C-Suite Invitational:

Houston

Transformational

HealthcareWoodlands Waterway MarriottTuesday, September 26, 2017

Transformational Healthcare

Focus on ACO's, Bundles & Readmissions

Event Hashtag: #ReadmissionEvents2017 #ReadmissionEvents2017 #NRPCHouston

DIRECTIONS TO EVENTHOUSTON READMISSIONS SUMMIT

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Woodlands Waterway Marriott

1601 Lake Robbins Drive| The Woodlands, TX 77380

FROM GEORGE W. BUSH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

(22 mi North)

When exiting from the airport, head West on N Terminal Rd. Make a slight right onto John F Kennedy Blvd follow for 2.3 miles and make a right onto Hardy Toll Rd (toll road), follow for 2.9 miles. Keep right at the fork and follow signs for Woodlands/I-45 and merge onto TX-548 Spur N (toll road) follow for 11.9 miles and merge onto I-45 N follow for 3 miles and take exit 76B to merge onto Woodlands Pkwy. Turn right onto Waterway Avenue. The hotel will be on the left.

FROM WILLIAM P. HOBBY AIRPORT (40.4 mi North)

When exiting airport, head southeast toward Hobby Airport Loop. Continue straight onto Hobby Airport loop. Keep right and continue onto Broadway St, follow for 1.1 miles and turn left onto Bellfort St. Turn right onto Telephone Rd. Continue onto Reveille St for 1.8 miles and merge onto I-45 N, follow that for 34.7 miles and take exit 76B to merge onto Woodlands Pkwy. Turn right onto Waterway Avenue. The hotel will be on the left.

CONFERENCE CENTER LAYOUT

Event will be held in Waterway 5

WATERWAY

BALLROOM 5

ESCALATORS

ELEVATORS

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EVENT SCHEDULE

8:30 AM Opening Remarks

8:35 AM Dr. Eric Coleman, University of Colorado

9:15 AM Solution Provider Showcase

9:30 AM Viola Hebert, Abbott Nutrition

10:00 AM Networking & Vendor Showcase

10:15 AM Ankur Teredesai, KenSci

10:45 AM Tori Block, Wambi

10:50 AM Dr. Josh Luke

11:20 AM Care Management Panel

Moderator: Chad Fotheringham, Amada Senior Care

Panelists:

Michelle Brown, Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital

Bonnie Sheeren, Houston Health Advocacy

Wynde Pustejovsky, St. Luke's The Woodlands Hospital

Noon Lunch

1:00 PM Demo: Sandy Smith, Sternal Vest

1:05 PM C-Suite Panel

Moderator: Dr. Virginia Feldman, Nexus Health Resources

Panelists:

Tracy Wilson, Kindred Hospital

Tommy Le, CHRISTUS Dubuis Hospital of Beaumont

Nikki Roux, Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital

Syed Raza, MD, CHI Health St. Luke's

Sherri Welch, College Station Medical Center

1:45 PM Hospital & SNF Home Care Partnerships

Chad Fotheringham, Amada Senior Care

2:15 PM Nolan Kelly, Patient Ping

2:45 PM Anna Monaco, RN, BSN, TMF Health Quality Institute

3:15 PM Adjourn

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Dr. Eric Coleman

Care Transitions Intervention

Professor of Medicine & Head of

Health Care Policy & Research

UC Anschutz Medical Campus

Meeting Patients Where They Are: The Care Transitions Intervention 8:35am

Eric A. Coleman, MD, MPH, is Professor of Medicine and Head of the Division of Health Care Policy and Research at

the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Dr. Coleman is the Director of the Care Transitions Program,

aimed at improving quality and safety during times of care “handoffs”. Dr. Coleman serves as the Executive

Director of the Practice Change Leaders--a national program to develop, support and expand the influence of

organizational leaders who are committed to achieving transformative improvements in care for older adults. Dr.

Coleman was recognized with a 2012 MacArthur Fellowship for his work in bridging innovation and practice through

enhancing the role of patients and family caregivers in improving the quality of their care transitions. Please visit

www.changeleaders.org.

