SC HIMSS MACRA Luncheon Agenda

12:00 pm – Registration & Boxed Lunch
12:30 pm – Welcome

12:45 pm – 1:30 pm
MACRA: What Does It Mean for Me?
Valinda Rutledge, Vice President, Public Payor Health Strategy in the Care Coordination Institute, Greenville Health System, SC

  • Overview of MACRA
  • Review of the 2 Tracks
  • High Level Overview

Valinda Rutledge is currently the Vice President, Public Payor Health Strategy, in the Care Coordination Institute at Greenville Health System, SC. She is responsible for identifying, analyzing, and supporting the implementation of opportunities related to government initiatives such as Bundled payments, Medicare advantage, Medicaid pilots, Dual Eligible, PCMH, and ACOs. She previously worked as a member of the leadership team (Senior Advisor and Patient Care Model Group Director) at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation (CMMI) where she helped build the Innovation Center from its startup phase and managed the design and launch of several of the Center’s models. Before joining CMS, Valinda served as the Chief Executive Officer of CaroMont Health in Gastonia, North Carolina, was also appointed to North Carolina Institute of Medicine’s New Models of Care Delivery Steering Committee and assisted the Governor’s office to develop proposal for state-wide Medicare/Medicaid ACO program. She currently serves on several National Scientific Advisory Boards and is frequently sought as a national speaker in the area of payment, clinical innovation, and population health. Valinda holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Butler University in Indianapolis and a Master of Science degree in nursing from Wayne State University in Detroit.

1:30 – 1:40 pm Break

1:40 pm – 2:40 pm
MACRA: Optimize It!

Maggie O’Keefe, Product Line Director, Operations and Performance Management, Health Catalyst

      • Deep Dive on MACRA
      • How to Get the Best Possible Score
      • Optimizing MACRA

Maggie O’Keefe is the Product Line Director, Operations and Performance Management, at Health Catalyst, a data warehousing, analytics, and outcomes improvement company. Her current responsibilities include the development of all products supporting quality measures, including those specifically designed for ACOs and the MIPS providers. She previously was the product manager for the company’s Population Health and Accountable Care software, designed to aid the running and optimization of business for institutions entering at-risk contracts with payers, and has also served as a strategic consultant to multiple health systems employing the company’s accountable care products. Formerly, Maggie worked at CCNC Services and also brings payer experience with her from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana. She holds a MS from the Harvard School of Public Health and a BA from Yale University.

2:40 – 2:50 pm Break

2:50 pm – 3:45 pm
How Does MACRA Fit into the Scheme of Things? Panel Discussion
Valinda Rutledge, Vice President, Public Payor Health Strategy in the Care Coordination Institute, Greenville Health System, SC

Maggie O’Keefe, Product Line Director, Operations and Performance Management, Health Catalyst

M. Coleman Smith, Regulatory Program Lead, Himformatics

      • Review How to Put MACRA into Your Broad Strategy
      • Alternative Payment Methods
      • Where Does MACRA Fit in the Scheme of Thingss

M. Coleman Smith has worked in healthcare for over 13 years and holds degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University. For the past 6 years he has been Regulatory Program Lead at Himformatics, responsible for establishing Regulatory Steering Councils and strategies for clients, specific to coordination and assistance around the financial impact of MACRA, Meaningful Use, IQR, PQRS, and other regulatory programs.

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