Spring 2025 Conference Speaker Bios
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Rebecca Adkins
Rebecca Adkins is currently serving as senior vice president of population health at Jefferson Health. Jefferson includes Jefferson Health Plans, Thomas Jefferson University, and Jefferson Health. Jefferson Health provides over 5.6 million outpatient visits a year in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Rebecca has over 20 years’ experience in healthcare working in telehealth, quality, community health and value based care. Rebecca received her bachelors and masters of health administration from Indiana University.
Maria Alexander
Maria Alexander is a partner with Coral Health Advisors, a national consulting firm specializing in public and private sector health care transformation and value-based arrangements. Maria has more than 12 years of experience leading value-based care design and operations, working in both delivery systems and government. Prior to joining Coral, Maria was vice president for population health operations at Mount Sinai Health System. Maria also spent six years at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), primarily working on ACO programs, including the Pioneer ACO Model, Comprehensive ESRD Care Model, and initiatives focused on populations dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid.
Brandi Apodaca
Brandi Apodaca is the chief performance officer for CCMCN-CHPA. She has been an RN for nearly 30 years, with over 20 years of experience implementing clinically integrated networks (CINs), ACOs, and value-based care (VBC) initiatives across commercial, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, and Medicaid contracts. She has led teams managing VBC contracts, including fully capitated medical management and developed programs for care coordination, utilization management, disease management, risk adjustment, and practice transformation. Brandi previously served as a U.S. Air Force RN and held leadership roles at Aetna, Physician Health Partners, and HealthONE Colorado Care Partners. Since joining CCMCN-CHPA, she has expanded the VBC portfolio to 10 contracts, implemented practice transformation and risk adjustment programs, and partnered with Colorado’s Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) leadership to help save the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) over $70 million in five years. She is an active member of the NAACOS Clinical and Quality Committee and heavily supports the Rural and Underserved Roundtable, furthering her commitment to advancing VBC and supporting community health centers.
Eric Becker
Eric Becker is the vice president of ACO REACH and Medicare Innovation Model Strategies at agilon health. In his role, Eric is responsible for operations and strategy for eight REACH ACOs, and serves as a subject matter expert on this and other Medicare Innovation Center models. Eric joined agilon health in 2017 as senior direct, provider engagement strategy, where he helped develop several of our early processes related to provider engagement, market growth, and provider satisfaction assessment and reporting. Prior to joining agilon health, Eric served as Director of Clinical Integration with Providence St. Joseph Health, where he led the formation of a 600-physician Clinically Integrated Network in Southern California. Eric previously worked with the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Kaiser Division of Research, focusing on health policy and health services research. Eric earned a masters in public policy from the University of Southern California and a B.A. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.
Leigh Ann Behre
Leigh Ann Behre is the Program Manager for Patient Experience at Summit Health, which is New Jersey’s largest physician practice group. She has been with the practice for 11 years and has served in key roles that all focused on facilitating a positive patient experience. For the last 4 years Leigh Ann has been an operational lead for Patient Experience across the practice. She has led Patient Experience initiatives and projects which all started with the careful analysis/evaluation of business needs. Leigh Ann continues to work with operational & clinical staff to create and implement effective action plans. Leigh Ann also leads the Summit CAHPS & HOS Committee as well as the Patient Experience Workgroup Committee that focuses on identifying areas of improvement and proactively designing strategies to better meet anticipated patient needs.
Joy Bender
Joy Bender leads the design, development, and maintenance of systems architecture for value-based care and population health initiatives at MultiCare. She began her career as a software engineer and evolved through roles in enterprise database development, data engineering, and consulting. For the past 11 years, Joy has focused on building data platforms for population health, enhancing ACO success in value-based plans. She enjoys collaborating with her team to develop scalable, secure digital health solutions.
Henish Bhansali
Dr. Henish Bhansali is a leader and executive in VBC, with expertise in care model design and delivery, strategy and operations, data and analytics, and population health management. He is the chief medical officer for Medical Home Network (MHN), caring for 300,000+ Medicaid and Medicare patients at FQHCs across eight states in both urban and rural geographies. Previously as VP and senior medical director of care navigation at Oak Street Health, he developed specialty and diagnostic care strategies including network sculpting and integrating e-consults for 100,000+ MA patients, across 22 states. In 2021, he joined Duly as senior VP of MA, managing a $840M budget for 90K full-risk MA and ACO REACH patients, focusing on total cost of care, STARS performance, and payor relationships. Dr. Bhansali has formal training in VBC from Harvard Business School, serves on the NAACOS board of directors and as their education committee chair, is a member of the Payment Technical Advisory Committee reporting to HSS, a fellow of the American College of Physicians, a Presidential Leadership Scholar, and holds board certification in both internal and obesity medicine. He is also an adjunct professor at University of Illinois, teaching population health for their MHA program.
Heidi Bossley
Heidi Bossley, MSN, MBA, is an independent healthcare consultant with expertise in quality improvement, workflow redesign, health information technology, and performance measurement. In this role, she works with healthcare associations, measure development groups, clinical quality registries and others in creating strategies on performance measurement development, integration into electronic health records and registries, and appropriate selection of measures to fit’s a program’s purpose. She also serves as a quality improvement consultant, advising physicians, nurses, medical staff in hospitals and physician practices on workflow and process redesign. Her previous roles include vice president of performance measures at the NQF where she oversaw the maintenance of the more than 700 measures endorsed by NQF and advised NQF Measures Applications Partnership around the development of criteria and selection of measures for federal programs and director of physician consortium for performance improvement operations for clinical performance evaluation at the American Medical Association.
