Conference Materials

Diane Reinhard, DNP, MBA, MSCIS, RN, CRRN, NE- BC, Vice President Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer, Craig Hospital Joe Reppert, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Adventist Health, Northern California Region Craig Saylor, FACHE, CPHQ, Chief Executive Officer, Somerset Hospital Raymond V. Tamasi, President and Founder, Gosnold Innovation Center, Gosnold, Inc., A Behavioral Health Company Mark Schiffer, MD, FACC, Vice President, Strategic Alliances, Northwell Health Gulshan Sharma, MD, MPH, Vice President, Chief Medical and Clinical Innovations Officer, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston Ginger Thomann, RN, Joint Replacement and Elective Care Coordinator, University of Tennessee Medical Center Nicole Thorell, Chief Nursing Officer, Lexington Regional Health Center Michael Ricks, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Hoag Hospital Jaspal Singh, MD, MHA, MHS, FCCP, FCCM, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Physician, Carolinas HealthCare System Harsh K. Trivedi, MD, MBA, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sheppard Pratt Health System Michael Ries, MD, MBA, FCCM, FCCP, FACP, Medical Director, Critical Care and eICU, Advocate Health Care Michael Skehan, Chief Operating Officer, Montana Region, SCL Health Shawn Valenta, RRT, MHA, Director, Telehealth, Medical University of South Carolina Betty Jo Rocchio, RN, BSN, CRNA, MS, Vice President, Perioperative Performance Acceleration, Mercy Joanna Sklenar-Smith, BA, BSN, RN, C-EFM, Director, Mercy Maternal Child Health, CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs Barbara Roenfeld, BSN, RN, NE-BC, Director, Emergency Department, CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs Jim Smith, FACHE, Vice President, Planning, Beaumont Health Chris Van Gorder, Chief Executive Officer, Scripps Health Kelly Roth, RN, MD, CPHQ, CJCP, CPPS, Director Accreditation and Regulatory Compliance, Orange Regional Medical Center, Greater Hudson Valley Health System John Roy, Vice President and General Manager, Cardinal Health Inventory Management Solutions Jennifer Z. Snow, MBA, Director, Accountable Communities, Greenville Health System Monica C. Vargas-Mahar, Chief Operating Officer, The Hospitals of Providence and Chief Executive Officer, Sierra Campus Thomas Royer, MD, FACPE, Chief Executive Officer and Partner, Royer-Maddox-Herron Advisors; Chief Executive Officer, Emeritus of CHRISTUS Health Tony Snyder, Chief Executive Officer, Pomerene Hospital Robert Vissers, MD, MBA, FACEP, President and Chief Executive Officer, Boulder Community Health Wendy Rubas, General Counsel and Executive Vice President, Northwest Community Healthcare John Snyder, FACHE, Executive Vice President, System Chief Operating Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Health Alliance Medical Plans, Carle Health System Kevin Vermeer, President and Chief Executive Officer, UnityPoint Health Janet L. Ruffin, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Officer, Red Bud Regional Hospital Donna Sollenberger, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston Bart Walker, JD, Partner, McGuireWoods LLP Cindy Russo, MS, FACHE, President and Chief Administrative Officer, Baystate Health Northern Region, Baystate Franklin Medical Center Amit Sood, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director, Mind-Body Medicine Initiative, Mayo Clinic Doug Spear, Executive Director, Marketing and Strategic Development, Shawnee Mission Health Valinda Rutledge, Vice President, Public Payor Health Strategy, Care Coordination Institute, Greenville Health System Matthew Stanley, DO, Vice President, Avera Behavioral Health Clinical Service Line; Medical Director, Avera McKennan and Avera Marshall Behavioral Health Centers; Assistant Professor, University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, Department, Psychiatry Marianne J. Walker, RN, JD, CPHRM, Associate General Counsel and Senior Administrator, Orange Regional Medical Center Todd Sachs, MD, Medical Director, Operations, Kaiser Permanente of Southern California Regional Offices Eric M. Stone, Serial Health Technology