VIRTUAL ONLINE VIDEO - LIVE AND ARCHIVED

HERITAGE VALUE-BASED CARE CONFERENCE SERIES



A SPECIAL EDITION OF THE VIRTUAL VALUE-BASED PAYMENT SUMMIT: HOW TO PREPARE FOR CMS AND CMMI VALUE-BASED CARE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
FEATURING A SPECIAL PLENARY SESSION ON OTHER CMS VALUE-BASED CARE INITIATIVES, INCLUDING MSSP
VIRTUAL ONLINE VIDEO - LIVE AND ARCHIVED
September 3-5, 2025

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

CMS Value-based Care Initiatives, Including the Medicare Shared Services Program (MSSP)
CMS Innovation Center Strategy to Make America Healthy Again
Chris Klomp, MBA
Deputy Administrator and Director of the Center for Medicare, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, US Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
Abe Sutton, JD
Director, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation; Former Policy Advisor at the Domestic Policy Council, The White House (Trump), Washington, DC

OTHER GOVERNMENT FEATURED FACULTY

Overview of Choice and Competition Pillar
Overview of Evidence-based Prevention Pillar
Overview of Patient Empowerment Pillar
Gary Bacher, JD
Chief Strategy Officer, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation; Former Senior Vice President; AHIP; Former Vice President, UnitedHealth Group, Washington, DC
Susannah Bernheim, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation; Former Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University, Washington, DC
Gita Deo, MHMP
Senior Advisor and Chief of Staff, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation; Former Associate Partner, McKinsey, Washington, DC

Possible Future CMMI Medicare Advantage Models
The Role of AI in the Successful Operation of CMS and CMMI Value-based Care Models
Possible Future CMMI Medicare Advantage Models
Joesph J. Albanese, Jr., MPP
Policy Advisor, Center for Medicare, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Former Senior Policy Analyst, Paragon Health Institute; Former Program Examiner, Medicare Team, OMB, the White House, Washington, DC
Jacob Shiff, MBA
Chief AI and Technology Officer, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Founder, Anomaly (Healthcare AI), Washington, DC
Boris Vabson, PhD
Senior Advisor and Head of MA Strategy, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation; Faculty Member and Researcher (on leave), Harvard Medical School, Washington, DC

