AGENDA: PRECONFERENCE SYMPOSIA
Monday, March 27, 2017
(Registration optional; Precon I Required for Population Health Training Program)
PRECONFERENCE I: THE VOICE OF THE PATIENT IN POPULATION HEALTH
(Registration optional; Required for Population Health Training Program)
This engaging, interactive pre-conference will share the latest research and perspectives on the voice of the patient in health care. The most recent evidence on patient and family engagement will be presented by the team at the O’Neil Center at GetWellNetwork, whose mission is to advance the science of patient and family engagement.
The day kicks off with a keynote presentation by Dr. Stuart Baker, President of Navvis Healthways. Stuart leads the Health Systems and Physician Market, and the Consulting Firm for Healthways. He provides strategic counsel and implementation expertise on competitive market strategy, futuristic models of health care delivery, innovative design of the health system enterprise, organizational performance, hospital physician partnerships and networks, physician group practice, leadership, governance, population health and well-being. His experience as a clinician, physician leader, health system officer, clinical professor of medicine and corporate executive provides clients with the unique perspective and experience of both a physician and business leader. His remarks will be inspirational and informative.
Then, a research team from four leading health systems from across the country will outline their groundbreaking development of a Person Engagement Index (PEI), a composite measure that examines a person’s capacity to engage in their care. Dr. Karen Drenkard, PhD, RN will share the changes that are required from the clinicians to truly create a system that captures the voice of the patient in clinical care to impact population health. The pre-conference will close out with an Endnote from Lisa Stewart, the Patient Engagement Officer at PCORI, (Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute) to share her powerful story as a patient family member as well as the latest information about patients being involved in research activities.
8:00 am
Lead Differently: How Healthcare Leaders Can Create a Future Unrestrained by the Past
Stuart Baker, MD
President, Navvis and Company, Ballwin, MO
President, Navvis and Company, Ballwin, MO
Stuart B. Baker, MD is President and Co-Founder of Navvis & Company, a heathcare growth and diversification company. Prior to Navvis, Stuart spent 10 years at VHA, Inc. (now Vizient, Irving, Texas), most recently as Executive Vice President and the first Chief Operating Officer. Stuart was the first Chief Medical Officer for Sentara Healthcare (Norfolk, Virginia) and the first Chief Executive Officer of the Sentara Medical Group. He practiced internal medicine and rheumatology for over 20 years, and was Professor of Clinical Medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School. He is an Alpha Omega Alpha graduate of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he completed his internship, residency and was Assistant Chief of Service. He completed fellowships at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He has served on eighteen boards of directors in the for-profit and non-profit sectors.
9:00 am
Engaging Patients More Effectively: The Interactive Care Model™
Karen Drenkard, PhD, RN
Senior Vice President/Chief Clinical Officer and Chief Nurse, O’Neil Center at GetWellNetwork Inc., Bethesda, MD
Senior Vice President/Chief Clinical Officer and Chief Nurse, O’Neil Center at GetWellNetwork Inc., Bethesda, MD
Dr. Karen Drenkard is the SVP/ Chief Clinical Officer and Chief Nurse of the O’Neil Center at GetWellNetwork ® Inc. in Bethesda MD. She is responsible for the clinical direction and brings the voice of nursing to patient engagement and the innovation of technology for nursing practice. In that role she was the lead investigator in the development of the Interactive Care Model © a process model for more effectively engaging patients and family in their care.
Dr. Drenkard is the immediate past Executive Director at the American Nurses Credentialing Center and the Magnet Recognition Program. Prior to that, Drenkard served for 10 years as the SVP of nursing/chief nurse executive of Inova Health System. She is currently the chair of the Advocacy Committee of the Friends of the National Institute for Nursing Research (FNINR) and is President Elect.
Dr. Drenkard is the immediate past Executive Director at the American Nurses Credentialing Center and the Magnet Recognition Program. Prior to that, Drenkard served for 10 years as the SVP of nursing/chief nurse executive of Inova Health System. She is currently the chair of the Advocacy Committee of the Friends of the National Institute for Nursing Research (FNINR) and is President Elect.
