RISE West 2022 | Rise | 31 August 2022 | InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown, an IHG Hotel, 900 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90017, USA

RISE West is the premier senior leadership conference bringing together forward-thinkers in the managed care space. From risk adjustment and quality performance to documentation and HCC coding practices, experience firsthand the opportunity to meet industry peers, hear from experts, and exchange ideas in an open and collaborative environment. Together, we can navigate the new world of managed care.

Stay tuned for updates on the 2022 event!

2022 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Kian Gohar
Founder & CEO of Geolab

Ryan Brolliar
Founder & Author, Music is Medicine Tour

Melanie A. Prince
Former President, Case Management Society of America

SPEAKERS:

Michael Adelberg
Practice Leader, Healthcare, Faegre Drinker Consulting

Andres Aguirre, MPH
QI Director, Sharp Health Plan

Krutika Amin
Associate Director for Program on the ACA, Kaiser Family Foundation

Heidi Anderson
President & Chief Growth Officer, Nox Health

Ed Baker
Of Counsel, Constantine Cannon

Amanda Banister, CPC
Manager of Provider Engagement, Veradigm Payer Solutions (formerly Pulse8)

Lauren Barca
MHA, BSN, RN Executive Officer, Population Health & Quality, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Tennessee

Stephen Bittinger
Partner, K&L Gates, LLP

Austin Bostock
Manager, Client Advisory, Pareto Intelligence

Ryan Brolliar
Founder and Author, Music is Medicine Tour

Dawn Carter
Director, Product Strategy, Centauri Health Solutions

Suzanne Chipello
Director, Program Management, Cedars Sinai

Osato F. Chitou, Esq., MPH
Principal Consultant, NMOC Healthcare Compliance Consulting, LLC, d/b/a Compli by Osato

Wynda Clayton, MS, RHIT
Director, Risk Adjustment, Providence Health Plan

Carmela Costiniuk, MHA
Vice President of Population Health and Clinical Transformation, Catholic Medical Partners

Sean Creighton
Managing Director, Avalere

Deb Curry, MBA, RHIA, CCS-P, CRC, RAP, AHCCA
Director Risk Adjustment & Recoveries, Paramount Healthcare/ProMedica Health System

Matthew Davis
Assistant Director, Quality Improvement, The Health Plan

Dr. Shannon I. Decker, M.Ed., M.Ed., MBA, MBA, PhD.
Vice President, Clinical Performance, Brown & Toland Physicians

Meredith Diep
Sr. Manager Enterprise Risk Adjustment, LA Care

Ryan Dodson
Risk Adjustment Coordinator, Choice Medical Group

Dona Doran
Program Director Risk Adjustment Operation, Cambia Health Solutions

Julianne Eckert
Senior Director of Clinical Quality Programs, Clover Health

Kathleen Ellmore
General Manager, Engagys

Eden Encarnacion
MHA Director, Quality and Stars Program, Clever Care Health Plan

Ellen Fink-Samnick
Chair, RISE SDoH Community

Jonas Foit
Senior Vice President, Analytics and Reporting, Cotiviti, Inc.

Colleen Giantasio, CPC, CPC-P, CPMA, CPC-I, CRC
Director, Clinical Documentation Integrity and Coding Compliance, Capital District Physician's Health Plan (CDPHP) 

Kian Gohar
Futurist, Co-author, WSJ Bestselling Book “Competing in the New World of Work”

Savannah Gonsalves, RN, MHA
Director of Quality, Hometown Health

RaeAnn Grossman
EVP, Operations - Risk Adjustment, Population Health Management and Quality, Cotiviti

Ana Handshuh
Principal, CAT5 Strategies

Mary Inman
Partner, Constantine Cannon

Mark Ishimatsu
Former Director, Enterprise Risk Adjustment Strategies/Initiatives, L.A. Care Health Plan

Katharine Iskrant
Founder and Practice Lead, Health People

Jenn Kerfoot
Chief Customer Officer, FarmboxRx

Lynn Kryfke
Executive Director Health Plan Clinical Services, Children’s Community Health Plan (CCHP),

Tim Macken
Vice President of Payer Growth, CIOX

Archana Mahimkar, MS, MBA, CPHQ
Senior Director, Clinical Quality Improvement and Safety, Walgreens Health

Donna Malone, CPC, CRC, CRC-I, AHCCA, RAP
AAPC Approved Instructor  Director of Ambulatory Clinical Documentation Quality Improvement  , Mount Sinai Health System

DeAnna L. Minus-Vincent, MPA
Chief Social Justice & Accountability Officer, RWJBarnabas Health

