PCPCC Annual Fall Conference

We’re celebrating the PCPCC’s 10th Anniversary with a conference like never before on Nov. 10th! Come ready to learn, grow, and make memories! This year’s conference has a different style and format than previous years, condensed into one day but offering engaging and insightful sessions focused on the most important issues at hand.

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Agenda

7:30AM: Networking Breakfast

8:30AM: Welcome & Introductions

8:40AM: Morning Keynote- The Health Care Innovation Agenda for the Next Administration

9:30-10:30AM: Panel 1- Primary Care & Policy: Post-Election Analysis

10:30-10:45AM: Networking Break

10:45-11:45AM: Panel 2- Paying for High-Performing Primary Care

11:45AM-1:00PM: Networking Lunch & Keynote- Putting our Money Where our Mouth is – Measuring and Increasing Primary Care Spend Rates

1-2:15PM: Panel 3- Best Practices for Person-Centered Team-Based Care: Promoting the Quadruple Aim

2:15-2:30PM: Networking Break

2:30-4:30PM: “Primary Care Promoters” - Stories About Advancing the Primary Care Movement

4:30-5PM: Closing Remarks

5:30-7PM: Networking Reception

Explore the more detailed agenda here.

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Speakers

Adrienne White-Faines, MPA

Chief Executive Officer, American Osteopathic Association

As CEO of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), Adrienne White-Faines, MPA, joined the AOA in July 2013 to proudly represent the AOA’s professional family of more than 122,000 osteopathic physicians (DOs) and osteopathic medical students. In this position, White-Faines leads the AOA’s strategic agenda, supporting the organization’s physician and student members by promoting public health and advancing research; serving as the accrediting agency for osteopathic medical schools; and provider of physician specialty board certification; and continuing medical education. read more

Ann Hwang, MD

Director, Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation, Community Catalyst

As Director of the Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation, Ann leads the Center in its mission of bringing the consumer experience to the forefront of health system transformation efforts. Ann’s dual roles as a physician and health policy expert, give her a unique leadership perspective. read more

Benjamin Miller, PsyD

Director, Eugene S. Farley, Jr. Health Policy Center, Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Dr. Miller is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine where he is the Director of Eugene S. Farley, Jr. Health Policy Center. The Farley Center was created in 2014 to be a leader in conducting policy studies, relevant to particular health and healthcare challenges, disseminating evidence to those positioned to use it in their decision-making issues related to health policy for the University, and to be a leader locally and nationally on a variety of topic areas. Under Dr. Miller’s leadership, the Farley Center has worked on four main areas: behavioral health and primary care integration, payment reform, workforce, and prevention. read more

Christine Bechtel, MA

Chief Strategist, X4 Health

Christine Bechtel is a long time consumer advocate and the President & Chief Strategist of X4 Health, a purpose-driven organization focused on accelerating the Quadruple Aim in health care: better health, better care, lower costs and better experiences for patients and professionals. X4 Health clients range from primary care leaders and Quality Improvement Organizations to non-profit organizations and federally-funded innovation projects. read more

Christopher F. Koller

President, Milbank Memorial Fund

Christopher Koller is president of the Milbank Memorial Fund. The Fund is a 114 year operating foundation that improves population health by connecting leaders with the best information and experience. Before joining the Fund, he served the state of Rhode Island as the country’s first health insurance commissioner, an appointment he held from March of 2005 through June of 2013. Under Mr. Koller’s leadership, the RI Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner was nationally recognized for its rate review process and its efforts to use insurance regulation to promote payment reform, primary care revitalization, and delivery system transformation. The Office was also one of the lead agencies in implementing the Affordable Care Act in Rhode Island. Prior to serving as health insurance commissioner, Mr. read more

