Executive Program
This year, our program addresses the new strategic priorities for large regional health systems in this “Big Reset” moment. In the face of Covid’s persistence, health systems have demonstrated tremendous resilience. Now the pressing question is, what has this pandemic changed? How have priorities shifted? Where must we push toward meaningful transformation – and how? And what previously unforeseen opportunities are emerging on the horizon?
2021 Speakers Will Be Continually Updated on the Schedule Below
Every attendee will be Covid tested twice, regardless of vaccination status.
First upon arrival and again approximately 30 hours later. Please plan your arrival to allow one hour for testing.
Education and meeting rooms will be arranged to maintain 6-foot social distancing.
Sunday, October 10, 2021
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12:30 - 4:15 PM
Recreation
12:30 - 4:15 pm
4x4 Desert Tour
Ride through the pristine Sonoran Desert with a cowboy guide, and witness some of the best panoramic views in Arizona. Then take a nature hike and learn how the Native Americans used the ecology of the desert to survive.
12:45 - 3:45 pm
Sonoran Desert Hike
With vibrant wildflowers, towering cacti and lush trees, you’ll get an up-close look at what makes the Sonoran Desert unlike any other landscape in the world!
2:00 - 4:00 pm
Southwestern Cooking Demonstration
Make a cocktail & appetizers inspired by the simple, bold flavors of Southwestern cuisine.
6:00 - 7:30 PM
Receptions & Meals
Welcome Reception
Monday, October 11, 2021
7:00 - 8:00 AM
Receptions & Meals
Breakfast
8:00 - 9:00 AM
General Session
Health System Strategic Priorities: Remaining Relevant Post-COVID
COVID has rocked healthcare. But how has it changed the business of health systems? Four top healthcare thought leaders discuss what health systems must prioritize in order to remain relevant in an altered, evolving and highly stressed healthcare landscape.
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Tim Craig (Moderator) VP, Chief Content Director Health System 100 |
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Scott Cullen, MD Managing Director, Consulting; Chief Clinical Innovation Officer Accenture |
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Michael Brookshire |
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Tina Wheeler US Health Care Lead Deloitte Consulting |
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Curt Whelan Managing Director Huron Consulting |
9:00 - 10:00 AM
General Session
The Big Reset: A New Era in Service Line Rationalization
There’s not a health system in America over the last 18 months that hasn’t seen some combination of electives dry up, costs skyrocket and now stimulus money start to go away. With the economic crisis of COVID almost as bad as the virus itself, health systems are sharpening their pencils and taking a hard look at service line priorities. When is it best to consolidate service lines, shift to an entirely new setting (ie, OP or home) or eliminate services altogether?
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Denise Brown, MD (Moderator) Chief Growth Officer Vituity |
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Denise Chamberlain CFO Edward-Elmhurst Health |
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Arthur Klein, MD President Mt. Sinai Health Network |
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Matthew Primack President Advocate Condell Medical Center (Advocate Aurora Health) |
10:45 - 11:30 AM
General Session
The Biden Impact: Progressive Politics and Healthcare
Health systems are likely to face big legislative shifts, with big implications, in the coming months and years. Two industry veterans – including an HHS insider from the Trump administration – will foretell what can be expected from Biden-era healthcare policy, specifically Medicare and Medicaid expansion; antitrust enforcement; home care spending; and drug pricing.
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Rob Schile (Moderator) Principal CLA |
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Eric Hargan Board Member, University Hospitals Former Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
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Paul Keckley Managing Editor The Keckley Report |
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
General Session
M&A Outlook: Growth Opportunities in a Highly Regulated Market
In an era of increasing regulatory scrutiny over hospital-to-hospital mergers, health systems are having to pivot to more outpatient and ancillary opportunities. We’ll explore what these targets looks like – ASCs, Home Care, Clinics, Telehealth, and more – and how this phenomenon will impact competition, growth and the overall strategic positioning of health systems.
