AGENDA: DAY 2
TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 2017
7:00 am
Registration Opens; Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
DAY 2 MORNING PLENARY SESSION
8:00 am
Welcome and Introduction
David B. Nash, MD, MBA, FACP
Dean, Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (Chair)
Dean, Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (Chair)
David B. Nash was named the Founding Dean of the Jefferson College of Population Health (JCPH) in 2008. This appointment caps a 25-year tenure on the faculty of Thomas Jefferson University. He is also the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy. JCPH provides innovative educational programming designed to develop healthcare leaders for the future. Its offerings include Masters Programs in Public Health, Healthcare Quality and Safety, Health Policy, Applied Health Economics and Population Health. JCPH also offers a doctoral program in Population Health Sciences.
Dr. Nash is a board-certified internist who is internationally recognized for his work in public accountability for outcomes, physician leadership development, and quality-of-care improvement.
Repeatedly named to Modern Healthcare’s list of Most Powerful Persons in Healthcare, his national activities cover a wide scope. Dr. Nash is a principal faculty member for quality of care programming for the American Association of Physician Leadership in Tampa, FL and leads their academic joint venture with JCPH. He serves on the NQF Task Force on Improving Population Health and the John M. Eisenberg Award Committee for The Joint Commission. He also is a founding member of the AAMC-IQ Steering Committee, the group charged with infusing the tenets of quality and safety into medical education.
Dr. Nash has governance responsibilities for organizations in the public and private sectors. He has chaired the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (HC4) for 18 years and he is widely recognized as a pioneer in the public reporting of outcomes. In the not-for-profit sector, Dr. Nash served on the Board of Trustees of Catholic Healthcare Partners (now Mercy Partners), in Cincinnati, OH (1998–2008), where he was the inaugural chair of the board committee on Quality and Safety. Currently, he is on the board of Main Line Health, a four-hospital system in suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he also chairs the board committee on Quality and Safety. In the for-profit sector, Dr. Nash was named to the Board of Directors for Humana, Inc., one of the nation’s largest publically traded healthcare companies, in 2009. In October 2013 he joined the board of Vestex, a privately held advanced medical textile company in Orlando, FL. In 2014 he joined the board of InfoMC, a leading information technology company in suburban Philadelphia. He is on the health care advisory board for both Arsenal Capital Partners in NYC, and the Care Innovations Validation Institute, an Intel Company in Roseville, CA.
Dr. Nash has received many awards in recognition of his achievements. He received the top recognition award from the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (1995), the Philadelphia Business Journal Healthcare Heroes Award (1997), and was named an honorary distinguished fellow of the American College of Physician Executives in 1998. In 2006 he received the Elliot Stone Award for leadership in public accountability for health data from NAHDO. Wharton honored Dr. Nash in 2009 with the Wharton Healthcare Alumni Achievement Award and in 2012 with the Joseph Wharton Social Impact Award. Also in 2012, he and JCPH received the Philadelphia Business Journal award for innovation in medical education.
Dr. Nash’s work is well known through his many publications, public appearances, “Nash on the Road” blog, and online column on MedPage Today. He has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and edited 23 books, including Connecting with the New Healthcare Consumer, The Quality Solution, Demand Better, and most recently Population Health: Creating a Culture of Wellness (2nd edition). He was the inaugural Deputy Editor of Annals of Internal Medicine (1984-1989). Currently, he is Editor-in-Chief of American Journal of Medical Quality, Population Health Management, P&T, and American Health and Drug Benefits.
Dr. Nash received his BA in economics (Phi Beta Kappa) from Vassar College; his MD from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and his MBA in Health Administration (with honors) from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. While at Penn, he was a former Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar and Medical Director of a nine-physician faculty group practice in general internal medicine.
Dr. Nash is a board-certified internist who is internationally recognized for his work in public accountability for outcomes, physician leadership development, and quality-of-care improvement.
Repeatedly named to Modern Healthcare’s list of Most Powerful Persons in Healthcare, his national activities cover a wide scope. Dr. Nash is a principal faculty member for quality of care programming for the American Association of Physician Leadership in Tampa, FL and leads their academic joint venture with JCPH. He serves on the NQF Task Force on Improving Population Health and the John M. Eisenberg Award Committee for The Joint Commission. He also is a founding member of the AAMC-IQ Steering Committee, the group charged with infusing the tenets of quality and safety into medical education.
Dr. Nash has governance responsibilities for organizations in the public and private sectors. He has chaired the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (HC4) for 18 years and he is widely recognized as a pioneer in the public reporting of outcomes. In the not-for-profit sector, Dr. Nash served on the Board of Trustees of Catholic Healthcare Partners (now Mercy Partners), in Cincinnati, OH (1998–2008), where he was the inaugural chair of the board committee on Quality and Safety. Currently, he is on the board of Main Line Health, a four-hospital system in suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he also chairs the board committee on Quality and Safety. In the for-profit sector, Dr. Nash was named to the Board of Directors for Humana, Inc., one of the nation’s largest publically traded healthcare companies, in 2009. In October 2013 he joined the board of Vestex, a privately held advanced medical textile company in Orlando, FL. In 2014 he joined the board of InfoMC, a leading information technology company in suburban Philadelphia. He is on the health care advisory board for both Arsenal Capital Partners in NYC, and the Care Innovations Validation Institute, an Intel Company in Roseville, CA.
Dr. Nash has received many awards in recognition of his achievements. He received the top recognition award from the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (1995), the Philadelphia Business Journal Healthcare Heroes Award (1997), and was named an honorary distinguished fellow of the American College of Physician Executives in 1998. In 2006 he received the Elliot Stone Award for leadership in public accountability for health data from NAHDO. Wharton honored Dr. Nash in 2009 with the Wharton Healthcare Alumni Achievement Award and in 2012 with the Joseph Wharton Social Impact Award. Also in 2012, he and JCPH received the Philadelphia Business Journal award for innovation in medical education.
Dr. Nash’s work is well known through his many publications, public appearances, “Nash on the Road” blog, and online column on MedPage Today. He has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and edited 23 books, including Connecting with the New Healthcare Consumer, The Quality Solution, Demand Better, and most recently Population Health: Creating a Culture of Wellness (2nd edition). He was the inaugural Deputy Editor of Annals of Internal Medicine (1984-1989). Currently, he is Editor-in-Chief of American Journal of Medical Quality, Population Health Management, P&T, and American Health and Drug Benefits.
Dr. Nash received his BA in economics (Phi Beta Kappa) from Vassar College; his MD from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and his MBA in Health Administration (with honors) from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. While at Penn, he was a former Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar and Medical Director of a nine-physician faculty group practice in general internal medicine.
8:10 am
Leadership Principles in a Changing Environment
Donato J. Tramuto
President and Chief Executive Officer, Tivity Health; Founder, Health eVillages, Nashville, TN
President and Chief Executive Officer, Tivity Health; Founder, Health eVillages, Nashville, TN
Donato J. Tramuto is the CEO of Tivity Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: TVTY), a leading provider of fitness and health improvement programs, with strong capabilities in developing and managing network solutions. He is the founder and former CEO of Physicians Interactive Holdings (now Aptus Health).
In 2014, Tramuto received the Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award for his commitment to social change. His philanthropic work includes Health eVillages, which he founded in 2011 to improve healthcare in challenging clinical environments, and the Tramuto Foundation, which helps individuals and organizations achieve their educational and healthcare goals.
Tramuto is the author of Life’s Bulldozer Moments: How Adversity Leads to Success in Life and Business, a Hamilton Press publication.
In 2014, Tramuto received the Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award for his commitment to social change. His philanthropic work includes Health eVillages, which he founded in 2011 to improve healthcare in challenging clinical environments, and the Tramuto Foundation, which helps individuals and organizations achieve their educational and healthcare goals.
Tramuto is the author of Life’s Bulldozer Moments: How Adversity Leads to Success in Life and Business, a Hamilton Press publication.
Jeff Arnold
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sharecare, Atlanta, GA
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sharecare, Atlanta, GA
Jeff Arnold is Chairman and CEO of Sharecare, a health and wellness engagement platform he founded with Dr. Mehmet Oz, in partnership with Harpo Productions, Sony Pictures Television and Discovery Communications. Sharecare’s ultra-personalized and comprehensive platform helps consumers connect to the knowledge, evidence-based programs and health professionals they need by building each user a unique, dynamic health profile where they can access all of their health resources in one place.
Previously, Arnold was Chairman and CEO of HowStuffWorks.com, an award-winning online resource used by millions of people each month, which he sold to Discovery Communications, where he served as Chief Digital Strategy Officer, and Chief Architect of The Curiosity Project until December 2011.
Previously, Arnold was Chairman and CEO of HowStuffWorks.com, an award-winning online resource used by millions of people each month, which he sold to Discovery Communications, where he served as Chief Digital Strategy Officer, and Chief Architect of The Curiosity Project until December 2011.
9:00 am
2016 Hearst Health Prize Panel: Lessons Learned and Insight Gained
Gregory Dorn, MD, MPH
President, Hearst Health, South San Francisco, CA (Moderator)
President, Hearst Health, South San Francisco, CA (Moderator)
Greg Dorn is the president of Hearst Health, overseeing FDB (First Databank), Zynx Health, MCG, MedHOK and Hearst Health International; and serving as a director of Homecare Homebase, MedHOK Hearst Health Ventures and the Hearst Health Innovation Lab. The mission of the Hearst Health network is to help guide the most important care moments by delivering vital information into the hands of everyone who touches a person’s health journey. Each year in the U.S., care guidance from the Hearst Health network reaches 84 percent of discharged patients, 177 million insured individuals, 60 million home health visits and 3.1 billion dispensed prescriptions.
For more than two decades, Dorn has been focused on raising the standard of excellence for patient care across the healthcare spectrum, through clinically rigorous guidance delivered by efficient, scalable technology. He is the co-inventor of two patented healthcare software technologies that continue to be used in health systems across the U.S. His expertise is in developing and commercializing inventive and disruptive solutions that improve care quality and efficiency. Dorn has held a variety of leadership positions across Hearst, including chief operating officer of Zynx Health and president of FDB. In 2013 he was appointed an executive vice president of Hearst Business Media, and continues to serve in that role. He is also a vice president of Hearst.