Entrepreneur, Patient Advocate and National Trustee, The Crohn's and Colitis Foundation Rick Wassel, Vice President, Innovation and Partnering, Adventist Health Systems Robin Sarkar, PhD, Chief Information Officer, Lakeland Health Kelly Sullivan, Chief Risk Officer, Associate Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Rush University Medical Center Sarah Weber, Intern, Kearny County Hospital Britt Tabor, CPA, FACHE, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Erlanger Health System Christopher Weaver, MD, MBA, Senior Vice President, Clinical Effectiveness, Indiana University Health Maria Ryan, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, Cottage Hospital Airica Steed, EdD, MBA, RN, CSSMBB, FACHE, System Vice President, Clinical Service Lines, Presence Health Greg Stock, Chief Executive Officer, Thibodaux Regional Medical Center Phillip Warr, MD, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Medical University of South Carolina José Sánchez, LMSW, LCSW, President and Chief Executive Officer, Norwegian American Hospital Chris Waugh, Chief Innovation Officer, Sutter Health Charles S. Sawyer, MD, FACP, Vice President, Chief Medical Information Officer, Mission Health System Laura Swaney, Vice President, Women's and Children's Services, HCA North Texas Division Sunitha Sastry, MPH, Director, Experience Improvement and Innovation; Patient Experience and Engagement Program, The University of Chicago Medicine Stephen Weber, MD, Chief Medical Officer, The University of Chicago Medicine Annie Rusell, RN, MSN, MBA, Chief Operating Officer, Kaiser Permanente of Southern California Regional Offices Suzette Song, MD, Vice President, Medical Affairs, OSS Health Howard T. Wall III, Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel, RCCH HealthCare Partners C O N F E R E N C E S P E A K E R S Fred "Kip" Wenger, DO, Regional Performance Director, Team Health Southeast Group, UT Medical Center Alison Tothy, MD, Associate Professor, University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences Division Ralph de la Torre, MD, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Steward Health Care Systems LLC Marcy Traxler, Vice President, Business Development, AMITA Health Neil Treister, MD, MBA, FACC, Board-Certified Cardiologist and Medical Informatics Officer, Sharp Community Medical Group John C. Sheehan, FACHE, President, UW Health at The American Center Phil Schaefer, FACHE, Vice President and Administrator, Ambulatory and Physician Services, Southern Illinois Healthcare Dennis Shelby, Chief Executive Officer, Wilson Medical Center Terre Short, MBA, CXPX, Assistant Vice President, Patient Experience, HCA Healthcare Keith Siddel, MBA, LLM, PhDc, JD, CHC, Vice President, Revenue Cycle, Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp Michael Swarzman, Vice President, System Business Development, Advocate Health Care Patrice M. Weiss, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Executive Vice President, Carilion Clinic; Professor, OB/Gyn, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine Ashely Simmons, Director, Innovation Development, Adventist Health Systems Eric Tritch, Executive Director, Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain, University of Chicago Medicine Bernard Wheatley, DBA, FACHE, Chief Executive Officer, Schneider Regional Medical Center David White, MSN-L, RN Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Northern Arizona Healthcare Deb Wilson, Executive Vice President, Lawrence General Hospital David Wood, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Beaumont Health Larry Wu, Director, Market Research and Consumer Insights, Beaumont Health Michael Zappa, MD, FACEP, President HSR Specialty Hospital; Associate Chief Medical Officer, Cape Fear Valley Health David M. Zechman, FACHE, President and Chief Executive Officer, McLaren Northern Michigan Joan Zoltanski, MD, MBA, Chief Experience Officer, University Hospitals Health System Douglas Ribley, MS, FMFA, Senior Vice President, Health and Wellness Services, Cleveland Clinic Akron General Karen Testman, RN, Chief Financial Officer, MemorialCare Health System

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