Register for Nat'l Medicare Advantage Summit by Friday 2/17 for Early Bird Rate

Register for Nat'l Medicare Advantage Summit by Friday 2/17 for Early Bird Rate

A Hybrid Conference and Internet Event

Hosted by the Better Medicare Alliance

Cosponsored by AMGA, CAPG, NCQA, NEHI, NEHI and Premier

April 5 - 7, 2017

Onsite at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, VA

Online in Your Own Office or Home Live via the Internet with 24/7 Access for Six Months

www.MedicareAdvantageSummit.com

CONTACT
Phone: (800) 503-0078
Email: registration@hcconferences.com
Website: www.medicareadvantagesummit.com

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION
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FEATURING KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY
	Mark T. Bertolini Chief Executive Officer, Aetna, Hartford, CT

WASHINGTON DC USA -- ACCOUNTABLE CARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- FEBRUARY 13, 2017: The First National Medicare Advantage Summit, www.MedicareAdvantageSummit.com, will be held April 5 - 7, 2017 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, VA. The conference will be offered both onsite and live and archived for 6 months over the Internet.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

David Blumenthal, MD, MPP President, The Commonwealth Fund, Former National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Former Chief Health Information and Innovation Officer, Partners Healthcare System, Washington, DC	Richard J. Bringewatt Co-founder and President, National Health Policy Group, Co-founder and Chair, SNP Alliance, Co-founded and Former President and CEO, National Chronic Care Consortium, Washington, DC	Patricia M.C. Brown, JD Senior Vice President, Managed Care and Population Health, Johns Hopkins Medicine; President, Johns Hopkins HealthCare LLC, Former Assistant Attorney General, Maryland Office of the Attorney General, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Former Counsel, Maryland Medical Assistance Program, Baltimore, MD
Jim Budzinski, MBA, MHA, CPA Chief Financial Officer, WellStar Health System, Former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, St. John Health System, Atlanta, GA	Joseph F. Damore, FACHE Vice President, Population Health Management, Premier Inc., Washington, DC	Susan Dentzer President and Chief Executive Officer, The Network for Excellence in Health Innovation, Analyst on Health Policy, The NewsHour, Washington, DC
Amy Frankowski, MD Physician Executive Leader and Senior Medical Director Population Health, Mercy Health — Mercy Health, (Formerly Catholic Health Partners), Cincinnati, OH	Ellie Hollander President and Chief Executive Officer, Meals on Wheels America, Former Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice President of Business Development, Good360, Former Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer, AARP, Washington, DC	Robert Mirsky, MD, MMM Vice President, Medical Operations and Chief Medical Officer, Medicare, Aetna, New York, NY
Mark Newsom, MSc Vice President, Public Policy Analysis, Humana, Former Director Public Policy, CVS Health, Former Director, Division of Payment Reconciliation, CMS, Washington, DC	Peggy O’Kane President, National Committee for Quality Assurance, Washington, DC	Phil Oravetz, MD Medical Director, Accountable Care, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, Former Senior Medical Director, Mills Peninsula Medical Group, Former Chief Medical Officer, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, New Orleans, LA

Kavita Patel, MD Nonresident Senior Fellow Brookings Institution, Member, Physician-Focused Payment, Model Technical Advisory Committee, Former Director of Policy, The White House, Former Senior Advisor, Senator Edward Kennedy, Washington, DC	Ashok Rai, MD President and Chief Executive Officer, Prevea Health, Green Bay, WI
Thomas A. Scully, Esq. General Partner, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, Senior Counsel, Alston & Bird LLP, Former Administrator, CMS, Former President and CEO, Federation of American Hospitals, Washington, DC	Donato Tramuto Chief Executive Officer, Tivity Health (Silver Sneakers), Former Chief Executive Officer, Healthways, Nashville, TN

FEATURING

Tim Engelhardt
Director, Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Former Deputy Director, Long-Term Care Financing, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Washington, DC

Cara James, PhD
Director, Office of Minority Health, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Former Director, Disparities Policy Project and Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Baltimore, MD

Stephen Z. Jenkins, MPP
Lead, Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design Model, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, US Department of Health and Human Services, Alexandria, VA

