5th Annual #ConV2X 2021
Agenda
Day I – Policy and Regulation
8:30 AM EST – Introduction and Industry Commentary
Tory Cenaj, Founder and Publisher, Partners in Digital Health
9:00 AM EST – Keynote – Trusting Science and Evidence in a Post-COVID World
Join Dr. Bailey to discuss the evolving role physicians play in healthcare related to policy and technology including telehealth and remote care
Susan Bailey, MD, American Medical Association (AMA) President
9:30 AM EST – Panel Sessions – Let’s Talk Policy: What Reforms Are Needed to Advance Care in the Home
Panelists discuss issues including what are the opportunities for care in the home that exist today and how are organizations thinking about scaling? What are the biggest policy barriers stifling the growth of care in the home and innovative home-based models? What are the recommendations for policymakers? What are the operational limitations that can be addressed through changes in policy? Is the workforce prepared to support the shift to care in the home?
Krista Drobac, Founder, Moving Health Home
Chris Johnson, VP, Head of Corporate Development, Landmark Health
Mark Prather, Co-Founder and CEO, DispatchHealth
Daniel Savitt, President and CEO, Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY)
10:20 AM EST – COVID-19 Pandemic: Utilization and Aftermath of Telehealth Services
Discussion focus on the top legal and regulatory issues affecting the delivery and reimbursement of telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic and how legislatures and government agencies at federal and state levels are responding in the aftermath to implement permanent changes and enforce fraudulent activities. The session provides valuable insights for startups and existing telemedicine practices seeking to understand strategic planning to optimize market success and maintain a compliant multi-state practice.
Charles Dunham, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Carolyn L. Yocom, Director, Health Care Team, US Government Accountability Office (GOA)
11:00 AM EST – Speaking Business Critical Solutions: Achieving Competitive Cyber Supremacy through Regulation and Policy
Panelists will discuss the need for governance during the development and adoption of blockchain solutions, considerations when evaluating current and proposed legislation, recommendations for policymakers developing governance expectations and discuss the current risks and limitations to policy development regarding industry adoption.
Joyce Hunter, Executive Director, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology, (ICIT)
Paul Browne, CISO, Henry Ford Health System
Rick McElroy, Principal Cybersecurity Strategist, VMware Carbon Black
Robert Wood, CISO, Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services (CMS)
11:45 AM EST – Home Health Business Critical Regulation and Policy
A candid discussion including perspectives on the CONNECT for Health Act, Chose Home Care Act patient choice bill, HETS Act, Medicare Advantage, workforce issues and how Medicare is operating as a “dis-service” for telehealth.
Bill Dombi, President, National Association for Home Care & Hospice
Dan Lowenstein, VP of Policy, VNSNY
Carol Yarbrough, Business Operations, Telehealth Resource Center, UCSF
12:15 PM EST BREAK
12:45 PM EST – Future Ready Regulatory Frameworks & Real World Data: A Review of EU Digital Health Policy
Can EU initiatives inform US policy makers? The German Digital Healthcare Act is one of the first countries to reimburse digital healthcare solutions for patients. Doctors prescribe selected apps covered by public insurance, covering about 73 million citizens. What’s the selection process and cost? Learn more about EU health data governance, data quality, fair use, interoperability, infrastructure & technology.
Micaela Seemann Monteiro, MD, Chief Medical Officer for Digital Transformation, CUF, Portugal
Dipak Kalra, President, The European Institute for Innovation Through Health Data, Belgium
Saara Malkamaki, Specialist, Sitra/TEHDAS, Health Data 2030 at Sitra, Finland
Stephan Schug, President, German eHealth Association and Chief Digital Strategist, Iqmed, Germany
1:35 PM EST – Ensuring Healthcare Resilience & Transformation Through Policy
Are we headed for a capitated risk based model? How will this impact telehealth expansion through policy? How is policy supporting the use of new technology in health care and how important are these changes? What is the impact of policy on privacy, interoperability and access to health data to support health care transformation? If the federal government is focused on advancing racial equity and support for underserved communities how is policy and practice changing to meet these goals? Join panelists to learn more.
Dennis V. Chornenky, MBA MPH MS, Presidential Innovation Fellow, White House
Jodi G. Daniel, Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP
David Randall, PhD, Executive Director and Resident Scholar, American Research and Policy Institute
2:10 PM EST – Global Health Passes: Impact on Standards, Interoperability and Economies
One of the most fascinating and important applications for blockchain in healthcare is the decentralization of identity and health data to support vaccination verification. While many approaches and technologies have been introduced, this panel will highlight critical principles of Privacy by Design and using W3C Verifiable Credentials (VCs) with blockchain to securely share health data controlled by individuals.