For more than two decades, Dorn has been focused on raising the standard of excellence for patient care across the healthcare spectrum, through clinically rigorous guidance delivered by efficient, scalable technology. He is the co-inventor of two patented healthcare software technologies that continue to be used in health systems across the U.S. His expertise is in developing and commercializing inventive and disruptive solutions that improve care quality and efficiency. Dorn has held a variety of leadership positions across Hearst, including chief operating officer of Zynx Health and president of FDB. In 2013 he was appointed an executive vice president of Hearst Business Media, and continues to serve in that role. He is also a vice president of Hearst.
C. Annette DuBard, MD, MPH
Former Chief Health Information Officer and Senior Vice President for Population Health Analytics, Community Care of NC, Raleigh, NC (2016 Winner)
Former Chief Health Information Officer and Senior Vice President for Population Health Analytics, Community Care of NC, Raleigh, NC (2016 Winner)
Dr. DuBard is a physician, researcher, and innovative leader in population health management. As Chief Health Information Officer for Community Care of North Carolina, she advanced information systems and program evaluation strategies used statewide to monitor and improve quality, utilization, and costs; and to optimize the impact of care management for patients with complex needs. She is a graduate of Rhodes College and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and completed her residencies in family medicine and preventive medicine, as well as a master’s degree in health policy and administration, at the University of North Carolina.
Susan Walsh, MD
Vice President Population Health, Medical Director, ACO, Jersey City Medical Center, Barnabas Health, Jersey City, NJ (2016 Finalist)
Vice President Population Health, Medical Director, ACO, Jersey City Medical Center, Barnabas Health, Jersey City, NJ (2016 Finalist)
Dr. Walsh is an internist and former Deputy Commissioner of Health-Public Health Services for the NJ Department of Health. During her tenure, she facilitated the state’s response to the H1N1 epidemic, implemented medical marijuana and chaired the first meetings of the Greater Newark Healthcare Coalition and Trenton Health Plan. As VP of Population Health, Jersey City Medical Center-RWJBarnabasHealth, she is charged with leading the medical and support staff through change dynamics associated with healthcare reform. Dr. Walsh is also co-founder of Wealth from Health (R), Inc, a reward based program for populations of patients engaged in improving health through self-management.
Angie Truesdale
Chief Executive Officer, Centering Healthcare Institute; Former Vice President, Public Policy, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Boston, MA (2016 Finalist)
Chief Executive Officer, Centering Healthcare Institute; Former Vice President, Public Policy, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Boston, MA (2016 Finalist)
Angie Truesdale: As Centering Healthcare Institute’s CEO, Angie is focused on spreading the Centering model so that all Americans have an opportunity to choose group health care. Since joining CHI in June of 2015, she has been paving the way to achieve this goal through her thoughtful leadership, spot-on decisiveness, sense of flexibility and attention to the organizational structure. From spending time with practice sites to building relationships with policy makers and leaders in healthcare, Angie is moving CHI towards recognition as the go-to resource for group healthcare.
Prior to CHI, Angie’s career path was addressing healthcare disparities and turning grassroots efforts into national movements for change. She spent 15 years in Washington, DC working in the national healthcare policy arena, particularly at the opposite end of the care continuum, in hospice and palliative care.
Prior to CHI, Angie’s career path was addressing healthcare disparities and turning grassroots efforts into national movements for change. She spent 15 years in Washington, DC working in the national healthcare policy arena, particularly at the opposite end of the care continuum, in hospice and palliative care.
9:30 am
Award Presentation: 2017 Hearst Health Prize for Excellence in Population Health
Gregory Dorn, MD, MPH
President, Hearst Health, South San Francisco, CA
President, Hearst Health, South San Francisco, CA
Greg Dorn is the president of Hearst Health, overseeing FDB (First Databank), Zynx Health, MCG, MedHOK and Hearst Health International; and serving as a director of Homecare Homebase, MedHOK Hearst Health Ventures and the Hearst Health Innovation Lab. The mission of the Hearst Health network is to help guide the most important care moments by delivering vital information into the hands of everyone who touches a person’s health journey. Each year in the U.S., care guidance from the Hearst Health network reaches 84 percent of discharged patients, 177 million insured individuals, 60 million home health visits and 3.1 billion dispensed prescriptions.
For more than two decades, Dorn has been focused on raising the standard of excellence for patient care across the healthcare spectrum, through clinically rigorous guidance delivered by efficient, scalable technology. He is the co-inventor of two patented healthcare software technologies that continue to be used in health systems across the U.S. His expertise is in developing and commercializing inventive and disruptive solutions that improve care quality and efficiency. Dorn has held a variety of leadership positions across Hearst, including chief operating officer of Zynx Health and president of FDB. In 2013 he was appointed an executive vice president of Hearst Business Media, and continues to serve in that role. He is also a vice president of Hearst.
For more than two decades, Dorn has been focused on raising the standard of excellence for patient care across the healthcare spectrum, through clinically rigorous guidance delivered by efficient, scalable technology. He is the co-inventor of two patented healthcare software technologies that continue to be used in health systems across the U.S. His expertise is in developing and commercializing inventive and disruptive solutions that improve care quality and efficiency. Dorn has held a variety of leadership positions across Hearst, including chief operating officer of Zynx Health and president of FDB. In 2013 he was appointed an executive vice president of Hearst Business Media, and continues to serve in that role. He is also a vice president of Hearst.
Stephen K. Klasko, MD, MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, Philadelphia, PA
President and Chief Executive Officer, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, Philadelphia, PA
As the President and CEO of Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, Stephen K. Klasko, MD, MBA, is bridging the art and science of medicine and healthcare transformation. Since 2014, Jefferson Health has grown from a three hospital urban academic medical center with annual revenues of $1.8 billion to an geographically dispersed regional academic medical center with eleven hospitals and annual revenues of $4.8 billion, after mergers and acquisitions including Abington Health Network, Aria Health Network, Kennedy Health System and Philadelphia University.
He previously worked for University of South Florida as CEO of USF Health and Dean of the Morsani College of Medicine where he led and designed an “assessment of technical and teamwork competence” center known as CAMLS (Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation).
He serves on the corporate board and audit committee of Teleflex (TFX:NYSE), a multi-billion dollar diversified healthcare solutions corporation, and on the board of Lehigh University, the Emory University/Georgia Tech Innovation advisory board, and the Friedrich’s Ataxia Research Alliance.
He previously worked for University of South Florida as CEO of USF Health and Dean of the Morsani College of Medicine where he led and designed an “assessment of technical and teamwork competence” center known as CAMLS (Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation).
He serves on the corporate board and audit committee of Teleflex (TFX:NYSE), a multi-billion dollar diversified healthcare solutions corporation, and on the board of Lehigh University, the Emory University/Georgia Tech Innovation advisory board, and the Friedrich’s Ataxia Research Alliance.
David B. Nash, MD, MBA, FACP
Dean, Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Dean, Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
David B. Nash was named the Founding Dean of the Jefferson College of Population Health (JCPH) in 2008. This appointment caps a 25-year tenure on the faculty of Thomas Jefferson University. He is also the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy. JCPH provides innovative educational programming designed to develop healthcare leaders for the future. Its offerings include Masters Programs in Public Health, Healthcare Quality and Safety, Health Policy, Applied Health Economics and Population Health. JCPH also offers a doctoral program in Population Health Sciences.
Dr. Nash is a board-certified internist who is internationally recognized for his work in public accountability for outcomes, physician leadership development, and quality-of-care improvement.
Repeatedly named to Modern Healthcare’s list of Most Powerful Persons in Healthcare, his national activities cover a wide scope. Dr. Nash is a principal faculty member for quality of care programming for the American Association of Physician Leadership in Tampa, FL and leads their academic joint venture with JCPH. He serves on the NQF Task Force on Improving Population Health and the John M. Eisenberg Award Committee for The Joint Commission. He also is a founding member of the AAMC-IQ Steering Committee, the group charged with infusing the tenets of quality and safety into medical education.
Dr. Nash has governance responsibilities for organizations in the public and private sectors. He has chaired the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (HC4) for 18 years and he is widely recognized as a pioneer in the public reporting of outcomes. In the not-for-profit sector, Dr. Nash served on the Board of Trustees of Catholic Healthcare Partners (now Mercy Partners), in Cincinnati, OH (1998–2008), where he was the inaugural chair of the board committee on Quality and Safety. Currently, he is on the board of Main Line Health, a four-hospital system in suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he also chairs the board committee on Quality and Safety. In the for-profit sector, Dr. Nash was named to the Board of Directors for Humana, Inc., one of the nation’s largest publically traded healthcare companies, in 2009. In October 2013 he joined the board of Vestex, a privately held advanced medical textile company in Orlando, FL. In 2014 he joined the board of InfoMC, a leading information technology company in suburban Philadelphia. He is on the health care advisory board for both Arsenal Capital Partners in NYC, and the Care Innovations Validation Institute, an Intel Company in Roseville, CA.
Dr. Nash has received many awards in recognition of his achievements. He received the top recognition award from the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (1995), the Philadelphia Business Journal Healthcare Heroes Award (1997), and was named an honorary distinguished fellow of the American College of Physician Executives in 1998. In 2006 he received the Elliot Stone Award for leadership in public accountability for health data from NAHDO. Wharton honored Dr. Nash in 2009 with the Wharton Healthcare Alumni Achievement Award and in 2012 with the Joseph Wharton Social Impact Award. Also in 2012, he and JCPH received the Philadelphia Business Journal award for innovation in medical education.
Dr. Nash’s work is well known through his many publications, public appearances, “Nash on the Road” blog, and online column on MedPage Today. He has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and edited 23 books, including Connecting with the New Healthcare Consumer, The Quality Solution, Demand Better, and most recently Population Health: Creating a Culture of Wellness (2nd edition). He was the inaugural Deputy Editor of Annals of Internal Medicine (1984-1989). Currently, he is Editor-in-Chief of American Journal of Medical Quality, Population Health Management, P&T, and American Health and Drug Benefits.
