Insider Summit 2023

TUESDAY, AUGUST 29

6:00 PM

Welcome Reception & Dinner

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30

8:00 AM

Breakfast

8:30 AM

Welcome

8:45 AM

Keynote: State of the Industry

9:45 AM

Networking break

10:00 AM

Panel: Health Plan Alliance Executive Committee

11:00 AM

Panel: Vendor Accountability, RFPs and Contract Structure

12:00 PM

Networking break

12:15 PM

Panel: How to make the most of your relationship with the Alliance

1:00 PM

Lunch provided by Café Momentum in the atrium

6:00 PM

Networking Dinner at Hugo’s Invitados
5240 N O’Connor Blvd, Irving, TX 75039

Enjoy networking with healthcare company CEOs and c-level strategy leaders, invited Health Plan Alliance member c-level executives, and the Alliance team.

8:00 AM

Breakfast

8:30 AM

Welcome

Speaker:

Joe Lastinger
President
Health Plan Alliance

8:45 AM

Keynote: State of the Industry

Nora Kelly has more than 20 years of finance experience, primarily serving healthcare clients. As a leader with Kaufman Hall’s Strategic and Financial Planning, and Partnerships, Mergers and Acquisitions practices, she advises healthcare leaders nationwide on strategic financial planning, capital allocation, debt-related financial management, and mergers and acquisitions.

Prior to Kaufman Hall, Nora worked for a middle-market private equity firm, where she sourced, structured, and monitored equity investments for healthcare clients across a range of service lines. Her previous experience also includes working for an investment bank focused on restructuring and distressed mergers and acquisitions. Nora is a frequent speaker at healthcare industry conferences and events on topics such as physician partnership approaches, financial planning, and industry trends. She holds an M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia University.

In this session, Nora will synthesize her firm’s comprehensive analysis of industry-wide data and trends, and she will lead an exploration of the current challenges such as staffing shortages, skyrocketing labor costs, continuing supply chain disruptions, inflation, rising interest rates, and volatile markets pressuring both revenue and expenses. Where are the opportunities created by these volatile market forces – and which players stand ready to make the most of them? As the payer market rapidly evolves, service and solution providers’ role in their ecosystem will shift as well. Gain valuable insights that can be applied to enhance your organization’s product delivery, optimize operational processes, and achieve better outcomes for the health plans you serve.

Speaker:
Nora Kelly
Managing Director
Kaufman Hall

9:45 AM

Networking break

10:00 AM

Panel: Health Plan Alliance Executive Committee

The Health Plan Alliance is member-owned and member-led. Our organization’s shareholders and partners serve on our governing board and subcommittees, and they provide oversight and support to the Alliance leadership team as we set the strategic direction.

It comes as no surprise, then, that the Alliance’s short and long-term strategic priorities directly reflect those of our members. Pull up a chair and engage directly with the executives responsible for the strategic direction for their own organizations, and for the Alliance as a whole.

The committee will come prepared to share their thoughts on the payer, provider, and payvider market and how they are positioning themselves to compete in this fast-paced environment. They’ll discuss with each other and with the audience: what’s top of mind for regional, provider-aligned health plans? What are the strategic imperatives that will empower these organizations to deliver on their missions? What are the operational challenges and market-specific conditions they must navigate to achieve these goals?

Attendees will walk away with a clear understanding of the Health Plan Alliance’s top priorities over the next three to five years, plus a sneak peek of the organization’s specific focus for 2024. Learn how our programming offerings are evolving in 2024 to meet the needs of our member plans, and where the opportunities lie for your firm to meaningfully engage with Alliance members.

Moderator:
Joe Lastinger
President
Health Plan Alliance

Panelists:

Rita Datko
Chief Financial Officer
Sharp Health Plan

Coreen Dicus Johnson
President and CEO
Network Health Plans

Dr. Mike Genord
President and CEO
Health Alliance Plan

Kevin Lewis
Chief Executive Officer
Community Health Options

Brian O’Grady
President, Health Plan
Markets
Capital District Physicians' Health Plan (CDPHP)

Gabe Parra
Chief Strategy Officer
Samaritan Health Plan

Tom Spindler
Group SVP, Networks
Vizient, Inc

11:00 AM

Panel: Vendor Accountability, RFPs and Contract Structure

Health plan vendor procurement and management leaders engage in a candid conversation about their top priorities and key considerations when evaluating and working with new vendors in the industry. Their discussion will provide insights and strategies to help you successfully engage and secure their business, and build strong, lasting relationships. During this session you will:

• Discover what matters most to health plans when evaluating vendors for solutions, and the key sources and types of information that is most critical, ensuring you align with their priorities and requirements.
• Learn about common frustrations health plans experience when working with potential and new vendors, allowing you to proactively address these concerns and stand out from the competition.
• Understand what makes a great RFI (Request for Information) or RFP (Request for Proposal) response, ensuring your submissions are comprehensive, persuasive, and tailored to health plans' specific needs.
• Gain insights into effective negotiation strategies that resonate with health plans, and ways to streamline the contracting process, reducing friction and establishing accountabilities for all parties involved.

This forum offers the opportunity to acquire valuable perspectives and enhance your approach to working with health plans.

Facilitators:

Jennifer Bosley
Director, Learning and
Collaboration
Health Plan Alliance

Panelists:

Ron Davis
Director Vendor Management
Health Alliance Plan (HAP)

 Susan Sanchez
Chief Information Officer
Cox HealthPlans

D'Sean Washington
Director, Vendor
Management/Operations
Ochsner Health Plan

12:00 PM

Break

12:15 PM

Panel: How to make the most of your relationship with the Alliance

Get expert advice and pro tips from seasoned and longtime sponsors who each have more than a decade of experience with the Alliance. No matter where their careers have taken them, they have always boomeranged back, connecting their new organization with the Alliance. Discover what they value most about the Alliance network and how their involvement has created opportunities for them and their organization to learn from and build relationships with health plan leaders.

• Hear how they make the most of in-person meetings, spotlight webinars, infusing their SMEs as a thought leaders, and maximizing their sponsorship benefits to promote their organizations.
• Glean do's and don'ts for communicating and building relationships with Alliance members.
• How they’ve acted as ambassadors of the Alliance in developing their relationships with Alliance members and collaborations with the Alliance staff.

Facilitator:

Jaime González
Chief Business
Development Officer
Health Plan Alliance

Panelists:

Brian Fehlhaber
Vice President Sales & Marketing
SummitRe

David Gallegos
SVP Consulting Services
Optum Advisory

Melissa Smith
Executive Vice President, Consulting & Professional Services
Healthmine

Brigid Turrittin
Vice President Sales- Payer
Tegria

1:00 PM

Adjourn & Lunch

Head down to the atrium for lunch served by Café Momentum.