served as SNI medical director for quality and outcomes for 6 years. In late 2012 he took over as Chief of Neurology. During his tenure as Chief, SNI grew from 27 to 64 employed Neurologists with 15 APCs. In 2011 he became medical director for Telehealth at Swedish and in 2014 joined Providence as System EMD for Telehealth. Todd attended medical school at Ohio State University and completed his Medicine Internship, Neurology residency, and an Infectious disease fellowship at the University of Washington. He is Board Certified in Neurology and Vascular Neurology with special interests in CNS infections and Stroke.
Judd Hollander, MD
Senior Vice President of Healthcare Delivery Innovation, Thomas Jefferson University, Associate Dean for Strategic Health Initiatives, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Chief Executive Officer, Your Pre-Med Advisory Team, Philadelphia, PA
Senior Vice President of Healthcare Delivery Innovation, Thomas Jefferson University, Associate Dean for Strategic Health Initiatives, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Chief Executive Officer, Your Pre-Med Advisory Team, Philadelphia, PA
Judd Hollander is Senior Vice President of Healthcare Delivery Innovation at TJU and Associate Dean for Strategic Health Initiatives at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University and Professor & Vice Chair of Finance and Healthcare Enterprises in the Department of Emergency Medicine, where responsibilities include the JeffConnect Telemedicine Program and Jefferson Urgent Care.
His research interests include innovative care delivery models (including telemedicine), risk stratification of patients with potential cardiovascular disease; cocaine associated cardiovascular complications; and laceration and wound management. Dr. Hollander has chaired the SAEM Program Committee and Emergency Medicine Foundation Scientific Review Committee and was Deputy Editor for the Annals of Emergency Medicine and co-chaired the National Quality Forum (NQF) committee to create a framework to support measure development for telehealth.
His research interests include innovative care delivery models (including telemedicine), risk stratification of patients with potential cardiovascular disease; cocaine associated cardiovascular complications; and laceration and wound management. Dr. Hollander has chaired the SAEM Program Committee and Emergency Medicine Foundation Scientific Review Committee and was Deputy Editor for the Annals of Emergency Medicine and co-chaired the National Quality Forum (NQF) committee to create a framework to support measure development for telehealth.
Earl Ray Dorsey, MD, MBA
Director, Center for Health + Technology, David M. Levy Professorship in Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (Moderator)
Director, Center for Health + Technology, David M. Levy Professorship in Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (Moderator)
Dr. Ray Dorsey is David M. Levy Professor of Neurology and Director of the Center for Health + Technology at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Dr. Dorsey is helping investigate new treatments for movement disorders and improve the way care is delivered for individuals with Parkinson disease and other neurological disorders. Using simple web-based video conferencing, he and his colleagues are seeking to provide care to individuals with Parkinson and neurological diseases anywhere that they live. Dr. Dorsey previously directed the movement disorders division and neurology telemedicine at Johns Hopkins and worked as a consultant for McKinsey & Company. Dr. Dorsey’s research has been published in the leading medical, neurology, and economic journals and has been featured on National Public Radio, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. Collaborators include Johns Hopkins University, Pfizer, Teva, IBM, MC10, Apple, the Michael J. Fox Foundation, the West Health Institute, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, and the National Institutes of Health.
12:00 pm EDT
Mini Summit Adjournment
Mini-Summit VI: Impact of COVID on Bundled Payments & the Role of Bundled Payments in Health System Recovery
11:00 am EDT
Introductions, Panel Discussion and Q&A
CMS/CMMI Update
Christina S. Ritter, PhD
Director, Patient Care Models Group (PCMG), Former Deputy Director, Hospital and Ambulatory Policy Group Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, US Department of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, MA
Director, Patient Care Models Group (PCMG), Former Deputy Director, Hospital and Ambulatory Policy Group Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, US Department of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, MA
Christina Smith Ritter joined the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) in April 2016 as the Director of the Patient Care Models Group (PCMG). In this role, she manages episode and bundled model development and implementation. PCMG’s portfolio includes the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced Model, the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model, the Oncology Care Model, the Home Health Value–Based Purchasing Model, the Medicare Care Choices Model, and the proposed Radiation Oncology Model. Ms. Ritter has worked in many capacities at CMS in her career. Prior to her current position, she was the Deputy Director of the Hospital and Ambulatory Policy Group. She previously led payment policy for both the hospital outpatient prospective payment system and the physician fee schedule. In addition to working on FFS payment policy, Ms. Ritter has also spent time working on coverage, Medicare Advantage quality measures, and the Medicare Drug Card program, a precursor to Part D drug payments.
