Register for the Tenth National Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Summit by this Friday 5/10 for Early Bird; CMMI Director Adam Boehler to Keynote
  • A Hybrid Conference and Internet Event
  • Collocated with Bundled Payment Summit IX and MACRA Summit IV
  • The Leading Forum on the Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and Related Delivery System and Payment Reform
  • June 17 - 19, 2019
  • Grand Hyatt, Washington, DC
  • www.ACOSummit.com
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Senior Advisor to the Secretary, US Department of Health and Human Services, Deputy Administrator and Director, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC
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WASHINGTON DC USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- MAY 6, 2019: The Tenth National Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Summit, www.ACOSummit.com, will be held on June 17 - 19, 2019 at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, DC. ACO Summit X will be collocated with MACRA Summit IV and Bundled Payment Summit IX, and the three events will share several joint plenary sessions. Registrants may attend the event in person or online (live webcast and archived for 6 months).

ACO SUMMIT KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Adam Boehler
Senior Advisor to the Secretary, US Department of Health and Human Services, Deputy Administrator and Director, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC

Pauline Lapin, MHS
Director, Seamless Care Models Group, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD

Hoangmai H. (Mai) Pham, MD
Vice President, Provider Alignment Solutions, Anthem, Former Chief Innovation Officer, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC
FEATURED SESSION: WHAT'S NEXT FOR NEXT GEN ACOs?

Jonathan Chines, MPP
Vice President, Payer Contracting and Network Strategy, Reliant Medical Group

Peter J. Kelly, MBA
Executive Director, CareMount ACO LLC, Senior Director of Development, CareMount Medical PC, Former Executive Director of Market Operations, Universal American Corp.

Elissa Langley, MHA
Director of ACO Operations, Triad HealthCare Network

Mara McDermott, JD
Vice President, McDermott+Consulting (Moderator)

Michael Reiche, MA, MBA
Executive Director, Medicare Accountable Care, Steward Health, Boston, MA

James D. Sharp, MPH, JD
Director, Health Care Strategy and Transformation, BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina

ACO/BUNDLED/MACRA JOINT PLENARY
SESSION KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Marc Berg, MD, PhD
Partner, McKinsey, Former Principal and National Lead Government Healthcare Transformation, KPMG LLP USA, Washington, DC

Arnaud Bernaert, MBA
Head of Partner Development, Europe & North America, Head of Healthcare Industry, and Member, Executive Committee, World Economic Forum, Former Senior VP Strategy, Business Development and M&A, Philips Healthcare, Former European Regional Controller, Baxter Healthcare, Geneva, Switzerland

Francois de Brantes, MBA
Senior Vice President, Commercial Business Lines, Remedy Partners; Former Program Leader, Health Care Initiatives, GE Corporate Health Care, Newtown, CT

Sean Cavanaugh
Chief Administrative Officer, Aledade, Former Deputy Administrator and Director, Center for Medicare, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Washington, DC

Sanjay Doddamani, MD
Senior Advisor and Medical Officer, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation; Former Senior Director in Population Health, Geisinger Health System, Chief Medical Officer, Keystone ACO, Washington, DC

Joseph Egan
Director of Operations, Value-Based Programs, Tenet Healthcare, Former Administrative Director, Michigan Pioneer ACO, Royal Oak, MI

Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD
Vice Provost for Global Initiatives, University Professor and Chair, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania; Senior Former Special Advisor, Office of Management and Budget, National Economic Council, Philadelphia, PA

John Gorman
Founder and Former Executive Chairman, Gorman Health Group, Former Assistant to the Director, Office of Managed Care, HCFA, Washington, DC

Peter Long, PhD
President and CEO, Blue Shield of California Foundation, Former Senior Vice President, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Former Director of Research and Planning, The California Endowment, San Francisco, CA

Barbara L. McAneny, MD, FASCO, MACP
President, American Medical Association, Co-founder and Managing Partner, New Mexico Oncology Hematology Consultants Ltd., Albuquerque, NM

Elizabeth Mitchell
President and CEO, Pacific Business Group on Health, Former SVP, Blue Shield of California; Former President and CEO, Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement, San Francisco, CA

Lori Morgan, MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer, Huntington Hospital, President, Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, Pasadena, CA

Kavita Patel, MD
Vice President Payer Provider Integration, Johns Hopkins Health System; Nonresident Senior Fellow Brookings Institution; Member, Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee (PTAC); Former Director of Policy, The White House (Obama); Former Senior Advisor, Senator Edward Kennedy, Washington, DC

