Agenda – Day 3

David B. Nash was named the Founding Dean of the Jefferson College of Population Health (JCPH) which caps a 25-year tenure on the faculty of Thomas Jefferson University. He is also the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy and a board-certified internist.

Dr. Nash is a principal faculty member for quality of care programming for the American Association for Physician Leadership and leads their academic joint venture with JCPH. He serves on the NQF Task Force on Improving Population Health and the John M. Eisenberg Award Committee for The Joint Commission. He is also a founding member of the AAMC-IQ Steering Committee. Dr. Nash was recently appointed to the Board of the Pharmaceutical Quality Alliance (PQA) in Washington, DC. Dr. Nash serves on multiple boards and is currently Editor-in-Chief of American Journal of Medical Quality, Population Health Management, P&T, and American Health and Drug Benefits.

Dr. Robert Pearl is the former CEO of The Permanente Medical Group and former president of The Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group. He serves as a clinical professor of plastic surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine and is on the faculty of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he teaches courses on strategy and leadership, and lectures on information technology and health care policy. He authored “Mistreated: Why We think We’re Getting Good Healthcare—And Why We’re Usually Wrong” a Washington Post bestseller that offers a roadmap for transforming American healthcare. As a regular contributor to Forbes, Pearl covers the business of healthcare and the culture of medicine and is the host of a new podcast called “Fixing Healthcare”. Dr. Pearl served as chairman of the Council of Accountable Physician Practices (CAPP), and participated in the Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Delivery System Reform and Health IT.

Elisabeth Rosenthal, Editor-in-Chief, joined Kaiser Health News in September 2016 after 22 years as a correspondent with The New York Times, where she covered a variety of beats from health care to environment and did a stint in the Beijing bureau. While in China, she covered SARS, bird flu and the emergence of HIV/AIDS in rural areas. Libby’s 2013-14 series, “Paying Till It Hurts,” won many prizes for both health reporting and its creative use of digital tools. Her book, “An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back” (Penguin Random House, 2017), was a New York Times best-seller and a Washington Post notable book of the year. She is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Medical School and briefly practiced medicine in a New York City emergency room before converting to journalism.

Dr. Archelle Georgiou is a director, advisor, speaker, and author – who happens to be a physician and a lightning rod for change. Between 1995 and 2007, she was a senior executive and Chief Medical Officer of UnitedHealthcare where she dismantled the bureaucracy of precertification and medical necessity review. Today, Georgiou Consulting is her business platform for coordinating a diverse portfolio of clients and initiatives that support consumer empowerment. She is faculty and Executive in Residence at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, hosts a weekly healthcare segment on KSTP-TV and serves on the board of directors of Tivity Health.

Dr. Archelle Georgiou is a director, advisor, speaker, and author – who happens to be a physician and a lightning rod for change. Between 1995 and 2007, she was a senior executive and Chief Medical Officer of UnitedHealthcare where she dismantled the bureaucracy of precertification and medical necessity review. Today, Georgiou Consulting is her business platform for coordinating a diverse portfolio of clients and initiatives that support consumer empowerment. She is faculty and Executive in Residence at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management, hosts a weekly healthcare segment on KSTP-TV and serves on the board of directors of Tivity Health.

Dr. Robert Pearl is the former CEO of The Permanente Medical Group and former president of The Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group. He serves as a clinical professor of plastic surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine and is on the faculty of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he teaches courses on strategy and leadership, and lectures on information technology and health care policy. He authored “Mistreated: Why We think We’re Getting Good Healthcare—And Why We’re Usually Wrong” a Washington Post bestseller that offers a roadmap for transforming American healthcare. As a regular contributor to Forbes, Pearl covers the business of healthcare and the culture of medicine and is the host of a new podcast called “Fixing Healthcare”. Dr. Pearl served as chairman of the Council of Accountable Physician Practices (CAPP), and participated in the Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on Delivery System Reform and Health IT.

Elisabeth Rosenthal, Editor-in-Chief, joined Kaiser Health News in September 2016 after 22 years as a correspondent with The New York Times, where she covered a variety of beats from health care to environment and did a stint in the Beijing bureau. While in China, she covered SARS, bird flu and the emergence of HIV/AIDS in rural areas. Libby’s 2013-14 series, “Paying Till It Hurts,” won many prizes for both health reporting and its creative use of digital tools. Her book, “An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back” (Penguin Random House, 2017), was a New York Times best-seller and a Washington Post notable book of the year. She is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Medical School and briefly practiced medicine in a New York City emergency room before converting to journalism.

David B. Nash was named the Founding Dean of the Jefferson College of Population Health (JCPH) which caps a 25-year tenure on the faculty of Thomas Jefferson University. He is also the Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor of Health Policy and a board-certified internist.

