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2020 CMS Quality Conference | Aligning to Ensure Safety, Quality, and Value

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Table of ContentsAgenda at a Glance ................................. 3

General Information ............................... 4

Conference Map ...................................... 5

Tuesday, February 25th ........................... 7

Wednesday, February 26th ..................17

Thursday, February 27th .......................30


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1:00 PM - 8:00 PM

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

8:00 AM - 11:00 AM

8:30 AM - 10:20 AM

8:30 AM - 10:35 AM

10:20 AM - 10:30 AM

10:45 AM - 11:30 AM

10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

11:30 AM

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM1:00 PM - 1:40 PM

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

3:30 PM - 4:20 PM2:30 PM - 3:20 PM

Registration

Registration

Registration

Grand Plenary Session

Grand Plenary Session

Morning Break

Closing Mini Plenaries

Master Classes (CME/CEU Credit)

Conference Adjourns

BreakMaster Classes (CME/CEU Credit)

Lunch

7:30 AM - 5:30 PM8:00 AM - 9:40 AM

9:45 AM - 10:00 AM10:00 AM - 12:15 PM

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

1:00 PM - 2:20 PM

2:30 PM - 3:20 PM

3:30 PM - 4:20 PM

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

RegistrationOpening Mini Plenaries

Morning Break/Gallery Walk

Opening Grand Plenary Session

Lunch/Gallery Walk

Mini Plenaries

QIO 12th Scope of WorkPath Forward – NQIIC Contractors

Breakout SessionsBreakout Sessions

Gallery Walk Presentations

Tuesday, February 25th

Monday, February 24th

Wednesday, February 26th

Thursday, February 27th

AGENDA AT A GLANCE

Breakout Sessions

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

4:30 PM - 5:20 PM

Mini Plenaries (optional)

Breakout Sessions

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM4:30 PM - 5:20 PM

Mini Plenaries (optional)

Breakout Sessions

Breakout Sessions

1:30 PM - 2:20 PM Quality Listening Session


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The Lost and Found is located at the Quality Conference 2020Registration Desk on the 2nd level.

Conference sponsors look forward to your comments and suggestions, which will help in planning next year’s conference. Daily evaluations are included in the conference mobile app and conference attendees will receive a link via email to complete the online evaluation form.

Lunch breaks are provided each day for you to enjoy lunch on your own. Food trucks will be available. Hotel food outlets and local restaurants are also an option. For a listing of dining suggestions near the hotel, refer to the conference app or visit the hotel’s concierge desk.

Stay informed with the latest real-time updates on the QualityConference Mobile App! To download the Conference App from your mobile device, follow these instructions:

1. From the App Store on your mobile device, search, for “Guidebook”

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top of the screen.5. Type “2020CMS” into the “Search”

box.6. Tap “Download Guide” to download

and view all the features.

The Galley Walk presentations will take place on Wednesday, February 26, 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. on the 2nd level. Authors of Poster Presentations will be available to discuss their posters and to answer questions.

Registration Desk Located on the 2nd Level

Gallery Walk

Refreshments and Meals

Session/Conference Evaluations

Lost and Found Conference Mobile App

The Conference Message Board will be located near the Registration Desk on the second level. Messages will be taken during hours of operation, Tuesday through Thursday. Faxes should be sent directly to the attendee at the hotel.

Messages / Faxes for Attendees

GENERAL INFORMATION

Monday, February 24, 2020 1:00 PM - 8:00 PMTuesday, February 25, 2020 7:30 AM - 5:30 PMWednesday, February 26, 2020 8:00 AM - 5:00 PMThursday, February 27, 2020 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM


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8* This draft conference schedule reflects session details as of February 24, 2020. For the most accurate

and updated conference schedule, please visit the conference mobile app at https://www.cmsqualityconference.com/myqualcon/mobile-app/

Session Code

Track Session/Speaker(s) Start-Time End-Time Location

45 A

Fostering Innovation - Kidney Health, ESRD, and Increasing

Transplantation(Special Session)

(Closed Session)ESRD

NPFE-LAN Meeting, Awards, Ceremony, and Dinner

Speaker(s): Jerome Bailey; Gequincia Polk8:00 AM 5:00 PM

Peale BC( Lobby Level )

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Advancing Person-Centered Care/Patients Over Paperwork

(Mini-Plenary)(Closed Session)

BFCC-QIO/ BFCC NCORC

BFCC Mini-Plenary: Opening Session Setting the Stage

Speaker(s): Jeneen Iwugo; C. Daniel Mullins;Gail Melissa Graham; Steven Rubio; Anita Monteiro

8:30 AM 9:40 AMTubman AB( 3rd Floor )

30Fostering Innovation

(Mini-Plenary)CMCS

Using Data to Support Medicaid and CHIP Quality Improvement, Payment Reform, and Accountability

Speaker(s): Deirdra Stockmann; Elliott Main; Jeff Schiff; Alyssa Brown; Ellie Garrett

8:30 AM 9:40 AMHoliday Ballroom

1-3( 2nd Floor )

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Fostering Innovation - Kidney health, ESRD, and increasing

transplantation(Mini-Plenary)

ESRD

Reframing Transitions in Care

Speaker(s): Christine Logar8:30 AM 9:40 AM

Peale A( Lobby Level )

170

Meaningful Measurement & Improvement

(Mini-Plenary)Hospitals and Vulnerable

Population Hospital Improvement

Contractors

Hospital Safety Opening Mini- Plenary: Celebrating our Progress on Harm Reduction and Putting Patients First Across All

Hospitals and Leveraging Success to Support Small, Rural, CAH, Low Performing Hospitals and Vulnerable Population

Speaker(s): Jade Perdue; Brenda Gentles; Noel Eldridge

8:30 AM 9:40 AMJohnson AB

( Lobby Level )

134Ensuring Safety & Quality

(Mini-Plenary)QIN/QIO

Nursing Home Mini Plenary Session- Highlighting Strategies for Recruitment & Data Collection

Speaker(s): Anne Myrka; Emily Nelson; Linda Kluge Marguerite McLaughlin

8:30 AM 9:40 AMHoliday 4-5( 2nd Floor )

110Advancing Person-Centered

Care/Patients Over Paperwork(Mini-Plenary)

Patients Over Paperwork: Year 2 in Review

Speaker(s): Mary Greene; Shari Ling; Leslie Flaherty; Alex Mugge; Henrisa Haskell, Kristen Sisaithong, Kelly Mayo

8:30 AM 9:30 AMHoliday

Ballroom 6( 2nd Floor )

Opening Mini Plenary & Morning Sessions

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2020


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Grand Plenary

Opening Address – Ensuring Safety and Quality

Introduction by Jean Moody-Williams, Acting Director, Center For Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ), CMS

Seema Verma, Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

10:00 AM 10:30 AMKey Ballroom( 2nd Floor )

Grand Plenary

Achieving a Healthier Nation

Introduction by Shari Ling, CMS Deputy Chief Medical Officer

ADM Brett P. Giroir, MD – Assistant Secretary for Health


Grand Plenary

Drilling Down on Strategic Priorities for the Agency

Moderator: Kim Brandt, Principal Deputy Administrator for Operations and Policy, CMS

Demetrios Kouzoukas, Principal Deputy Administrator & Director of the Center for Medicare, CMS

Jeff Wu, Deputy Director, Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, CMS

Alec Alexander, CMS Deputy Administrator and Director of the Center for Program Integrity, CMS

Mary G. Greene, MD, Senior Advisor, Office of the Administrator, CMS


Grand Plenary

Patients at the Center: Why we do What we do!

Moderator: Jean Moody-Williams, Acting Director, CCSQ, CMS

Patient 1: Robert Montgomery, MD, DPhil, FACS. Director of the NYU Langone

Transplant Institute and a Professor of Surgery

Patient 2: Precious McCowan, End Stage Renal Disease Patient Advocate,

Educator, and Mentor

11:40 AM 12:15 PMKey Ballroom( 2nd Floor )

* This draft conference schedule reflects session details as of February 24, 2020. For the most accurate and updated conference schedule, please visit the conference mobile app at https://www.cmsqualityconference.com/myqualcon/mobile-app/

Grand Plenary





Mini Plenaries & Sessions


Session Code


133Targeted focus on rural health and under-served populations

OMH

United We Stand: Federal and State Level Efforts to Improve Care for People Living with Sickle Cell Disease

Speaker(s): Shondelle Wilson-Frederick; Mary Hulihan; Leith States

1:00 PM 3:00 PMKey Ballroom 1

( 2nd Floor )

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Fostering Innovation(Mini-Plenary)(Closed Session)

BFCC-QIO/ BFCC NCORC

QIIs: Collaboration Session Between BFCC QIOs and QIN-QIOs

Speaker(s): Tamika Gladney; Kaysha Meredith1:30 PM 2:20 PM

Carroll AB( 3rd Floor )

168Targeting Outcomes

Clinician Quality Improvement

Leveraging Quality Data to Drive Employer-Based Health Care Transformation

Speaker(s): Matthew Resnick

1:30 PM 2:20 PMHoliday



(Mini-Plenary)CMCS

Maximizing Medicaid and CHIP Managed Care Quality Resources to Improve Care

Speaker(s): Karen Matsuoka; Dale Adair; James Schuster; Michele Robison

1:30 PM 2:20 PMHoliday Ballroom

1-3( 2nd Floor )

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ESRD

Home Dialysis - ESRD Patient-Led Panel

Speaker(s): Dawn Edwards 1:30 PM 2:20 PM


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Addressing the Opioid Epidemic & Patient Safety

(Mini-Plenary)Hospital Improvement

Contractors

A Comprehensive Look at Opioid Stewardship: Curating Interventions, Measures, and Best Practices for Using Data to

Drive ImprovementSpeaker(s): Megan McVane; Mary Andrawis; Christine Bailey; John

M. Sorobor

1:30 PM 2:20 PMJohnson AB

( Lobby Level )

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Advancing Patient Centered Care/Patients Over Paperwork

(Breakout Session)OMH

Improving the Patient Journey: Increasing Access for People with Disabilities

Speaker(s): Darci Graves; James Huang; Sheri Denkensohn; Sonya Bowen


( 2nd Floor )



Formative Evaluation in TO1

Speaker(s): Sophia Autrey; Katie Holmes; Traci Archibald1:30 PM 2:20 PM

Holiday 4-5( 2nd Floor )

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Transplantation(Mini-Plenary)

ETC Kidney Transplant Learning Collaborative: Opening Mini Plenary

Speaker(s): Robert Montgomery; Dennis Wagner

1:30 PM 2:20 PMKey

Ballroom 9-12( 2nd Floor )




Session Code


180Quality Strategy Listening Session

Speaker(s): Jean Moody-Williams, Matthew Hittle1:30 PM 2:30 PM

Key Ballroom 5-7

( 2nd Floor )


CMCSMedicaid and CHIP Quality Improvement Technical Assistance

Session1:30 PM 4:00 PM

Poe( 2nd Floor )

116Meaningful Measures

QPP

Developing Meaningful Measures for MIPS: A Joint Interactive Presentation by CMS and General Dynamics: Practice Improvement

and Measures Management Support (PIMMS) on the Measure Analytics, Testing Requirements and Ways to Implement a

Meaningful Quality Measure into MIPS.

