Agenda – Day 2

Sean Cavanaugh is the Chief Administrative and Performance Officer of Aledade, which partners with independent physicians to succeed in value-based payment models. He previously was the Deputy Administrator and Director of the Center for Medicare at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Deputy Director at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.

JP Sharp is the Director of Healthcare Strategy and Transformation at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina where he leads the design of new payment models and strategic healthcare initiatives to transform care delivery, which includes the launch of the Blue Premier program. JP previously worked at the CMS Innovation Center, where he led the development of the Next Generation ACO Model, the Quality Payment Program under MACRA, and strategic planning in the Office of the Director.

Greg Burke works with the United Hospital Fund as Director, Innovation Strategies, focusing on three broad areas: advanced primary care, behavioral health integration and accountable care. His recent focus has been on the challenges facing small primary care practices, and social determinants of health. He has published a number of reports tracking the trajectory of Medicare ACOs in New York State. Following graduation with an MPA from NYU’s Wagner School, he spent seven years in Hartford, CT serving as associate Director of the Capital Area Health Consortium, and Assistant Dean at the University of Ct School of Medicine. From 1982 to 2010 Greg served as VP, Planning at Montefiore Medical Center in The Bronx.

Anna Yevseevna Bavykina is Kaiser Permanente Northern California Medical Director of Complex Needs and Continuum. Her areas of oversight include design and implementation of optimal management of complex medical patients who may also have unmanaged psycho-social needs as well as operational oversight of chronic conditions programs, care delivery in skilled nursing facilities, home health and hospice. Dr Bavykina is Board certified in Internal Medicine and Palliative care / Hospice.

Eric Cragun is a Partner in Intermountain Healthcare’s Population Health department. In his role, Eric leads Intermountain’s efforts to improve performance in risk-based contracts with government payers. Relevant payment models include a Track 1+ MSSP ACO, bundled payments (BPCIA and CJR), an owned Medicare Advantage plan, and a Medicaid ACO. In addition, Eric contributes to Intermountain’s thought leadership in national and state health policy discussions. Prior to joining Intermountain, Eric spent a decade working at Advisory Board in Washington, DC. At Advisory Board, Eric led the firm’s health policy work, advising health care executives and policymakers on the strategic and operational impact of policy changes. Eric’s previous roles at Advisory Board included supporting health care executives on service line strategy and information technology adoption. Before joining Advisory Board, Eric worked as a research assistant for the Council of Economic Advisers in Washington, DC.

Katie Martin leads the National Partnership for Women & Families’ policy and advocacy efforts to support a health care system with universal access to high-quality, affordable, and patient/family-centered care. Most recently, Katie served as Acting Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) at HHS, where she oversaw policy development, analysis, evaluation and strategic planning for issues across the Department. Prior to ASPE, Katie was the Counselor to the Secretary for Health Policy at HHS, where she advised the Secretary on programs administered by CMS, AHRQ, ONC, and OCR. Katie also worked at OMB for 11 years under two administrations serving as a policy analyst in the Health Financing Branch and as Branch Chief for Health Insurance Data and Analysis.

Kristen Mucitelli-Heath is currently Administrator of Regional Health Initiatives at St. Joseph’s Health in Syracuse, N.Y. with a portfolio overseeing development of a statewide SuperCIN, Medicaid VBP and Innovation, population health management system development, operations of SJH’s Medicaid Care Coordination Network, facilitation of regional system development and affiliations and leading government relations strategy and advocacy in NYS on behalf of Trinity Health, St. Joseph’s national system parent. Additional roles included 10 months as an executive on loan to start up and develop the regional Performing Provider System under the NYS Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) program. Prior to St. Joseph’s, Ms. Mucitelli-Heath led a policy caucus in the NYS Senate, served as Chief of Staff at Empire State Development Corporation, and served two NYS Governors in various roles for the Executive Chamber.

