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THE 2018 SECOND NATIONAL MEDICARE ADVANTAGE
SUMMIT CONTENT IS NOW AVAILABLE IN VARIOUS
POST CONFERENCE FORMATS
The 2018 Second National Medicare Advantage Summit conference content is now available in a variety of formats.
You may purchase the Summit streaming content in the following formats: Flash Drive or online archive (6 months).
YOU CAN PURCHASE JUST THE 2018 Second MEDICARE ADVANTAGE
SUMMIT CONTENT AS FOLLOWS:
Online Archive of 2018 Second National Medicare Advantage Summit Presentations today!
Complete conference: $195
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Joseph Antos, PhD
Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy, American Enterprise Institute, Former Assistant Director for Health and Human Resources, CBO, Washington, DC
Earl Blumenauer, JD (D/OR)
Member, US House of Representatives, Washington, DC
Susan Dentzer
President and Chief Executive Officer, NEHI (The Network for Excellence in Health Innovation), Analyst on Health Policy, The NewsHour, Former Editor, Health Affairs, Washington, DC
Melanie Egorin, PhD
Professional Staff, Committee on Ways and Means, US House of Representatives, Former Senior Health Policy Analyst, GAO, Washington, DC
John Gorman
Founder and Executive Chairman, Gorman Health Group, Former Assistant to the Director, Office of Managed Care, HCFA, Washington, DC
Thomas E. Hutchinson, MPA
Strategic Advisor, EBG Advisors, Former Director, Medicare Plan Payment Group, CMS, Baltimore, MD
Chris Jennings
President and Founder, Jennings Policy Strategies, Inc., Former Health Policy Advisor, The White House (Clinton and Obama), Washington, DC
Dan Mendelson, MPP
President, Avalere Health, Former Associate Director for Health, OMB, Washington, DC
Mark E. Miller, PhD
Vice President, Health Care, Laura & John Arnold Foundation, Former Executive Director, MedPAC, Washington, DC
Robert Mirsky, MD, MMM
Vice President, Medical Operations and Chief Medical Officer, Medicare, Aetna, New York, NY
Steve Nelson, MBA, MHSA
Chief Executive Officer, UnitedHealthCare Inc., Executive Vice President, UnitedHealth Group, Minnetonka, MN
Mark Newsom, MSc
Vice President, Public Policy Analysis, Humana, Former Director, Public Policy, CVS Health, Former Director, Division of Payment Reconciliation, CMS, Washington, DC
Andrew Renda, MD, MPH
Director, Bold Goal (Population Health), Humana, Louisville, KY
Peter Roskam, JD (R/IL)
U.S. Representative for the 6th District of Illinois; Ways & Means Health Subcommittee Chairman for the 115th Congress, Wheaton, IL
John Rother, JD
President and Chief Executive Officer, National Coalition on Health Care, Former EVP, Policy, Strategy, and International Affairs, AARP, Washington, DC
Fran Soistman, DHL
Executive Vice President and Head of Government Services, Aetna, Hartford, CT
FEATURED CMS SPEAKERS
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
Kelley Ordonio, MPA
Health Insurance Specialist, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, US Department of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, MD
Theresa Wachter, MA
Health Insurance Specialist, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, US Department of Health and Human Services, Baltimore, MD
FEATURED SESSIONS
PRECONFERENCE:
- The New MA Rule
PLENARY SESSIONS:
- CMS Keynote Address
- The Policies and Politics of MA
- Star Ratings Update
- Employer Group Waiver Plans
- How Physician Groups can Succeed in MA
- Final MA Rate Notice
- Beneficiary Education
- Flexibility and Social Determinants in Plan Design
MINI SUMMITS:
- MA Value-Based Insurance Design
- Family Caregivers and Patient Engagement
- MA and Health Outcomes
- Provider-Sponsored MA Plans
- Special Needs Plans
- Providers can Help Plans Improve Star Ratings
- Changes in MA Telehealth
- Educating Your Patients
- Managing Pharma Costs and Improving Outcomes
- Future of Programs for Dual Eligibles
- Network Optimization and Assessment
- Medicare Advantage APMs
- How Plans and Groups are Paying Doctors
- New Marketing Regulatory Flexibility
- Encounter Data System Developments
- The Opioid Challenge
FEATURED FACULTY
Michael S. Adelberg
Principal, FaegreBD Consulting, Former Director, Medicare Advantage Operations, Former Director, Insurance Programs Group, Former Acting
Director, Exchange Policy and Operations Group, CMS, Washington, DC
Adjoa Adofo, MS
Director of Communications, Better Medicare Alliance; Former Communications Director, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), Washington, DC
G. Lawrence Atkins, PhD
Executive Director, Long-Term Quality Alliance, Principal, Health Policy Concepts, LLC, President, National Academy of Social Insurance, Former Staff Director, Commission on Long-Term Care, Washington, DC
Kelli Back, Esq.
