AGENDA: DAY 2
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2020
DAY II MINI SUMMITS 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Mini Summit II: Post Traumatic Stress: Mental Health in the Workplace
This session will discuss: Employer Landscape of Mental Health in the Workplace; Development of a Workplace Mental Health Solution; Implementation and Early Insights of a Proactive Workplace Mental Health Solution; Improving Medication Safety and Effectiveness; and View from the C-suite: Building a Corporate Culture Supportive of Mental Health.
Maren S. Fragala, PhD
Director Scientific Affairs, Quest Diagnostics, Madison, NJ
Director Scientific Affairs, Quest Diagnostics, Madison, NJ
Jeff Shaman, PhD
Chief Science Officer, Coriell Life Sciences, Philadelphia, PA
Chief Science Officer, Coriell Life Sciences, Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Jeffrey Shaman is the Chief Science Officer at Coriell Life Sciences where his expertise in genetics, pharmacology, stem cells, and clinical laboratory operations is used to develop and promote genetic and medication risk reporting tools for healthcare professionals and patients. He held a faculty position at the University of Hawai‘i Institute of Biogenesis Research before moving to Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and the Bedford Stem Cell Research Foundation, where he bridged the gap between research and medicine thru genetic and clinical medicine initiatives. Dr. Shaman was recruited to Coriell Life Sciences from an international DNA sequencing provider, where he established Translational Genomics activities as a revenue-rich market vertical providing regulatory (FDA) and clinical (CLIA/CAP) services to international pharmaceutical companies, healthcare providers, physicians, and patients. He continues to lecture and publish on topics including pharmacogenomics, bioethics, and clinical care.
Stuart Sutley, MBA
Business Development, Johns Hopkins HealthCare Solutions, General Partner, TCP Venture Capital, Partner, THM, Baltimore, MD
Business Development, Johns Hopkins HealthCare Solutions, General Partner, TCP Venture Capital, Partner, THM, Baltimore, MD
Stuart Sutley started his career with a four-year-tour in the United States Marine Corps as an infantry officer culminating in a strategic battalion position during Operation Desert Storm. Upon departing the Marine Corps as a decorated combat veteran, he embarked on a five-year sales and operations opportunity with consumer products giant Newell-Rubbermaid Corporation, and concurrently earned his MBA from Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. In 2001 Stuart started a corporate wellness company working with large employers across the country developing invaluable insight into health engagement strategies for employees and dependents. Seeing the opportunity to assist Academic Medical Centers in developing new revenue streams in the wellness and health management field led Stuart to lead the sales and business development efforts for Johns Hopkins HealthCare Solutions whose mission is to bring faculty-inspired discoveries to the large employer market.
Jay Wohlgemuth, MD
Senior Vice President R&D and Chief Medical Officer, Quest Diagnostics, Former Director Clinical Diagnostics, Immunology, Tissue Growth and Repair, Genentech, San Juan Capistrano, CA
Senior Vice President R&D and Chief Medical Officer, Quest Diagnostics, Former Director Clinical Diagnostics, Immunology, Tissue Growth and Repair, Genentech, San Juan Capistrano, CA
Dr. Wohlgemuth oversees R&D, Medical, Employee Health and Employer Health and Wellness for Quest Diagnostics and is a member of the senior management team. Prior to joining Quest Diagnostics Dr. Wohlgemuth held the position of Director of Clinical Diagnostics, Immunology, Tissue Growth and Repair at Genentech as well as Global Development Team Leader – Ocrulizumab. He was co-founder and Chief Medical Officer for the molecular diagnostics company XDx, where he was awarded Technology Pioneer 2005 at the World Economic Forum in Davos. He is on the Board of Directors of the Personalized Medicine Coalition, Q2 Solutions and Diagnostic Labs of Oklahoma and serves as trustee of the Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation, a charitable foundation focused on supporting delivering health care and social services.
Steve Goldberg, MD, MBA
Vice President Medical Affairs, Population Health and Chief Health Officer, Quest Diagnostics Madison, NJ (Moderator)
Vice President Medical Affairs, Population Health and Chief Health Officer, Quest Diagnostics Madison, NJ (Moderator)
12:00 PM EDT
Transition Break; Visit the Virtual Exhibit Hall
Mini Summit III: Supporting the Management of AF Patient Populations Through Population Health and Quality Improvement Approaches
Atrial fibrillation (AF) affects up to 6 million US patients and can lead to complications such as stroke. Institutions may face a variety of challenges when managing patients with AF, including identifying patients at high risk of stroke, aligning to evidence-based guidelines and screening for social barriers. In this session, 3 clinical leaders share their organization’s approaches using population health programs that aim to address some of these challenges and improve the management of AF patients within their organization. Join us to learn more about these health system-initiated approaches. We look forward to seeing you at this informative session!