Dr. Nash received his BA in economics (Phi Beta Kappa) from Vassar College; his MD from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and his MBA in Health Administration (with honors) from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. While at Penn, he was a former Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar and Medical Director of a nine-physician faculty group practice in general internal medicine.
Dr. Nash is a board-certified internist who is internationally recognized for his work in public accountability for outcomes, physician leadership development, and quality-of-care improvement.
Repeatedly named to Modern Healthcare’s list of Most Powerful Persons in Healthcare, his national activities cover a wide scope. Dr. Nash is a principal faculty member for quality of care programming for the American Association of Physician Leadership in Tampa, FL and leads their academic joint venture with JCPH. He serves on the NQF Task Force on Improving Population Health and the John M. Eisenberg Award Committee for The Joint Commission. He also is a founding member of the AAMC-IQ Steering Committee, the group charged with infusing the tenets of quality and safety into medical education.
Dr. Nash has governance responsibilities for organizations in the public and private sectors. He has chaired the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (HC4) for 18 years and he is widely recognized as a pioneer in the public reporting of outcomes. In the not-for-profit sector, Dr. Nash served on the Board of Trustees of Catholic Healthcare Partners (now Mercy Partners), in Cincinnati, OH (1998–2008), where he was the inaugural chair of the board committee on Quality and Safety. Currently, he is on the board of Main Line Health, a four-hospital system in suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he also chairs the board committee on Quality and Safety. In the for-profit sector, Dr. Nash was named to the Board of Directors for Humana, Inc., one of the nation’s largest publically traded healthcare companies, in 2009. In October 2013 he joined the board of Vestex, a privately held advanced medical textile company in Orlando, FL. In 2014 he joined the board of InfoMC, a leading information technology company in suburban Philadelphia. He is on the health care advisory board for both Arsenal Capital Partners in NYC, and the Care Innovations Validation Institute, an Intel Company in Roseville, CA.
Dr. Nash has received many awards in recognition of his achievements. He received the top recognition award from the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (1995), the Philadelphia Business Journal Healthcare Heroes Award (1997), and was named an honorary distinguished fellow of the American College of Physician Executives in 1998. In 2006 he received the Elliot Stone Award for leadership in public accountability for health data from NAHDO. Wharton honored Dr. Nash in 2009 with the Wharton Healthcare Alumni Achievement Award and in 2012 with the Joseph Wharton Social Impact Award. Also in 2012, he and JCPH received the Philadelphia Business Journal award for innovation in medical education.
Dr. Nash’s work is well known through his many publications, public appearances, “Nash on the Road” blog, and online column on MedPage Today. He has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and edited 23 books, including Connecting with the New Healthcare Consumer, The Quality Solution, Demand Better, and most recently Population Health: Creating a Culture of Wellness (2nd edition). He was the inaugural Deputy Editor of Annals of Internal Medicine (1984-1989). Currently, he is Editor-in-Chief of American Journal of Medical Quality, Population Health Management, P&T, and American Health and Drug Benefits.
Dr. Nash received his BA in economics (Phi Beta Kappa) from Vassar College; his MD from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and his MBA in Health Administration (with honors) from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. While at Penn, he was a former Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar and Medical Director of a nine-physician faculty group practice in general internal medicine.
10:00 am
Networking Break in Exhibit Hall
10:45 am
Population Health Management: Treating People Not Just a Disease
Kent Thiry, MBA
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, DaVita Inc., Denver, CO
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, DaVita Inc., Denver, CO
Kent Thiry is chairman and CEO of DaVita, a FORTUNE 200 company. The company operates in 12 countries globally, delivering clinically differentiated health care to nearly two million patients. Prior to joining DaVita, Thiry served in several senior executive roles, including chairman and CEO of Vivra Specialty Partners, a specialty healthcare company; and partner at Bain & Company. Thiry earned his B.A. in political science, with distinction, from Stanford University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, in 1978. He earned his M.B.A., with honors, from Harvard Business School in 1983, where he was elected to the Century Club.
11:30 am
“Stone Soup” and Other Analogies for Building Community through Collaboration
Lisa Simpson, MB, BCh, MPH, FAAP
President and Chief Executive Officer, AcademyHealth, Washington, DC
President and Chief Executive Officer, AcademyHealth, Washington, DC
Dr. Simpson has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of AcademyHealth since 2011. A nationally recognized health policy researcher and pediatrician, she is a passionate advocate for the translation of research into policy and practice. Her research, and over 80 articles and commentaries in peer reviewed journals, focuses on the role of evidence and data to improve health and healthcare, particularly for children and vulnerable populations.
Before joining AcademyHealth, Dr. Simpson spent eight years as a professor of pediatrics, first as an Endowed Chair in Child Health Policy at the University of South Florida and then as the Director of the Child Policy Research Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati. She served as the Deputy Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality from 1996 to 2002. Dr. Simpson serves on the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program and Health Policy Scholars Program National Advisory Councils, and the Editorial boards for the Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research. In October 2013, Dr. Simpson was elected to the Institute of Medicine.
Before joining AcademyHealth, Dr. Simpson spent eight years as a professor of pediatrics, first as an Endowed Chair in Child Health Policy at the University of South Florida and then as the Director of the Child Policy Research Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati. She served as the Deputy Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality from 1996 to 2002. Dr. Simpson serves on the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program and Health Policy Scholars Program National Advisory Councils, and the Editorial boards for the Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research. In October 2013, Dr. Simpson was elected to the Institute of Medicine.
12:00 pm
Networking Lunch in Exhibit Hall
SPONSORED MINI SUMMITS 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
(Choose one Mini Summit only)
Sponsored Mini Summit 1: Advancing Interoperability Across Care Settings
Sponsored by Allscripts
Health care is a group effort, and having full visibility into a patient’s records is critical to improving population health. In this session, we will explore the process of creating interoperability across care settings, what challenges you might encounter, and what true interoperability looks like.
Come hear from healthcare leaders who have achieved quantifiable benefits from developing interoperability as a key component of their population health strategy.
1:00 pm
Introduction
Jennifer Bolduc, MD
Principal Clinical Advisor, Office of Strategy Management and Marketing, Allscripts, Burlington, VT
Principal Clinical Advisor, Office of Strategy Management and Marketing, Allscripts, Burlington, VT
Dr. Jennifer Bolduc is the Principal Clinical Advisor for Allscripts, Office of Strategy Management and Marketing. In this role, she established and leads a companywide Clinical Solution Review Board, provides clinical guidance to the Portfolio and Marketing Teams and is a client-facing clinical sponsor in the Client Engagement Program. Dr. Bolduc is a pediatrician with expertise in patient safety, clinical quality measures, clinical decision support and interoperability solutions.
In 2014, Dr. Bolduc joined Allscripts to help optimize the client experience with Allscripts TouchWorks® EHR, enhance patient safety and facilitate cross-product solutions. She also has provided clinical leadership for Allscripts Fusion community solution development and Meaningful Use projects.
In 2014, Dr. Bolduc joined Allscripts to help optimize the client experience with Allscripts TouchWorks® EHR, enhance patient safety and facilitate cross-product solutions. She also has provided clinical leadership for Allscripts Fusion community solution development and Meaningful Use projects.
Mike McAfee
Associate Vice President of Technology Solutions, Population Health, Allscripts, Pittsburgh, PA
Associate Vice President of Technology Solutions, Population Health, Allscripts, Pittsburgh, PA
Michael McAfee: With over 17 years of Healthcare IT leadership experience, Michael McAfee is Allscripts AVP of Population Health Technology Solutions, providing data strategy to clients and acting as a technical liaison to Allscripts’ partners. He has architected some of the largest (and smallest) interoperability programs in North America. His role as lead architect within Allscripts Population Health had him engage with complex healthcare initiatives world wide.
3:00 pm
Break in Exhibit Hall
Sponsored Mini Summit 2: Executive Perspectives on the Transformation to Value-Based Care
Sponsored by Optum
This session will feature customer case studies from two providers that are thriving in the transition to value-based care through leveraging clinical, claims, and social data. Optum’s value-based care expert will lead a question and answer session as the two organizations discuss future planning and the impact of MACRA and other new programs.
1:00 pm
Introduction
Francis R Colangelo, MD, FACP
Chief Quality Officer, Premier Medical Associates, Murrysville, PA
Chief Quality Officer, Premier Medical Associates, Murrysville, PA
Francis Colangelo Bio: I graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 1984. I trained in Internal Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh from 1984 to 1987. I have been with Premier Medical Associates, the largest multispecialty group in Western Pennsylvania, since 1987. I still practice Internal Medicine full time. I have served on the Board of Directors of Premier since 1999, as Chief Quality Officer of the practice since 2008, and Vice President of the practice since 2012. I am nearing completion of my Masters of Healthcare Quality and Safety from the Thomas Jefferson University College of Population Health.
Michael J. Consuelos, MD, MBA
Senior Vice President, Clinical Integration, The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Senior Vice President, Clinical Integration, The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Erik Johnson, MBA
Vice President and Practice Lead for Value-Based Care, Optum, Washington, DC
Vice President and Practice Lead for Value-Based Care, Optum, Washington, DC
Erik is a Vice President and Practice Lead for Value-Based Care. He has broad experience in designing population health strategies for a broad array of providers. He was most recently Senior Vice President at Avalere Health, where he ran its Healthcare Networks consulting practice and oversaw new product development. Erik assisted healthcare systems in determining how to adopt and assess accountable care and bundled payment models, and guiding overall strategy.
Prior to joining Avalere, Erik Johnson was a Managing Director with Manatt Health Solutions, leading long-term customer engagements focusing on the application of health IT to clinical challenges and opportunities. He previously spent five years at the Advisory Board Company as Managing Director for its health IT and hospital finance research practices, respectively.