Panel Discussion
Lili Brillstein, MPH
Chief Executive Officer, BCollaborative, Former Director, Episodes of Care, Horizon Healthcare Innovations, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield New Jersey, Member, CMS Advisory Panel on Oncology Bundles, Former Senior Director, Medicare & Retirement, UnitedHealthcare, Newark, NJ
Chief Executive Officer, BCollaborative, Former Director, Episodes of Care, Horizon Healthcare Innovations, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield New Jersey, Member, CMS Advisory Panel on Oncology Bundles, Former Senior Director, Medicare & Retirement, UnitedHealthcare, Newark, NJ
Lili Brillstein founded BCollaborative in July of 2019, which provides strategic advisory services to boards and c-suite stakeholders across the healthcare industry, helping to craft strategy and engagement in specialty care value-based models. She works with providers, payers, pharma, start-ups, and others to help advance the move from fee for service to value-based care. Lili was formerly the Director of Specialty Care Value Based Models for Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, and, under her leadership, built the largest, most progressive, and most collaborative Episodes of Care program for commercially insured patients in the country. She was the Director of Specialty Care Value Based Models for Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, and, under her leadership, built the largest and most progressive program for commercially insured patients in the country.
Gina Bruno, MBA
Vice President of Value-based Care, naviHealth, Boston, MA
Vice President of Value-based Care, naviHealth, Boston, MA
Gina Bruno is the Vice President of Value-Based Care at naviHealth where she oversees government programs and serves as a subject-matter expert on alternative payment models, including BPCI Advanced. Previously, Ms. Bruno served as naviHealth’s Vice President of Clinical Strategy, leading service model innovation and business strategy to drive value for patients and partners. She is considered a thought leader in value-based care and in managing change in clinical settings. Prior to joining naviHealth in 2015, Ms. Bruno worked at Booz Allen Hamilton in Washington, DC, where she led public sector strategy and transformation engagements as a certified Change Management Advanced Practitioner. Ms. Bruno has a BA from Harvard College and an MBA from Vanderbilt University where she completed an internship at Massachusetts General Hospital as well as independent studies in senior living and palliative care and consultative work for a hospice provider in Botswana.
Francois de Brantes, MBA
Senior Vice President, Business Development, Episodes of Care Division, Signifyhealth, New York, NY
Senior Vice President, Business Development, Episodes of Care Division, Signifyhealth, New York, NY
François de Brantes is a senior vice president in Signify Health’s Episodes of Care division. Prior to that he was a senior vice president at Altarum and led the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute, a not-for-profit that designed and implemented value-based programs, including the PROMETHEUS Payment model and Bridges To Excellence. Earlier in his career he led a number of value-based initiatives for GE’s corporate healthcare benefits team.
Pamela M. Pelizzari, MPH
Principal and Senior Healthcare Consultant, Milliman, Former Senior Technical Advisor and Program Lead, CMS, New York, NY
Principal and Senior Healthcare Consultant, Milliman, Former Senior Technical Advisor and Program Lead, CMS, New York, NY
Pamela Pelizzari has a broad background in integrated delivery system administration and healthcare payment reform. She has worked in both clinical and payer settings and has extensive experience in alternative risk contracting strategies. Pamela has particular expertise in analysis of healthcare claims and the development of episode-based payment definitions and benchmarking methodologies. She also has experience implementing both prospective and retrospective payment methodologies, including developing gainsharing methodologies, claims adjudication techniques, and quality monitoring programs. Prior to joining Milliman, Pamela held a technical advisory role in the U.S. federal government. She was responsible for developing and implementing novel payment methodologies to transform healthcare delivery and payment nationwide. Previously, Pamela worked at an academic medical center, building consensus for redesigning care delivery among diverse stakeholders including physicians, administrators, and patient advocates.
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 (Moderator)
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 (Moderator)
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.
