ACO Reach, TEAM, WISeR, Kidney, Oncology & MSSP Featured at Virtual Value-Based Summit

ACO Reach, TEAM, WISeR, Kidney, Oncology & MSSP Featured at Virtual Value-Based Summit

Virtual Online Video Event Live and Archived
Part of the Heritage Value-based Care Conference Series
Media Partners: Harvard Health Policy Review, Health Affairs and Inside Health Policy
September 3-5, 2025
www.ValueBasedPaymentSummit.com

PRESS RELEASE
Phone: 800-503-7414
Email: reginfo@hcconferences.com
Website: www.ValueBasedPaymentSummit.com

MSSP UPDATE BY:

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

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FEATURING STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESSFUL CMS TEAM MODEL IMPLEMENTATION BY

Michael Barbati, MHA
Vice President Government Programs, Advocate Health, Chicago, IL

Bill Nordmark
President and Chief Executive Officer, Enlace Health; Former Chief Growth Officer, PaySpan, Atlanta, GA

Thomas Tsai, MD
Medical Director for Health Policy Research, American College of Surgeons; Former Co-Director, Healthcare Quality and Outcomes Lab, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Chestnut Hill, MA

Robert E. Mechanic, MBA
Executive Director, Institute for Accountable Care; Senior Fellow, Heller School of Social Policy and Management at Brandeis, Newton Centre, MA (Moderator)

CASE STUDIES IN SUCCESSFUL ACO REACH MODEL IMPLEMENTATION BY

Katie Boyer, MPPA
Senior Director, Policy & Government Affairs, agilon health; Former Senior Advisor, Legislative & Regulatory Affairs, Nemours, Arlington, VA

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

Aaron DeBoer, MBA, MHA
Executive Vice President, Honest Health; Board, Health Care Transformation Task Force; Advisor, Rubicon Founders; Former Senior Vice President, Optum, Aurora, CO

Theresa Dreyer, MPH
Chief Executive Officer, Health Care Transformation Task Force; Former Lead, Value Based Care, Association of American Medical Colleges; Former Model Lead, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC (Moderator)

IMPACT OF THE WISeR MODEL ON PROVIDERS BY

Seth Edwards, MHA
Vice President, Population Health and Value-Based Care, Premier, Inc., Charlotte, NC

Robert G. Homchick, JD
Partner and Former Health Law Group, Chair, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, WA

Ashley Ridlon, MSc
Vice President, Health Policy, Evolent; Former Health Insurance Specialist, Care Transitions Field Director, Partnership for Patients, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, Washington, DC

Aisha Pittman, MPH
Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, National Association of ACOs; Former Assistant Vice President, Quality, Centerlight Health System, Washington, DC (Moderator)

CASE STUDIES IN SUCCESSFUL ONCOLOGY MODELS IMPLEMENTATION BY

Misty Chicchirichi, MSN
Manager, Value Based Care Programs, Quality, Safety, Risk Management and Employee Health, Shenandoah Oncology, Stephenson, VA

Anthony P. Lam, MD, MHSCh
Chief Medical Officer, OPN Healthcare; Former Faculty, Stanford Cancer Center, Glendale, CA

Samyukta Mullangi, MD, MBA
Senior Medical Director, Thyme Care; Medical Oncologist @ Tennessee Oncology, Nashville, TN

Purva H. Rawal, PhD
Former Chief Strategy Officer, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service, Washington, DC (Moderator)

WASHINGTON DC USA -- AUGUST 1, 2025: The Special Edition on the Virtual Value-Based Payment Summit: How to Prepare for the New CMMI Strategic Initiatives will take place on September 3-5, 2025 as a fully virtual event.

