Dr. Eichner’s work focuses on building a research and practice portfolio of social interventions that show promising impacts on individual- and community-level health and wellbeing. Joan helped to launch the UPMC Center for Social Impact in 2020 and serves as the Director of Operations and Evaluation. As a social intervention evaluator, Joan works with a multidisciplinary team, including community-based organizations, to design and evaluate health system- and payer-driven innovations that identify and address health related social needs.

Joan joined the UPMC Health Plan in 2017 as a Program Administrator with the Center for High-Value Health Care. In that role, she collaborated to design and implement internally- and externally funded research and evaluation projects to improve health care quality, efficiency, patient experience, and patient outcomes.

Prior to joining UPMC, Joan was the Director of the Division of Applied Research and Evaluation at the University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development and served as a Community Education Promotor with the Peace Corps in Guyana, South America.

Joan holds a doctorate in public health with a focus on behavioral and community health sciences from the University of Pittsburgh and master’s degrees in public health and public administration. Outside of work, Joan serves as Board President of HEARTH, a transitional housing program for women and children who are survivors of domestic violence and sits on the Board of Trustees for the Pittsburgh Child Guidance Foundation.

As executive vice president and chief medical officer, Edward McEachern, M.D., provides operational and strategic leadership to the clinical enterprise of the company and also works to maintain strong relationships with PacificSource provider partners to improve the health outcomes in populations the organization serves in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.

Edward originally came to PacificSource from Saint Alphonsus Health Alliance in Boise, Idaho, where he was chief medical officer and executive director of operations. Prior to that role, he managed a venture capital fund that focused on healthcare, and served as chief medical officer for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Ohio.

Edward is also an associate professor at the University of Utah School of Medicine and an assistant professor at Utah’s David Eccles School of Business. He holds six patents, authored seven books, published more than 80 peer-reviewed articles, and has served as a healthcare consultant for the U.S. State Department and Peace Corps.

Brian Mclane is the Senior Director for Market Intelligence, Market Analytics and Digital Products at Priority Health. Brian’s teams provide the organization with corporate and line of business intelligence and measurement. His teams also lead efforts related to Priority Health’s member portals and transparency tools.

In his work, Brian’s goal is to simplify the complex world of health care through the use of data and analytics to engage members in their health care decisions.

As the Associate Director of Clinical Innovation, Eva oversees ACHP’s clinical performance improvement strategy and supporting collective innovation by ACHP member plans on care delivery and payment. A central component of her role is to build and execute ACHP’s research agenda. She serves as a liaison to various quality measurement organizations and contributes to a variety of multi-stakeholder working groups focused on social determinants of health and on eliminating low-value care.

Prior to joining ACHP, Eva was an independent consultant working on projects related to community health, advanced payment models and enhanced use of technology to support patient engagement. She previously worked as Senior Director of Quality and Innovation at Evolent Health and led consumer focused Health IT advocacy for the National Partnership for Women & Families.

Dr. Liao is a board-certified internal medicine physician and the Medical Director of Payment Strategy at UW Medicine, where he is also an Associate Professor in the UW School of Medicine and Adjunct Associate Professor in the UW School of Public Health. He trained in internal medicine at Brigham & Women’s Hospital where he was also a Clinical Fellow in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics in the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Liao is a national expert in health care payment and related care delivery policy. He serves on the US Department of Health and Human Services' Physician-Focused Payment Model Technical Advisory Committee, as well as an advisor to the national RVU Update Committee (RUC) – capacities through which he helps advise federal policymakers on health care payment and related delivery issues. Dr. Liao has also advised state Medicaid programs on a series of payment and delivery issues. He combines this expertise with an active portfolio of scholarship focused on how payment reform and related delivery redesign can improve outcomes.

As Chief Health Officer, Dr. Agrawal oversees Anthem’s enterprise health strategy, including medical policy and clinical quality, as well as the company’s industry-leading work to address health-related social needs. He also leads Anthem’s community health strategy and the Anthem Foundation.

Other Career Information:
Prior to joining Anthem, Dr. Agrawal served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Quality Forum (NQF), a non-profit organization dedicated to working with members of the healthcare community to drive measurable health improvements. He is also the former Deputy Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), where he led an effort to improve the physician experience with Medicare and also was one of the main architects of CMS’s strategy to address the national opioid epidemic. Dr. Agrawal served as Director of the Center for Program Integrity (CPI), where he was instrumental in launching new initiatives in data transparency and analytics, utilization management, and payment models.

Dr. Agrawal serves on the board of the Grameen Foundation and the editorial board of New England Journal of Medicine: Catalyst. He is a Fellow of National Academy of Public Administration and Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine.

Dr. Joseph-Di Caprio is responsible for setting and implementing a market-leading agenda for population health and clinical operations excellence for UCare’s 500,000 members. She is a key member of the senior management team and provides strategic direction and operational oversight for UCare's Health Services Division that includes Equity and Inclusion, Medical Directors, Clinical Services, Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Services/Special Needs and Basic Care, Credentialing, Appeals and Grievances, Quality Management, Population Health, Health Services Analytics, Disease Management, and Pharmacy to ensure high-quality, cost-effective care for UCare members.

Dr. Joseph-Di Caprio represents UCare in outside activities such as local and national associations, work groups and committees. For example, she co-chairs the Health Equity Committee of the Minnesota Council of Health Plans and is vice chair of the national Alliance of Community Health Plans Medical Director group. Her extensive professional career in the Twin Cities community includes 22 years at Hennepin County Medical Center (now Hennepin Healthcare System) where she began as a Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine Specialist and advanced to several physician leadership roles, including Chief of Pediatrics. Joseph-Di Caprio also has been a Medical Director for Medica, Senior Medical Director of Care Management for HealthEast, and Fairview Health Services Medical Leader, Connected Care.

Community service is a hallmark of Joseph-Di Caprio’s career. She serves on the Boards of Directors for University of Minnesota’s MPhysicians, Planned Parenthood North Central States, and Mental Health Resources. She is a long-time Assistant Professor for the University of Minnesota Department of Pediatrics and sees patients monthly at NorthPoint Health and Wellness Clinic in Minneapolis.

Joseph-Di Caprio has a B.S. in Physiology from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec Canada, an M.D. from the University of Illinois, and an M.P.H. from the University of Minnesota.

Ceci Connolly, a nationally-recognized health care leader, is president and CEO of the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP). She spent 25 years in journalism and is a well-respected author and commentator. As the?Washington Post's former chief health correspondent, she chronicled President Obama's drive for sweeping health care reform and the passage of the Affordable Care Act. Connolly is co-author of LANDMARK: The Inside Story of America's New Health Care Law and What It Means for Us All and has been published in numerous publications, including The New England Journal of Medicine. Following her career in journalism, Connolly served as a leader of PwC’s Health Research Institute and as a senior adviser at the McKinsey Center for Health Reform.

In her current role as president and CEO, she works with some of the most innovative executives in the health sector to provide high-quality, affordable coverage and care to all. She is a leading thinker in the disruptive forces reshaping our health system and has been a trusted adviser to c-suite executives.

Connolly is a founding member of?Women of Impact (WOI) for Healthcare. She is a former board member for the non-profit Whitman Walker Health and was the first non-physician to receive the Mayo Clinic's prestigious Plummer Society Award for promoting deeper understanding of science and medicine. She also serves on the advisory board to the Fannie Mae Sustainable Communities Initiative and was the recipient of a fellowship at?Harvard's?Kennedy School?of Government. In addition, Connolly was included on Business Insider’s inaugural list of “DC Health Care Power Players”.