12:00 pm EDT
Mini Summit Adjournment
Mini-Summit VII: How Health Care Innovation May Respond to COVID
11:00 am EDT
Introductions, Panel Discussion and Q&A
Imran Cronk
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ride Health, New York, NY
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ride Health, New York, NY
Imran Cronk is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ride Health, a New York City-based healthcare technology and services company that works with hospital systems and health plans to coordinate transportation for low-income, elderly and disabled individuals who face transportation barriers to care. Imran is also a Board Member of the American Cancer Society in the New York Area, a Health Industry Advisory Council Member of the Ronald McDonald House New York, and a Fellow of the New York-based Kairos Society. Imran graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied Health & Societies and Healthcare Management. Originally from North Carolina, Imran’s hobbies now include hiking around the mountains of upstate New York and biking around the city, especially on the Hudson River.
Gregory Downing, DO, PhD
Founder, Innovation Horizons, LLC, Founding Executive Director for Innovation, Immediate Office of the Secretary, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
Founder, Innovation Horizons, LLC, Founding Executive Director for Innovation, Immediate Office of the Secretary, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
Dr. Downing is the Founder of Innovation Horizons, LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based health care and innovation consulting group focused on the applications of data in care delivery transformation initiatives. He has over 26 years of executive leadership in the federal government across multiple federal agencies in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, including the Immediate Office of the Secretary and the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Downing is adjunct professor of practice at Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies where he leads the innovation in health care management track; and, is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence for data science at AcademyHealth, a non-profit organization focused on health systems research and evidence-based practice. He also maintains an active medical practice in newborn pediatrics and is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics.
Richard Resnick, MBA
Chief Executive Officer, Cureatr, New York, NY
Chief Executive Officer, Cureatr, New York, NY
Mr. Resnick is currently the CEO of Cureatr, a comprehensive medication management company that keeps people out of the hospital by making sure the many doctors caring for them are coordinating their medications holistically. He led GQ Life Sciences, a venture-backed software and data company, through a successful turnaround and acquisition in Q4 2016 by Aptean, Inc. He was previously CEO of Harmony Line, Inc., an MIT Media Lab company, where he partnered with the famous composer and technologist Tod Machover to develop and commercialize Hyperscore, a unique software tool to enable anyone to compose music. Prior to Harmony Line, Resnick was the CEO of Mosaic Bioinformatics which he sold to NetGenics. Resnick was the global bioinformatics software head for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, and got his start in genomics working on the Human Genome Project under Eric Lander at the MIT Whitehead Institute, authoring software applications like primer3, still widely in use some 20 years later.
Susan Dentzer
Senior Policy Fellow, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Former Editor in Chief, Health Affairs, Former Health Correspondent, PBS NewsHour, Washington, DC (Moderator)
Senior Policy Fellow, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Former Editor in Chief, Health Affairs, Former Health Correspondent, PBS NewsHour, Washington, DC (Moderator)
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.
12:00 pm EDT
Mini Summit Adjournment
Mini-Summit VIII: COVID-19 Regulatory Update: What Regulations have been Changed or Suspended. What Changes may Remain in Place after the Pandemic. How to Structure Arrangements to Avoid Risk and Take Advantage to Anticipated Regulatory Evolution?
11:00 am EDT
Introductions, Panel Discussion and Q&A
Conditions of Participation, Hospital without Walls, Blanket Flexibilities
Emily J. Cook, MSPH, JD
Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, Former Policy Coordinator/Lead Medicare Policy Analyst, Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Los Angeles, CA
Emily J. Cook, MSPH, JD
Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, Former Policy Coordinator/Lead Medicare Policy Analyst, Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Los Angeles, CA
Emily J. Cook provides counsel to health care providers on complex regulatory and reimbursement matters. Her regulatory experience includes fee-for-service Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, billing and coding, licensure, survey/certification and accreditation, and compliance with Medicare and state fraud and abuse requirements. She also has significant experience counseling health care providers and other stakeholder entities on issues related to 340B drug pricing program implementation, compliance and advocacy.
Emily previously spent more than five years with the US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Federal Office of Rural Health Policy where she counseled hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and clinics on Medicare reimbursement and regulatory issues. Emily also served as the senior policy advisor to the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services, advising the committee on key issues related to health care policy.
Emily previously spent more than five years with the US Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Federal Office of Rural Health Policy where she counseled hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and clinics on Medicare reimbursement and regulatory issues. Emily also served as the senior policy advisor to the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services, advising the committee on key issues related to health care policy.
