Managing MSSP and MA Populations

When: Thursday, April 25 7:30 – 8:15 am
Location: Key 11-12
Speakers: David Klebonis, Palm Beach ACO; Katie Herron, Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network; Craigan Gray, Salient Healthcare 

Description: This breakfast session will describe the following:  

• similarities and differences across patient populations
• resources/infrastructure for maintenance and management, and
• contract negotiation.

Speaker Bios: Craigan Gray is chief medical officer at Salient Healthcare.  Dr. Gray brings a rich experience from private practice, hospital leadership, and governmental health-benefit programs. Prior to joining Salient, Dr. Gray was director of North Carolina’s $12 billion Medicaid program. His time as VPMA at Bon Secours Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Kentucky was distinguished by moving the facility into the top-quality performance tier for Health Grades and CMS health quality indicators. Dr. Gray is a Stanford University trained obstetrician/gynecologist. In addition to an MD degree, Dr. Gray holds an MBA degree and a JD degree. He is a Certified Physician Executive and is published in various medical journals. 

Katie Herron is the director of network operations at Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network (VHAN) where she serves as a key leader advancing clinical integration within the VHAN network spanning commercial, Medicare Advantage, and traditional Medicare contracts in West Tennessee and Mississippi markets. Prior to VHAN, she was a market director at Humana, worked in ambulatory operations at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, spent time as the executive director of Accountable Physicians of North Mississippi and was the executive director of the North Mississippi Physicians Association.  She has a master’s degree in community counseling from the University of Mississippi. 

David Klebonis is the chief operating officer at Palm Beach ACO. He is part of the original executive team that lead PBACO to save Medicare a total of $211M over 4.5 performance years. Mr. Klebonis is a former practice administrator and consultant specializing in value-based contracting, program advocacy, value-based analytics, EHR and workflow improvement. He has an MS and BS in business from the University of Florida.

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