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

James D. Sharp, MPH, JD
Director, Health Care Strategy and Transformation, BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina, Former Policy and Strategy Advisor, Office of the Director, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Washington, DC

Mark D. Smith, MD, MBA
Co-chair, Guiding Committee, Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network, Clinical Faculty, UCSF, Attending Physician, Positive Health Program for AIDS Care, San Francisco General Hospital, Founding President and CEO, California Health Care Foundation, San Francisco, CA

Michael Thompson
President and Chief Executive Officer, National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions, Former Principal, Health Care, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Washington, DC

AGENDA AT-A-GLANCE
DAY I: MONDAY, JUNE 17
JOINT PRECONFERENCE
1:00 pm Preconference I: Seven Characteristics of Successful APMs & Seven Considerations in the Financial Modeling of Value-based Payment Arrangements
DAY II: TUESDAY, JUNE 18
JOINT ACO/BUNDLED/MACRA OPENING PLENARY SESSION
7:00 am Breakfast Roundtable I: Operating Under Tomorrow’s Value-Based Care Payment Models & Breakfast Roundtable II: Clinical Success Metrics in Commercial Episode of Care Programs
8:00 am HHS/CMS/CMMI Keynote Address
8:30 am The Policy and Politics of Value-based Care by Susan Dentzer
9:30 am Understanding the Quality Standards upon which Value-based Care Initiatives are Measured by Elizabeth Mitchell
10:00 am Integrating the Social Determinants of Health into Value-based Care by Peter Long, MD
10:30 am Break
11:00 am ACO SUMMIT PLENARY SESSION
CMS/CMMI Accountable Care, Primary Care, CPC-Plus and Other Primary Care Models Keynote Address Keynote Update on Private Sector ACO Initiatives Co-chair Keynote Roundtable: A Lightning Round on the Hot Accountable Care Issues of Today

11:00 am BUNDLED PAYMENT MINI SUMMITS
Special LAN Mini Summit I: The Health Care Payment and Learning Action Network's (LAN) Roadmap for Driving High Performance in Alternative Payment Models
II: Oncology Care & Radiation Therapy Bundles
III: Effective Use of Waivers & Gainsharing in Bundled Payment Projects

11:00 am MACRA MINI SUMMITS
Special LAN Mini Summit I: The Health Care Payment and Learning Action Network's (LAN) Roadmap for Driving High Performance in Alternative Payment Models
IV: MIPS Basics and Myths & Medicare Advantage and Advance APM Status
V: Rural and Safety Net APMs
VI: Risk Adjustment in MIPS and APMs & MIPS and APMs Quality Measures
12:30 pm Joint Networking Luncheon
1:00 pm JOINT ACO/BUNDLED/MACRA LUNCHEON KEYNOTE ROUNDTABLE ON THE FUTURE OF VALUE-BASED CARE
2:00 pm BUNDLED PAYMENT SUMMIT PLENARY SESSION
CMS/CMMI Keynote Address on Bundled Payment Policy
Keynote Update on Private Sector Bundled Payment Initiatives
Co-chair Keynote Roundtable: A Lightning Round on the Hot Bundled Payment Issues of Today

2:00 pm ACO MINI SUMMITS
VII: Accountable Care Case Studies: Aledade & NY ACOs
VIII: Social Determinants of Health & Substance Abuse (Opioids Plus) Programs
IX: Valuebased Contracting & Patient Experience in Accountable Care

2:00 pm MACRA MINI SUMMITS
X: An Assessment of the Anticipated CMS/CMMI New APM Models
XI: Specialty APMs & Engaging Specialists through Specialty Payment Chassis Design
XII: Using Quality as a Service & Methods for Managing Post Acute Care

4:00 pm MACRA SUMMIT PLENARY SESSION
CMS/CMMI Keynote Address on MACRA Policies
MACRA Keynote Address: Are Alternative Payment Models Better than Fee for Service?
Co-chair Keynote Roundtable: A Lightning Round on the Hot Accountable Care Issues of Today
Adjournment and Joint Networking Reception

4:00 pm ACO MINI SUMMITS
XIII: Accountable Care Organizational Resources : NAACOS, ACLC and APG
XIV: Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care & Shared Decision Making and Personalized Care into Value-based Arrangements
XV: What's Next for Next Gen ACOs?