Mara McDermott is an accomplished health care executive with a deep understand of federal health care law and policy, including delivery system reform, physician payment and Medicare models. Prior to McDermottPlus, Mara served as the senior vice president of federal affairs at America’s Physician Groups (formerly the California Association of Physician Groups, CAPG). As head of the Washington, DC office, Mara worked to advance policies that promoted coordinated care. Her work covered a number of issue areas including Medicare Advantage, MACRA, ACOs and the physician fee schedule. Previously, Mara was counsel in the health industry practice at a law firm in Washington, DC.

Dr. Rastogi is Medical Director, VP Commercial Business Lines at Remedy Partners. She is an experienced physician leader who has been fondly called “The Episode-Queen” by her sponsor Steve Wiggins. Dr. Rastogi has been involved in the development and enhancement of several groupers during her career including the original Health Market Grouper, adding Procedure Event Grouper (PEGs) to ETGs (episode treatment grouper) at Optum, Prometheus® evidence informed case rates at HCI3, and the CMS sponsored open source Episode Grouper for Medicare (EGM) partnering with Brandeis University. Amita is adept in the use of statistical models and risk-adjustment methodologies and has extensive experience in the use of episodes-of-care to foster high quality, efficient medical care. Dr. Rastogi is a Mayo-trained cardiac surgeon.

Gregory Williams is a strategic health policy consultant and communications specialist. As person in long-term recovery from addiction, Greg’s career has been dedicated towards creating positive changes in access to quality health care and recovery supports for the over 20 million American’s still struggling with addiction. He is the award-winning filmmaker of feature length documentaries, The Anonymous People and Generation Found. Greg has a master’s degree in addiction public policy from New York University, and over a decade of experience working with organizations and government agencies on solving addiction issues. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, ABC World News, LA Times, and several other news outlets.

Angelo Aiello is the Senior Director of Clinical Integration at Medical Home Network ACO- a fourth year Medicaid ACO serving 113,000 members in Cook County Illinois. In his role, Mr. Aiello oversees the integration of care management into the primary care setting. Additionally, he is responsible for the development of educational initiatives and manages the day-to-day training operations for the ACO. Mr. Aiello is a highly skilled leader and educator with over 26 years of healthcare experience across the continuum. Angelo has held both inpatient and outpatient clinical leadership positions and has most recently been responsible for the development and implementation of care management/care coordination programs for Medicaid and Medicare.

Joel James is Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs for Signature Medical Group, Inc., an independent multi-specialty physician organization based in St. Louis, Missouri. He previously headed external and government relations for the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and managed legislative affairs for the Resolution Trust Corporation in Dallas and Washington, D.C. Joel’s military service includes graduating from the Clinical Specialist School at William Beaumont Army Medical Center and working as a pediatric nurse and administrator of the Allergy, Immunology and Dermatology Clinic at the Fort Carson military hospital in Colorado Springs. He chairs the Advocacy Council for the American Association of Orthopaedic Executives, is a member of the Advocacy Committee for the OrthoForum, and member of the Affinia Healthcare foundation’s board of directors.

Tiffany Wandy is the Executive Director of the Clinically Integrated Network and Operational Director of the MSSP ACO for LifeBridge Health, a regional health care organization. LifeBridge Health consists of Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Northwest Hospital, Carroll Hospital, Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital, LifeBridge Health & Fitness, hundreds of primary care and specialty physicians throughout the region, and many affiliated health-related partners.

Prior to joining LifeBridge, Tiffany was a Senior Data Analyst and Lead Program Consultant for the CareFirst Patient-Centered Medical (PCMH) Program. Tiffany has both payor and provider experience and leverages this knowledge to drive increased use of analytics, business development, and practice transformation for rural, suburban, and urban organizations. Tiffany started her career in China, first working in crisis counseling and suicide prevention for LifeLine Shanghai and then later as a Community Marketing Manager for Parkway Health, a Singapore-based hospital system with eight clinics across China.

Tom Merrill is an experienced researcher and speaker on the nation’s ongoing efforts to shift to a value-based system. His work has included managing research teams that surveils the vast number of secondary sources on the movement but also building research relationships with standout operational leaders of the value-based movement for unique primary insights. His contributions include front-line informed resources for leaders of the value-based movement, including the landmark resource, The Accountable Care Atlas.