Jim St. Claire, Executive Director, The Linux Foundation Public Health
Drummond Reed, Chief Trust Officer, Evernym, Co-Chair, Governance Stack Working Group and Co-Chair, Sovrin Governance Framework Working Group
Marie Wallace, Architect, IBM Digital Health Pass, IBM Watson Health
2:40 PM EST – Health Innovation and Architecture: What Future Environments Bring to Workers, Patients, Wellness and Outcomes
The focus is shifting from machines and technology back to the human condition. There is a new set of design principals where the patient and staff experience will be the center of (re)focus. What tech will enable better outcomes in the home and hospital environments? Join world leading experts for thoughts and perspectives post pandemic.
Paul Barach, B.Sc. MD, MPH, Maj (ret.), Professor, Sigmund Freud University, Vienna, Austria, Honorary Professor, University of Queensland, Australia and Lecturer and Senior Advisor to Dean, Jefferson College of Population Health, USA
Nigel Edwards, Chief Executive, Nuffield Trust, UK
Tye Farrow, FRAIC, B.Arch., M.Arch.U.D., LEED AP, OAA, MAIB, Senior Partner, Farrow Partners Architects, Canada
Bill Hercules, FAIA, FACHA, FACHE, CEO, WJH Health, USA
3:35 PM EST – Fraud and Credentialing in Telehealth and Medicine
Tune in for a candid discussion on laws regulating audio-only services, cross-state licensing and payment parity.
Amar Gupta, PhD, MIT Institute of Medical Engineering and Science (IMES), Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Labs (CSAIL) and Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, USA
Gary Cantrell, Senior Executive, Department of Health and Human Services
Humayun J. Chaudhry, DO, MS, MACP, FRCP (Lon.)(HHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG), President and Chief Executive Officer, Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB)
4:20 PM EST – The Role of Science in the World Today: Innovation, Truth and Communications
Undermining the credibility of science and government officials, massive variation for Big Tech companies and policies across countries, and fractioning within the medical community. How do we educate the public to keep science and politics separate? What are the strategies and tactics to employ – and how fast can we move to tactical deployments? What’s the “scientific tower of babel? This panel is not to be missed!
Professor Paul Barach, B.Sc. MD, MPH, Maj (ret.), Lecturer and Senior Advisor to Dean, Jefferson College of Population Health, USA
Dr. Rami Farraj, Chairman of EHS, Jordan National EMR Program, and National Jordan Telehealth Program; Internist and King’s Physician,King Hussein Medical Center, Jordan
Professor Walter Ricchardi, MD, MPH, President, World Federation of Public Health Associations, Professor of Hygiene and Public Health, Catholic University, Rome, Italy, President, Italian Society of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Italy
Professor Eyal Zimlichamn, Deputy Director General, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Innovation Officer at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
Day II- Telehealth
TRACK 1
8:30 AM EST – Introduction and Industry Commentary
Tory Cenaj, Founder and Publisher, Partners in Digital Health
9:00 AM EST – Keynote – The COVID-19 Healthcare Coalition Telehealth Impact Study
Obtain a detailed perspective from the principal investigator of this landmark telehealth study paving the way for understanding gaps and to allow telehealth best practices to emerge, creating a more effective and resilient system of care delivery in the U.S.
Francis X. Campion, MD, FACP, Group Leader, Health AI, MITRE Corporation; Internal Medicine, Atrius Health
9:35 AM EST – Panel Sessions – Innovations in Virtual Healthcare: The Evolving Competitive Landscape Telehealth and Virtual Care – An International Perspective
From LATAM, to Pakistan, to Nigeria to China, panelists tackle issues including barriers and solutions for mobile internet adoption, impact investing, partnership, social enterprise and national policies for eHealth. Speakers offer guidance on how to scale technology for end users, solve for manpower issues, connection flexibilities and offer uniform thinking for local successes.
Dirk Schroeder, CEO, Updraft Health Innovation Advisors
Jefferson G. Fernandes, MD, MSc, PhD, MBA, Neurologist, Vice-president Brazilian Association of Telemedicine and Telehealth. Coordinator, Telemedicine Education Program, Medical Association of São Paulo. Academic Coordinator, MBA – Management & Innovation in Health, IBCMED, Brazil
Patrick Quinlan, MD, CEO and Founder, Hippo Technologies and CEO Emeritus, Ochsner Health System
10:17 AM EST – NewCos – Better, Stronger, Faster
Game changing new market entrants are rapidly expanding the marketplace with tech and new business models. Panelists will discuss how to drive better consumer experiences, cheaper with faster outcomes with the transformational impact of solutions across stakeholders, regulatory frameworks, data protection regulations, and local healthcare systems.
