
2023 Beacon VIP Forum/Summit
Beacon HCS’s team of subject matter experts along with industry experts got together in New Orleans to share their knowledge and insights with various clients and prospective clients.
If you missed it you can now request a presentation with the link below.
Agenda
TUESDAY – MAY 2, 2023
8:30 Welcome & Opening Remarks: Suzanna Roberts, CEO Sonder Health & Beacon Summit Chair
9:00 A Beacon Welcome: Ken Stockman, CEO, Beacon Healthcare Systems
9:45 The Impact Automation Drives within Healthcare: Ahmed Zaidi, CEO & Chief Automation Officer, Accilerate
10:45 Break
11:00 Beacon’s Automation Strategy: leveraging new technologies to transform our products: Ken Stockman, CEO, Beacon Healthcare Systems
12:00 Launch of Beacon’s Inaugural Advisory Board: Pamela Raley, SVP Revenue & Client Management, Beacon Healthcare Systems
12:30 Lunch (break) and Networking
1:30 Beacon Appeals Manager (BAM): Working with A&G Challenges/Strategies: Laurie Delgado, VP A&G, Beacon Healthcare Systems and Manish Nautiyal, SVP IT & Development and Infrastructure
- InfrastructureRoad Map – Enhancements
- BAM (user interface) Redesign
- BAM and Bots
- New Reports
2:30 Beacon Appeals Manager (BAM): Insights into Data: Laurie Delgado, VP A&G, Beacon Healthcare Systems
3:00 Compliance Challenges/Strategies/Audit Readiness: Juwan Smith, JD, Compliance Director, Beacon Healthcare Systems and Bevann Moreland, SVP Market Leader
3:50 Break
4:00 Social Determinants of Health – What to Expect and Technology to Support it: Bevann Moreland, SVP & Market Leader
6:30 Dinner at Commanders Palace
WEDNESDAY – MAY 3, 2023
8:30 Welcome: Suzanna Roberts, Sonder Health Plans
9:00 The Landscape of Rural Health: Engagement Strategies for Health Plans: Brock Slabach, COO, National Rural Health Association
10:15 Break
10:30 Value-Based Payment & Insurance Design Roundtable: Suzanna Roberts, Sonder Health
11:30 Health Equity and How Payers can Address Disparities Roundtable with Moderators: Brock Slabach, COO, National Rural Health Association and Suzanna Roberts, CEO, Sonder Health Plans
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30 Social Drivers of Health (SDOH): Why they matter in the health and well-being of children: Arturo Brito, President Children’s Fund, with Jessica Brayden, a licensed clinical social worker based at Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health in Baton Rouse, and Pernell Brice, VP of Policy and Advocacy at CHF.
During this session, participants will have the opportunity to learn about:
- Children’s Health Fund’s national network and how it has for decades incorporated SDOH into daily clinical practice.
- Current Medicaid/Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) reimbursement practices for SDOH.
- Opportunities for influencing policy around SDOH.
- Data that demonstrate reductions in health inequities by addressing SDOH.
2:30 2023 CMS Audit Readiness – Good-bye Grace Period, Hello New CMS Leadership Changes: How these changes will have an impact on overall operations and stress on 2023 Audit Readiness: Jennifer Young, EVP and Partner, Rebellis Group
3:30 Beacon Perspective: How Beacon Supports Clients: A conversation with LeAnne Kerry-Winston, Staff VP GBD Appeals & Grievances, Elevance and Pamela Raley, SVP Revenue & Client Management
4:30 Closing – Q & A: Ken Stockman, CEO
6:00 Meet for Steamboat (dinner and cruise)