Fall 2024 Conference Agenda
October 16–18

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NAACOS conferences are the only events organized exclusively by ACOs. 
Schedule: Wednesday (pre-conference workshops): 1:00–5:00 pm ET
Thursday (Main Meeting): 7:30 am–6:00 pm ET
Friday (Main Meeting): 7:30 am–2:30 pm ET

Thursday, October 17
TimeSessionRoom
7:00 amRegistration OpensIndependence Foyer
7:30 – 8:15 amSponsored BreakfastCapital/Congress
Level M4
7:30 – 8:15 amSponsored BreakfastArchives
Level M4
7:30 – 8:15 amSponsored BreakfastShaw/LeDroit
Level M3
8:30 – 10:30 amOpening Plenary
 
Chair and new CEO Welcome
 
Keynote Speaker: Jon Blum, CMS
 
Speaker: Author Robbie Pearl		Independence Ballroom
10:30 – 11:00 amCoffee Break
Book Signing with Robbie Pearl		Liberty Ballroom and
Independence Foyer
11:00 am – 12:30 pmAvoidable, Preventable, Costly: Solving for Preventable Admissions (and Readmissions)
Chair: Jessica Martensen, Essentia Health
 
This session will focus on tools to identify trends for admissions and readmissions along with innovative strategies that help address the cause of potentially avoidable care in both the Emergency Department and Inpatient settings.		Capital/Congress
Level M4
11:00 am – 12:30 pmPopulation Health and Pharmacy Teams: Purpose, Process, Performance
Chair: Tiffany Jenkins, Trinity Health		Archives
Level M4
11:00 am – 12:30 pmQuality on FHIR: the Movement to Digital Measurement
Chair: Megan Reyna, Advocate Health
 
With the next era of quality reporting being digital quality measures (dQMs), this panel will bring together ONC, CMS, and other standard setting groups with ACOs to discuss how FHIR and other standards are going to support the move to digital measurement		Shaw/LeDroit
Level M3
11:00 am – 12:30 pmCross over models
Chair: Beth Patak, On Belay Health Solutions		Chinatown
Level M3
12:30 – 2:00 pmNetworking LunchLiberty and
Independence Ballrooms
2:00 – 3:30 pmWashington Update
Chair: Aisha Pittman, NAACOS
 
The election outcome will guide future healthcare policies, including approaches for advancing value-based care. Join us to learn about the potential implications under a Trump or Biden administration. Additionally, Congress has been working to consider long-term solutions for improving physician payment. This session will cover all the latest in healthcare policy as well as provide an update on how NAACOS is advocating for our members to advance value.		Capital/Congress
Level M4
2:00 – 3:30 pmA Good Life Until the Very End: Palliative Care and Advanced Care Planning Models for ACOs
Chair: Kim Kauffman, Aledade
 
Both Palliative Care and Advanced Care Planning are known to improve quality of life and reduce inpatient and outpatient costs. This session will review different models and their impact within the ACO framework. Topics will include identification of vulnerable populations, when and how to engage and empower patients and appropriate escalation from the primary care team to specialists.		Archives
Level M4
2:00 – 3:30 pmThe Seven Habits of Highly Effective ACO – Hospital Partnerships
Chair: Rob Mechanic, Institute for Accountable Care
 
There is fundamental tension between the financial incentives hospitals face to maximize “heads in beds” and ACOs initiatives to reduce unnecessary admissions and deliver care in community settings. Patient outcomes can be optimized when hospitals and ACOs collaborate. This session will examine best practices developed when ACOs have been able to align effectively with their hospital partners. 		Shaw/LeDroit
Level M3
2:00 – 3:30 pmUsing Artificial Intelligence to Achieve the Triple Aim
Chair: Nathan Moore, BJC ACO
 
In this session, several organization will discuss their experience implementing AI to address common population health challenges, including successes, barriers and lessons learned.		Chinatown
Level M3
3:30 – 4:00 pmBreak
Exhibits Open		Liberty Ballroom and
Independence Foyer
4:00 – 5:30Affinity Group Meetings
Clinical and CMO
Quality
Legal and Compliance
Executive
Operations
Data and Analytics
Friday
7:00 amRegistration OpenIndependence Foyer
7:30 – 8:15 amSponsored Breakfast
Capital/Congress
Level M4
7:30 – 8:15 amSponsored BreakfastArchives
Level M4
7:30 – 8:15 amSponsored BreakfastShaw/LeDroit
Level M3
8:30 – 9:15 amPlenary
 
Congressional Award Panel		Independence Ballroom
9:15 – 9:45 amBreak
Exhibits Open
Liberty Ballroom and
Independence Foyer
9:45 – 11:15 amQuality Excellence Awards
Chair: Jennifer Gasperini, NAACOS		Capital/Congress
Level M4
9:45 – 11:15 amShared Savings Models in Value Based Care:  How Do We Maximize the Impact of Success for Future Success
Chair: Arshad Rahim, Mount Sinai Health System

Financial incentives matter and motivate, and are mission critical to moving and motivating your care delivery enterprise.  When we are fortunate to achieve shared savings, what are some specifics to achieving the biggest impact of your success to drive future engagement by all key stakeholders?  We will share examples from a few organizations to spur discussion and dialogue. 		Archives
Level M4
9:45 – 11:15 amVBC at FQHC: Medicare and Medicaid, MPC or Global payment
Chair: Meredith Marsh, Health Choice Network		Shaw/LeDroit
Level M3
9:45 – 11:15 amCBOs
Chair: Ann Kunkel, Wellspan		Chinatown
Level M3
11:15 – 11:30 amBreakLiberty Ballroom and
Independence Foyer
11:30 am – 1:00 pmTBDCapital/Congress
Level M4
11:30 am – 1:00 pmACO Success – A Tactical Approach
Chair: Kaite Huttman, Keystone ACO
 
Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success – Henry Ford. Join our panelists of experts as we explore their real-world approaches from initial contracts, to sharing impactful actionable data, and team integration for clinical and quality alignment.		Archives
Level M4
11:30 am – 1:00 pmRisky Business:  Delegated risk for CMS, CMMI, and Commercial VB Models
Chair: Jennifer Moore, MaineHealth ACO
 
This session will cover risk models and the question, how much risk is too much risk?  Speakers will explore the considerations for electing to partner with an external party to assume downside risk and review options in this space (reinsurance, partnerships, etc.).		Shaw/LeDroit
Level M3
11:30 am – 1:00 pmShaping Future Health: Upstream Care Management Strategies for High-Needs Populations
Chair: Stephanie Turner, UNC Health Alliance
Speakers: Tara Kinard, Duke; Eleanor Wertman, Integrated Care for Kids
 
This presentation delves into innovative care management strategies designed to transform the health and cost trajectories of high-needs populations, with a particular focus on Medicare and Medicaid recipients. By addressing healthcare challenges upstream, we aim to create sustainable, long-term improvements in patient outcomes and cost efficiency.		Chinatown
Level M3
1:00 – 2:30 pmLunch
 
CMS Town Hall
Moderator: Aisha Pittman, NAACOS
Speakers: Pauline Lapin, CMS; John Pilotte, CMS; Sarah Fogler, CMS; Michelle Schreiber, CMS 
 
This session includes a town hall format and is an important way for ACOs and CMS to have an open dialogue about important Administration priorities, the shift to value-based care, and the Medicare ACO program, including discussion on evolving policies and how ACOs and DCEs fit into CMS’s overall goal of improving Medicare payment and healthcare delivery. This is an excellent opportunity for ACO and DCE executives to pose questions and receive answers directly from CMS leaders and to hear the newest developments straight from the agency.		Independence Ballroom