Dan Todd, JD

Principal, Todd Strategy

Dan Todd is the Principal of Todd Strategy, LLC, a consulting firm founded in 2014 and based in Washington, DC. He provides legislative and regulatory strategic guidance and advocacy for healthcare stakeholders impacted by federal healthcare programs. Prior to Todd Strategy, Mr. Todd was a Senior Healthcare Counsel for the Republican staff of the Senate Finance Committee, the Committee of jurisdiction for the Medicare and Medicaid programs. His areas of responsibility for the committee included the Medicare Part B and Part D programs, which includes physician, medical device, diagnostic and biopharmaceutical issues. read more

Dominic Mack, MD, MBA

Director of the National Center for Primary Care, Morehouse School of Medicine

Dominic Mack, M.D., M.B.A currently serves as director of the Morehouse School of Medicine’s National Center for Primary Care (NCPC), the nation’s first congressionally sanctioned center to develop programs that strengthen the primary care system for health equity and sustainability. Dr. Mack, a family physician is a longtime proponent of electronic health records. read more

Douglas Henley, MD, FAAFP

Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer, American Academy of Family Physicians

Douglas Henley, MD, FAAFP is Chair of PCPCC's Board and Executive Vice President and CEO of the American Academy of Family Physicians, which represents more than 120,000 physicians and medical students nationwide. Prior to AAFP, Dr. Henley was in private practice for 20 years in his hometown of Hope Mills, NC. He is a founding member of the Ambulatory Care Quality Alliance Steering Committee and serves on the steering committee of the Center for Payment Reform. Henley served as a commissioner on the American Health Information Community. In this capacity he served as co-chair of the Personalized Healthcare Workgroup. Dr. Henley also was an inaugural commissioner of the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology. An AAFP physician member since 1973, Dr. read more

Elizabeth J. Fowler, PhD, JD

Vice President, Global Health Policy, Johnson & Johnson

Elizabeth Fowler is Vice President, Global Health Policy, in the Government Affairs & Policy group at Johnson & Johnson. Liz joins Johnson & Johnson from the White House, where she served as Special Assistant to the President for Healthcare and Economic Policy at the National Economic Council. She joined NEC after serving as Deputy Director for Policy of the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (OCIIO) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the new agency tasked with implementing the insurance market reforms included in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). read more

Jill Rubin Hummel, JD

President & General Manager, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Connecticut, Anthem, Inc.

Jill Hummel currently serves as the President & General Manager of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Connecticut (Anthem). In this role she is responsible for the management of Anthem’s local Commercial group and individual business, including sales, account management, provider relations and contracting, underwriting and product delivery. She is also responsible for the development of Anthem’s long-term strategic direction and collaborates with elected officials, regulators, providers, employers and other key stakeholders to drive improvements in health care access, quality, experience, outcomes and affordability. read more

Laura Sessums, JD, MD

Director, Division of Advanced Primary Care, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI)

Laura Sessums joined the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) as the Director of the Division of Advanced Primary Care in 2013. At CMMI, she oversees the Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) and CPC+ initiatives. Previously, she worked in academic medicine as a clinician-educator, mostly at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (as a civilian), where she served as the Chief of the General Medicine Section. Her professional activities have been in the areas of health care policy and advocacy, medical education, senior medical administrative leadership, and scholarship at the intersection of law and medicine. Her research has focused on primary care, particularly ethical and legal domains. She is a practicing general internist and a former lawyer. read more

Len M. Nichols, PhD

Director, Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics; Professor, George Mason University

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Lisa Stewart, MA

Engagement Officer, FMAHealth Engagement Team, PCORI

Lisa Stewart, MA, is an Engagement Officer at the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). She acts as a liaison between the Engagement and Science programs, helping to manage the organization’s research portfolio and supporting the engagement of patient and other stakeholders throughout the course of research studies. read more

Marie Brown, MD, FACP

Senior Physician Advisor, Professional Satisfaction & Practice Sustainability Group, American Medical Association

Marie Brown, MD is an internist practicing in Oak Park, IL. She has a special interest in treating diabetes, medication adherence, hypertension, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease and other age-related issues. She has practiced in Oak Park for over 20 yrs. As her patient’s personal physician, she views herself as their advocate, adviser and health-care partner. In addition to her practice she is active in several national organizations, publishes in the medical literature on diabetes and medication adherence and speaks across the country as an educator to other physicians. read more