Neelam Brar
Neelam Brar is the founder and CEO of Total Life, a leading teletherapy and wellness platform designed for older adults on Medicare. Total Life’s behavioral health specialist providers partner with ACOs to expand access to behavioral health through virtual and audio-only therapy that meets seniors where they are—no apps, no tech barriers, and fully covered by insurance. By addressing mental health alongside social determinants of health, Total Life helps improve PHQ-9 scores, reduce avoidable utilization, and support better management of chronic conditions. Integrated wellness programs—like mindfulness, journaling, and peer groups—offer daily support that reinforces clinical care and improves quality of life. Total Life’s work strengthens patient engagement and facilitates more coordinated, cost-effective care.
Tori Bratcher
Tori Bratcher is director of alternative payment models (APMs) for Trinity Health. She is responsible for the strategy and operations of Trinity’s national alternative payment models including being the ACO executive for the Trinity Integrated Care MSSP, one of the nation’s largest ACOs. Within the ACO, she is accountable for compliance, quality reporting, network management, and ACO governance. Ms. Bratcher works collaboratively with system and local physician and business unit leaders to drive population health and clinical integration success with the providers and practices across the system. Prior to her role at Trinity, she was the executive director of population health operations at Indiana University Health where she managed a portfolio of risk contracts and the teams that drove population health success. Ms. Bratcher graduated with a master’s in health administration from University of Illinois Chicago and bachelor’s in biology & pre-med from Indiana Wesleyan University.
Travis Broome
Travis Broome is the senior vice-president of policy and economics at Aledade, Inc. He guides Aledade and partner physicians through the policy, strategy and economics of value based health care. Joining Aledade shortly after its start, he worked on nearly every aspect from business development for both practices and payers, to early analytics, to serving as an ACO executive director for Aledade Louisiana ACO. Prior to Aledade, he spent seven years at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in roles ranging from regulation writing to quality improvement to management. Mr. Broome earned his masters of public health and business administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Emily Brower
Emily Brower is the CEO of NAACOS. Previously, she served as senior vice president of clinical integration and physician services for Trinity Health, one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems in the nation, serving more than 30 million people across 22 states. In this role, she provided leadership and strategic direction within the evolving accountable healthcare environment, with an emphasis on clinical integration and transformation under alternative payment models. Ms. Brower joined Trinity Health from Atrius Health, where she last served as vice president of population health. Prior to Atrius Health, Ms. Brower spent fifteen years in operational, financial, and contracting leadership roles at Urban Medical Group, a Massachusetts non-profit healthcare organization specializing in the care of medically complex, chronically ill populations across a community-based, long-term care continuum. Ms. Brower received her BA from Smith College and MBA from the New York University Stern School of Business.
Mallory Callahan
Mallory Callahan, MPAS, PA-C, serves as the senior director of population health management and innovation for the Nebraska Health Network. She oversees quality, multiple cost and utilization initiatives, and has a heightened passion for health equity and social determinants of health. Ms. Callahan joined the NHN in 2017 following an experienced career as a physician assistant in family medicine. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and earned her master of physician assistant studies at University of Nebraska Medical Center. She has been named one of Beckers Population Health Executives to know in 2019 and 2022.
David Carmouche
David Carmouche, MD, is the executive vice president & chief clinical transformation officer at Lumeris. At Lumeris, he leads all clinical functions for the value-based care enablement company and has deployed generative AI to augment the primary care team with cutting edge technology. Prior to joining Lumeris, Dr. Carmouche served as Walmart’s snior vice president of healthcare delivery, where he led the fleet of Walmart Health centers, Walmart Health Virtual Care, a value-based care partnership with Optum, and Walmart’s work to address social determinants of health. Dr. Carmouche has also held significant leadership roles with Ochsner Health, the largest nonprofit academic healthcare system in the Gulf South, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana, where he introduced the company’s first value-based care contracts. Earlier in his career, he built and led a multidisciplinary internal medicine and preventive cardiology practice. Dr. Carmouche attended Tulane University and LSU Medical School in New Orleans. Board-certified in internal medicine, he completed his residency at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he later served as chief resident. He serves as president of the board of the Consortium for Southeastern Healthcare Quality and on the advisory board at Stellar Health. He has served on the board of the NAACOS.
Diwen Chen
As the senior director of payer policy, Diwen leads NAACOS’ work around accountable care arrangements across payers, identifying policy and sharing operational solutions that encourage adoption, growth, and success in value-based contracts across various lines of business. Diwen has 15 years of experience in value-based care and payment model design & implementation. Previously on the payer side, Diwen served as the staff VP of payment innovation, value-based solutions for Elevance Health and senior director of payment model development at Aetna/CVS. During her tenure on the provider side, Diwen served as the executive director, payment innovation at Dignity Health (now CommonSpirit Health) responsible for large-scale adoption of CMS Innovation demonstrations such as bundled payments, MSSP, and CA Medi-Cal program execution. Diwen currently serves as a managing director/advisor for Monarch Advisory Services, a boutique consulting firm supporting community-based organizations and risk-bearing entities focused on social health innovation for vulnerable populations. Diwen received her MPH in health care management from Yale School of Public Health and BS in biology from Texas A&M University.