FEATURED FACULTY

Toyin Ajayi, MD
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, CityBlock; Co-founder, General Partner, Coalition Operators, New York, NY
Syed Sumair Akhtar, MD, MHCDS
Chief Clinical Officer, Strive Health; Former Vice President, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, Chicago, IL
Brian Anderson, MD
President & Chief Executive Officer, Coalition for Health AI (CHAI); Member, Expert Working Group on AI Risk & Accountability, OECD.AI; Impact Fellow, UC Berkeley School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Michael Barbati, MHA
Vice President Government Programs, Advocate Health, Chicago, IL
Lisa Bari, MBA, MPH
Head of External Affairs, Innovaccer; Former Health IT, Interoperability, and Artificial Intelligence Lead, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, San Francisco, CA
Taylor Beery
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Imagine Pediatrics; Executive Director, Coalition for Healthcare Innovation; Former Director of Policy, US Department of Homeland Security, Nashville, TN
George Boghos, MBA
Chief Executive Officer, Imagine Pediatrics; Cofounder & Former CEP, AIM Clinic, Chicago, IL
Katie Boyer, MPPA
Senior Director, Policy & Government Affairs, agilon health; Former Senior Advisor, Legislative & Regulatory Affairs, Nemours, Arlington, VA
Tori Bratcher, MA, MPH
System Vice President Population Health Operations, Trinity Health; Adjunct Faculty, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Niall Brennan
Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Horizon BCBS; Former Senior Advisor to the CDC Director; Former President & CEO, Health Care Cost Institute; Former Chief Data Officer, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Washington, DC
Travis Broome, MBA, MPH
Senior Vice President for Policy and Economics, Aledade; Former Team Lead, Health Information Technology Group, Center for Medicare, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Asheville, NC
Bartley Bryt, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer, Privia Health; Former Chief Medical Officer, Bright Health Care, Arlington, VA
Sean Cavanaugh, MPH
Chief Policy Officer, Aledade; Former Deputy Administrator and Director, Center for Medicare, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC
Alice Hm Chen, MD, MPH
Chief Health Officer, Centene; Former CMO, Covered California; Former Deputy Secretary & Chief of Clinical Affairs, California Health & Human Services Agency; Former CMO & Deputy Director, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, CA
Michael Chernew, PhD
Chair, MedPAC; Leonard D. Schaeffer Professor of Health Care Policy, Department of Health Care Policy, and Director, Healthcare Markets and Regulation Lab, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA
Misty Chicchirichi, MSN
Manager, Value Based Care Programs, Quality, Safety, Risk Management and Employee Health, Shenandoah Oncology, Stephenson, VA
Chris Dawe
President, Curana Health; Former Policy Advisor for Health Care, National Economic Council, The White House, Washington, DC
Aaron DeBoer, MBA, MHA
Executive Vice President, Honest Health; Board, Health Care Transformation Task Force; Advisor, Rubicon Founders; Former Senior Vice President, Optum, Aurora, CO
Wyatt Decker, MD
Chief Physician, Value-Based Care and Innovation, UnitedHealth Group; Former Chief Medical Information Officer, Mayo Clinic, Washington, DC
Kate de Lisle
Principal, Leavitt Partners; Former Payment & Delivery Transformation Research Manager, Accountable Care Learning Collaborative, Seattle, WA
Lisa (Winkler) Dombro
President and Chief Operating Officer, ilumed; Operating Partner, Revelstoke Capital Partners; Former Chief Experience & Innovation Officer, agilon health, Park Ridge, IL
Gabriel Drapos
Chief Operating Officer, Pearl Health; Expert, Primary Venture Partners, East Brookfield, MA
Seth Edwards, MHA
Vice President, Population Health and Value-Based Care, Premier, Inc., Charlotte, NC
Elizabeth Fowler, JD, PhD
Distinguished Scholar, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Former CMS Deputy Administrator and Director, Center of Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Washington, DC
Jeff Giullian, MD MBA
Chief Medical Officer, DaVita Kidney Care; Former Chairman, Healthcare Payment Committee, Renal Physicians Association, Denver, CO
Alyson Goodman, MD, MPH
Medical Epidemiologist and Pediatrician, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Washington, DC
Darin Gordon
Founding Partner, Speire Healthcare Strategies, LLC; Former Director, TennCare; Former President, National Association of Medicaid Directors, Former MACPAC Commissioner, Nashville, TN
George Hart, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Interwell Health; Former President, Metrolina Nephrology Associates, PA, Charlotte, NC
Robert G. Homchick, JD
Partner and Former Health Law Group, Chair, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Seattle, WA
Taylor Justice, MBA
Cofounder and President, Unite Us; Partner, TAF Capital LLC, New York, NY
Thomas Lally, MD
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Bloom Healthcare; Board, American Academy of Home Care Medicine, Denver, CO
Anthony P. Lam, MD, MHSCh
Chief Medical Officer, OPN Healthcare; Former Faculty, Stanford Cancer Center, Glendale, CA
Bruce A. Leff, MD
Professor of Medicine; Director, Center for Transformative Geriatric Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Board, Hospital at Home Users Group, Baltimore, MD
Mark McClellan, MD, PhD
Director, Robert J Margolis Center for Health Policy, Medicine and Health Policy, Duke University; Former CMS Administrator and FDA Commissioner, Washington, DC
Robert E. Mechanic, MBA
Executive Director, Institute for Accountable Care; Senior Fellow, Heller School of Social Policy and Management at Brandeis, Newton Centre, MA
