| 8:00 – 9:30 a.m. |
Wake Up Washington - Welcome Breakfast & Keynote
Speakers:
David Merritt, Executive Vice President, Public Affairs and Strategic Initiatives, AHIP
David Smith, Founder, Third Horizon Strategies
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| 9:30 – 10:15 a.m. |
Heard on the Hill
This session will be a moderated panel with current and/or recent staff on Capitol Hill. We’ll explore the issues that Congress is hearing about most in digital health, learn staff’s perspective on what they consider the good and bad of telehealth advocacy, and discuss their prognostications for telehealth legislation in 2019 and 2020.
Moderator: Megan Herber, Director, Faegre Baker Daniels Consulting
Panelists:
Crozer Connor, Legislative Assistant, Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA)
Elizabeth Joseph, Policy Director, Office of Congressman Michael Guest
Meghan O'Toole, Health Legislative Assistant, Senator Brian Schatz
Jeff Parrish, State Counsel and Field Director, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn
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| 10:15 – 11:00 a.m. |
Making Telehealth Great
Expect to hear from agency officials on how the Administration is prioritizing telehealth and their coordinated effort to expand it across sectors. Panelists will discuss recent administrative actions and rulemaking and provide an update on anticipated 2020 activities in telehealth.
Moderator: Sarah-Lloyd Stevenson, Director, Faegre Baker Daniels Consulting
Panelists:
Rachel Collins, White House Domestic Policy Council - Invited
Brendan Fulmer, Advisor to the Secretary for Value-Based Reform at U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Anne Hazlett, Senior Advisor for Rural Affairs, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)
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| 11:05 a.m. – 11:50 p.m. |
Technology and Telehealth – Expanding Telehealth through Broadband, Artificial Intelligence, and 5G
Panelists will discuss the evolution and intersection of technology and health care. The health care landscape will continue to undergo changes as technology and connectivity capacities advance in the coming years. During this session, we will look to the future to identify connectivity barriers, upcoming technological advances in AI and cybersecurity and how government potentially prioritizes innovation that can promote telehealth.
Moderator: Kevin Harper, Director, Public Policy, ATA
Panelists:
Nancy Green, President and Owner, President and Owner, The SAA Group
Molly McCarthy, MBA, RN-BC, National Director, US Provider Industry and Chief Nursing Officer, US Health and Life Sciences, Microsoft
Dave Ryan, GM, Health and Life Sciences, Intel Corporation
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| 11:50 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
| 12:15 – 1:00 p.m. |
Lunchtime Fireside Chat with Administration Official
Demetrios Kouzoukas, Principal Deputy Administrator & Director of the Center for Medicare, CMS
Interviewer: Jim Sheets, VP, Outreach Services Development, Intermountain Healthcare
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| 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. |
What is the Direction of Direct-to-Consumer Health?
Panelists will include senior leaders from patient-initiated platforms, and discussion will focus on how DTC telehealth is filling care gaps. We’ll also explore what the biggest policy challenges are in the industry and how we can educate state and federal regulators to better understand DTC telehealth.
Moderator: Alexis Gilroy, Partner, Health Care and Life Sciences Technology, Jones Day
Panelists:
Patrick Carroll, MD, CMO, HIMS-HERS
Adam Greenberg, General Counsel, Ro
Brendan Levy, MD, CMO, Telehealth, GoodRx
Jon Pearce, CEO, Zipnosis
Anoop Sangha, MD, VP Clinical Program, Livongo
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| 2:00 - 2:15 p.m. |
DTC Reaction
Speaker: Marty Allain, Executive Director, NABP Solutions
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| 2:20 – 3:05 p.m. |
Medicare Telehealth Payment - Past, Present, and Future
Guests will hear from representatives from Medicare Advantage, Medicare Fee for Service, and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. Topics of discussion will include regulatory barriers in place and how CMS is addressing them, the role of telehealth in Innovation Center models, and the evolution of telehealth in both Medicare Advantage and Fee for Service.
Moderator: David Ault, Counsel, Faegre, Baker, Daniels Consulting
Panelists:
Emily Yoder, Analyst, Division of Practitioner Services, CMS Center for Medicare
Theresa Wachter, Health Insurance Specialist, Division of Policy, Analysis, and Planning, Medicare Drug and Health Plan, Contract Administration Group
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| 3:05 – 3:15 p.m. |
Outside the Beltway Reaction
ATA members who have participated in CMS innovation models and members who have identified service expansion opportunities within federal programs are encouraged to provide their reaction.
Speaker: Gigi Sorenson, RN, MSN, Chief Clinical Officer, GlobalMed)
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| 3:15 – 3:45 p.m. |
Break |
| 3:45 – 4:15 p.m. |
A Reflection on the State of the States Report - Pain and Progress
Select ATA members will share how they successfully advanced specific pro-telehealth policies in their states, providing tips to attendees on how to engage with state leaders.
Moderator: Libby Baney, Partner, Faegre Baker Daniels and Co-Chair, Health & Life Sciences Industry Team
Panelists:
Nathaniel Lacktman Partner and Chair, National Telemedicine & Digital Health Industry Team, Foley & Lardner LLP
Claudia Tucker, Vice President of Government Affairs, Teladoc Health
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| 4:15 – 4:15 p.m. |
Outside the Beltway Reaction from State Insurance Commissioner
Speaker: Joel Ario, Managing Director, Manatt Health - Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
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| 4:45 – 4:50 p.m. |
Day 2 Close
Speaker: Ann Mond Johnson, CEO, ATA
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| 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. |
Reception - Moretti Ballroom Foyer |
| 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. |
ATA Policy Committee Dinner – by invitation only |