Carolyn Clevenger
Carolyn Clevenger, gerontological nurse practitioner, is professor at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University. She is a fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, and the Gerontological Society of America, and the American Academy of Nursing. Her research focuses the geriatric nurse practitioner workforce, psychoeducation programs for dementia family caregivers, and new models of care. Clevenger is the founder and director of the Emory Integrated Memory Care practice. The IMC is a nurse-led primary care practice for people living with dementia with both a clinic location and in select senior living communities. The new model of care has been recognized as a patient-centered medical home, an age friendly health system, a best practice exemplar for patient- and family-centered care, and a best program for caregiving.
Kenny Cole
Dr. Kenny Cole began his role as System VP, Clinical Improvement for Ochsner Health in New Orleans in September 2019. He is a practicing primary care internist with advanced degrees from LSU Health Sciences Center and Dartmouth, as well as executive training from Harvard Business School. Prior to joining Ochsner Health, Dr. Cole was the Chief Clinical Transformation Officer for Baton Rouge General Medical Center, where he designed, developed, and implemented a completely reimagined multidisciplinary team-based model of primary care that focused on aligning clinical with financial outcomes. His current work at Ochsner Health built on that prior foundation to design and help develop Ochsner 65 Plus, a group of redesigned primary care clinics focused on the needs of older adults.
Joyce Colton
Janet Comrey
Janet Comrey is the director of payment transformation at Geisinger with oversight of the Keystone ACO and the CMMI Bundle Payment programs. She acquired diverse experiences spanning 40 years at Geisinger including behavioral health, population health, training and education, quality and risk management, patient advocacy and value-based care programs. She achieved her nursing diploma from Geisinger and her BSN from Bloomsburg University. She graduated from Marywood University in 2011 with a masters in health service administration. She trained in the Institute of Healthcare Improvement Advisory program and completed her Villanova Black Belt Six Sigma certification.
Grace Deering
Grace Deering is a senior manager, strategy & growth at Medical Home Network (MHN), where she focuses on expanding MHN’s network and participation in value-based care arrangements across MSSP, ACO REACH, and Medicare Advantage. Prior to MHN, Grace built out VBC contracting strategies and capabilities at a Medicare-focused value-based care provider and previously worked in the broader healthcare space as a payer/provider consultant. Grace has spent much of her career at the intersection of VBC operations and business strategy and has a passion for closely aligning meaningful incentives with high-value interventions to drive differentiated patient outcomes and success in VBC.
Brooke Drollinger
Brooke Drollinger, MD MPH serves as the Medical Director for Network Operations for Intermountain Health’s Proactive Care Support Services and is a family medicine physician in practice in South Ogden, Utah. She earned a master’s in public health degree from the University of Utah and her medical degree from Albany Medical College. She completed her residency in Family Medicine at Mckay-Dee Hospital in Ogden, Utah. She loves her work synthesizing bedside clinical best practice with payment model design and population health management.
Daniel J. Elliott
Daniel J. Elliott, MD, MSCE, FACP FAAP is the chief medical officer of provider experience at Centene. Prior to serving in this role, he was the CMO at Delaware First Health (DFH), a subsidiary of Centene with Medicaid, Marketplace, and Medicare Advantage offerings in Delaware. Prior to joining DFH and the Centene family, Dr. Elliott spent more than 20 years at ChristianaCare, where he most recently served as executive director and senior medical director of eBrightHealth ACO, an MSSP ACO. He cared for patients as a primary care physician in an urban academic clinic for more than 20 years and is the past governor of the Delaware chapter of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Elliott earned a B.A. in economics and political science from Duke University, his medical degree at Jefferson Medical College as a Delaware Institute for Medical Education and Research scholar, and a master’s degree in clinical epidemiology with a concentration in outcomes research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Gabriel Drapos
Gabriel Drapos is chief operating officer at Pearl Health. He was previously a leader on the product team at Centivo, leading market launches in partnership with 14 regional health systems. Prior to Centivo, Gabriel was an early employee at Oscar Health, where he served in a number of roles including director of product operations, chief of staff, and head of marketing. Gabriel received his A.B. in philosophy from Harvard University. He wrote his honors thesis under the advisement of T.M. Scanlon, in which he argued for an alternative moral framework for justifying informed consent in clinical medicine.
Kris Engskov
Kris Engskov is co-founder & CEO of Rippl, a start-up redefining the next generation of dementia care for seniors. Leveraging a value-based approach, disruptive technology, and a relentless focus on empowering its clinicians, Rippl is pioneering a new care model to dramatically expand access to high quality, wrap-around dementia care for seniors, their families, and caregivers. To keep them at home and out of the hospital and post-acute care. Most recently, Kris served as president of Aegis Living, one of the nation’s leading innovators in providing assisted living, memory care and wellness services to seniors.
Katie Evans
Katie Evans is the chief programs and mission engagement officer at the Alzheimer’s Association, leading national efforts to advance public health, transform health systems, and expand quality care and support for families facing dementia. She oversees strategic initiatives driving risk reduction, early detection, and access to equitable, evidence-based care. Since joining in 2019, she has launched 20+ impactful programs, expanded dementia care navigation, and strengthened partnerships to enhance community and clinical resources. With 20+ years of nonprofit leadership, including at St. Jude, she continues to shape strategy, funding, and innovation to improve dementia care nationwide.