Eric Dietrich, PharmD, BCACP
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, University of Florida Colleges of Pharmacy and Medicine, Gainesville, FL
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, University of Florida Colleges of Pharmacy and Medicine, Gainesville, FL
Leon Ptaszek, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Physician, Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Anne Marie Smith, MBA
Vice President, Education and Quality Improvement, Heart Rhythm Society, Former Vice President for Education and Quality, The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Washington, DC
Vice President, Education and Quality Improvement, Heart Rhythm Society, Former Vice President for Education and Quality, The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Washington, DC
Dominic Galante, MD, MS (Moderator)
Chief Medical Officer, Precision for Value, Former VP, Medical Quality Management, MVP Health Care, New York, NY
Chief Medical Officer, Precision for Value, Former VP, Medical Quality Management, MVP Health Care, New York, NY
Dr. Galante is the Chief Medical Officer with the Access Experience Team at PrecisionValue. He has over 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry and an extensive career in managed care, including population-based behavioral modification research with the application of computer-assisted instruction technology. Prior to joining PrecisionValue in 2013, he spent 16 years working at MVP Health Care, a regional health plan licensed in three states with 750,000 members across all lines of business, in numerous medical executive roles, including the Senior Medical Director/Corporate Vice President of Medical Quality Management. In this role, Dominic managed the strategic development and implementation of commercial and government programs and quality improvement program development and administration, including credentialing, peer review, patient clinical outcomes improvement, member complaint resolution, quality assurance, physician performance monitoring, reporting, improvement and P4P programs, performance/outcomes driven care delivery models (i.e., PCMH; ACO; IDN), value-based contracting and reimbursement models (Hospitals; SNF; LTC; Home Health; etc.) physician lead/clinical liaison for key employer accounts (such as Kodak, IBM, Xerox, Paychex, UAW, State and Federal Employees, etc.), National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) accreditation, NCQA Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) performance improvement, primary care practice transformation, Accountable Care Organization performance improvement, and health insurance exchanges implementation.
12:00 PM EDT
Transition Break; Visit the Virtual Exhibit Hall
DAY II PLENARY SESSION
12:30 PM EDT
Welcome and Introductions to Day II
David B. Nash, MD, MBA
Founding Dean Emeritus, Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (Chair)
Founding Dean Emeritus, Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (Chair)
David B. Nash is the Founding Dean Emeritus and the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy at the Jefferson College of Population Health (JCPH). His 11-year tenure as Dean completes nearly 30 years on the University faculty. JCPH is dedicated to developing healthcare leaders for the future. The College offers Masters Programs in Public Health, Population Health, Healthcare Quality and Safety, Health Policy, Applied Health Economics and Population Health Intelligence. After voluntarily stepping down as Dean, Jefferson Health asked him to take on some additional responsibilities as a “Special Assistant” to the Chief Physician Executive, effective July 2019. A board-certified internist, Dr. Nash is internationally recognized for his work in public accountability for outcomes, physician leadership development, and quality-of-care improvement.
12:40 PM EDT
Investing in Innovation: Venture Capital, Startups and Population Health
Brent Dover
Chief Executive Officer, Commure, San Francisco, CA
Chief Executive Officer, Commure, San Francisco, CA
Brent Dover is the CEO of Commure, a platform to accelerate healthcare software innovation. Dover has over 25 years of Health Information IT experience. Prior to Commure, Brent was the President of Health Catalyst, a leading data warehouse and analytics company for healthcare, and previously the President of Medicity, the leading Health Information Exchange provider.
Othman Laraki, MS, MBA
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, Color, San Francisco, CA
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, Color, San Francisco, CA
Othman Laraki is co-founder and CEO of Color. He spent several years at Google, where he worked on Google’s performance infrastructure and client-side software, including the Google Chrome browser. Following Google, he co-founded MixerLabs, which was acquired by Twitter in 2009. At Twitter, Othman was the Vice President of Product, helping create the company’s first revenue products and grow the user base from 50 to 200 million users. Othman holds degrees in computer science and management from Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Othman is a long-time investor and advisor to leading companies such as Pinterest, AngelList, Slack, Instacart and others.
Stephen K. Klasko, MD, MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, Philadelphia, PA
President and Chief Executive Officer, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Klasko is President, Thomas Jefferson University CEO, Jefferson Health. He has been a pioneer in using connected care to build health assurance for all – especially as we emerge from the Covid-19 crisis. As President and CEO of Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health since 2013, he has led one of the U.S.’s fastest growing academic health institutions based on his vision of the future of higher education. This year he published Un-Healthcare: A Manifesto for Health Assurance, with Hemant Taneja, as well as the textbook, Patient No Longer: Why Healthcare Must Deliver the Care Experience that Consumers Want and Expect. Jefferson’s 14 hospitals handled the most patients with Covid-19 in Philadelphia. Immediate universal masking, early exchange with Italy, and longtime pandemic planning ensured minimal employee infection and no transmission to non-Covid patients. In 2020, he was named the first Distinguished Fellow of the World Economic Forum.
Bimal Shah, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer, Livongo, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
Chief Medical Officer, Livongo, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC
Bimal is the Chief Medical Officer at Livongo (NASDAQ: LVGO). In this role, he provides clinical strategy and guidance across the product portfolio and platform, oversees the thought leadership and clinical research programs, and explores opportunities to expand Livongo’s assets into other parts of the health care market. He has been part of the team that has taken the company from a single product in diabetes to five products in market today as well as the transition from a start-up to a publicly listed company. Previously, Bimal was the Chief Officer for Emerging Technology and Informatics at Premier Inc. Prior to Premier, Bimal served as an Assistant Professor in both the Department of Medicine and Fuqua School of Business at Duke University He currently sits on the Board of Visitors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Board of Visitors at the Duke University School of Nursing. He continues to practice as a general cardiologist.
David B. Nash, MD, MBA
Founding Dean Emeritus, Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (Moderator)
Founding Dean Emeritus, Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (Moderator)
David B. Nash is the Founding Dean Emeritus and the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy at the Jefferson College of Population Health (JCPH). His 11-year tenure as Dean completes nearly 30 years on the University faculty. JCPH is dedicated to developing healthcare leaders for the future. The College offers Masters Programs in Public Health, Population Health, Healthcare Quality and Safety, Health Policy, Applied Health Economics and Population Health Intelligence. After voluntarily stepping down as Dean, Jefferson Health asked him to take on some additional responsibilities as a “Special Assistant” to the Chief Physician Executive, effective July 2019. A board-certified internist, Dr. Nash is internationally recognized for his work in public accountability for outcomes, physician leadership development, and quality-of-care improvement.