Mark Cronin was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Accountable Health Partners (AHP), the integrated delivery network affiliated with the University of Rochester Medical Center, in June 2013. Prior to joining AHP, Mark served as Chief Executive Officer of University Cardiovascular Associates (UCVA), Regional Vice President for the American Cancer Society, and also served for 11 years at Rochester Individual Practice Association (RIPA). Mark currently serves as board chair of UR Medicine HomeCare and also serves on the boards of directors of St. Ann’s Community, Flower City Habitat for Humanity, and Common Ground Health.

Oraida Roman is Vice President of Value Based Strategies for Humana, leading the organizational advancement of innovative payment models that enable Humana to support providers as population health managers in value-based care relationships. The Value Based Strategies organization develops, supports and deploys the best programs, practices and capabilities that assist Humana’s provider partners and internal customers to successfully achieve enterprise value based goals. Roman’s career with Humana spans more than 18 years, holding various management roles, including Regional President, Director of Operations, and Director of Provider Contracting. Prior to being Vice President for Humana, Roman worked for several years with DaVita Medical Group as the Chief Operating Officer of Florida and Market President of Colorado.

Jean Antonucci is a solo family physician who runs a high functioning innovative practice in rural Maine. A graduate of Bard College, Temple University School of Medicine (from where she graduated AOA), and the Maine Dartmouth Family Practice residency, she also completed a fellowship in Academic Family medicine at UNC Chapel Hill. A cofounder of the non-profit Ideal Medical Practices, she just completed a stint as chair of the primary care service at Franklin Memorial hospital. She practices in Farmington, Maine and lives where it is quiet and beautiful. Her interests involve sustainability of both patients and doctors in what is currently a failing and nonfunctioning health care environment.

Shawn Martin is Senior Vice President, Advocacy, Practice Advancement and Policy at the American Academy of Family Physicians. In this role, he provides strategic leadership to the AAFP leadership and directs the public and private sector advocacy efforts of the nation’s largest primary care organization. Martin is responsible for overseeing the AAFP’s Division of Government Relations and the Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care, as well as the Division of Practice Advancement. While his portfolio includes numerous issues, he is nationally known for his work on the development and implementation of primary care delivery and payment models. He has served in leadership roles of several coalitions and partnerships during his career, including a six-year period as chair of the Health Coalition on Liability and Access. He currently serves on the board of the National Coalition on Health Care and the Coalition for Sustainable RX Pricing.

Harold Miller is the President and CEO of the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform (CHQPR), a national policy center that facilitates improvements in healthcare payment and delivery systems. Miller also serves as Adjunct Professor of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University. Miller is a nationally-recognized expert and author of over a dozen widely-used reports on health care payment and delivery reform. He has twice given invited testimony to Congress on how to reform healthcare payment, and he has worked in more than 40 states and metropolitan regions to help physicians, hospitals, employers, health plans, and government agencies design and implement payment and delivery system reforms. He is one of the eleven members of the federal Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee that was created by Congress to advise the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the creation of alternative payment models.

Kavita Patel is vice president of provider/payer transformation for the Johns Hopkins Health System. In this role, Dr. Patel collaborates with health system leadership and the provider community to facilitate strategic responses to matters related to the payer market.

Her prior roles include four years as a member of the clinical faculty at the University of California, Los Angeles, and two years as an associate natural scientist for RAND Health Care. She was the deputy staff director for health for Sen. Edward Kennedy and in 2009, she became a senior aide to Valerie Jarrett, who was a senior adviser to President Barack Obama. Previously she was a managing director and fellow at the Center for Health Policy at the Brookings Institution. Most recently, at Johns Hopkins she served as associate chief medical officer and medical director for Sibley Primary Care.

In 2016, after being nominated by Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Committee on Finance Chair Orrin Hatch, the Government Accountability Office appointed her to one of 11 positions on the Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee. She is currently serving a three-year appointment on the committee, the responsibilities of which include development of criteria for national alternative payer models.