Speaker(s): Daniel Green; Sophia Sugumar; Jamie Welch; Jocelyn Meyer; Kathy Kain


( 2nd Floor )

164Targeting Outcomes


Million Hearts 2022

Speaker(s): Laurence Sperling; Matthew Ritchey; Hilary Wall2:20 PM 3:20 PM

Holiday Ballroom 6

( 2nd Floor )

2Ensuring Safety & QualityBFCC-QIO/BFCC NCORC

Review of Preventable Patient Safety Events

Speaker(s): Wendy Gary; James Lett2:30 PM 3:20 PM

Key Ballroom 4( 2nd Floor )

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ETC Kidney Transplant Learning Collaborative: Mini Plenary #2

Speaker(s): Renee Dupee; Chris McLaughlin2:30 PM 3:20 PM

Key Ballroom 9-12

( 2nd Floor )


QIN/QIO

Getting to ˜What Works™ in Care Coordination: Innovative Methods for Evaluating Progress

Speaker(s): Jane Brock; Brianna Gass

2:30 PM 3:20 PMLatrobe

( Lobby Level )


CMCS

Developing an Effective and Practical Medicaid Quality Strategy Informed by External Quality Review Results

Speaker(s): Elizabeth Wood; Sara Salek; Patrick McGowan


Ballroom 1-3( 2nd Floor )


CMCS

Measuring and Improving Quality in Medicaid Health Homes

Speaker(s): Sara Rhoades; Michaela Vine; Natalie Cook2:30 PM 3:20 PM

Calloway( 3rd Floor )


CMMI

Accountable Care Organization Toolkits and Case Studies: A Compilation if Medicare ACO and ESCO Best Practices

Speaker(s): Erin Carrillo

2:30 PM 3:20 PMBrent

( 3rd Floor )




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Session Code


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transplantationESRD

Depression in Patients with End Stage Renal Disease

Speaker(s): Kristen Kuntz2:30 PM 3:20 PM


52


transplantationESRD

Improving Outcomes in Home Dialysis

Speaker(s): Jeff Perl, Tushar Chopra2:30 PM 3:20 PM

Ruth( Lobby Level )

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Targeted focus on rural health and under-served populations

Hospital Improvement Contractors

The Power of the Care Partner in Reducing Readmission and Increasing PF Engagement

Speaker(s): Nancy Landor; Cathleen R. Wright; Amy Boutwell


( Lobby Level )

73IT Infrastructure: Training, Data, Innovation and More

Getting A Seat At The Table: How To Make Better Business Decisions By Leveraging Customer Personas

Speaker(s): Rob Fay; Stephanie Ray; Suzanne Martin-Devroye; Leslie Welsh-Flaherty; Nichole Carelock; Lesley Humphreys; Chelsea Hunt

Sr


( 2nd Floor )


QualityNet Q&A Tool: Healthcare Answers at Every Citizens’ Fingertips

Speaker(s): Ben Garber; Nicole Gould


( 2nd Floor )


Care/Patients Over Paperwork(Closed Session)

Patients over Paperwork Listening Session #1: Beneficiaries with Chronic Pain

Speaker(s): Leslie Flaherty; Mary Greene; Suzanne Martin-Devroye

2:30 PM 3:20 PMMarshall

( 3rd Floor )


QIN/QIO

Hospital Readmissions from Skilled Nursing Facilities: Harmful for Residents and Costly for Facilities

Speaker(s): Linda Kluge

2:30 PM 3:20 PMTubman AB( 3rd Floor )

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Care/Patients Over PaperworkBFCC-QIO/BFCC NCORC

BFCC QIOs: Fulfilling Patient Advocacy Roles - Supporting Medicare Beneficiaries and their Caregivers

Speaker(s): Scott Fortin; Jennifer Bitterman; Andrea Goldstein; Rosemarie Hartnett


( 2nd Floor )

113Training, Data, Innovation

and MoreCCSQ/QMVIG

eCQM Burden Reduction Tools and the Path to FHIR®

Speaker(s): Debbie Krauss; Shanna Hartman; Rob Samples; Sam Sayer


( Lobby Level )





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Session Code




Transformation and Innovations in Value-Based Models: Focus on Value-Based Care Initiatives and Outcomes

Speaker(s): James Merlino




CMCS

Think Teeth: Strategies to Improve Children’s Oral Health

Speaker(s): Andrew Snyder; Sarah Finne; Mana Mozaffarian3:30 PM 4:20 PM

Holiday Ballroom 1-3

( 2nd Floor )


CMCS

CMS Quality Initiatives: Lessons from the Indian Health Service and Tribal Programs

Speaker(s): Susan Karol; Susy Poatal; Juliana Sadovich; Amber Wilson

3:30 PM 4:20 PMCalloway

( 3rd Floor )


Care/Patients Over PaperworkCMMI

Beneficiary Perspectives on Preventive Services: How Can We Get Everyone to Use Them?

Speaker(s): Jessica McNeely; Jennifer Lloyd; Caitlin Cross-Barnet; Sara Lewis

3:30 PM 4:20 PMCarroll AB

( 3rd Floor )

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transplantationESRD

Care of the Seriously Ill Dialysis Patient

Speaker(s): Louis Diamond; Alvin Moss; Glenda Harbert3:30 PM 4:20 PM

Douglass( 3rd Floor )

50


transplantationESRD

Home Dialysis Start and Transition

Speaker(s): Leonid Pravoverov; Sijie Zheng3:30 PM 4:20 PM



A Look Inside Ventech’s Security Operations Center (SOC)

Speaker(s): Myron Rahynes3:30 PM 4:20 PM



HCQIS Access, Roles, and Profiles (HARP): The Future of CMS Identity Management

Speaker(s): Ken Howard; Dustin Eash; Alexa Schwers; Rhiannon Hill


( 2nd Floor )


Care/Patients Over PaperworkCMCS

Advancing Patient Centered Care Through the Primary Care Model within Indian Health Services

Speaker(s): Natasha Green; Tasha Peltier; Jana Gipp; Denise Klipfel


( Lobby Level )



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Session Code



QPP

Small and Mighty! Challenges of Small and Rural Clinicians Engaged in Value Based Care

Speaker(s): Frank Funderburk; Elizabeth Truong


( 2nd Floor )


Care/Patients Over PaperworkQIN/QIO

Using Your Quality Strategy for Transformational Changes

Speaker(s): Alona Jarmin; Sarah Leake; Darren Crowe; Mary Erickson



QIN/QIO

Meeting the Health-Related Social Needs of Vulnerable Populations: A Community Approach

Speaker(s): Virginia Brooks


( 3rd Floor )

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Transplant Initiative

ETC Kidney Transplant Learning Collaborative: Mini Plenary #3

Speaker(s): Sanjeev Arora3:30 PM 4:20 PM

Key Ballroom 9-12( 2nd Floor )


CCSQ/QMVIG

Leveraging Quality Measurement to Support HHS Policy Priorities: A Fireside Chat with HHS Project Officers and NQF

Researchers

Speaker(s): Helen Dollar-Maples; Laura deNobel; William Tomlinson; Sam Stople; Apryl Clark; Nicole Williams


( 2nd Floor )


(Mini-Plenary)CMCS

Medicaid and CHIP Scorecard Feedback Session

Speaker(s): Karen Llanos; Jayne Hammen; Ethan Moore; Miriam Drapkin

4:30 PM 5:30 PMHoliday 1-3( 2nd Floor )

41


transplantationESRD

Associations Between Mortality and Payment Reductions under the CMS ESRD QIP

Speaker(s): Shannon Griffin; Adebola Adeleye


( Lobby Level )



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Session Code


54


transplantationESRD

Reducing Violence in the Healthcare Settings

Speaker(s): Tau Braun4:30 PM 5:20 PM

Calloway( 3rd Floor )

58


transplantationESRD

Addressing Transplant Waitlist Barriers

Speaker(s): Nidyanandh Vadivel4:30 PM 5:20 PM

Douglass( 3rd Floor )

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transplantationESRD

Transplant Referral Exchange (TREX): Bridging the Communication Divide Between Patients, Transplant Centers,

and Dialysis Clinics

Speaker(s): Rich Muttel

4:30 PM 5:20 PMPeale A

( Lobby Level )

171Hospital Improvement

Contractors

Patient Safety Across Settings – Safer Care by Building Bridges to Support the Whole Patient Experience

Speaker(s): TBD


( Lobby Level )


iQuality Improvement and Innovation Group (at large)

Nursing Homes: Innovative Green House Model

Speaker(s): Susan Frazier Ryan4:30 PM 5:20 PM



Insider Threats & Our Threat Landscape

Speaker(s): Jerry Craig; Tessie Wallace4:30 PM 5:20 PM



iQuality Improvement and Innovation Group (at large)

The Senior High Event and Patient Portal Tutorial- Collaboration of Seniors.

