Spring 2026 Conference Archive
April 22–24
Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor
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–6:30 pm ET
Friday (Main Meeting): 7:30 am–3:00 pm ET
CONFERENCE SLIDES
Thursday, April 23
| 7:00 am | Registration Open Exhibits Open |
| 7:30 – 8:15 am | Scaling Value-based Care with Technology and Collaboration Speakers: Seth Edwards, Premier Inc. and Raymond Metzger, TriHealth |
| 7:30 – 8:15 am | Steering the Ship: Navigating your ACO through Policy Headwinds Speakers: Tara Lagu and Brian Machut, Alliant VBHS; Dana Rye, Duly Health and Care |
| 7:30 – 8:15 am | What’s Working on the Ground: How Health Systems Use Data & AI Today (NO SLIDES) Speakers: Sujata Bajaj, Yuvo; CarolAnn Hudson, Lifepoint Health; Nicole DuPont Latimer, Persivia |
| 8:30 – 10:30 am | Opening Plenary Welcome NAACOS CEO: Emily Brower Keynote: Navigating the Rapids: Current State and Future Promise of Medicine in the Digital and AI Era Jennifer Goldsack, MChem, MA, MBA, OLY CEO Digital Medicine Society Plenary Panel: The Promise of AI-enabled Tools and Technology to Advance Accountable Care and Population Health Moderator: Arshad Rahim, Mount Sinai Health System Panelists: Tamra Ruymann, Physicians of Southwest Washington, Tesha Simpson, CEO, Millennium Physicians; John Supra, Cone Health; Zachary Yoder, St. Anthony’s Health/OSF Healthcare |
| 10:30 – 11:00 am | Coffee Break sponsored by Arcadia Exhibits Open |
| 11:00 am – 12:30 pm | Community Health Centers: Putting the “Value” in VBC Chair: Joe Pierle, Missouri Primary Care Association Speakers: Henish Bhansali; BJ Dempsey, Carina Health; Stephen Houghland, Kentucky Primary Care Association; Chris Shank, North Carolina Community Health Care Association; Leslie Southworth, MontanaHealth+ |
| 11:00 am – 12:30 pm | Radical Collaboration: Building Payer-Provider Partnerships for a Stronger Health Ecosystem Chair: Robert Millette, Astrana Health Speakers: Mark Llorente, InnovaCare Health; Kevin Spencer, Millennium Physicians; Tyler Tracewski, Astrana Health |
| 11:00 am – 12:30 pm | Breaking Down the Alphabet Soup: MSSP, LEAD, TEAM, ACCESS, ASM (NO SLIDES) Chair: Aisha Pittman, NAACOS Invited Speakers: Gary Bacher, CMMI; Jacob Shiff, CMMI; Jake Quinton, CM |
| 11:00 am – 12:30 pm | Revolutionize Home-based Primary Care Chair: Rebecca Adkins, Jefferson Health Speakers: Anna Flattau, Jefferson Health; Tom Lally, Bloom Health Network; Stephen Nuckolls, Coastal Carolina Quality Care |
| 12:30 – 2:00 pm | Exhibits Open Networking Lunch Grab a boxed lunch and meet up with your colleagues for informal discussions of the challenges and opportunities facing ACOs and other VBC models. The plenary ballroom, Key 5-8 will be open and available for you to use. |
| 2:00 – 3:30 pm | Leveraging Risk for Reward: Navigating a Shifting Payment Environment (NO SLIDES) Chair: Mark Gwynne, UNC Health Speakers: Travis Broome, Aledade; Brian Felty, Southwest Health Resources; Arshad Rahim, Mount Sinai Health System |
| 2:00 – 3:30 pm | Pumping Up Heart Failure Prevention and Management in the Era of Technology Chair: Ashish Parikh, Summit Health/VillageMD Speakers: Laura Balsamini, Summit Health/Village MD; Gregg Kimmer, Circadian Health; Fred Taweel, Brilliant Care |
| 2:00 – 3:30 pm | Innovative Outpatient Strategies to Prevent Hospitalizations and Improve Health Chair: Gene Quinn, Envoy Integrated Health ACO Speakers: Tori Bratcher, Trinity Health; Robert Fields, Beth Israel Lahey Health; Anjali Kakwani, Atlantic Health ACO |
| 2:00 – 3:30 pm | Engaging Specialists in Care Delivery Transformation: Applications from NAACOS Specialty Care Guidebook Chair: Erin Hurlburt, Lumeris Speakers: Ramsey Abdallah, Northwell Health ACO; Theresa Dreyer, Health Care Transformation Taskforce; Kevin McNeill, Lehigh Valley Health Network |
| 3:30 – 4:00 pm | Break Exhibits Open |
| 4:00 – 5:30 pm | Affinity Group – Compliance and Legal Facilitators: Andrea Charmley, West Michigan ACO and Jami Paulson, ACO Collaborative LLC |
