Join us Tuesday, November 9, 2021, where global leaders will draw a blueprint for a new digital health era and offer guidance for sustained market growth. The #ConV2X virtual event features world leading health influencers and executive leaders in healthcare. The event's primary mission is to propel dynamic change and transformation toward more efficient, quality and equitable
healthcare around the world.
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AGENDA Day 1 – Policy and Regulation
Introduction and Industry Commentary
- Tory Cenaj, Founder and Publisher, Partners in Digital Health
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
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?
from now?
- 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)
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)
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)
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
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
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
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
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, Senior Partner, Farrow Partners Architects, Canada
- Bill Hercules, FAIA, FACHA, FACHE, CEO, WJH Health, USA
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)
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!
- Paul Barach, B.Sc. MD, MPH, Maj (ret.), Lecturer and Senior Advisor to Dean, Jefferson College of Population Health, USA
- Dr. Rami Farraj, King Hussein Medical Center in Jordan, Head of Jordan National HIT/EMR program and King's Physician, 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, Tel Hashomer, Israel
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