1:30 PM EDT
Caring for and Connecting with our Aging Population
Richard Ashworth, PharmD, MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer, Tivity Health, Former President, Walgreens, Franklin, TN
President and Chief Executive Officer, Tivity Health, Former President, Walgreens, Franklin, TN
William Shrank, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Humana, Former SVP, Chief Scientific Officer and CMO of Provider Innovation, CVS Health, Former Director of Evaluation, Innovation Center, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Louisville, KY
Chief Medical Officer, Humana, Former SVP, Chief Scientific Officer and CMO of Provider Innovation, CVS Health, Former Director of Evaluation, Innovation Center, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Louisville, KY
Humana Chief Medical & Corporate Affairs Officer William Shrank, MD, leads and implements the company’s integrated care delivery strategy affecting 16 million Humana plan members. He also oversees the companies’ government affairs activity and guides the external advocacy as the company expands its clinical role. Previously, Dr. Shrank held leadership positions at UPMC Health Plan, CVS Health, and Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation at CMS. He began as a practicing physician with Brigham Internal Medicine Associates at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and as an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, researching medication prescribing and adherence.
2:15 PM EDT
Transition Break; Visit the Virtual Exhibit Hall
2:30 PM EDT
Five Years of Impact: Exploring Progress in Population Health with Past Hearst Health Prize Winners
Brenda Reiss-Brennan, PhD, APRN
Principal Investigator and Advisor, Mental Health Integration Implementation Science, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT
Principal Investigator and Advisor, Mental Health Integration Implementation Science, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, UT
Dr. Reiss-Brennan is Chief Clinical Science Officer at Alluceo, a digital team-based care platform integrating patients’ physical, mental and social health into routine primary care. She is a medical anthropologist and psychiatric nurse practitioner working in primary care for over 40 years. Previously as principal investigator at Intermountain Healthcare (IH), she lead the adoption, diffusion and evaluation of integrated team-based care for mental health and medical care. Dr. Reiss-Brennan holds a longstanding faculty appointment at the University of Utah, College of Nursing. In addition, she serves as a local, national and international expert on the cultural innovation and implementation of MHI research, including cost, quality and patient and staff experience, for the advancement of whole person and family centered population health.
Joe Finn, MA, JD
President and Executive Director, Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance, Boston, MA
President and Executive Director, Massachusetts Housing & Shelter Alliance, Boston, MA
Joe Finn has worked on homelessness issues for more than 28 years, serving as executive director of Shelter, Inc. (now Heading Home) in Cambridge and Quincy Interfaith Sheltering Coalition (now Father Bill’s & MainSpring) prior to joining MHSA in 2003. He concentrates on the expansion of permanent supportive housing opportunities for individuals, including people experiencing chronic homelessness – the most expensive and disabled segment of the homeless population. Joe also served as a City Councilor for the City of Quincy.
Suzi K. Johnson, MPH, RN
Vice President, Sharp Hospice and Palliative Care, La Mesa, CA
Vice President, Sharp Hospice and Palliative Care, La Mesa, CA
Suzi Johnson serves as the Vice President of Sharp Hospice and Palliative Care, a program of Sharp HealthCare located in San Diego, CA. Suzi’s responsibilities include strategic planning, business development, community outreach and philanthropy. Her extensive leadership experience and passion for excellence has positioned Sharp HealthCare for greater integration of palliative and end of life care across the care continuum. Suzi has been a visionary leader in the development of community based hospice homes, an early innovator of a home based palliative care consultation program focusing on population based management of patients with advanced illness, the development of an advance care planning program for the health system, medical groups and community, and the development of hospital based inpatient palliative care. Suzi is a nationally recognized leader serving on several boards including the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and the California Hospice and Palliative Care Association Board of Directors.
David B. Nash, MD, MBA, FACP
Founding Dean Emeritus, Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Founding Dean Emeritus, Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
David B. Nash is the Founding Dean Emeritus and the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy at the Jefferson College of Population Health (JCPH). His 11-year tenure as Dean completes nearly 30 years on the University faculty. JCPH is dedicated to developing healthcare leaders for the future. The College offers Masters Programs in Public Health, Population Health, Healthcare Quality and Safety, Health Policy, Applied Health Economics and Population Health Intelligence. After voluntarily stepping down as Dean, Jefferson Health asked him to take on some additional responsibilities as a “Special Assistant” to the Chief Physician Executive, effective July 2019. A board-certified internist, Dr. Nash is internationally recognized for his work in public accountability for outcomes, physician leadership development, and quality-of-care improvement.
Tom Wroth, MD, MPH
President and Chief Executive Officer, Community Care of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC
President and Chief Executive Officer, Community Care of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC
Dr. Wroth is President of Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) where he oversees day to day operations. CCNC supports the primary care delivery system by providing practice support and care management services using targeted analytics and innovative practice-based tools. Dr. Wroth is a practicing family physician and has cared for patients for over 20 years in NC. He is the former Chief Medical Officer at Piedmont Health, a system of 10 FQHCs and 2 PACE sites. He was previously on faculty in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Gregory Dorn, MD, MPH
President, Hearst Health, San Francisco, CA (Moderator)
President, Hearst Health, San Francisco, CA (Moderator)
Greg Dorn is a senior vice president of Hearst and the president and group head of Hearst Health, overseeing Hearst’s healthcare businesses in the U.S. and globally, including FDB (First Databank), Zynx Health, MCG, Homecare Homebase, MedHOK, Hearst Health Ventures and the Hearst Health Innovation Lab. He also serves as a director of M2Gen. For more than two decades, Dorn has been focused on raising the standard of excellence for patient care across the healthcare spectrum, through clinically rigorous guidance delivered by efficient, scalable technology. His expertise is in developing and commercializing inventive and disruptive solutions that improve care quality and efficiency. Dorn has held a variety of leadership positions across Hearst, including chief operating officer of Zynx Health and president of FDB. In 2013 he was appointed a vice president of Hearst to lead its growing portfolio of healthcare companies and became president of Hearst Health in 2014.