Erik has an BA with honors and distinction from Stanford University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Prior to joining Avalere, Erik Johnson was a Managing Director with Manatt Health Solutions, leading long-term customer engagements focusing on the application of health IT to clinical challenges and opportunities. He previously spent five years at the Advisory Board Company as Managing Director for its health IT and hospital finance research practices, respectively.
Erik has an BA with honors and distinction from Stanford University and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Julie Mann
Regional Vice President, Optum Analytics, Syracuse, NY
Regional Vice President, Optum Analytics, Syracuse, NY
Julie Mann currently serves as Regional Vice President at Optum Analytics. Julie focuses on the needs of her provider-based customers in the Northeast region of the US as they transition to value-based care. She consults with her customers to understand their business issues and align them to solutions for technology, risk management and population management needs. She brings more than 15 years of experience with leading healthcare companies including: UnitedHealth Group, GE Healthcare, McKesson Corporation, and IDX Systems. Julie graduated from LeMoyne College and earned a BS in Business Administration and Marketing. For continuing education, Julie is a strong advocate of the Jefferson School of Population Health’s Academy and monthly Forums. Julie also volunteers as the founder and co-leader of the thought-leadership group “Population Health Management: What Works” and is the Managing Director of the Patient Well-Being Foundation.
Anne Marie Mauro
Vice President, Northeast Client Region, Optum, West Chester, PA
Vice President, Northeast Client Region, Optum, West Chester, PA
Anne Marie Mauro: 22 years Healthcare IT experience. Prior to Optum, I worked at Siemens Healthcare in various Sales and Marketing positions working with the company’s largest health system clients. The last two years, I have been here at Optum working in the northeast helping our clients achieve their value based care objectives.
Mark Wendling, MD
Executive Director, Lehigh Valley Physician Hospital Organization/Valley Preferred, Allentown, PA
Executive Director, Lehigh Valley Physician Hospital Organization/Valley Preferred, Allentown, PA
Mark Wendling, MD, Executive Director of the Lehigh Valley Physician Hospital Organization (LVPHO), has been a practicing family physician in the Lehigh Valley for nearly 20 years, and continues to practice at LVPG Family Medicine – Emmaus.
During his tenure with Lehigh Valley Health Network, he has been a member of the teaching faculty of the Department of Family Medicine. He helped launch a quality program in the Lehigh Valley Physician Group and served as Chair of LVPG Board of Governors for nine years. Dr. Wendling had served as Medical Director of the LVPHO and Valley Preferred for the last six years, contributing to the growth of the LVPHO and evolving LVPHO’s Achieving Clinical Excellence® (ACE) program to its current nationally recognized status. Additionally, Dr. Wendling had served as the Medical Director of the Lehigh Valley Health Network Accountable Care Organization for over two years. In that capacity, he led the LVHN ACO to a successful first year of participation in the CMS ACO program, making the LVHN ACO the only successful ACO in the state of Pennsylvania.
During his tenure with Lehigh Valley Health Network, he has been a member of the teaching faculty of the Department of Family Medicine. He helped launch a quality program in the Lehigh Valley Physician Group and served as Chair of LVPG Board of Governors for nine years. Dr. Wendling had served as Medical Director of the LVPHO and Valley Preferred for the last six years, contributing to the growth of the LVPHO and evolving LVPHO’s Achieving Clinical Excellence® (ACE) program to its current nationally recognized status. Additionally, Dr. Wendling had served as the Medical Director of the Lehigh Valley Health Network Accountable Care Organization for over two years. In that capacity, he led the LVHN ACO to a successful first year of participation in the CMS ACO program, making the LVHN ACO the only successful ACO in the state of Pennsylvania.
3:00 pm
Break in Exhibit Hall
Sponsored Mini Summit 3: The “Ultimate Game Changers” Game — How Will Healthcare Change in 2017?
Sponsored by xScion
Join our panel of population health experts for a game style Q&A about the future of healthcare including Technology, Medicare, Medicaid and more.
1:00 pm
Introduction
Ronald Dixon, MD, MA
Creator and Director of the Virtual Practice Project, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Creator and Director of the Virtual Practice Project, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
C. Annette DuBard, MD, MPH
Former Chief Health Information Officer and Senior Vice President for Population Health Analytics, Community Care of NC, Raleigh, NC
Former Chief Health Information Officer and Senior Vice President for Population Health Analytics, Community Care of NC, Raleigh, NC
Dr. DuBard is a physician, researcher, and innovative leader in population health management. As Chief Health Information Officer for Community Care of North Carolina, she advanced information systems and program evaluation strategies used statewide to monitor and improve quality, utilization, and costs; and to optimize the impact of care management for patients with complex needs. She is a graduate of Rhodes College and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and completed her residencies in family medicine and preventive medicine, as well as a master’s degree in health policy and administration, at the University of North Carolina.
Drew A. Harris, DPM, MPH
Director, Health Policy and Population Health Programs, Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Director, Health Policy and Population Health Programs, Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Dr. Drew Harris is an Assistant Professor and Program Director for Health Policy and Population Health at the Thomas Jefferson University College of Population Health (JCPH) in Philadelphia, PA. He led JCPH’s effort to create the first MS-Population Health for practicing health professionals and is currently developing a PopHealth Intelligence program. In clinical practice, Dr. Harris specialized in the treatment of the lower extremity complications of diabetes and wound care. He consults and presents on population health and is an active health advocate, publishing frequently in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Wall Street Journal and other publications on topical health policy issues.
Russ Mohawk
President and Chief Executive Officer of Health Plans and Population Health Services, Inova Health Systems, Falls Church, VA
President and Chief Executive Officer of Health Plans and Population Health Services, Inova Health Systems, Falls Church, VA
Mr. Mohawk is currently the CEO of Inova’s Health Plan and Population Health Services Division. Mr. Mohawk has held key executive positions including CEO, CFO, and COO for numerous insurance managed care and service organizations over the past 30 years, in addition to experience in hospital finance positions. Mr. Mohawk has previously held senior executive positions with organizations including Leprechaun LLC, MMM Healthcare, Trigon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Virginia, Principal Health Care, and Health Matrix Corporation (a subsidiary of Nationwide Insurance Company). He was the cofounder of the Genesis Group, JM Health Group, and Mohawk Health Group where he specialized in interim management, rehabilitations, liquidations, startups, and litigation support.
Vikas Arya
Principal of Strategy, xScion Solutions, Gaithersburg, MD
Principal of Strategy, xScion Solutions, Gaithersburg, MD
3:00 pm
Break in Exhibit Hall
Sponsored Mini Summit 4: If You Think Patient Data is About Wearable Devices, You’re Wrong
Sponsored by TapCloud and Parnassus Consulting
If you have spent any time thinking about using mobile apps or wearable devices with patients, you undoubtedly have a few questions…
— Will clinicians be overloaded with data?
— Is patient-generated data both accurate and useful?
— Will the patient-generated health data (PGHD) interface with the EMR and clinical workflows?
— Can I manage the liability?
— Do patients really have the technology, skills, and follow-through to make it work, or is patient-generated data just a fad?
This session will feature an extended discussion, including Q/A, with clinicians, administrators, data analysts, and technology entrepreneurs using real patient case studies and data over three years. Join us for an interactive exploration of the challenges and successes of incorporating patient generated data into a variety of patient care settings.
1:00 pm
Introduction
Martin Entwistle
Executive Director, Personalized Healthcare Programs, Sutter Health, San Francisco, CA
Executive Director, Personalized Healthcare Programs, Sutter Health, San Francisco, CA
Martin Entwistle: Executive Director Personal Healthcare Programs, Sutter Health, USA; December 2014 – March 2017. Responsible for building and deploying system of care solutions in Sutter Health, a not-for-profit California health system with 3 million patients, including integrated mHealth capabilities and extensive use of patient generated health data (PGHD) supporting chronic care management, health and wellness (e.g. home tracking BP, glucose, weight, activity).
Executive Director Innovation, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, USA; August 2010 – December 2014. Focus on driving the establishment and development of a department of innovation in one of the USA’s largest integrated health systems. Created and deployed two large-scale systems, providing end-to-end patient-care programs, delivering innovative approaches to personalized healthcare and a community model for successful aging.
From April 2017 will become President of Ares Health Systems; Providing services for the design, development and deployment of large-scale solutions that deliver personalized care, drive sustained patient engagement and advance population health outcomes.
Executive Director Innovation, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, USA; August 2010 – December 2014. Focus on driving the establishment and development of a department of innovation in one of the USA’s largest integrated health systems. Created and deployed two large-scale systems, providing end-to-end patient-care programs, delivering innovative approaches to personalized healthcare and a community model for successful aging.
From April 2017 will become President of Ares Health Systems; Providing services for the design, development and deployment of large-scale solutions that deliver personalized care, drive sustained patient engagement and advance population health outcomes.
Daniel Foltz
President and Managing Director, Parnassus Consulting, Ardmore, PA
President and Managing Director, Parnassus Consulting, Ardmore, PA
Dan Foltz helps healthcare and life sciences organizations create value with data by implementing data science driven operating models for population health, performance improvement and real world evidence generation. Dan helps individual healthcare organizations build and leverage their data assets to create value. Nationally, Dan supports data networks where he provided critical leadership to establish the Biologics and Biosimilars Collective Intelligence Consortium (BBCIC.org) and also supported the FDA Sentinel Initiative and Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership. These initiatives leverage healthcare data covering over 150 million lives. Dan started his career with Andersen Consulting (Accenture) and also worked for CSC where he led its Health Informatics Practice.
Kyle Grate
Assistant Vice President, Orthopedic Service Line, AMITA Health, Chicago, IL
Assistant Vice President, Orthopedic Service Line, AMITA Health, Chicago, IL
Kyle Grate is the Associate Vice President- Orthopedic Service Line for AMITA Health in Chicago, IL. He is responsible for the effective identification and deployment of major growth initiatives and significant expansions/enhancements to the Orthopedic Service Line. Prior to joining AMITA Health in 2015, Grate served in a variety of positions within SSM Health in St. Louis, MO. He most recently worked as the Executive Director of the Orthopedic Service Line. Grate holds a Bachelor of Science in accounting from the University of Missouri- St. Louis, as well as an MBA from Webster University.