9:30 am
Break
9:55 am
Person Engagement Index™ Instrumentation Study: Measuring a Person’s Capacity to Engage in Their Health Care
Ellen Swartwout, PhD, RN, NEA-BC
Vice President/Research and Analytics, O’Neil Center at GetWellNetwork, Bethesda, MD (Moderator)
Vice President/Research and Analytics, O’Neil Center at GetWellNetwork, Bethesda, MD (Moderator)
Dr. Ellen Swartwout is the vice president of Research & Analytics at the O’Neil Center at GetWellNetwork, whose mission is to advance the science of patient engagement. Prior to this role she led programs at ANCC as senior director of Certification and Measurement Services and the director of the Pathway to Excellence program. Prior to ANCC, Ellen held clinical and administrative positions at Inova Health System. She received her PhD and Master’s degree from George Mason University and her BSN from the College of New Jersey. Dr. Swartwout serves as adjunct faculty and is board certified as Nurse Executive, Advanced.
Maureen Fogle, EdD, RN, NE-BC
Director, Nursing Administration Central Division, Carolinas Medical Center –Mercy, Carolinas Healthcare System, Fort Mill, SC
Director, Nursing Administration Central Division, Carolinas Medical Center –Mercy, Carolinas Healthcare System, Fort Mill, SC
Maureen Fogle Ed.D, RN, NE-BC is a Nursing Director at Carolinas Medical Center which is a part of the Carolinas Healthcare System located in Charlotte, NC. She has been with the system for thirty years and is currently responsible for Nursing Education and Professional Practice as well as Nursing Research. In addition she is the coordinator for the current curriculum design used for senior nursing care as part of the Nurses Improving the Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) program. On a state, level, Dr. Fogle is a member and co-chair of the North Carolina Organization of Nurse Leaders (NCONL) Nursing Research Committee.
Peggy Grant, PhD
Director, Innovation & Performance Improvement, Community Regional Medical Center, Fresno, CA
Director, Innovation & Performance Improvement, Community Regional Medical Center, Fresno, CA
Dr. Peggy Grant is an organizational systems leader/practitioner with extensive expertise in executing large scale change efforts within the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. Her capacity to promote communication, elicit critical reflection, and encourage collaborative decision making enhances innovative change and cultivates sustainability. Currently, she serves as Director of Innovation and Process Improvement at Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno, CA. Dr. Grant directs a clinical team that focuses on improving healthcare delivery systems by: growing leaders to match expanding responsibilities, building staff capacity to integrate new technological tools into their day-today work, improving workflows within departments and at the bedside, and establishing patient engagement strategies that intentionally partner with patients and families to deliver personalized service and produce high quality outcomes.
Deborah B. Laughon, MSN-ED, MSA, DBA, RN CCRN CENP
Director of Professional Development and Clinical Excellence, Florida Hospital Celebration Health, Orlando, FL
Director of Professional Development and Clinical Excellence, Florida Hospital Celebration Health, Orlando, FL
Deborah Laughon, MSN-ED MS DBA, CCRN CENP currently holds the position of Director of Professional Development and Clinical Excellence at Florida Hospital, Celebration Health in Celebration, Florida. She comes to this position with 30 plus years in cardiovascular critical care nursing, from bedside to administrative roles, including Nurse Manager, and Director. The professional development role focuses on clinical and leadership education across the campus. The role responsibilities of clinical excellence integrate process improvement, shared leadership, and strategic planning for nursing to improve clinical outcomes and economic efficiencies across the organization.
She is also a lead faculty for the University of Phoenix, in their Master’s of Nursing, Healthcare Science and Business programs in Online and for the Orlando, Florida campus. She teaches courses such as Health Care Finance, Economics, Strategic Planning, Human Resources, Health Policy and Ethics, and Organizational Learning.
She is also a lead faculty for the University of Phoenix, in their Master’s of Nursing, Healthcare Science and Business programs in Online and for the Orlando, Florida campus. She teaches courses such as Health Care Finance, Economics, Strategic Planning, Human Resources, Health Policy and Ethics, and Organizational Learning.