2:50 PM EDT
2020 Hearst Health Prize Award Presentation
Gregory Dorn, MD, MPH
President, Hearst Health, San Francisco, CA
President, Hearst Health, San Francisco, CA
Greg Dorn is a senior vice president of Hearst and the president and group head of Hearst Health, overseeing Hearst’s healthcare businesses in the U.S. and globally, including FDB (First Databank), Zynx Health, MCG, Homecare Homebase, MedHOK, Hearst Health Ventures and the Hearst Health Innovation Lab. He also serves as a director of M2Gen. For more than two decades, Dorn has been focused on raising the standard of excellence for patient care across the healthcare spectrum, through clinically rigorous guidance delivered by efficient, scalable technology. His expertise is in developing and commercializing inventive and disruptive solutions that improve care quality and efficiency. Dorn has held a variety of leadership positions across Hearst, including chief operating officer of Zynx Health and president of FDB. In 2013 he was appointed a vice president of Hearst to lead its growing portfolio of healthcare companies and became president of Hearst Health in 2014.
David B. Nash, MD, MBA, FACP
Founding Dean Emeritus, Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Founding Dean Emeritus, Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
David B. Nash is the Founding Dean Emeritus and the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy at the Jefferson College of Population Health (JCPH). His 11-year tenure as Dean completes nearly 30 years on the University faculty. JCPH is dedicated to developing healthcare leaders for the future. The College offers Masters Programs in Public Health, Population Health, Healthcare Quality and Safety, Health Policy, Applied Health Economics and Population Health Intelligence. After voluntarily stepping down as Dean, Jefferson Health asked him to take on some additional responsibilities as a “Special Assistant” to the Chief Physician Executive, effective July 2019. A board-certified internist, Dr. Nash is internationally recognized for his work in public accountability for outcomes, physician leadership development, and quality-of-care improvement.
DAY II CONCURRENT SESSIONS 3:20 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Concurrent Session I: Strategies for Supporting Patient Engagement during COVID-19
Joel Schoppig, MA
VP Strategy, Healthy.io., Tel Aviv, Israel
VP Strategy, Healthy.io., Tel Aviv, Israel
Joel Schoppig is VP of Strategy at Healthy.io, based in Tel Aviv- Israel. Joel has been active at the intersection of population health and technology for over a decade. As one of the first employees at Healthy.io – the first company to turn the smartphone camera into a medical device – he oversaw the development and implementation of digitally enabled health services in Europe and the US. Before joining Healthy.io Joel worked a management consultant in London and as a special advisor to the ministry of health of Nigeria.
Manoj Sinha
Chief Executive Officer, Bisil, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Chief Executive Officer, Bisil, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Manoj Sinha is currently involved in building Sigmify Health – a solution to help improve Patient Engagement in the context of Social Determinants of Health. He has been involved in researching this topic over the past 6-7 years, conceptualizing Sigmify Health, and taking it to market. Manoj co-founded BISIL in 1990, Coriendo in 2003 and First Altus in 2007. At BISIL he has been involved in development and marketing of five software products. The first was a Geographical Information System; the second – Finserv, an enterprise class back and mid office application for non-banking financial intermediaries; Enj – a Business Process Management Suite; Taxshax – a personal taxation tool; and currently, Sigmify – a collaboration platform. Manoj has been focused on the healthcare vertical in the last 15 years. He has overseen various deployments of Enj in use cases like Care Management, Care Coordination, and Population Health.
Kathryn Vanni, MHA, MBA
Director of Quality and Performance Improvement, Franciscan Hammond Specialty Clinic, Munster, IN
Director of Quality and Performance Improvement, Franciscan Hammond Specialty Clinic, Munster, IN
Kathryn Vanni is the Director of Quality and Performance Improvement with the Franciscan Physician Network which is a division of Franciscan Alliance based out of Mishawaka, Indiana. Kathryn has served in this role for nearly eight years and during that time certified 26 sites as Patient Centered Medical Homes. Kathryn has been with Franciscan for 12 years, working as an inpatient performance improvement Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and corporate analytics prior to assuming the role with the Franciscan Physician Network.
Jeff Zucker, MBA
Co-founder and CEO, ADVault, Inc. – MyDirectives.com, Dallas, TX
Co-founder and CEO, ADVault, Inc. – MyDirectives.com, Dallas, TX
Jeff Zucker has been the CEO and co-founder of ADVault since 2007. He has more than 25 years of business leadership experience in start-ups (including exits in healthcare and digital technology), turnarounds, corporate finance (as a former bank officer) and public policy and he has also served on various advisory, nonprofit and community boards. Jeff is a frequent public speaker and outspoken advocate for person-centered healthcare, and he was the featured presenter of a TEDx Talk, presenting on The Most Unselfish Selfie™. He earned his undergraduate degree with high honors from the University of Michigan and his MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School.