Brian Felty
Brian Felty enables Southwestern Health Resources (SWHR) to succeed in a dynamic reimbursement environment by having oversight of the managed care functions across both UT Southwestern and Texas Health Resources and the financial responsibilities of SWHR. At SWHR Brian designs offerings to create more value for employers and their employees through direct-to-employer solutions. Formerly serving as the system vice president for business development and finance at Baylor Scott & White, Brian played a pivotal role in overseeing various the Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance (BSWQA). His hospital operations background helps him deliver sustainable, practical solutions that benefit those who need healthcare.
Wilson Gabbard
Wilson Gabbard is the vice president of quality and condition management for Advocate Health. Mr. Gabbard joined Advocate in 2020 where he is responsible for CIN and medical group quality across over 2.3M value based lives and risk adjustment strategy for over $5 billion in system risk-based revenue. This includes responsibility for operationalizing programs for a portfolio of joint-ventures, fully delegated capitation, upside/downside risk, shared savings and pay for performance contracts. Previously, he spent seven years leading population health operations for UNC Health Care where he was responsible for strategy and operations during their transition from fee-for-service to value-based reimbursement. Prior to joining UNC, he led regional operations for primary and specialty care practices and regional emergency and hospitalist service lines for Vidant Medical Group. Mr. Gabbard received his bachelor and master of business administration degrees from Morehead State University and is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE).
Jennifer Gasperini
Jennifer Gasperini is director of policy for Advocate Health’s enterprise population health department. Jennifer leads policy development and prioritization for population health and brings over 15 years of experience in both state and federal policy work, stakeholder engagement and coalition building expertise. Jennifer previously worked for several national and state health care associations, coming to Advocate most recently from NAACOS and has in-depth expertise in quality, value-based care and physician payment policy.
Rick Goddard
Mr. Rick Goddard is the vice president, head of commercialization and strategy for Lumeris, an operating partnership company, that supports organizations where they are at in the journey to managing value-based care risk. As the head of commercialization and strategy, Mr. Goddard serves in a subject matter expert and utility role across many facets of the business. His current role includes leading partnership strategic alliances, business model expansion, and go-to-market commercialization. Prior to joining Lumeris, Mr. Goddard served as an executive leader at Advocate Physician Partners. He led the clinical innovation department with responsibility for population health analytics, ACO program administration, value-based payment and innovation strategy deployment. In addition, Mr. Goddard has several years of consulting leadership experience from his time at GE Healthcare Camden Group. He has also worked in a variety of healthcare provider settings − from physician groups to some of the largest health systems in the Country.
James Grana
James Grana is currently the VP, Value Based Care Programs, Innovations, and Contracting in the Healthcare Innovation and Improvement Division of BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina. His team develops and implements innovative VBC programs that benefit patients, providers, and plan sponsors. On the provider side of the health system, James has served at the Rush Health Clinically Integrated Network, where he served as the Interim President, the Chief Analytics Officer, and the Chief of the Contracting and Network Development Division, focusing on value-based care, provider incentive systems, population health, and creative partnerships. James was the Divisional Vice President for Health Services and Outcomes Research at the Walgreens Corporate Office. Prior to joining Walgreens, James served as the Vice President of Enterprise Analytics at Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC/Blue Cross Blue Shield). Before his health care career, James was a Captain in the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps, the president of a consulting company, and taught health services research and management courses at Penn State University and The University of Scranton. James holds a Ph.D. in Health Policy and Administration from Penn State University.
Lakshmi Halasyamani
Lakshmi Halasyamani, MD serves as chief clinical officer at Endeavor Health where she works closely with diverse teams across the system to understand and address the evolving needs of the communities we serve, helping ensure patients have access to expert, equitable, evidence-based care that is timely and easy to access. To her work, she brings her experience as a practicing internal medicine clinician, an innate curiosity and ability to connect with people of various backgrounds. Dr. Halasyamani joined Endeavor Health in 2016 as part of NorthShore University HealthSystem and has served in key roles including chief quality and transformation officer and chief medical officer. Prior to Endeavor Health, she held a variety of physician executive positions. She is a clinical associate professor of medicine at the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago and is the author of multiple peer-reviewed articles. Dr. Halasyamani earned a medical degree with honors from Harvard Medical School and completed a residency and chief residency in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. In addition to her professional achievements, she gives her time volunteering at local clinics and works with a rural health clinic in South India.
Becky Jizba
Becky Jizba is currently a service executive for the patient care division at Methodist Hospital, providing oversight for the emergency departments, FNE program, acute rehab, care management, dialysis, administrative coordinators, patient education, and the Methodist Community Health Clinic. She has been a nurse for 15 years, with experience spanning roles as a bedside staff nurse, charge nurse, department manager, and now an executive leader. Becky also served as a naval nurse officer in the Navy Reserves for four years, where she helped oversee a medical fleet of sailors. She is passionate about leadership in nursing and is dedicated to ensuring patients receive exceptional care grounded in evidence-based practice.
Kimberly Kauffman
Kimberly Kauffman is senior director of quality reporting at Aledade, Inc. In this role, she supports value-based care contracts with CMS/CMMI, Medicare Advantage, commercial health plans and Medicaid managed care by working with teams that specialize in clinical documentation, quality reporting, pharmacy, clinical outcomes improvement, patient outreach and post-acute coordination. Prior to joining Aledade, Ms. Kauffman was the chief VBC officer for MaxHealth, a primary care group based in Florida with 120+ providers, and, before that, was chief VBC officer for Summit Medical Group, a primary care group with 300+ clinicians based in Tennessee. Her background includes a leadership role in a large independent physicians’ association in Florida and in a multi-hospital physician hospital organization. She received her master’s degree from the college of public health at the University of Florida.