Attorney, Law Offices of Kelli Back, Washington, DC
Cary Badger, MBA
Principal, HealthScape Advisors LLC, Former Corporate and Strategic Business Development and Marketing Leader, The Regence Group, Seattle, WA
Eric Bailly, MA
Business Solutions Director, Anthem, Inc., Moorhead, MN
Allan Baumgarten, MA, JD
Principal, Allan Baumgarten, LLC; Co-author, New Provider-Sponsored Health Plans: Joint Ventures Are Now the Preferred Strategy (Health Affairs Blog, February 23, 2018), Minneapolis, MN
Shawn Bishop, MPP
Vice President, Controlling Health Care Costs and Advancing Medicare, The Commonwealth Fund, Former Professional Staff Member, US Senate Finance Committee, Washington, DC
Glen Bogner, MBA
Chief Operating Officer for Coordinated Regional Care, Prospect Medical Holdings, Former Regional Vice President, Molina Healthcare, Baltimore, MD
Kelly Brantley
Vice President, Avalere Health, Former Senior Program Manager, Families USA, Washington, DC
Gary Capistrant, MA
Former Chief Policy Officer, American Telemedicine Association, Former Director, Congressional Relations, American Health Care Association, Washington, DC
Joyce Chan, MBA
Vice President, Medicare Product, Healthfirst, New York, NY
Robb Cohen, MBA
Retired Health Care Executive & Philanthropist / Volunteer, Former Co-founder and Senior Executive, XLHealth / United HealthCare, Former CEO, Advanced Health Collaborative, Baltimore, MD
Paul Cotton
Director of Federal Affairs, NCQA, AARP Senior Legislative Representative lobbying Congress, Director, Office of Legislation, CMS, Washington, DC
Sean Creighton, MsC
Vice President, Avalere Health, Former Deputy Group Director, Payment Policy and Financial Management Group, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Washington, DC
Joseph F. Damore, FACHE
Vice President, Population Health Management, Premier Inc., Washington, DC
Gaurov Dayal, MD
President, New Markets and Chief Growth Officer, ChenMed, Former Senior Vice President, Lumeris, Former President, Interim CEO and SVP, SSM Health Care System, Miami, FL
Sasha Dhall
Vice President, Risk Performance and Growth, AppleCare Medical Group, A Part of OptumCare, Lynwood, CA
Scott W. Disch, MPH
President and Chief Executive Officer, SolveMed Consulting, LLC, Cold Spring, NY
Lynn F. Dong, FSA, MAAA
Principal and Consulting Actuary, Milliman, Inc., Seattle, WA
Babette S. Edgar, PharmD, MBA, FAMCP
Principal, BluePeak Advisors, Former Director, Division of Finance and Operations, Medicare Drug Benefit Group, CMS, Baltimore, MD
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
Matt Feret, MHA
Chief Sales Officer and Executive Director, Medicare, Aetna, Former Divisional Vice President for Medicare Sales Strategy, HCSC, Former Marketing Director (National), Medicare, CVS, Chicago, IL
Christine Ferguson, JD
President, Leverage Global Consulting, Inc., Former Executive Director, HealthSource RI, Washington, DC
Adam Finkelstein, JD, MPH
Counsel, Manatt Health, Former Health Insurance Specialist, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Former Counsel, Aetna, Washington, DC
Jane Galvin
Director, Regulatory Affairs, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Washington, DC
Pamela Greenberg, MPP
President and Chief Executive Officer, Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness (ABHW), Former Deputy Director, AHIP, Washington, DC
Mollie Gurian, JD, MPH
Chief Strategy Officer, National Partnership for Hospice Innovation, Washington, DC
James Gutman, MS, MBA
Former Vice President and Managing Editor, Atlantic Information Services; Former Editor, Medicare Advantage News, Laurel, MD
Zinnia Ng Harrison, MHS
Vice President of Innovation & Inclusion, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Former Division of Health Care Payment Models, Patient Care Models Group, CMMI, CMS, Washington, DC
Paul Heldman
Managing Partner, Heldman Simpson Partners LLC, Washington, DC
Ellie Hollander
President and Chief Executive Officer, Meals on Wheels America, Former Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer, AARP, Arlington, VA
Beth Honan, MHA
Chief Contracting Officer, Atrius Health, Former Vice President Contracting, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Boston, MA
David Introcaso, PhD
Senior Director for Regulatory and Public Policy, AMGA, Former Healthcare Policy Advisor, House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer, Washington, DC
Greg A. Jones, MS
Government Affairs, Public Policy, Aetna, Former Group Director, Part C, D and Program Integrity Analysis Group, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
Peter J. Kelly, MBA
Senior Director of Development, CareMount Medical; Executive Director, CareMount ACO LLC, New York, NY
Kat Wolf Khachatourian, PharmD, MBA
Vice President – Strategic Care Transformation, QualChoice Health Plan; Former Vice President-Pharmacy Services, Strategy, Vendor Oversight, Catholic Health Initiatives; Seattle, WA
