Venue
Washington Hilton
Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20009, USA

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Event Date Tue Mar 14 EDT - Thu Mar 16 EDT (over 1 year ago)
Location Washington Hilton
1919 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20009, USA
Region Americas
Details

Key Topics Driving Medicare, Medicaid, Dual Eligibles, the Commercial Market and the overall Health Policy Landscape
Leadership from across the country will focus on the ideas, solutions, and emerging trends transforming health care, covering such topic areas as:

• Midterm Election Impact on Health Policy Priorities
• CMS Policy Priorities and Health Plan Implications
• Medicare Advantage Regulatory Updates
• Medicaid/CHIP Policy Priorities
• Update on Value-Based Payments
• Advancing Equity through Public-Private Partnerships
• Emerging Issues in the Employer, Individual and Small Group Markets

Speakers

2023 Speakers

John Adams
Director, Innovation & Voice of the Customer, Gray Matter Analytics

Loren Adler
Associate Director, USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy

Sharon Alexander
President, LTSS Solutions, AmeriHealth Caritas

Joan Alker
Executive Director & Co-Founder, Center for Children and Families (CCF), and Research Professor, Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy

Rajiv Arya, MD, MBA
Senior Director, Strategy & Growth, Optum

Richard Ashworth
President & CEO, Tivity Health

Liza Assatourians
Vice President, Federal Programs, AHIP

Jim Baker
Executive Director, Private Equity Stakeholder Project

Lisa Bari, MBA, MPH
CEO, Civitas Networks for Health

Lindsay Barnette
Director, Models, Demonstrations and Analysis Group, Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office (MMCO), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Merith Basey, MSc
Executive Director, Patients For Affordable Drugs™

Romilla Batra, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer, SCAN Health Plan

Adam Beck
Vice President, Employer Health Policy & Initiatives, Commercial Exchange Policy & Operations, AHIP

Kate Berry
Senior Vice President, Clinical Innovations & Strategic Partnerships, AHIP

Bobbette Bond
Vice President, Health Policy, UNITE HERE HEALTH

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure
Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Emily D. Brower, MBA
Senior Vice President, Clinical Integration & Physician Services, Trinity Health

Caleb Bupp, MD
Division Chief, Medical Genetics and Genomics, Spectrum Health and Helen DeVos Children's Hospital

Robert M. Califf, MD, MACC
Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Tim Clement, MPH
Director, Legislative Development, American Psychiatric Association

Michelle Conway
Health Insurance Specialist, Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office (MMCO), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS)

Anne Marie Costello
Deputy Director, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Sabrina Corlette, JD
Research Professor, Founder & Co-Director, Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR), Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy

Stephen Cozzo
Vice President, Government Relations & External Affairs & Public Policy, AmeriHealth Caritas

Tyler Cromer
Principal, ATI Advisory

Judith Davis
Vice President, Clinical Operations, CareSource

Sasha Dhall, MPH
Vice President, Growth & Retention, Optum California

Camille Dobson, MPA
Deputy Executive Director, ADvancing States

Shannon Dowler, MD, FAAFP, CPE
Chief Medical Officer, North Carolina Medicaid, NC Department of Health and Human Services

Michael Dulin, MD, PhD
Chief Medical Officer, Gray Matter Analytics

Anna Dunbar-Hester
Senior Advisor, Medicaid Policy, AHIP

Tim Engelhardt
Director, CMS Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office (MMCO), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

A. Mark Fendrick, MD
Professor, Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Health Management and Policy, The University of Michigan; and Director, University of Michigan Center for Value-Based Insurance Design

Deborah Ferguson, DDS
Arkansas State Legislature; President, National Council of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL)

Tyler Ford
Vice President, CAQH

Richard Frank, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Vida Health

Elizabeth Goodman, JD, MSW, DrPH
Chief Legal & Public Affairs Officer, Commonwealth Care Alliance (CCA)

Alberto A. Gonzalez, Jr., MPP
Senior Advisor, External Engagement, Food and Nutrition Services, United States Department of Agriculture

Mary R. Grealy
President, Healthcare Leadership Council

Pamela Greenberg, MPP, PAHM
President & CEO, Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness (ABHW)

Aron Griffin
Senior Vice President, Federal Affairs, AHIP

Philo D. Hall
Senior Counsel, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.

Mark Hamelburg
Senior Vice President, Federal Programs, AHIP

Jonathan Harding, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Point32Health

Rachel Harrington, PhD
Research Scientist, Performance Measurement, National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)

Michael Hennessy
Founder & CEO, Diathrive Health

Elinor Hiller
Partner, Alston & Bird LLP

Garrett Hohimer
Vice President Policy & Advocacy, Business Group on Health

Dora Hughes, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer, CMS Innovation Center, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Raymond Hwang, MD
Senior Medical Director, Hinge Health

Michelle Jester, MA, PMP
Executive Director, Social Determinants of Health, AHIP

Patricia Kelmar, JD
Health Care Campaigns Director, U.S. PIRG

Barbara Kevish, MD
Associate Vice President, Medicare Medical Services, UPMC Health Plan

Joneigh S. Khaldun, MD, MPH, FACEP
Vice President & Chief Health Equity Officer, CVS Health

Robin Kingston
Vice President, Health Plan Strategy, Teladoc Health

Tom Kornfield
Senior Consultant, Avalere Health

Jennifer Langer Jacobs
Assistant Commissioner, Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services, New Jersey Department of Human Services

Brynn Layton
Head of Growth, Intellaegis

Tanya Little
Chief Commercial Officer, Vitality Group

Danielle Lloyd, MPH
Senior Vice President, Private Market Innovations & Quality Initiatives, AHIP

Kevin Lucia, JD, MHP
Research Professor, Founder, & Co-Director, Center on Health Insurance Reforms, Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy

Jay Ludlam
Deputy Secretary for Medicaid (appointed), North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

Ellen Lukens
Deputy Director, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Catherine Macpherson, MS, RDN
Senior Vice President, Healthcare Strategy & Chief Nutrition Officer, Mom’s Meals

Elizabeth Matney
Medicaid Director, Iowa Department of Human Services

Kate McEvoy
Executive Director, National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD)

Jason McGill
Assistant Director for Medicaid Programs Division, Washington State Health Care Authority

Laura McWright
Deputy Director, Seamless Care Models Group, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Nancy Mendelsohn, MD
Vice President, Medical Affairs Optum Care Solutions & Chief Medical Officer, Optum Frontier Therapies

Jeff Micklos
Executive Director, Health Care Transformation Task Force

Bryce Miller
Director, Primary 360, Teladoc Health

Mark E. Miller, PhD
Executive Vice President, Health Care, Arnold Ventures

Cathrine Misquitta, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, BCGP, CPHQ, FCSHP
Vice President, Quality Management, Health Net

Jean Moody-Williams, RN, MPP
Deputy Director, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Ellen Montz, PhD
Deputy Administrator and Director, Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Miranda Motter, JD
Senior Vice President, State Affairs & Policy, AHIP

Arianna Muckerman, MPH
Senior Director, Health Policy, Centene Corporation

Glen Mulready
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner ; 2022 Chair, NAIC Health Insurance and Managed Care (B) Committee

Alexandra Mugge, MPH
Director and Deputy Chief Health Informatics Officer, Health Informatics and Interoperability Group (HIIG), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Alexis Murray
Senior Policy Advisor, Employer & Commercial Policy, AHIP

Elisabeth Myers
Deputy Director, Office of Policy, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Lynn Nonnemaker, PhD
Director of Medicare Policy, Cigna Corporation

Erin O’Rourke
Executive Director, Clinical Performance & Transformation, AHIP

Michael Patton
CEO & Co-founder, Excel Health Plans

Angela L. Perri, MBA
Chief Medicare Officer, UPMC Health Plan & Professor, University of Pittsburgh

Anne E. Phelps
Principal, US Health Care Regulatory Leader, Deloitte & Touche LLP

Claude Pinnock, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer, Wider Circle

Devin Plote, PhD
Clinical Policy Analyst, Clinical Innovation, AHIP

Tim Prinz
Manager, Strategy & Growth, Optum Advisory Services

Leigh Purvis
Senior Director, Health Care Costs & Access, AARP’s Public Policy Institute

Leah Ramirez, MS
Health Policy Director, Public Policy Institute, Elevance Health

Usha Ranji, MS
Associate Director, Women’s Health Policy, Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)

Sarah Rayel, MPP
Director, Health Care Strategy, NORC at the University of Chicago

Amber M. Rivers
Director, Office of Health Plan Standards and Compliance Assistance, Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor

Marla Rothouse
Senior Advisor, Medicare-Medicaid Coordination Office (MMCO), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Dana Gelb Safran, ScD
President & CEO, National Quality Forum

Matt Sauter, ASA, MAAA
Senior Consulting Actuary, Wakely Consulting

Richard M. Scheffler, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Health Economics and Public Policy, Graduate Schools of Public Health and Goldman School of Public Policy; Director of the Nicholas C. Petris Center on Health Care Markets and Consumer Welfare, UC Berkeley

Juan Carlos "JC" Scott
President & CEO, Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA)

Meena Seshamani, MD, PhD
Deputy Administrator and Director, Center for Medicare, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Marilyn Serafini
Executive Director, Health Program, Bipartisan Policy Center

Ankoor Shah
Health Equity Lead, Accenture

Michael Sherman, MD, MBA, MS
Executive Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Point32Health

Cleveland (Mickey) Slade
Interim President & CEO, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Community Health Plan, District of Columbia

Dylan Slattery
Chief Growth Officer & Co-founder, Excel Health Plans

Dirk Soenksen
Co-Founder & CEO, Ceresti Health

Mike Spector
Deputy General Counsel, AHIP

Adam Stavisky
Senior Vice President, US Benefits, Walmart

Joshua Stein
Growth Officer, Fitbit Health Solutions at Google

Rachel Stewart
Consulting Actuary, Wakely

Meghan Stringer
Senior Policy Advisor, Product and Commercial Policy, AHIP

Allison Taylor
Indiana Medicaid Director, Family and Social Services Agency (FSSA)

Michael Thompson
President & CEO, National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions

Kristin Thorn
Managing Director, Accenture

Jeanette Thornton
Executive Vice President, Policy and Strategy, AHIP

Micky Tripathi, PhD, MPP
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) ,U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Daniel Tsai
Deputy Administrator and Director, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Chris Tucker
Chief Operating Officer, Diathrive Health

Stephen J. Ubl
President & CEO, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)

Amy Walter
Publisher & Editor-in-Chief, The Cook Political Report

Evan Weiss
Vice President & General Manager, Provider Enablement, Optum

Laura Weiss
Vice President, Value-Based Care, Optum

Laurie Whitsel, PhD, FAHA
Vice President, Policy Research & Translation, American Heart Association; Senior Advisor, Physical Activity Alliance

Sponsors & Partners

2023 Sponsors

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Vida
• WiderCircle

SILVER SPONSORS:
• CAQH
• Ceresti Health
• Cohere Health
• Diathrive Health
• Gray Matter Analytics
• Hinge Health
• Illumina
• MCG

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Joy for all
• Amplifon
• Color
• Eyemed
• GA Foods
• Gradient AI
• Health Claim Review
• InfoMC
• Medical Guardian
• Nourished
• PAPA
• RAM Technologies
• Real Time Medical Systems
• Smart Communications
• Tivity