Quality Outcomes and Financial Benefits of Nutrition Intervention 9:30am

Viola Hebert, RN, BSN, MA

Abbott Nutrition

Clinical Liaison, Southwest

Solution Provider Showcase

9:15am

Viola Hebert is a healthcare professional with broad experience base in healthcare, private industry, consulting,

government arenas, and sales. A diverse background includes direct "hands-on" patient care in critical

care and acute clinical settings, leadership positions in the areas of nursing, job program management and

development, organizational culture change, process redesign, reengineering, clinical information (IT)

systems, healthcare education and training in both public and private sectors and leadership roles in

nursing excellence program designations. Collaborative skills essential for moving interprofessional decision-

makers to action by incorporating scientific evidence and best practices that will change system clinical practice.

Dr. Ankur Teredesai

Co-Founder & CTO of KenSci

Professor, Executive Director, Center for

Data Science, University of Washington,

Information Officer ACM Special Interest

Group in Knowledge Discovery from Data

Saving Lives while Saving Costs with Machine Learning Driven Accountable Care

10:15am

Networking & Vendor Showcase 10:00am

ABSTRACTAt KenSci we have developed machine learning applications for better care

management and efficient operations across the care continuum. We transitioned

years of research at the University of Washington, done in partnership with

various health systems and Microsoft Research, into actionable cost saving

solutions to make healthcare more affordable and clinical outcomes more

actionable with insights from data. We are on a mission to enable widespread social change.

In this talk, we present a practical machine learning approach for chronic care

management and will discuss why it nicely augments care decisions. We will also

demonstrate a few Kensci solutions for cost and risk stratification.

BIOAnkur M. Teredesai, Ph.D., is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of KenSci.

He also holds a Professorship in Computer Science; Systems at the University of Washington.

His research spans data science with its applications for societal impact in healthcare.

Apart from his academic appointments at RIT and the University of Washington,

Teredesai has significant industry experience, having held various positions at

C-DAC Pune, Microsoft Research, IBM T.J. Watson Labs, and a variety of technology startups.

He has published over 75 papers on machine learning, has managed large teams of

data scientists and engineers, and has deployed data science solutions in healthcare.

His recent applied research contributions include cost and risk prediction for

readmission due to chronic conditions such as congestive heart failure.

Other applications of his work have enabled predicting lengths of stay and sepsis,

as well as predicting medication pathways to lower risks of mortality and rehospitalization.

He is the Executive Director of Center for Data Science, and serves as the Information Officer

for ACM SIGKDD (Special Interest Group in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining),

the leading organization of industry and academic researchers in data science.

He is currently an associate editor for ACM SIGKDD Explorations and IEEE Transactions on

Big Data and serves on program committees of major international conferences

in machine learning and healthcare.

Dr. Josh Luke is a best-selling author, hospital CEO, healthcare futurist, thought-leader and international

motivational speaker. He is an experienced hospital CEO, health system Vice President and nursing home

administrator. He is regarded as a "futurist" on the Affordable Care Act and how it will shape the continuum of care

and has been described as an as an innovator, forward-thinking and a strategist on teaching ACO’s, BPCI’s, acute

hospitals and post-acute leaders how to position themselves for revenue growth in a post-ACA model.

He currently serves as Chief Strategy Officer for Nelson Hardiman Healthcare Law and its subsidiary consulting firm,

Compliagent. Having uniquely held executive positions in both acute and post-acute settings, Dr. Luke was selected

to author the book Readmission Prevention: Solutions Across the Provider Continuum published by the American

College of Healthcare Executives, the best-selling book from Health Administration Press in 2015.

In 2016, Xlibris publishing released Luke’s first book written for the mainstream public, Ex-Acute: A former hospital

CEO tells all on what’s wrong with American healthcare, What every American needs to know. In 2016 Luke is

conducting an international book promotion tour

In 2013, Luke was named Vice President of Post Acute Services for Torrance Memorial Health System. In that role he

designed a population management strategy (Total Wellness Torrance), working with the ACO, Bundled Payment &

IPA teams. TWT and its Post Acute Network received the 2013 Excellence in Programming award from CAHF. His

broad range of prior experience with some of the leading companies in healthcare, positioned him well to be an

expert on readmission prevention and care coordination. He served as the CEO of multiple acute hospitals in

California, as CEO of HealthSouth Las Vegas (acute rehab hospital), Administrator in the Skilled Nursing Division of

Kindred, and had direct oversight of home health and hospice services in his health system Vice president role.

