Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association Connected Care Summit
September 23 | 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
REGISTER
$129 Per Person
FAX 781-262-6136
MAIL – Check Payable to MHA Education Department
500 District Ave
Burlington, MA 01803-5096
For the second time, MHA will host the Connected Care Summit, bringing together providers, policymakers, and industry leaders to explore the future of connected and digital care. Hear from providers partnering to bring remote patient monitoring directly to patients—improving health outcomes while reducing costs. MHA will also release findings from its recent member survey examining the adoption of more than 40 care innovations across Massachusetts. The program will explore the evolving policy landscape for digital health, featuring advocates and providers discussing recent policy changes, what may be ahead in upcoming rulemaking, and key developments anticipated during the lame-duck Congressional session and the next Congress. Stay tuned for presentations from pediatric specialty providers on their work and advocacy in the digital health space, as well as innovative digital healthy living programs supporting patients during cancer treatment and recovery. Finally, hear from hospital leaders navigating the digital health ecosystem, state leaders advancing internet access, digital literacy, and equity, and those envisioning new virtual care programs through the state’s Rural Health Transformation Program.
AGENDA
**Agenda is still in development; speakers and session details are subject to change.**
9 – 9:05 a.m.: Welcome & Introductions
- Adam Delmolino, Senior Director, Virtual Care & Clinical Affairs, Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association
9:05 – 9:30 a.m.: The State of Healthcare Innovation in Massachusetts: What Our Members Are Telling Us — Key Findings from MHA’s Innovations Survey
- Adam Delmolino, Senior Director, Virtual Care & Clinical Affairs, Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association
9:30 – 10:15 a.m.: Care Without Walls: How Remote Patient Monitoring is Changing Healthcare
- Wayne Gietz, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Sturdy Health
- Kent Owusu, Senior Director, Clinical Operations, Population Health
- Frank Powers, MD, Chief Medical Officer, UMass Memorial Health
10:15 – 10:45 a.m.: The Digital Health Policy Outlook: What’s Changed and What’s Coming Next at the State & Federal Levels
- TJ Ferrante, Equity Partner, Foley & Lardner, LLP
10:45 – 11:25 a.m.: From Washington to Massachusetts: The Forces Shaping Digital Health
- Brian Scarpelli, Senior Global Policy Counsel & Executive Director, Connected Health Initiative
- Meg Cosgrove, AVP, Assistant Deputy General Counsel, Beth Israel Lahey Health
- Joe Nye, Vice President, Public Policy, American Telemedicine Association (ATA) | Head of Federal Government Relations, ATA Action
- Moderator: Jeremy Sherer, Partner, Health Tech & Healthcare Regulatory, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP
11:25 – 11:55 a.m.: From Innovation to Impact: Digital Health in Practice: Part I
- Lizzie Wong, Business & Policy Manager, Innovation & Digital Health Accelerator, Boston Children’s Hospital
12:25 – 12:50 p.m.: From Innovation to Impact: Digital Health in Practice: Part II
- Dr. Jennifer Ligibel, MD, Director, Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies and Breast Oncologist, Susan F. Smith Center for Women’s Cancers | Senior Physician, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
12:50 – 1:20 p.m.: Making Digital Health Work For Everyone: The Rise of Digital Navigators
- Kathy Bisbee, Director, Alliance for Digital Equity, Baystate Health
1:20 – 1:50 p.m.: Connecting Massachusetts: Digital Access, Literacy and Health Equity
- Cheryl Coss, Manager, Digital Equity Outreach & Engagement, Mass. Broadband Institute
1:50 – 2:20 p.m.: The Future of Rural Care: Virtual Health and the Rural Health Transformation Program
- TBD
2:20 p.m. Closing Remarks
- Adam Delmolino, Senior Director, Virtual Care & Clinical Affairs, Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association
