Payment and delivery reform is a huge opportunity for targeting health disparities, but also poses a serious risk of making disparities worse. This workshop will explain how health system transformation efforts could support interventions that reduce disparities.
Mr. Villers is the cofounder of Families USA. In 1981, he and his wife, Kate Villers, founded the organization, which was initially called The Villers Foundation. He has served as its President and as a permanent member of the Board of Directors since its inception. Mr. Villers is... Read More →
Executive Director of Government Relations, Health Policy and External Affairs, Morehouse School of Medicine
Daniel E. Dawes, Esq. is a healthcare attorney and the Executive Director of Government Relations, Health Policy and External Affairs at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. The author of several publications on health reform and health equity; he now adds to his repertoire... Read More →
Sinsi Hernández-Cancio is the Director of Health Equity at Families USA, where she focuses on expanding and strengthening the organization's ability to enhance and elevate health care advocacy and activism in communities of color across the nation. She is continuing the group's work... Read More →
Marshall Chin, MD, MPH, Richard Parrillo Family Professor of Healthcare Ethics at the University of Chicago is a practicing general internist and health services researcher who has dedicated his career to advancing health equity through interventions at individual, organizational... Read More →
Health system transformation must combat disparities in access to care and to community and social services. This workshop will explore how telehealth, dental therapists, and community health workers/promotoras can ensure people get the right care at the right time.
David Jordan leads a national campaign to expand access to dental care by initiating and supportingstate campaigns to establish the practice of dental therapists. David oversees the project's politicalstrategy, state field operations and strategic and operational relations with collaborating... Read More →
Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing and UC Davis School of Medicine.
Jana Katz–Bell is the Assistant Dean for Interprofessional Programs at UC Davis School of Medicine andthe Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing. She served as Chief Administrative Officer for the UC DavisCenter for Health and Technology from 1995 - 2007 where she led this distinctive... Read More →
Carolina Nkouaga currently serves as the Associate Director of the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Office for Community Health, where she has collaborated on the development of the health extension model and various community health worker initiatives, as well as the... Read More →
State advocates will discuss how they used the SIM (State Innovation Model) grant process to get involved in health system transformation policies, including how they got to the table, built an advocacy agenda, and determined their priorities for the year.
Senior Health Policy Analyst, Utah Health Policy Project
RyLee Curtis is a Utah native. She graduated with a dual degree in Communications and Political Science from the University of Utah, where she also received her Master’s degree in Public Policy. Before joining UHPP, RyLee worked as a medical assistant and intake coordinator at an... Read More →
Susan Smith is the Executive Director of NH Voices for Health. She has extensive professional experience in leadership roles with nonprofit healthcare organizations in both New Hampshire and North Carolina and has served on the board and executive committees of several state and local... Read More →
Thursday February 4, 2016 2:00pm - 3:15pm EST
Columbia Foyer
Join us to discover how clinical evidence is being used to inform health coverage decisions and benefit design, strategies for educating consumers about value-based benefit design, and advocacy in protecting consumers’ access to care in value-based insurance.
Lydia Mitts is a Senior Policy Analyst at Families USA. She specializes in private insurance issues, including market reforms and financial assistance programs under the Affordable Care Act, wellness incentive programs, marketplace plan benefit design, and cost-sharing. She also specializes... Read More →
Policy and Communications Director, Institute for Clinical and Economic Review
Mitchell serves as the Policy and Communications Director for ICER. He contributes to, and ensures the clarity and consistency of,all the organizations communications materials (including reports, press releases, websites, etc.). He is also responsible for identifying opportunities... Read More →
This workshop will explore tools, strategies, and polices that can facilitate shared decision making, help patients and providers understand the difference between high- and low-value care options, and support patient-centered care.
Shannon Brownlee is Senior Vice President of the Lown Institute, which was founded by cardiologist and humanitarian Bernard Lown. She is also Co-Founder of the Right Care Alliance, a group of clinicians, patients, and community leaders that is working to spark change in health care... Read More →
Dr. Crittenden is currently the Senior Policy Advisor for Health for Washington Governor Jay Inslee. Prior to his work with the governor, Dr. Crittenden was the Executive Director of the Herndon Alliance. The Herndon Alliance is a national coalition of more than 200 organizations... Read More →
Program Director for Health System Transformation, Families USA
Caitlin Morris is the Health System Transformation Program Director at Families USA. Her work focuses on improving health care delivery and quality through evidence-based medicine, care coordination, patient-centered outcomes research, health information technology (HIT), and quality... Read More →