Luke Hansen, MD
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Population Health, AMITA Health, Chicago, IL
Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Population Health, AMITA Health, Chicago, IL
Paul Nutting
President, Tapcloud, Chicago, IL
President, Tapcloud, Chicago, IL
Tom Riley
Chief Executive Officer, Tapcloud, Northbrook, IL
Chief Executive Officer, Tapcloud, Northbrook, IL
Phil Traylor
Managing Director, KMC Solutions, Chicago, IL
Managing Director, KMC Solutions, Chicago, IL
Mr. Traylor focuses on helping startup healthcare companies grow through investment, strategic advisement in product strategy, design and marketing and business development. Bringing more than 20 years experience in healthcare with a focus on innovation and driving change, Mr. Traylor seeks to improve the healthcare system by focusing on the patient and removing unnecessary expense.
Richard Vazquez, MD, FACS
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer, SafeStart Medical Inc., Chicago, IL
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer, SafeStart Medical Inc., Chicago, IL
3:00 pm
Break in Exhibit Hall
Sponsored Mini Summit 5: Health Systems and Pharmaceuticals: Best Practices for Population Health
Sponsored by The Access Group
In the near future, health systems will likely have their own provider-sponsored plans using preferred treatments in order to reduce total cost of care. In addition, treatment protocols and care pathways will be enforced through electronic medical record systems. This session will review the past, present, and future evolution of health systems and how preferred treatments may be used to improve population health outcomes.
1:00 pm
Introduction
Tim Van Aken
Health IT Lead, Kameleon Partners, Voorhees, NJ
Health IT Lead, Kameleon Partners, Voorhees, NJ
Richard Stefanacci, DO, MGH, MBA, AGSF, CMD
Chief Medical Officer, The Access Group; Jefferson College of Population Health Faculty, Berkeley Heights, NJ
Chief Medical Officer, The Access Group; Jefferson College of Population Health Faculty, Berkeley Heights, NJ
Dr. Stefanacci is a true leader in population health. As a faculty member at the Thomas Jefferson University College of Population Health, Dr. Stefanacci is responsible for teaching C-suite executives the essentials of population health. He came to this position after serving as Health Policy Scholar for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in the Bush Administration. He continues to provide advice to CMS through work with President Trump healthcare team. In addition, he has experience as a practicing internist/geriatrician as well as deep relations with a range of Health Systems from AtlantiCare/Geisinger to Trinity Health.
Scott Guerin, PhD
Senior Director of Government Policy Systems and Analytics, The Access Group, Berkeley Heights, NJ
Senior Director of Government Policy Systems and Analytics, The Access Group, Berkeley Heights, NJ
Dr Guerin is responsible for providing innovative and effective recommendations, targeted analyses, and deliverables related to key trends in government-sponsored health care programs and commercial markets to the pharmaceutical industry (e.g., Medicare, Medicaid, emerging health care delivery systems and quality measures, pharmacoeconomics, and health care reform). Dr Guerin also has extensive education and experience in applying the principles of Health Psychology in medication adherence programs. Dr Guerin has worked on adherence programs for both pharma and payer groups using validated measures to identify unhelpful perceptions about medication and illness and implementing interventions targeting these barriers to adherence.
3:00 pm
Break in Exhibit Hall
CONCURRENT SESSIONS 3:30 pm – 5:45 pm
(Choose one Concurrent Session only)
Concurrent Session 1: Developing and Executing a Population Health Strategy
3:30 pm
Introductions and Overview
Natalia Wilson, MD, MPH
Clinical Associate Professor, School for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (Moderator)
Clinical Associate Professor, School for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (Moderator)
Natalia Wilson, MD, MPH is a Clinical Associate Professor in the School for the Science of Health Care Delivery at Arizona State University. She is a researcher and educator engaged in improvement of health and health care delivery.
Dr. Wilson teaches population health at ASU and at Mayo Clinic School of Medicine School. Her research focus is unique device identification for implantable medical devices.
Dr. Wilson received her undergraduate degree in chemistry from Cornell University, medical degree from Georgetown University, trained in internal medicine at Vanderbilt, and earned a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Arizona.
Dr. Wilson teaches population health at ASU and at Mayo Clinic School of Medicine School. Her research focus is unique device identification for implantable medical devices.
Dr. Wilson received her undergraduate degree in chemistry from Cornell University, medical degree from Georgetown University, trained in internal medicine at Vanderbilt, and earned a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Arizona.
3:45 pm
Session 1: Systems Engineering/Process Improvement for Population Health
William Riley, PhD
Professor, School for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Professor, School for the Science of Health Care Delivery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
William Riley, PhD is Director of the National Safety Net Advancement Center and has served as President and CEO of an integrated health care delivery system and a major provider network as well as senior vice president at an academic medical center and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota. He is currently a professor at Arizona State University (ASU) at the School for the Science of Health Care Delivery, where he teaches health care finance and process engineering. His research focuses on health care quality, patient safety, and health care finance. He is the co-author of two books, “Managing Healthcare Organizations for Quality Performance” and “Quality Function Deployment and Lean Six Sigma Applications in Public Health,” and has authored and co-authored dozens of scholarly articles.
4:15 pm
Session 2: Understanding and Preparing for CPC+
Lawrence Ward, MD
Vice Chair for Clinical Practice and Quality, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Vice Chair for Clinical Practice and Quality, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Lawrence Ward, M.D., M.P.H., FACP is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University. He completed his Masters of Public Health degree at the George Washington University, his M.D. at Jefferson Medical College and completed residency at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a general internist and clinical hypertension specialist who has held significant roles in both residency education and practice management. Currently, Dr. Ward is the Vice-Chairman for Clinical Practice and Quality in the Department of Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University. In that role, he develops innovative practice designs for both primary care and subspecialty practices and leads the Departmental efforts on quality improvement, population health and pay for performance.
4:45 pm
Session 3: Creating Equitable, Healthy and Resilient Communities through the Design of the Built Environment
Susan Frostén, RA, LEED AP BD+C
Associate Provost, Associate Professor, College of Architecture and the Built Environment, Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA
Associate Provost, Associate Professor, College of Architecture and the Built Environment, Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA
Susan Frostén, Associate Provost at Philadelphia University is involved in academic and faculty affairs. She is a central participant in academic planning efforts and oversees the Academic Success Center, the Honors Program, the Writing Program, Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes and the Institutional Review Board. She is a collaborator in the campus active learning spaces initiative and faculty professional development. Susan is also an Associate Professor of Architecture in the College of Architecture and the Built Environment at Philadelphia University and a founding member of the college’s Lab for Urban and Social Innovation. As a faculty member, Susan was the recipient of the 2013 Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award. Her research and practice focuses on public interest design, sustainability, and architectural textiles, as well as pedagogical research. Prior to coming to Philadelphia University, she worked as an architectural practitioner and researcher at some of the nation’s most recognized architecture firms.
Kimberlee Douglas, RLA, ASLA
Director and Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture Program, Director, Lab for Urban and Social Innovation, College of Architecture and the Built Environment, Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA
Director and Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture Program, Director, Lab for Urban and Social Innovation, College of Architecture and the Built Environment, Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA
Kim Douglas received a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. While at Penn, Kim was fortunate to have studied under, and was influenced by, the distinguished educator and early pioneer of ecological planning, Ian McHarg.
Upon graduation she joined Olin Partnership, an international design firm, where she worked as the lead designer on several award winning projects including the LEED certified Winter Garden and Plaza at the Comcast Center in Philadelphia.
Kim joined Philadelphia University in 2009 as full time faculty in the department of Landscape Architecture. Currently, Kim is an Associate Professor and Director of the program. She was recently awarded the Anton Germinshuzen, Stantec Term Chair in Landscape Architecture, which will allow her to continue her research on the effects of contact with nature on children.
Upon graduation she joined Olin Partnership, an international design firm, where she worked as the lead designer on several award winning projects including the LEED certified Winter Garden and Plaza at the Comcast Center in Philadelphia.
Kim joined Philadelphia University in 2009 as full time faculty in the department of Landscape Architecture. Currently, Kim is an Associate Professor and Director of the program. She was recently awarded the Anton Germinshuzen, Stantec Term Chair in Landscape Architecture, which will allow her to continue her research on the effects of contact with nature on children.
5:15 pm
Faculty Panel and Audience Q&A
5:45 pm
Concurrent Session Adjournment
Concurrent Session 2: Using Population Health to Meet Community Needs
3:30 pm
Introductions and Overview
Toby Freier, MBA, FACHE
President, New Ulm Medical Center; Vice President, West Region Community Hospitals of Allina Health, New Ulm, MN (Moderator)
President, New Ulm Medical Center; Vice President, West Region Community Hospitals of Allina Health, New Ulm, MN (Moderator)
Toby Freier is President of New Ulm Medical Center and VP of the West Region of Allina Health. Toby is a Fellow of the ACHE and has been a frequent speaker across the nation on rural health transformation. During his time as President, NUMC has received the AHA Nova Award, MHA Innovation of the Year and Community Health improvement award, five time Top 100 Critical Access Hospital Award, and numerous recognitions for quality and patient experience. NUMC, a part of Allina Health is a national leader in population health due to the Heart of New Ulm project.
3:45 pm
Session 1: The Way to Wellville is Paved with Accountability
Esther Dyson
Executive founder, Way to Wellville, New York, NY
Executive founder, Way to Wellville, New York, NY
Esther Dyson(@edyson on twitter) is executive founder of the Way to Wellville (@WaytoWellville), a ten-year, nonprofit evidence-generating project devoted to defining and refining models for cultivating community health (not health *care*) that return profits to investors and health to the participants and their communities. Wellville advises the five US-based Wellville communities in accelerating their own health initiatives, in Clatsop County, OR; Lake County, CA; Muskegon County, MI; North Hartford, CT; and Spartanburg, SC. Dyson is the W2W lead for Muskegon, and is actively involved in overall policy and fundraising for the project.