Erin Montgomery
Chief Operating Officer, Advantmed

Brian Murtha
Director, Digital Strategy, Centene

Tom Nasadoski, MBA
Vice President, Risk Adjustment, CDPHP

Ruth Ann Norton
President and CEO, Green & Healthy Homes Initiative

Shannon O'Connell
Senior Manager, Engagys

Margaret Paroski, MD
President & Chief Executive Office, Catholic Medical Partners

Gregory Pastor
Managing Director of Risk Adjustment Operations, Advantasure

Pritesh Patel
Director of Strategy, Apixio

Melanie A. Prince, MSN, BSN, RN, NE-BC, CCM, FAAN
Former President, Case Management Society of America, Retired Military Colonel - U.S. Airforce

Priya Radhakrishnan
Chief Academic Officer, VP Health Equity, HonorHealth

Tom Rhodes
Director of Payer Sales-Risk Adjustment, Wolters Kluwer

John Romans
CEO, Biomedix

Sonja Rosen MD, FACP, AGSF
Chief, Section of Geriatric Medicine, Dept of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai

Marc Rothman, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Signify Health

JoJuan Rowe, RHIT
Manager of Medicare Risk Adjustment , Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield

George G Sauers
Chief Managed Care and Strategy Officer, Rockport Healthcare Services

William Schweitzer
Associate, Platform Strategy and Solutions, Episource

William Schweitzer
Associate, Platform Strategy and Solutions, Episource

Dr. Bahar Sedarati, M.D. CPE. FCUCM
Certified Physician Executive , MCG Utilization & Case Management, CertifiedCost, Quality and Risk Adjustment & Clinical Documentation, Subject Matter Expert, Certified Physician Trainer and Emotional Intelligence Leader

Anand Shah, MD, MS
Vice President of Social Health, Kaiser Permanente

Gretchen Shanofsky
Independent Consultant

Laura Sheriff, RN, MSN, CPC, CRC
Contracting Risk Adjustment Specialist

Erik Simonsen
Chief Operating Officer, Episource

Amy Smith
Sentara

Archita Sood
Chief Medical Officer, Homebase Medical

Archita Sood
Chief Medical Officer, Homebase Medical

Barry Stelmach
CFP, Catholic Health

Jill Strassler
VP Solutions Management, Veradigm Payer Solutions (formerly Pulse8)

Mikal Sutton
Managing Director Medicaid Policy, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Elaine Taverna
Senior Vice President, Risk Adjustment and Quality, Advantasure

Ally Thomas, Ph.D.
AVP, Quality Improvement, UPMC Health Plan

Ashley Tyrner
Founder and CEO, FarmboxRx

Tracey Veal, DrPHA, MBA
Senior Advisory Consultant, LA County Public Health Department

Susan Waterman, RHIT CCS CPC CRC
Director of Risk Adjustment, Baylor Scott and White Health Plan

Daniel Weaver
EVP Product Operations and Stars Strategy, NationsBenefits

Rick Whitted
Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Hunger

Beth Zuehlke
Chief Customer Officer, Moxe Health

2022 Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Advantasure
• Advantmed
• Apixio
• Biomedix
• CIOX
• Cotiviti
• Episource
• FarmboxRX
• Inovalon
• SignifyHealth
• Veradigm

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Arcadia
• Centauri
• Data Link
• Edifecs
• GeBBS
• Innovaccer
• Medline
• Moxe
• Nations Benefits
• Pareto Intelligence
• Reveleer

SILVER SPONSORS:
• AAPC
• Adhere Health
• Allymar Health Solutions
• ATTAC Consulting Group
• BeneLynk
• Change Healthcare
• Citius Tech
• CogniSight
• ECLAT Health Solutions
• Everly Health Solutions
• Hallmark
• HCC Coder
• Healthmine
• Incomm Healthcare
• Independent Living Systems
• Lightbeam
• Matrix
• N1 Health
• NVHS
• Nox Health
• PAPA
• Ralytics
• Semler Scientific
• Sharecare
• Socially Determined
• Ushur
• Wolters Kluwer

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• American Logistics
• Beam Med
• BirdSong
• Cavo Health
• Cecelia Health
• Digital Diagnostics
• Ellkay
• FinThrive
• Firstline Benefits
• Gyant
• Health Trio
• IMAT Solutions
• InTouch Medical Marketing
• Kaizen Health
• Mercury Global
• Novill US
• Nymbol
• Omega Healthcare
• Persivia
• Quality Health
• Quest HealthConnect
• Real Time Medical Systems
• Referwell
• RevSpring
• Secondwave
• Vatica Health
• Vital Data Technology
• Vuepoint
• Wex