Tory Cenaj, Founder and Publisher, Partners in Digital Health
Russell Glass, CEO, Ginger Health
Lisa Lavin, CEO, Omcare
April Mims, Senior VP, Public Policy, Hims&Hers
Nir Shalom, CEO, floLIVE
11:30 AM EST – Breaking Barriers of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Digital Health
As the pace of innovation and adoption in healthcare runs at light speed, we now need to consider deployments and operationalizing tech as this lags today. Panelists will share challenges from a case use, data variability factors, how to build tools and clean data to train algorithms, workflows and what the best impact for healthcare is.
Tarun Mohan Lal, Vice President, Chief Analytics and Solutions Officer, Navicent Health, USA
Bradley J. Erickson, MD, PhD, Professor of radiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science in Rochester, Minnesota, Mayo Clinic
Elad Walach, CEO, Aidoc
12:10 PM EST – Optimized Patient Engagement and the Consumer Experience – How Digital Health Improves Timely Patient Engagement, Effectiveness and Experience
As technology continues to proliferate, patients and consumers are able to access more innovations than ever before, but are these services enough to cater to patient needs? Will there be a gap in patients adopting new platforms to “unlock” new levels of care? What barriers exist that make it more difficult for digital health startups to retain patients and what can patients do to become better healthcare consumers? Answers to these question and more will be addressed.
Yaël Ossowski, Deputy Director, Consumer Choice Center
Omar Dawood MD, MPH, MBA, President, BetterUp Care
Florian Otto, Co-Founder, Cedar
12:45 PM EST BREAK
1:15 PM EST – Hospitals without Walls
This fireside chat will include an up-close conversation about beds in the US being in the wrong places and how to realign assets. What are the new care team challenges and models to consider moving forward? What about transitions in care and training the workforce? Is this one area where consumers, payors and employers are in agreement? Challenges may not be clinical in nature.
Steve R. Ommen, MD, Medical Director, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Clinic. Medical Director, Digital Products & Product/Platform Strategy. Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
Rami Karjian, CEO, Medically Home
1:45 PM EST – The State of Data Onboarding, Interoperability and Trust
Panelists, with a combined $1B in funding and Canada’s largest software company, discuss leveraging data, modern infrastructure, advanced interoperability while enhancing patient trust to drive innovation at their companies and the industry as a whole.
Jason R. Crites, Founder and CEO Assurance Health Data Inc.
Christine Lemke, Co-CEO, Evidation Health
Dr. Arif Nathoo, CEO, Komodo Health
Dave Wessinger, CEO, PointClickCare
2:30 PM EST – Impacting Consumer Loyalties in the New Health Data Economy: Fair Data Strategies, Innovation, Trust & Trends
Expect to disrupt traditional buyer models of bygone policies and data access with these panelists. Consuming information and social services are now decentralized in a collaborative ecosystem. What are the obstacles to privacy policy and should we have a national focus similar to GDPR? Privacy, security and trust must meet a minimum standard set by the government. What about the digital divide? Are policy maker debates too funding focused? Learn more about consumers and the new data economy on this panel.
Deven McGraw, Chief Regulatory Officer, Citizen
Dan Brillman, CEO, Unite Us
Yaël Ossowski, Deputy Director, Consumer Choice Center
Paddy Padmanabhan, CEO, DAMO Consulting and Author of “The Big Unlock”
*****Editors Telehealth and Medicine Today Best Article Award*****
TRACK 2
9:35 AM EST – Meeting Needs of Pediatric Patients in Grades K-12 with Telehealth: A Case Study
Viewers will gain a deep understanding of school setting and challenges schools can meet medical needs. Topics will include FERPA and HIPAA rules and regulations, proper consent for medical care in schools, understanding how enrollment and engagement affects access, reimbursement challenges and engagement with local resources and primary care clinics to identify gaps in care.
Josh Golomb, CEO, Hazel Health
Rubin Reyes, School Superintendent, Robla School District
10:05 AM EST – Efficiency & Outcomes of Direct Access to Physical Therapy for Musculoskeletal Disorders vs Physician-First Access in the US
Musculoskeletal disorders effect one in every two Americans costing $213 billion a year as the #1 cause of disability worldwide, with cost and disability rates of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) continues to escalate. Speakers will discuss new ways to reduce this workforce epidemic through cost effective physical therapy (PT) and virtual care from employer and employee perspectives.