Dr. Grace E. Terrell is CEO of Envision Genomics, a company dedicated to helping clinicians diagnose rare disease through the integration of genomic data into clinical care. As a leader in health care delivery system reform, Dr. Terrell speaks to health systems, provider groups and professional organizations about the importance of improving population health through patient care model redesign, clinical and information integration, and value-based compensation. In 2013, Dr. Terrell launched CHESS, a population health management company dedicated to helping health systems and other medical groups make the transition to value-based medicine. For over 16 years, Dr. Terrell served as the president and chief executive officer of Cornerstone Health Care, P.A. a 370-provider independent multispecialty medical group that won the AMGA’s prestigious Acclaim Award in 2015.

Lili Brillstein is a nationally recognized thought leader in the advancement of Episodes of Care as a value-based approach for specialty care. She is the Director of Episodes of Care for the Market Innovations team of Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey.

Lili is responsible for the overall direction, strategy, design and oversight of the Horizon Episodes of Care/Bundled Payment Program. When Lili joined Horizon in January of 2013, the Episodes program was still in pilot and included only total hip and total knee replacement episodes. The program has grown to include additional orthopaedic episodes, obstetrics and gynecology, GI, cardiology, and oncology.

Lili is a passionate advocate of Episodes of Care/Bundled Payments as a strategy to successfully migrate from fee for service to quality- & value-based models that reward providers for excellent outcomes and patient experience, while reducing the overall cost of healthcare.

Lawrence Kosinski has been in the practice of Gastroenterology since 1984 and is one of the managing partners of the Illinois Gastroenterology Group (IGG), the largest Gastroenterology practice in Illinois. Dr. Kosinski is the founder of SonarMD, a care management company and serves as its Chief Medical Officer. SonarMD is a technology-enabled care coordination and targeted care management solution for patients with High-Beta chronic disease. Dr. Kosinski has held numerous national leadership positions and recently completed a three-year term on the governing board of the American Gastroenterological Association. He is currently on the Advocate Sherman Hospital Board of Directors.

Barbara L. McAneny is a board-certified medical oncologist/hematologist. She is president of the American Medical Association, served on the AMA Board of Trustees, has been a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Board of Directors, and president of the New Mexico Medical Society (NMMS), the Greater Albuquerque Medical Association, and the New Mexico Chapter of the American College of Physicians. Currently Dr. McAneny chairs the board of the National Cancer Care Alliance.

In 2012 Dr. McAneny received a $19.8 million award from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation to test how oncology private practices could provide cancer patients better care at a lower cost. This award, called COME HOME (for Community Oncology Medical Home), later helped form Medicare’s Oncology Care Model. Innovative Oncology Business Solutions Inc., the company she created to manage the award, is now assisting physician practices, in collaboration with ASCO, in developing the process changes needed for MACRA.

Larry Kocot is a Principal at KPMG, LLP and National Leader of KPMG’s Center for Healthcare Regulatory Insight. Prior to joining KPMG, Mr. Kocot practiced law at Epstein Becker Green, PC, and Dentons, US LLP; he also served as Deputy Director of the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at Brookings and was a visiting fellow in the Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution. Previously, he was Senior Advisor to the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Mr. Kocot also served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel at the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, a Fellow in International Security Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and an adjunct fellow at CSIS. Mr. Kocot serves on the board of the Partnership for a Healthier America, ICF International, Inc. and the Commonwealth Health Research Board.

Robert Krebbs is Staff Vice President, Payment Innovation at Anthem where he is responsible for the design and execution of payment innovations related to hospitals, specialists, ancillary service providers, and special populations. Mr. Krebbs works with network physicians and facilities on innovative programs aimed at delivering healthcare value by promoting high quality, affordable care. He was a member of the leadership and development team at Anthem recognized with the John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award (Joint Commission & National Quality Forum) for the Q-HIP and Quality Physician Performance Program value-based reimbursement programs.

Mr. Krebbs’ interest in advancing high value care solutions extends to participation in multi-stakeholder efforts, including serving on the Board of Directors (now the Steering Committee) of the American Joint Replacement Registry, the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) Multi-Payer Workgroup and the Advisory Committee for the National Committee for Quality Assurance’s (NCQA) Patient Centered Specialty Practice (PCSP) program.