Way to Wellville will operate for 10 years, measuring its progress both year by year and at the end, using both specific program-based metrics and the overall goals set by the 100 Million Healthier Lives Initiative.
Way to Wellville will operate for 10 years, measuring its progress both year by year and at the end, using both specific program-based metrics and the overall goals set by the 100 Million Healthier Lives Initiative.
4:15 pm
Session 2: Value-Based Health Care and the Role of Population Health Research
Norma A. Padron, PhD, MPH, MA
Associate Director, Center for Population Health Research, Lankenau Institute for Medical Research; Assistant Professor, Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Associate Director, Center for Population Health Research, Lankenau Institute for Medical Research; Assistant Professor, Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Norma Padron, PhD, MPH, MA: I am currently Associate Director at the Main Line Health Center for Population Health Research at the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, and Assistant Professor at Thomas Jefferson University College of Population Health.
Previously, I was a Research Scientist at The New York Academy of Medicine in the Center for Health Innovation , and Assistant Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the Population Health Science and Policy Department.
My current research agenda aims to identify methodological strategies in which the use of large (open) datasets can be used to improve the design, implementation and evaluation of population health strategies for health systems. My goal is to bring together methodologies generally used in economics, data science, public health research and systems design to reduce health disparities and improve the effectiveness of health delivery models.
Previously, I was a Research Scientist at The New York Academy of Medicine in the Center for Health Innovation , and Assistant Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the Population Health Science and Policy Department.
My current research agenda aims to identify methodological strategies in which the use of large (open) datasets can be used to improve the design, implementation and evaluation of population health strategies for health systems. My goal is to bring together methodologies generally used in economics, data science, public health research and systems design to reduce health disparities and improve the effectiveness of health delivery models.
4:45 pm
Session 3: Creating Transformational Programs with New Partnerships and Collaborations
Susan M. Mann
President, 1889 Foundation; President, Conemaugh Health Foundation, Johnstown, PA
President, 1889 Foundation; President, Conemaugh Health Foundation, Johnstown, PA
Susan Mann holds a bachelors degree in Communications from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She is president of the 1889 Foundation, a conversion healthcare foundation that supports health and wellness initiatives in Cambria and Somerset counties. Susan has over 25 years of experience in healthcare philanthropy and grant making. She helped establish the Conemaugh Health Foundation, now the 1889 Foundation, in 1993 and was named president in 1997. She is certified as a fundraising executive with the Association of Healthcare Philanthropy and the Association of Fundraising Professionals. She is a board member of several community organizations, including the United Way of the Laurel Highlands and the Cambria County Drug Coalition.
5:15 pm
Faculty Panel and Audience Q&A
5:45 pm
Concurrent Session Adjournment
Concurrent Session 3: Science, Innovation and Discovery
3:30 pm
Introductions and Overview
David Berkowitz, FACHE
Vice President, Healthcare Insights & Analytics, ECRI Institute, Plymouth Meeting, PA (Moderator)
Vice President, Healthcare Insights & Analytics, ECRI Institute, Plymouth Meeting, PA (Moderator)
David Berkowitz is responsible for business development and sales for ECRI Institute’s information, analytics and services, providing healthcare insights and analytics to organizations in the payer, manufacturers, group purchasing organizations and consultant market sectors as well as collaborating on products and concepts for healthcare providers. Mr. Berkowitz has over 35 years of experience in health care, particularly in the areas technology evaluation, assessment and sales with views from the for-profit and nonprofit sectors.
Mr. Berkowitz also spent 16 years at Varian Medical Systems, the world’s largest manufacturer of radiation therapy technology for the treatment of cancer. At Varian he had responsibilities for managing strategic and national accounts and was Director of the Northeast Region Mr. Berkowitz holds B.S. and M.Eng Degrees in Biomedical Engineering as well as a Certificate of Clinical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Mr. Berkowitz also spent 16 years at Varian Medical Systems, the world’s largest manufacturer of radiation therapy technology for the treatment of cancer. At Varian he had responsibilities for managing strategic and national accounts and was Director of the Northeast Region Mr. Berkowitz holds B.S. and M.Eng Degrees in Biomedical Engineering as well as a Certificate of Clinical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
3:45 pm
Session 1: Precision Medicine: The Impact of Genetic Testing on Population Health
Vivian H. Coates, MBA
Vice President, Information Services and Health Technology Assessment, ECRI Institute, Plymouth Meeting, PA
Vice President, Information Services and Health Technology Assessment, ECRI Institute, Plymouth Meeting, PA
4:15 pm
Session 2: Driving Sustainable Change in Hand Hygiene — The Problem We Only THINK We Solved — Challenging The Status Quo and “Gold Standard”
Paul Alper, BA
Chairman, The Electronic Hand Hygiene Compliance Organization (EHCO); Vice President Patient Safety Strategy, DebMed, Charlotte, NC
Chairman, The Electronic Hand Hygiene Compliance Organization (EHCO); Vice President Patient Safety Strategy, DebMed, Charlotte, NC
Paul Alper: A researcher, innovator and strategist for over 35 years, Paul has been a significant contributor to advancements in hand hygiene, infection prevention and patient safety.
He led the launch of PURELL Hand Sanitizer in the North American hospital and consumer markets.
He is Chairman of the Electronic Hand Hygiene Compliance Organization (EHCO), a nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating the risk of harming patients as a result of poor hand hygiene by influencing standards and guidelines at accreditation organizations, government agencies and hospitals.
Today he’ll share the latest research for how to drive sustainable change in hand hygiene and what some hospitals around the country are doing to improve their performance and safety culture.
He led the launch of PURELL Hand Sanitizer in the North American hospital and consumer markets.
He is Chairman of the Electronic Hand Hygiene Compliance Organization (EHCO), a nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating the risk of harming patients as a result of poor hand hygiene by influencing standards and guidelines at accreditation organizations, government agencies and hospitals.
Today he’ll share the latest research for how to drive sustainable change in hand hygiene and what some hospitals around the country are doing to improve their performance and safety culture.
4:45 pm
Session 3: From Population Health to Precision Medicine and Wellness
William Kassler, MD, MPH
Deputy Chief Health Officer and Lead Population Health Officer, IBM Watson Health, Manchester, NH
Deputy Chief Health Officer and Lead Population Health Officer, IBM Watson Health, Manchester, NH
Dr Kassler is Deputy Chief Health Officer and Lead Population Health Officer at IBM Watson Health. He has worked at the intersection of clinical care and population health as a practicing internist, health services researcher and policy expert. He served as Chief Medical Officer for CMS Region 1, and in the CMS Innovation Center on new models to improve population health; as State Health Officer for the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, with leadership in public health and Medicaid; and at CDC as a medical epidemiologist and Senior Advisor for health policy.
5:15 pm
Faculty Panel and Audience Q&A
5:45 pm
Concurrent Session Adjournment
Concurrent Session 4: Patient Engagement and Communication
3:30 pm
Introductions and Overview
Saranya Loehrer, MD, MPH
Executive Director Vice President, North America Strategy and Operations, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Houston, TX (Moderator)
Executive Director Vice President, North America Strategy and Operations, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Houston, TX (Moderator)
Saranya Loehrer, MD, MPH, Head of the North America Region at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), is responsible for the development and execution of regionally specific strategic priorities in service of achieving IHI’s mission.
The region’s current efforts center upon accelerating the volume to value transformation in health care, attending to the joy of the health care workforce, and nurturing burgeoning cross-sector partnerships that support the equitable achievement of health in the communities we serve.
Saranya received her MD from Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine and her MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health.
The region’s current efforts center upon accelerating the volume to value transformation in health care, attending to the joy of the health care workforce, and nurturing burgeoning cross-sector partnerships that support the equitable achievement of health in the communities we serve.
Saranya received her MD from Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine and her MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health.
3:45 pm
Session 1: Advancing Serious Illness: How Communication Can Improve Care
Jeff Cohn, MD, MHCM
Common Practice, Medical Director; Former Chief Quality Officer and Patient Safety Officer, Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA
Common Practice, Medical Director; Former Chief Quality Officer and Patient Safety Officer, Einstein Healthcare Network, Philadelphia, PA
Jeffrey Cohn is a long-time change agent and student of behavior change. He is particularly drawn to the solutions like the Positive Deviance framework, which helps communities solve complex, intractable problems by identifying and building on what works. For 11 years, Jeffrey was Chief Quality Officer and Patient Safety Officer for Einstein Healthcare Network in Philadelphia. He also spearheaded the creation of the palliative care program at Einstein. Jeffrey was President and CEO of Plexus, a non-profit focusing on improving health of communities and organizations by using innovative methods focusing on the sociocultural aspects of change. Since July of 2015 Jeffrey has been the Medical Director for Common Practice, a company focusing on the conversations about serious illness and death that are too often avoided or poorly and painfully done. Jeffrey is a member of the Roundtable on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness that is convened by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine.
4:15 pm
Session 2: A Consumer-Oriented Perspective to Achieving Population Health
Jeff Dobro, MD
Chief Medical Officer, RedBrick Health, New York, NY
Chief Medical Officer, RedBrick Health, New York, NY
Jeff oversees RedBrick’s clinical strategy. Jeff joined RedBrick in 2011 with over 20 years of thought leadership in integrated population health management solutions including comprehensive care management, condition management, well-being programs as well as provider-based solutions for employers, managed care and provider-based companies. Most recently, he was senior consultant and Eastern Region practice leader in Willis Towers Watson’s Health Management practice. Prior to that, Jeff spent five years covering the healthcare industry as a financial analyst on Wall Street. He has also served as principal at Creative Medical Management, chief medical officer at Telesis Medical Management, and regional chief medical officer at New York Life.
Jeff earned his M.D. from the Medical College of Pennsylvania where he received the Merck Award for Academic Excellence, and finished his specialty training at New York University where he continues to teach as a board-certified rheumatologist.
Jeff earned his M.D. from the Medical College of Pennsylvania where he received the Merck Award for Academic Excellence, and finished his specialty training at New York University where he continues to teach as a board-certified rheumatologist.