Aideen Turner, PT, Cert. MDT, CEAS, CEO, Virtual Physical Therapists
Ron Donelson, MD, MS, American Physical Therapy Association
Alice Bell, PT, DPT, Board Certified Specialist in Geriatrics, Senior Payment, Specialist, APTA
Heidi Ojha, Founder, Aware Health and Associate Professor, Temple University
10:55 AM EST – Financial Confidence Strategies for Telehealth ROI & Investment Value
Bryan Arkwright, CEO, Cromford Heath
11:25 AM EST – Successes and Failures: Gaps in Home Health Care
Panelists discuss how telehealth advances increased access, quality of care and metrics to inform enhancements to care delivery in the US. In addition, discussion will include developing strategic partnerships along the continuum of care delivery to increase cost reductions, improved access and improved patient engagement.
Andrew Richards, Co-Founder, Amend Health
Sajid Ahmed, CEO, Wise Healthcare, Remote Primary Care
Mike Biselli, SVP, Evangelist, OLIVE
Vanessa Leigh McLaughlin, CEO, Welcome Home Health
12:15 PM EST BREAK
12:45 PM EST – How Health Plan Providers and Telehealth Partnerships Advance Care & Scaled Adoption
The session will include obstacles and constraints in technology infrastructure, patient habit and payment models, regulations that encourage adoption of telehealth, the unprecedented imperatives of COVID, access to rural populations and the health conditions addressed. In addition, viewers will glean new market opportunities to capture through telehealth partnerships and scale.
Joe Hawayek, Head of Virtual Health, Aetna International (MEA), UAE
Susy Postal, DNP, RN-BC, Chief Health Informatics Officer, Indian Health Servic
Scott Rissmiller, MD, Executive Vice President, Chief Physician Executive, Atrium Health
1:35 PM EST – Driving Telehealth Equity through Local Libraries & Community Connectivity
This discussion will bridge digital divides deploying telehealth services and care in everyday environments including laundromats and libraries bringing those behand, beside. What are the challenges and outcomes for low income communities with no Wi-Fi, laptops or stable internet? Panelists will share solutions to launch in communities with cost effective telehealth solutions.
Craig Settles, Founder Gigabit Nation Radio
Shauntee Burns-Simpson, President of Black Caucus of the American Library Association, (BCALA)
Renee Patton, Global Education & Healthcare Director, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Katherine Trujillo, Deputy Director, Libraries Without Borders
2:20 PM EST – Home Health and the Future
What is the value proposition for this emerging market? Obtain a bird’s eye view of VC and inventor perspective on the home health movement. This is where new PE & Venture money is moving – in home based tech and care. Panelists will discuss the reimbursement map, integration into workflow and getting provider to change the way they do business.
Sumit Nagpal, CEO, Founder, Board Director, Cherish Health
Lawrence B. Leisure, Founder and Managing Partner, Chicago Pacific Partners
Kaveh Safavi, Senior Managing Director of Global Health Business, Accenture
2:50 PM EST – The Future of Patient-Centered mRPM
Panel experts will discuss understanding what accessible “patient-centered” mRPM entails from both a clinical and technology perspective, outline current challenges impacting innovation and trust in the use of mRPM from regulatory, physician and patient perspectives and detail benefits and gaps in making mRPM accessible for all patients.
Maria Palombini, Director, Healthcare and Life Sciences Practice, IEEE SA
Narendra Mangra, Co-Chair, IEEE SA Transforming the Telehealth Paradigm Program
Michael Carter, Program Director, Mass Brigham General
Shayan Vyas, Vice President & Medical Director, Clinical Operations, Teladoc Health
Day III- Blockchain & Frontier Technology
7:00 AM EST – Introduction and Industry Commentary
Tory Cenaj, Founder and Publisher, Partners in Digital Health
7:30 AM EST – Keynote – Accelerating Healthcare with Innovation in Blockchain
The keynote highlights how rising healthcare costs, drivers of waste in the system, and an outdated infrastructure slow innovation and create a poor patient experience. A modern infrastructure that connects the healthcare ecosystem is needed to deliver data liquidity with security. Modernizing the infrastructure of healthcare empowers innovation in blockchain, AI, DLT, and NLP.