Michele Lepore
President, East Region, Optum Care Services, Complex Care, Former Chief Operating Officer, Boston Medical Center HealthNet Plan, Boston, MA
John G. Lovelace, MS
President, UPMC for You, Inc., President, Government Programs and Individual Advantage, Board Chair, Association of Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP), Pittsburgh, PA
Christine Aguiar Lynch, MPH
Vice President for Medicare and MLTSS Policy, Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP), Washington, DC
R. Shawn Martin
Senior Vice President of Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy, American Academy of Family Physicians, Former Director of Government Relations, American Osteopathic Association, Washington, DC
David Meyer
Vice President of Risk Adjustment, SCAN Health Plan; Former Corporate Vice President, Operations, InnovaCare Health, Anaheim, CA
James Michel
Director of Policy, Better Medicare Alliance, Former Senior Director, American Health Care Association, Washington, DC
Leslie Mullins, MBA
Senior Consultant, Gorman Health Group, Washington, DC
Steve Neorr, MBA
Senior Vice President, Cone Health, Chief Administrative Officer, Triad HealthCare Network, President, HealthTeam Advantage, Greensboro, NC
Tricia Nguyen, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer, Inova, CEO, Commonwealth Health Network, Former President, Texas Health Population Health, Education & Innovation Center, Former CMO, Banner Health Network and CMO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City, Washington, DC
Megan O’Reilly, JD
Director, Federal Health & Family, AARP, Washington, DC
Margaret Peterson
Director of Federal Affairs, America’s Physician Groups, Washington, DC
Cheryl Phillips, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer, SNP Alliance, Senior VP Public Policy and Health Services, LeadingAge, Washington, DC
Georgeann Pizzi
Partner, MassMedia Health, Henderson, NV
Lindsay Resnick, MHA
Executive Vice President, Wunderman Health, Chicago, IL
Thomas Riley
President and CEO, SeniorLink, Boston, MA
Jack Rollins, MPH
Senior Policy Analyst, National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD), Washington, DC
Bill Roth
President, SCAN Health Plan, Former President, Individual and Small Business Markets, CIGNA HealthCare in Connecticut, Long Beach, CA
Marissa Schlaifer, MS
Principal, Schlaifer & Associates, LLC, Former Head of Policy, CVS Health, Former Pharmacy Affairs Director, Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, Washington, DC
Scott R. Seymour, ASA
Executive Director, Head of Provider Collaboration and Performance, Aetna Medicare, Atlanta, GA
Howard B. Shapiro, PhD
Director of Public Policy, Alliance of Community Health Plans, Former Executive Director, State Associations of Addiction Services, Washington, DC
Aric Sharp, MHA, CMPE, FACHE
Vice President, Accountable Care, UnityPoint Health Accountable Care Organization, Former Chief Executive Officer Quincy Medical Group, Des Moines, IA
Lois Simon, MPH
Executive Vice President, Policy and Programs, Seniorlink; Founder and Principal, L. Simon Solutions LLC; Former President and Co-founder, Commonwealth Care Alliance, Boston, MA
Brooke Snelling
Director, MassMedia Health, Henderson, NV
Peter Stein, MA
Director of Government Affairs, Better Medicare Alliance, Former Senior Policy Advisor, US Senator Rick Santorum, Washington, DC
Mesfin Tegenu
President, PerformRx, Philadelphia, PA
Christie Teigland, PhD
Vice President, Advanced Analytics, Avalere Health, Former Senior Director, Statistical Research, Inovalon, Washington, DC
Latoya Thomas
Director, State Policy Resource Center, American Telemedicine Association, Former Associate Director of Government Affairs, National Association for Home Care and Hospice, Washington, DC
Nicholas Uehlecke
Professional Staff Member (R), Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means, US House of Representatives, 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
John Weis
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Quest Analytics, LLC, Appleton, WI
Joel White
President, Council for Affordable Health Coverage, Former Staff Director of the Health Subcommittee, US House Committee on Ways and Means, Washington, DC
C. Grace Whiting, JD
President and Chief Executive Officer, National Alliance for Caregiving, Former Advocacy and Communications Director, Leaders Engaged on Alzheimer’s Disease, Bethesda, MD
Paul Wimer, MBA
Chief Innovation Officer, Tivity Health; Former Senior Principal, Clareo Partners, Franklin, TN
Ghita Worcester
Senior Vice President Public Affairs and Marketing, UCare Minnesota, Former Director of Policy and Operations, University Affiliated Family Physicians (UAFP), Minneapolis, MN
Jim Yocum
Senior Vice President, Connecture; Former Executive Vice President, DRX, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
Monique Yohanan, MD, MPH
Director, State Government Relations, MCG, San Francisco, CA