HIPAA
Adam Greene, JD, MPH
Partner and Co-chair, Health Information, & HIPAA Practice, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Former Senior Health Information Technology and Privacy Specialist, Office for Civil Rights, HHS, Washington, DC
Adam Greene, JD, MPH
Partner and Co-chair, Health Information, & HIPAA Practice, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Former Senior Health Information Technology and Privacy Specialist, Office for Civil Rights, HHS, Washington, DC
Adam Greene is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Davis Wright Tremaine and co-chair of its Health Information Group. Adam primarily counsels health care providers, technology companies, and financial institutions on compliance with health information privacy, security, and breach notification rules. Previously, Adam was a regulator at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where he played a fundamental role in administering and enforcing the HIPAA rules. At HHS, Adam was responsible for determining how HIPAA rules apply to new and emerging health information technologies and was instrumental in the development of the current HIPAA enforcement process. Adam has been recognized as one of the top ten influencers in health information security, one of the top 50 healthcare IT experts, and is a frequent speaker and author on health information privacy and security issues.
Stark
Robert G. Homchick, JD
Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, WA
Robert G. Homchick, JD
Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, WA
As a healthcare regulatory attorney, Bob Homchick counsels clients in areas such as physician self-referral (i.e., the federal Stark Law and its state law counterparts), regulatory compliance, and fraud and abuse. Bob also regularly represents hospitals, physicians, ancillary services providers, and others in a wide variety of transactional matters including mergers, acquisitions and affiliations, and the formation and operation of joint ventures. His extensive experience includes the development and implementation of compliance programs, defending providers in government audits, investigations, administrative proceedings and litigation, including qui tam False Claims Act lawsuits.
Telehealth Flexibilities, including Originating Site, Expansion of Services, Expansion of Providers
Lisa Schmitz Mazur, JD
Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, Chicago, IL
Lisa Schmitz Mazur, JD
Partner, McDermott Will & Emery, Chicago, IL
Lisa Schmitz Mazur advises health care providers and technology companies on a variety of legal, regulatory and compliance matters. Lisa advises a variety of health care providers and technology companies involved in “digital health” – the intersection of health software applications, analytical tools, medical technology and electronic data assets enabled by the Internet and mobile devices – on the applicable legal and regulatory infrastructure, with a particular focus on telehealth, telemedicine, mobile health and consumer wellness programs. Lisa assists her clients to identify and understand the relevant legal issues, and develop and implement practical, forward-thinking compliance and revenue solutions and strategies that meet the complex and still-evolving digital health regulatory landscape. In addition to writing extensively on matters related to her digital health practice, Lisa has spoken at numerous conferences on a variety of cutting-edge digital health topics.
Mara McDermott, JD
Vice President, McDermott+Consulting, Former Senior Vice President of Federal Affairs, America’s Physician Groups, Washington, DC (Moderator)
Vice President, McDermott+Consulting, Former Senior Vice President of Federal Affairs, America’s Physician Groups, Washington, DC (Moderator)
Mara is an accomplished health care executive with a deep understanding of federal health care law and policy, including delivery system reform, physician payment and Medicare payment models.
Most recently Mara served as the senior vice president of federal affairs at America’s Physician Groups (formerly the California Association of Physician Groups, CAPG). As head of the Washington, DC, office, Mara worked on behalf of the association’s member organizations to advance policies that promoted coordinated care, including working with members of Congress and their staffs, the administration, health policy stakeholders and coalitions to advance alternative payment models. Mara’s work covered a wide variety of issue areas, including implementation of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) and Medicare Advantage policy, as well as issues related to the Medicare physician fee schedule and Medicare accountable care organizations. Previously, Mara was counsel in the health industry practice at a law firm in Washington, DC.
Most recently Mara served as the senior vice president of federal affairs at America’s Physician Groups (formerly the California Association of Physician Groups, CAPG). As head of the Washington, DC, office, Mara worked on behalf of the association’s member organizations to advance policies that promoted coordinated care, including working with members of Congress and their staffs, the administration, health policy stakeholders and coalitions to advance alternative payment models. Mara’s work covered a wide variety of issue areas, including implementation of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) and Medicare Advantage policy, as well as issues related to the Medicare physician fee schedule and Medicare accountable care organizations. Previously, Mara was counsel in the health industry practice at a law firm in Washington, DC.