FEATURING KEYNOTE ADDRESS ON CMS VALUE-BASED CARE INITIATIVES, INCLUDING THE MEDICARE SHARED SERVICES PROGRAM (MSSP) BY

Chris Klomp, MBA
Deputy Administrator and Director of the Center for Medicare, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

AND KEYNOTE ADDRESS ON CMS INNOVATION CENTER STRATEGY TO MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN BY

Abe Sutton, JD
Director, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

GOVERNMENT FEATURED FACULTY
Overview of Choice and Competition Pillar Gary Bacher, JD Chief Strategy Officer, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation; Former Senior Vice President; AHIP; Former Vice President, UnitedHealth Group, Washington, DC	Overview of Evidence-based Prevention Pillar Susannah Bernheim, MD Chief Medical Officer, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation; Former Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, Washington, DC	Overview of Patient Empowerment Pillar Gita Deo, MHMP Senior Advisor and Chief of Staff, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation; Former Associate Partner, McKinsey, Washington, DC

Possible Future CMMI Medicare Advantage Models

Joesph J. Albanese, Jr., MPP
Policy Advisor, Center for Medicare, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Former Senior Policy Analyst, Paragon Health Institute; Former Program Examiner, Medicare Team, OMB, the White House, Washington, DC

The Role of AI in the Successful Operation of CMS and CMMI Value-based Care Models

Jacob Shiff, MBA
Chief AI and Technology Officer, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Founder, Anomaly (Healthcare AI), Washington, DC

Possible Future CMMI Medicare Advantage Models

Boris Vabson, PhD
Senior Advisor and Head of MA Strategy, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation; Faculty Member and Researcher (on leave), Harvard Medical School, Washington, DC

FEATURED FACULTY
Syed Sumair Akhtar, MD, MHCDS Chief Clinical Officer, Strive Health; Former Vice President, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, Chicago, IL	Brian Anderson, MD President & Chief Executive Officer, Coalition for Health AI (CHAI); Member, Expert Working Group on AI Risk & Accountability, OECD.AI; Impact Fellow, UC Berkeley School of Public Health, Boston, MA	Michael Barbati, MHA Vice President Government Programs, Advocate Health, Chicago, IL
Lisa Bari, MBA, MPH Head of External Affairs, Innovaccer; Former Health IT, Interoperability, and Artificial Intelligence Lead, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, San Francisco, CA	Taylor Beery Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Imagine Pediatrics; Executive Director, Coalition for Healthcare Innovation; Former Director of Policy, US Department of Homeland Security, Nashville, TN	Katie Boyer, MPPA Senior Director, Policy & Government Affairs, agilon health; Former Senior Advisor, Legislative & Regulatory Affairs, Nemours, Arlington, VA
Tori Bratcher, MA, MPH System Vice President Population Health Operations, Trinity Health; Adjunct Faculty, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN	Niall Brennan Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Horizon BCBS; Former Senior Advisor to the CDC Director; Former President & CEO, Health Care Cost Institute; Former Chief Data Officer, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Washington, DC	Bartley Bryt, MD, MPH Chief Medical Officer, Privia Health; Former Chief Medical Officer, Bright Health Care, Arlington, VA
Sean Cavanaugh, MPH Chief Policy Officer, Aledade; Former Deputy Administrator and Director, Center for Medicare, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC	Michael Chernew, PhD Chair, MedPAC; Leonard D. Schaeffer Professor of Health Care Policy, Department of Health Care Policy, and Director, Healthcare Markets and Regulation Lab, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA	Misty Chicchirichi, MSN Manager, Value Based Care Programs, Quality, Safety, Risk Management and Employee Health, Shenandoah Oncology, Stephenson, VA
Chris Dawe President, Curana Health; Former Policy Advisor for Health Care, National Economic Council, The White House, Washington, DC	Aaron DeBoer, MBA, MHA Executive Vice President, Honest Health; Board, Health Care Transformation Task Force; Advisor, Rubicon Founders; Former Senior Vice President, Optum, Aurora, CO	Wyatt Decker, MD Chief Physician, Value-Based Care and Innovation, UnitedHealth Group; Former Chief Medical Information Officer, Mayo Clinic, Washington, DC
Kate de Lisle Principal, Leavitt Partners; Former Payment & Delivery Transformation Research Manager, Accountable Care Learning Collaborative, Seattle, WA	Lisa (Winkler) Dombro President and Chief Operating Officer, ilumed; Operating Partner, Revelstoke Capital Partners; Former Chief Experience & Innovation Officer, agilon health, Park Ridge, IL	Gabriel Drapos Chief Operating Officer, Pearl Health; Expert, Primary Venture Partners, East Brookfield, MA
Seth Edwards, MHA Vice President, Population Health and Value-Based Care, Premier, Inc., Charlotte, NC	Elizabeth Fowler, JD, PhD Distinguished Scholar, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Former CMS Deputy Administrator and Director, Center of Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Washington, DC	Jeff Giullian, MD MBA Chief Medical Officer, DaVita Kidney Care; Former Chairman, Healthcare Payment Committee, Renal Physicians Association, Denver, CO

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VALUE-BASED CARE CONFERENCE SERIES SPONSORED BY

SUMMIT WELCOME BY

Richard Merkin, MD
CEO and Founder, Heritage Group

CO CHAIRS

Adam Boehler
Founder & Managing Director, Rubicon Founders; Former Deputy Administrator, CMS & Director, CMMI

Emily (DuHamel) Brower, MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer, National Association of ACOs

Susan Dentzer, MS
President and Chief Executive Officer, America's Physician Groups

Theresa Dreyer, MPH
Executive Director, Health Care Transformation Task Force; Former CMS Model Lead

Mara McDermott, JD
Chief Executive Officer, Accountable for Health

Farzad Mostashari, MD
Chief Executive Officer, Aledade

MEDIA PARTNERS

Alyson Goodman, MD, MPH Medical Epidemiologist and Pediatrician, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Washington, DC	George Hart, MD Chief Medical Officer, Interwell Health; Former President, Metrolina Nephrology Associates, PA, Charlotte, NC	Robert G. Homchick, JD Partner and Former Health Law Group, Chair, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, WA	Thomas Lally, MD Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Bloom Healthcare; Board, American Academy of Home Care Medicine, Denver, CO	Anthony P. Lam, MD, MHSCh Chief Medical Officer, OPN Healthcare; Former Faculty, Stanford Cancer Center, Glendale, CA
Bruce A. Leff, MD Professor of Medicine; Director, Center for Transformative Geriatric Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Board, Hospital at Home Users Group; Co-Chair, World Hospital at Home Congress, Baltimore, MD	Mark McClellan, MD, PhD Director, Robert J Margolis Center for Health Policy, Medicine and Health Policy, Duke University; Former CMS Administrator and FDA Commissioner, Washington, DC	Robert E. Mechanic, MBA Executive Director, Institute for Accountable Care; Senior Fellow, Heller School of Social Policy and Management at Brandeis, Newton Centre, MA	Jacob Mirsky, MD Medical Director, Massachusetts General Hospital; Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School; Founder and Owner, Lifestyle Medicine Consulting LLC, Boston, MA	Kristen Mucitelli-Heath Senior Vice President, Population Health & Advocacy, St. Joseph's Health and St. Peter's Health Partners; Former Interim Executive Director, Central New York Care Collaborative, Syracuse, NY
David Muhlestein, JD, PhD Chief Executive Officer, Simple Healthcare; Visiting Policy Fellow, Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy, Orlando, FL	Samyukta Mullangi, MD, MBA Senior Medical Director, Thyme Care; Medical Oncologist @ Tennessee Oncology, Nashville, TN	Debra Ness, MS Health and Economic Policy Consultant, Debra L Ness Consulting; Former President, National Partnership for Women & Families, Rockville, MD	Bill Nordmark President and Chief Executive Officer, Enlace Health; Former Chief Growth Officer, PaySpan, Atlanta, GA	Stephen W. Nuckolls, MAC Chief Executive Officer, Coastal Carolina Quality Care; Chief Executive Officer, Coastal Carolina Health Care, PA, New Bern, NC
Andrea Osborne, MSc Chief Operating Officer, OnBelay Health; Former SVP, ACO Operations & Delegated Services, VillageMD, Carnel, IN	Timothy Pflederer, MD Chief Medical Officer, Evergreen Nephrology; Former President, RenalCare Associates SC and Illinois Kidney Disease and Hypertension Center, Peoria, IL	Hoangmai (Mai) Pham, MD, MPH Founder and President, Institute for Exceptional Care; Former Chief Innovation Officer, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Washington, DC	Melanie (Gleiman) Phelps, DrPH, JD Senior Advocacy Advisor, Health System Transformation, American Heart Association; Senior Vice President, Health System Innovation, North Carolina Medical Society, Wilmington, NC	Aisha Pittman, MPH Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, National Association of ACOs; Former Assistant Vice President, Quality, Centerlight Health System, Washington, DC
