2017 Conference Agenda
Day 1
11 Oct 2017
13:00 - 13:30
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Jill Rubin Hummel
President & General Manager, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Connecticut, Anthem, Inc.
13:30 - 14:00
Keynote: New Methods for Gleaning Patient Input
How can healthcare organizations obtain input from typical patients? Ms. Krug will discuss her efforts – including patient shark tanks – to glean advice from over 3,500 patients into the... Read More
2:00 pm - 2:45 pm
National Ballroom
14:00 - 14:45
Re-inventing Primary Care via Practice Transformation and Payment Reform – What Works And What Can We Learn?
Different care delivery and payment models are presented, including patient- centered medical homes, direct primary care, ACOs, bundled payment, and other reforms. Where are we seeing success and what are... Read More
Laura Sessums
Director, Division of Advanced Primary Care, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
14:45 - 15:30
Technology and Data: How are they Transforming Primary Care Delivery, Payment and Patient/Family Engagement?
Mr. Mansueto will provide an overview of how technology and data are transforming primary care delivery, payment and engagement of clinicians with patients and families. Following his presentation, there will... Read More
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Networking Break
16:00 - 16:45
Labor & Management: Strange Bedfellows with a Common Cause
How can partnerships between employers and unions transform care? What is generalizable and unique about these arrangements?
Jennifer Duffy
Former Chair School Employees Health Benefit Plan Design Committee; Appointments Director, Governor Chris Christie
4:45 pm - 5:30 pm
National Ballroom
16:45 - 17:30
Convenient Care – Patient-Centered and Sometimes Disruptive
How can organizations understand and meet patient needs for care that is available when and where they need it? What are the implications for bricks and mortar practices and relationships?
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
18:00 - 19:00
Awards Dinner Cocktail Reception
Enjoy cocktails and networking at this pre-dinner cocktail reception, open to all attendees of the Barbara Starfield Awards Dinner
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
19:00 - 21:00
Barbara Starfield Awards Dinner – Ticketed Only Event
See our Awards Dinner Page for more details (ticket required to attend).
Day 2
12 Oct 2017
7:00 am - 7:30 am
Attendee Breakfast
7:30 - 8:00
Care Coordination & Health Integration: Now More Than Ever
People living with multiple chronic conditions are on the rise, behavioral and substance abuse issues, including opiates continue to mount, settings where care is delivered are expanding, new payment models are... Read More
Baligh Yehia, MD, MPP, FACP
Senior Vice President, Ascension and President, Ascension Medical Group
8:00 - 8:30
Second Keynote: What Can and Should Purchasers Do to Promote Primary Care?
Covered California has used its clout as a purchaser for 1.4 million covered lives to advance primary care through its contracted plans via benefit design, a primary care provider for... Read More
8:30 - 9:15
Other State and National Strategies to Advance Primary Care
Other strategies to elevate primary care will be discussed and debated, including value-based insurance design and a focus on the part of states to leverage either regulations or legislation to... Read More
Brian Marcotte (Moderator)
President & CEO, National Business Group on Health
9:15 - 10:15
What will it Take to Integrate Population Health into Primary Care?
The panelists will reflect on strategies for ways that population health and primary care can be integrated and scaled. Supported by CMS, these strategies include efforts at the metro level,... Read More
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Networking Break
10:45 - 11:15
What Can We Learn from Social Movements to Advance Primary Care?
Morris Singer began his career as an advocate for gay rights and brought that experience to his residency where he successfully led an effort to improve primary care programming at... Read More
11:15 - 11:45
Identifying the Highest Leverage Primary Care Initiatives
In this interactive session, conference participants will identify the highest leverage policy and advocacy strategies to advance primary care as envisioned in the 2017 Shared Principles and reflected in the... Read More
11:45 - 12:15
Innovation Review and Implications for Policy
Dr. Remley will review the key themes that emerged from the conference and the implications for policy. This session will build on the previous crowdsourcing session.
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm