William Shrank, MD, MSHS, is Humana’s Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer. In this role, he is responsible for leading and implementing the company’s integrated care delivery strategy. This strategy emphasizes a consumer-friendly, evidence-based, technology-enabled approach to personalized health improvement for the company’s more than 16 million Humana health plan members. As a member of the Humana Management Team, he reports to President and CEO Bruce D. Broussard.

Prior to joining Humana, Dr. Shrank served as the Chief Medical Officer of the UPMC Health Plan, where he focused on the design and implementation of new payment and delivery models to promote improved population health and further advance UPMC’s integrated clinical business strategies.

Prior to joining UPMC, Dr. Shrank served as Senior Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer and Chief Medical Officer of Provider Innovation for CVS Health, where he led the development of solutions to partner with providers as they manage risk. Prior to joining CVS, Dr. Shrank served as the inaugural Director, Research and Rapid-Cycle Evaluation for the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), where he helped design and lead the evaluation of new payment reform models tested by the Center, such as Pioneer ACOs, bundled payments and progressive primary care models.

Dr. Shrank began his career as a practicing physician with Brigham Internal Medicine Associates at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, as well as an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. His research at Harvard focused on improving the quality of prescribing and promoting medication adherence, and he published more than 230 papers on these topics.

Dr. Shrank received his Medical Degree from Cornell University Medical College, served his residency in Internal Medicine at Georgetown University and was a Fellow in Health Policy Research at UCLA, Rand and the West Los Angeles VA. He earned his Master of Science degree in Health Services from the University of California at Los Angeles and his Bachelor’s Degree from Brown University.

Dr. Nguyen is a seasoned healthcare executive with over 20 years of industry experience. In his current role as SVP, Population Health, Anthony oversees our Accountable Care Organizations (ACO)/Care Coordination Organizations (CCO) care delivery channels, Member Engagement programs and National HEDIS teams that measure outcomes. Their goal is to drive an end-to-end, holistic approach to how we deliver, measure and improve care for our members.

Anthony is passionate about making the health care system work better. In that endeavor, he leads our digital voice strategy where members can access information and receive care seamlessly.

Dr. Nguyen was a partner physician for Kaiser Permanente and served as VP of the Medical Staff, Orange County, CA. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and is board certified in Internal Medicine.

Dr. Nguyen received his M.D. from Tufts University School of Medicine and MHCDS from Dartmouth College. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of California, Irvine. Anthony lives in Southern California and is an avid surfer.

Alefiyah Mesiwala, M.D., MPH, is a board-certified preventive medicine physician, Former Senior Healthcare Advisor to President Obama, and an expert in healthcare innovation and payment reform. She is currently the Senior Medical Director for Innovation and Value-based Care at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Health Insurance Services Division. UPMC is a the second largest integrated delivery and financing system in the US with $20 billion in revenues and 3.6 million covered lives. At UPMC, Dr. Mesiwala is responsible for providing strategic leadership on an innovation-focused portfolio that oversees and supports the contracting and design of value-based reimbursement models across the UPMC Health Plan network. Moreover, she leads the clinical practice transformation strategy, working closely to align population health activities with UPMC’s clinical integration efforts. Prior to joining UPMC, Dr. Mesiwala most recently served as Senior Healthcare Advisor on the White House National Economic Council under former President Obama. In that capacity, she led on President Obama’s healthcare team, advising and coordinating the Administration's activities on delivery system reform, healthcare innovation, and the Affordable Care Act. Dr. Mesiwala was previously a medical officer at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) and led the design and implementation of new payment reform models such as accountable care organizations and advised on delivery system reform priorities. She is a board-certified primary care physician with clinical training in General Medicine and Preventive Medicine and a Master in Public Health from Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, MD. She received her undergraduate and medical degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI.

Chuck Levine has been at Premera Blue Cross for three years, and has over 30 years of healthcare experience in a variety of functional areas including Provider Network Development, Provider Relations, Health Plan Operations, and Communications. Prior to working at Premera, he held positions with The University of Washington Medical Center, and both national and regional Health Plans with responsibility for service areas throughout the West Coast and Southwest. He has also served as a HealthCare Consultant working with both Provider Systems and Payors. He has a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Pittsburgh, and a Master’s Degree from the University of Iowa.

Oraida Roman, MHA, is Vice President of Value Based Strategies for Humana, leading the organizational advancement of innovative payment models that enable Humana to support providers as population health managers in value-based care relationships. The Value Based Strategies organization develops, supports and deploys the best programs, practices and capabilities that assist Humana’s provider partners and internal customers to successfully achieve enterprise value based goals. Roman’s career with Humana spans more than 18 years, holding various management roles, including Regional President, Director of Operations, and Director of Provider Contracting. Prior to being Vice President for Humana, Roman worked for several years with DaVita Medical Group as the Chief Operating Officer of Florida and Market President of Colorado. Roman holds a Master’s in Health Administration from University of South Florida and an undergraduate degree in Biology from Florida State University.

Michele Fisher, MBA, FACHE, FACMPE, CSMC, CHFP is the Chief Contracting and Payer Relations Officer of UW (University of Washington) Medicine Health System. Michele has over 30 years’ experience in health care leadership positions in various business development, revenue cycle focused, operational and clinical roles.

She is also accountable for, among other items, the actuarial relationship for UW Medicine and the negotiation process of all types payer contracts and all aspects of payer or employer contract reporting for all UW Medicine entities and business development ventures and partnerships.

Michele is a Fellow in of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE), a Fellow in the American College of Medical Practice Executives (FACMPE) of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) Association, a Certified Specialist in Managed Care (CSMC) and Certified Healthcare Financial Professional (CHFP) for HFMA, and, until Feb. 2016 was CoC and CPC-h certified by AAPC (American Academy of Professional Coders). Additionally Michele is a Member of the American medical Group Association (AMGA) and the Washington Mediation Association (WMA).

Michele has an Executive Certificate in Advanced negotiations from University of Notre Dame. She graduated from Taft University W. Edwards Deming School of Business with honors (Magna Cum Laude) with an MBA with an emphasis in Healthcare Administration.

Jennifer Atkins is vice president, network solutions for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA), a national federation of 36 independent, community-based and locally operated Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) companies. The BCBS System is the nation’s largest health insurer, covering one-in-three of all Americans.

Atkins is responsible for all of BCBSA’s national network solutions, including the Blue Distinction portfolio of high-performance networks.

Most recently Atkins was regional vice president of provider solutions at Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Wisconsin, with accountability for statewide provider contracting, network development and strategy. Prior to that she spent 10 years at Mercy Health, a Catholic healthcare ministry serving Ohio and Kentucky.

Atkins is also committed to working with various charitable organizations; she currently serves on the board as vice president of Hope House, a nonprofit shelter and community center located on the near south side of Milwaukee. Previously, she was on the board of FOCUS / Beach House, a Toledo, Ohio organization dedicated to resolving the root causes of homelessness and on the board of the YWCA of Toledo. She has also been active in the Boy Scouts of America and the National Forensics League.

Atkins earned an M.B.A. with an emphasis in finance from the University of Toledo and a bachelor’s degree in history and English from Bowling Green State University.

Danielle Lloyd is the senior vice president of private market innovations and quality initiatives for the Clinical Innovations division of America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) in Washington, DC. AHIP is the national association representing organizations that provide coverage for health care and related services.

Danielle is responsible for assessing insurance market trends and developing policy in the areas of emerging payment models, quality measurement and health information technology interoperability. She also serves as chairman of the national Core Quality Measure Collaborative (CQMC).

Previously, Danielle led Premier’s policy analysis and development activities representing the interests of more than 3,500 hospitals and associated physicians nationwide. She served as a national expert on alternative payment models and played a leading role in Premier’s large-scale provider collaboratives.

Prior to Premier, Lloyd worked on an array of healthcare issues including Medicare and Medicaid payment, quality policies, and health information technology for the American Hospital Association, California Hospital Association, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

She is from Los Angeles, has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and has a master’s degree in public health from the University of California, Berkeley.

Lisa LaCarrubba, MD is Medical Director, Clinical Reengineering for Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield New Jersey, where she is responsible for the medical management delegation of risk based partners, clinical transformation of the health plan to better meet the needs of the providers, and education and support of value-based health care providers. Previously she served as Northeast Regional Medical Director of Humana Senior Products and Senior Medical Director of AmeriHealth New Jersey. Dr. LaCarrubba is a board-certified family physician who trained at Virtua-Memorial Hospital, completed medical school at Robert Wood Johnson and earned her undergraduate degree from Villanova University. While in practice at North Country Health Systems, she served as chair of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, president of the Medical Staff, Medical Director of the Derby Green Long Term Care Facility, and was a member of the Board Quality, Maternal Child Health and Ethics Committees. Dr. LaCarrubba is a member of the American Association for Physician Leadership the, American Academy of Family Physicians and New Jersey Immunization Network.

Brian Donovan is the Vice President of Network Management at Health Plan Partners. Donovan oversees HPP’s provider network for its Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP insurance plans. He ensures that each line of business maintains a comprehensive and high-performing provider network, including hospitals, physicians, specialists and allied health professionals. Donovan also develops strategic operational and tactical business plans for network management and establishes value-based contracting models. In addition, he supports all regulatory compliance and quality management programs and manages the credentialing and re-credentialing processes.

A seasoned health care executive, Donovan has an extensive background in commercial and government health insurance plans with expertise in designing and implementing value-based programs for large health care systems and physician groups. He also has significant experience in population health management, medical cost/risk management, managed care contracting and provider network design.

Prior to joining HPP, Donovan served as senior vice president of business development and payer relations for Saxton & Stump LLC, Lawyers and Consultants, in Lancaster. Also during his career, he has served as vice president of network development and contracting for Centene Corporation, Pennsylvania Health and Wellness, in Harrisburg. In addition, Donovan has held positions with Catholic Health Initiatives in Denver and Capital BlueCross in Harrisburg.

Donovan holds a Bachelor of Science in accounting from Pennsylvania State University and is certified in Accelerated Implementation Methodology, a change management strategy, from Implementation Management Associates. A resident of Shippensburg, Donovan is actively involved in local YMCA and church youth programs.

Dana Carne, MD, is the Vice President of Population Health Services at Tandigm Health. At Tandigm he works with the network of primary care practices to improve the value of care (improved quality and reduced cost).

On the clinical side, he obtained his Medical Doctorate from Geisel Medical School at Dartmouth and trained in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). He continued at MGH working both as an Attending on the teaching service as well as a hospitalist.

On the non-clinical side, he obtained an MBA from Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Following residency, he spent three years consulting at McKinsey & Company with a focus on developing the population health strategy in local, national, and international healthcare businesses.

Christopher Crow, M.D. Co- Founder and CEO of StratiFi Health and President of Catalyst Health Network, is a nationally recognized healthcare innovator. Dr. Crow created StratiFi Health and launched Catalyst Health Network after founding Village Health Partners and Legacy Medical Village in Plano, TX in 2007.

He is an award winning primary care physician and has spent the past 20+ years focused on helping communities thrive through improving the delivery of healthcare.

For nearly two decades, Dr. Mark Gwynne has practiced family, hospital and emergency medicine, led regional quality improvement and care redesign efforts, and led large scale value-based initiatives to improve patient outcomes while making care more affordable. As President and Executive Medical Director of UNC Health Alliance, Dr. Gwynne leads the largest physician-led clinically integrated network and ACO in North Carolina of more than 5,000 employed and independent physicians, clinicians and administrators, delivering value-based care to more than 270,000 patients across multiple payer segments.

Overseeing the transition from volume to Value is at the center of Dr. Gwynne’s work. He is focused on developing and delivering new models of data driven population health care, aligning provider incentives to achieve value-based outcomes and developing payment models that incent and reward the delivery of affordable care. Dr. Gwynne has particular interest in integrating care among ambulatory providers and hospital systems, post-acute care settings and home-based care, and addressing the key drivers of health.

Board-certified in Family Medicine, Dr. Gwynne continues his patient care in the office and hospital and serves as an Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. He completed his residency and fellowship in Family Medicine and faculty development at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he remains on faculty.

Harvey Littman leads Capital BlueCross’ finance, actuarial, corporate tax, and sourcing departments. With more than 30 years of experience, he has held executive leadership positions at national and regional health plans including Scott & White Health Plan, UnitedHealthcare, and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. His areas of expertise include financial management, acquisitions, and healthcare analytics. Harvey serves as treasurer of the board of directors for Hamilton Health in Harrisburg and on the executive leadership team for the Heart Ball for the American Heart Association of Greater Harrisburg.

Amy Mullins, MD, CPE, FAAFP, currently serves as the Medical Director for Quality Improvement for the American Academy of Family Physicians. She most recently served as both a practicing family physician and as medical director at Trinity Clinic in Whitehouse, Texas, where she worked from 2002 to 2013. Current responsibilities with the AAFP include liaison work with other national organizations in the quality arena, as well as national-level policy and advocacy work regarding payment reform. A native of Texas, she is a graduate of Abilene Christian University and The University of Texas Medical Branch.

Derek Novak serves as the President of MercyOne Population Health Services Organization, formally Mercy ACO, headquartered in Des Moines Iowa. As a subsidiary of MercyOne, MercyOne PHSO leads population health and payment reform efforts for its network consisting of 200+ participant organizations with over 4,000 providers across Iowa, NE-Nebraska and, SW-Wisconsin. Today MercyOne PHSO manages 20+ value/risk based agreements with over 300,000 attributed members, which accounts for 10%+ of Iowa’s entire population.

After spending nearly a decade leading operational improvement efforts within industry and healthcare, Mr. Novak transitioned to accountable care by joining MercyOne’s Accountable Care division in 2012. In his role Derek leads operational and strategic efforts related MercyOne’s transition from volume to volume & value.

Mr. Novak is a past graduate of the Iowa Hospital Association Executive Academy, holds certifications by the American Society of Quality as a Six Sigma Black Belt and Certified Manager of Quality & Organizational Excellence.

Derek is an Iowa native, a father of two and, a graduate of Upper Iowa University in Fayette Iowa where he also received his MBA.

Jeff Park is a Senior Director at Gateway Health where he leads the creation and administration of Value-Based programs for the PA Medicaid markets that Gateway serves. Jeff has worked with hospitals and health systems in California where he successfully led full risk, capitated programs encompassing Commercial, Medicaid, and Medicare members. Jeff is a dedicated, results-driven leader with a proven track record of creating growth and financial success in complex and diverse markets.

Jeff is a train enthusiast residing in Pittsburgh, PA who believes that transforming healthcare with alternative payment models tied to higher quality outcomes is the future of healthcare.

Drew Sheinen is the Senior Director of Value Based Solutions for Delaware, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. His team is responsible for overall performance for Medicare Collaborations and customer specific arrangements such as the State of Delaware and the Pennsylvania Employee Benefit Trust Fund (PEBTF). He also works closely with the Vice Presidents of Provider Network related to strategy for increasing Aetna’s value based presence across the Keystone Market.

Prior to his current role, Drew managed the Provider Experience organization for Aetna Better Health of Pennsylvania. He has 25 years of experience in health care including 23 years with Aetna in multiple roles as well as 2 years as the Vice President of Network Solutions for Kindred Healthcare.

He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Binghamton University and a Master of Management with a concentration in Health Care Administration from Penn State University.