Dr. Nash is a principal faculty member for quality of care programming for the American Association for Physician Leadership and leads their academic joint venture with JCPH. He serves on the NQF Task Force on Improving Population Health and the John M. Eisenberg Award Committee for The Joint Commission. He is also a founding member of the AAMC-IQ Steering Committee. Dr. Nash was recently appointed to the Board of the Pharmaceutical Quality Alliance (PQA) in Washington, DC. Dr. Nash serves on multiple boards and is currently Editor-in-Chief of American Journal of Medical Quality, Population Health Management, P&T, and American Health and Drug Benefits.

Donato J. Tramuto is the CEO of Tivity Health, Inc. A recognized innovator and industry leader, he has more than 35 years of healthcare experience, with a deep commitment to global healthcare access, a steadfast focus on patient outcomes and a keen understanding of digital solutions.

Previously, he founded Physicians Interactive Holdings (now known as Aptus Health), where he served as CEO and chairman prior to joining Tivity Health, Inc., and Health eVillages. He is also the chairman and founder of the Tramuto Foundation, which helps individuals and organizations achieve their educational and healthcare goals. Mr. Tramuto serves on several executive leadership boards, including the board of the Boston University School of Public Health, the Livongo Health Foundation, the Brown University Healthcare Leadership Board and the board of directors for Sharecare, Inc. He also serves as as chairman of the Leadership Council of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights.

Dawn Zier is President and Chief Executive Officer of Nutrisystem, Inc., an innovative provider of weight loss programs offering a wide variety of home- delivered, nutritionally balanced meal plans, retail products and advanced digital tools.

Since late 2012, Dawn has embarked on an ambitious 4-point turnaround and growth plan for Nutrisystem. This plan encompassed bringing in a new management team, enhancing the Company’s integrated ecommerce/marketing capabilities and introducing several new product lines including a breakthrough digital weight loss tool and industry-first retail offerings.

In addition to being a member of Nutrisystem’s Board of Directors, Dawn serves on the Board of Directors for The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. where she chairs the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and Spirit Airlines, where she serves on the Compensation Committee.

She joined Nutrisystem from Reader’s Digest (RDA), where she held numerous leadership positions throughout her tenure culminating with President of the international business.

As Chief Medical Officer at Navvis, Mandy Mangat is focused on driving the Navvis Real-Person Care strategy and operating model. Mandy is a healthcare executive who has worked as a physician, medical director, healthcare administrator and public health professional in hospitals, post-acute facilities, health systems, and public health organizations. Mandy has nearly 20 years of extensive clinical and business experience as a physician, medical director, and health care administrator. Before joining Navvis, Mandy led the design, development, and implementation of population health initiatives for BAYADA Home Health Practice and served as the Resident of Executive Administration for Main Line Health System (MLHS). She is an active member of American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), the Lean Healthcare Exchange and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). She has served as an advisor on various public health committees including Quality Insights – CMS Quality Payment Program and Population Health Alliance’s Social Determinants of Health committee.

Dr. David Nace has over 20 years of executive management experience in large healthcare systems, payer health plans, leading healthcare providers and health information technology organizations. Before joining Innovaccer as their Chief Medical Officer, he served as the VP of Population Health at McKesson Corporation, the Chairman of the Board at Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative, SVP at the UnitedHealth Group, and VP & Chief Medical Officer at Aetna.

Dr. Nace has been a board member for the Integrated Healthcare Association, a statewide multi-stakeholder leadership group that promotes quality improvement, accountability and affordability of healthcare in California; and the Care Continuum Alliance, based out of Washington, DC. He also served as an advisor to the American Medical Association, National Business Group on Health, World Health Organization, and the International Labor Organization on issues ranging from health promotion and wellness to employer policy and health care financing issues.

Rita Numerof is President of Numerof & Associates and is an internationally recognized consultant and author with more than 25 years of experience in the field of strategy development and execution, business model design, and market analysis. Her clients have included Fortune 500 companies, major healthcare delivery institutions, payers, and government agencies. Dr. Numerof serves as an advisor to members of Congress on healthcare reform and comparative effectiveness research. She provides guidance to policy organizations and agencies on the relationship between innovation and regulation, working to support innovation and ensure responsive regulatory oversight. She has served on the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women executive leadership team, is a member of WBL (Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Healthcare Industry), and is listed in Who’s Who of American Women and Who’s Who Among Top Executives. She previously served on the board of directors for H.D. Smith.

Gary A. Puckrein, PhD, is President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Minority Quality Forum. He also serves as Executive Director of the Alliance of Minority Medical Associations (a collaborative effort of the Asian and Pacific Physicians’ Association, the Association of American Indian Physicians, the Interamerican College of Physicians and Surgeons, and the National Medical Association). In 1989 Dr. Puckrein founded the Forum’s predecessor organization, the National Minority Health Month Foundation, to help communities and policy makers eliminate the disproportionate burden of premature death and preventable illness in special populations through the use of evidence-based, data-driven initiatives.

Dr. Puckrein is responsible for congressional proclamations designating April as National Minority Health Month each year. Dr. Puckrein leads the Zip Code Analysis Project, which is building a comprehensive database that links vital statistics and other elements (including demographic, environmental, claims, prescription, laboratory, hospital, and clinic data) in a centralized warehouse, organized around zip codes.