Health Benefits Nation 2023 | Validation Institute | 26 September 2023 | The Royal Sonesta Houston Galleria, 2222 W Loop S, Houston, TX 77027, USA

Transform Employee Health: Adopt Value-Driven, Affordable, and Inclusive Benefits

The premier event that convenes CHROs, CFOs, HR, Benefits Executives, and Benefits Advisers to break away from the status quo and accelerate the move to accountable, transparent, and high-quality employer healthcare. Join your peers in Houston to gain business critical insights on effectively controlling costs and improving health outcomes.

Ten Reasons to Attend
1, Join your peers leading HR and Benefits teams to exchange ideas, understand what works and what doesn’t, and gain actionable solutions to control rising healthcare costs and improve outcomes
2. Move away from the fluff: Walk away with evidence-based benefits purchasing strategies that you can implement in your organization and significantly impact the bottom line
3. Integrate cost-effective, transparent, and direct-to-employer models into the plan design to save 10% or more on healthcare in year one
4. Navigate coverage for the new era of (expensive) weight-loss drugs such as Wegovy and Ozempic
5. Prepare for the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) and meet your fiduciary obligation to audit solutions providers and ensure fair prices for high-quality healthcare services
6. Focus on advanced primary care to deliver the right care to your employees in a timely manner
7. Combat chronic conditions with a comprehensive and outcomes-driven approach including digital medicine, healthy eating, and lifestyle changes
8. Strengthen employer-provider partnerships to scale direct contracting models and enhance access to quality care
9. Engage in multi-stakeholder partnerships that empower purchasers to implement innovative models and break away from the status quo
10. Put words into action: Prioritize mental health to minimize health risks and reduce healthcare costs while improving workforce well-being

The Networking
• Engage in thought-provoking conversations and build meaningful relationships.
• Network with peers, solutions providers, and speakers: Strategize, brainstorm, chat, and make new friends!
• Participate in small-group discussions on pressing issues to address challenges and walk away with actionable next steps
• Meet with point solutions including several whose programs have been validated by Validation Institute
• Access the mobile app prior to the event to schedule meetings and appointments and get to know your speakers, sponsors, and partners

Bonus Content
All attendees receive access to the healthcare course library offered in the Certified Health Value Professional program.

These self-paced, 100% online health value learning courses provide the deeper, specialized training needed to optimize health benefits offerings, curb wasteful spending, and provide employees with a higher quality of care. Graduates of the program have saved their companies thousands of dollars in wasteful spending. The CHVP designation qualifies for SHRM recertification credits when you complete the full designation. This course retails for $1195 and all attendees will receive access for FREE.

2023 Speakers

Elan Adler
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, OneImaging

Afsana Akhter
Chair, Digital Health Forum, MIT Alumni Assn.

Samantha Alexander
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, bitewell

Jim Arnold, CPA, CFA, CFE
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, finHealth

Leslie Baker
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Experience Officer, Allied Physicians Group & Adjuvant.Health

Guy Benjamin
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Healthee

Josh Berlin
Chief Executive Officer, rule of three, LLC

Jessica Brooks-Woods
Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals (NABIP)

Ericka Brown, MD
Division Director, Harris County Local Health Authority

Dan Burke
Vice President, Corporate Benefits, Turner Industries Group, LLC

Andrea Caracostis, MD
Chief Executive Officer, HOPE Clinic

Jonathan Carmel
Operating Partner, Impact Venture Capital

Brittany Cassin
CEO + Founder, DigiCARE Realized

Matt Champa
Senior Vice President, Health Solutions, Aon

Evelyn Chojnacki
Director, Health Plan Strategy, Sword Health

Laura Christopherson
Digital Practice Enablement Manager, Mayo Clinic

Noelle Ciara
Senior Director of Member Experience, Community Behavioral Health

E. Heidi Cottle
Senior Vice President, Cost Containment Strategies, NFP

Randa Deaton
Vice President, Purchaser Engagement, Purchaser Business Group on Health (PBGH)

Jim Dempster
National Director, Business Development, MedEncentive

Cristin Dickerson
Founding Partner, Green Imaging

Ryan Donnelly
Senior Vice President, Strategy & Innovation; GM, Connected Care+, Premise Health

Sadie Elisseou MD
Trauma-Informed Practices, LLC

Shavini Fernando
Founder & CEO, OxiWear

Stephen Flint
Chief Operating Officer, Patient Mobility, Chief Technology Officer, Virtual Reality Platforms, HDmedical.org

Eduardo Garcia
Partner, IBM Consulting

Josh Golden
Senior Vice President, Strategy, Capital Rx

Fred Goldstein
President and Founder, Accountable Health, LLC

William Gordon
Senior Advisor, Data and Technology, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation

Ryan Grant
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Vori Health

Jeff Greene
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, MedEncentive

Jamie Greenleaf
Co-Founder, Fiduciary in a Box

Brendon Hale
Former Sr. Principal Research Scientist Digital Therapeutics, UnitedHealth Group R&D

Herschel Head
Managing Partner, Executive Vice President, Aplos Health

Jeffrey Hogan
President, Upside Health Advisors

Bobby Holland
Founder and CEO, Bipper Media

Karen Horgan
Co-Founder and CEO, VAL Health

Sam Jactel
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Ayble Health

Ken Janda
Chief Executive Officer, Wild Blue Health Solutions

Prakash Jayakumar
Director of Value Based Health Care and Outcome Measurement, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin

Justin Jolls
Compensation and Benefits Manager, McKee Foods

Melanie Jones
Senior Manager, Global Benefits and Immigration, Q2 Software, Inc.