Karen Chambers is VP of Clinical Outcomes at naviHealth, one of the nation’s largest conveners in the CMS Bundle Payment program and a leader in Post-Acute Care Management. Her role at naviHealth includes creation, fidelity and outcome measurement of naviHealth’s Clinical Model. Ms. Chambers has over 30 years of healthcare experience in case management and managed care. Prior to joining naviHealth, she was on the ground floor of numerous successful health care startups utilizing both her clinical and technological skills. Ms. Chambers was named Case Manager of the Year by the Case Management Society of America (CMSA) in 1995 and served as the organization’s National President in 2002-03. She has presented at both a national and international level and has been published in Case Management journals.

Dawn Rakiey is the Director Clinical Integration Network and ACO at University Medical Center in Lubbock, TX. She has practiced as a therapist for 13 years with experience in acute care, home health, and outpatient settings. Since October 2016, she was the CJR and Post-Acute Care Coordinator and was just recently promoted to Director of Clinical Integration Network and ACO at UMC which includes the mandated CJR program. Ms. Rakiey currently oversees the post-acute care network as well as implementing our preferred provider network.

Jay Sultan has been working on the intersection of payment reform policy and enabling technology for twenty years. He is a software executive that has been a pioneering voice on both the policy of payment reform and the reality of its execution at scale. He is now serves as the VP Healthcare Strategy at Cognizant, creating new solutions to enable value based care through engagement. Jay has previously authored two patents on payment bundling methods and has been engaged by payers, providers, and governments on the best ways to implement new VBR and VBID programs.

Brian Hammer is the Vice President of Membership and Business Services for the National Association of ACOs and leads all recruitment and retention activities with new and existing ACOs contracting with CMS and commercial payers. Brian oversees strategic business partnerships benefiting ACOs. Before NAACOS, Brian’s considerable experience in the hospital arena and out-patient ambulatory setting proved beneficial to Meridian Health as he strategized physician alignment through practice acquisitions and recruitment initiatives. Most notably, he delivered a successful ACO recruitment campaign yielding over 10,000 beneficiary lives. Prior to Meridian, Brian won multiple national awards for Johnson & Johnson and Takeda Pharmaceuticals. He is a visiting professor at Monmouth University and a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Tom Merrill is an experienced researcher and speaker on the nation’s ongoing efforts to shift to a value-based system. His work has included managing research teams that surveils the vast number of secondary sources on the movement but also building research relationships with standout operational leaders of the value-based movement for unique primary insights. His contributions include front-line informed resources for leaders of the value-based movement, including the landmark resource, The Accountable Care Atlas.

Melanie Matthews is the dynamic, creative and innovative CEO at Physicians of Southwest Washington (PSW) bringing more than 20 years of operations, financial, human resources and product marketing experience in health care services for specialty populations. Since she joined the company in 2016, she has maintained the core principals in which PSW was founded on and expanded business lines to include MSO services including credentialing, coding and compliance and the implementation of CMMI innovation models such as the Next Generation ACO. Melanie’s extensive knowledge in post-acute care provides strategic focus in reducing overall cost of care as well as provider and beneficiary engagement. Prior to PSW, Melanie served for three years as Vice President of Operations for Prestige Care, Inc. Among her other accomplishments, Melanie serves as the chair of the Washington Health Care Association and was selected by the American Health Care Association as a “National Political Ambassador” in 2013.

Katherine Hobbs Knutson is the Chief of Behavioral Health at Blue Cross North Carolina (BCNC). She is an Adult and Child Psychiatrist and adjunct Assistant Professor at the Duke University School of Medicine. At BCNC, Katherine is leading the strategy for value transformation for behavioral health, focusing on alternative payment methods, outcome measurement, and innovative service delivery models. Clinically, she has practiced in integrated care settings treating individuals with serious mental illness and substance use disorders. Prior to joining BCNC, Katherine was the Chief Medical Officer at Alliance Behavioral Healthcare, Director of Community Psychiatry at the Children’s National Health System, and Associate Medical Director for Psychiatry for the Massachusetts Medicaid program. She has conducted health services research on psychiatry telephone consultation programs, behavioral health predictive modeling, and care management interventions that incorporate peer and family support.

