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Recording of Event: Advanced Primary Care’s Role in Accountable Care Organization Performance
Two panels of thought leaders convened to discuss the clinical and policy implications of the relationship between advanced primary care and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). The research in the 2018 Evidence Report shows the six characteristics of successful ACOs align closely with the Shared Principles of Primary Care.
Presenters and Speakers Include:
Ann Greiner, President & Chief Executive Officer—The Primary Care Collaborative
Ann Hwang, Director, Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation—Community Catalyst
Annette Guarisco Fildes, President & Chief Executive Officer—The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC)
Arrah Tabe-Bedward, Deputy Director—Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
Christopher F. Koller, President—Millbank Memorial Fund
Darilyn V. Moyer, Chief Executive Officer & Executive Vice President—American College of Physicians
President & Chief Executive Officer, Primary Care Collaborative
Ann Greiner serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Primary Care Collaborative (PCC), where she is focused on defining and implementing an advocacy, research and education agenda that furthers comprehensive, team-based and patient-centered primary care. read more
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
President and CEO , The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC)
Annette Guarisco Fildes is President and CEO of The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC), leading the association's public policy advocacy mission. ERIC is the only national association that advocates exclusively for large employers on health, retirement, and compensation public policies on the federal, state, and local levels, representing the large plan sponsor perspective only.
Annette is a strategic public policy and political counselor with over 30 years of experience involving complex legislative and regulatory matters in the U.S. and abroad. Annette served as counsel to Senate Majority Leaders Bob Dole and Trent Lott, advising on key tax and benefits legislation, and at the Dewey Ballantine law firm. She began her legal career at the Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel. read more
Deputy Director, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation
Arrah Tabe-Bedward is currently on detail to the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation as the Deputy Director. Arrah comes to the Innovation Center with a strong background in Medicare. She previously served as the Director of the Medicare Enrollment and Appeals Group (MEAG) at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). As MEAG’s Director, Arrah was responsible for all enrollment and appeals policy under the Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS), Medicare Advantage (MA), and Medicare Prescription Drug (Part D) programs, and had shared responsibility with the Social Security Administration on Medicare eligibility, enrollment and low-income subsidy issues. read more
Executive Vice President & Chief Executive Officer, American College of Physicians
Darilyn V. Moyer, MD, MACP, FRCP, FIDSA, FAMWA, FEFIM, is the Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the American College of Physicians (ACP). She is the immediate past chair of the board of directors. read more
Co-Founder and CEO Farzad Mostashari, MD, has spent his career at the forefront of health care policy and health information technology. Dr. Mostashari is the former National Coordinator for Health IT at the Department of Health and Human Services, and served as a distinguished expert at the Brookings Institute’s Engelberg Center for HealthCare Reform. Prior to his work at the Office of the National Coordinator, he founded the NYC Primary Care Information Project, which equipped 1,500 physicians in underserved communities with electronic health records. He has spoken and written extensively on issues affecting health IT, ACOs, and health care policy and delivery. read more
Hoangmai (Mai) H. Pham is President and CEO of Institute for Exceptional Care, a non-profit dedicated to transforming healthcare for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Dr. Pham is a general internist and national health policy leader. She was Vice President at Anthem, responsible for value-based care initiatives. Prior to Anthem, Dr. Pham served as Chief Innovation Officer at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, where she was a founding official, and the architect of foundational programs on accountable care organizations and primary care. Dr. Pham has published extensively on provider payment policy and its intersection with health disparities, quality performance, provider behavior, and market trends. She serves on the boards of Atlantic Health System and the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care. read more
Executive Director , Institute for Accountable Care
Robert E. Mechanic, M.B.A, is the Executive Director of the Institute for Accountable Care, where he is responsible for leading its research agenda and health care learning and improvement activities. He is also Senior Fellow at the Heller School of Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University, where he also serves as Executive Director of the Health Industry Forum. His research focuses on health care payment systems and the adaptation of organizations to new payment models. He has helped hospitals, physician groups and integrated delivery systems evaluate financial, strategic and policy considerations under risk-based payment models. read more
Deputy Chief Health Officer and Lead Population Health Officer, IBM Watson Health
William Kassler, MD, MPH, is currently Deputy Chief Health Officer and Lead Population Health Officer at IBM Watson Health. Prior to that he served as Chief Medical Officer for the New England Region of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), where he worked with the CMS Innovation Center to implement value-based purchasing initiatives to improve population health outcomes. read more
Yalda Jabbarpour is a family physician in Washington, D.C., and Medical Director of the Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies. She graduated from the Georgetown University School of Medicine in 2008 and completed her residency at the Georgetown University/Providence Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program. Upon graduation, she worked as a family physician for Scripps Health Medical Group in San Diego, California. She returned to Washington, D.C., in 2015 to serve as the Robert L. Phillips Health Policy Fellow at the Robert Graham Center. Her research interests include workforce issues such as provider burnout and the delivery and financing of primary health care.
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