Neal Kennington
Director, Clinical Partnerships, Spring Health

Aroub Khleif, PhD
Administrative Director of Innovation, Ambulatory and Clinical Systems, Houston Methodist

Brian Klepper, PhD
Principal, Worksite Health Advisors

Stephanie Koch
Director of Human Resources, Hendry Marine Industries, Inc.

Mila Kofman
Executive Director, DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority

Kim Kozeny
Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, The Lactation Network

Sheila Krueger
Benefits Leader, Former Head of Global Benefits, Zoom

Dan LaBroad
Chief Executive Officer, Ovation Health & Life Services, Inc

Tom Lawry
Second Century Tech, LLC

Christopher Leggett
Head of Global Commercial Innovation, Genmab

Angela Leuenberger
Digital Practice Enablement Manager, Mayo Clinic

Al Lewis
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Quizzify

Lee Lewis
Chief Strategy Officer and General Manager, Medical Solutions, Health Transformation Alliance (HTA)

Mohan Krishna Mangamuri
Senior Application Architect, Health Care Service Corporation

Johnathan Markert
Director, Benefits & Well-being, Tokio Marine HCC

Monte Masten, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Marsh & McLennan Agency

Deborah Ault (Nurse Deb), RN MBA
Director, Medical Management, Founder, and President, Ault International Medical Management (AIMM)

Dennis McLoughlin
Chief Customer Officer, Pacira BioSciences

Mike Miele
Senior Vice President, Insured Services, Capital Rx

Heather Nelson
Senior Manager, US Health Equity and Digital Leader, Deloitte Consulting, LLC

Rosa Novo
Executive Benefits Director, Miami-Dade County Public Schools

Sherri D. Onyiego MD, PhD
Medical Director, Independent Consultant

Wayne Orchard
Partner and Executive Vice President, Lyric

Brett Perlman
Chief Executive Officer, Center for Houston's Future

Sheila Phicil
Director of Innovation, Health Equity Accelerator, Boston Medical Center

Chet Pilley
Vice President. Director, Analytics, Cadence Insurance

Susan Prochazka
HBCH

Karen Rakers, MD
Vice President, Next Level PRIME, Next Level Medical

Linda Riddell
Chief Data Scientist, Validation Institute

Patty Roberts, MD
Regional Medical Director and Vice President, Medical Operations, Premise Health

Megan Rose
Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives, Center for Houston’s Future

McClain Sampson, PhD
Associate Professor; Research Fellow, University of Houston-Graduate College of Social Work (GCSW); Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University

Julie Selesnick
Senior Counsel, Healthcare and Employee Benefits Groups, Berger Montague

Phil Shelato
Chief Strategy Officer, rule of three, LLC

Daniel Shields
Vice President of Corporate Accounts, Digital Medicine, Ochsner Connected Health

Chris Skisak, PhD
Executive Director, Houston Business Coalition on Health (HBCH)

Christina Snyder
Director, Human Resources, EHRA Engineering

Farzad Soleimani
Healthcare Partner, 1984 Ventures

Josh Spivak
Chief Executive Officer, Highlight Health

Mark Stevens
Managing Partner, EnableHealth

Hugh O' Toole
Chief Executive Officer, Innovu

Jessica Tracy
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, The Sage Collective

Chif Umejei
System Vice President Laboratory Operations and Clinical Systems, New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Ingolv Urnes
CEO, Generated Health

Chad Voss
Vice President, Dealer Risk Services, BevCap Management

David Weisman
Chief Experience Officer, NYC Health + Hospitals / Queens

Gemma Wenstrom
Chief Operating Officer, Kaia Health

Christian Westerman
Senior Director, Enterprise Healthcare CXM Group, Quadient

Brent Westra
Director, Complex Care Program, Mayo Clinic

Lynn Winstead
Associate Director, EY

Tracy Wittman
Vice President, Total Rewards and People Analytics, KinderCare Learning Companies

2023 Sponsors and Partners

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Capital Rx
• Kaia Health

INNOVATOR SPONSORS:
• FitOn Health
• HeadSpace
• Ochsner Connected Health

CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS:
• Calm Business
• Healthee
• Lyric
• Spring Health
• Sword
• Vori Health

SUPPORTING AND COLLABORATIVE SPONSORS:
• EHE Health
• Kin Healthy Returns for New Parents
• KinderCare Learning Companies
• MultiPlan
• QuadMed

EDUCATION SPONSOR:
• Fiduciary In A Box

MARKETING PARTNERS:
• Alabama Employer Health Consortium (AEHC)
• CHC
• Enable + Health
• HBCH