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CMS, CMMI, DOGE, HHS & National Experts Address 5th Virtual Value-Based Payment Summit; Tuition Scholarships Available for Health Service Researchers

CMS, CMMI, DOGE, HHS, and National Value-Based Care Experts Address 5th Virtual Value-Based Payment Summit; Tuition Scholarships Available for Health Service Researchers

- Virtual Online Video Event Live and Archived
- Part of the Heritage Value-based Care Conference Series
- Held in conjunction with Health Care Value Week
- Media Partners: Harvard Health Policy Review, Health Affairs and Inside Health Policy
- March 2-6, 2026
- www.ValueBasedPaymentSummit.com ([link removed] )

PRESS RELEASE

Phone: 800-503-7414

Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

Website: www.ValueBasedPaymentSummit.com ([link removed] )

AGENDA NOW AVAILABLE

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TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS

The Value-based Payment Summit offers partial and full Tuition Scholarships to qualifying representatives of government, consumer advocate organizations, academics, students, representatives of health services research organizations, and those in employment transition.

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FEATURING GOVERNMENT KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Stephanie Carlton*

Deputy Administrator & Chief of Staff, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Former Partner, McKinsey & Company; Former Republican Staff, US Senate Finance Committee, Washington, DC

Amy Gleason

Acting Administrator, US DOGE Service; Former Senior Advisor, US Digital Service; Former Chief Product Officer, Russell Street Ventures and Main Street Health, Washington, DC

Chris Klomp, MBA*

Director of Medicare and Deputy Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Senior Advisor to the Secretary, HHS, Washington, DC

Jacob Shiff, MBA

Chief AI and Technology Officer, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services; Founder, Anomaly (Healthcare AI), Washington, DC

Abe Sutton, JD*

Director, CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation; Former Policy Advisor at the Domestic Policy Council, The White House (Trump), Washington, DC

Boris Vabson, PhD

Senior Advisor and Head of MA Strategy, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation; Faculty Member and Researcher (on leave), Harvard Medical School, Washington, DC

*Subject to final ethics approval.

WASHINGTON DC USA -- JANUARY 31, 2026: The Fifth Virtual Value-based Payment Summit is pleased to announce that it is offering its virtual session on March 2-6, 2026 during Health Care Value Week ([link removed] ) .

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Adam Boehler

Founder & Managing Director, Rubicon Founders; Former CEO, Int'l Development Finance Corporation; Former Deputy Administrator & Director, CMS CMMI (Trump 1), Nashville, TN

Elizabeth Fowler, PhD, JD

Distinguished Scholar, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Former Deputy Administrator & Director, CMS CMMI (Biden); Former Special Assistant to President Obama, Washington, DC

Mark McClellan, MD, PhD

Director, Robert J Margolis Center for Health Policy, Medicine and Health Policy, Duke University; Former CMS Administrator and FDA Commissioner (GW Bush), Washington, DC

Thomas A. Scully, JD

General Partner, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe; Principal, Federal Health Policy Strategies; Partner, Scully, Roskey & Missmar; Former Administrator, CMS, New York, NY

Andy Slavitt, MBA

Co-Founder & General Partner, Town Hall Ventures; Chairman, United States of Care; Former Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (Obama), Pasadena, CA

FEATURED FACULTY

Syed Sumair Akhtar, MD, MHCDS

Chief Clinical Officer, Strive Health; Former Vice President, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, Chicago, IL

Lisa Bari, MBA, MPH

Vice President of Policy and Partnerships, Innovaccer; Founding CEO, Civitas Networks for Health; Former Health IT, Interoperability & AI Lead, CMS Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, San Francisco, CA

Nancy Beran, MD

Vice President and Chief Quality Officer Ambulatory, Northwell Health; Chief Medical Officer, Westchester Health Medical, PC, White Plains, NY

Marc Berg, PhD

Head of Value Based Care, Ennoble Care; Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Penn Ave Health ACO, Washington DC

Emily (DuHamel) Brower, MBA

President and Chief Executive Officer, National Association of ACOs; Former SVP, Clinical Integration & Physician Services, Trinity Health, Detroit, MI

Edward J. Buckley, III, PhD

Executive, Sword Health; General Manager, Sword Intelligence; Chairman, Scholar Education; Vice President, Board of Directors, Balance 180, Tampa, FL

Ken Cohen, MD, FACP

Executive Director of Translational Research, Optum Health; Former Chief Medical Officer, New West Physicians, Golden, CO