Deepika Kewlani-Varkey
Deepika Kewlani-Varkey is a strategic healthcare leader driving ACO performance and value-based care innovation. With expertise in market strategy, provider engagement, and operational execution, she has led initiatives across all sectors including payers, providers, and healthcare technology. Passionate about building collaborative, data-driven solutions that empower providers and improve patient care, she currently leads ACO performance at Stellar Health, ensuring sustainable success across multiple lines of business.
Amanda Larschan
Danielle Larson
Danielle Larson is Director of Value Based Programs – Washington Regional and has over 10 years of experience in the health care industry and has served as a consultant for multiple large health care systems. Prior to joining Washington Regional, Larson was a professional cyclist for three years, training and competing in Europe and the United States.
Jennifer Leazzo
Jennifer Leazzo is a senior director in Optum’s provider actuarial services practice. She has worked as a health care actuary for over 30 years, all of which she’s been involved some form of VBC. She currently works with Optum Care ACOs nationally. Prior to Optum she spent 8 years with Duly Health and Care ACO, the largest independent physician led ACO in the country. Jennifer is afellow of the Society of Actuaries and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries. She graduated from Purdue University.
Laura Anderson Lowe
Laura Anderson Lowe, MBA, BSN, RN, CMAC, ACM-RN is a seasoned healthcare executive with extensive experience in integrated care management, population health, and performance improvement. As vice president of integrated care management at Prisma Health, she leads a team of 500 professionals across South Carolina, driving strategic initiatives to enhance patient outcomes, optimize care transitions, and reduce healthcare costs. With a background in nursing and business administration, Laura has spearheaded innovative care models, including the implementation of an integrated care model for ambulatory care management and the redesign of hospital care management structures. She serves on the SC American Case Management Association Board. An active community leader, Laura serves as a board officer for the Tyger River Children’s Center and Twin Lakes Homeowners Association. Laura holds an MBA from Frostburg State University and a BSN from the University of South Carolina-Upstate, along with multiple case management certifications.
Soumya Mamidala
Soumya Mamidala is a senior director of government programs at Honest Health. In her current role, she leads efforts related to policy, growth, strategy, and performance in CMS/CMMI models. Prior to joining Honest, Soumya worked in accountable care, strategy, and operations within academic medicine at Stanford Medicine and Johns Hopkins Medicine, and served as a public health associate at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Soumya received her BS in public health from the University of Washington and master of health services administration degree from the University of Michigan.
Aditya Mahalingam-Dhingra
Aditya Mahalingam-Dhingra (he/him) is a healthcare policy and business leader with a career-long focus on Medicaid programs and safety net providers.
Aditya is the Chief Business Officer for the Community Care Cooperative (C3) – a non-profit accountable care organization and management services organization founded and governed by federally qualified health centers. As Chief Business Officer, Aditya leads the organization’s strategy, policy, and payor contracting functions; oversees its Medicare and Medicare-Medicaid lines of business; and develops its partnerships outside of Massachusetts. Aditya has been at C3 since 2022.
Aditya joined C3 from MassHealth (Massachusetts’ Medicaid and CHIP program), where he worked for 10 years and was Chief of Payment and Care Delivery Innovation. In this role, he helped lead the largest re-structuring of the agency in twenty years, including its first Accountable Care Organizations.
Aditya has a BA in Economics and an MPH in Health Policy and Management, both from Yale University.
Robert Mechanic
Robert E. Mechanic, MBA, is executive director of the Institute for Accountable Care, where he is responsible for leading its research agenda, data analytics, and health care learning and improvement activities. The Institute for Accountable Care is an independent 501(c)3 organization with a mission to build and disseminate evidence on the impact of accountable care delivery strategies on both quality and cost. Rob is also a senior fellow at the Heller School of Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University, where he serves as executive director of the Health Industry Forum. His research focuses on health care payment systems and the adaptation of organizations to new payment models. Rob was previously senior vice president with the Massachusetts Hospital Association and was vice president with the Lewin Group, a Washington D.C.-based health care consulting firm. His work has been published in The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, and Health Affairs. He is a trustee of Atrius Health, an 800-physician multispecialty group practice and Next Generation ACO in Eastern Massachusetts, and he is a senior fellow of the Estes Park Institute. Mr. Mechanic earned an MBA in finance from The Wharton School and a BS in economics with distinction from the University of Wisconsin.
Dan Mendelson
Dan Mendelson is chief executive officer of Morgan Health, a business unit at JPMorganChase focused on improving employer-sponsored health care in the United States. Since 2021, Morgan Health has supported 8 innovative portfolio companies and initiated a range of pilot programs. Dan was previously founder and CEO of Avalere Health, which provides advisory services, syndicated research, and data analytics. Dan also served as operating partner at Welsh Carson, a private equity firm. Prior to founding Avalere, Dan served as associate director for health at the Office of Management and Budget in the Clinton White House. Dan serves on the board of Champions Oncology, advisory board of the Peterson Center on Healthcare, and is adjunct professor at the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business. He previously served on the boards of Coventry Healthcare, HMS Holdings, Pharmerica, Partners in Primary Care, Centrexion, Audacious Inquiry, Mosaic Health, and the Alliance for Healthcare Policy. Dan holds a bachelor of arts degree from Oberlin College, and a master of public policy degree from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Debra McGill
Debra McGill is the associate vice president of the MHMG population health management program. Partnering with operational and clinical leadership across the organization, Debra has designed the vision and strategy for population health management activities for the MHMG. She has collaborated with multiple stakeholders to operationalize key program activities that include care transitions, care management, ambulatory clinical documentation and social determinants of health related interventions. Debra received her master of science in population health from Thomas Jefferson University, and a bachelor of science degree in nursing. Her experience as a registered nurse and as a care manager has shaped her vision to understand, preserve and improve the health of patients and the communities that are served.