David Wennberg serves as Quartet’s Chief Executive Officer. Prior to becoming CEO, David was Quartet’s Chief Data Scientist and led the Business Development team. David previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Northern New England Accountable Care Collaborative (NNEACC), and as the Chief Executive Officer of the High Value Health Collaborative at The Dartmouth Institute. A co-founder of Health Dialog Analytic Solutions, the analytic division of Health Dialog, David served as Health Dialog’s Chief Science Officer. David is a member of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice faculty.

David Wennberg serves as Quartet’s Chief Executive Officer. Prior to becoming CEO, David was Quartet’s Chief Data Scientist and led the Business Development team. David previously served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Northern New England Accountable Care Collaborative (NNEACC), and as the Chief Executive Officer of the High Value Health Collaborative at The Dartmouth Institute. A co-founder of Health Dialog Analytic Solutions, the analytic division of Health Dialog, David served as Health Dialog’s Chief Science Officer. David is a member of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice faculty.

Jonathan Chines serves as Vice President of Payer Contracting and Network Strategy at Reliant Medical Group. In this role, he is responsible for the strategy, negotiation, and management of Reliant’s relationships with commercial payers, and for leading Reliant’s Accountable Care Organization (ACO) initiatives with Medicare and the Massachusetts Medicaid program. In addition, Jonathan leads the development of Reliant’s preferred referral network, supporting the efficient delivery of high-quality care for Reliant’s patients. An experienced health care executive with expertise in population health management, network development, and accountable care readiness, Jonathan joined Reliant in 2017. Prior to joining Reliant, Jonathan spent 11 years at Tufts Health Plan in a variety of roles in corporate strategy, product development, business performance, and network contracting.

Peter Kelly is the Executive Director at CareMount ACO and Senior Director of Business Development at CareMount Medical. CareMount Medical is the largest independent multi-specialty medical group in New York State with over 550 clinicians across 45 office locations. Peter is responsible for the Government Programs division of CareMount, covering approximately 40,000 seniors across a Next Generation ACO and three risk-based Medicare Advantage contracts. Prior to joining CMM, Peter served as Executive Director of Market Operations at Universal American (NYSE: UAM), a Medicare Advantage and ACO company. Peter also spent 6 years at Avalere Health as a healthcare strategy consultant.

An accomplished health care professional with thirty plus years of payor, provider, and consulting experience, Ms. Elissa Langley is the Vice President, Chief Operating Officer for Triad HealthCare Network (“THN”) of the Cone Health System. Her responsibilities include assisting with the development, implementation, and operation of THN, an Accountable Care Organization (“ACO”) in the Piedmont Triad area of North Carolina. She is currently responsible for THN’s operations, which includes managing over 204,000 covered lives. She oversees contracting with all Payers for THN’s shared savings/risk arrangements, including the Next Generation ACO Program. Additionally, she managed the implementation of a Medicare Advantage Risk Agreement with Humana and North Texas Specialty Physicians and was instrumental in the development of Cone’s Medicare Advantage Plan called HealthTeam Advantage. Previously, Ms. Langley has worked for managed care plans such as Humana and Aetna as a Network Manager.

Michail Reiche is the Executive Director of the Medicare ACO business unit at the Steward Health Care Network. In this role, he is responsible for Steward’s entire portfolio of industry-leading Medicare risk programs: Next Generation ACO, MSSP ACO and Bundled Payments. Through effective programmatic planning, analytics, care redesign, physician engagement and partnership development, the Medicare ACO team ensures that Medicare beneficiaries receive the top-quality care they deserve. Michail formerly served as the Director of Bundled Payments at Steward, where he led one of the nation’s largest and most successful Medicare bundled payments programs. Prior to joining Steward, he held roles in management consulting with Deloitte and The Monitor Group.