4:00 pm BUNDLED PAYMENT MINI SUMMITS
XVI: Designing Bundled Payment Arrangements with Actuarial Risk Management Principles
XVII: AI, Analytics, Big Data and Blockchain Technologies to Drive Bundled Payment Success
XVIII: Risk/Bundle Selection & Getting "Bundle Ready"
5:30 pm Adjournment and Joint Networking Reception
DAY III: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19
JOINT ACO/BUNDLED/MACRA CLOSING PLENARY SESSION
8:00 am Welcome and Introductions
8:15 am Getting to Affordability by Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD
8:45 am Value-based Payment, Technology, and the Future of Customer Service by Mark D. Smith, MD, MBA
9:15 am Value-based Care: The Paradox of Primary Care Leadership by Sean Cavanaugh
9:45 am The Challenges and Opportunities for Hospitals and Health Systems in Moving to Value-based Care by Lori Morgan, MBA
10:15 am Transition Break
10:30 am Case Study of BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina's Value-based Payment Initiatives by James D. Sharp, MPH, JD
11:00 am How Medicare Advantage Related to Value-based Care by John Gorman
11:45 am Strategies to Integrate BPCIA, ACOs and APMs into a Unified Strategy to Deliver People-centered Care
12:30 pm Summit Adjournment

ACO SUMMIT FEATURED FACULTY

Angelo Aiello, MS
Senior Director, Clinical Integration, MHN ACO, Former Director, Care Coordination, Access Community Health Network, Chicago, IL

Anna Yevseevna Bavykina, MD
Hospitalist, Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek Medical Center, Walnut Creek, CA

Lili Brillstein, MPH
Director, Episodes of Care, Horizon Healthcare Innovations, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield New Jersey, Member, CMS Advisory Panel on Oncology Bundles, Newark, NJ

Charles Brown, MBA
Associate Principal, ECG Management Consultants, Denver, CO

Thomas Buckingham, BSN, MBA
Executive Vice President, Select Medical, President, Allevant Solutions, Member, Guiding Committee, Health Care Payment Learning and Action Network, Mechanicsburg, PA

Gregory C. Burke, MPA
Director, Innovation Strategies, United Hospital Fund, Former Vice President for Planning, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY

Mark J. Carley, MA, MBA/MSHA
President, Colorado Health Neighborhoods Value Based Care Delivery; Vice-President, Managed Care and Payor Relations, Centura Health, Former VP, Network Management, Rocky Mountain Health Plans, Arlington, VA

Jonathan Chines, MPP
Vice President, Payer Contracting and Network Strategy, Reliant Medical Group, Former Vice President of Network Contracting, Senior Products, Tufts Health Plan, Boston, MA

Eric Cragun, MBA
Partner, Population Health, Intermountain Healthcare, Senior Director, The Advisory Board Company, Salt Lake City, UT

Mark Cronin, MBA
Chief Operating Officer, Accountable Health Partners; Former CEO, University Cardiovascular Associates; Former VP, Corporate and Systems Initiatives, American Cancer Society, Henrietta, NY

Kate de Lisle
ACO Research Manager, Accountable Care Learning Collaborative, Senior Analyst, Leavitt Partners, Former Senior Associate, Accountable Care Work Group, Health Care Transformation Task Force, Salt Lake City, UT

David DiGirolamo, MA
Vice President, ACO Operations and Executive Director, Partners In Care ACO, Former Vice President, Healthcare Consulting and Solutions, Capgemini, New York, NY

Daniel Durand, MD
Chief Innovation Officer, LifeBridge Health System, Adjunct Clinical Faculty, Stanford University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Brian A. Hammer, MS, MBA, FACHE
Vice President, Membership & Business Services, National Association of ACOs (NAACOS), Former Manager, Physician & Business Development, Meridian Health (Ocean Medical Center), Washington, DC

Aparna Higgins
President and CEO, Ananya Health Innovations Inc., Policy Fellow, The Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy; Visiting Scholar at The Heller School of Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Dunn Loring, VA

Joel James, MA
Director of Public and Government Affairs, Signature Medical Group, Former Assistant Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO

Peter J. Kelly, MBA
Executive Director, CareMount ACO LLC, Senior Director of Development, CareMount Medical PC, Former Executive Director of Market Operations, Universal American Corp., New York, NY

Katherine Hobbs Knutson, MPH, MD
Chief of Behavioral Health, Blue Cross North Carolina, Physician, Duke University Health System, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC

Elissa Langley, MHA
Director of ACO Operations, Triad HealthCare Network, Former Chief Operations Officer, BuyMD, Former Network Manager, Aetna, Greensboro, NC