Michelle Mirkovic
Michelle Mirkovic is a physical therapist by profession and holds a master’s degree in healthcare administration. She spent most of her clinical career treating geriatric patients. Since joining SWHR, Michelle has held several positions responsible for the quality and financial outcomes for ACO beneficiaries as well as the ensuring the model regulatory and compliance requirements are met.
Stephen Mohring
Dr. Stephen Mohring, MD, FACP, is a general internist and associate professor in the division of general internal medicine at UNMC/Nebraska Medicine. He is a national expert in the patient-centered medical home model of care and value-based care delivery in population health.
Jennifer Moore
Jennifer Moore is the president of the MaineHealth Accountable Care Organization (MHACO), whose membership includes 10 acute care hospitals and over 1,700 private practice and employed physicians. Jen oversees all activities associated with the Medicare Shared Savings Program and numerous commercial and Medicare Advantage value based contracts, representing over 260,000 Medicare and commercial lives. Jen has significant expertise in value based contracting, ambulatory quality measurement and performance, data analytics, and network management activities. Prior to her current role, she was the Chief Operating Officer for MHACO. Jen has her masters in business administration and over 25 years of experience in accountable care, physician-hospital organizations and health plans.
Beau Muñoz
Beau Muñoz is the executive director, medical affairs at Pearl Health. Beau received his medical degree from Duke School of Medicine and trained in general surgery and critical care medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. He holds a patent in medical AI and machine learning software and has worked extensively in the field of clinical decision support technologies.
Aaron Neiderhiser
Aaron Neiderhiser is the CEO and co-founder of Tuva Health, an early-stage company building an open-source healthcare analytics platform. Prior to starting Tuva, Aaron was the SVP of technology at Health Catalyst, where his team built the world’s largest claims-clinical database for machine learning, benchmarking, and real-world evidence generation. He began his career as a data analyst at Colorado Medicaid. Aaron holds graduate and undergraduate degrees in economics, with specialization in causal statistics.
Billy Nguyen
Billy Nguyen is a seasoned healthcare actuary with over a decade of experience supporting both payor and risk-taking provider organizations across the Medicare product lines (Medicare Advantage Part C/D and ACO REACH / MSSP). His core competencies include actuarial pricing, financial forecasting, product & strategy development and risk adjustment. Currently serving as a senior actuarial director at Optum, he leads a team of actuaries who designs and implements innovative data analytics and value-based care modeling to drive strategic decision-making and optimize financial performance for ACOs.
Von Nguyen
Dr. Von Nguyen is the chief medical officer at Evolent, a specialty focused value-based care company. With over 25 years of experience in health care, he is responsible for teams driving better health outcomes for Evolent’s partners. Prior to joining Evolent, Dr. Nguyen led global population health initiatives at Google, where he developed health care-focused AI technologies. He also served as chief medical officer of Blue Cross North Carolina, where he led Blue Premier, the flagship accountable care organization, and launched multiple specialty value-based care models. He has held senior leadership roles at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) focused on health policy, health care access, and value-based care. Dr. Nguyen received his medical degree and masters of public health from the University of Texas. He completed his internal medicine residency at Columbia University/Presbyterian Hospital and trained as an epidemic intelligence service officer with the CDC. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Rice University.
Angela Orsky
Angela Orsky is senior vice president, value based care and clinical integration at Prisma Health. Angela leads the post-acute and clinical integration strategy for the health system and value-based care initiatives while overseeing operations of multiple healthcare service lines across Prisma Health. With almost 25 years of extensive experience in healthcare leadership, Angela’s tenure prior to Prisma Health was with Charlotte-based Atrium Health for over 20 years. Angela has experience as a nurse in both acute and post-acute settings with expertise in care management for complex patients in the community setting. Angela is a registered nurse with a doctor of nursing practice degree from Duke University, a master of science in nursing administration from Gardner-Webb University and a bachelor of science in professional arts/health care administration from Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. She is a nursing home administrator since 1997 and an adjunct nursing faculty member. Sharing her team’s lessons learned with others has led her to speak nationally for both the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and the Center to Advance Palliative Care. Angela volunteers her time as a board member for several health and educational agencies. Angela is a United States Air Force Veteran, having served as a public relations and media sSpecialist.
Dara Rader
Dara Rader, MBA, BSN, RN is the System Director, Population Health Quality Outcomes for Bon Secours Mercy Health. With over 26 years of healthcare experience, Dara leads a clinical team focused on demonstrating outcomes across 650,000+ value-based lives, consistently achieving top performance across multiple populations. With over 15 years of experience as an ICU nurse, including 7 years working overseas, the Virginia Nurse’s Association awarded Dara the ‘Top 40 Under 40’ Award. Dara has been a featured speaker for the World Health Care Congress and NCQA Health Innovation Summit focused on customized engagement strategies to improve quality outcomes.