Brian Silverstein, MD
Director, The Chartis Group, Editoral Board, Population Health Management, Chicago, IL (Moderator)
Director, The Chartis Group, Editoral Board, Population Health Management, Chicago, IL (Moderator)
Dr. Brian Silverstein is a Director with The Chartis Group and a national healthcare thought leader. Dr. Silverstein has focused his 20 years of healthcare experience on creating a positive impact on patient care and provider satisfaction through smart business strategy and operations. He continues to focus on assisting select organizations throughout the country on their value-based care delivery strategy and operations. Prior to The Chartis Group, Dr. Silverstein served as a senior vice president at CareFirst BlueCross Blue Shield, Other consulting roles include, managing director of Geisinger Consulting Group and executive product strategist for xG Health Solutions, senior vice president and Chicago office leader for the Camden Group (a division of HealthCare Partners), vice president and national thought leader for Sg2 Health Care Intelligence and as a consultant for ZS Associates. Dr. Silverstein holds appointments as a faculty member for The American College of Healthcare Executives, The Governance Institute and the Thomas Jefferson School of Public Health QSLS.
Concurrent Session II: The Holy Grail of Sustainable Engagement – Best Practices, Lessons Learned and Future Trends
Arpit Khemka
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, SimpleTherapy, San Francisco, CA
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, SimpleTherapy, San Francisco, CA
Arpit Khemka is the Co-Founder and CEO of SimpleTherapy, which is a transformative digital health platform that combines exercise therapy with AI for musculoskeletal pain management. The platform reduces the need for more expensive interventions such as avoidable surgeries and opioids. The company works fortune 500 clients and health systems and shown medical cost reductions in its implementations. Before SimpleTherapy, Arpit lead various projects in the public and private sector, including the Massachusetts Health Exchange, and digitized an equally cumbersome and complicated process of incarceration for the NYC Department of Corrections. His mission is to make recovering from pain as convenient and affordable as possible with the focus on improving health care access, quality, and making an impact.
Tracy Milner, MClSc (OT)
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, BrainFx, Faculty, Assessment Module, Health Coach Certificate, York University, Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, The University of Toronto, Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, BrainFx, Faculty, Assessment Module, Health Coach Certificate, York University, Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, The University of Toronto, Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Helena Plater-Zyberk, MBA
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Supportiv, San Francisco, CA
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Supportiv, San Francisco, CA
Helena Plater-Zyberk is Co-Founder and CEO of Supportiv, the online peer support network for mental health and emotional wellness. Enabled by AI-driven natural language processing of each user’s free text answer to “What’s your struggle?”, Supportiv delivers instantaneous, mass-market accessible mental health care for the 80% of adults with typical stress, family and work pressure, sadness, anxiety or loneliness, who don’t want or need a therapist. Helena is the former CEO of SimpleTherapy, where she led the AI-driven musculoskeletal health company from pre-product to its first $5MM in commercial contracting from five Fortune 50 clients including Aetna and Humana. Previously, she was Executive Director for Scholastic’s $500MM ed-tech and services division, acquired by Houghton Mifflin. Prior to that, Helena was Director of Strategy and Consumer Insight at Conde Nast, the media behemoth.
Anish Sebastian
Chief Executive Officer/Cofounder, Babyscripts, Healthcare Transformer, StartUp Health, Washington, DC
Chief Executive Officer/Cofounder, Babyscripts, Healthcare Transformer, StartUp Health, Washington, DC
Z. Colette Edwards, MD, MBA
National Medical Director, Associate Health and Well-Being, Humana, Inc., Faculty Member, Population Health Leadership Series, Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Baltimore, MD (Moderator)
National Medical Director, Associate Health and Well-Being, Humana, Inc., Faculty Member, Population Health Leadership Series, Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Baltimore, MD (Moderator)
Z. Colette Edwards is the National Medical Director, Associate Health and Well-Being at Humana and a member of the leadership team of the Associate Health and Well-Being division. She provides clinical and operational leadership to optimize the health, well-being, and benefits of Humana’s 45,000 associates. Humana has been a Platinum Award winner in the NBGH’s “Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles” recognition program from 2014 through 2019, has ranked in the top 10 on the list of “Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America” from 2017 through 2019, and has achieved Gold status in the AHA’s Workplace Health Achievement Index 2017 through 2019. Dr. Edwards is the author of the book Be Less Stressed and the McGraw-Hill text Gastroenterology at a Glance, a chapter author of GI topics in the book Urgent Care Medicine, and the Managing Editor of the Wharton Healthcare Quarterly.
Concurrent Session III: Health Inequities and Social Determinants of Health
Caraline Coats, MHSA
Vice President, Bold Goal & Population Health Strategy, Humana, Louisville, KY
Vice President, Bold Goal & Population Health Strategy, Humana, Louisville, KY
Caraline Coats is Vice President of Humana’s Bold Goal and Population Health Strategy, leading Humana’s mission to help improve the health of the communities it serves by making it easier for people to achieve their best health.
She started with Humana as a Regional Director of Medicare Operations in Arizona and relocated to Florida, where she became the Vice President of Network Management and subsequently, the Regional Vice President of Network Management for the East Region. In her role before joining the Bold Goal team, Coats served as Vice President of Humana’s Value-Based Strategies.
Prior to Humana, Caraline was Vice President of Operations with a hospitalist company and Assistant Vice President of Managed Care for IASIS Healthcare in the Arizona and Nevada regions. She credits her understanding and experience working directly with physicians and hospitals for the opportunities she has had with Humana.
She started with Humana as a Regional Director of Medicare Operations in Arizona and relocated to Florida, where she became the Vice President of Network Management and subsequently, the Regional Vice President of Network Management for the East Region. In her role before joining the Bold Goal team, Coats served as Vice President of Humana’s Value-Based Strategies.
Prior to Humana, Caraline was Vice President of Operations with a hospitalist company and Assistant Vice President of Managed Care for IASIS Healthcare in the Arizona and Nevada regions. She credits her understanding and experience working directly with physicians and hospitals for the opportunities she has had with Humana.
