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Bundled Payment & Care Transformation Summit

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Sacha Wolf
CMS Innovation Center (CMMI) • U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
Sacha Wolf
Lead, Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM)

A key figure at CMMI responsible for developing new payment models under Medicare and Medicaid, including BPCI Advanced and TEAM. She designs incentives that reduce episode costs while maintaining quality care.

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Bob Kaplan
Harvard Business School
Bob Kaplan
Senior Fellow and Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus, Harvard Business School

Co-developer of Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing (TDABC) and the Balanced Scorecard. His research with Michael Porter on bundled payments and healthcare delivery has shaped how leading health systems measure and improve the true cost of care. Author of more than 175 articles and 14 books.

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Susanna Gallani
Harvard Business School
Susanna Gallani
Associate Professor, Accounting & Management

Her Harvard Business Review research on gain-sharing and physician incentive design reveals why traditional financial incentives often fail in clinical settings, and what organizational conditions actually drive sustained behavior change under value-based care.

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Leslie John
Harvard Business School
Leslie John
James E. Burke Professor of Business Administration

James E. Burke Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. An award-winning behavioral scientist whose research on self-disclosure, trust, and decision-making has appeared in PNAS, Psychological Science, and JAMA. At the Summit, she presents insights from her book Revealing: The Underrated Power of Oversharing.

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Health System Leaders. Fireside Chats. Real Answers.

Executives from leading health systems sharing what's working across bundled payments, care transformation, and value-based healthcare.

Preview of Confirmed Speakers

Additional speakers being announced in the coming weeks.

Dani Andrade
Dani Andrade
VP, Care Continuum Integration
UCHealth
Dani Andrade serves as Vice President of Care Continuum Integration at UCHealth, with a background in nursing and healthcare management spanning acute and post-acute care settings. She is a Board Certified Case Manager with expertise in value-based payment models and CMS policy compliance, and holds a BSN from Regis University and an MBA in Health Care Administration from Western Governors University. Prior to her current role she held leadership positions at UCHealth, SCL Health, and Life Care Centers of America.
Thiru Annaswamy, MD, MA
Thiru Annaswamy, MD, MA
Professor & Chair, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Penn State Health
Dr. Thiru Annaswamy is Professor and the Rocco Ortenzio Endowed Chair of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State College of Medicine, where he leads the department. A physiatrist with more than 20 years of experience as a clinician, educator, and clinician-scientist, his work centers on spine and musculoskeletal disorders, neuromuscular disease, chronic pain, and electrodiagnostic medicine. Before joining Penn State in 2022 he was a professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a section chief at the Dallas VA Medical Center. He serves on the Board of Governors of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and the Foundation for PM&R. He completed his residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School and earned his medical degree from Mysore Medical College.
Angela M. Bader, MD, MPH
Angela M. Bader, MD, MPH
Director, Weiner Center for Preoperative Evaluation; Vice Chair, Perioperative Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Dr. Angela M. Bader is Vice Chair for Perioperative Medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the founding Director of the Roberta and Stephen R. Weiner Center for Preoperative Evaluation, which sees more than 19,000 patients a year and is recognized internationally as a benchmarking unit for preoperative assessment and quality improvement. She is a Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School, holds an endowed chair in anesthesiology, and is a research scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Her research focuses on value-based healthcare, shared decision-making, and perioperative optimization of the surgical patient. She earned her MD and an MPH in policy and management from Harvard.
Michael Barbati
Michael Barbati
VP, Government Programs
Advocate Health
Michael Barbati oversees the strategic and operational aspects of CMS and CMMI program participation at Advocate Health. His career spans medical economics, population health, and Medicare program management across Advocate Aurora Health, where he also served as ACO Executive for their Medicare Shared Savings Program.
AmyLynn Bryniarski
AmyLynn Bryniarski
VP, Service Line Operations
Niagara Falls Medical Center
AmyLynn Bryniarski brings more than 15 years of experience in healthcare operations and practice management to her role, and previously served as Executive Director of Outpatient Services at Memorial, leading multiple service lines while improving clinical operations and financial performance. Her expertise spans Lean Six Sigma process improvement, new clinical program launches, and organizational change management including mergers and acquisitions.
David Bumpass, MD
David Bumpass, MD
Vice Chair Research, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery; Co-Director, Spine Service
UAMS
Dr. Bumpass graduated summa cum laude from Furman University, studied health policy and economics at the University of Toronto as a Fulbright Scholar, and received his medical degree with honors from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in 2008. He completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at Washington University in St. Louis and went on to complete two fellowships there, including a complex spine deformity fellowship under Dr. Lawrence Lenke, one of the world’s foremost spine surgeons. At UAMS he serves as Associate Professor in the Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery, Vice Chair for Research, and Co-Director of both the Spine Service and the Spine Surgery Fellowship program, with a clinical focus on spinal deformity and spine tumors in pediatric and adult patients.
Jamie Chang, MD
Jamie Chang, MD
Chief Medical Officer
WellSky
Dr. Jamie Chang is the Chief Medical Officer at WellSky, a board-certified emergency medicine physician with extensive experience in clinical operations who focuses on connecting teams across the healthcare system to deliver intelligent, coordinated care. Before joining WellSky he led clinical value innovation across Optum Health with a focus on acute and post-acute settings, designed and implemented value-based care programs in hospital settings while at McKinsey & Company, and worked with the World Health Organization to improve healthcare delivery in low-resource settings. He completed his clinical training in emergency medicine at Stanford and is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University with a degree in economics and earned his MD from Harvard Medical School and MBA from Harvard Business School.
Roger Conant
Roger Conant
Associate Chief Nursing Officer, Perioperative Services
Cambridge Health Alliance
Roger Conant serves as Associate Chief Nursing Officer for Perioperative Services at Cambridge Health Alliance, with prior experience at NorthShore Medical Center and an MSN in Nursing Administration from Salem State University. In his role at CHA he oversees perioperative nursing operations across the system’s hospital campuses, with a focus on patient safety, quality improvement, and OR efficiency.
Vishal Desai
Vishal Desai
SVP, Revenue Cycle, Managed Care & Financial Planning
WMCHealth
Vishal Desai serves as Senior Vice President of Revenue Cycle, Managed Care and Financial Planning at Westchester Medical Center, a member of WMCHealth, with oversight of managed care contracting, patient access, patient financial services, and chargemaster functions across the network. Prior to his current role, he held positions at Aetna as Senior Network Manager and at Group Health Incorporated as Network Contracting Manager, and holds an MPA in Healthcare Administration from Pace University.
John Fernandez
John Fernandez
President & Chief Executive Officer
Brown University Health
John Fernandez is President and CEO of Brown University Health, a not-for-profit integrated academic health system affiliated with the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, serving roughly 550,000 patients a year across Rhode Island Hospital, Hasbro Children's Hospital, The Miriam Hospital, Bradley Hospital, Newport Hospital, and Brown University Health Medical Group. Before joining Brown University Health he served as President of Mass Eye and Ear from 2007 to 2022 and as President of Mass General Brigham Integrated Care, and earlier held senior administrative roles at Brigham and Women's Hospital. He holds a BA in political science from the College of Wooster and a master's in government administration from the University of Pennsylvania. At the Summit, he joins a fireside chat on leading system-wide value-based care transformation.
Katie Galbraith
Katie Galbraith
Rosenberg Family President
New England Baptist Hospital
Katie Galbraith joined New England Baptist Hospital in August 2025 as its inaugural Rosenberg Family President, leading one of the nation's premier orthopedic hospitals and a regional destination for musculoskeletal surgery within the Beth Israel Lahey Health system. She brings more than 30 years of healthcare leadership experience, including nine years as President of Duke Regional Hospital within Duke University Health System and most recently as President of Main Line Health Lankenau Medical Center in Pennsylvania. A Massachusetts native, she holds a B.A. in journalism from Northwestern University, an MBA from Elon University, and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Mitch Harris, MD
Mitch Harris, MD
Chief of Orthopaedics
Mass General Brigham
Mitchel B. Harris, MD was appointed chair of orthopedic surgery at Mass General Brigham effective January 1, 2025, as part of the system’s effort to integrate care across its academic medical centers. Before this role he led the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Mass General, and prior to that spent 14 years at Brigham and Women’s, where he led the Orthopaedic Trauma Service. He holds a Harvard Medical School professorship and has over 25 years of academic orthopedic surgery experience.
Vin McDermott
Vin McDermott
CFO, Community, Specialty & Ambulatory Division
Mass General Brigham
Vincent McDermott serves as Senior Vice President and CFO of the Community, Specialty and Ambulatory Division at Mass General Brigham, with prior roles including Senior VP of Finance and CFO at Lahey Hospital and VP of Finance and Real Estate at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. His career in the MGB system spans nearly three decades across finance, real estate, and operational leadership.
Michael Nurok, MD, PhD
Michael Nurok, MD, PhD
Co-Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
Cedars-Sinai
Dr. Nurok received his medical degree from the University of Cape Town and completed his residency in anesthesiology and fellowships in thoracic anesthesia, cardiac anesthesia, and critical care medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Prior to Cedars-Sinai, he designed and implemented a dedicated orthopedic intensive care unit at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, serving as its director and on the faculty of Weill Cornell Medical College. At Cedars-Sinai he serves as professor, director of the Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit, and director of the fellowship in Critical Care Medicine, in addition to his co-chair role. He also holds a PhD in sociology from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris.
Bert Parnell
Bert Parnell
Senior Director, ASC & Hospital Based Operations
OrthoSouth
Bert Parnell serves as Senior Director of ASC and Hospital Based Operations at OrthoSouth, the region’s leading orthopedic practice in Memphis, with prior experience at Surgery Partners and Symbion. His skill set covers managed care, revenue cycle, physician relations, and contract negotiation, and he has overseen OrthoSouth’s ambulatory surgery centers to national recognition, including a top 2% ranking by Newsweek.
Ethan Parten
Ethan Parten
VP, Peri-Procedural Services
Mass General Brigham
Ethan Parten serves as VP of Peri-Procedural Services across the Brigham, managing all capital improvement projects and leading performance improvement for areas spanning invasive and non-invasive cardiology, endoscopy, infusion, interventional radiology, and pre- and post-procedure services. He also oversees endoscopy and infusion programs at Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, chairs the Peri-Procedural Leadership Group, and serves as adjunct faculty at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
Matthew J. Perreault
Matthew J. Perreault
Partner, Health and Life Sciences
McDermott Will & Schulte
Matthew J. Perreault is a partner in the Health and Life Sciences practice at McDermott Will & Schulte, where he advises healthcare organizations on complex transactions, sophisticated value-based care arrangements, and related fraud and abuse matters. He represents health plans, accountable care organizations, and a range of provider, risk intermediary, and provider enablement organizations on value-based agreements including shared savings, bundled payments, downside risk, and capitation arrangements, and counsels clients on the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute. Before entering private practice he served as Deputy General Counsel at Steward Health Care, supporting an integrated delivery network and its ACO agreements, and earlier held legal roles at Fresenius Medical Care. He is recognized by Best Lawyers in health care law.
Sheeraz Qureshi, MD, MBA
Sheeraz Qureshi, MD, MBA
Co-Chief, HSS Spine; CMO, HSS Florida
Hospital for Special Surgery
Dr. Qureshi serves as Co-Chief of HSS Spine and holds the Patty and Jay Baker Chair in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery, with a clinical practice focused on minimally invasive and motion-sparing spine procedures, performing nearly 300 such surgeries annually. He joined HSS in 2017 after serving as Chief of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery and Associate Director of the Spine Center at Mount Sinai Hospital, and holds a professorship in orthopedic surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine. In 2024 he was named Chief Medical Officer of HSS Florida, overseeing clinical operations and quality across all HSS South Florida locations. He has authored over 200 peer-reviewed articles, given more than 100 invited lectures worldwide, and is a founding member and treasurer of the Minimally Invasive Spine Study Group.
Arshad Rahim, MD, MBA
Arshad Rahim, MD, MBA
CMO & SVP, Population Health
Mount Sinai Health System
Dr. Rahim serves as CMO and SVP for Population Health at Mount Sinai Health System and the Mount Sinai Clinically Integrated Network, with responsibility for clinical programs across 475,000 lives, including 200,000 with downside financial risk, and a network of 6,000 providers. He holds a BA in economics from Duke University, an MD from the University of North Carolina, and an MBA from Emory University, and completed his internal medicine residency at Yale and Northwestern. Prior to his current role he served as VP of Quality Improvement at Lumeris, Group VP of Quality Improvement and Innovation at Healthgrades, and Director at Sg2. He remains an actively practicing hospitalist at Mount Sinai Hospital.
Harita Reddy, MPH, BSN, FACHE
Harita Reddy, MPH, BSN, FACHE
Executive Director, Anesthesiology
Cedars-Sinai
Harita Reddy is the Executive Director of the Anesthesiology Department at Cedars-Sinai, where she leads operations for one of the nation’s leading academic medical centers. She brings more than 16 years of healthcare leadership experience spanning hospital operations, process improvement, and perioperative services, including a prior role as Director of Process Improvement at Providence St. Joseph Health. She holds an MPH from the University of California, Los Angeles, a BSN, and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE).
Andrew Resnick, MD
Andrew Resnick, MD
Chief Medical & Quality Officer
The Chartis Group
Dr. Resnick serves as Chief Medical and Quality Officer and Senior Partner at Chartis, where he leads the High Reliability Care practice spanning Chartis Consulting and Chartis Clinical Quality Solutions. He brings more than 20 years of health system CMO and CQO experience, including SVP and Chief Quality and Safety Officer at Brigham Health, CMO and Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs at Froedtert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin, and Chief Quality Officer at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. He remains an active associate surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital and a part-time lecturer at Harvard Medical School, holds an MD from Yale University School of Medicine and an MBA from the Wharton School, and has more than 30 peer-reviewed publications in quality, safety, and high reliability.
Jerome Siy, MD, MHA
Jerome Siy, MD, MHA
Sr. Medical Director, Value-Based Care
HealthPartners
Dr. Siy serves as Senior Medical Director for Value-based Care and Home and Community Services at HealthPartners Care Group, and previously led the adult and pediatric hospital medicine program across 12 hospitals in Minnesota and Wisconsin, spearheading innovations including hospital at home and telemedicine. He obtained his MD from Mayo Medical School, completed his internal medicine residency at the University of Minnesota, and holds an MHA from the University of Minnesota, where he received the Outstanding Student Award upon graduation. In 2018 he joined the Society of Hospital Medicine board of directors and became President in 2021, and was recently honored with the Master designation for his contributions to hospital medicine. He also holds an adjunct appointment at the University of Minnesota in both the School of Medicine and the Executive MHA program.
Christopher D. Sprowl, MD, MS
Christopher D. Sprowl, MD, MS
President, Sinai Medical Group & Ambulatory Enterprise
Sinai Chicago
Dr. Sprowl provides executive-level leadership and oversight of the medical group and physician enterprise across ambulatory, community, acute, emergent, and post-acute care settings at Sinai Chicago. Prior to Sinai Chicago, he held significant leadership roles at MaineHealth, SSM Health as Group President and Medical and Regional Clinical Affairs Officer, and PeaceHealth, with expertise spanning primary and specialty care strategy, physician engagement, and service line development.
Robyn Tessin
Robyn Tessin
Director, Payment Policy
American Hospital Association
Robyn Tessin leads payment policy work at the American Hospital Association, where her portfolio spans Medicare payment, value-based care, and telehealth. She is the association's named contact on its comment letters to CMS on bundled payment policy, including the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Expanded (CJR-X) Model, and has spoken nationally on how providers are positioned under the CMS TEAM model. She came to the AHA from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where as a supervisory attorney in the Office of the General Counsel she counseled federal officials on regulatory and policy questions across the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Earlier in her career she practiced in the health care group of a law firm, handling transactional, regulatory, and compliance matters for industry clients. She earned her Juris Doctor at the University of Michigan Law School and her B.S. at the University of Illinois.
Hans Van Lancker, MD, FRCSC, FAAOS
Hans Van Lancker, MD, FRCSC, FAAOS
Chair of the Surgical Executive Committee and President of the Medical Staff
Cambridge Health Alliance
Dr. Van Lancker is a graduate of the Alpert Medical School of Brown University, completed his residency at the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal, and went on to complete the Harvard Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Prior to joining CHA, he served as Vice Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery, VP of Trauma Services, and Chief of Orthopaedic Trauma at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston, where he established protocolized hip fracture care that led to St. Elizabeth’s becoming the only Healthgrades 5-star hip fracture hospital in eastern Massachusetts. At CHA he is also an instructor in orthopaedic surgery at Harvard Medical School and holds dual board certification from the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada.
Becca Waltuch
Becca Waltuch
Partner, Healthcare Transactions
Holland & Knight
Rebecca “Becca” Waltuch is a partner in the Healthcare Transactions practice at Holland & Knight’s Boston office, where she advises nonprofit and for-profit healthcare clients on a wide range of transactional and regulatory matters. She counsels hospitals, health systems, and healthcare investors on complex operational and contracting matters, including multistate physician practice acquisitions, joint ventures, mergers, and affiliations, and has advised health systems on Next Generation ACO, Medicare Shared Savings Program, and Medicaid ACO models. Drawing on her prior role as in-house counsel to a large clinically integrated physician network and community hospital system, she helps clients meet business needs while navigating regulatory risk. She earned her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law, an M.P.H. from Tufts University School of Medicine, and a B.A. from Barnard College, Columbia University.
Dan Ward, MD
Dan Ward, MD
Chief, Division of Arthroplasty
New England Baptist Hospital
Dr. Daniel Ward is an attending physician at New England Baptist Hospital serving as Chief of the Division of Arthroplasty, with specialization in total joint replacement and revision surgery of the hip and knee. He holds an academic appointment as Assistant Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Tufts University School of Medicine and is actively involved in clinical research on hip and knee implants, with publications and national lecture credits in the field.
Jon “J.P.” Warner, MD
Jon “J.P.” Warner, MD
Co-Chief, Shoulder Service; Vice Chair, Quality & Safety
MGH Orthopaedics
Dr. Warner is Co-Chief of the MGH Shoulder Service, Vice Chair for Quality and Safety for MGH Orthopedics, and Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School, as well as founder of the Boston Shoulder Institute. He completed his medical training at the University of Rochester followed by a postgraduate residency in the Harvard Combined Orthopedic Surgery Program, and previously served as Chief of the Shoulder Service and Director of the Shoulder Biomechanics Laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh. He has authored over 300 peer-reviewed publications, more than 200 book chapters, and five textbooks in shoulder surgery, and served as President of the American Shoulder and Elbow Society in 2012. He is also a Harvard Business School Executive Program graduate with ongoing work in value-based healthcare, and founded the Codman Shoulder Society, a value-based health care group.
Robert Weiss
Robert Weiss
Director, Business Operations & Optimization
Brown University Health
Robert M. Weiss serves as Director of Business Operations and Optimization at Brown University Health, with dual graduate degrees including an MHA and MBA, and prior experience as Director of Strategic Business Planning Analysis at the same organization. Before Brown University Health, he held roles at Hartford HealthCare as Regional Manager of Business Operations and Regional Program Manager of Perioperative Administration, where he led operational efficiency initiatives and managed implementation of system-wide operational projects.
Melissa A. Wong
Melissa A. Wong
Partner, Healthcare & Life Sciences
Holland & Knight
Melissa A. Wong is a partner in the national Healthcare & Life Sciences Industry Group at Holland & Knight’s Boston office, with a focus on managed care and federal healthcare programs including Medicare, Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, and Medicare Part D. She brings more than a decade of regulatory and technical experience in government healthcare programs, advising clients on these issues in mergers and acquisitions, private equity investment, representations and warranties underwriting, and government and payer audits. She also counsels pharmaceutical manufacturers, pharmacy benefit managers, and other stakeholders on drug coverage, pricing, and reimbursement, including value-based purchasing arrangements. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and an honors graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Law.
Justine Zilliken
Justine Zilliken
System VP, Surgical Services
Rush University System for Health
Justine Zilliken currently serves at Rush University System for Health in Chicago, with prior roles including VP of Operations for Medical Group and Physician Services at Trinity Health of New England, and Assistant VP of Surgical and Specialty Services at NorthBay Health. She holds an Executive Leadership credential from Harvard Business School and an MBA and MHA, and is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE). Her career spans perioperative operations, service line management, and physician services across health systems in the Northeast and West Coast before joining Rush.

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Agenda

Two Days. One Room.

A working agenda across two tracks.

Live Stream
Select sessions are also offered virtually. Three sessions will be streamed live for virtual attendees. Look for the Live Stream tag on the agenda below.
Day OneTuesday, August 18
12:30 - 1:30 PM
Registration & Refreshments · Lunch provided Harvard Hall Foyer
1:30 - 2:10 PM
Bundled Payments
Scaling Success: Turning Bundle Investments into Enterprise Capabilities
Michael Barbati · Advocate Health
Matthew J. Perreault · McDermott Will & Schulte
Moderated by Derek Haas
Harvard Hall
Care Transformation
Culture by Design: Creating a Foundation for High-Performing Health Systems
Susanna Gallani · Harvard Business School
Jon “J.P.” Warner, MD · MGH Orthopaedics
Christopher D. Sprowl, MD, MS · Sinai Chicago
Moderated by Danny Yagoda
Massachusetts Room
2:10 - 2:20 PM
Break
2:20 - 3:00 PM
Bundled Payments
From Strategy to Action: Best Practices for Operationalizing Change in Bundles
Dan Ward, MD · New England Baptist Hospital
David Bumpass, MD · UAMS
Moderated by Kaitlyn Ciccone
Harvard Hall
Care Transformation
Improving Outcomes Through High Reliability: The Next Frontier in Healthcare Quality
Andrew Resnick, MD · The Chartis Group
Roger Conant · Cambridge Health Alliance
Moderated by Derek Haas
Massachusetts Room
3:00 - 3:10 PM
Break
3:10 - 3:50 PM
Bundled Payments
Post-Acute Care Optimization Strategies for Succeeding in Bundles
Jamie Chang, MD · WellSky
Jerome Siy, MD, MHA · HealthPartners
Moderated by Annie Mooney
Harvard Hall
Care Transformation
The Future of Anesthesia Care Delivery: New Models for a Constrained Workforce
Michael Nurok, MD, PhD · Cedars-Sinai
Harita Reddy, MPH, BSN, FACHE · Cedars-Sinai
Moderated by Andy Strunk
Massachusetts Room
3:50 - 4:00 PM
Break
4:00 - 4:40 PM
Main Stage
Aligning Hospital-Physician Financial Incentives to Improve Value
Susanna Gallani · Harvard Business School
Hans Van Lancker, MD, FRCSC, FAAOS · Cambridge Health Alliance
Moderated by Kaitlyn Ciccone
Harvard Hall
4:40 - 5:00 PM
Main Stage
Charting the Future of AI in Healthcare Analytics
Avant-garde Health Team
Moderated by Danny Yagoda / Derek Haas
Harvard Hall
5:20 PM
Cocktail Reception & Dinner Rochambeau · 900 Boylston St, Boston, MA
Day TwoWednesday, August 19
7:00 - 8:00 AM
Breakfast Harvard Hall
8:00 - 9:00 AM
Main Stage
From Pre-Op to Recovery: Optimizing the Full Care Episode
Angela M. Bader, MD, MPH · Brigham and Women's Hospital
Bob Kaplan · Harvard Business School
Moderated by Danny Yagoda
Harvard Hall
9:00 - 9:10 AM
Break
9:10 - 9:50 AM
Main Stage
Fireside Chat with John Fernandez, CEO, Brown University Health
John Fernandez · Brown University Health
Moderated by Derek Haas
Harvard Hall
9:50 - 10:35 AM
Main Stage
Keynote: HBS Professor Leslie John – Revealing: The Underrated Power of Oversharing
Leslie John · Harvard Business School
Moderated by Andy Strunk
Harvard Hall
10:35 - 11:15 AM
Facilitated Networking
11:15 - 12:00 PM
Bundled Payments
Real-World Gainsharing Scenarios in Value-Based Care: An Interactive Session
Becca Waltuch · Holland & Knight
Robyn Tessin · American Hospital Association
Moderated by Jordan Rogers
Massachusetts Room
Care TransformationLive Stream
Supply Cost Optimization: Strategies to Bend the Cost Curve
Bert Parnell · OrthoSouth
Justine Zilliken · Rush University System for Health
Robert Weiss · Brown University Health
Moderated by Annie Mooney
Harvard Hall
12:00 - 12:50 PM
Lunch Harvard Hall
12:50 - 1:30 PM
Bundled PaymentsLive Stream
How Health System Leaders Can Set the Stage for Success
Dani Andrade · UCHealth
Arshad Rahim, MD, MBA · Mount Sinai Health System
Thiru Annaswamy, MD, MA · Penn State Health
Moderated by Andy Strunk
Harvard Hall
Care Transformation
Partnering for Performance: Executive and Physician Leadership in Action
Vin McDermott · Mass General Brigham
Sheeraz Qureshi, MD, MBA · Hospital for Special Surgery
Moderated by Danny Yagoda
Massachusetts Room
1:30 - 1:40 PM
Break
1:40 - 2:20 PM
Care Transformation
Interactive Discussion on Leveraging AI Insights to Drive Change
Avant-garde Health Team
Moderated by Mary Kate Grow & Jordan Rogers
Massachusetts Room
Care Transformation
From Local to Enterprise-wide Care Optimization: The Future of Integrated Health Systems
Katie Galbraith · New England Baptist Hospital
Ethan Parten · Mass General Brigham
Mitch Harris, MD · Mass General Brigham
Moderated by Danny Yagoda
Harvard Hall
2:20 - 2:30 PM
Break
2:30 - 3:30 PM
Main StageLive Stream
CMS Policy Updates, Roadmap, and Discussion with Sacha Wolf
Sacha Wolf · CMS Innovation Center (CMMI) • U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
Moderated by Derek Haas
Harvard Hall
3:30 - 3:35 PM
Closing Remarks
4:10 PM
Boston Red Sox vs Arizona Diamondbacks Fenway Park
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Post-Summit · Evening of August 19 · First Pitch 4:10 PM
Red Sox vs. Arizona Diamondbacks at Fenway Park
Avant-garde Health will host an evening at Fenway Park, taking in a live Red Sox game in one of Boston’s most iconic venues. This is a private hosted event, included with every registration at no additional cost.
Included with Registration
Summit attendees networking
Who Attends

Health System Leaders Driving Change

Leaders from U.S. health systems spanning finance, operations, perioperative care, population health, innovation, and quality, working to improve cost, quality, and performance at scale.

Sessions are designed to be detailed and actionable. Every attendee leaves with a concrete game plan to bring back to their organization.

C-Suite Executives Finance Leaders Operational Leaders Perioperative Leaders Population Health Leaders Innovation Leaders Quality & Outcomes Leaders
Sponsors

Summit Sponsors

Organizations supporting the 2026 Bundled Payment & Care Transformation Summit.

The Chartis Group Holland & Knight McDermott Will & Schulte
Venue

Harvard Club of Boston

Situated in the heart of Boston, steps from Copley Square and Back Bay. One of the city’s most distinguished private venues, ideally positioned for attendees to explore everything Boston has to offer.

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374 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
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Registration

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Full access to all sessions, meals, and the post-summit evening at Fenway Park. Apply your invitation code at checkout or contact us to request one.

Harvard Club of Boston
August 18–19, 2026
Standard Rate
$1,295
Per Attendee
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Where to Stay

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Sheraton Boston Hotel rooftop pool
Sheraton Boston Hotel
39 Dalton Street, Boston, MA · ~10 min walk to venue
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370 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA · ~1 min walk to venue
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FAQ

Common Questions

This summit brings together health system leaders across the full range of roles driving value-based care, including C-suite executives, finance, operations, perioperative, population health, innovation, and quality and outcomes leaders. Attendance is by invitation only and curated for seniority and relevance.
Registration includes full access to all summit sessions across both days, the Day One cocktail reception and dinner, all Day Two breakouts and roundtables, and the post-summit private evening at Fenway Park, at no additional cost. Hotel accommodations are not included.
If you received a personal invitation, your code will be entered at checkout to apply your exclusive rate. If you have not received a code and wish to request one, contact us at info@avantgardehealth.com. Attendance requests are reviewed individually.
On the evening of August 19, all registered attendees are invited to join us at Fenway Park for a live Red Sox game and an evening of connection at one of Boston’s most iconic venues. It is included with your registration at no additional cost. Details are shared upon completing registration.
Yes. While many attendees are actively running CMS TEAM or prior bundled payment models, the summit addresses the full spectrum of value-based care transformation, clinical pathway design, cost management, physician alignment, and care coordination. Every session is designed to be immediately actionable regardless of program status.
We have secured preferred rates at two Back Bay hotels within easy walking distance of the Harvard Club: the Sheraton Boston Hotel and The Eliot Hotel. See the Where to Stay section for booking links, group codes, and reservation deadlines. Rooms are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.