Gabe Orthous
Gabe Orthous, MBA, serves as the director of value-based services performance and analytics at Health Choice Network, where he champions the mission of federally qualified health centers (FQHCs). With over 25 years of progressive experience in health information technology, he specializes in scaling value-based care initiatives and optimizing complex HIT solutions to maximize impact. Gabe is an adjunct professor in the informatics department at Georgia State University and a former adjunct faculty member at Sacred Heart University. Additionally, he contributes as a subject matter expert for the Cummings Graduate Institute for behavioral health studies. Gabe is currently pursuing a PhD in global leadership at Indiana Tech, focusing on driving innovation, leadership development, and strategic transformation in healthcare and beyond.
Andrea Osborne
Andrea Osborne is the COO at On Belay Health Solutions. Previously, she was the senior vice president of ACO operations and delegated services at VillageMD. Andrea graduated with a master’s of science in therapeutic recreation from Indiana University. She spent the next 16 years working in long term care and has been a licensed nursing home administrator since 2004. Through her career, Andrea has had responsibility for managing performance within Payer contracts and CMMI models. She has managed value-based contracts for multiple entities including hospital systems, employed providers and affiliates.
Aisha Pittman
Aisha Pittman, MHP, is the senior vice president of government affairs at NAACOS. In this role, Ms. Pittman leads NAACOS’ advocacy and thought leadership, promoting policies that will accelerate the adoption of value and highlighting the importance of provider-led transformation through value-based. Ms. Pittman was previously vice president of policy with Premier, Inc., a group purchasing organization representing health systems. She was responsible for working with policymakers, providers, and other healthcare stakeholders to reduce costs and improve the quality of healthcare. Prior to Premier, Ms. Pittman held senior management roles with the National Quality Forum, the Maryland Health Care Commission and CenterLight Healthcare, in addition to experience at the NCQA. She holds abachelor of science in biology, a bachelor of arts in psychology, and a master of public health from The George Washington University. Ms. Pittman received GWU’s School of Public Health and Health Services Excellence in Health Policy Award.
Michael Poku
Dr. Michael Poku is the chief clinical officer for Equality Health. Previously, he was senior medical director at Oak Street Health overseeing multiple clinical teams and driving innovative models of value-based care delivery. Dr. Poku was also previously chief medical officer at NextHealth Technologies, where he formulated and executed clinical and product strategies for an AI-powered healthcare analytics platform. Dr. Poku also served as senior medical director at Signify Health, where he developed and led clinical strategies and execution for complex care management and at- home wellness programs. Dr. Poku continues to practice holding academic faculty positions at various health systems. Dr. Poku received his MD from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. He trained at Johns Hopkins Hospital in internal medicine where he focused on primary care medicine and urban health; he is also board certified in clinical informatics.
Jenny Reed
Jenny Reed, the senior executive officer at Southwestern Health Resources (SWHR), oversees payor and direct-to-employer strategy and collaborates with clinical leaders to ensure a robust clinically integrated network from primary and preventive care to highly specialized services. At SWHR, Ms. Reed is the primary executive responsible for relationships between SWHR and managed care organizations, brokers and employers. She also facilitates the creation of payor and value-based payment strategies. Through her leadership, she positions SWHR’s clinically integrated network for success in a dynamic reimbursement environment. Before joining SWHR, Ms. Reed served as the senior vice president of value-based care for Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) and the executive administrator for the Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance (BSWQA). Under her tenure, BSWQA generated more than $410 million in savings and was consistently among the top savers in the nation while accomplishing greater than 100% growth in direct-with-employer contracts in just two years. Reed earned her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and holds a master of social work from Louisiana State University.
Megan Reyna
Megan Reyna is responsible for the value network performance for enterprise population health of Advocate Health. Under her leadership, Ms. Reyna’s team leads the value-based care practice transformation support, government programs, ambulatory quality improvement and condition management and documentation (clinical risk adjustment) teams to assist the organization in achieving national quality and value-based care outcomes across the Enterprise. In her role, she oversees the performance of 2.3 million patients in value-based contracts inclusive of six MSSP ACOs, REACH ACOs, 4 CINs. She has been a featured speaker and panelist on the topic of ACOs and value-based care at numerous national conferences and is the past chair of the NAACOS quality committee. A registered nurse by background, Ms. Reyna received her MSN from the University of Illinois Chicago.
Eric Schneider
Dr. Eric Schneider is executive vice president for quality measurement and research at the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and an internationally known expert on health care quality. Prior to joining NCQA in 2022, Dr. Schneider was senior vice president at the Commonwealth Fund. He previously held the RAND Distinguished Chair in Health Care Quality at the RAND and was research faculty at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health. He practiced primary care internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the National Academy of Social Insurance. He is a graduate of Columbia University (B.S.), the University of California, Berkeley (M.Sc.), and University of California, San Francisco (M.D.).
Mike Siegel
Mike Siegel has spent his career helping healthcare systems transition to value-based care delivery and to thrive under alternative payment models. He currently serves as the system director of opportunity development with the UNC Health Alliance, UNC Health’s clinically integrated network and population health services organization. Mike leads alternative payment model strategy, assessment and contracting on behalf of the UNC Health Alliance network. Prior to his tenure at UNC, Mike worked for the Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance, where he advised Texas health systems on the development of population health capabilities and alternative payment model strategy. Mike earned a bachelor’s degree from Emory University and an MBA in healthcare administration from Baylor University.