Speaker(s): Stevi Sy

4:30 PM 5:20 PMRuth

( Lobby Level )

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Operationalizing Health Equity Data and Trends and The Power of the Patient

Speaker(s): Erika Klump; Marty Buie; Kristin Preihs


( 2nd Floor )



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Session Code

Track Session/Speaker(s)Start-Time

End-Time Location

182 Integrated Network Session

QIO 12th Scope of WorkPath Forward – NQIIC Contractors

Speaker(s): Dennis Wagner, Paul McGann, Anita Monteiro

4:30 PM 5:30 PMKey Ballroom

5-8( 2nd Floor )

84 Targeting Outcomes

OMH

Improve Quality of Care: Understanding Disparities and Social Determinants of Health Among Older Adults.

Speaker(s): Meagan Khau; Rachel Zuckerman; Vladislav Slanchev


( 3rd Floor )


QIN/QIO

CDSME Success in Rural Populations

Speaker(s): Danielle Hersey4:30 PM 5:30 PM

Tubman AB( 3rd Floor )

97


transplantationTransplant Initiative

Showcasing ETC Kidney Transplant Learning Collaborative Change Package Best Practices: Part 1

Speaker(s): Amit Mathur; Marian O’Rourke; Elizabeth Shipman; Bonnie Lonze


( 2nd Floor )

47


transplantationESRD

Can We Talk? A Listening Session with ESRD Networks

Speaker(s): Jennifer St. Clair Russell; Kelley Canavan5:30 PM 6:30 PM

Ruth( Lobby Level )

64


(Mini-Plenary)Hospital Improvement

Contractors

Advancing Patient Care Improved ED Throughput and LWBS Rate within Indian Health Service

Speaker(s): Ouida Vincent


( Lobby Level )



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FEBRUARY 26

WEDNESDAY


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Early Morning Sessions

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Session Code


45 B


transplantation(Closed Session)

ESRD

NPFE-LAN Meeting, Awards, Ceremony, and Dinner

Speaker(s): Jerome Bailey; Gequincia Polk8:00 AM 5:00 PM

Peale BC( Lobby Level )



Patients over Paperwork Listening Session #3: Clinicians Treating Beneficiaries Who Have Chronic Pain

Speaker(s): Mary Greene; Leslie Flaherty; Suzanne Martin-Devroye

11:00 AM 12:00 PMMarshall

( 3rd Floor )


OMH

Understanding the Rural Landscape Module

Speaker(s): Tamanna Patel; Deana Farmer10:30 AM 1:30 PM




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Grand PlenaryVideo Playback + Recap from Day 1 (Grand Ballroom)

David Wright, Director, Quality and Safety Oversight Group, CCSQ, CMS8:30 AM 8:50 AM Grand Ballroom

Grand Plenary

The Effective Use of Data to Drive Value in Medicaid and CHIP

Calder Lynch, Center Director, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS), CMS

Karen Matsuoka, CMCS Chief Quality Officer and Division Director, Division of Quality and Health Outcomes, CMS


Grand Plenary

Value-Based Care Showcase

Fireside Chat

Brad Smith, Deputy Administrator and Director, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, CMS

Calder Lynch, Director, Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS), CMS

Daniel Tsai, Assistant Secretary for MassHealth and Medicaid Director for the Commonwealth


Grand Plenary

Value Based Care Showcase

David Kendrick, MD, MPH, FACP, chairs the Department of Medical Informatics at the University of Oklahoma’s School of Community

Medicine

Michelle Schreiber, MD, Director, Quality Measurement and Value-Based Incentives Group, CCSQ, CMS


Grand Plenary




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Master Classes


Session Code

Track Session A Start-Time End-Time Location

139 A


TransplantationMaster Class

Strategies for Managing Chronic Kidney Disease for Minority Populations

Speaker(s): Cara James; Clarissa Diamantidis; Jesse Roach; Karen Onstad; Delphine Tuot

10:30 AM 11:45 AMHoliday 4

( 2nd Floor )

155 AAdvancing Person-Centered

Care/Patients Over PaperworkMaster Class

How to Effectively Address Pain Care in a Rapidly Changing Opioid Epidemic: A Federal Perspective

Speaker(s): Ellen Blackwell; Jan Losby; Suchitra Iyer; Vanila Singh; Shari Ling

10:30 AM 11:45 AMHoliday 6

( 2nd Floor )

159 AFostering Innovation

Master Class

Identifying and Using Lead and Lag Measures to Drive Medicaid and CHIP Quality Improvement

Speaker(s): Jane Taylor




The Future of Quality Measurement, 2020 and Beyond

Speaker(s): Michelle Schreiber; Reena Duseja; Claudia Dahlerus; Lisa Suter

10:30 AM 11:45 AMJohnson AB

( Lobby Level )



High Quality Evidence Based Approaches to Patient Engagement

Speaker(s): C. Daniel Mullins; Gail Graham10:30 AM 11:45 AM

Latrobe( Lobby Level )



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Session Code

Track Session B Start-Time End-Time Location

139 B


TransplantationMaster Class

Strategies for Managing Chronic Kidney Disease for Minority Populations

Speaker(s): Cara James; Clarissa Diamantidis; Karen Onstad; Delphine Tuot; Jesse Roach

12:00 PM 1:15 PMHoliday 4

( 2nd Floor )

155 BAdvancing Person-Centered


How to Effectively Address Pain Care in a Rapidly Changing Opioid Epidemic: A Federal Perspective

Speaker(s): Ellen Blackwell; Vanila Singh; Jan Losby; Suchitra Iyer; Shari Ling


( 2nd Floor )

159 BFostering Innovation

Master Class

Identifying and Using Lead and Lag Measures to Drive Medicaid and CHIP Quality Improvement

Speaker(s): Jane Taylor

12:00 PM 1:15 PMHoliday 1-3( 2nd Floor )

163 BMeaningful Measures

Master Class

The Future of Quality Measurement, 2020 and Beyond

Speaker(s): Reena Duseja; Michelle Schreiber; Lisa Suter; Claudia Dahlerus


( Lobby Level )

189 BAdvancing Patient Centered

Care/Patients Over Paperwork Master Class

High Quality Evidence Based Approaches to Patient Engagement

Speaker(s): C. Daniel Mullins; Gail Graham12:00 PM 1:15 PM

Latrobe( Lobby Level )

190 B Master Class

Approaches for Delivering Value-Based Care in Emergency Medicine, Radiology, Psychiatry, and Internal Medicine

Speaker(s): Meena Abraham; Arjun Venkatesh; Gregory Nicola; Daisy Smith; Anna Ratzliff

12:00 PM 1:15 PMRuth

( Lobby Level )

Master Classes




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Session Code


196 QIN-QIO NQIIC Branding Mixer 11:30 AM 1:00 PMTubman AB( 3rd Floor )


CMCSMedicaid and CHIP Quality Improvement Technical Assistance

Session12:00 PM 4:30 PM

Poe( 2nd Floor )

9

Targeted focus on rural health and small & vulnerable

populations(Closed Session)

Supporting Beneficiaries with Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Reviews

Speaker(s): Jason Green

1:45 PM 2:20 PMPaca

( 3rd Floor )


CCSQ/QMVIG

Next-Generation Tools: The CMS Quality Measure Development Plan and Quality Measure Index

Speaker(s): Kendra Hanley; Carolyn Lockwood


( 2nd Floor )

8Ensuring Safety & QualityBFCC-QIO/BFCC NCORC

Addressing the Opioid Crisis: Innovations From the Field

Speaker(s): Joel Brill; Fadia T. Shaya; Noel Eldridge; Thomas Jackson

2:30 PM 3:20 PMPaca

( 3rd Floor )

5


(Closed Session)BFCC-QIO/BFCC NCORC

Achieving Consistency on Post-Acute Appeals Decision in the Skilled Nursing Facility Setting

Speaker(s): Jessica Whitley

2:30 PM 3:20 PMDouglass

( 3rd Floor )



We Care! Patient and Clinician Champions Unite to Redesign Care

Speaker(s): Elizabeth Truong; Beth Chalick-Kaplan

2:30 PM 3:20 PMStone

( 3rd Floor )



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Session Code


166 Targeting OutcomesIntegrated Care for Kids and Maternal Opioid Misuse

Speaker(s): Katie Davidson2:30 PM 3:20 PM

Holiday 6( 2nd Floor )

67Addressing the Opioid Epidemic

and Patient SafetyClinician Quality Improvement

Opioid Use Disorder: Taking on the Challenge - Impacting the Rural & Urban Communities

Speaker(s): Candace Fong; Kurt Devine; Alicia Kurtz


( Lobby Level )


CMCS

Addressing Maternal and Infant Mortality and Severe Maternal Morbidity to Improve Health Outcomes

Speaker(s): Jill Morrow-Gorton; Marian Jarlenski; James Becker


( 2nd Floor )


CMCS

Medicaid-Housing Partnerships Improving Care of Medicaid Beneficiaries: Lessons Learned from the Medicaid Innovation

Accelerator Programs Technical Assistance

Speaker(s): Melanie Brown; Ann Bevan; Emily Cooper


( 2nd Floor )


CMCS

Medicaid Data and Monitoring for Substance Use Disorders

Speaker(s): Andrew Snyder; Keith Branham; Hannah Burney2:30 PM 3:20 PM



CMMI

Innovation in Quality Measurement Through Novel Partnerships

Speaker(s): Beth Chalick-Kaplan; Mark Reardon 2:30 PM 3:20 PM




Selected QIN-QIO 11th SOW Evaluation Results: How Will the Past Inform the Future?

Speaker(s): Nancy Sonnenfeld; Jiaqi Li; Elyse Levine; Omar Pedraza; Ping Yu

2:30 PM 4:00 PMCarroll

( 3rd Floor )





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Session Code



CMII

How Medical Associations Support Value-Based Care and APM Participation.