Jacob Mirsky, MD
Medical Director, Massachusetts General Hospital; Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School; Founder and Owner, Lifestyle Medicine Consulting LLC, Boston, MA
Kristen Mucitelli-Heath
Senior Vice President, Population Health & Advocacy, St. Joseph's Health and St. Peter's Health Partners; Former Interim Executive Director, Central New York Care Collaborative, Syracuse, NY
David Muhlestein, JD, PhD
Chief Executive Officer, Simple Healthcare; Visiting Policy Fellow, Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy, Orlando, FL
J. Cameron Muir, MD
Chief Medical & Innovation Officer, National Partnership for Healthcare & Hospice; Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Washington, DC
Samyukta Mullangi, MD, MBA
Senior Medical Director, Thyme Care; Medical Oncologist @ Tennessee Oncology, Nashville, TN
Debra Ness, MS
Health and Economic Policy Consultant, Debra L Ness Consulting; Former President, National Partnership for Women & Families, Rockville, MD
Bill Nordmark
President and Chief Executive Officer, Enlace Health; Former Chief Growth Officer, PaySpan, Atlanta, GA
Stephen W. Nuckolls, MAC
Chief Executive Officer, Coastal Carolina Quality Care; Chief Executive Officer, Coastal Carolina Health Care, PA, New Bern, NC
Jeanne O'Brien, MS
Executive Director, Value Care Alliance; Former Vice President of Accountable Care Initiatives, Pinnacle Health System, Derby, CT
Andrea Osborne, MSc
Chief Operating Officer, On Belay Health Solutions; Former SVP, ACO Operations & Delegated Services, VillageMD, Carnel, IN
Timothy Pflederer, MD
Chief Medical Officer, Evergreen Nephrology; Former President, RenalCare Associates SC and Illinois Kidney Disease and Hypertension Center, Peoria, IL
Hoangmai (Mai) Pham, MD, MPH
Founder and President, Institute for Exceptional Care; Former Chief Innovation Officer, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Washington, DC
Melanie (Gleiman) Phelps, DrPH, JD
Senior Advocacy Advisor, Health System Transformation, American Heart Association; Former Senior Vice President, Health System Innovation, North Carolina Medical Society, Wilmington, NC
Aisha Pittman, MPH
Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, National Association of ACOs; Former Assistant Vice President, Quality, Centerlight Health System, Washington, DC
Jennifer Podulka, MPAff
Senior Vice President of Federal Policy, America’s Physician Groups: Former Senior Policy Analyst, MedPAC, Washington, DC
Purva H. Rawal, PhD
Former Chief Strategy Officer, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC
Ashley Ridlon, MSc
Vice President, Health Policy, Evolent; Former Health Insurance Specialist, Care Transitions Field Director, Partnership for Patients, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, Washington, DC
William Robinson
Senior Vice President Accountable Care, HarmonyCares; Former Acting Deputy Director, Division of Outpatient Care, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Portland, ME
Valinda Rutledge, MBA
Executive Vice President for Advocacy and Education, America’s Physician Groups; Former Group Director, Patient Care Model Group and BPCI Lead, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC
Randall L. Rutta, MA
Chief Executive Officer, National Health Council; Board, Patient Focused Medicines Development, Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease & Medical Device Innovation Consortium, Washington, DC
Tamra Ruymann, MBA
Chief of Digital Health, Physicians of Southwest Washington, Olimpia, WA
Shannon Sartin
Chief Strategy Officer, Datavant; Former Chief Innovation Officer, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Washington, DC
William Shrank, MD, MSHS
Chief Executive Officer, Aradigm; Venture Partner, Andreessen Horowitz; Former CMO, Humana; Former Director of Innovation, CMMI, Washington, DC
Andy Slavitt, MBA
Co-Founder & General Partner, Town Hall Ventures; Chairman, United States of Care; Former Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Obama), Pasadena, CA
Sarah L. Szanton, PhD, MSN
Dean, and Patricia M. Davidson Professor for Health Equity and Social Justice, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing; Co-developer, CAPABLE, Baltimore, MD
Sophia Tripoli, MPH
Senior Director of Health Policy, Families USA; Former Project Officer, State Innovation Group, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Washington, DC
Thomas Tsai, MD
Medical Director for Health Policy Research, American College of Surgeons; Former Co-Director, Healthcare Quality and Outcomes Lab, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Chestnut Hill, MA
Anne Tumlinson, MBA
Chief Executive Officer, ATI Advisory; Founder, Daughterhood; Former Lead Medicaid Analyst, Health Financing Branch, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC
Kyle Wailes, MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer, Wellvana Health, Nashville, TN
Jessica Walradt, MS
Vice President, Value-based Care, Northwestern Medicine; Former Lead Specialist, Value-Based Care Models, Association of American Medical, Chicago, IL
Laurie Whitsel, PhD, FAHA
National Vice President of Policy Research and Translation, American Heart Association and American Stroke Association, Washington, DC
Mariann Yeager West
Chief Executive Officer, The Sequoia Project; Former Lead, Nationwide Health Information Network Initiatives, Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Ttechnology, Alexandria, VA
Judy Zerzan-Thul, MD, MPH
Chief Medical officer, Washington State Health Care Authority; Former Chief Medical Officer/Client and Clinical Care Office Director, Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, Olympia, WA

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