11:00 am
Patients at the Center: Quality Improvement in Care and Research
Lisa Stewart
Engagement Officer, PCORI, Public and Patient Engagement, Washington, DC
Engagement Officer, PCORI, Public and Patient Engagement, Washington, DC
Lisa Stewart, Engagement Officer, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) contributes to the active portfolio management of PCORI-funded research studies by monitoring and advising research teams on stakeholder engagement activities. Her career in health care began as a patient/family navigator at Children’s National in Washington, DC. In that role she provided peer support to families of children with complex medical conditions and served as a consumer representative for quality improvement initiatives. She co-led Children’s National’s patient and family advisory council and the community advisory board for the institution’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute.
12:00 pm
Adjournment
PRECONFERENCE 2: The POPULATION HEALTH ALLIANCE FORUM 2017 — STAKEHOLDERS UNITED FOR POPULATION HEALTH™
(Registration optional)
The Population Health Alliance Forum 2017 — Stakeholders United for Population Health™ will be held on Monday, March 27th from 8 am — Noon in conjunction with the Population Health Colloquium in Philadelphia, PA.
This session will include exciting presentations and panels on industry wide and focused topics to include population health future trends and funding under the new administration, senior health and life sciences implications for population health. The session will close with a panel represented by the Population Health Alliance Board of Directors called “PHA Looking Glass” which will give you a view into the strategic initiatives supported by PHA.
8:00 am
Welcome and Opening remarks
Rose Maljanian
PHA Chairman of the Board; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, HealthCAWS
PHA Chairman of the Board; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, HealthCAWS
Keynote Moderator:
Sandeep Wadhwa
PHA Executive Committee; Senior Vice President Noridian Health
Sandeep Wadhwa
PHA Executive Committee; Senior Vice President Noridian Health
Sandeep Wadhwa, MD, MBA is the CMO and SVP of care and delivery management for Noridian Healthcare Solutions, LLC. He served as the Medicaid Director for Colorado from 2008 to 2010, where he led the effort to design the Accountable Care Collaborative. He has been a population health executive for more than 20 years, and brings expertise in integrating public health approaches with health care service delivery and operationalizing policy at the regional level. Dr. Wadhwa serves as an associate clinical professor in geriatrics at the University of Colorado Hospital and continues to see patients at the Seniors Clinic.
8:20 am
Implications for Health Care under the New Administration
Clay Alspach, JD
Principal, Leavitt Partners
Principal, Leavitt Partners
9:00 am
A Thought Leadership Perspective on Population Health
Congresswoman Allyson Y Schwartz
President and Chief Executive Officer, Better Medicare Alliance
President and Chief Executive Officer, Better Medicare Alliance
Allyson Y. Schwartz is President & CEO of the Better Medicare Alliance, the leading national advocacy coalition of nurses, doctors, health plans, business and retiree organizations, as well as beneficiaries who support Medicare Advantage.
Allyson Y. Schwartz, a member of U.S. House of Representatives, 2005-2015, is a nationally recognized leader on health care. A former health care executive, Schwartz served in the Pennsylvania State Senate.
A strong advocate for Medicare, Schwartz is effective, thoughtful leader, known for her ability to find innovative solutions to health care coverage, quality and cost.
Schwartz has MSW from Bryn Mawr College and B.A. Simmons College.
Allyson Y. Schwartz, a member of U.S. House of Representatives, 2005-2015, is a nationally recognized leader on health care. A former health care executive, Schwartz served in the Pennsylvania State Senate.
A strong advocate for Medicare, Schwartz is effective, thoughtful leader, known for her ability to find innovative solutions to health care coverage, quality and cost.
Schwartz has MSW from Bryn Mawr College and B.A. Simmons College.