Speaker(s): Meena Abraham


( 2nd Floor )

53


transplantationESRD

Medication Reconciliation in Patients with ESRD

Speaker(s): Katie E. Cardone2:30 PM 3:20 PM

Brent( 3rd Floor )

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transplantationESRD

Standardized Comprehensive Pre-ESRD Education Protocol: An Important Tool for Growth in Home Dialysis Modalities

Speaker(s): Ashutosh Shukla


( Lobby Level )


HCQIS Security Policy Refresher

Speaker(s): Timothy Jones; Christopher Morici2:30 PM 3:20 PM



HCQIS IT Service Modernization, Lets Discuss How You’re Impacted

Speaker(s): Kenneth Howard; Audie Murphy


( Lobby Level )


OMH

Achieving Measurable Results: Learning From Past CMS Health Equity Awardees

Speaker(s): Cara James; Michael Monson; Donna Zimmerman

2:30 PM 3:20 PMRuth

( Lobby Level )


QIN/QIO

HAI Prevention and Antibiotic Stewardship in Nursing Homes: Building on Successes

Speaker(s): Nimalie Stone


( 2nd Floor )


QMVIG

Building a Better Compare Tool Experience: A hands on workshop to comment on DRAFT new designs. Bring your own device to see the designs online – a laptop, tablet, or

smartphone

Speaker(s): Nathaniel Mudd




25

Session Code



Care/Patients Over Paperwork

Patients over Paperwork Listening Session #2: Beneficiaries with Chronic Pain


2:30 PM 3:30 PMMarshall

( 3rd Floor )


Care/Patients Over PaperworkBFCC-QIO/BFCC NCORC

Introduction to the Beneficiary Care Management Program (BCMP)

Speaker(s): Andrea Goldstein; Shiree Southerland; Milton Johnson


( 2nd Floor )


CCSQ/QMVIG

Connecting the Digital Dots: Improving Quality in the Age of Meaningful Measures

Speaker(s): Nicole Brennan; Brenna Rabel; Kimberly Rawlings


( 3rd Floor )

167Targeted Focus on Rural Health

and Underserved Populations

Transformation and Innovations in Value-Based Models: Innovation in CKD Care in Primary Care

Speaker(s): Elizabeth Montgomery


( 2nd Floor )


Care/Patients Over Paperwork

Minnesota’s Patient and Family Engagement Model: Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence for Better Outcomes

Speaker(s): Joy Benn


( Lobby Level )


CMCS

Severe Maternal Morbidity: Developing an eCQM measure for hospital Based and State Based Reporting

Speaker(s): Renee Fox; Elliot Main; Tricia Elliot; Kathleen Balestracci


( 2nd Floor )


CMCS

Development of a Recommended Measure Set for Medicaid-Funded Home and Community Based Services

Speaker(s): Jennifer Bowdoin; Melanie Brown


( 2nd Floor )


CMCS

Addressing the Social Determinants of Health under Medicaid

Speaker(s): Ellen-Marie Whelan; Melissa Harris; Sarah Szanton


( 2nd Floor )

35Targeted Focus on Rural Health

and Underserved Populations CMMI

National Efforts to Expand Access to the National DPP and the MDPP

Speaker(s): Elizabeth Matthews

3:30 PM 4:20 PMDouglass

( 3rd Floor )





26

Session Code


44


transplantationESRD

Emerging Issues in Dialysis Infection Prevention: Patient Engagement and Home Dialysis

Speaker(s): Shannon Novosad; Lauren Moccia; Priti Patel; Nicole Gualandi

3:30 PM 4:20 PMPaca

( 3rd Floor )


HCQIS Infrastructure Board/ESRD Infrastructure Board (HIB/EIB) Technical Roundtable

Speaker(s): Steve Taylor; Ken Howard


( Lobby Level )


OMH

Rethinking Rural Health: Reflections on HHS Efforts to Improve Healthcare in Rural America

Speaker(s): Cara James; Rivka Friedman; Paul Moore


( 2nd Floor )

89

Targeted focus on rural health and small & vulnerable

populationsOMH

Identifying and Improving Outcomes for Vulnerable Populations for the 12th SOW

Speaker(s): Filita Long; Letonya Smith; Jordan Luke; Vanessa Andow


61


transplantationESRD

Telehealth in ESRD Home and In-Center Therapies

Speaker(s): Christos Agryopoulos3:30 PM 4:20 PM



QIN/QIO

10 Years of Lessons Learned: Engaging Vulnerable Populations in Chronic Disease Self-Management Programs

Speaker(s): Janice Hidalgo; Ingris Garcia


( 2nd Floor )


Care/Patients Over PaperworkQIN/QIO

The Human Condition in Cultural Transformation 3:30 PM 4:20 PMCalloway

( 2nd Floor )


QIN/QIO

Nursing Home Readiness: Value-Based Payment/Leading Actionable QAA/QAPI Meetings

Speaker(s): Kristi Wergin


( 2nd Floor )





27




Session Code



QPP

2020 Overview of the Quality Payment Program

Speaker(s): Molly MacHarris; Sophia Sugumar; Elizabeth Holland; Brittany LaCouture

3:30 PM 4:20 PMKey Ballroom 3-4

( 2nd Floor )

94Fostering Innovation - Kidney Health, ESRD, and Increasing

Transplantation

Showcasing ETC Kidney Transplant Learning Collaborative Change Package Best Practices: Part 2

Speaker(s): Lisa Stocks; Erica Granados; Howard Nathan; Richard Hasz


( 2nd Floor )


CCSQ/QMVIG

Promoting Interoperability: How Far Have We Come?

Speaker(s): Elizabeth Holland; Jessica Warren 4:30 PM 5:20 PM

Paca( 3rd Floor )


CCSQ/QMVIG

Transforming Measure Data Into Meaningful Information: The CMS National Quality Dashboard

Speaker(s): Kyle Campbell; Robert Ziemba


( 2nd Floor )


CCSQ/QMVIG

Meaningful Measures 2.0: What Do You Think?

Speaker(s): Michelle Schreiber; Reena Duseja4:30 PM 5:20 PM

Brent( 3rd Floor )

72Addressing the Opioid

Epidemic and Patient SafetyClinician Quality Improvement

Opioid Practice Assessment

Speaker(s): Shannon Davila; Rosalie Weakland; Robert G. Shipp III


( Lobby Level )


CMCS

Using Data to Improve Hepatitis C Screening and Treatment: Lessons Learned from the Hepatitis C Medicaid Affinity Group

Speaker(s): Ellie Coombs; Lindsey Sizemore; Joseph Coyle


( 2nd Floor )

99


transplantationTransplant Initiative

HRSA’s Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (COIIN) Initiative

Speaker(s): Chris McLaughlin


( 2nd Floor )


28



Session Code



CMCS

Using Value-Based Payments to Improve Care for Medicaid Beneficiaries: Lessons Learned from the Medicaid Innovation

Accelerator Programs Technical Assistance

Speaker(s): Karen Llanos; Scott Leitz; Leisha Gray


( 2nd Floor )

48


transplantationESRD

Dialysis Waitlist, Communication Between Dialysis and Transplant Centers

Speaker(s): Chris Brown


( Lobby Level )

49


transplantationESRD

EQRS in 2020 and Beyond

Speaker(s): Brent Weaver; Seema Sreenivas4:30 PM 5:20 PM

Ruth( Lobby Level )


The Dangers of Phishing and Ransomware

Speaker(s): Mike Diab; Leonardo Ortiz4:30 PM 5:20 PM



Quality Service Center: Empowering and Improving Service to Providers

Speaker(s): Patrick Dahlen; Bruce Gordon; Tracy Hill


( Lobby Level )

117 Fostering Innovation

Other

Supporting Stakeholders to Succeed in MIPS: The Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Practice Improvement and

Measures Management Support (PIMMS)

Speaker(s): Susan Arday; Jaclyn Rappaport; Natalya Wayne; Anastasia Robben

4:30 PM 5:20 PMCalloway

( 2nd Floor )


Other

Building a Better Compare Tool Experience: A hands on workshop to comment on DRAFT new designs. Bring your own device to

see the designs online – a laptop, tablet, or smartphone

Speaker(s): Nathaniel Mudd

4:30 PM 5:20 PMKey Ballroom 1-2

( 2nd Floor )


QIN/QIO

The Impact of Education in Serious Illness Conversations

Speaker(s): Juliana Preston4:30 PM 5:20 PM



QIN/QIO

Self-Measured Blood Pressure Programming and Innovations

Speaker(s): Andrea Boucher; Brenda Jenkins4:30 PM 5:20 PM




29



Session Code



QPP

MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs) in 2021 and Beyond

Speaker(s): Molly MacHarris; Sophia Sugumar; Joel Andress4:30 PM 5:20 PM

Carroll( 3rd Floor )


QPP

Engaging SURS Clinicians: Improving the Support Provided to Small Practices in the Quality Payment Program/Leveraging

your Resources: Collaborating with Other Technical Assistance Organizations to Maximize Your Effectiveness

Speaker(s): Camellia Bollino Doyle; Tennille Daniels

4:30 PM 5:20 PMTighman

( Lobby Level )



Managing Change Effectively in TO1

Speaker(s): Roger Liu; Michal Balass; Krishna Patel; Dennis Wagner

5:30 PM 6:30 PMRuth

( Lobby Level )

65

Addressing the Opioid Epidemic and Patient Safety

(Mini-Plenary)Clinician Quality Improvement

Reducing Opioid-Related Harm: Stewardship and Surveillance

Speaker(s): Erika Klump; Misty Anderson; Michael A.E. Ramsay


( Lobby Level )

57



ESRD

Transplant - ESRD Patient-Led Panel

Speaker(s): Derek L. Forfang5:30 PM 6:30 PM


162


(Mini-Plenary)CCSQ/QMVIG

Measuring Hospital Performance: Patient-Reported Outcomes After Total Hip/Knee Arthroplasty

Speaker(s): Lisa Suter; Kathleen Balestracci; Karen Dorsey-Sheares; Zhenqiu Lin


( 3rd Floor )



FEBRUARY 27

THURSDAY

30


31


Grand Plenary

Video Playback + Recap from Day 2 (Grand Ballroom)

Sandra Pace, Acting Director, Survey and Operations Group, CCSQ, CMS


Grand Plenary

Rural Health Strategy:

Cara James, PhD, Director, CMS Office of Minority Health

CMS Health Equity Award

Presented by: Cara James, PhD, Director, CMS Office of Minority Health

8:40 AM 9:20 AMKey Ballroom ( 2nd Floor )

Grand Plenary

Interoperability

Shannon Sartin, Chief Technology Officer, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, CMS

Alex Mugge, Deputy Chief of Health Informatics, Health Informatics Office, CMS

Allison Oelschlaeger, Chief Data Officer and Director of the Office of Enterprise Data & Analytics, CMS


Grand Plenary

Drug Pricing and Payment

Moderator: Jean Moody-Williams, Acting Director, Center For Clinical Standards and Quality

Jeet Guram, MD, Senior Advisor to the CMS Administrator

Cheri Rice, Deputy Director, Parts C and D, of the Center for Medicare, CMS

Anand Shah, MD, Deputy Commissioner for Medical and Scientific Affairs at the Food and Drug Administration

9:50 AM 10:20 AMKey Ballroom ( 2nd Floor )

Grand Plenary

Closing Address

Jean Moody-Williams, Acting Director, Center For Clinical Standards and Quality, CMS


Grand Plenary

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2020





Session Code


42


Transplantation(Closed Session)

ESRD

Kidney Community Emergency Response Program - Summit

Speaker(s): Keely Lenoir8:00 AM 12:00 PM

Peale ABC( Lobby Level )

96



ESRD

ETC Kidney Transplant Learning Collaborative Closing Mini Plenary - Call to Action

Speaker(s): Renee Dupee




Patients over Paperwork Listening Session #4: Clinicians Treating Beneficiaries Who Have Chronic Pain


10:45 AM 11:30 AMDouglass

( 3rd Floor )

145Ensuring Safety and Quality


Data in the QIN-QIO Network

Speaker(s): Traci Archibald; Linda Kluge10:45 AM 11:20 AM

Holiday 4-5 ( 2nd Floor )

60


Transplantation(Mini-Plenary)

ESRD

Measuring the Benefits and Complexities of ESRD Care for Rural Patients

Speaker(s): Sandi Scaia

10:45 AM 11:20 AMLatrobe

( Lobby Level )

Early Morning Sessions



Session Code


66


Transplantation(Mini-Plenary)(Closed Session)


Clinicians in Conversations, Improving Quality

Speaker(s): Robert Redwood10:45 AM 11:35 AM

Johnson AB( Lobby Level )

165Ensuring Safety and Quality


Patient Experience, Value, and Social Determinants

Speaker(s): Thomas Lee; Greg Snyder; William Shrank10:45 AM 11:35 AM


10


(Mini-Plenary)(Closed Session)

BFCC-QIO/BFCC NCORC

BFCC Mini-Plenary: Closing Session Key Take-Aways for the BFCC QIO Community

Speaker(s): Ariel De Vera; Cheryl Lehane; David Russo; Kaysha Meredith

10:45 AM 11:35 AMTubman AB( 3rd Floor )


CCSQ/QMVIG

Advancing Interoperability in Post Acute Care

Speaker(s): Beth Connor; Elizabeth Palena; Lorraine Wickiser; Dave Hill

10:45 AM 11:35 AMRuth

( Lobby Level )

33





34

Special Sessions



Session Code


184Special Meeting- Executive

Round TableETC Learning Collaborative Leadership Coordinating Council

(LCC) Executive Session12:15 PM 1:00 PM



Round Table ESRD Network & Forum Round Table 1:15 PM 2:00 PM



Round TableQIN-QIO CEO and AHQA Round Table 2:15 PM 3:00 PM



Round TableBFCC-QIO CEO Round Table 3:15 PM 4:00 PM


193 Special MeetingCMS Medical Officer’s Meeting

Closed Meeting12:00 PM 3:00 PM



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GRANDPLENARYSPEAKERS


36

Seema Verma

Position: Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Seema Varna, as the Administrator

of the Centers for Medicare & Med-

icaid Services (CMS), Seema Verma

oversees an agency with a $1 trillion

budget, representing about a quar-

ter of the total federal budget, that

provides health coverage programs

for more than 130 million Americans

and ensures the quality and safety

of all hospitals participating in Medi-

care. Nominated by President Trump

on November 29, 2016 – the seventh

nomination by the President-elect

– and confirmed by the U.S. Senate

on March 13, 2017, she is one of the

longest serving CMS Administrators

in modern history.

Since then, the Administrator has set

a bold agenda to empower patients

and transform the healthcare system

to deliver better value and results

for patients through competition

and innovation. CMS has focused all

its efforts on 16 strategic initiatives

across programs within Medicare

and Medicaid as well as across the

healthcare exchanges as enacted by

the Affordable Care Act of 2010 to

move the healthcare delivery system

toward value.

Administrator Verma is a graduate of

the University of Maryland and holds

an MPH from Johns Hopkins Univer-

sity. Modern Healthcare ranked her

as the number one most influential

person in healthcare in 2019.

PLENARY SPEAKERS


37

Alec G. Alexander, JD, is Deputy Ad-

ministrator of the Centers for Medi-

care & Medicaid Services (CMS) and

Director of its Center for Program

Integrity (CPI). Mr. Alexander’s role in

support of the CMS Administrator is

to develop and manage federal policy

initiatives that identify program vul-

nerabilities; prevent fraud, waste, and

abuse; and ensure the integrity of all

Medicare and Medicaid spending. As

CPI Director, Mr. Alexander oversees

all interactions and collaborations

between CMS and both state law en-

forcement agencies and federal en-

tities including the United States De-

partment of Justice, U.S. Department

of Health and Human Services, and

Office of Inspector General.

Mr. Alexander joined CMS in Decem-

ber of 2017. Prior to his current posi-

tion, he was an attorney in private law

practice representing a wide range of

providers in administrative, civil, and

criminal matters. His previous experi-

ence also includes several years as a

healthcare executive at in a large hos-

pital system where serving as Chief

Compliance Officer was among his

numerous responsibilities. From 2002

through 2010, Mr. Alexander was an

Assistant United States Attorney han-

dling a wide variety of healthcare fraud

investigations and prosecutions.

Alec G. Alexander, JD

Position: Deputy Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Med-icaid Services (CMS) and Director of its Center for Program Integrity (CPI)

PLENARY SPEAKERS


38

Michelle Block Schreiber, MDPosition: Director of the Quality Measurement and Value-Based Incentives Group of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Michelle Block Schreiber, MD, is

Director of the Quality Measurement

and Value-Based Incentives Group of

the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid

Services. In this role, Dr. Schreiber

supports the CMS Administrator by

applying her interests in quality im-

provement, quality measures, and

the intersection with electronic med-

ical records to advance quality and

quality measures.

Dr. Schreiber is a general internist

with over 25 years of health care ex-

perience. Most recently, she was the

Senior Vice President and Chief Qual-

ity Officer of Henry Ford Health Sys-

tem (HFHS) in Detroit, Michigan. Prior

roles at HFHS included the Division

Head of General Internal Medicine,

and the Senior Vice President of Clini-

cal Transformation and IT Integration,

where she was the clinical lead of the

systemwide Epic EHR implementa-

tion (a proprietary electronic medical

record management software devel-

oped by EPIC and adopted by health

systems across the country). The

Epic implementation and use earned

HFHS a Healthcare Information Man-

agement Systems Society (HIMSS)

Davies Award in 2018. Dr. Schreiber

has also held senior leadership roles

at the Detroit Medical Center, where

she was the Chief Quality Officer, and

with Trinity Health System where she

was the national system Chief Medi-

cal Officer and acting interim Chief

Medical Information Officer.

In addition to her health system roles,

Dr. Schreiber has served on numer-

ous quality committees including

Michigan Hospital Association (MHA)

statewide quality committee, and on

boards of the MHA Keystone Center

and the Patient Safety Organization,

the Michigan Peer Review Organiza-

tion, Health Alliance Plan insurance

company, the National Quality Forum

Patient Safety Metrics Committee,

and the National Quality Partners.

She has worked with the Institute for

Healthcare Improvement (IHI) includ-

ing as part of its Leadership Alliance,

the Pursuing Equity initiative, and an

initiative to enhance Board of Trust-

ees engagement in quality through a

partnership with IHI and National Pa-

tient Safety Foundation. Dr. Schreiber

has also served as a member of the

Epic Safety Forum, and the Cerner Ac-

ademic Advisory Group.

Dr. Schreiber is married, with two

children (one a physician at Johns

Hopkins and one a committed

non-physician). She received her

medical and undergraduate degrees

(in humanities/comparative literature

and Biology) from Case Western Re-

serve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

She completed her internal medicine

training at New York Hospital/Weill

Cornell University Medical Center in

New York City.

PLENARY SPEAKERS


39

Kimberly Brandt, JD

Position: Principal Deputy Admin-istrator for Policy and Operations for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Kimberly Brandt, JD, is the Princi-

pal Deputy Administrator for Policy

and Operations for the Centers for

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

Ms. Brandt supports the CMS Ad-

ministrator in the management of

organizational programs, Medicare,

Medicaid, and the Children’s Health

Insurance Program. She previously

served as Director of the CMS Medi-

care Program Integrity Group after

five years with the U.S. Department

of Health and Human Services, Of-

fice of Inspector General as a Senior

Counsel.

Her previous experience includes

positions as Chief Oversight Counsel

and General Counsel on the Majority

staff of the U.S. Senate Finance Com-

mittee from January 2011 through

August 2017 and Senior Counsel at

Alston & Bird LLP, a global law firm in

Washington, D.C.

Ms. Brandt received her JD from De-

Paul School of Law with a concentra-

tion in health law, her MA in Legis-

lative Affairs and Health Policy from

George Washington University, and

her BA from Valparaiso University.

She is a nationally recognized expert

in healthcare compliance and fraud

and abuse issues. In 2016 she re-

ceived the Healthcare Compliance

and Ethics Professional of the Year

award from the Society for Corpo-

rate Compliance and Ethics and the

Health Care Compliance Association.