4:45 pm
Session 3: Leveraging DSRIP to Build a Foundation for Value-Based Care
Joseph Lamantia, MHA
Chief of Operations for Population Health, Stony Brook Medicine/Suffolk Care Collaborative, Hauppauge, NY
Chief of Operations for Population Health, Stony Brook Medicine/Suffolk Care Collaborative, Hauppauge, NY
Joseph Lamantia is responsible for spearheading Stony Brook Medicine’s mission to become a leader in the arena of population health management and in meeting the goals associated with the New York State Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment Program (DSRIP). Mr. Lamantia also serves as the Executive Director for the Lead Performing Provider System (PPS) in Suffolk County, the Suffolk Care Collaborative IPA. In this role he is responsible for leading the development of the organizational structure that coordinates, supports and monitors all DSRIP related activities in Suffolk County with the primary goal of transcending the PPS into a Clinically Integrated Delivery System capable of participating in Value Based Purchasing.
5:15 pm
Faculty Panel and Audience Q&A
5:45 pm
Concurrent Session Adjournment
Concurrent Session 5: Predictive Analytics and Technology
3:30 pm
Introductions and Overview
Eric Widen
Chief Executive Officer, HBI Solutions, Palo Alto, CA (Moderator)
Chief Executive Officer, HBI Solutions, Palo Alto, CA (Moderator)
Eric Widen is co-founder and CEO of HBI Solutions, Inc., a healthcare analytics company located in Palo Alto, CA. Eric has extensive leadership experience as an executive and consultant driving health care operations and clinical improvements. Before founding HBI Solutions, he developed and implemented the Center for Quality and Clinical Effectiveness at Stanford’s Children’s Hospital that focused on identifying and eliminating unnecessary waste and variation in the care delivery process. Over the past 20 years he has held leadership positions at consulting firms (APM and CSC), software companies (Eclipsys / Allscripts), and within hospitals (Stanford Children’s).
3:45 pm
Session 1: Financial Incentives and Smart Mobile Design for the Improvement of Population Health
Michael Fuccillo, PhD
Chief Science Officer, Wellth, New York, NY
Chief Science Officer, Wellth, New York, NY
Dr. Fuccillo leads research efforts at Wellth in the areas of telehealth and behavioral economics to inform the company’s product development and pilot testing. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Princeton University and has published 15 peer-reviewed articles in journals including Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature Communications, and Scientific Reports, earning a total of 300+ citations. Previously Dr. Fuccillo served as a laboratory researcher and intellectual property intern at three high tech startups including Nano-Terra, Nantero, and NuVant Systems, where his work led to the commercialization of products in the semiconductor, nanotechnology, and alternative energy industries.
4:15 pm
Session 2: Making Predictive Analytics Actionable
Herb Fillmore
Senior Director of Population Health and Strategic Innovation, 3M, New York, NY
Senior Director of Population Health and Strategic Innovation, 3M, New York, NY
Herb Fillmore, 3M HIS Senior Director for Population Health and Strategic Innovation has over 30 years of experience developing, delivering, and evaluating innovative value based healthcare solutions for special and general populations in the U.S. and internationally. He has led large commercial and public payer healthcare financial transformation efforts, designing and implementing new value based state wide payment programs in numerous states, models of community-based long term care, and he directed the startup and operations of a special needs managed care plan. During the last seven years, Herb has also directed teams building predictive analytics and quality metrics to support customers delivering value based health care Herb is ABD in public health at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1993), and is finishing his doctoral work at the School of Public Health, SUNY Albany.
4:30 pm
Session 3: Technology Driving Contemporary Care Management
Jerome H. Finkel, MD, MHA, FACP
President and Chief Executive Officer, Alliance Health; Medical Director, Greater Macomb Physician Hospital Organization; Regional Medical Director, Henry Ford Physician Network, Mt. Clemens, MI
President and Chief Executive Officer, Alliance Health; Medical Director, Greater Macomb Physician Hospital Organization; Regional Medical Director, Henry Ford Physician Network, Mt. Clemens, MI
Dr. Finkel is a practicing internist and President and CEO of Alliance Health; one of the largest, most respected multi-specialty practices in Metropolitan Detroit. He also serves as Medical director of the Greater Macomb PHO, and the Reliance ACO. In addition, he serves as Founder and Board member of the Michigan HealthLink and serves on the Board of the Henry Ford Macomb Hospital where he chairs the Strategy and Growth committee.
Dr. Finkel has long been a strong proponent of practice transformation and physician integration.
Dr. Finkel earned his B.S. from the University of Michigan; his M.D. from Wayne State University School of Medicine; he completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Sinai Hospital of Detroit and received his M.H.A from the University of Southern California.
Dr. Finkel has long been a strong proponent of practice transformation and physician integration.
Dr. Finkel earned his B.S. from the University of Michigan; his M.D. from Wayne State University School of Medicine; he completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Sinai Hospital of Detroit and received his M.H.A from the University of Southern California.
Betty Rabinowitz, MD, FACP
Chief Executive Officer, EagleDream Health, Rochester, NY
Chief Executive Officer, EagleDream Health, Rochester, NY
In addition to being one of the founders of EagleDream Health, Dr. Rabinowitz is also its CEO. Most recently, Dr. Rabinowitz, a General Internist, served as Medical Director of the University of Rochester’s Center for Primary Care overseeing clinical operations and population health management efforts for the university’s employed primary care network comprising of 28 practices and 130 primary care physicians.
While at the University of Rochester Dr. Rabinowitz’s work focused on the use of data analytics to measure clinical quality and outcomes. From 2009, Dr Rabinowitz led the development of an innovative clinical reporting system which supported multiple University quality initiatives, care management and gain sharing contracts.
While at the University of Rochester Dr. Rabinowitz’s work focused on the use of data analytics to measure clinical quality and outcomes. From 2009, Dr Rabinowitz led the development of an innovative clinical reporting system which supported multiple University quality initiatives, care management and gain sharing contracts.
5:15 pm
Faculty Panel and Audience Q&A
5:45 pm
Concurrent Session Adjournment
TUESDAY EVENING DINNER PROGRAM: THE FUTURE OF CLINICALLY INTEGRATED NETWORKS
Optional Event; Additional Registration Required.
Fee: $95. Includes reception, dinner and presentation/discussion
Seating is limited. Register by March 20, 2017
Fee: $95. Includes reception, dinner and presentation/discussion
Seating is limited. Register by March 20, 2017
In today’s market-driven society, healthcare is moving from volume to value. In order for hospitals to thrive in this economy, many have formed clinically integrated networks, linking multiple hospitals and ambulatory facilities.
Michael Dowling, President and CEO, Northwell Health and Dr. Stephen Klasko, President and CEO, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, are two leaders who have successfully been able to build a robust network.
Join them for an interactive discussion on the challenges of building a CIN and what we can expect in the future.
6:15 pm
Reception
6:45 pm
Dinner
7:15 pm
Interactive Discussion
Michael J. Dowling
President and Chief Executive Officer, Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY
President and Chief Executive Officer, Northwell Health, Great Neck, NY
Michael J. Dowling is president and chief executive officer of Northwell Health, which delivers world-class clinical care throughout the New York metropolitan area, pioneering research at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, a visionary approach to medical education highlighted by the Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine and School of Graduate Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies, and health care coverage to individuals, families and businesses through the CareConnect Insurance Co., Inc.
Northwell Health is the largest integrated health care system in New York State with a total workforce of more than 61,000 employees — the state’s largest private employer. With 21 hospitals, 6,675 hospital and long-term care beds, more than 550 outpatient physician practices and a full complement of long-term care services, Northwell is one of the nation’s largest health systems, with $11 billion in annual revenue.
Prior to becoming president and CEO in 2002, Mr. Dowling was the health system’s executive vice president and chief operating officer. Before joining Northwell Health in 1995, he was a senior vice president at Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield.
Mr. Dowling served in New York State government for 12 years, including seven years as state director of Health, Education and Human Services and deputy secretary to the governor. He was also commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services.
Before his public service career, Mr. Dowling was a professor of social policy and assistant dean at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Services, and director of the Fordham campus in Westchester County.
Mr. Dowling has been honored with many awards over the years. They include: his selection as the Grand Marshal of the 2017 St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City; induction into the Irish America Hall of Fame; the 2012 B’nai B’rith National Healthcare Award, the 2011 Gail L. Warden Leadership Excellence Award from the National Center for Healthcare Leadership, the 2011 CEO Information Technology Award from Modern Healthcare magazine and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, the National Human Relations Award from the American Jewish Committee, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Public Service Award from the State University of New York’s Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, an Outstanding Public Service Award from the Mental Health Association of New York State, an Outstanding Public Service Award from the Mental Health Association of Nassau County, the Alfred E. Smith Award from the American Society for Public Administration, and the Gold Medal from the American Irish Historical Society. For 10 consecutive years, Modern Healthcare has ranked Mr. Dowling on its annual list of the “100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare.” In March 2016, Mr. Dowling was also listed No. 1 on Long Island Press‘ 2015 “Power List” recognizing the 50 most-influential Long Islanders.
Mr. Dowling is chair of the Healthcare Institute. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Sciences and the North American Board of the Smurfit School of Business at University College, Dublin, Ireland. He also serves as a board member of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and the Long Island Association. He is past chair and a current board member of the National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL), the Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA), the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) and the League of Voluntary Hospitals of New York. Mr. Dowling was an instructor at the Center for Continuing Professional Education at the Harvard School of Public Health.
Mr. Dowling grew up in Limerick, Ireland. He earned his undergraduate degree from University College Cork (UCC), Ireland, and his master’s degree from Fordham University. He also has honorary doctorates from University College Dublin, Hofstra University and Dowling College.
Northwell Health is the largest integrated health care system in New York State with a total workforce of more than 61,000 employees — the state’s largest private employer. With 21 hospitals, 6,675 hospital and long-term care beds, more than 550 outpatient physician practices and a full complement of long-term care services, Northwell is one of the nation’s largest health systems, with $11 billion in annual revenue.