Katie Martin, MPA
Vice President for Health Policy and Programs, National Partnership for Women & Families, Former Acting Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, US DHHS, Washington, DC

Melanie Matthews, MA
CEO, NW Momentum Health Partners ACO, CEO, Physicians of Southwest Washington, Former VP Ops, Prestige Care, Olympia, WA

Mara McDermott, JD
Vice President, McDermott+Consulting, Former Vice President of Federal Affairs, America's Physician Groups, Washington, DC

Simon Moody, FIA, FSA
Principal & Consulting Actuary, Milliman, Brookfield, WI

Kristen Mucitelli-Heath
Administrator, Regional Health Initiatives, St. Joseph's Health, Former Interim Executive Director, Central New York Care Collaborative, Syracuse, NY

Chris Murphy, MBA
Principal, Premier Performance Partners, Premier, Inc., Former Director, Reimbursement Innovations, Highmark, Pittsburgh, PA

Seema Parmar, MHA, PhD
Associate Partner and Senior Expert, McKinsey, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Geoff Price, MBA
Chief Operating Officer, Oak Street Health, Chicago, IL

Michael Reiche, MA, MBA
Executive Director, Medicare Accountable Care, Steward Health, Boston, MA

Oraida Roman, MHA
Vice President of Value Based Strategies, Humana, Former Market President, Colorado, DaVita Medical Group, Louisville, KY

Wendy Rossi
Principal, Premier, Inc., Former Contract Manager, Katz Brunner Healthcare, Former Business and Strategic Planning Project Manager, Charlotte, NC

Jim Ryan, MBA
Senior Manager, ECG Management Consultants, Dallas, TX

William Shrank, MSHS, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Humana (April 1, 2019), Former CMO, UPMC Health Plan, Former SVP, Chief Scientific Officer & CMO, Provider Innovation, CVS Health, Former Director of Evaluation, CMMI, Chevy Chase, MD

Kristina Stoeppler-Biege, MS, RN, OCN
Director, Clinical Operations, Bon Secours St. Francis Cancer Center, Greenville, SC

Terri Welter, MSHA
Principal, ECG Management Consultants, Washington DC

David Wennberg, MD, MPH
Chief Executive Officer, Quartet Health, Former CEO, Northern New England, Accountable Care Collaborative, Former CEO, High Value Health Collaborative, The Dartmouth Institute, New York, NY

Greg Williams, MA
Managing Director, Third Horizon Strategies, Filmmaker, The Anonymous People and Generation Found, Campaign Director and Executive Producer, Unite to Face Addiction Rally on the National Mall, New York, NY

CO CHAIRS


Emily DuHamel Brower, MBA
Senior Vice President Clinical Integration, Trinity Health, Former Vice President, Population Health, Atrius Health, Former Senior Director, Clinical Improvement Ventures, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Livonia, MI



S. Lawrence Kocot, JD, LLM, MPA
Principal and National Leader, Center for Healthcare Regulatory Insight, KPMG, Former Senior Advisor to the Administrator, CMS, Washington, DC



David B. Muhlestein, PhD, JD
Chief Research Officer, Leavitt Partners, LLC, Visiting Policy Fellow, Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke University, Visiting Fellow, Accountable Care Learning Collaborative, Washington, DC



Hoangmai H. (Mai) Pham, MD
Vice President, Provider Alignment Solutions, Anthem, Former Chief Innovation Officer, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC

ACO/BUNDLED/MACRA JOINT SESSION CO CHAIRS


Donald H. Crane, JD
President and Chief Executive Officer, America's Physician Groups, Los Angeles, CA



Susan Dentzer
Visiting Fellow, Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy, Analyst on Health Policy, The NewsHour, Former Editor, Health Affairs, Washington, DC

COLLOCATED WITH
NINTH NATIONAL BUNDLED
PAYMENT SUMMIT

The Leading Forum on the Role of Healthcare Payment Reforms with Special Focus on Bundled Payment Approaches
June 17 - 19, 2019
Grand Hyatt, Washington, DC
www.BundledPaymentSummit.com

FOURTH NATIONAL MACRA
MIPS/APM SUMMIT

The Leading Forum on MACRA, MIPS, APMs and Other Emerging Value-based Payment Arrangements
June 17 - 19, 2019, Grand Hyatt, Washington, DC
www.MACRASummit.com

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ABQAURP: Approved for up to 15.0 ABQAURP credits.

Accounting Professionals: Approved for up to 15.5 NASBA CPE credits.

Physicians: Approval for 15.00 AMA PRA Category 1™ Credits.

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