PLENARY SPEAKERS


40

Admiral Brett Giroir, MD

Position: Assistant Secretary for Health

Admiral Brett Giroir, MD, is the

16th Assistant Secretary for Health

in the U.S. Department of Health and

Human Services (HHS). He serves as

the HHS Secretary’s principal public

health and science advisor and is

responsible for coordinating HHS’s

efforts across the Administration to

fight America’s opioid crisis. He also

oversees the Office of the Surgeon

General and the U.S. Public Health

Service Commissioned Corps.

Dr Giroir’s office leads many criti-

cal national initiatives, including an

historic new plan to end the HIV

epidemic in America, the Physical

Activity Guidelines for Americans,

the National Vaccine Plan, and a

cross-agency effort to improve the

outcome of patients with sickle cell

disease.

Dr. Giroir is a pediatric critical care

specialist and physician-scientist,

who has served in several leadership

positions in the federal government

as well as academia. Most notably,

he was the first physician to serve as

an office director at the Defense Ad-

vanced Research Projects Agency of

the U.S. Department of Defense.

He received a bachelor’s degree in

biology, magna cum laude, from Har-

vard University, and a medical degree

from the University of Texas South-

western Medical Center. As a pedi-

atric critical care physician, Dr. Giroir

brings that hands-on, patient-cen-

tered perspective to his work as As-

sistant Secretary for Health, where

his primary goal is leading America

to healthier lives.

PLENARY SPEAKERS


41

Mary G. Greene, MD, MPH, MBA

Position: - Senior Advisor, Office of the Administrator, CMS

PLENARY SPEAKERS

Mary Greene, MD, is a senior ad-

visor in the Centers for Medicare &

Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of the

Administrator. She leads CMS’ Pa-

tients over Paperwork initiative, an

agency-wide regulatory reform and

burden reduction effort aimed to re-

duce the time clinicians and health

care providers spend on unneces-

sary administrative requirements so

they can spend more time providing

high quality care and an exceptional

patient experience. She also leads a

pilot program working with a state to

take a holistic, data-driven approach

to combatting the opioid epidemic.

Prior to her current role, Dr. Greene

was the Director of the Governance

Management Group in the CMS Cen-

ter for Program Integrity (CPI), where

she led CPI’s vulnerability manage-

ment, regulation development, strat-

egy development, and performance

oversight functions. Prior to joining

CMS, Dr. Greene led strategy and op-

erational support projects to stand

up new programs, improve opera-

tional efficiencies, build collabora-

tions, and foster professional devel-

opment. Dr. Greene, a pediatrician

and Fellow of the American Academy

of Pediatrics, completed her medical

education at the Yale School of Med-

icine, clinical training at the Johns

Hopkins Hospital, Masters in Public

Health at the Yale School of Pub-

lic Health, and Masters in Business

Administration at Loyola College in

Maryland.


42

Jeet Guram, MD

Position: Senior Advisor to the CMS Administrator

Jeet Guram, MD is a Senior Advisor

to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid

Services (CMS) Administrator Seema

Verma. In this role, he has led initiatives

including the agency’s cross-cutting ef-

forts to lower the cost of prescription

drugs and the overhaul of the CMS pro-

gram for Accountable Care Organiza-

tions called “Pathways to Success.”

Prior to joining CMS, Dr. Guram was an

Associate at McKinsey & Company. He

is a graduate of the Harvard Medical

School and has an master’s degree in

business administration from Harvard

Business School.

PLENARY SPEAKERS


43

Cara V. James, PhD

Position: Director of the Office of Mi-nority Health (OMH) of the Centers at Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Dr. Cara V. James, is the Director of

the Office of Minority Health (OMH)

at the Centers for Medicare & Medic-

aid Services (CMS) and co-chair of the

CMS Rural Health Council. As OMH

Director, Dr. James supports the CMS

Administrator by leading CMS’s efforts

to meet the unique needs of minority

and underserved populations. Under

her leadership, CMS OMH developed

the first CMS Equity Plan to Improve

Quality in Medicare, created an ongoing

initiative to help individuals understand

their coverage and connect to care, and

strengthened the quality and increased

the collection and reporting of demo-

graphic data.

Dr. James has served as a member of

the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) Round-

table on the Promotion of Health Equity

and the Elimination of Health Dispari-

ties and several other IOM committees

including the Committee on Leading

Health Indicators for Healthy People

2020. She is a nationally recognized

expert in health disparities, health eq-

uity, and improving health outcomes

for vulnerable populations. She has

published several peer-reviewed arti-

cles and other publications and co-au-

thored a background chapter for the

IOM Report, “Unequal Treatment.” Dr.

James received her PhD in Health Policy

and her AB in Psychology from Harvard

University.

PLENARY SPEAKERS


44

David C. Kendrick, MD, MPH, FACP

Position: Chair of the Department of Medical Informatics at the University of Oklahoma, School of Community Health

David C. Kendrick, MD, MPH, FACP, David C. Kendrick, MD, MPH,

FACP, is Chair of the Department of

Medical Informatics at the University

of Oklahoma, School of Community

Health. He is also Founder and CEO

of Oklahoma’s MyHealth Access Net-

work, the state’s non-profit health in-

formation network. MyHealth serves

three million patients statewide with

a healthcare IT system that ensures

secure health information exchange,

facilitates community-wide care co-

ordination, and supports providers

with a robust decision-support plat-

form. MyHealth provides region-wide

quality measurement for the Centers

for Medicare & Medicaid’s Compre-

hensive Primary Care Initiative as

well as for accountable care organi-

zations (ACOs) and value-based pay-

ment models across the state.

In addition to his faculty appoint-

ment, Dr. Kendrick is Chair of the

Board of the National Committee for

Quality Assurance (NCQA) as well as

a member of the board of the Stra-

tegic Health Information Exchange

Collaborative (SHIEC). Through Dr.

Kendrick’s affiliation with the latter,

he proposed the SHIEC Patient Cen-

tered Data Home™ model of nation-

wide interoperability, a health infor-

mation exchange (HIE) that enables

secure patient record exchange

among states and regions where in-

dividuals receive care.

PLENARY SPEAKERS


45

Demetrios L. Kouzoukas, JD,

Position: Principal Deputy Admin-istrator and Director of the Center for Medicare for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS)

Demetrios L. Kouzoukas, JD, is

the Principal Deputy Administrator

and Director of the Center for Medi-

care for the Centers for Medicare

& Medicaid (CMS). Mr. Kouzoukas

supports the CMS Administrator by

leading the staff that develops poli-

cies for and manages the operations

of the Fee-For-Service portion of the

Medicare program, and has respon-

sibility for the Medicare Advantage

Plan and Medicare prescription drug

programs.

From 2003 to 2009, he was a senior

official at the U.S. Department of

Health and Human Services (HHS),

serving as Principal Associate Deputy

Secretary and Deputy General Coun-

sel. While at HHS, he was responsi-

ble for regulatory policy across the

Department, and at various times

collaborated with or advised every

division of HHS. Mr. Kouzoukas has

also worked with a broad spectrum

of health care stakeholders in pri-

vate practice as a lawyer providing

strategic advice on legal, regulatory,

and public policy matters. In addi-

tion, he has been a senior execu-

tive at the nation’s largest Medicare

health plan business, where he led a

team of legal and regulatory affairs

professionals as General Counsel.

Until recently, Mr. Kouzoukas served

as a Public Member of the Admin-

istrative Conference of the United

States, an appointment made based

on expertise in administrative law,

government procedure, and public

administration.

Mr. Kouzoukas graduated with a de-

gree in Political Science and Public

Policy from George Washington Uni-

versity before receiving his JD from

the University of Illinois. He is orig-

inally from Chicago, IL, and enjoys

spending time with his wife and two

daughters.

PLENARY SPEAKERS


46

Calder Lynch

Position: Director of the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Pro-gram (CHIP) services for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Calder Lynch, is Director of the Med-

icaid and Children’s Health Insurance

Program (CHIP) services for the Cen-

ters for Medicare & Medicaid Services

(CMS). Mr. Lynch supports the CMS Ad-

ministrator as the agency’s senior ex-

ecutive overseeing the Medicaid/CHIP

programs, which have a combined en-

rollment of some 72 million Americans.

Calder began his career at CMS in May

2017, when he was named the Senior

Counselor to the Administrator.

Prior to his federal service, Mr. Lynch

was the Nebraska state Medicaid di-

rector under Governor Pete Ricketts. In

that capacity, he oversaw the division

responsible for the provision of health

coverage to nearly 240,000 aging Ne-

braskans. During his time in Nebraska,

Calder led the development and im-

plementation of the state’s integrat-

ed managed care program, Heritage

Health.

Early in his career, Mr. Lynch served

as the Chief of Staff to the Secretary

of the Louisiana Department of Health

and Hospitals. A Louisiana native, he

earned a degree in Business Adminis-

tration from Louisiana State University

and his MS in Health Administration

from the University of Alabama-Bir-

mingham (UAB).

PLENARY SPEAKERS


47

Karen Matsuoka, PhD

Position: Chief Quality Officer for Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) services for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Karen Matsuoka, PhD, is Chief Qual-

ity Officer for Medicaid and Children’s

Health Insurance Program (CHIP) ser-

vices for the Centers for Medicare &

Medicaid Services (CMS). She supports

the CMS Administrator by directing ef-

forts to assist states in providing safe,

efficient, and effective patient-centered

care for program beneficiaries and oth-

er uninsured and vulnerable popula-

tions. Her efforts extend to the overall

national health care system.

Dr. Matsuoka brings multi-sector and

interdisciplinary expertise to this work

and has held positions in the Maryland

Department of Health and Mental Hy-

giene, the Brookings Institution, The

White House Office of Management

and Budget, and the United States

House Ways and Means Subcommittee

on Health.

Dr. Matsuoka earned her Doctorate in

Social Policy from University of Oxford

as a Rhodes Scholar, and her BA and

MA degrees from Stanford University.

She was recently invited back to Stan-

ford University as a visiting fellow at the

School of Engineering’s Hasso Plattner

Institute for Design and the School of

Medicine’s Clinical Excellence Research

Center, applying human-centered de-

sign approaches to health system re-

design issues.