12:00 pm EDT
Mini Summit Adjournment
DAY III AFTERNOON PLENARY SESSION
12:00 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.
12:15 pm EDT
Keynote: CMS/CMMI Interview
Brad Smith, M.Phil
Director, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Former Chief Operating Officer, Diversified Business Group, Anthem, Co-founder and Former CEO, Aspire Health, Rhodes Scholar, Washington, DC
Director, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Former Chief Operating Officer, Diversified Business Group, Anthem, Co-founder and Former CEO, Aspire Health, Rhodes Scholar, Washington, DC
Brad Smith is a successful healthcare entrepreneur with a proven history of improving care for some of our nation’s most vulnerable patients. Brad was the Co-Founder and CEO of Aspire Health, which he grew from an idea into the nation’s largest home-based palliative care provider operating in 25 states and over 70 cities. Aspire’s interdisciplinary care team of physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses and social workers has provided in-home visits and 24/7 support to over 100,000 patients facing a serious illness. Aspire was sold to Anthem in June 2018. Most recently, Brad served as Chief Operating Officer of Anthem’s Diversified Business Group (DBG), which included companies specializing in primary care, specialty benefit management, healthcare research, program integrity, and behavioral health. Prior to entering the private sector, Brad served as Chief of Staff at the Tennessee Department of Economic Development and as the founding Executive Director of the Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE), a non-profit focused on bringing diverse stakeholders together to improve K-12 education in Tennessee.
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.
12:30 pm EDT
COVID Commentary: Primary Care Finance and Delivery in a Post COVID World
Jed Constantz, DrBA
Principal, Advanced Primary Care Strategies, Co-Founder, Primary Care Innovators Network, Endicott, NY
Principal, Advanced Primary Care Strategies, Co-Founder, Primary Care Innovators Network, Endicott, NY
As a Healthcare Finance and Delivery Strategic Consultant, Jed Constantz ensures existing and prospective clients receive maximum value from current and future strategies and initiatives. In previous roles, Jed advised employers on measures to develop regional and community-based physician accountability and commitment through means of enhanced benefits and reduced costs; with the significant benefit of creating sustained loyalty between providers, patients, and payers. He has successfully offered strategies that built on four pillars: actionable data, physician alignment, high-risk member targeting, and network re-engineering. Having begun his career on the payor’s side of healthcare (Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Central New York), Jed has served in several positions for hospitals, home health agencies, physician organizations, and physician/hospital organizations. Over his 30 plus years in healthcare, he has developed tools and resources for primary care providers and employers seeking to reduce costs, drive greater efficiency and quality outcomes, and thereby create a “featured-and-favored” network in their regions and community.
12:50 pm EDT
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Donald Rucker, MD Address
Donald Rucker, MD
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, US Department of Health and Human Services, Former Chief Medical Officer, Siemens Healthcare, Washington, DC
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, US Department of Health and Human Services, Former Chief Medical Officer, Siemens Healthcare, Washington, DC
Dr. Don Rucker is the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where he leads the formulation of the federal health IT strategy and coordinates federal health IT policies, standards, programs, and investments. Dr. Rucker has three decades of clinical and informatics experience. He started his informatics career at Datamedic Corporation, where he co-developed the world’s first Microsoft Windows-based electronic medical record. He then spent over a decade serving as Chief Medical Officer at Siemens Healthcare USA. Dr. Rucker has also practiced emergency medicine for a variety of organizations including at Kaiser in California; at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; at the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Presbyterian and Pennsylvania Hospitals; and, most recently, at Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center.
1:20 pm EDT
COVID Impact on the Economics of the Nation’s Health System
Douglas Holtz-Eakin, PhD
President, American Action Forum, Former Chief Economist, Council of Economic Advisors (George H.W. Bush), Former Director, Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Salem, OR
President, American Action Forum, Former Chief Economist, Council of Economic Advisors (George H.W. Bush), Former Director, Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Salem, OR
Before founding AAF in 2009, Dr. Holtz-Eakin served in a variety of influential policy positions. During 2001-2002, he was the Chief Economist of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), where he had also served during 1989-1990 as a Senior Staff Economist. From 2003-2005 he was the 6th Director of the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO). During 2007 and 2008, he was Director of Domestic and Economic Policy for the John McCain presidential campaign. After that, he was a Commissioner on the congressionally chartered Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. Dr. Holtz-Eakin built an international reputation as a scholar doing research in areas of applied economic policy, econometric methods, and entrepreneurship. He began his career at Columbia University in 1985 and moved to Syracuse University from 1990 to 2001. At Syracuse, he became Trustee Professor of Economics at the Maxwell School, Chairman of the Department of Economics and Associate Director of the Center for Policy Research.
Peter Orszag, PhD
Chief Executive Officer, Financial Advisory, Lazard, Former Vice Chairman, Corporate and Investment Banking and Chairman of the Financial Strategy and Solutions Group, Citigroup, Former Director, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) (Obama), Former Director, Congressional Budget Office (CBO), New York, NY
Chief Executive Officer, Financial Advisory, Lazard, Former Vice Chairman, Corporate and Investment Banking and Chairman of the Financial Strategy and Solutions Group, Citigroup, Former Director, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) (Obama), Former Director, Congressional Budget Office (CBO), New York, NY
Peter R. Orszag became Chief Executive Officer of Financial Advisory in June 2019. Mr. Orszag joined Lazard in May 2016 as a Vice Chairman of Investment Banking, and prior to becoming CEO of Financial Advisory was Lazard’s Head of North American Mergers & Acquisitions since July 2018 and Global Co-Head of Healthcare since November 2016. Mr. Orszag joined Lazard from Citigroup, where he was Vice Chairman of Corporate and Investment Banking and Chairman of the Financial Strategy and Solutions Group from January 2011 to February 2016. Mr. Orszag served as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget in the Obama Administration from January 2009 to July 2010 and was the Director of the Congressional Budget Office from January 2007 to December 2008. Mr. Orszag serves on the Board of Directors of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, the Mt. Sinai Hospital and New Visions for Public Schools in New York.
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Mark Smith, MD, MBA
Founding President & Chief Executive Officer, California Health Care Foundation, Co-chair, Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network (LAM), Clinical Faculty, University of California, San Francisco, Attending Physician, Positive Health Program for AIDS Care, San Francisco General Hospital, Oakland, CA
Mark Smith, MD, MBA
Founding President & Chief Executive Officer, California Health Care Foundation, Co-chair, Health Care Payment Learning & Action Network (LAM), Clinical Faculty, 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.
2:10 pm EDT
COVID Reports from the Field: My Experience as Chief Medical Officer of Care for the Homeless which Provides On-site Health and Behavioral Health Services at 19 Sites Located in Shelters, Drop in Sites, Soup Kitchens in New York city, Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens
Regina Olasin, DO, FACP, FAAP
Chief Medical Officer, Care for the Homeless NYC, Former SVP/Director of Medical Affairs, Catskill Regional Medical Center, Former Medical Director, Laurel Health System, New York, NY
Chief Medical Officer, Care for the Homeless NYC, Former SVP/Director of Medical Affairs, Catskill Regional Medical Center, Former Medical Director, Laurel Health System, New York, NY
Dr. Olasin is the Chief Medical Officer at Care for the Homeless which provides shelter services, advocacy for housing and integrated primary care, behavioral health and dental services for New York City’s Homeless population. Previously, Dr. Olasin served as the Medical Director at the Center for Discovery, Sullivan County, NY, a residential facility for the developmentally disabled. A National Health Service Corps Scholarship recipient, Dr. Olasin fulfilled her obligation in rural north central Pennsylvania, becoming the Medical Director for the Laurel Health System and practicing for 15 years. Dr. Olasin is dually boarded in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and has practiced transitional medicine for vulnerable populations throughout her career. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Physicians, New York Academy of Medicine; and the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians.
2:25 pm EDT
Investor Perspective
Mitchell J. Blutt, MD
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Consonance Capital, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Consonance Capital, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
Mitchell Blutt is the CEO of Consonance Capital, a health care focused investment firm. He is the former Executive Partner of J.P. Morgan Partners (JPMP). He is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, in the Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Blutt has served on numerous boards of directors, including Cardinal Health, Cooper Holding, DJ Orthopedics, Fisher Scientific, General Medical, Hanger Orthopedic Group, Medical Arts Press, Tenax, Thermoscan and KEPRO. He also formerly served on the Board of the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, the Board of Trustees of Penn Medicine (the Health System of the University of Pennsylvania), the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, and the Board of The Brearley School. Dr. Blutt serves on numerous boards, including the Board of Overseers of the School of Arts and Sciences, the Board of Overseers of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Additionally, Dr. Blutt founded Consonance Capital in 2005.