Dr. Luke founded the National Readmission Prevention Collaborative in October 2013

(nationalreadmissionprevention.com) to showcase Best Practice integration models and the National Bundled

Payment Collaborative in 2015.

Dr. Josh Luke, FACHE

The Voice of American Healthcare,

International Healthcare Futurist

Discharge with Dignity: For my Mom & Yours, & Your Bottom-Line

10:50am

Tori Block, Wambi

10:45am

Tori Block

Director of Engagement

Wambi

Tori Block has been a Director of Engagement at Wambi since September 2016. Wambi LLC partners with healthcare

organizations to provide leading-edge technology that increases patient satisfaction, improves quality of care,

and decreases caregiver turnover by empowering healthcare workers with real-time satisfaction data from patients

and their families. Wambi is a strategic platform armed to transform the healthcare industry. At Wambi, we develop

solutions to facilitate and accelerate quality of care by ensuring dignity for everyone involved in healthcare settings.

Chad Fotheringham

AMADA Senior Care

& Co-Host

Discharge with Dignity Podcast

Michelle P. Brown, BSN, RN

Houston Methodist

The Woodlands Hospital

Director of Case Management

and Social Work

Bonnie Sheeren

Houston Health Advocacy

Founder

Bonnie Shereen is a Patient Advocate who helps clients

communicate with health care providers or health insurers,

navigate the healthcare system and save money on their care.

Prior to her current role as Director of Case Management

and Social Work at Houston Methodist The Woodlands,

Michelle Brown was Director of Case Management at

Huntsville Memorial Hospital from July 2015 March 2017

and was a Clinical Nurse Manager at Memorial Hermann

The Woodlands from September 2012 through July 2015.

CARE MANAGEMENT PANEL 11:20am

Chad Fotheringham has ten years as president of Amada Senior Care which is one of the fastest growing company's in

the senior care space. Amada now has 87 offices in 30 states. Prior to Amada Chad served as national account

manager with Pfizer pharmaceuticals and specialized in the Medicare advantage sector where he worked as lead

coordinator of Pfizer's contracting and disease management programs with managed Medicare advantage companies.

Chad founded the Discharge with Dignity Podcast with co-host Josh Luke in February 2016. The program will launch in

March 2016 and serve as a Podcast dedicated specifically to providing resources and options for case managers,

discharge planners and social workers seeking solutions for enhanced senior care after a hospitalization or skilled

nursing stay. Chad Is also father of seven children and married to Nicole Nelson Fotheringham for 24 years.

Wynde Pustejovsky is the RN Population Health Coach and Project R.E.D. Program Coordinator at CHI-St. Luke’s

Health The Woodlands, Lakeside & Springwoods Village Hospitals. She received her BSN from

the University Of Texas Medical Branch School Of Nursing in Galveston, graduating Magna Cum Laude & class

Valedictorian. A registered nurse for over 17 years, Wynde’s nursing experience includes L&D, Med-Surg,

CV/Telemetry, ICU Nursing & RN Education. Since joining CHI St. Luke’s Health in 2008, she has been honored

to receive the PCC Quarterly Nursing Award and Mission Award. Wynde is passionate about empowering her patients

to take charge of their own health decisions which in turn improves their sense of independence and autonomy.

Wynde Pustejovsky

St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital

Population Health Coach/ Project R.E.D. Coord.

Sandy Smith

Sternal Vest

Chief Executive Officer

Cardiothoracic Sternal Vest Demo, 2016 NRPC Innovation Contest Winner

1:00 pm

Sandy Smith is co-owner of SmithInc, who

markets the Sternal Vest. Sternal Vest was names

the 2016 NRPC Innovation Contest winner for

“Highest Hospital Readmission Product”.

Sternal Vest is one of the best kept secrets in health care and won’t be for much longer, as this compression vest

used primarily for post-open heart surgery included a patented fabric that is reducing post-surgical infections. The

vest as a whole is not only reducing recovery time in the hospital and improving outcomes, but its allowing patients

to return home sooner and to return to their desired lifestyle in a quicker and safer manner. You can request more

information on Sternal Vest at www.NationalReadmissionPrevention.com

C-SUITE PANEL 1:05pm

MODERATOR

Dr. Virginia Feldman

Nexus Health Resources

Co-Founder & CEO

Dr. Feldman is the Co-Founder and CEO at Nexus Health Resources, which offers

transitional care software and services. Its flagship software, NexusConnexions,

allows clinical and non-clinical users to reduce the healthcare spend and

improve patient behaviors outside of direct care. Dr. Feldman is also a

practicing surgeon and prior to co-founding Nexus Health Resources, she was

co-founder of multiple start-ups including an ambulatory surgery center.

Tracy Wilson

Kindred Rehab Hospital

Northeast Houston

CEO

Tracy Wilson is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Kindred Rehabilitation Hospital Northeast Houston. As a

Speech-Language Pathologist, she has 22 years of post-acute experience with the past 13 years in leadership roles.

Tracy began her career in Oklahoma as a therapist in SNF, IRF, HH and LTACH settings. In 2011, she moved to Houston,

TX with her husband and three children to pursue an area rehab operations position for the Kindred Houston LTACH and

inpatient rehab market. In 2014, Tracy joined the Kindred Clinical Performance team which worked to improve quality

metrics and adherence to regulatory compliance for acute hospital-based IRF’s across the nation. In September, 2016,

she became the CEO of a free-standing rehabilitation hospital near her home in Kingwood, TX. This experience has

allowed her to gain a better understanding of the local challenges and opportunities for post-acute services and their

vital role in preventing readmissions to the acute care hospital. Tracy has a B.S. of Communication disorders degree

and M.S. in Speech Language Pathology from University of Oklahoma. Tracy enjoys traveling, particularly to Disney

World in Orlando, and loves spending time with her husband and 3 beautiful children.

Tommy Le is the Administrator/CEO for CHRISTUS Dubuis Hospital of Beaumont. Tommy is

charged with the day-to-day operation of two LTACHs, a Hospital-in-Hospital and a freestanding

hospital, where his main focus is delivering the highest quality and patient-centered care. Tommy

brings

Tommy Le, MHA

CHRISTUS Dubuis Hospital

of Beaumont

Administrator/CEO

expertise and knowledge in hospital start up, hospital transitioning/ turnaround, budgetary development, service line

development, and business development along with physician recruitment. Before becoming the Administrator/CEO in

Beaumont, Tommy served as Director of an inpatient rehabilitation hospital for two years at CHRISTUS Spohn Shoreline,

where he was instrumental in the recruitment of physicians, development of referrals network, and achieving financial

success. Tommy also had responsibility and oversight in business development and physician recruitment for three

inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in Louisiana and New Mexico totaling over 135 beds. Tommy has served as the

Administrative Fellow for CHRISTUS Continuing Care where he was essential in the transitioning and development of a

108-bed LTACH in the Houston market. Tommy is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE),

National Association of Health Services Executives (NAHSE), and the National Association of Long Term Hospitals

(NALTH). Tommy received his Master of Healthcare Administration from the University of Texas @ Arlington and

Bachelor degrees from Texas Tech University.

Nikki Roux

Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital

Chief Nursing Officer

Nikki Roux currently serves as Vice President and Chief Nursing

Officer at Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital. She holds a BSN

from Lamar University Beaumont, a JD from South Texas College

of Law and an MBA from Texas Woman’s University Houston.

Syed Raza, MD

CHI Health St. Luke’s

Vice President Medical Operations

Syed Raza received his BA in Biology degree at the University of Texas in Austin

and attended the Baylor College of Medicine for his internship and residency. He

started his internal medicine/hospitalist career at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital

in 1999 where he helped initiate that facility’s chest pain program and was the

number 1 admitter for chest pain, COPD, and heart failure patients by volume.

