NEWLY CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
A FIRESIDE CHAT WITH MedPAC CHAIR

Michael Chernew, PhD
Chair, MedPAC (2020 – present), Leonard D. Schaeffer Professor of Health Care Policy, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School
ON VALUE-BASED PAYMENT MODELS

J. Michael McWilliams, MD, PhD
Warren Alpert Foundation Professor of Health Care Policy, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical SchoolJOINT AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, AMERICA’S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS AND NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS PRESENTS: THE AMA, AHIP & NAACOS PLAYBOOK WITH RECOMMENDATIONS TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR VALUE-BASED PAYMENT BY:

Travis Broome, MPA, MPH
Senior Vice President for Policy and Economics, Aledade
Steve Parodi, MD
Executive Vice President, The Permanente Medical Group
Elyse Pegler, MPH
Lead Director, National Value-Based Care, Aetna, a CVS Health Business
Carol Vargo, MHS
Vice President, Physician Practice Sustainability, The American Medical Association(Moderator)
DUKE/MARGOLIS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY PRESENTS: THE FUTURE OF VALUE-BASED CARE BY:

Adam Boehler
Founder and Managing Director, Rubicon Founders; Former Deputy Administrator, CMS & Director, CMMI (Trump 1)
Elizabeth Fowler, PhD, JD
Former Deputy Administrator and Director, CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Biden)
Mark McClellan, MD, PhD
Director, Robert J Margolis Center for Health Policy; Former Administrator, CMS & Commissioner, FDA
Robert Saunders PhD
Senior Research Director, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy (Moderator)A FIRESIDE CHAT ON THE BASICS OF VALUE-BASED CARE BY:

Alex Azar, JD
Former Secretary, US Department of Health and Human Services (Trump 1)
Elizabeth Fowler, PhD, JD
Former Deputy Administrator and Director, CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (Biden)
Susan Dentzer, MS
President and Chief Executive Officer, America's Physician Groups(Moderator)
ACCOUNTABLE FOR HEALTH (A4H) PRESENTS: ACO SUCCESS – IMPROVING CARE FOR COMPLEX POPULATIONS BY:

Gary Bacher, MPA, JD
Chief of Strategi, Advanced Illness Partners
Chris Dawe
President, Curana
Emily Johnson
Vice President of Innovation, Bloom Health
Will Robinson
Senior Vice President Accountable Care, HarmonyCares (Moderator)AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION (AHA) PRESENTS:
HOSPITALS AND THE FUTURE OF VALUE BY:

Stephen J. LeBlanc
Chief Strategy Officer, Dartmouth Health; Executive Director, New England Alliance for Health
Wesley Wolfe, MHA
Vice President Payment and Network Strategy, Cleveland Clinic
Julie Yaroch, DO
President, ProMedica Charles and Virginia Hickman Hospital; Board Chair, Michigan Health and Hospital Association
Jennifer Holloman, MHA, MBA
Senior Associate Director of Policy, American Hospital Association(Moderator)
ALLIANCE FOR VALUE-BASED PATIENT CARE PRESENTS: ADVANCING HEALTHCARE PAYMENT REFORM: LESSONS FROM MACRA AND THE ROAD AHEAD FOR ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT MODELS BY:

Jennifer Brady, MD
Chief Medical Officer Enterprise Population Health, Advocate Health; Chief Executive Officer, Collaborative Physician Alliance
Philip Oravetz, MD
Chief Population Health Officer, Ochsner Health
Ashish D. Parikh, MD
Chief Quality Officer, Village MD; Chief Population Health Officer, Summit Health
Aisha Pittman, MPH
Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, National Association of ACOs(Co-moderator)

Valinda Rutledge, MBA
Executive Vice President for Advocacy and Education, America’s Physician Groups(Co-moderator)
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (AMA) PRESENTS: MEDICARE PHYSICIAN PAYMENT REFORM AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF VALUE-BASED CARE BY:

Suzanne Joy, MPP
Assistant Director, Federal Affairs, American Medical Association
Chris Sherin, MPP
Assistant Director, Congressional Affairs, American Medical AssociationAMERICAN MEDICAL GROUP ASSOCIATION (AMGA) PRESENTS A FIRESIDE CHAT ON REFORMING MACRA BY:

Elisabeth M. Stambaugh, MD, MMM
Chief Medical Officer, Wake Forest Health Network; Member Board & Public Policy Committee, American Medical Group Association
Jerry Penso, MD, MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer, American Medical Group AssociationAMERICA’S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS (AHIP) PRESENTS: VALUE-BASED PARTNERSHIPS IN ACTION: HEALTH PLAN APPROACHES TO RURAL AND SPECIALIST ENGAGEMENT AND SUCCESS BY:

Lori Aronson, MBA
Vice President for Physician Contracting, BCBS Michigan
Alicia Berkemeyer
Executive Vice President and Chief Health Management Officer, Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Ross Lagerblade, MHA
Associate Vice President, Value-based Strategies, Humana
Danielle Lloyd, MPH
Senior Vice President, Private Market Innovations & Quality Initiatives, America's Health Insurance Plans(Moderator)
AMERICA'S PHYSICIAN GROUPS (APG) PRESENTS: HOW PHYSICIAN GROUPS DELIVER VALUE IN ESSENTIAL RISK RELATIONSHIPS WITH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLANS BY:

Ken Cohen, MD, FACP
Executive Director of Translational Research, Optum Health
Caroline Goldzweig, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation
Samuel A. Skootsky, MD
Chief Population Health Officer, UC Health; Chief Medical Officer, UCLA Health
Boris Vabson, PhD
Research Faculty, Harvard Medical School
Susan Dentzer, MS
President and Chief Executive Officer, America's Physician Groups(Moderator)
ASSOCIATION FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS PRESENTS: REIMAGINING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE CRISIS RESPONSE AND STABILIZATION – A 360-DEGREE STAKEHOLDER APPROACH BY:

Brian Hepburn, MD
Executive Director, National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors
Jeffrey Hite, PsyD
Clinical Programs Director, Carelon Behavioral Health
Charles Ingoglia, MSW
President and Chief Executive Officer, National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Matt Miller
Chief Growth and Development Officer, Connections Health Solutions
Debbie Witchey, MHA
President and CEO, Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness(Moderator)
BETTER MEDICARE ALLIANCE PRESENTS: THE ROLE OF MEDICARE ADVANTAGE IN MEETING BENEFICIARY NEEDS BY:

Mary Beth Donahue, MPP
President and Chief Executive Officer, Better Medicare AllianceCOPE HEALTH SOLUTIONS: TOTAL COST OF CARE STRATEGIES IN VALUE-BASED PAYMENT BY:

Tiffany Attwood
Executive Director, Hawaii Health Network
Meghann Hardesty, MPA
Chief of Value Based Strategy, Sun River Health
Mary Carol Jennings, MD, MPH, FACPM
Chief Medical Officer, Sendero Health Plans
Allen Miller, MPH
Principal and Chief Executive Officer, COPE Health Solutions(Moderator)
HEALTH CARE TRANSFORMATION TASK FORCE (HCTTF) PRESENTS: INTEGRATING ONCOLOGY INTO VALUE-BASED CARE BY:

Andrew Hertler, MD, FACP
Chief Medical Officer, Evolent
Tatjana Kolevska, MD
Medical Officer, Kaiser Permanente National Cancer Excellence Program, Kaiser Permanente
Anthony P. Lam, MD, MHS
Chief Medical Officer, OPN Healthcare
Lalan Wilfong, MD
Senior Vice President of Value-Based Care, Thyme Care; Medical Oncologist, Texas Oncology
Theresa Dreyer, MPH
Interim Executive Director, Health Care Transformation Task Force(Moderator)
HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL (HLC) PRESENTS: DELIVERING BREAKTHROUGH THERAPIES THROUGH VALUE-BASED CARE AND MULTIPLE-SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS BY:

Harlan Levine, MD
President, Health Innovation and Policy, City of Hope
Chris Mancill, MA
Senior Vice President, US Market Access, AstraZeneca
Martha L. Wofford, MBA
Chief Executive Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island
Maria Ghazal, JD, MPP
President and CEO, Healthcare Leadership Council(Moderator)
MEDICAL GROUP MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (MGMA) PRESENTS: 2025 VALUE-BASED CARE OUTLOOK – OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FROM THE GROUP PRACTICE PERSPECTIVE BY:

Gerard Filicko, MHA, CMPE
Vice President/Executive Director, Virginia Care
Christi Siedlecki, MS
Chief Executive Officer, Grants Pass Clinic
Jeffrey Smith, MBA
Chief Executive Officer, Piedmont Healthcare
Anders M. Gilberg, MGA
SVP, Government Affairs, Medical Group Management Association (Moderator)NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS (NAACOS) PRESENTS: PARADIGM SHIFTS IN PAYER-PROVIDER PARTNERSHIPS TO ADVANCE VALUE-BASED CARE BY:

Jill Archer
Vice President of Network and Provider Partnerships, Capital Blue Cross
Brandon Danz, PhD
Vice President of Population Health, WellSpan Health
Melanie Matthews, MS
Chief Executive Officer, Physicians of Southwest Washington; President, MultiCare Connected Care(Moderator)
NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION PRESENTS: A FIRESIDE CHAT ON THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS IN RURAL VALUE-BASED CARE BY:

Brock Slabach, MPH
Chief Operations Officer, National Rural Health Association
Janice Walters, MSHA, CHFP
Executive Director, Rural Health Care Redesign CenterNAVINA PRESENTS: BEYOND THE AI BUZZ: HOW CLINICIANS CAN LEVERAGE AL FOR VALUE-BASED SUCCESS BY:

Ann Greiner, MA
President & Chief Executive Officer, Primary Care Collaborative
Steven E. Waldren, MD
Vice President and Chief Medical Informatics Officer, American Academy of Family Physicians
Timothy E. Dudley, MD
Founder, Primary Value(Moderator)
PARTNERSHIP TO EMPOWER PHYSICIAN-LED CARE (PEPC) PRESENTS FOSTERING COMPETITION: SUPPORTING PROVIDERS THROUGH A VALUE-BASED HEALTH SYSTEM BY:

Matthew Fiedler, PhD
Joseph A. Pechman Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Farzad Mostashari, MD
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Aledade
Avik Roy, MD
Managing Partner, Roy Policy Research Inc., President & Co-Founder, The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity
Erica Socker, PhD
Vice President of Health Care, Arnold Ventures
Kristen McGovern, JD
Executive Director, Partnership to Empower Physician-Led Care (Moderator)POPULATION HEALTH ALLIANCE (PHA) PRESENTS: POPULATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT VALUE-BASED MARKET TRENDS AND STRATEGIES BY:

Michael Barr MD, MBA, MACP, FRCP
Senior Director, Population Health Alliance
Rose Maljanian, MBA
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, HealthCAWS; Chair, Population Health AlliancePREMIER INC. PRESENTS: INTEGRATE SPECIALISTS WITH VALUE-BASED CARE DELIVERY BY:

Seth Edwards, MHA
Vice President, Population Health and Value-Based Care, Premier, Inc., Charlotte, NC
Wendy Rossi
Vice President, Strategic Collaboratives, Premier, Inc., Charlotte, NCPURCHASERS BUSINESS GROUP ON HEALTH PRESENTS: EMPLOYER INITIATIVES TO IMPROVE QUALITY MEASURES OF SPECIALTY SERVICES AND USE OF INFORMED REFERRALS TO SPECIALTY CARE FROM PRIMARY CARE USING QUALITY INFORMATION BY:

Linda Brady
Value-Based Care Portfolio and Network Strategy Manager, Health Care Strategy and Policy, Boeing
Raymond Tsai, MD
Vice President of Advanced Primary Care, Purchaser Business Group on Health
Elizabeth Mitchell
President and Chief Executive Officer, Purchaser Business Group on Health(Moderator)
WORKGROUP FOR ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE (WEDI) PRESENTS: VALUE-BASED CARE AND CRITICAL DATA EXCHANGE ISSUES BY:

Michael Pattwell
Principal Business Advisor for Value-Based Care Contracting, edifecs
Robert M. Tennant, MA
Vice President, Federal Affairs, Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI)WHAT PEOPLE WANT FROM THE HEALTHCARE DELIVER SYSTEM BY:

Madeleine Konig, MHA
Vice President, Patient Integration, American Heart Association
Nardia Ipachki, MBA
Vice President of Policy, The SCAN Foundation
Erica Socker, PhD
Vice President of Health Care, Arnold Ventures
Natalie Davis, MA
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, US of Care(Moderator)