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Transforming Clinical Practice to Care for the Underserved
Lundi avr 11, 2016 08:30 am - 03:00 pm EDT
Newseum
555 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Knight Conference Center, 8th Floor
Washington, DC 20001
États-Unis
President and Chief Executive Officer, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Chet Burrell joined CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield in December 2007. He has more than 40 years’s experience in the health care industry, including serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of RealMed Corporation, a provider of online claims processing services; and as Chairman and CEO for Novalis Corporation, a managed care technology and consulting company.
He has also served in senior-level positions for Anthem and Empire BlueCross BlueShield plans and Blue Cross of Northeastern New York. In addition to his private sector health care experience, Burrell has also served in the New York State government in a variety of capacities, including the Offices of Mental Health and Health Systems Management and as a member of the New York Governor’s Staff. read more
Vice President, Public Policy, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
John Michael O’Brien is vice president of public policy at CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, and represents CareFirst on state and federal government and regulatory matters – with a particular focus on quality policy and the role of care coordination in delivery system and payment reform. Dr. read more
Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs , CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Jonathan (Jon) Blum is the Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs at CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, which provides health care coverage in Maryland, the District of Columbia and Northern Virginia. Jon has responsibility for overseeing CareFirst’s nationally recognized Patient-Centered Medical Home program. He also oversees CareFirst’s medical and care coordination policies, pharmacy policies, and provider networks. Prior to joining CareFirst, Jon served as the Principal Deputy Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), leading CMS’s payment and delivery reform strategies and overseeing the Medicare program’s policy and management. read more
Director, Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics; Professor, George Mason University
Len M. read more
Senior Vice President for Public Policy and Community Affairs , CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Maria Harris Tildon is Senior Vice President for Public Policy and Community Affairs for CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, the largest health care insurer in the Mid-Atlantic region, serving nearly 3.2 million members with nearly 5,000 employees in Maryland and the National Capitol Area. As Senior Vice President for Public Policy and Community Affairs, Ms. Tildon is responsible for managing all matters related to public policy, state and federal government relations, external and internal communications, strategic medical communications and community investments and outreach. Tildon joined CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield in September of 2006. read more
Vice President, Health Care Delivery System Reform Program, The Commonwealth Fund
Melinda K. Abrams, M.S., is Vice President of the Commonwealth Fund's Health Care Delivery System Reform Program. Since joining the Commonwealth Fund in 1997, Ms. Abrams has worked on the Task Force on Academic Health Centers, Commission on Women's Health, and most recently, the Child Development and Preventive Care programs. She played a lead role in conceptualizing and launching the Fund's Assuring Better Child Health and Development (ABCD) initiative, which awarded grants to state Medicaid programs to encourage innovation in the financing and delivery of preventive and developmental services provided to low-income, young children. Ms. read more
Chief Medical Officer, Health Care for the Homeless
Dr. Nilesh Kalyanaraman is the Chief Medical Officer of Maryland’s Health Care for the Homeless, Inc. (HCH). He directs Adult Medicine, Pediatric & Adolescent Services, Dental Services, and Psychiatry. Previously he spent four years at Unity Health Care in Washington, DC, where he was the Assistant Medical Director for health services at the DC Jail. Subsequently, he was an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the National Institute of Health from 2010-2011, where he worked at the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Nilesh completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Emory University, received an MD from SUNY Brooklyn School of Medicine, and a BS in Chemistry from Yale University.
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Professor of Health Policy, George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health
Sara Rosenbaum, J.D., is Professor Emerita of Health Law and Policy and Founding Chair of the Department of Health Policy at the Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University. She also holds an emerita title School of Law. A graduate of Wesleyan University and Boston University Law School, Professor Rosenbaum has devoted her career to issues of health justice and health care for medically underserved populations. A teacher and scholar, a highly popular speaker, the recipient of numerous awards and honors, and a widely-read writer on many aspects of health law and policy, Professor Rosenbaum has emphasized public engagement as a core element of her professional life, providing public service to Presidential Administrations and Congress for nearly 50 years. read more
Health Policy Analyst, National Partnership for Women & Families
Stephanie Glover is a Health Policy Analyst for the National Partnership for Women & Families. Stephanie manages the National Partnership’s federal health policy portfolio related to health care transformation and comprehensive payment reform. In this role, she advocates for new models of care and payment that provide the comprehensive, coordinated care that patients want and need. Stephanie also directs the National Partnership’s Coalition for Better Care, a coalition of consumer organizations with a direct stake in improving health care quality for patients and family caregivers. read more
Advance registration is encouraged by April 7th. Register for the event HERE.
For additional information about this event, please contact Vadim Pogosov at Vadim.Pogosov@carefirst.com.
This symposium, co-sponsored by Carefirst BlueCross BlueShield and the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative, will showcase successes and lessons learned from the grantees of CareFirst's Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) initiative, while providing a unique networking opportunity for PCMH providers, researchers, and other stakeholders. Free and open to the public, the program will feature a panel highlighting grantees' experiences and presentations from leading researchers discussing the future of PCMH and payment reform. Attendees also will hear an exciting announcement about future PCMH funding for safety net health centers. Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided.
The symposium will also be webcast. Stream the event live on April 11th here.
AGENDA
8:30 AM Coffee and Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM Welcome
Maria Harris Tildon, Senior Vice President, CareFirst BlueCross
BlueShield
9:15 AM Overview of the CareFirst Safety Net Health Center PCMH
Initiative
Chet Burrell, President & CEO, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
9:45 AM Safety Net Grantee Panel Session (Facilitated by Chet Burrell)
Kathleen Knolhoff, MPH, President & CEO, CCI Health and Wellness
Maria Gomez, RN, MPH, President & CEO, Mary's Center for
Maternal and Child Care
Faye Royale-Larkins, RN, MPH, CEO, Total Health Care
Vincent Keane, President & CEO, Unity Health Care
10:35 AM Welcome & State of PCMH Movement
Marci Nielsen, Ph.D., MPH, President & CEO, Patient-Centered
Primary Care Collaborative
11:00 AM Break
11:20 AM Keynote: The Importance of Care Coordination to the Medically
Underserved
Melinda Abrams M.S., Vice President, Delivery System Reform, The
Commonwealth Fund
12:15 PM Lunch Buffet
12:30 PM Panel: What Does Value Based Purchasing Mean for Safety Net
Providers?
Jonathan Blum, MPP, Executive Vice President, Medical Affairs,
CareFirst
Stephanie Glover, MPAff, Health Policy Analyst, The National
Partnership for Women and Families
Nilesh Kalyanaraman, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Health Care
for the Homeless
Len Nichols, Ph.D., George Mason University, Director of the Center
for Health
Policy Research and Ethics and Professor of Health Policy
Sara Rosenbaum, J. D., Professor, George Washington University
John O'Brien, PharmD, MPH, Vice President, Public Policy, CareFirst
(Moderator)
1:30 PM Roundtables
Letting Patients Help – Seeking Input to Improve Patient-Centered
Interactions
(Moderated by Marci Nielsen)
Leadership & Culture/Team Based Care
(Moderated by Tiffany Tate, MHS, CareFirst)
2:30 PM Closing Remarks and Adjournment