Jennifer Podulka, MPAff Senior Vice President of Federal Policy, America’s Physician Groups: Former Senior Policy Analyst, MedPAC, Washington, DC	Purva H. Rawal, PhD Former Chief Strategy Officer, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC	Kyu Rhee, MG, MPP Chief Executive Officer and President, National Association of Community Health Centers; Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Boston, MA	Ashley Ridlon, MSc Vice President, Health Policy, Evolent; Former Health Insurance Specialist, Care Transitions Field Director, Partnership for Patients, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, Washington, DC	William Robinson Senior Vice President Accountable Care, HarmonyCares; Former Acting Deputy Director, Division of Outpatient Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Portland, ME
Valinda Rutledge, MBA Executive Vice President for Advocacy and Education, America’s Physician Groups; Former Group Director, Patient Care Model Group and BPCI Lead, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC	Randall L. Rutta, MA Chief Executive Officer, National Health Council; Board, Patient Focused Medicines Development, Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease & Medical Device Innovation Consortium, Washington, DC	Tamra Ruymann, MBA Chief of Digital Health, Physicians of Southwest Washington, Olimpia, WA	Shannon Sartin Chief Strategy Officer, Datavant; Former Chief Innovation Officer, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Former Executive Director, Healthcare, United States Digital Service, Washington, DC	William Shrank, MD, MSHS Chief Executive Officer, Aradigm; Venture Partner, Andreessen Horowitz; Former CMO, Humana; Former Director of Innovation, CMMI, Washington, DC
Sarah L. Szanton, PhD, MSN Dean, and Patricia M. Davidson Professor for Health Equity and Social Justice, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing; Co-developer, CAPABLE, Baltimore, MD	Sophia Tripoli, MPH Senior Director of Health Policy, Families USA; Former Project Officer, State Innovation Group, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation; Former Senior Health Policy Analyst, National Governors Association, Washington, DC	Thomas Tsai, MD Medical Director for Health Policy Research, American College of Surgeons; Former Co-Director, Healthcare Quality and Outcomes Lab, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Chestnut Hill, MA	Anne Tumlinson, MBA Chief Executive Officer, ATI Advisory; Founder, Daughterhood; Former Lead Medicaid Analyst, Health Financing Branch, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC	Kyle Wailes, MBA President and Chief Executive Officer, Wellvana Health, Nashville, TN

Jessica Walradt, MS
Vice President, Value-based Care, Northwestern Medicine; Former Lead Specialist, Value-Based Care Models, Association of American Medical, Chicago, IL

Laurie Whitsel, PhD, FAHA
National Vice President of Policy Research and Translation, American Heart Association and American Stroke Association, Pittsburg, PA

Mariann Yeager West
Chief Executive Officer, The Sequoia Project; Former Lead, Nationwide Health Information Network Initiatives, Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Ttechnology, Alexandria, VA

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