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Curt Chase (Moderator) Partner Husch Blackwell |
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Peggy Sanborn System SVP, Strategic Growth, Partnerships, M&A Common Spirit Health |
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Kim Post EVP, COO Honor Health |
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Bill Farrell Chief Business & Strategy Officer Gunderson Health System |
12:15 - 1:15 PM
Receptions & Meals
Lunch
1:15 - 2:30 PM
General Session
Executive Workshop: Solving the Human Capital Crisis
A hands-on workshop designed to identify best practices in recruitment, retention and culture.
2:30 - 4:00 PM
Speed Meetings
These rapid-format meetings connect providers with innovative solution partners. You will gain some fresh insights, and perhaps find another business partner.
6:30 - 8:30 PM
Receptions & Meals
Country Western Dinner
Tuesday, October 12, 2021
7:00 - 8:00 AM
Receptions & Meals
Breakfast
8:00 - 8:50 AM
General Session
Cultivating a Culture of Change
As health systems emerge from Covid, many CEOs are recognizing the need to drive both deeper and faster innovation in their organizations. However, there are some cultural and structural impediments to innovation, such as organizational structure, cultural resistance, community mission, and board governance. This session identifies these barriers to change and showcases ideas to break down or minimize them so that deeper and faster innovation can succeed.
8:55 -9:40 AM
General Session
Hospitals Without Walls
For 20 years, health systems have migrated care from IP to OP, including satellites, clinics and ASCs. Now the spotlight is on the home, including a new crop of care models focused on recovery, emergent- and acute-care delivery. We’ll look at three popular care concepts, and answer a burning question facing healthcare today: Is there a feasible, sustainable business model for hospital-level care in the home?
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Part 1: Recovery Care Travis Messina, Co-Founder & CEO, Contessa Health (Amedisys) |
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Part II: In-Home Urgent Care Kevin Riddleberger, Co-Founder & CSO, Dispatch Health |
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Christi McCarren, SVP, Retail Health and Community-Based Care, Multicare | |
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Part II: Hospital at Home Eliza Shulman, MD, CMO, MedicallyHome Chad Nelson, MD, Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona |
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Chad Nelson, MD, Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona | |
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11:00 - 11:45 AM
General Session
Bold Case Studies in Hospital Reinvention
Forward-thinking health systems share their initiatives in aggressive strategic transformation, accelerated in part by the urgency of the last 18 months.
12:15 - 1:15 PM
Receptions & Meals
Lunch
1:00 - 2:15 PM
General Session
Healthcare Disruptors on Creating Value
Four purpose-built concepts – each highly successful in engineering “payer-focused value” – share their view of the future of healthcare, including where – or if - health systems fit in.
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John Fryer (Moderator) SVP & Head of Market Lumeris |
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Gaurav Dayal President & COO Everside Health (Formerly Paladina) |
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Eric Van Horn Chief Business Officer Landmark Health |
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Paul Martino Co-Founder & Chief Growth Officer, VillageMD |
2:30 - 5:00 PM
Recreation
Afternoon at the Pool
6:30 - 9:00 PM
Receptions & Meals
Southwest Shindig
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
7:00 - 8:00 AM
Receptions & Meals
Breakfast
8:00 - 9:45 AM
General Session
Tech & Science Innovations Transforming Healthcare
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8:00 to 8:20 How Genomic Mapping is Changing Healthcare Damon Hostin, Health Systems Lead/Market Access, Illumina |
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8:20 to 8:40 Using Artificial Intelligence to Optimize Clinical Operations Mehool Patel, MD, Associate Chief Health Officer, IBM Watsonh |
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8:40 to 9:00 How Digital Twins Drive Performance Improvement Kristin Juarez, Clinical Advisor, Clinical Innovation and Informatics, Siemens Healthineers |
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Mark Scheurer, MD, Chief of Children's and Women's Services and CMO, MUSC Children's Hospital, Medical University of South Carolina |
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9:00 to 9:20 Applying Advanced AI to Predictive Population Health Joseph Zabinski, Ph.D, Senior Director of AI & Precision Medicine, OM1 |
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9:20 to 9:40 Drones and Healthcare: Making Medical Deliveries More Efficient Steve Roberts, Director of Advanced Technologies, Upstate Medical University (SUNY) |
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9:40 to 10:00 Regenerative Medicine – Forging New Frontiers Chris Centeno, CMO and Clinical Founder, Regenexx |