PLENARY SPEAKERS


48

Precious McCowan, MS

Position: End Stage Renal Disease Patient Advocate, Educator, and Mentor

PLENARY SPEAKERS

Precious McCowan, is a two-time

kidney transplant recipient from

Lancaster, Texas.

She was diagnosed with kidney dis-

ease in 2010 and received her first

kidney and pancreas transplant the

same year. The kidney failed after

seven months, but it took eight years

to receive her second transplant in

April 2019. It was during the inter-

vening years that she spent on he-

modialysis that her patient advocacy

journey began. Precious believes

that having the opportunity to re-

ceive a transplant is a gift since it can

be hard to acquire for many patients.

Precious has encountered many

health challenges from a young age

and knows the difficulties of manag-

ing chronic illnesses; for this reason,

she strives diligently to advocate for

improved patient and family engage-

ment, and health literacy. As an end

stage renal disease patient advocate,

educator, and mentor, her advocacy

work includes:

• Facility Patient Representative

• Chair, ESRD Network 14 of Texas

Patient Advisory Council

• Member, ESRD Network 14 Medical

Review Board

• Subject Matter Expert, ESRD Na-

tional Coordinating Center

• Subject Matter Expert, Kidney Com-

munity Emergency Response Pro-

gram

• Patient Representative, American

College of Physician Care Coordina-

tion

• Peer Mentor, National Kidney Foun-

dation

Precious earned a Bachelor of Sci-

ence in Criminal Justice and Master

of Science in Human Behavior while

on dialysis. She is currently pursuing

her Doctorate in the field of Human

Behavior. In July of 2019, Precious

was honored to be invited by the

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid

Services (CMS) to witness the Exec-

utive Order signing on Advancing

American Kidney Health in Washing-

ton D.C., of which one of the aims

is to increase kidney transplants by

modernizing the organ recovery and

transplantation systems. Precious

believes that, “A strong communi-

ty is built on efficient advocacy, and

change is established when voices

are heard.” And she stands firmly

on the motto, “To be of service to all

mankind.”


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Robert A. Montgomery, MD, DPhil, FACS,

Position: Professor of Surgery and Director of the NYU Langone Transplant Institute.

Robert A. Montgomery, MD, DPhil, FACS, is Professor of Sur-

gery and Director of the NYU Lan-

gone Transplant Institute. He is

considered a global expert in kidney

transplantation for highly sensitized

and ABO incompatible patients and

has been referred complex patients

from around the world. He is cred-

ited in the 2010 Guinness Book of

World Records with the most kidney

transplants performed in one day.

As a transplant pioneer, Dr. Mont-

gomery was part of the team that de-

veloped the laparoscopic procedure

for live kidney donation, a proce-

dure that has become the standard

throughout the world. He collaborat-

ed with members of the Johns Hop-

kins University transplant team to

develop the Domino Paired Donation

(kidney swaps), the Hopkins protocol

for desensitization of incompatible

kidney transplant patients. Dr. Mont-

gomery performed the first chain of

transplants started by an altruistic

donor and led the team that per-

formed the first series of procedures

from the 2-way through 8-way paired

donation procedures and co-led the

first 10-way open chain procedure.

Dr. Montgomery’s clinical and basic

science research has received Na-

tional Institutes of Health support

throughout his career. His academic

interests include human leukocyte

antigen (HLA) sensitization, toler-

ance protocols including simultane-

ous solid organ and bone marrow

transplantation, and xenotransplan-

tation. He has received a Fulbright

Scholarship and a Thomas J. Watson

Fellowship and memberships in the

Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Omega Al-

pha academic and medical honor so-

cieties. He has been awarded multi-

ple scholarships from The American

College of Surgeons and The Ameri-

can Society of Transplant Surgeons.

The National Kidney Foundation of

Maryland has recognized his con-

tributions to the field of transplan-

tation with the Champion of Hope

Award, the National Kidney Registry

with the Terasaki Medical Innovation

Award and The Greater New York

Hospital Association with the Profile

in Courage Award.

Dr. Montgomery received his Doctor

of Medicine with an honors distinc-

tion from the University of Rochester

School of Medicine and Dentistry and

his Doctor of Philosophy in molecu-

lar immunology from Balliol College,

University of Oxford, United King-

dom. Dr. Montgomery completed his

general surgical training, multi-organ

transplantation fellowship, and post-

doctoral fellowship in Human Molec-

ular Genetics at Johns Hopkins. For

over a decade he served as the Chief

of Transplant Surgery and the Direc-

tor of the Comprehensive Transplant

Center at Johns Hopkins

PLENARY SPEAKERS


50

Jean D. Moody-Williams, RN, MPP, Position: Acting Director of the Center for Clinical Standards of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Jean D. Moody-Williams, RN, MPP, is the Acting Director of the Center for

Clinical Standards of the Centers for

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). In

this capacity Ms. Moody-Williams sup-

ports the CMS Administrator as a mem-

ber of the leadership team responsible

for nearly 800 employees and a $3 bil-

lion budget. Ms. Moody-Williams helps

to lead one of CMS’ centers responsible

for working to develop and implement

policy activities for quality improve-

ment programs, end stage renal dis-

ease networks, survey and certification,

quality measurement and health as-

sessment, clinical standards, coverage

and analysis, innovation models and

many of the agency’s value- based pur-

chasing and public reporting programs

including the CMS Quality Payment

Program (QPP). She is one of the agen-

cy’s leaders in engagement activities for

both beneficiaries and families as well

as clinicians, serving as the chief strate-

gist and marketing officer for the QPP,

working with care coordination activi-

ties and helping to lead efforts with the

agency’s priority area of the Patients

over Paperwork, an internal process to

streamline regulations.

Prior to joining CMS, Ms. Moody-Wil-

liams served as an executive at several

state and private entities working to im-

prove care for patients and families in-

cluding the Maryland Health Care Com-

mission as well as quality improvement

organizations and a health care system

in Dallas. She is also a practicing nurse.

Ms. Moody-Williams is a 2016 recipi-

ent of the Samuel J. Heyman Service

to America Medal awarded by the

Partnership for Public Service and was

recognized as the Federal Employee

of the Year. She is also the recipient

of the 2016 Presidential Meritorious

Rank Award and the 2018 Presiden-

tial Distinguished Service Rank Award.

These awards are one of the highest

given to senior executives who have

demonstrated unparalleled leadership

skills and a strong dedication to achiev-

ing tangible results. She is the author

of the book, Transitions, Trust and Tri-

umph: A Daily Devotion for Caregivers.

She received her Bachelor of Science in

Nursing from Hampton University and

a Master of Arts in Public Policy and

management from the University of

Maryland, College Park.

PLENARY SPEAKERS


51

Alex Mugge

Position: Deputy Chief of Health Informatics, Health Informatics Office, CMS

PLENARY SPEAKERS


52

Allison Oelschlaeger

Position: Chief Data Officer and Director of the Office of Enterprise Data & Analytics (OEDA) at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Allison Oelschlaeger, is the Chief

Data Officer and Director of the Of-

fice of Enterprise Data & Analytics

(OEDA) at the Centers for Medicare

& Medicaid Services (CMS). In this

role, Ms. Oelschlaeger focuses on

transforming the American health-

care system through connecting

people to data and analytics. She

oversees the systems and policies

for sharing CMS data with health sys-

tem stakeholders such as beneficia-

ries, researchers, and providers. She

coordinates and directs the public

release of CMS data and information

products. She also manages the de-

velopment of advanced analytics us-

ing CMS data that help inform policy

decisions and evaluate programs.

Before joining CMS, Ms. Oelschlae-

ger worked at the Lewin Group

where she specialized in program

evaluation and data analysis. She is a

graduate of Georgetown University.

PLENARY SPEAKERS


53

Sandra M. Pace

Position: Acting Director, Survey Operations Group (SOG) of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Sandra M. Pace is Acting Director,

Survey Operations Group (SOG) of

the Centers for Medicare & Medic-

aid Services and supports the CMS

Administrator by planning and im-

plementing agency initiatives across

all SOG offices. In this capacity, Ms.

Pace provides national leadership

and advocacy, policy and regulatory

formulation, and legislative support

for the CMS lines of business. This

includes directing, monitoring, and

evaluating all certification activities

of the six geographic CMS locations

and state survey agencies that im-

plement the federal survey and cer-

tification programs for Medicare and

Medicaid participation.

Ms. Pace began her career with CMS

in 1991 as a nurse consultant re-

sponsible for surveying all types of

health care providers in the eight

southeastern states in Region IV. Ms.

Pace

received her Bachelor of Science de-

gree, with a major in Nursing, from

Georgia State University. She has

been a practicing nurse for 40 years

on several levels with special inter-

ests and certification in Coronary

Critical Care and Geriatrics.

PLENARY SPEAKERS


54

Cheri Rice

Position: Deputy Director of the Center for Medicare at CMS

Cheri Rice, is Deputy Director of the

Center for Medicare at the Centers for

Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

In this role Ms. Rice is responsible for

managing policy development and op-

erations for the Medicare Advantage

and Medicare Part D prescription drug

programs. She was previously the

Director of CMS’s Medicare Plan Pay-

ment Group, where she led all aspects

of policy development and day-to-day

management of payments to Medicare

Advantage and Part D plans.

Prior to joining CMS, Ms. Rice served as

the Director of the State of California’s

Medi-Cal Managed Care Program, as

the Deputy Chief Financial Officer of a

Medi-Cal managed care plan in South-

ern California, and as a Medicare and

Medicaid budget examiner for the Of-

fice of Management and Budget in the

Executive Office of the President of the

United States.

Ms. Rice holds a bachelor’s degree

from the University of California, Santa

Barbara and a master’s degree in pub-

lic policy from Harvard University.

PLENARY SPEAKERS


55

Shannon Sartin

Position: Chief Technology Officer, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, CMS

PLENARY SPEAKERS


56

Anand Shah, M.D

Position: Deputy Commissioner for Medical and Scientific Affairs, FDA

Anand Shah, MD, is the Deputy

Commissioner for Medical and Scien-

tific Affairs at the U.S. Food and Drug

Administration (FDA). Dr. Shah leads

the agency’s operations as it relates

to medical and scientific affairs. He is

responsible for developing and lead-

ing high-priority FDA policy initiatives

and oversees cross-agency teams in

support of FDA’s public health mis-

sion.