| 4:00 – 5:30 pm | Affinity Group – Clinical and Performance Improvement Facilitator: Nathan Moore, BJC ACO and Michael Barbati, Advocate Health |
| 4:00 – 5:30 pm | Affinity Group – Operations and Executive Facilitators: Brandi Apodaca, Carina Health Network and Leslie Southworth, Montana Health Plus |
| 4:00 – 5:30 pm | Affinity Group – Data and Analytics Facilitators: Gabe Orthous, Health Choice Network and Tamra Ruymann, PSW and NW Momentum Health Partners ACO |
| 5:30 – 6:30 pm …………………………………. | Reception sponsored by Navina Exhibits Open |
Friday, April 24
| 7:00 am | Registration Open Exhibits Open |
| 7:30 – 8:15 am | Business Partner Sponsored Breakfast – Milliman From Noise to Signal: How ACOs Use Analytics to Gain Confidence in a Changing CMMI Landscape Speakers: Noah Champagne, Zach Davis, Francesca Hammerstrom, Adam Hearn, Brent Jensen, and Chris Smith, Milliman |
| 7:30 – 8:15 am | Business Partner Sponsored Breakfast – Wellsky Value-based Care 2.0: Navigating the New Reality of Accountable Care Speakers: Era Bani, Wellsky; Laura Balsamini, Ashish Parikh, Ravi Mehan, and Jenn Ratelle, Summit Health /VillageMD |
| 7:30 – 8:15 am | Business Partner Sponsored Breakfast – Infor Oh, the Gaps You Will Close! With FHIR Measures That Compute and Compose Speakers: Dan Rozsa, Infor and Anna Taylor, MultiCare Connected Care |
| 8:30 – 9:30 am | Plenary Fireside Chat with John Brooks, Deputy Administrator and Chief Policy and Regulatory Officer, CMS and Emily Brower, President and CEO, NAACOS |
| 9:30 – 9:45 am | Break Exhibits Open |
| 9:45 – 11:15 am | Applying Successful VBC Strategies across Dual Populations Chair: Franke Elliott, Bloom Healthcare Speakers: Genevieve Caruncho-Simpson, Family Caregiver Alliance; Kim Phan, CareConnectMD; Rachel Pryor, Jefferson Health Plans |
| 9:45 – 11:15 am | Cost, Capitation, and Care Accountability: Leveraging Cohesive Payment Strategies that Align Meaningful Incentives Chair: Natalie McGann, Tandigm Health Speakers: Rebecca Adkins, Jefferson Health; Brandon Webb, OneHealth Nebraska |
| 9:45 – 11:15 am | End of Life Care in a Value-based World Chair: Mark Angelo, Tandigm Health Speakers: Magen Calland, Aledade; David Casarett, Duke; Tara Lagu, Alliant Health; Nathan Moore, Washington University in St. Louis |
| 9:45 – 11:15 am | Prepare to Swarm: Strategies to Combat Fraud, Waste, & Abuse Chair: Ken Schellhase, Ascension Speakers: Adam Hearn, Milliman; Jeneen Iwugo, Center for Program Integrity, CMS; Amanda Larschan, Palm Beach ACO |
| 11:15 – 11:30 am | Break |
| 11:30 – 1:00 pm | Independence, Partnership, or Outside Capital? How ACOs and Value-based Care Providers Are Responding to Consolidation Chair: Stephen Nuckolls, Coastal Carolina Quality Care Speakers: Lance Donkerbrook, Commonwealth and PIII; Marcus Gross, Mosaic ACO; Steve Neorr, Community Care of NC |
| 11:30 – 1:00 pm | Advancing Value-based Care in Rural Communities: Partnering with States on the Rural Health Transformation Fund Chair: Rick Goddard, Lumeris Speakers: FJ Campbell, Ardent; Marci O’Toole, MaineHealth; Brittany Sachdeva, Cibolo Health |
| 11:30 – 1:00 pm | Decision 2027: Is LEAD a REACH? Chair: Jordan Hall, Primary Care Alliance Speakers: Purva Rawal, Duke Margolis Institute for Health Policy; Brian Sikora, Duly Health and Care; Chris Smith, Milliman |
| 11:30 – 1:00 pm | Cross-Payer Strategies in the Move to Digital Quality Chair: Megan Reyna, Bon Secours Mercy Health Speakers: Nisha Bhat, CMS; Wilson Gabbard, Advocate Health; Mark Marciante, Leavitt Partners; Johnston Thayer, Epic |
| 1:00 – 2:45 pm …………………………………. | Lunch Served from 1:00-1:30 Fireside Chat with Alberto Colon Viera, Chief Health Technology Officer, CMS and Aisha Pittman, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs, NAACOS Panel: AI in ACTION: New Solutions that Advance Accountable Care Moderator: Brian McDonough Panelists: James Barr, Atlantic Health; Lyell Jones, Mayo Clinic; Tim Puri, Curana; Brian Sikora, Duly Health and Care; Tina-Ann Thompson, Emory |