Home - Medicare Stars, HEDIS, Quality & Risk - June 22-24, 2021 * An SSN Virtual Event

We Support The Healthcare Industry! For this event, SSN is proud to offer FREE admission
to employees of health plans and hospitals as a thank you for all you do for all of us.

Engaging your members is more vital than ever before. Hear from top health plans on how they are effectively navigating new and evolving CMS & NCQA regulations impacting CAHPS, HOS and other performance measures at the 12th Medicare Star Ratings, HEDIS, Quality Assurance & Risk Adjustment. Scheduled virtually for your safety and convenience on June 22-24, 2021, this highly acclaimed event also features in-depth sessions on Social Determinants of Health, Health Equity, Pharmacy, and Aligning Stars, Quality and Risk. Plus, by popular demand, the conference kicks off with a morning workshop on STARS 101: Back to Basics, followed by an afternoon Advanced Stars interactive workshop covering Transitions of Care, Follow-up After ED visits and much more!

2021 All-Star Speakers

EnlivenHealth™

Irfan Ali, MRPharmS

Senior Director, Network Performance

Formerly, Director of Medicare Advantage Operations, CMS

Michael S. Adelberg

Principal, Lead, Healthcare Strategy Practice, Faegre Drinker Consulting

Decision Point Healthcare Solutions

Saeed Aminzadeh

Chief Executive Officer

GHG Advisors

Jessica Assefa

Senior Director of Star Ratings

HealthScape

Cary Badger

Principal

Excellus Health Plan

Danielle Banaszak, RPh

Quality Improvement Clinical Pharmacist

RxAnte

Chris Bane

VP of Business Development and Marketing

SelectHealth

Kim Barrus

Stars & Quality Performance Manager

UnitedHealthcare

Sarah Bezeredi

Vice President, Quality Solutions Delivery

Martin’s Point Health Care

Josh Edwards

Medicare Stars Programs Manager

Capital District Physicians’ Health Plan

Renée Golderman

Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer

Geisinger

David Griffith

Manager Pharmacy Operations

Health Alliance

Kena Hahn

Director Medicare Stars & Health Improvement

HealthMine

Kent Holdcroft

Executive Vice President of Growth

Johns Hopkins HealthCare LLC

Tejaswita Karve, Ph.D.

Director of Quality Improvement

Magellan Rx Management

Sagar S. Makanji, PharmD

Vice President, Clinical Strategy & Programs

Commonwealth Care Alliance

Derek McFerran

Senior Director of Pharmacy

Partners Health Plan

Diane Marrone

Chief of Care Coordination

Partners Health Plan

Premila Mary Kumar

Chief of Quality Initiatives

Wakely

Tim Murray, FSA, MAAA

Director & Senior Consulting Actuary

Tandigm Health

Jason B. Ruda, MS, CPXP

Experience Director

GHG Advisors

John Selby

Senior Vice President

HealthMine

Melissa Smith

Executive Vice President, Consulting and Professional Services

Doctor On Demand

Dr. Prentiss Taylor

VP, Medical Affairs

Gateway Health Plan

Dan Weaver

Vice President, Stars Quality

Novillus LLC

Brent Zenobia, PhD.

Chief Strategist

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Who Should Attend:

Executives from Medicare Advantage Health Plans, Health Systems, Hospitals and Provider Groups Responsible for:

●Star Ratings ●Quality Management ●Risk Adjustment ●Product Development/Benefit Design
●Revenue Management ●Finance/Actuarial ●Operations

RAVE REVIEWS

“Great speakers and topics,”

Martin’s Point

“Opportunity to hear best practices from other plans,”

Tufts Health Plan

“Comprehensive set of topics and engaging speakers,”

Inter Valley Health Plan

“The case studies…Variety and length of presentations,”

Desert Oasis Healthcare

“It was great! I liked the case studies and examples of actionable items,”

Aetna

“Very good content from presenters sharing stories/experiences – not sales,”

UPMC

“Great to hear about challenges that have been overcome and how change occurred,”

Molina Healthcare

“Great coverage of all Star measures in presentations,”

HealthNow New York

"Variety of non-vendor presenters…perfect size conference length and volume of attendees,”

Medical Mutual of Ohio

“Jam-packed full of information. Really like hearing what others are doing to gain member compliance,”

Aetna

“The speakers were very well spoken, engaged and informed. The topics were very interesting and info was helpful,”

Health Care Avenues Wellness Centers

“The conference was very enlightening. Love the fact that I was able to meet with so many people and gain so much information,”

Icare Intelligence

“Quality of speakers and interesting topics,”

Remedy

“Quality of speakers, “

Great Call Best Buy

“Hearing what other companies are doing to raise Stars and quality measures. Learning challenges & successes other carriers are facing,”

Aetna

“Presentations were very well done,”

Nascentia Health

“The presenters were very knowledgeable and passionate with what they do,”

Inter Valley Health Plan

“Variety of speakers: large plan, small DSNP, MA, LTTC, 3.0 Star to 5.0 Star,”

Express–Scripts

“Great topics. Great speakers. Everything was great,”

Excellus BCBS

Executives from Medicare Advantage Health Plans, Health Systems, Hospitals and Provider Groups Responsible for:

●Star Ratings ●Quality Management ●Risk Adjustment ●Product Development/Benefit Design ●Revenue Management ●Finance/Actuarial ●Operations

“Great speakers and topics,”

Martin’s Point

“Opportunity to hear best practices from other plans,”

Tufts Health Plan

“Comprehensive set of topics and engaging speakers,”

Inter Valley Health Plan

“The case studies…Variety and length of presentations,”

Desert Oasis Healthcare

“It was great! I liked the case studies and examples of actionable items,”

Aetna

“Very good content from presenters sharing stories/experiences – not sales,”

UPMC

“Great to hear about challenges that have been overcome and how change occurred,”

Molina Healthcare

“Great coverage of all Star measures in presentations,”

HealthNow New York

"Variety of non-vendor presenters…perfect size conference length and volume of attendees,”

Medical Mutual of Ohio

“Jam-packed full of information. Really like hearing what others are doing to gain member compliance,”

Aetna

“The speakers were very well spoken, engaged and informed. The topics were very interesting and info was helpful,”

Health Care Avenues Wellness Centers

“The conference was very enlightening. Love the fact that I was able to meet with so many people and gain so much information,”

Icare Intelligence

“Quality of speakers and interesting topics,”

Remedy

“Quality of speakers, “

Great Call Best Buy

“Hearing what other companies are doing to raise Stars and quality measures. Learning challenges & successes other carriers are facing,”

Aetna

“Presentations were very well done,”

Nascentia Health

“The presenters were very knowledgeable and passionate with what they do,”

Inter Valley Health Plan

“Variety of speakers: large plan, small DSNP, MA, LTTC, 3.0 Star to 5.0 Star,”

Express–Scripts

“Great topics. Great speakers. Everything was great,”

Excellus BCBS

●Star Ratings ●Quality Management ●Risk Adjustment ●Product Development/Benefit Design
●Revenue Management ●Finance/Actuarial ●Operations