9:40 am
Advancing Population Health for Seniors
David Chess, MD
Chief Medical Officer and Co-founder, TripleCare (Chair)
Chief Medical Officer and Co-founder, TripleCare (Chair)
Chris Long
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, AxisPoint
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, AxisPoint
Sean McManamy
Senior Vice President, Health Fitness
Senior Vice President, Health Fitness
10:20 am
Break
10:30 am
Population Health Framework for Value-based Care
John Sory
Chief Executive Officer, UHealth Regional Alliance, University of Miami (Chair)
Chief Executive Officer, UHealth Regional Alliance, University of Miami (Chair)
Andrew Baskin, MD
Quality and Clinical Policy, Aetna
Quality and Clinical Policy, Aetna
Barbara A. DeBuono, MD, MPH
Vice President, Clinical Strategy and Value Based Care, 3M Health Information Systems
Vice President, Clinical Strategy and Value Based Care, 3M Health Information Systems
Dr. DeBuono oversees Clinical Strategy at 3M Health Information Systems (3MHIS) monitoring market trends and developing clinical strategies to grow 3M business in population health and value based care. Her particular area of expertise is in helping health systems assess their readiness for risk based contracting, total cost of care, value based purchasing, linking their needs to 3M solutions as they move from fee for service to value.
She served as Commissioner of Health for the State of New York in the first term of Gov. George Pataki, having previously served as Director of Health in Rhode Island in the cabinet of Gov. Bruce Sundlun. In both roles Dr. DeBuono led efforts to develop Medicaid Managed Care and SCHIP programs. Following her role as Commissioner, she joined the New York Presbyterian Health System in New York City serving as Executive Vice President of their network. She has served on boards such as the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), IOM Committee on Vaccine Finance (Publication: “Calling the Shots”), the Advisory Committee to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and the Partnership for Prevention.
Dr. DeBuono served as Executive Director, Public Health and Government at Pfizer Inc. where she created and managed public-private partnership programs in public health education and research. She has served as a consultant to The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, examining their Public Health Systems and Services Research investment. Prior to joining Treo, Dr. DeBuono was Senior Partner and Global Director of Health and Social Marketing at global public relations leader Porter Novelli, where she led the global health practice and a wide array of accounts in the pharmaceutical industry, life sciences and government.
Dr. DeBuono has served as a member of the Dean’s Council at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, where she is a Professorial Lecturer in the Department of Health Policy. She served on the board of directors of Chembio Diagnostic Systems, Inc, a point of care testing company. She recently chaired their search for a new CEO/President and currently chairs their Compensation Committee.
Dr. DeBuono was honored by the CDC Foundation as one of five Public Health Heroes and she received the W.E. Upjohn Award from Pfizer, an award that acknowledges the achievements of those colleagues whose work and lives best reflect Pfizer’s core values.
She is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and has been published extensively in numerous peer-review journals, including Journal of the American Medical Association, The New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Public Health Policy and American Journal of Public Health.
Dr. DeBuono received her B.A. from the University of Rochester and her medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine. She received a Master’s in Public Health (M.P.H.) from the Harvard University School of Public Health and completed her medical residency at New England Deaconess Hospital. She completed a Fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the Brown University Affiliated Hospitals Program (Providence, R.I.).
She served as Commissioner of Health for the State of New York in the first term of Gov. George Pataki, having previously served as Director of Health in Rhode Island in the cabinet of Gov. Bruce Sundlun. In both roles Dr. DeBuono led efforts to develop Medicaid Managed Care and SCHIP programs. Following her role as Commissioner, she joined the New York Presbyterian Health System in New York City serving as Executive Vice President of their network. She has served on boards such as the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), IOM Committee on Vaccine Finance (Publication: “Calling the Shots”), the Advisory Committee to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and the Partnership for Prevention.
Dr. DeBuono served as Executive Director, Public Health and Government at Pfizer Inc. where she created and managed public-private partnership programs in public health education and research. She has served as a consultant to The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, examining their Public Health Systems and Services Research investment. Prior to joining Treo, Dr. DeBuono was Senior Partner and Global Director of Health and Social Marketing at global public relations leader Porter Novelli, where she led the global health practice and a wide array of accounts in the pharmaceutical industry, life sciences and government.
Dr. DeBuono has served as a member of the Dean’s Council at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, where she is a Professorial Lecturer in the Department of Health Policy. She served on the board of directors of Chembio Diagnostic Systems, Inc, a point of care testing company. She recently chaired their search for a new CEO/President and currently chairs their Compensation Committee.