AND FEATURED FACULTY

Michael S. Adelberg Senior Director, FaegreBD Consulting, Former Director, Medicare Advantage Operations, Former Director, Insurance Programs Group, Former Acting Director, Exchange Policy and Operations Group, CMS, Washington, DC	Linda Armstrong Executive Vice President and Health Insurance Practice Leader DMW Worldwide, Former Vice President Marketing Services, Monumental General Insurance Group (AEGON), Chesterbrook, PA	Derek L. Asay Senior Director, Government Strategy, Federal Accounts and Quality, Eli Lilly and Company, New York, NY
G. Lawrence Atkins, PhD Executive Director, Long-Term Quality Alliance, Former Executive Director, US Public Policy, Merck, Former Deputy Staff Director and Republican Staff Director, US Senate Special Committee on Aging, Washington, DC	John Baackes Chief Executive Officer, LA Care Health Plan, Former President, AmeriHealth Caritas VIP Plans, Former Senior Vice President, Group Health Inc., Former President, Northeast Division, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, CA	Kelli Back, Esq. Attorney, Law Offices of Mark S. Joffe, Washington DC
Joe Baker, JD President, Medicare Rights Center, Adjunct Professor, New York University School of Law, Former Deputy Secretary, New York Department of Health, New York, NY	Carrie Barker-Settles Director, Sales and Marketing Services, Gorman Health Group, Former Arizona and Colorado Sales Director, UnitedHeath Group, Denver, CO	Julie Billman Vice President of Operational Performance, Gorman Health Group, Former Director of Product and Regulatory Analysis, Capital BlueCross, Former Director of Compliance, Coventry Health Care, Harrisburg, PA
Steven Blumberg, MBA President, Omega Health Strategies, Inc., Former Senior Vice President and Executive Director, Geisinger Health System, AtlantiCare Division, Former VP, Planning and Business Development, Shands Healthcare, Egg Harbor Township, NJ	Felix J. Bradbury, RN, PhD, FACHE Principal Director Data Science, Accenture, LLC, Former SVP, Medical Management Operations, 5 Star Quality Management and Analytics, Universal Health Care Group, Care1st Health Plan Arizona, ONECare, Houston, TX	Gary Capistrant, MA Chief Policy Officer, American Telemedicine Association, Former Staff Director, State Medicaid Directors Association, Former Health Legislative Assistant, Rep. Jim Corman, Washington, DC
Joyce Chan Vice President, Population Health Strategy, Healthfirst, New York, NY	Gordon Chen, MD Chief Medical Officer, ChenMed, Fort Lauderdale, FL	Robb Cohen, MBA Former Chief Executive Officer, Advanced Health Collaborative, Former Chief Government Affairs Officer, XLHealth, Baltimore, MD
Mary Cooley, RN, BSN, MS Senior Vice President of Care Management, Medicare and Medicaid Plans, Priority Health, Grand Rapids, MI	Donald H. Crane, JD President and Chief Executive Officer, CAPG, Los Angeles, CA	Daniel E. Dawes, JD Executive Director, Government Relations, Policy and External Affairs, Morehouse School of Medicine, Former Health Law and Policy Advisor, Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee, United States Senate, Atlanta, GA
Lynn F. Dong, FSA, MAAA Principal and Consulting Actuary, Milliman, Inc., Seattle, WA	A. Mark Fendrick, MD Professor, Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Health Management, Policy Director, Center for Value-Based Insurance Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI	Helaine I. Fingold, Esq. Senior Counsel, Health Care and Life Sciences Practice, Epstein Becker Green, Former Team Lead on MA Applications and Contracts, Former Senior Technical/Policy Lead, Rates & Benefits Branch, CCIIO, CMS, Baltimore, MD
John Gorman Founder and Executive Chairman, Gorman Health Group, Former Assistant to the Director, Office of Managed Care, HCFA, Washington, DC	James Gutman Former Vice President and Managing Editor, Atlantic Information Services, Former Editor, Medicare Advantage News, Laurel, MD	Jonathan Harding, MD Chief Medical Officer for Senior Products, Tufts Health Plan, Boston, MA
Tara O’Neill Hayes, MPP Health Care Policy Analyst, American Action Forum, Legislative Assistant, Congressman Tom Rice, Congressman Tim Scott and Congressman Gresham Barrett, US House of Representatives, Washington, DC	Chip Howard Market Vice President and Payment Innovation Leader, Humana, Former Director, Accountable Care Organizations, WellPoint, Former Director, Provider Contracting Performance and Cost Analytics, Kaiser Permanente, Louisville, KY	Amy Nguyen Howell, MD Chief Medical Officer, CAPG, Family Physician, Playa Vista Medical Center, Former Chief Medical Officer, Easy Choice Health Plan, Los Angeles, CA
Thomas E. Hutchinson, MPA Strategic Advisor, EBG Advisors, Former Director, Medicare Plan Payment Group, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, US Department of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, MD	Charro Knight-Lilly Chief Sales Officer, Gorman Health Group, Washington DC	Christopher Kunkel, PhD, FSA, MAAA Consulting Actuary, Milliman, Inc., Seattle, WA
John Lovelace, MS President, Government Programs and Individual Advantage, UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh, PA	Richard Manning Senior Vice President, Enterprise Clinic Operations, WellMed Medical Management, San Antonio, TX	Mara McDermott Vice President of Federal Affairs, CAPG, Washington, DC
Timothy McNeill, RN, MPH Director of Clinical Integration, YMCA, USA, Washington, DC	Richard Miller Senior Vice President, Payer Relations and Contract Development, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Business Strategy, Northwell Health, New York, NY	Steve Miller, MD, MBA Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Express Scripts, Former Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Andrew C. Mueller, FSA, MAAA Consulting Actuary, Milliman, Milwaukee, WI	Margaret A. Murray, MPA Founding Chief Executive Officer, Association for Community Affiliated Plans, Former Medicaid Director, State of New Jersey, Washington, DC	Tricia Neuman Senior Vice President, Director, Program on Medicare Policy, Director, Project on Medicare’s Future, Kaiser Family Foundation, Washington, DC
Seemin Pasha Vice President, External Affairs, Alliance of Community Health Plans, Former Director of Policy and Communications, Families USA, Washington, DC	Bradley J. Piper, FSA, MAAA Principal and Consulting Actuary, Milliman, Milwaukee, WI	Gary A. Puckrein, PhD President and Chief Executive Officer, National Minority Quality Forum, Executive Director, Alliance of Minority Medical Associations, Washington, DC
Nilsa Lennig Rudisill Vice President of Sales & Marketing Services, Gorman Health Group, Former Vice President, Marketing, Arcadian Health Plan, Orlando, FL	Jaewon Ryu, MD, JD Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Geisinger Health System, Former President of Integrated Care Delivery, Humana, Danville, PA	Lois Simon, MPH Executive Vice President, Policy and Programs, Seniorlink, Founder and Principal, Simon Solutions LLC, Former Co-Founder and President, Commonwealth Care Alliance, Former VP for Care Delivery Systems, Neighborhood Health Plan, Boston, MA
Melissa Smith Vice President, Stars, Gorman Health Group, Former Director, Medicare Star Operations, Cigna-HealthSpring, Former Associate Director, Financial/Research Administration, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN	Michelle K. Strollo, DrPH, MHS Vice President, Health Care Department, NORC, Former Director, Eligibility and Enrollment, Policy and Operations Division, CCIIO, CMS, Washington, DC	Arati Swadi, MBA Senior Director of Risk Adjustment Products, Inovalon, Bowie, MD
Christie Teigland, PhD Vice President, Advanced Analytics, Avalere Health, Washington, DC	Matt Timm, FSA, MAAA Consulting Actuary, Milliman, Brookfield, WI	Molly T. Turco, MPH Director of Policy and Research, Better Medicare Alliance, Washington, DC

Helene Weinraub, MPH Vice President, UPMC Health Plan, President, W Squared Health: Medicare Strategic Consultants, Former Senior Vice President Senior Products, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, Pittsburgh, PA	Steven Wood, MPP Managing Partner, Clear View Solutions, Former Senior Vice President, Universal American, Former Senior Vice President and Managing Principal, OptumInsight, Chicago, IL
Ghita Worcester Senior Vice President Public Affairs and Marketing, UCare Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN	Allison Yudt Chief of Staff, Populytics, Inc., Director of Value-Based Contracts, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA

BROCHURE NOW AVAILABLE

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CHAIR & CO CHAIR

CHAIR
Allyson Y. Schwartz
President and Chief Executive Officer, Better Medicare Alliance, Former Member (D/PA) US House of Representatives, Washington, DC

CO CHAIR
Donald W. Fisher, PhD, CAE
President and Chief Executive Officer, American Medical Group Association, Alexandria, VA

HOSTED BY

FEATURING PLENARY SESSIONS

Trump Administration Keynote
Congressional Leadership Keynote
Hill Legislative Action on mA and How Chronic Care
MA Politics and Policy under the new Administration and Congress
2018 Final Rate Notice and Changes to Come
MA Care Innovations
Social Determinants of Health and Advancing Quality in MA
Physician Organizations Collaborating with Health Systems to Make MA Work
Integrating Medical Care with Community-Based Partnerships in MA
How MA Wellness Programs Can Increase Member Engagement
Provider-Sponsored MA Plans, Managing Risk Assumption
Health Plan CEO Keynote

AND MINI SUMMITS

MA Star-Rating Changes
MA Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) Pilot Program
Payor-Providers on Shared Savings and Value-Based Purchasing
MA Plans Initiatives to Improve the Lives of Low Income Beneficiaries
MA Provider Network Adequacy
MA Employer Group Waiver Plans (EGWPs)
CAPG Compendium of Alternative Payment Models
Technologies and Business Solutions to Drive Engagement and Improve Outcomes
MA Strategies to Reducing Health Disparities and Advance Health Equity
Encounter Data System for MA Risk-Adjustment
Entering into SNP and D-SNP Market
Risk Adjustment and Risk Assumption Managing Duals
CMS's RADV program, RAC contracting and MA Program Audit Trends
MA Rewards and Incentives Programs for Plan Members
MACRA and Medicare Advantage Synergies
Consumer Perspective: Key Decision Making Factors and Simplifying Complexity
Quality Measures and Improving Quality through Strategic PCP Partnerships
What can Medicare Advantage Plans do to Optimize Medication Use

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CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS

Accounting Professionals: Approved for up to 16.0 NASBA CPE credits.

Physicians: Approved for up to 16.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

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TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS

The Medicare Advantage Summit is now offering a limited number of partial and full Tuition Scholarships to qualifying representatives of local, state and federal government, consumer advocate organizations, safety net providers, academics, students and health services research organizations.

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