Vinod Shenai
Vinod Shenai leads the medical economics team at VillageMD. His team provides actionable insights to help operations and clinical leaders to drive change to improve patient health and outcomes and enable appropriate cost and utilization. His team develops risk stratification algorithms and process KPIs to help improve care management and post discharge processes. Lastly, his team analyzes specialist performance to identify high performing specialist providers for network management. His team also developed the analytics for MSSP and ACO REACH.
Erin Smith
Erin Smith is currently the Staff Vice President of Payment Innovation at Elevance Health, leading strategy and development of payment innovations programs. Previously, she managed value-based and risk contract negotiations at Aledade. Erin also held key roles in policy and federal government affairs at naviHealth. She transitioned to Cardinal Health following its acquisition of naviHealth, continuing to navigate complex regulatory landscapes and advocate for policies that support sustainable healthcare models. While at Avalere, Erin provided strategic insights on value-based care and Medicare policy. Prior to Avalere, Erin made significant contributions to the CMS Innovation Center’s development and implement of specialty payment models, including Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) and the Oncology Care Model (OCM). Her experience and dedication to improving healthcare value and outcomes have positioned her as a knowledgeable expert in payment innovation.
Anna Taylor
Anna Taylor is passionate about transforming healthcare, one click at a time! As the associate VP of value based care, she leads innovative value-based initiatives and oversees the digital health ecosystem. Her mission is to leverage technology to enhance the care to our communities and streamline operations. Anna proudly chairs the HL7 DaVinci Steering Committee and serves as Secretary for SignalHealth ACO. With over 16 years at MultiCare, she has held diverse roles in learning and development, IT, strategy, and population health. She holds a B.S. in technical communication and an M.S. in clinical informatics from the University of Washington.
Elizabeth Todd
Elizabeth Todd serves as the director of clinical operations at the Delaware Valley ACO, where she oversees the quality improvement, care coordination, care continuum, and post-acute departments. With almost two decades of healthcare experience, she has led numerous clinical improvement initiatives to enhance patient outcomes and reduce wasteful, low-value healthcare spending. Elizabeth holds a doctorate in physical therapy and has specialized in cardiac rehab, vestibular rehab, geriatrics, and sports medicine. She is passionate about end-of-life care and the use of clinical data analytics to drive success in value-based care.
Pranali Trivedi
Pranali Trivedi is an experienced senior leader with a strong background in healthcare transformation and population health. In her current role as national director of population hHealth/Medicare performance at Ascension, she serves to lead the direction of the organization’s value-based portfolio, with a particular lens on performance improvement. Through her 12+ years of combined experience in translating health system policy and strategy to operations, Pranali provides valuable insight, evaluation, and implementation strategies of value-based care metrics from all angles.
Jordan Vidor
Jordan Vidor is the vice president of healthcare networks for the East Region Markets at Anthem. As the leader of Anthem’s Healthcare Networks division for the East Region and National Accounts Network Strategy, he is responsible for developing new affordability initiatives, pioneering innovative provider payment models, and delivering a dynamic approach to network optionality across product design. Jordan holds a master of business administration from Columbia University and a bachelor of arts from Rutgers University in his home state of New Jersey. Prior to his current role, Jordan held various leadership positions across Anthem’s Healthcare Networks and Commercial Sales Divisions.
Amol Vyas
Amol Vyas has over two decades of experience in enterprise information technology with lead roles in strategy, architecture and implementation spanning diverse business domains including insurance, freight management and health care. In his current role as NCQA’s VP and head of interoperability, Amol drives NCQA’s interoperability strategy, messaging and engagement with public/private sector partners, industry alliances and standards development organizations. Before NCQA, as the chief architect at Cambia Health Solutions, Amol actively engaged with several payer initiatives and communities to promote understanding and adoption of the FHIR® standard. Amol is also the lead author of the CARIN Blue Button FHIR Implementation Guide, a standard referenced by federal interoperability mandates for payers. He has been invited to speak at several health data interoperability themed events including the Blue Button Developer Conferences at the White House to socialize payer data interoperability.
Janice Walker-Suchyta
Janice Walker-Suchyta is a partner in the Houston office of Nelson Mullins. She is an experienced healthcare attorney specializing in corporate healthcare regulatory matters, including advising both employers and providers in direct contract arrangements. She has represented ACOs regarding both the MSSP and the ACO REACH program. With extensive experience in healthcare regulations, value-based care models, and reimbursement structures, Ms. Walker-Suchyta helps clients navigate complex legal frameworks to optimize care delivery and financial sustainability. Her expertise also includes advising healthcare organizations on the 340B Drug Program, Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement and Federally Qualified Health Centers. She is a member of the American Health Law Association and the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
Dan Willis
Dan Willis is a vice president of payer contracting at Aledade, a primary care enablement company that supports the success of independent primary care practices and community health centers in accountable care arrangements. At Aledade, Dan leads a team responsible for developing and maintaining innovative health plan partnerships that incentivize the delivery of high-value care at Aledade’s partner practices. Prior to Aledade, Dan was the vice president of payer strategies at SoNE HEALTH, a clinically integrated network serving Connecticut and Massachusetts. Dan also served in roles at Tufts Health Plan and ECG Management Consultants. Dan has a master of business administration and a juris doctor from American University.