JP Sharp is the Director of Healthcare Strategy and Transformation at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina where he leads the design of new payment models and strategic healthcare initiatives to transform care delivery, which includes the launch of the Blue Premier program. JP previously worked at the CMS Innovation Center, where he led the development of the Next Generation ACO Model, the Quality Payment Program under MACRA, and strategic planning in the Office of the Director.

Mara McDermott is an accomplished health care executive with a deep understand of federal health care law and policy, including delivery system reform, physician payment and Medicare models. Prior to McDermottPlus, Mara served as the senior vice president of federal affairs at America’s Physician Groups (formerly the California Association of Physician Groups, CAPG). As head of the Washington, DC office, Mara worked to advance policies that promoted coordinated care. Her work covered a number of issue areas including Medicare Advantage, MACRA, ACOs and the physician fee schedule. Previously, Mara was counsel in the health industry practice at a law firm in Washington, DC.

Wendy Rossi is a Principal with Premier Performance Partners. She is a leader within the Premier Bundled Payment Collaborative and manages the Oncology Care Model cohort. Through the Collaborative she provides education and guidance in performance improvement efforts around care re-design, quality measurement, cost reduction, and physician engagement. Ms. Rossi’s expertise enables the successful transition from volume- to value-based care for her clients. Prior to joining Premier, she was the Strategic Planning Manager at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, NC. Her responsibilities included strategic planning in oncology, cardiology and women’s and children’s service lines. Ms. Rossi worked closely with senior leadership on major initiatives such as opening the Betty Cameron Women’s and Children’s Hospital and expanding outpatient clinic services. Ms. Rossi began her career as a medical technologist. She received Lean Healthcare Certification from North Carolina State University.

Kristina Stoeppler-Biege is the Director of Operations for the Hematology and Oncology service line at Bon Secours Mercy Health (Greenville, SC). She provides executive leadership and strategic oversight for various oncology care model platforms that encompass a wide range of services. These include cellular therapies and bone marrow transplant unit, a robust clinical trial portfolio, physician clinics, radiation oncology, gynecologic oncology, patient navigation, financial navigation and psychosocial departments. The program has successfully received performance-based payments from both government and commercial payors.

Chris Murphy is the Principal Healthcare Consultant for Premier’s Payer Partnerships with more than 20 years of diverse industry management experience, consulting expertise, and a strong hybrid skill-set encompassing leadership of fiscal, sales, and marketing operations and product management. Being a leader and innovator of technology, healthcare trends, and the movement of pay-for-volume to pay-for-performance, he has extensive knowledge in the reimbursement space with a focus on bundled payments, episode performance programs, gainsharing, capitation, and many other areas of the payment spectrum. Chris brings knowledge in behavioral health, care management, provider relations and network management, practice and physician recruitment and management, revenue cycle offerings including credentialing and enrollment and electronic billing, NCQA accreditation, HEDIS measures, clearinghouse and TPA capabilities, contract negotiations and management. In his Principal role, Chris leads members to positive outcomes and confidence in the relationship built with all areas within the Premier landscape.

Pamela Pelizzari is a nationally recognized expert on the development and implementation of bundled payment methodologies. She is a Principal in the New York Health Practice at Milliman, working with payers, providers, and other stakeholders on developing functional and effective value-based payment methodologies. Prior to joining Milliman, Pamela was a senior technical advisor at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, leading development and implementation of their Bundled Payments for Care Improvement models, the Oncology Care Model, and other episode-based models.

Monica Deadwiler is the Senior Director for Payment Innovation within Cleveland Clinic’s Finance division. Monica’s primary focus is alternative payment model strategy development and implementation; such as, Bundled Payments, Centers of Excellence, Accountable Care Organizations and other value based contracts. Monica has been with the Cleveland Clinic for 10 years. Prior to that, Monica spent 14 years delivering innovative strategies in other industries undergoing structural changes (energy and airlines). She is a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and Project Management Professional.