Maryjoan Ladden, PhD, RN, FAAN

Senior Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Maryjoan D. Ladden, PhD, RN, FAAN, is a nurse practitioner whose work has focused on improving health care quality and safety through health professional collaboration. Her work at the Foundation focuses on several critical areas in nursing in New Jersey and nationally: faculty recruitment and education to increase the capacity of nursing programs; developing collaborative partnerships to address local nursing issues; creating the next generation of academic nurse leaders; and building senior executive leaders in nursing. She also is senior editor for the Foundation’s quarterly publication, Charting Nursing’s Future. read more

Melissa Thomason

Committee Co-Chair, Patient/Family Advisor, Vidant Health System

At just twenty-eight years old and as a first-time-mom-to-be, Melissa Thomason, a former public school teacher, suffered a Type I aortic dissection in October 2008. Melissa survived her first open-heart surgery that day and two more in the year that followed. She was diagnosed with a rare connective tissue disorder, Loeys Dietz Syndrome, that same year. After discovering that no one on her healthcare team had even heard of LDS, the passionate teacher very quickly became her own best advocate and a champion for Patient Engagement. Today, Melissa works to inspire others to believe in the transformational power of Patient Engagement. read more

Paul Grundy, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FACPM

Global Director of Healthcare Transformation, HealthTeamWorks

Paul, known as the “godfather” of the Patient Centered Medical Home movement and member of the Institute of Medicine, joined HealthTeamWorks from IBM. Prior, he was the Chief Medical Officer for IBM’s Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry where he developed and executed strategies on transformation initiatives in the healthcare industry. Paul currently serves as a director of the ACGME, the body responsible for accrediting graduate medical training programs. Paul is the founding President of the Primary Care Collaborative, an organization dedicated to advancing a new primary-care model, called the patient-centered medical home; he was also fundamental in creating it in early 2006. Paul is a retired senior diplomat with the rank of Minister Consular U.S. read more

Robert A. Berenson

Robert Berenson joined Urban as an Institute fellow in 2003. In this position he conducts research and provides policy analysis primarily on health care delivery issues, particularly related to Medicare payment policy, pricing power in commercial insurance markets, and new forms of health delivery based on reinvigorated primary care practices. In 2012, Berenson completed a three-year term on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, the last two years as vice chair. From 1998 to 2000, he was in charge of Medicare payment policy and private health plan contracting in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Previously, he served as an assistant director of the White House Domestic Policy Staff under President Carter. read more

Rodney Whitlock, PhD

Vice President of Health Policy, ML Strategies

Rodney is a veteran health care policy professional with more than 20 years of experience working with the US Congress, where he served as health policy advisor and as Acting Health Policy Director for Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and, earlier, on the staff of former US Representative Charlie Norwood of Georgia. During his years with Representative Norwood, Rodney managed the Patients’ Bill of Rights, which passed the House in 1999 and 2001. In February 2005, Rodney left the office of Congressman Norwood to join the Finance Committee Staff as a health policy advisor to Chairman Grassley. In that capacity, he was lead Senate staffer for the Medicaid provisions of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 and the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006. read more

Susan Dentzer

President and CEO, The Network for Excellence in Health Innovation

Susan Dentzer is one of the nation’s most respected health policy experts and thought leaders who, as of mid-March 2016, leads The Network for Excellence in Health Innovation, with offices in Washington, DC, Cambridge, MA, and San Francisco, CA. A longtime journalist, she has been on-air analyst on health issues with the PBS NewsHour and a regular commentator on health policy for National Public Radio. She wrote and hosted the 2015 PBS documentary, "Reinventing American Healthcare," focusing on the innovations pioneered by the Geisinger Health System and spread to health systems across the nation. read more

Contact

Amanda Holt, MPH
Director of Communications & Member Engagement
amanda@pcpcc.org
202-640-1212

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