Annie Lamont
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Healthcare & FinTech, Oak HC/FT, Boards/Investments: CareBridge, Brightline Health, Independent Living Systems, Oncology Analytics, OODA Health, Poynt, Precision Medicine Group, Quartet, Vesta Healthcare, VillageMD, Devoted, New York, NY
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Healthcare & FinTech, Oak HC/FT, Boards/Investments: CareBridge, Brightline Health, Independent Living Systems, Oncology Analytics, OODA Health, Poynt, Precision Medicine Group, Quartet, Vesta Healthcare, VillageMD, Devoted, New York, NY
Annie Lamont (HC/FT) is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Oak HC/FT where she focuses on growth equity and early-stage venture opportunities in Healthcare and FinTech. Annie currently serves on the Boards of Brightline, CareBridge, Independent Living Systems, Oncology Analytics, OODA Health, Poynt, Precision Medicine Group, Quartet, Vesta Health, VillageMD and is a Board Observer at Notable. Annie is also actively involved with Devoted Health, Inscripta, and Komodo Health. Annie served as a core participant of the Health and Human Services Deputy Secretary’s Innovation and Investment Summit (DSIIS), a collaboration between HHS and healthcare innovation and investment professionals to discuss the healthcare landscape, emerging opportunities, and the government’s role in facilitating accelerated innovation and investment. Annie also serves as a Managing Partner of Oak Investment Partners, which she joined in 1982. Prior to joining Oak Investment Partners, Annie was a research associate with Hambrecht & Quist.
David Brailer, MD, PhD
Executive Chairman, Health Evolution, Former National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Former CEO, CareScience, San Francisco, CA (Moderator)
Executive Chairman, Health Evolution, Former National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Former CEO, CareScience, San Francisco, CA (Moderator)
David J. Brailer has served as a member of the Walgreen Co. board of directors since 2010. He is Managing Partner & CEO of Health Evolution Partners. Dr. Brailer is widely known as the health care industry’s champion of innovation. Over the past two decades, he has shaped the evolution of health care through his work as a physician, researcher, educator, entrepreneur, policymaker and investor. He is known around the world as the father of the health information technology movement in the US. He is currently Chairman of Health Evolution Partners, a health care investment firm that supports rapidly growing and innovative companies in the health care industry. Through his work at HEP, he is building the companies that will drive major change in health care services, information technology and life sciences. He founded CareScience in 1994 and served as its chairman and CEO for eight years. In 2004, Dr. Brailer was appointed by President George W. Bush as the first National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
3:10 pm EDT
Supply Chain
Mary Beth Briscoe, MBA, CPA, FHFMA, FACHE
Healthcare Executive, AHRMM Board Member, Former CFO, Uhealth and Miller School of Medicine, The University of Miami, Former CFO, UAB University Hospital and UAB Medicine Clinical Operations, Miami, FL
Healthcare Executive, AHRMM Board Member, Former CFO, Uhealth and Miller School of Medicine, The University of Miami, Former CFO, UAB University Hospital and UAB Medicine Clinical Operations, Miami, FL
Mary Beth Briscoe is the former chief financial officer for UHealth and the Miller School of Medicine. Prior to joining UAB Medicine 16 years ago, Mary Beth was CFO of Eastern Health System in Birmingham. She received her B.S. in Accounting from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, and a MBA from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Mary Beth is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a Fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (FHFMA), and a Fellow of The American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE). She presently serves as National Chair for the Academic Medical Center CFO Council and is a member of the National Thought Leadership initiative. She has authored multiple articles for various industry periodicals and is an invited speaker by healthcare constituents across the country.
Steve Kiewiet, MBA, FAHRMM, FACHE
Chief Commercial Officer, Intalere, Chair-elect, Association for Health Care, Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM), Former Vice President Supply Chain, BJC HealthCare, Former Director of Operations, Cardinal Health, Saint Louis, MO
Chief Commercial Officer, Intalere, Chair-elect, Association for Health Care, Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM), Former Vice President Supply Chain, BJC HealthCare, Former Director of Operations, Cardinal Health, Saint Louis, MO
As Chief Commercial Officer at Intalere, Steve Kiewiet is responsible for ensuring the integrated commercial success through business and market share growth with direct oversight of the Sales, Account Management, Marketing, Business Development, Sales Enablement, Client Success and Customer Service teams.
Mr. Kiewiet has a strategic and diverse perspective of the healthcare industry supported by more than 12 years of direct patient care combined with over 18 years in product management, pharmaceutical and medical products sales, business development, medical products/devices distribution, strategic sourcing and large academic healthcare system/IDN supply chain leadership.
Prior to joining Intalere, Mr. Kiewiet served in several progressive leadership roles in the healthcare industry, including Vice President of Supply chain at BJC HealthCare, Cardinal Health, Defibtech, PSS World Medical and MCR American Pharmaceuticals. His career in medicine started with volunteer work as an EMT prior to 10 years as a Hospital Corpsman in the U.S. Navy and work as a Paramedic.
Mr. Kiewiet has a strategic and diverse perspective of the healthcare industry supported by more than 12 years of direct patient care combined with over 18 years in product management, pharmaceutical and medical products sales, business development, medical products/devices distribution, strategic sourcing and large academic healthcare system/IDN supply chain leadership.
Prior to joining Intalere, Mr. Kiewiet served in several progressive leadership roles in the healthcare industry, including Vice President of Supply chain at BJC HealthCare, Cardinal Health, Defibtech, PSS World Medical and MCR American Pharmaceuticals. His career in medicine started with volunteer work as an EMT prior to 10 years as a Hospital Corpsman in the U.S. Navy and work as a Paramedic.
Vance B. Moore
President, Business Integration, Mercy Virtual, President and CEO, Resource Optimization & Innovation (ROi), St. Louis, MO
President, Business Integration, Mercy Virtual, President and CEO, Resource Optimization & Innovation (ROi), St. Louis, MO
Vance Moore is President, Business Integration – Mercy Virtual. His career has included operational and sales roles in health care consulting, distribution, manufacturing, third party logistics and provider operations. Since joining Mercy in 2002, Vance has served as senior vice president of operations and president and CEO of Resource Optimization & Innovation, Mercy’s former commercial supply chain entity and one of the world’s top health care supply chain operations.
Prior to Mercy, Vance garnered 17 years of experience in health care with Baxter/Allegiance, Cardinal Health and the health care division of the UPS Logistics Group.
Today, Vance is responsible for business operations of the Mercy Virtual business unit. He also has corporate oversight responsibilities for Mercy Research and its efforts in developing real world evidence through Mercy’s significant data assets. He is on the governing committee of the National Evaluation System for health Technology; a board member of Omnicell Incorporated and Ascension Ventures.
Prior to Mercy, Vance garnered 17 years of experience in health care with Baxter/Allegiance, Cardinal Health and the health care division of the UPS Logistics Group.
Today, Vance is responsible for business operations of the Mercy Virtual business unit. He also has corporate oversight responsibilities for Mercy Research and its efforts in developing real world evidence through Mercy’s significant data assets. He is on the governing committee of the National Evaluation System for health Technology; a board member of Omnicell Incorporated and Ascension Ventures.
Karen Conway, MSHCD, CMRP
Vice President, Healthcare Value, GHX, Past Chair, Association for Health Care, Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM), Colorado Springs, CO (Moderator)
Vice President, Healthcare Value, GHX, Past Chair, Association for Health Care, Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM), Colorado Springs, CO (Moderator)
Karen Conway is Vice President of Healthcare Value for Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX), a B2B business network connecting most of the hospitals and healthcare systems in the US, as well as those in Canada and Western Europe, with the suppliers from which they purchase the majority of their products. Prior to joining GHX, she served as principal of Conway Associates, a strategic communications firm.
Conway began her career in healthcare working with St. Francis Hospital in Colorado Springs and has nearly a decade of experience in government and public affairs and in crisis communications.
Conway is past national chair of the Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management (AHRMM), and currently serves on the boards of the Strategic Marketplace Initiative (SMI) and the Bellwether League, the GS1 Global Healthcare Leadership Team.
Conway began her career in healthcare working with St. Francis Hospital in Colorado Springs and has nearly a decade of experience in government and public affairs and in crisis communications.
Conway is past national chair of the Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management (AHRMM), and currently serves on the boards of the Strategic Marketplace Initiative (SMI) and the Bellwether League, the GS1 Global Healthcare Leadership Team.