David Mauzey is the Vice President and General Manager the Optum Network Payment Innovation focused on enabling organizations to administer their alternative payment programs including bundle based programs and population centric value based programs for some of the top health systems and payers in the country. Network Payment Innovation acts as a payment exchange service enabling the move from volume to value based arrangements. Prior to joining Optum, David spent 17 years with ppoONE, a claim pricing and provider data management solution for preferred provider networks. Serving as both COO and CIO, David gained a great appreciation for finding the right operational and technical balance that align to organizational vision.

Jordan Reigel is the Vice President of Payment Strategy & Innovation at UnitedH-ealthcare. In this role, he is responsible for designing and implementing value-based payment strategies in collaboration with health care providers and developing strategic relationships to drive improved health outcomes and make care more accessible and affordable for all consumers.

During his more than 10 years at UnitedHealthcare, Mr. Reigel has held various leadership positions spanning strategy and network management, including Vice President of Network Management for the Mountain States Region. Prior to joining UnitedHealthcare, he worked in network design and management roles at regional and national health plans. In all these positions, he has developed new ways to bring care providers and health plans together to collaborate toward achieving the triple aim of improving the patient experience, improving health outcomes and reducing the cost of care.

Dr. Chaudhry is an internal medicine physician and medical technologist whose expertise focuses on healthcare payment, clinical service redesign, and the use of data analytics to improve clinical and financial performance in healthcare. Prior to starting Tuple Health Dr. Chaudhry was a medical scientist at IBM Research where his work focused on using data analytics and information technology to drive innovation in healthcare. His work focused on improving healthcare productivity, ACO & PCMH implementation, optimizing workforce utilization, and improving the quality and efficiency of care. In addition to technology development, Dr. Chaudhry worked on developing IBM’s private and public sector business strategies for the healthcare industry.

Jennifer Mann is a Sr. Product Manager, with Cognizant Technology Services and specializes in bundled payment technology solutions within the NetworX product suite. She has over 25 years in the healthcare industry with regional and national payers. Operational/management experience includes customer service, enrollment/billing, compliance, appeals/ grievances, marketing, start-ups, and Medicare Advantage plans. In her current role, Jennifer has conducted over 250 discussions with payers and hospital systems throughout the U.S. over the last 4 years regarding value-based reimbursement and bundled payment programs.

Chris Birkmeyer, M.S. is the Executive Vice President, Analytic Solutions where he leads the design, development, implementation, and refinement of clinical algorithms and reports within the ArborMetrix platform, as well as the preparation of bespoke research and analysis for individual clients. Chris has 20 years of experience in health services research, outcomes analysis, and software development. Prior to joining ArborMetrix, Chris was Executive Vice President at SCIO Health Analytics responsible for software development, delivery and sales, and practice lead for analytics and actuarial services. Previously, he directed the informatics department at Health Dialog, managed the Data Center for the Department of Surgery at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, and consulted for The Leapfrog Group.

John Dickey is Sound Physician’s National Vice President of Population Health. He joined Sound in 2014 as a Hospitalist and continues to practice in the Southwestern region even as he works to server patients and providers across Sound. His innovative care models and management processes have contributed to Sound-leading improvements in the use of post-acute care and high-quality networks. John is passionate about working together as a team to make care better for our patients, and excited that Sound has embraced Population Health as essential to patient care. He believes that the journey to redesign care is an enormous opportunity to drive truly patient-centered outcomes and improvements in quality for our patients. Sound has developed strategic solutions with significant patient outcomes in BPCI(A), ACOs, and other at risk populations. A lifelong educator, he once taught science and math prior to a life in medical field.

Dr. Liao is a board-certified internal medicine physician and the Associate Medical Director for Contracting and Value Based Care at UW Medicine, where he is also the Director of the UW Medicine Value and Systems Science Lab, a unit embedded within the health system and applies scholarship to drive change that impacts patients and populations. Dr. Liao’s expertise includes policy analysis related to value-based payment and care reforms, with scholarly work focusing on evaluating and testing the impact of value-based payment and delivery reforms on patients, physicians, and health care organizations. He is also an Associate Editor for Healthcare: The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation. He was also a Clinical Fellow in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics located at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received his training in health policy research.