The 13th Annual World Health Care Congress

Steve Nolte has more than 30 years of experience in health insurance and managed care. As a consultant, he helped Sutter compile its state application to create Sutter Health Plus, a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO). Now, he serves as its CEO and shares his perspective on how payer-provider partnerships can help deliver meaningful and cost-effective health care services.

Stephen H. Nolte Chief Executive Officer Sutter Health Plus

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At Intermountain Healthcare, Kim Henrichsen explains how interprofessional care teams use robust decision-support tools based on the latest evidence and best practices to care for complex care patients with behavioral health needs.

Kim Henrichsen, RN, MSN Vice President, Clinical Operations and Chief Nursing Officer Intermountain Health Care

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Adventist Health, based in California, is a nonprofit system with 19 hospitals in four states. Conklin discusses how the organization is partnering in new ways to change care delivery and building a physician network to more actively manage costs under the ACA

Jeffrey Conklin Vice President, Payer & Network Strategies Adventist Health

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Dr. Nicholas Marko, Geisinger Health System's first Chief Data Officer and one of health care's "top data-driven geeks" explains how Geisinger utilizes data to achieve better health outcomes.

Nicholas Marko Chief Data Officer Geisinger Health System

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Kristen Miranda leads the Blue Shield of California's Accountable Care Organization program which launched in 2010. By focusing on transparency and value-based models, she says the program enhances the relationship with their provider partners, generates savings to consumers, and transforms care delivery.

Kristen Miranda Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Innovation Blue Shield of California

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To prepare for a global budget in 2017, Southwestern Vermont Healthcare has redeployed the acute care nurse resource to link care across the continuum. Clinical Nurse Specialists retrained as Transitional Care nurses follow high-risk patients from primary care through their medical transitions. Administrative Director Billie Lynn Allard, describes how the program has dramatically reduced emergency and hospital visits, while increasing patient engagement.

Billie Lynn Allard, MS, RN Administrative Director of Outpatient and Transitions of Care Services Southwestern Vermont Healthcare

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If you don't screen, you can’t find. Dr. Bernadette Melnyk discusses how fewer people with behavioral illnesses fall through the cracks when comprehensive screening is available. Screening also results in better care coordination.

Bernadette M. Melnyk, PhD, CPNP/PMHNP, FAAN Associate Vice President for Health Promotion; University Chief Wellness Officer; Dean and Professor, College of Nursing; Professor, Pediatrics and Psychiatry, College of Medicine The Ohio State University

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Dawn Bonder discusses the challenges of starting up a new CO-OP plan in Oregon, how it’s thriving, and why we should give this new model a fair shake at achieving success.

Dawn Bonder President and Chief Executive Officer Health Republic

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Chief Strategy Officer, Paula Widerlite, discusses some of the work in progress at Annapolis-based regional health system Anne Arundel and learnings relevant to organizations big and small.

Paula Widerlite Chief Strategy Officer Anne Arundel Medical Center

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