Alisha Fehrenbacher, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer, Elevate Health, President and Chair, OnePierce Community Resiliency Fund, Tacoma, WA
Chief Executive Officer, Elevate Health, President and Chair, OnePierce Community Resiliency Fund, Tacoma, WA
Alisha Fehrenbacher’s commitment to health equity and innovation is represented by her dedication to the Quadruple Aim: better health; better care; better value; and better experience of care. She promotes this work through community activation and collaboration. She serves on the Integration Oversight Board, Statewide Workforce Council and is the Committee Co-Chair for the Regional System of Care Committee, which is focused on improving behavioral health, physical health and the criminal justice system. As Empire Health Foundation’s Chief Strategy Officer and Vice President of Health Systems, she supported the foundation of Washington’s Accountable Communities of Health. She founded a health collaborative in Oregon, obtaining legislative approval launching a community-based health plan that provided value-based contracts and community-based care coordination. She also serves as Senior Advisor for Pathways Community Hub Institute. Her transformational strategy supported the development of an Oregon Coordinated Care Organization and served as a health system executive leading strategy, community benefit and population health.
Erine Gray, MPA
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Aunt Bertha, Austin, TX
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Aunt Bertha, Austin, TX
Erine Gray is the Founder and CEO of Aunt Bertha, a Public Benefit Corporation, the leading Search and Referral Network in the US. Their platform is used by most major health plans, hospital systems, select residential and cause organizations. Erine is a 2019 TED Senior Fellow.
Blake Marggraff
Chief Executive Officer, CareSignal, St. Louis, MO
Chief Executive Officer, CareSignal, St. Louis, MO
Jodi Smith, RN, CCM, ANP-BC, ND
Director of Consumer Journey, Welltok, Boulder, CO
Director of Consumer Journey, Welltok, Boulder, CO
Jodi Smith joined Welltok in April 2019 as Director of Consumer Journey and has had a significant impact within the organization and the industry at large. Jodi leverages new analytics tools (machine learning and artificial intelligence) along with years of treating patients to help guide the consumer journey framework at Welltok. She consults the industry’s leading payers and providers on adopting Welltok’s health platform that connects consumers with community-based or other available resources like education and coaches. Jodi joined Welltok to shift to intervene “upstream” by connecting the “downstream” dots – if people made mild lifestyle modifications sooner, their health trajectory would vastly improve. She brought her experience as a nurse practitioner, case manager and health plan leader to help the technology company map the consumer journey and understand the potential points of intervention.
David Bartley, MBA
Chief Product & Innovation Officer, Tivity Health, Franklin, TN (Moderator)
Chief Product & Innovation Officer, Tivity Health, Franklin, TN (Moderator)
David Bartley is a seasoned healthcare intrapreneur who has spent the past 15 years bringing to market solutions ranging from consumer engagement to payor-based analytics. Through everything that he does, David seeks to leverage technology and data-driven insights to match the right solution to the right need. David currently serves as Chief Product and Innovation Officer for Tivity Health, Inc. focused developing partnerships and products that empower adults to live their best lives through nutrition, fitness and social connection. Prior to joining Tivity Health, David served in product leadership positions with well-known healthcare companies such as Cotivi (formerly Verisk Health), eviCore, Healthways and Humana’s Innovation Center.
Concurrent Session IV: Global Health and Technology
Douglas B. Dotan, MA, CQIA
Founder and President, Pegwin, Houston, TX
Founder and President, Pegwin, Houston, TX
Mr. Dotan is a passionate advocate for patient safety, and an early pioneer in the field. He applies his unique expertise and knowledge of systems thinking and safety processes management to transformation change in hospitals. He implemented innovative technologies with sophisticated real-time solutions at the point of care. As an air force pilot and veteran of three wars, Mr. Dotan translated the experience gained in the air directly to what was happening on the ground. The rigors of aviation accident investigation, search and rescue, intelligence gathering, and data analysis prepared me well in developing critical team leadership skills in a “new generation” of safety professionals. His solutions helped improve patient care and value-based margins. He is the Founder and Chairman of Pegwin Patient Safety Innovation a digital health company predicting and preventing patient harm in hospitals.
Bernadette Minton, MS
Senior Director Data Science Solutions, MCG, Former Senior Director, Enabling Technologies, Providence St. Joseph Health, Seattle, WA
Senior Director Data Science Solutions, MCG, Former Senior Director, Enabling Technologies, Providence St. Joseph Health, Seattle, WA
Bernadette Minton leads MCG’s Data Science Solutions Group. Before joining MCG, Bernadette was Senior Director, Technical Products at Providence St. Joseph Health, where she led the Enabling Technologies team delivering AI-based applications for consumers. After launching online scheduling for patients, her team built a chatbot (Grace) to help patients with care decisions, along with a machine learning model to streamline insurance payment processing. Previously at Zynx Health, Bernadette led the development of Knowledge Analyzer, an AI-based product for standardizing patient care, as well as a series of EHR integration projects for Zynx’s product suite. Bernadette also participated in HL7 workgroups to advance standards for clinical decision support. Earlier in her career, Bernadette held senior management positions at start-ups deploying AI and other advanced technologies for a wide variety of industries including education, HR, travel, media, intelligence, and e-commerce.
Josh Rubel
Chief Commercial Officer, North America, MD Clone
Chief Commercial Officer, North America, MD Clone
Josh Rubel has extensive experience in healthcare IT and population health and leads MDClone’s commercial team with a focus on building business relationships with health systems, life science, and health plan organizations. Prior to joining MDClone, Josh spent 20 years in both established and new venture healthcare IT organizations in sales leadership roles at GE Healthcare, Optum, and Enli Health Intelligence.