Dr. Shah began his government ser-

vice at FDA. He has provided guidance

to industry and academia on medical

product development, clinical trial

design, and regulatory pathways to

accelerate public access to new and

effective therapies. He co-led and

scaled Information Exchange and

Data Transformation (INFORMED),

a science and technology incubator

designed to harness the power of

big data and advanced analytics to

improve disease outcomes. Dr. Shah

developed organizational and tech-

nical infrastructure for modern ap-

proaches to evidence generation in

support of regulatory decisions.

He is a widely recognized authority

on how innovative medical products

are developed, regulated, financed,

and delivered. Dr. Shah’s efforts have

focused on the development and

implementation of innovative ap-

proaches to value-based health care

delivery and expanding competition

and consumer choice. He recently

served in two senior leadership roles

at the Centers for Medicare & Medic-

aid Services (CMS). Dr. Shah was the

Senior Medical Advisor for Innovation

at CMS, where he was the primary

counselor to the Administrator for

agency-wide policy related to medical

and scientific innovation. Previously

at CMS, he served as Chief Medical

Officer of the Center for Medicare &

Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) where

he led the clinical design of novel

payment and service delivery models

including those for primary care, spe-

cialty care and prescription drugs.

At CMS, Dr. Shah established con-

sensus with our U.S. Department of

Health and Human Services (HHS)

partners on a number of critical pol-

icy initiatives including aligning pay-

ment and prevention to increase

Medicare beneficiaries’ access to

novel antimicrobials, expanding pa-

tients’ access to new cell and gene

therapies, and streamlining Medicare

access to breakthrough technologies

that have the potential to improve

health outcomes and the quality of

care. He led a significant cross-agen-

cy effort to bridge gaps in access that

patients often encounter between

FDA approval and CMS coverage of

medical products. Dr. Shah led CMS

efforts on innovation to deliver on

President Trump’s executive order

to protect and improve Medicare for

our nation’s seniors.

PLENARY SPEAKERS


57

Dr. Shah is an attending radiation

oncologist at the National Institutes

of Health (NIH) where he specializes

in the early detection, surveillance,

and treatment of prostate cancer.

He developed and leads an NIH sur-

vivorship clinic in the care of patients

on cancer clinical trials. Prior to his

government service, Dr. Shah served

as an advisor to a U.S. venture capital

firm.

Dr. Shah served as an Adjunct Senior

Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute

of Health Economics at the Univer-

sity of Pennsylvania. He has led the

development and evaluation of nov-

el risk-based Medicare payment and

service delivery models at Columbia

Business School. He completed a

health economics fellowship at the

University of Pennsylvania where he

developed and applied significant ex-

pertise with economic, financial, and

valuation modeling of emerging ther-

apeutics. Dr. Shah was on the Duke

University faculty where he led the

Center for Excellence in Surgical Out-

comes as its Associate Director. He

has received research funding from

government and philanthropic sourc-

es. His scientific track record includes

publications in the New England Jour-

nal of Medicine, Cancer (the journal

of the American Cancer Society), and

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery.

Dr. Shah was chief resident during

his radiation oncology residency at

Columbia University. He concurrently

earned his MD from the University of

Pennsylvania and an MPH in health

care management and policy from

the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Pub-

lic Health. Dr. Shah graduated with

honors from Duke University with a

degree in economics. He also served

as a Canada-U.S. Fulbright Scholar.


58

Brad Smith

Position: Deputy Administrator and Director, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, CMS

Brad Smith is a successful healthcare

entrepreneur with a proven history of

improving care for some of our na-

tion’s most vulnerable patients. Brad

was the Co-Founder and Chief Exec-

utive Officer of Aspire Health, Inc.,

which he grew from an idea into the

nation’s largest home-based palliative

care provider operating in 25 states

and over 70 cities. Mr. Smith also

served as Chief Operating Officer of

Anthem’s Diversified Business Group

(DBG), which included companies

specializing in primary care, specialty

benefit management, healthcare re-

search, program integrity, and behav-

ioral health. Aspire’s interdisciplinary

care team of physicians, nurse prac-

titioners, nurses, and social workers

has provided in-home visits and 24/7

support to over 100,000 patients fac-

ing a serious illness. Aspire was sold

to Anthem, Inc. in June 2018.

Prior to entering the private sector,

Brad served as Chief of Staff at the

Tennessee Department of Economic

and Community Development and

as the founding Executive Director

of the Tennessee State Collaborative

on Reforming Education (SCORE), a

non-profit focused on bringing di-

verse stakeholders together to im-

prove K-12 education in Tennessee.

Mr. Smith was born and raised in

Knoxville, Tennessee. He graduated

summa cum laude from Harvard Uni-

versity and received a M. Phil from the

University of Oxford, where he was a

Rhodes Scholar. Brad, his wife Lauren

and their daughter Harper now split

their time between Washington D.C.

and their home in Nashville, Tennes-

see.

PLENARY SPEAKERS


59

Daniel Tsai, is the Assistant Sec-

retary for MassHealth and Medic-

aid Director for the Commonwealth

of Massachusetts, Department of

Health and Human Services (HHS).

Tsai was appointed in January 2015

by Governor Charlie Baker to oversee

the state’s Medicaid program, which

covers over one in four residents in

the Commonwealth, including some

of its most vulnerable citizens. He

Daniel Tsai

Position: Assistant Secretary for MassHealth and Medicaid Director for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

is responsible for developing new

policies, payments, models, and op-

erational processes that ensure a

sustainable MassHealth program and

improve the way health care is deliv-

ered to each of its 1.8 million mem-

bers. During his time as Assistant Sec-

retary, MassHealth has undergone

the most significant restructuring

since the 1990s with the implemen-

tation of its Accountable Care Orga-

nization Program. The agency has

also contained spending growth from

historical double digits to single digits

while maintaining robust coverage for

members.

Before joining HHS, Tsai was a Part-

ner and leader in McKinsey & Compa-

ny’s Healthcare Systems and Services

practice. He has significant experi-

ence on the design and implementa-

tion of innovative, state-wide health

care payment systems for Medicaid,

Medicare, and Commercial popula-

tions, and has worked closely with

multiple state Medicaid programs,

private payers, and health services

companies. He received a Bachelor of

Arts in Applied Mathematics and Eco-

nomics from Harvard University.

Assistant Secretary Tsai lives with his

wife and son in Cambridge. He vol-

unteers at a local community health

center in Boston’s South End.

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60

David R. Wright

Position: Director of the Quality, Safety & Oversight Group of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

David R. Wright is the Director of the

Quality Improvement and Innovation

Group in the CMS Center for Clinical

Standards and Quality. Dennis and

his team support healthcare provid-

ers who are using systematic quality

improvement to make care better in

tens of thousands of hospitals; nursing

homes; clinical practices; and commu-

nities across the nation. This team of

public and private quality improvers ac-

tively works to spread the best practic-

es of highest performers, so that “best

practices become common practice.

Prior to his current role at CMS, Den-

nis served as the Associate Director for

Campaign Leadership in the Centers

for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation

(CMMI), and as Deputy Director and

then Acting Director of CMS’ Office of

Clinical Standards and Quality. Dennis

worked for 12 years at the Health Re-

sources and Services Administration

(HRSA), including a final stint as Acting

Director of HRSA’s Office of Health

Information Technology and Quality.

While at HRSA, Dennis led major na-

tional initiatives to increase the dona-

tion and transplantation of organs. Af-

ter years of relatively flat national organ

donation levels, this work generated

unprecedented and lasting national in-

creases in organ donation over a four-

year period.

Dennis is a national and international

leader in the fields of healthcare qual-

ity improvement, the environment,

and social marketing. He is a frequent

keynote speaker at national confer-

ences and symposia, and has received

numerous honors and awards for his

work in public service. Dennis is recog-

nized by his peers as an enthusiastic,

thoughtful, and strategic person who

believes in committing to and deliver-

ing on bold goals in work and in life.

Dennis received his undergraduate

and graduate degrees from Montana

State University. He attended a one-

room country school in rural Montana

for grades K-8, where he discovered

that helping others to learn is one of

the best ways to learn. Dennis recent-

ly co-authored a chapter entitled “The

Key Elements of Effective Collabora-

tive Design” in the book, All In: Using

Healthcare Collaboratives to Save Lives

and Improve Care.

Dennis is also a recipient of the Samu-

el J. Heyman Service to America Medal

(known as the “Sammies”) 2016 Fed-

eral Employee of the Year Award. This

award is from the nonprofit, nonparti-

san Partnership for Public Service. He

was awarded for CMS’s work on dras-

tically reducing preventable medical

harm on a national scale. The Sammies

are a highly respected honor with a vig-

orous selection process and are known

as the “Oscars” of federal service.

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61

Jeff Wu, JD

Position: Deputy Director for Policy

Jeff Wu, JD is Deputy Director for Poli-

cy, Center for Consumer Information &

Insurance Oversight, Centers for Medi-

care & Medicaid Services (CMS) where

heleads the center’s work promulgat-

ing policy and regulations for many

of the Affordable Care Act’s (2010)

health insurance reforms, including

the Health Insurance Exchanges, the

premium stabilization programs, ad-

vance payments of the premium tax

credit and cost-sharing reductions, the

CO-OP program, regulation of qual-

ified health plans, and eligibility and

enrollment standards. He oversees the

center’s communications, stakeholder

outreach, and data analysis work, and

serves as a member of the center’s se-

nior leadership team.

Mr. Wu previously served in various

policy positions at CMS Center for

Consumer Information and Insurance

(CCIIO), as an attorney at the law firm

of Covington & Burling LLP, and as a

management consultant with Oliver,

Wyman & Company. He received a

bachelor’s degree. in economics from

Harvard College, a J.D. from Stanford

Law School, and an M.B.A. from Stan-

ford Business School.

PLENARY SPEAKERS

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