Dr. DeBuono was honored by the CDC Foundation as one of five Public Health Heroes and she received the W.E. Upjohn Award from Pfizer, an award that acknowledges the achievements of those colleagues whose work and lives best reflect Pfizer’s core values.
She is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and has been published extensively in numerous peer-review journals, including Journal of the American Medical Association, The New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Public Health Policy and American Journal of Public Health.
Dr. DeBuono received her B.A. from the University of Rochester and her medical degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine. She received a Master’s in Public Health (M.P.H.) from the Harvard University School of Public Health and completed her medical residency at New England Deaconess Hospital. She completed a Fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the Brown University Affiliated Hospitals Program (Providence, R.I.).
11:10 am
Looking Glass: A Window into PHA Initiatives
Brenda Schmitt
Chief Executive Officer, Solera Health (Chair)
Chief Executive Officer, Solera Health (Chair)
Mary Jane Osmick, MD
Executive Vice President and Medical Director, American Specialty Health
Executive Vice President and Medical Director, American Specialty Health
Victoria Shapiro, JD
Vice President, Health Policy, UHG
Vice President, Health Policy, UHG
11:50 am
Closing Remarks
Rose Maljanian
PHA Chairman of the Board; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, HealthCAWS
PHA Chairman of the Board; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, HealthCAWS
12:00 pm
Adjournment
PRECONFERENCE 3: ROI IN WELLNESS: GETTING THE REAL STORY
Validation Institute Certification Course
(Registration optional. Please note that Preconference III is NOT included in live/archived webcast materials.)Wondering whether your wellness program will deliver savings and results? Want to make sure you are choosing the programs with the highest impact and best savings? This course is for you!
Walk away with
— Useful, practical tools for discerning high value from hype
— Scientific methods to assess a vendor’s ROI promises, and
— Confidence to make great choices for your wellness programs.
You will understand population health metrics, how measures work, and the role of measure stewards. Lots of case studies and step-by-step analysis, along with small group discussion, will make this few hours valuable time spent.
How many thousands of dollars will you be able to find, once you have these methods and tools?
Take the final exam and you will also walk away with a new credential. (Exam is optional.) You will be a certified as a population health consultant by the Validation Institute, and get a listing on the Institute’s website.
8:00 am
Speakers
Linda K. Riddell, MS
Independent Validator, Validation Institute; Principal, Health Economy LLC, Cape Elizabeth, ME
Independent Validator, Validation Institute; Principal, Health Economy LLC, Cape Elizabeth, ME
Ms. Riddell has 30 years’ experience in health care, public and private health insurance, and health policy. Her company specializes in measuring outcomes for health and wellness programs, such as coaching, behavior incentives, and novel interventions. Clients range from state governments to private insurers to start-up technology companies. She is an independent reviewer for Care Innovations Validation Institute, which peer reviews outcome measures for member companies. She has a master’s degree in health policy and management from the Edmund Muskie School of Public Service. She continues her education in bio-statistics, epidemiology, and statistical modeling with courses from MIT and Johns Hopkins University.
Al Lewis, PhD
Independent Validator, Validation Institute; Chief Executive Officer, Quizzify, Wellesley, MA
Independent Validator, Validation Institute; Chief Executive Officer, Quizzify, Wellesley, MA
Instructor Al Lewis wears multiple hats. As an author, his critically acclaimed category-bestselling book on outcomes measurement, Why Nobody Believes the Numbers, chronicling and exposing the innumeracy of the health management field, was named 2012 healthcare book of the year in Forbes. Cracking Health Costs: How to Cut Your Company’s Health Costs and Provide Employees Better Care, released in 2013, was also a trade bestseller. His 2014 book Surviving Workplace Wellness has also received great accolades and excerpts are appearing in Harvard Business Review and elsewhere.
As a consultant, he is widely acclaimed for his expertise in population health and medical home outcomes and strategy, and in 2013 was named one of the unsung heroes changing health care forever. As a validator of medical home and population health outcomes, he is the primary consultant to the GE-Intel Validation Institute.
He is also a frequent speaker and interviewee on outcomes economics.