She is a registered nurse and a licensed attorney in the state of Texas and has served as an expert witness on issues of

nursing practice and nursing management. Ms. Roux has also served as adjunct professor at Texas Woman’s University

Houston for the MBA program teaching health care law and health care leadership classes. She has published several

articles related to legal issues affecting healthcare, and has served as the coordinating author for the legal checkpoints

column for Nursing Management magazine. She is a Certified Emergency Nurse by the Board of Certification for

Emergency Nursing, certified as a Nurse Executive, Advanced by the American Nurse Credentialing Center Commission

on Certification and a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Ms. Roux is also a Pathway to

Excellence Reviewer for the American Nurse Credentialing Center.

In 2006, he started a private practice hospitalist group in the Woodlands, TX. He admitted 15 primary care

physicians and since then, the practice has expanded rapidly. They now admit for 90+ physicians and attend at 2

acute care hospital, 2 surgical hospitals, and several LTACS/rehab facilities. There are currently 24 physicians in

the two hospitalist groups. In 2013, he became medical director for St. Luke’s Hospital in the Woodlands. After

St. Luke’s became part of CHI, Syed was named VP of Medical Operations, a position he currently holds.

Syed has been married for 22 years and has 3 children.

Sherri Welch

College Station Medical Center

Chief Operating Officer

Sherri Welch currently serves as Chief Operating Officer at College Station Medical Center. She has 24 years of extensive

medical background including nursing positions in emergency and trauma medicine, intravenous therapy, home health

and worker’s compensation medical case management. She has also managed an urgent care center, and an occupational

medicine center. She joined The Med in 2001 as the Associate Director of Patient Care Services. She received her BSN

from Prairie View A&M College of Nursing and in August, 2006, became Chief Nursing Officer after graduating with her

MHA from the Texas A&M Health Science Center’s School of Public Health. Sherri became a Fellow in the American

College of Healthcare Executives in 2013.

She is a Community Advisory Board member of Blinn College School of Nursing and Texas A&M University Health Science

Center School of Nursing. She serves on the board of Texas A&M School of Public Health Alumni and Texas A&M School of

Public Health MHA Professional Advisory Committee. She was named 2017 Distinguished Alumni. She also serves on the

board Ronald McDonald House Charities Brazos County. Her volunteer activities include the Bryan/College Station

Chamber of Commerce, March of Dimes and the American College of Healthcare Executives. She is a member of the

Texas Organization of Nursing Executives, the American College of Healthcare Executives and Sigma Theta Tau.

Next LA Event

Chad Fotheringham

AMADA Senior Care

& Co-Host

Discharge with Dignity Podcast

Hospital & SNF Home Care Partnerships1:45pm

Our Commitment to Senior Home Care:

At Amada we understand that caring for relatives can be rewarding but also stressful,

time consuming and emotionally exhausting. It is difficult for families to juggle work, children

And other obligations and still find time to properly care for an aging parent or loved one. Amada

takes care of the caregiving so you can focus on just being a son, daughter or friend again. Amada Senior Care is

committed to enriching lives by providing nurturing, compassionate senior home care and by guiding families

through the many senior housing options available for assisted living. Healthcare professionals and families look to

Amada to help them navigate the complexities of the senior care system.

Nolan Kelly, PatientPing

2:15pm

Nolan Kelly

PatientPing

Anna Monaco, RN, BSN

TMF Health Quality Institute

QI Consultant - Coordination of Care

Anna Monaco is a registered nurse with experience working

in trauma, neurosurgery, and orthopedic surgery. Before

working for TMF, she worked as a Patient Navigator in Austin

for joint replacement and spine surgery programs. Anna has

been working for TMF since October, 2016 in the North and

Southeast Houston Communities.

Nolan Kelly leads New Market Growth at PatientPing. He is

responsible for working closely with health systems, SNFs, HHAs,

physician organizations, associations, and other community providers

to bring PatientPing's real-time care coordination solution into new

cities and states. Nolan was previously VP, Business Development at

Linkwell Health and Director, Diversified Business Development at

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. He has an undergrad from

Boston College and MBA from Bentley University, and lives South of

Boston with his wife and three kids.

Anna Monaco, TMF Health Quality Institute

2:45pm

Adjourn

3:15pm

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