Paul Barach, MD, MPH
Lecturer and Senior Advisor to Dean, Healthcare Quality & Safety Program, Jefferson College of Population Health, Chief Medical Officer, MD Box; Clinical Lead, World Health Innovation Summit, Chicago, IL (Moderator)
Lecturer and Senior Advisor to Dean, Healthcare Quality & Safety Program, Jefferson College of Population Health, Chief Medical Officer, MD Box; Clinical Lead, World Health Innovation Summit, Chicago, IL (Moderator)
Dr. Barach is a double boarded anesthesiologist and critical care physician physician-scientist. He is Lecturer and senior advisor to Dean, Jefferson College of Population Health, Honorary Professor at the University of Queensland, and National Cancer Center in Seoul Korea. He trained at the Massachusetts General Hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School. Paul is an elected member of the lead honorary society the Association of University Anesthesiologists. Paul has more than 25 years of experience as a practicing physician and physician executive in the military and in academic medical centers and integrated delivery systems. He is a formally trained health services researcher, with advanced post graduate training in advanced medical education and assessment methods from the Harvard Medical School Josiah Macy Program medical education, lean six sigma, quality improvement and lean techniques at Intermountain Healthcare. Prior to that he spent 5 years in the military. He served as Editor of the British Medical Journal Safety and Quality and is Associate Editor of Pediatric Cardiology.
Concurrent Session V: Transforming Care Delivery
Heather Peiritsch, MSN, RN
Clinical Director Value Based Bundle Programs & Post Acute Network Performance, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Former Bundled Payment Program Manager, Abington Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Clinical Director Value Based Bundle Programs & Post Acute Network Performance, Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Former Bundled Payment Program Manager, Abington Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Heather Peiritsch: currently employed at Abington Hospital- Jefferson Health as Bundle Program Manager with oversight of the nurse navigation program and team member in the Population Health Department for the Jefferson Health System. Assisted in creating the vision and development of strategic initiatives for the BPCI original program at Abington and the BPCI A Program for Jefferson Health. Successful in creating a collaborative working group with post-acute skilled nursing facilities and partners. Developed processes to enhance communication from inpatient to post-acute providers. Skilled at driving cost-efficient, quality and patient centered operations. Established in understanding value-based initiatives, role of care coordination and enhanced quality metrics. Actively participates in process improvement initiatives related to population health management and alternative payment models.
Lori Raney, MD
Principal, Health Management Associates, Former Medical Director, Axis Health System, Former Clinical Director, Navajo Area Indian Health Service, Denver, CO
Principal, Health Management Associates, Former Medical Director, Axis Health System, Former Clinical Director, Navajo Area Indian Health Service, Denver, CO
Trisha Swift, DNP, MSN, RN, CPPS
Vice President, Innovation and Transformation, ZeOmega, Founder and Managing Partner, MeritLinkx Healthcare Consulting, Plano, TX
Vice President, Innovation and Transformation, ZeOmega, Founder and Managing Partner, MeritLinkx Healthcare Consulting, Plano, TX
Dr. Swift joined ZeOmega in 2019 from the management consulting industry where she provided advisory services and executive coaching for hospitals, healthcare systems, healthcare architects, and software vendors. She brings a variety of expertise in areas such as strategic planning, performance improvement, healthcare quality, regulatory accreditation, informatics, and value base care initiatives. As the Vice President of Innovation & Transformation, Dr. Swift leads efforts to develop structures, systems, and processes required for effective change management and delivery of strategic organizational priorities. She develops and oversees the overall blueprint for significant organizational strategic priorities and innovation developments to achieve performance excellence, cultural/operational transformation, and long-term business viability. As a member of ZeOmega’s Senior Management Team, Dr. Swift develops strategy for population health management, value-based care, communications, and ZeOmega’s brand as a whole.
Michael Consuelos, MD, MBA, FAAP
Senior Medical Advisor, NeuroFlow, Former SVP, Clinical Integration, The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, Schnecksville, PA (Moderator)
Senior Medical Advisor, NeuroFlow, Former SVP, Clinical Integration, The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, Schnecksville, PA (Moderator)
Dr. Consuelos is the senior medical advisor at NeuroFlow, a digital health technology and analytics company promoting behavioral health access and engagement in all care settings. He advises the company on matters spanning healthcare policy, clinical guidelines, and health system integration. Dr. Consuelos has held multiple physician leadership positions since 1997. He has extensive experience leading health system capital planning, strategic business ventures, physician compensation plans, and pandemic response.
Concurrent Session VI: Training Population Health Leaders
Steven Haimowitz, MD
Chief Executive Officer, RealCME/HealthCourse, New York, NY
Chief Executive Officer, RealCME/HealthCourse, New York, NY
After developing some of the earliest online health-focused education platforms for providers and patients, Dr. Haimowitz co-founded in 2007 HealthCourse, a software company focused on using online and mobile educational technology to spread the adoption of innovation, best practices, and new care delivery models. The HealthCourse platform enables the design, authoring, publishing, and measuring of educational interventions, and supports care coordination initiatives through real world clinical workflow simulations. The company also has a strong concentration through its Gather-ed platform on small group, social learning experiences to improve teamwork and connectedness among care teams. Prior to starting RealCME, Dr. Haimowitz was founder and CEO of Healthology, an online health education and publishing company, acquired by NBC Universal in 2006.
Stephen J. Spann, MD, MBA
Founding Dean, College of Medicine, Vice President for Medical Affairs, Humana Endowed Dean’s Chair in Medicine, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Founding Dean, College of Medicine, Vice President for Medical Affairs, Humana Endowed Dean’s Chair in Medicine, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Stephen Spann, a family physician leader, educator and researcher, is the Founding Dean of the University of Houston College of Medicine. Dr. Spann has dedicated his career to improving health and health care around the world by training future health care professionals, contributing to the scientific knowledge base of primary care, leading medical school faculty, physician medical groups and hospital medical staffs, and striving to practice excellent, evidence-based family medicine. Dr. Spann has been active in the development of the specialty of Family Medicine both in the United States and abroad. He has served as a consultant to medical schools, residency programs, ministries of health, and health care delivery systems in many countries.
