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2023 Data for Better Health Executive Leadership Summit Agenda

November 7, 2023

Kaiser Center for Total Health
700 Second Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002

Schedule At a Glance

Please note all times are EST

8:30 a.m. | Registration Opens

9:30 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:45 a.m. | Making the Case

10:40 a.m. | SDOH Data Slam Session

12:00 p.m. | Lunch: Meet & Eat with Slam Session Speakers

1:00 p.m. | You Can’t Do This Alone

1:45 p.m. | Following the Data Design Session

3:30 p.m. | Keynote: Building Trust

4:15 p.m. | Policy Landscape

5:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks

5:15 p.m. | Networking Reception

Detailed Agenda

Please note all times are EST

8:30 a.m.	Registration Opens for Summit Attendees
9:30 a.m.	Welcome and Opening Remarks This will include brief remarks from Amy Mosser, AHIMA Interim CEO, Board Chair, and Lauren Riplinger, Chief Public Policy & Impact Officer, AHIMA.
9:45 a.m.	Making the Case This moderated panel discussion will include a health information professional and C-suite leader speaking on what can be done, said, and shown to advance work around SDOH data within a healthcare organization. Speakers Amy Mosser, Interim CEO, AHIMA (moderator) Roderick King, MD, MPH, SVP, Chief Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Officer, University of Maryland Medical System Charles Callahan, DO, FAAP, VP of Population Health, University of Maryland Medical System
10:25 a.m.	Break
10:40 a.m.	SDOH Data Slam Session Seven, 7-minute, rapid-fire case studies that share new solutions and best practices for collecting, using, and sharing SDOH data (each speaker will share the solution/best practice, how it was implemented, and results they have experienced). Speakers Kate McFadyen, Director of Government Affairs, AHIMA (moderator) Zarrah Birdie, Sr. Director, Strategic Innovation & Business Development, McKesson Bryan O. Buckley, DrPH, MPH, MBA, Director, Health Equity Initiatives, National Committee for Quality Assurance Aida Semere, Senior SDOH Project Manager, CRISP DC Theresa Edelstein, MPH, LNHA, Senior Vice President, Center for Partnerships, LEAD Collaborative Adrianna Nava, Research Scientist Quality Measurement & Research Group, National Committee for Quality Assurance Rachel Margolis, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Children’s National/Impact DC
12:00 p.m.	Meet & Eat with Slam Session Presenters During this lunch session, attendees can join a presenter of their choice from the SDOH Data Slam Session to interact with, ask questions, and exchange ideas.
1:00 p.m.	You Can’t Do This Alone This session will focus on the power of SDOH data to improve health and health outcomes and the critical need for collaboration to improve the use and sharing of SDOH data. Speakers will share how they are collaborating with vendors and other stakeholders on SDOH data and the results they have seen from those collaborations. They will also share tips and strategies for overcoming challenges and building successful relationships. Speakers Lisa Hu, Vice President Healthcare Analytics, Walgreens Health Michelle Jester, Executive Director of Social Determinants of Health, AHIP Andi Turner, Senior Principal Product Manager, Oracle Priya Bathija, Health Equity Consultant, AHIMA (moderator)
1:30 p.m.	Break
1:45 p.m.	Following the Data This mini design session will engage attendees as they map out how SDOH data flows into and through their facilities. Speakers Matt Kelly, Partner and Business Designer, Do Tank Emily Blazer, Chief People Officer and Business Designer, Do Tank
3:00 p.m.	Networking Break (30 minutes)
3:30 p.m.	Building Trust This session will begin with a 25-minute keynote speech from an individual who will share tactics and strategies for building trust with patients and clinicians. It will be followed by a 20-minute fireside chat discussion between a moderator and the keynote speaker to connect those tactics and strategies to conversations related to SDOH. Speakers Lauren Riplinger (moderator) Keynote Speaker – Tara Montgomery, Founder & Principal of Civic Health Partners
4:15 p.m.	Policy Landscape This panel discussion will highlight where we are now and where we need to go to create a public policy environment that supports the increased use of SDOH data to improve health and healthcare outcomes. Speakers Andrew Tomlinson, Director of Regulatory Affairs, AHIMA (moderator) Micky Tripathi, PhD, MPP, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Aditi Mallick, MD, Acting Director of the CMS Office of Minority Health
5:00 p.m.	Closing Remarks This will include brief remarks from Lauren Riplinger, Chief AHIMA Public Policy & Impact Officer and include key takeaways and action items for attendees.
5:15–6:30 p.m.	Networking Reception

Featured Speakers

Tara Montgomery

Founder & Principal of Civic Health Partners

Based in New York, Montgomery is a trusted change leadership advisor, academic practitioner, and social entrepreneur who strives to connect the dots between healthy people and healthy democracies, bringing consumer and citizen perspectives to conversations about culture change in healthcare and other complex systems. She works with leaders to reflect on the intersection of empathy and evidence and supports them through the development of ethical approaches to build public trust.

Micky Tripathi, PhD, MPP

National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Micky Tripathi is the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where he leads the formulation of the federal health IT strategy and coordinates federal health IT policies, standards, programs, and investments. Tripathi has over 20 years of experience across the health IT landscape. He most recently served as chief alliance officer for Arcadia, a healthcare data and software company focused on population health management and value-based care, project manager of the Argonaut Project, an industry collaboration to accelerate the adoption of FHIR, and a board member of HL7, the Sequoia Project, the CommonWell Health Alliance, and the CARIN Alliance.

Aditi Mallick, MD

Acting Director of the CMS Office of Minority Health

Aditi Mallick, MD, is the acting director of the CMS Office of Minority Health (OMH), whose mission is to lead the advancement and integration of health equity in the development, evaluation, and implementation of CMS’s policies, programs, and partnerships. Prior to joining OMH, Dr. Mallick served as chief medical officer for the CMS Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services, where she led the Center’s clinical strategy and cross-center work on health equity, social determinants of health, and innovation in whole-person care, among other areas.