As a consultant, he is widely acclaimed for his expertise in population health and medical home outcomes and strategy, and in 2013 was named one of the unsung heroes changing health care forever. As a validator of medical home and population health outcomes, he is the primary consultant to the GE-Intel Validation Institute.
He is also a frequent speaker and interviewee on outcomes economics.
Visit www.validationinstitute.com to learn more.
12:00 pm
Adjournment
12:00 p.m.
Exhibitor Welcome Break in the Exhibit Hall
DAY 1 OPENING PLENARY SESSION
1:00 pm
Welcome and Overview
David B. Nash, MD, MBA, FACP
Dean, Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (Chair and Moderator)
Dean, Jefferson College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (Chair and 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.
1:15 pm
The Future of Managed Care
Richard Bankowitz
Executive Vice President, Clinical Affairs and Center for Policy & Research, America’s Health Insurance Plans, Washington, DC
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
Executive Vice President, Clinical Affairs and Center for Policy & Research, America’s Health Insurance Plans, Washington, DC
Presentation Material (Acrobat)
2:00 pm
Strategies to Enable PHM Success
Harm Scherpbier, MD, MS
Chief Medical Officer, Philips Wellcentive; Adjunct Professor, Jefferson College of Population, Philadelphia, PA
Chief Medical Officer, Philips Wellcentive; Adjunct Professor, Jefferson College of Population, Philadelphia, PA
Harm Scherpbier is the Chief Medical Officer at Philips Wellcentive, responsible for Product Strategy for Population Health Management systems and services. Prior to joining Philips, Dr. Scherpbier was the Chief Medical Information Officer at Main Line Health, a health system in the Philadelphia region. Dr. Scherpbier teaches Health Informatics and Population Health Analytics at the Jefferson College of Population Health.
Tom Zajac
Chief Executive Officer and Business Group Leader, Population Health Management, Philips, Alpharetta, GA
Chief Executive Officer and Business Group Leader, Population Health Management, Philips, Alpharetta, GA
Tom Zajac leads the Philips Population Health Management business group following the company’s acquisition of Wellcentive in July 2016. The business offers enterprise telehealth, home monitoring, personal emergency response systems (PERS) and personal health programs that address multiple groups within a population.
Tom takes the helm at a time when health systems are shifting from volume to value-based care, and providing more preventative and chronic care services outside of the hospital. Tom will be looking to accelerate growth in connected care – from healthy living and prevention, to diagnosis, treatment and home care – enabling consumers, providers and health organizations to benefit from Philips’ strengthened offering in population health management.
Tom takes the helm at a time when health systems are shifting from volume to value-based care, and providing more preventative and chronic care services outside of the hospital. Tom will be looking to accelerate growth in connected care – from healthy living and prevention, to diagnosis, treatment and home care – enabling consumers, providers and health organizations to benefit from Philips’ strengthened offering in population health management.
2:45 pm
Networking Break in Exhibit Hall
3:15 pm
Good Health is Good Business: The Results of an Innovative Alignment with Physicians and Communities
Chris Hunter, MBA
Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Humana, Inc., Louisville, KY
Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Humana, Inc., Louisville, KY
Chris Hunter is Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at Humana, where he is responsible for leading Humana’s corporate strategy planning process, as well as setting the direction of the company’s merger and acquisition and joint venture activities. In his role as CSO, Chris partners closely with business leaders to ensure the corporate strategy is aligned across the organization and is actionable. He is a member of the Management Team, which sets the strategic direction for the company.
Chris has extensive executive experience with both public and private growth companies and brings broad knowledge of the healthcare industry to his new role. His experience ranges from leadership of strategic planning and corporate development to responsibilities that included broad P&L and Board of Directors accountability.
Chris has extensive executive experience with both public and private growth companies and brings broad knowledge of the healthcare industry to his new role. His experience ranges from leadership of strategic planning and corporate development to responsibilities that included broad P&L and Board of Directors accountability.