Billy Oglesby, PhD, MBA, MSPH, FACHE
Interim Dean and Associate Professor, Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (Moderator)
Interim Dean and Associate Professor, Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (Moderator)
Concurrent Session VII: Planning for and Reopening a University During the COVID Pandemic, Lessons learned and Implications for other Businesses
Liz Johnson, MBA, MHA
Director, Government & Community Relations, St. Edwards University, Austin, TX
Director, Government & Community Relations, St. Edwards University, Austin, TX
As Director of Government & Community Relations for St. Edward’s University, Liz Johnson advances relationships between the university and Austin, all in support of the institution’s mission to enhance students’ knowledge and skills, as well as serve and engage with the broader community. She serves as the primary liaison between community members, elected officials, businesses, and non-profits. Through this role, Liz provides a strategic linkage between industry and workforce talent needs and the university’s investments in forming future leaders and thinkers.
Prior to St. Edward’s, Liz served as Advocacy & External Affairs Consultant for Ascension Seton, a large healthcare system in Central Texas. There she created strategic relationships and influence at local, state, and national levels on health policies, legislation and decisions affecting the organization and communities Seton served.
Liz also serves as a board member for Lone Star Circle of Care, a community-based, Federally Qualified Health Center.
Prior to St. Edward’s, Liz served as Advocacy & External Affairs Consultant for Ascension Seton, a large healthcare system in Central Texas. There she created strategic relationships and influence at local, state, and national levels on health policies, legislation and decisions affecting the organization and communities Seton served.
Liz also serves as a board member for Lone Star Circle of Care, a community-based, Federally Qualified Health Center.
Luis Saldaña, MD, MBA, FACEP
Health Advisor, Accountable Health, LLC, Dallas, TX
Health Advisor, Accountable Health, LLC, Dallas, TX
Justin M. Sloan
Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness & Planning, Chief Data Officer, St. Edward’s University, Austin, TX
Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness & Planning, Chief Data Officer, St. Edward’s University, Austin, TX
Justin M. Sloan: I am a data driven Higher-Education leader focused on helping institutions treat data as a strategic asset to enable data-driven decision making. My current role with St. Edwards University is focused on the use of data to meet and exceed strategic goals and student outcomes. I am also coordinating the efforts of our COVID-19 response with university leadership. Prior to St. Edwards, I served as VP of Product Development and Client Services with Education Partners and as Director of Customer solutions with TopSchool. Both organizations are higher education technology and consulting service providers. Before entering the Education Technology sector, I served in several capacities at liberal arts universities integrating technology to support exceeding new student enrollment goals, net tuition revenue targets, and student retention efforts.
Nick van Terheyden, MD
Managing Director, Incremental Healthcare; Health Advisor, Accountable Health, LLC, Laytonsville, MD
Managing Director, Incremental Healthcare; Health Advisor, Accountable Health, LLC, Laytonsville, MD
Dr. Nick van Terheyden is an independent expert and leader in Digital Healthcare and Sustainable Innovation He brings a distinctive blend of medical practice and business strategy both national and international, to the realm of healthcare technology. He is not just an ordinary medical Doctor but an innovator whose passion is driven by his career and training as a physician, helping others, transferring knowledge and working collaboratively at the intersection of healthcare, technology and human behavior. Dr Nick focuses on radical incrementalism, learning from other industries and applying ideas to healthcare to bring immediate value but that also add up to the big leap in we need and are all looking for – revolution through evolution. He has an easy-going nature and an ability to talk in terms people can understand, that is supported by a depth and breadth of knowledge and the experience and intensity to match.
Fred Goldstein
President and Founder, Accountable Health, LLC, Instructor, John D. Bower School of Population Health, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jacksonville, FL (Moderator)
President and Founder, Accountable Health, LLC, Instructor, John D. Bower School of Population Health, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jacksonville, FL (Moderator)
Fred Goldstein is the founder and president of Accountable Health, LLC, a consulting firm and an Instructor at the John D. Bower School of Population Health at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He brings together over 30 years of experience in population health, disease management, HMO, and hospital operations. Fred founded a disease management company that provided services to employers and 10 state Medicaid programs, operated a Medicaid/Commercial HMO ranked the highest quality Medicaid Health Plan in Florida, developed an award-winning mobile health app, and works with employers, health systems, and vendors to develop population health programs and services. He was directly responsible for the inclusion of the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit in the Affordable Care Act. He serves on the Editorial Board of the journal Population Health and is the co-founder and lead host of PopHealth Week, a weekly podcast.
4:00 PM EDT
Day II Closing Comments and Adjournment
David B. Nash, MD, MBA
Founding Dean Emeritus, Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (Chair)
Founding Dean Emeritus, Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (Chair)
David B. Nash is the Founding Dean Emeritus and the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy at the Jefferson College of Population Health (JCPH). His 11-year tenure as Dean completes nearly 30 years on the University faculty. JCPH is dedicated to developing healthcare leaders for the future. The College offers Masters Programs in Public Health, Population Health, Healthcare Quality and Safety, Health Policy, Applied Health Economics and Population Health Intelligence. After voluntarily stepping down as Dean, Jefferson Health asked him to take on some additional responsibilities as a “Special Assistant” to the Chief Physician Executive, effective July 2019. A board-certified internist, Dr. Nash is internationally recognized for his work in public accountability for outcomes, physician leadership development, and quality-of-care improvement.