Susan Dentzer, MS

President and Chief Executive Officer, America's Physician Groups; Former Editor in Chief, Health Affairs; Former Health Correspondent, PBS NewsHour, Washington, DC

Susan Diamond

Chief Executive Officer, Wellvana; Board Director, PepsiCo and Gentiva Health Services; Former Chief Financial Officer, Humana, Crestwood, KY

Alexander Ding, MD, MBA

Enterprise Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Humana, Louisville, KY

Sanjay Doddamani, MD

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, GuideHealth; Former Cofounder & CEO, UpStream; Former Senior Advisor, CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Dallas, TX

Mary Beth Donahue, MPP

President and Chief Executive Officer, Better Medicare Alliance; Former Executive Vice President, Advocacy and Operations, AHIP; Former Chief of Staff, Secretary Donna E. Shalala, US DHHS, Washington, DC

Gabriel Drapos

Chief Operating Officer, Pearl Health; Expert, Primary Venture Partners, East Brookfield, MA

Theresa Dreyer, MP

Chief Executive Officer, Health Care Transformation Task Force; Former Lead, Value Based Care, Association of American Medical Colleges; Former Model Lead, CMS (Obama), Washington, DC

Seth Edwards, MHA

Managing Director & Vice President of Strategy, Innovation and Population Health, Premier Inc., Charlotte, NC

AGENDA NOW AVAILABLE

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REGISTER NOW

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SUMMIT WELCOME BY

Richard Merkin, MD

Board, California Institute of Technology and USC Keck School of Medicine; Founder Richard Merkin Foundation for Stem Cell Research, Broad Institute, Harvard and MIT, Los Angeles, CA

CO CHAIRS

Mara McDermott, JD

Chief Executive Officer, Accountable for Health

Kristen Ratcliff McGovern

Partner, Sirona Strategies

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TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS

The Value-based Payment Summit offers partial and full Tuition Scholarships to qualifying representatives of government, consumer advocate organizations, academics, students, representatives of health services research organizations, and those in employment transition.

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Mark Fendrick, MD

Director, V-BID Center: Professor of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine and Professor of Health Management, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Navid Farzad

Managing Partner, Frist Cressey Ventures; Board, Nashville Health Care Council, RightMove Health, Thrive Health Tech, Oshi Health, SpectrumAi, Psych Hub, Nashville, TN

Dawn Francis, MD, MHS

Medical Director, Finance and Digital Products, Center for Digital Health, Mayo Clinic, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

Brendan Fulmer

Vice President, CareBridge; Former Advisor to the Secretary, HHS; Former Senior Advisor, CMS, Nashville, TN

David Gellis, MD, MBA

CEO Arches Medical Rhode Island; Former VP & National Medical Director, Medicare Population Health, One Medical, Boston, MA

Jeff Giullian, MD MBA

Chief Medical Officer, DaVita Kidney Care; Former Chairman, Healthcare Payment Committee, Renal Physicians Association, Denver, CO

Caroline Goldzweig, MD

Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Cedars-Sinai Medical Group; Chief Medical Officer, Cedars-Sinai Medical Care Foundation, Los Angeles, CA

Joe Hafner, CRC, CPC

Vice President of Risk Adjustment, Upperline Health; Former Director of Risk Adjustment, Millennium Physician Group, Millennium Physician Group, North Port, FL

George Hart, MD

Former Chief Medical Officer, Interwell Health; Former President, Metrolina Nephrology Associates, PA, Charlotte, NC

Paul Hendley, CSM, ASPO

Assistant Vice President, Value-based Care, Blue Cross North Carolina, Durham, NC

Jennifer Holloman, MHA, MBA

Director of Policy, American Hospital Association; Former Acting Chief of Virtual Health, US Army Office of The Surgeon General, Washington, DC

Erin Hurlburt, MD

Chief Medical Officer Population Health Services, Lumeris; Former Chief Medical Officer, Bon Secours Mercy Health, Mason, OH

Julia Ivanova, MBA

Senior Vice President of Growth and Partnerships, Thyme Care; Former SVP Business Development, Value Based Care & Payor Solutions Group, US Renal Care, San Francisco, CA

Danielle Lloyd, MPH

Senior Vice President, Private Market Innovations & Quality Initiatives, America's Health Insurance Plans; Former Senior Associate Director, American Hospital Association, Washington, DC

Dana McCalley, MBA

Vice President of Value-Based Care, Navina; Former Director of Quality & Risk Adjustment, Honest Medical Group, North Port, FL