4:00 pm
APM’s, MACRA/MIPS: The Provider’s Perspective
Gerald Meklaus, MHSA
Managing Director, NA Clinical and Health Management Services, Accenture, Philadelphia, PA
Managing Director, NA Clinical and Health Management Services, Accenture, Philadelphia, PA
Gerry Meklaus has nearly 20 years of experience consulting to health systems centered around optimizing physician enterprises, physician-hospital affiliations, and the transition to Value Based Care. His clients include academic medical centers, community hospitals and large integrated delivery networks. He brings hands-on experience in all aspects of Physician Enterprise operations and risk-bearing entities, having led consulting teams and held interim leadership roles. Prior to consulting, Gerry was a group practice administrator for a large multispecialty practice, Executive Director of an IPA, Vice President of a national provider of rehabilitation services, and a Senior Product Manager for a global medical equipment manufacturer.
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.
4:45 pm
Population Health Leaders Panel
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.
Madeleine Biondolillo, MD
Vice President, Quality and Safety, Premier, Inc., Charlotte, NC
Vice President, Quality and Safety, Premier, Inc., Charlotte, NC
Madeleine Biondolillo, MD joined Premier in October 2016 as Vice President of Quality & Safety. Dr. Biondolillo is responsible for strategic quality and population health initiatives to support members in value-based healthcare delivery improvement, and oversees the QUEST 2020 national quality collaborative.
A physician executive with extensive management experience in operations, contracting and finance, population health, quality and safety, and performance improvement, Dr. Biondolillo has a proven track record of building long-term partnerships with providers and industry stakeholders in both public and private healthcare organizations. Before joining Premier, Dr. Biondolillo was Vice President of Population Health Management at the Connecticut Hospital Association where she directed the development and implementation of state and federal innovation efforts.
A physician executive with extensive management experience in operations, contracting and finance, population health, quality and safety, and performance improvement, Dr. Biondolillo has a proven track record of building long-term partnerships with providers and industry stakeholders in both public and private healthcare organizations. Before joining Premier, Dr. Biondolillo was Vice President of Population Health Management at the Connecticut Hospital Association where she directed the development and implementation of state and federal innovation efforts.
Saranya Loehrer, MD, MPH
Executive Director of North America Strategy and Operations, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Houston, TX
Executive Director of North America Strategy and Operations, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Houston, TX
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.
Mary O’Dowd, MPH
Executive Director, Health Systems and Population Health Integration, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ
Executive Director, Health Systems and Population Health Integration, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ
Mary O’Dowd is the Executive Director of Health Systems and Population Health Integration at Rutgers University. Previously, she served as Commissioner of the NJ Department of Health and focused on supporting healthcare providers while promoting population health. She has held positions in NJ governmental public health, hospital finance at NYU Medical Center and health policy at the NJ Hospital Association.
O’Dowd is a graduate of Douglass College, Rutgers University, holds a MPH from Columbia University and completed a fellowship at NYU Medical Center. Her leadership to improve health outcomes has been recognized by the March of Dimes, AARP, and ASTHO.
O’Dowd is a graduate of Douglass College, Rutgers University, holds a MPH from Columbia University and completed a fellowship at NYU Medical Center. Her leadership to improve health outcomes has been recognized by the March of Dimes, AARP, and ASTHO.
Terri Steinberg, MD, MBA
Chief Health Information Officer, Vice President, Population Health Informatics, Christiana Care Health System, New Castle, DE
Chief Health Information Officer, Vice President, Population Health Informatics, Christiana Care Health System, New Castle, DE
Anthony Wehbe, DO, MBA, FACOI
Chief Population Health Executive, Kennedy Health Alliance, Voorhees, NJ
Chief Population Health Executive, Kennedy Health Alliance, Voorhees, NJ
Dr Wehbe completed his Undergraduate and MBA from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, medical school at PCOM, and his residency in internal medicine from UMDNJ.
He combines his medicine and business entrepreneurship background in his current role as Chief population health executive for Kennedy Health system in NJ; by overseeing several initiatives including the Kennedy Health Alliance an employed physician group, ambulatory clinics, home care, SNF, SAR, clinical integration, market development among others.
He combines his medicine and business entrepreneurship background in his current role as Chief population health executive for Kennedy Health system in NJ; by overseeing several initiatives including the Kennedy Health Alliance an employed physician group, ambulatory clinics, home care, SNF, SAR, clinical integration, market development among others.
5:30 pm
Closing Remarks
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.