Prior to becoming president and CEO in 2002, Mr. Dowling was the health system’s executive vice president and chief operating officer. Before joining Northwell Health in 1995, he was a senior vice president at Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield.
Mr. Dowling served in New York State government for 12 years, including seven years as state director of Health, Education and Human Services and deputy secretary to the governor. He was also commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services.
Before his public service career, Mr. Dowling was a professor of social policy and assistant dean at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Services, and director of the Fordham campus in Westchester County.
Mr. Dowling has been honored with many awards over the years. They include: his selection as the Grand Marshal of the 2017 St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City; induction into the Irish America Hall of Fame; the 2012 B’nai B’rith National Healthcare Award, the 2011 Gail L. Warden Leadership Excellence Award from the National Center for Healthcare Leadership, the 2011 CEO Information Technology Award from Modern Healthcare magazine and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, the National Human Relations Award from the American Jewish Committee, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Public Service Award from the State University of New York’s Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, an Outstanding Public Service Award from the Mental Health Association of New York State, an Outstanding Public Service Award from the Mental Health Association of Nassau County, the Alfred E. Smith Award from the American Society for Public Administration, and the Gold Medal from the American Irish Historical Society. For 10 consecutive years, Modern Healthcare has ranked Mr. Dowling on its annual list of the “100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare.” In March 2016, Mr. Dowling was also listed No. 1 on Long Island Press‘ 2015 “Power List” recognizing the 50 most-influential Long Islanders.
Mr. Dowling is chair of the Healthcare Institute. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Sciences and the North American Board of the Smurfit School of Business at University College, Dublin, Ireland. He also serves as a board member of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and the Long Island Association. He is past chair and a current board member of the National Center for Healthcare Leadership (NCHL), the Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA), the Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) and the League of Voluntary Hospitals of New York. Mr. Dowling was an instructor at the Center for Continuing Professional Education at the Harvard School of Public Health.
Mr. Dowling grew up in Limerick, Ireland. He earned his undergraduate degree from University College Cork (UCC), Ireland, and his master’s degree from Fordham University. He also has honorary doctorates from University College Dublin, Hofstra University and Dowling College.
Stephen K. Klasko, MD, MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, Philadelphia, PA
President and Chief Executive Officer, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, Philadelphia, PA
As the President and CEO of Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, Stephen K. Klasko, MD, MBA, is bridging the art and science of medicine and healthcare transformation. Since 2014, Jefferson Health has grown from a three hospital urban academic medical center with annual revenues of $1.8 billion to an geographically dispersed regional academic medical center with eleven hospitals and annual revenues of $4.8 billion, after mergers and acquisitions including Abington Health Network, Aria Health Network, Kennedy Health System and Philadelphia University.
He previously worked for University of South Florida as CEO of USF Health and Dean of the Morsani College of Medicine where he led and designed an “assessment of technical and teamwork competence” center known as CAMLS (Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation).
He serves on the corporate board and audit committee of Teleflex (TFX:NYSE), a multi-billion dollar diversified healthcare solutions corporation, and on the board of Lehigh University, the Emory University/Georgia Tech Innovation advisory board, and the Friedrich’s Ataxia Research Alliance.
He previously worked for University of South Florida as CEO of USF Health and Dean of the Morsani College of Medicine where he led and designed an “assessment of technical and teamwork competence” center known as CAMLS (Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation).
He serves on the corporate board and audit committee of Teleflex (TFX:NYSE), a multi-billion dollar diversified healthcare solutions corporation, and on the board of Lehigh University, the Emory University/Georgia Tech Innovation advisory board, and the Friedrich’s Ataxia Research Alliance.
David B. Nash, MD, MBA, FACP
Dean, Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (Moderator)
Dean, Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (Moderator)
David B. Nash was named the Founding Dean of the Jefferson College of Population Health (JCPH) in 2008. This appointment caps a 25-year tenure on the faculty of Thomas Jefferson University. He is also the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy. JCPH provides innovative educational programming designed to develop healthcare leaders for the future. Its offerings include Masters Programs in Public Health, Healthcare Quality and Safety, Health Policy, Applied Health Economics and Population Health. JCPH also offers a doctoral program in Population Health Sciences.
Dr. Nash is a board-certified internist who is internationally recognized for his work in public accountability for outcomes, physician leadership development, and quality-of-care improvement.
Repeatedly named to Modern Healthcare’s list of Most Powerful Persons in Healthcare, his national activities cover a wide scope. Dr. Nash is a principal faculty member for quality of care programming for the American Association of Physician Leadership in Tampa, FL and leads their academic joint venture with JCPH. He serves on the NQF Task Force on Improving Population Health and the John M. Eisenberg Award Committee for The Joint Commission. He also is a founding member of the AAMC-IQ Steering Committee, the group charged with infusing the tenets of quality and safety into medical education.
Dr. Nash has governance responsibilities for organizations in the public and private sectors. He has chaired the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (HC4) for 18 years and he is widely recognized as a pioneer in the public reporting of outcomes. In the not-for-profit sector, Dr. Nash served on the Board of Trustees of Catholic Healthcare Partners (now Mercy Partners), in Cincinnati, OH (1998–2008), where he was the inaugural chair of the board committee on Quality and Safety. Currently, he is on the board of Main Line Health, a four-hospital system in suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he also chairs the board committee on Quality and Safety. In the for-profit sector, Dr. Nash was named to the Board of Directors for Humana, Inc., one of the nation’s largest publically traded healthcare companies, in 2009. In October 2013 he joined the board of Vestex, a privately held advanced medical textile company in Orlando, FL. In 2014 he joined the board of InfoMC, a leading information technology company in suburban Philadelphia. He is on the health care advisory board for both Arsenal Capital Partners in NYC, and the Care Innovations Validation Institute, an Intel Company in Roseville, CA.
Dr. Nash has received many awards in recognition of his achievements. He received the top recognition award from the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (1995), the Philadelphia Business Journal Healthcare Heroes Award (1997), and was named an honorary distinguished fellow of the American College of Physician Executives in 1998. In 2006 he received the Elliot Stone Award for leadership in public accountability for health data from NAHDO. Wharton honored Dr. Nash in 2009 with the Wharton Healthcare Alumni Achievement Award and in 2012 with the Joseph Wharton Social Impact Award. Also in 2012, he and JCPH received the Philadelphia Business Journal award for innovation in medical education.
Dr. Nash’s work is well known through his many publications, public appearances, “Nash on the Road” blog, and online column on MedPage Today. He has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and edited 23 books, including Connecting with the New Healthcare Consumer, The Quality Solution, Demand Better, and most recently Population Health: Creating a Culture of Wellness (2nd edition). He was the inaugural Deputy Editor of Annals of Internal Medicine (1984-1989). Currently, he is Editor-in-Chief of American Journal of Medical Quality, Population Health Management, P&T, and American Health and Drug Benefits.
Dr. Nash received his BA in economics (Phi Beta Kappa) from Vassar College; his MD from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and his MBA in Health Administration (with honors) from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. While at Penn, he was a former Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar and Medical Director of a nine-physician faculty group practice in general internal medicine.
Dr. Nash is a board-certified internist who is internationally recognized for his work in public accountability for outcomes, physician leadership development, and quality-of-care improvement.
Repeatedly named to Modern Healthcare’s list of Most Powerful Persons in Healthcare, his national activities cover a wide scope. Dr. Nash is a principal faculty member for quality of care programming for the American Association of Physician Leadership in Tampa, FL and leads their academic joint venture with JCPH. He serves on the NQF Task Force on Improving Population Health and the John M. Eisenberg Award Committee for The Joint Commission. He also is a founding member of the AAMC-IQ Steering Committee, the group charged with infusing the tenets of quality and safety into medical education.
Dr. Nash has governance responsibilities for organizations in the public and private sectors. He has chaired the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (HC4) for 18 years and he is widely recognized as a pioneer in the public reporting of outcomes. In the not-for-profit sector, Dr. Nash served on the Board of Trustees of Catholic Healthcare Partners (now Mercy Partners), in Cincinnati, OH (1998–2008), where he was the inaugural chair of the board committee on Quality and Safety. Currently, he is on the board of Main Line Health, a four-hospital system in suburban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he also chairs the board committee on Quality and Safety. In the for-profit sector, Dr. Nash was named to the Board of Directors for Humana, Inc., one of the nation’s largest publically traded healthcare companies, in 2009. In October 2013 he joined the board of Vestex, a privately held advanced medical textile company in Orlando, FL. In 2014 he joined the board of InfoMC, a leading information technology company in suburban Philadelphia. He is on the health care advisory board for both Arsenal Capital Partners in NYC, and the Care Innovations Validation Institute, an Intel Company in Roseville, CA.
Dr. Nash has received many awards in recognition of his achievements. He received the top recognition award from the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (1995), the Philadelphia Business Journal Healthcare Heroes Award (1997), and was named an honorary distinguished fellow of the American College of Physician Executives in 1998. In 2006 he received the Elliot Stone Award for leadership in public accountability for health data from NAHDO. Wharton honored Dr. Nash in 2009 with the Wharton Healthcare Alumni Achievement Award and in 2012 with the Joseph Wharton Social Impact Award. Also in 2012, he and JCPH received the Philadelphia Business Journal award for innovation in medical education.
Dr. Nash’s work is well known through his many publications, public appearances, “Nash on the Road” blog, and online column on MedPage Today. He has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and edited 23 books, including Connecting with the New Healthcare Consumer, The Quality Solution, Demand Better, and most recently Population Health: Creating a Culture of Wellness (2nd edition). He was the inaugural Deputy Editor of Annals of Internal Medicine (1984-1989). Currently, he is Editor-in-Chief of American Journal of Medical Quality, Population Health Management, P&T, and American Health and Drug Benefits.
Dr. Nash received his BA in economics (Phi Beta Kappa) from Vassar College; his MD from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and his MBA in Health Administration (with honors) from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. While at Penn, he was a former Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar and Medical Director of a nine-physician faculty group practice in general internal medicine.