Renee McLaughlin, MBA, MD, FACS

National Medical Senior Director, Value-based Care, Cigna; Chairs the AHIP Value-Based Care Work Group, Chattanooga, TN

Somaieh McMullan

Senior Director, Payment Policy, Premier Inc., Washington, DC

Debra Ness, MS

Health and Economic Policy Consultant, Debra L Ness Consulting; Former President, National Partnership for Women & Families, Rockville, MD

Stephen W. Nuckolls, MA

Chief Executive Officer, Coastal Carolina Health Care, PA; Former Chief Financial Officer, Atlantic Integrated Health, Inc., New Burn, NV

Philip M. Oravetz, MD, MPH, MBA

Chief Population Health Officer, Ochsner Health; Former Senior Medical Director, Mills Peninsula Medical Group, New Orleans, LA

Andrea Osborne, MSc

Chief Operating Officer, On Belay Health Solutions; Former SVP, ACO Operations & Delegated Services, VillageMD, Carnel, IN

Zac Oty

Enterprise Solutions Engineer, Navina; Former Solutions Engineer, Aledade, Inc, Columbus, OH

Stephen Parodi, MD

Executive Vice President, The Permanente Medical Group and The Permanente Federation, San Francisco, CA

Jerry Penso, MD, MBA

President and Chief Executive Officer, American Medical Group Association; Former Medical Director, Continuum of Care, Sharp Healthcare, New Alexandria, VA

Timothy Pflederer, MD

Chief Medical Officer, Evergreen Nephrology; Former President, RenalCare Associates SC and Illinois Kidney Disease and Hypertension Center, Peoria, IL

Hoangmai (Mai) Pham, MD, MPH

Founder and President, Institute for Exceptional Care; Former VP, Provider Alignment Solutions, Anthem; Former Chief Innovation Officer, CMMI, Washington, DC

Kim Phan, MBA

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, CareConnectMD; Former Co-Founder & CEO, HealthEssentials, Santa Ana, CA

Melanie (Gleiman) Phelps, DrPH, JD

Senior Advocacy Advisor, Health System Transformation, American Heart Association; Former SVP, North Carolina Medical Society, Wilmington, NC

Jon Phillips, MBA

Managing Director, Head of Venture Capital and Private Equity, First Trust Capital Partners; Founder and Managing Director, A1 Digital Health Ventures, Sarasota, FL

Aisha Pittman, MPH

Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, National Association of ACOs; Former Assistant Vice President, Quality, Centerlight Health System, Washington, DC

Jennifer Podulka, MPAff

Senior Vice President of Federal Policy, America's Physician Groups; Former Senior Policy Analyst, MedPAC, Washington, DC

Megan Reyna, MSN, RM

Chief Operating Officer, Population Health, Bon Secours Mercy Health; Former Group Vice President, Population Health, Advocate Health, Cincinnati, OH

William (Will) Robinson

Senior Vice President Accountable Care, HarmonyCares; Former Acting Deputy Director, Division of Outpatient Care, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Portland, ME

Valinda Rutledge, MBA

Executive Vice President, Policy & Advocacy, America's Physician Groups; Former Group Director, Patient Care Model Group & BPCI Lead, CMS (Obama), Washington, DC

Randall L. Rutta, MA

CEO, National Health Council; Board, Patient Focused Medicines Development, Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease & Medical Device Innovation Consortium, Washington, DC

Ravi Sachdev

Partner, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice; Founder and Director and Board Vice Chair, agilon, New York, NY

Michael Schlosser, MD, MBA, FAANS

Senior Vice President for Care Transformation and Innovation, HCA Healthcare; Former Chief Medical Officer, HealthTrust Purchasing Group, Nashville, TN

William Shrank, MD, MSHS

Chief Executive Officer, Aradigm; Venture Partner, Andreessen Horowitz; Former CMO, Humana; Former Director of Innovation, CMMI, Washington, DC

Samuel A. Skootsky, MD

Chief Population Health Officer, UC Health; Chief Medical Officer, UCLA Health; Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

Linda Stevenson, CHCIO, CDH-E, PMP, MBA

Chief Digital Information Officer, Fisher-Titus Health, Norwalk, OH

Imelda Tavas MD, MBA

Chief Administrative Officer, Essen Health Care; Advisory Board, NYREACH, New York, NY

Sophia Tripoli, MPH

Senior Director of Health Policy, Families USA; Former Project Officer, State Innovation Group, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Washington, DC

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