Stuart Hanson, CEO, Avaneer
8:00 AM EST – Panel Sessions – Life Science Business Value of Blockchain Case Use
How is blockchain technology empowering patients and authorities through Asia’s first blockchain solution for supply chain connectivity and traceability for pharmaceuticals and vaccines. With 2 MILLION products on the blockchain network, this scalable initiative controls “pack” vs “batch,” where consumers verify their drug(s) and vaccines are effective, safe and efficacious, while authorities are arresting counterfeit bad actors!
Daniel Laverick, Head of SAP and IT Solutions, Zuellig Pharma
8:30 AM EST – PharmaLedger: Blockchain-Enabled Healthcare: Privacy-Enhancement with Blockchain
Topics such as supply chain, clinical trials and health data will be explored along with how blockchian can exist in harmony with GDPR.
Halid Kayhan, Co-lead for Regulatory, Legal and Data Privacy Framework, PharmaLedger
9:00 AM EST – Health Tech Analyst Commentary & Market Watch
Don’t miss this opportunity to glean valuable market intel from leading experts including M&As, NewCos, SPACS, speculative bubbles, evaluating the consumer and provider experience, Big Tech failures and successes and future predictions. Why are public telehealth companies doing poorly and why are “niche” telehealth companies getting so much investor money? What are the major hurdles for the widespread adoption of virtual primary care tools? What are your views on the new entrants in the marketplace such as Amazon Care?
Lyle Berkowitz, MD, FACP, FHIMSS, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, USA
Michael TS Lindenmayer, Special Advisor, Tata Trusts
Peter Micca, Partner, Health and Life Sciences, Deloitte
Jailendra Singh, Director, Equity Research, Healthcare Technology & Distribution, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
9:50 AM EST – Responsible AI in Healthcare: Best Practices to Improve Healthcare Delivery
A candid discussion that dives into the recesses of AI and ethics including topics such as what lessons can be used in healthcare from tech players implementing responsible AI and unbiased systems, how can responsible AI help build a clinical support system, examples from providers and payers and learnings from responsible AI which can be used in Obamacare and clinical trial implementation.
Prasad Kothari, Director, Axtria Health
Tarun Mohan Lal, Vice President, Chief Analytics and Solutions Officer, Atrium/Navicent and incoming President of Society for Health Systems
Dr. Anand S. Rao, Partner and Global AI Lead, PwC
Swathi Young, Chief Technology Officer, Integrity Management Services Inc.
11:00 AM EST – Keynote – Blockchain is a Team Sport
Brian Thornley, AVP Supply Excellence and Digital Transformation, Merck Sharp Dohme
11:20 AM EST – Shaping the Future of Healthcare Through Blockchain-Powered Technology
Learn the latest developments, solutions and forward-looking approaches with this technology for healthcare. How do panelists view healthcare delivery systems changing through blockchain-powered technology? What solutions are they spearheading along with new models of collaborations with which they are involved? The panel will highlight how blockchain is leveraged to transform health systems.
Cathy Mulligan, PhD, Professor of Computer Science, Director of DCentral Lab, Instituto Superior Técnico, UK
Nadia Hewett, Blockchain and Emerging Technology Expert, University of California and Project Lead, Data for Global Common Good, WEF
Susan Somerville, CEO, Chronicled
Mohan Venkataraman, CTO, Chainyard
12:00 PM EST ***Editors Best Article Award 2020, Blockchain in Healthcare Today***
12:30 PM EST – Quantum Techniques and Technologies for Cybersecurity in Healthcare
Learn and prepare for breaches with a pre-emptive stance and not just when there is an imminent threat. This is one you don’t want to miss!
Florence D. Hudson, Founder and CEO, FDHint, LLC, Executive Director, Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub at Columbia University, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Standards Committee, Former IBM VP & CTO, and Special Advisor – NSF Cybersecurity Center of Excellence at Indiana University
Shantanu Chakrabortty, Founder, Free Dynamics, Clifford Murphy Professor, Preston M. Green Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis
1:00 PM EST – Opportunities and Challenges of Swarm AI for Decentralized Clinical Research
This session will unlock swarm principals, challenges and opportunities in clinical R&D. Topics will include understanding the differences between federated machine vs swarm learning, technical, policy and application barriers relating to transferring significant amounts of data, frameworks needed to drive wider understanding and adoption.
Maria Palombini, Director, Healthcare and Life Sciences Practice, IEEE SA
Prof. Dr. Joachim L. Schultze, Director Systems Medicine, Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen e. V. (DZNE); Director, Genomics & Immunoregulation, LIMES-Institute, University of Bonn Germany
Krishnaprasad Shastry, Director, Distinguished Technologist, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
Vikram Shetty, Medical Director, Singapore and Asia Area Lung Cancer Lead, AstraZeneca