Fall 2024 Conference Agenda
October 16–18
Agenda | Pre-Conference | Sponsorship & Exhibits | Hotel | CEUs
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 | ||
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Time | Session | Room |
7:00 am | Registration Opens | Independence Foyer |
7:30 – 8:15 am | Sponsored Breakfast | Capital/Congress Level M4 |
7:30 – 8:15 am | Sponsored Breakfast | Archives Level M4 |
7:30 – 8:15 am | Sponsored Breakfast | Shaw/LeDroit Level M3 |
8:30 – 10:30 am | Opening Plenary Chair and new CEO Welcome Keynote Speaker: Jon Blum, CMS Speaker: Author Robbie Pearl | Independence Ballroom |
10:30 – 11:00 am | Coffee Break Book Signing with Robbie Pearl | Liberty Ballroom and Independence Foyer |
11:00 am – 12:30 pm | Avoidable, 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 pm | Population Health and Pharmacy Teams: Purpose, Process, Performance Chair: Tiffany Jenkins, Trinity Health | Archives Level M4 |
11:00 am – 12:30 pm | Quality 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 pm | Cross over models Chair: Beth Patak, On Belay Health Solutions | Chinatown Level M3 |
12:30 – 2:00 pm | Networking Lunch | Liberty and Independence Ballrooms |
2:00 – 3:30 pm | Washington 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 pm | A 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 pm | The 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 pm | Using 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 pm | Break Exhibits Open | Liberty Ballroom and Independence Foyer |
4:00 – 5:30 | Affinity Group Meetings Clinical and CMO Quality Legal and Compliance Executive Operations Data and Analytics |
Friday | ||
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7:00 am | Registration Open | Independence Foyer |
7:30 – 8:15 am | Sponsored Breakfast | Capital/Congress Level M4 |
7:30 – 8:15 am | Sponsored Breakfast | Archives Level M4 |
7:30 – 8:15 am | Sponsored Breakfast | Shaw/LeDroit Level M3 |
8:30 – 9:15 am | Plenary Congressional Award Panel | Independence Ballroom |
9:15 – 9:45 am | Break Exhibits Open | Liberty Ballroom and Independence Foyer |
9:45 – 11:15 am | Quality Excellence Awards Chair: Jennifer Gasperini, NAACOS | Capital/Congress Level M4 |
9:45 – 11:15 am | Shared 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 am | VBC at FQHC: Medicare and Medicaid, MPC or Global payment Chair: Meredith Marsh, Health Choice Network | Shaw/LeDroit Level M3 |
9:45 – 11:15 am | CBOs Chair: Ann Kunkel, Wellspan | Chinatown Level M3 |
11:15 – 11:30 am | Break | Liberty Ballroom and Independence Foyer |
11:30 am – 1:00 pm | TBD | Capital/Congress Level M4 |
11:30 am – 1:00 pm | ACO 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 pm | Risky 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 pm | Shaping 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 pm | Lunch 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 |