Midwest Regional Meeting Virtual Agenda
February 18, 2026
12:00pm – 3:30pm ET

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11:45 am – 12:00 pmVirtual Log in   
12:00 pm – 12:10 pmWelcome and IntroductionEmily Brower, CEO, NAACOS
12:10 pm – 12:50 pmLeveraging Technology to Enhance Visibility and Management in Post-Acute SpaceStephanie Spencer BSN, RN, CPC
Executive Director, Value Based Utilization 
Advocate Health (Enterprise)
 
Brian Riordan 
Senior Performance Excellence Consultant in Network Management: Government Programs at Advocate Health
12:50 pm – 1:35 pmFrom good to great: Scaling value-based care success with AI Value-based care doesn’t have a finish line. Even high-performing organizations can still unlock meaningful gains by using the right tools to turn data into action every day, across every clinic in your network. In this session hosted by Navina, you’ll hear how forward-thinking ACOs are using clinical AI to move from working harder to working smarter: bringing risk and quality insights to the point of care, operationalizing gap closure as a team sport (not a year-end scramble), and scaling workflows to take performance to the next level. For leaders looking to understand how to operationalize next-generation tools in their own organizations, we’ll connect the dots between day-to-day clinical execution and the outcomes that matter in accountable care.Dana McCalley VP of Value Based Care Navina   Zac Oty
Enterprise Solutions Engineer
Navina  

Jennifer Hohman, MD Executive Vice President NOMS Healthcare  
1:35 pm – 1:40 pmBreak 
1:40 pm – 2:20 pmGuided Care Nursing: A Value-Enhancing Resource for ACOs This presentation will describe: · How Guided Care Nurses can reduce the healthcare costs and improve the quality of care for ACO patients with complex healthcare needs (including the results from two randomized controlled trials) · How ACO registered nurses can acquire the skills needed to provide Guided Care by taking a 20-module, online course from the Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing (including the course’s structure and highlights).Chad Boult, MD, MPH, MBA Former Professor, Director of Lipitz Center for Integrated Care Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Kelly Reif, BSN, RN Nursing Project Analyst Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing

Rebecca Barshick, MSN, BA, RN, NPD-BC Nurse Educator Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing
2:20 pm – 2:50 pmDriving Improvement in Population Health: Leveraging Operational Data for Quality and Utilization Outcomes   This presentation explores how operational workflow data can be transformed into actionable insights to improve population health performance. We will discuss strategies for aligning quality and utilization outcome metrics with daily operational processes, enabling real-time monitoring and continuous improvement. Attendees will learn practical approaches to integrate data-driven decision-making into workflows, optimize resource utilization, and enhance patient outcomes through proactive performance management.Tori Bratcher Trinity Health    
2:50 pm – 3:20 pmOptimizing Utilization Across the Care Continuum: An ACO Approach to ED and Inpatient Reduction   As value-based care accelerates, accountable care organizations must align clinical and financial strategies to optimize utilization across the care continuum. Emergency department and inpatient utilization remain key opportunities to improve quality outcomes while managing total cost of care, particularly for medically complex and aging populations.  Working with a medically complex and aging population, emergency department and inpatient metrics were identified as an organizational focus with the opportunity to prevent and reduce unnecessary utilization while supporting patients to thrive in their home setting.Alyssa Heath, LSW, CDP Midwest Manager of Complex Care Management Bluestone Physician Services  
3:20 pm – 3:30 pmClosing RemarksMelody Danko-Holsomback, Vice President of Education, NAACOS