Catalyzing Innovative Health System Transformation: An Opportunity Agenda for the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation (2025)

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix E: Meeting Participants for September 28, 2021, Meeting on Multi-Payer Alignment on Value-Based Care." National Academy of Medicine. 2025. Catalyzing Innovative Health System Transformation: An Opportunity Agenda for the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26675.

APPENDIX E

MEETING PARTICIPANTS FOR SEPTEMBER 28, 2021, MEETING ON MULTI-PAYER ALIGNMENT ON VALUE-BASED CARE

Presenters and Moderator

David Muhlestein, PhD, JD, MHA, MS

Partner, Leavitt Partners

Frederick Isasi, JD, MPH

Executive Director, Families USA

Jessica Altman, MPP

Insurance Commissioner, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Mai Pham, MD, PhD

President and CEO, Institute for Exceptional Care

Hemi Tewarson, JD, MPH

Executive Director, National Academy for State Health Policy

Elizabeth Mitchell

President and CEO, Purchaser Business Group on Health

Mark McClellan, MD, PhD, MPA

Director, Robert J. Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke University

Invited Participants

Christine Bechtel

Co-Founder, X4 Health

Suggested Citation: "Appendix E: Meeting Participants for September 28, 2021, Meeting on Multi-Payer Alignment on Value-Based Care." National Academy of Medicine. 2025. Catalyzing Innovative Health System Transformation: An Opportunity Agenda for the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26675.

Asaf Bitton, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Chris DeMars

Director, Oregon Health Authority Transformation Center

Richard G. Frank, PhD

Margaret T. Morris Professor of Health Economics, Harvard Medical School

Donna Kinzer

Principal, DK Healthcare Consulting

J. Michael McWilliams, MD, PhD

Warren Alpert Foundation Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard University

Gregg Meyer, MD, MSc

President of Community Division and Executive Vice President of Value-Based Care, Mass. General Brigham

Dana Gelb Safran, ScM, ScD

President and CEO, National Quality Forum

Craig Samitt, MD, MBA

Founder and CEO, ITO Advisors

Robert Saunders, PhD

Research Director, Duke University

Eileen Sullivan-Marx, PhD, MS

Dean, Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University

Joseph W. Thompson, MD, MPH

President and CEO, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement

Jeremy Vandehey, JD

Director, Health Policy and Analytics, Oregon Health Authority

Suggested Citation: "Appendix E: Meeting Participants for September 28, 2021, Meeting on Multi-Payer Alignment on Value-Based Care." National Academy of Medicine. 2025. Catalyzing Innovative Health System Transformation: An Opportunity Agenda for the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26675.

Qi Zhou, MD, BM, MBA, MHCM

Vice President, Enterprise Quality Strategy and Management, Anthem

CMMI Participants

Elizabeth Fowler, PhD, JD

Deputy Administrator and Director

Amy Bassano, MA

Deputy Director (until November 2021)

Nisha Bhat, PhD

Senior Advisor

Kathryn Davidson, MSW

Director, Learning and Diffusion Group

Dora Hughes, MD, MPH

Senior Advisor

Ellen Lukens, MPH

Group Director

Purva Rawal, PhD

Chief Strategy Officer

Arrah Tabe-Bedward, JD, MS

Deputy Director

NAM Leadership and Staff

J. Michael McGinnis, MD, MA, MPP

Leonard D. Schaeffer Executive Officer and Senior Scholar

Ayodola Anise, MHS

Deputy Director, Leadership Consortium

Jennifer Lee, MD

Visiting Scholar

Suggested Citation: "Appendix E: Meeting Participants for September 28, 2021, Meeting on Multi-Payer Alignment on Value-Based Care." National Academy of Medicine. 2025. Catalyzing Innovative Health System Transformation: An Opportunity Agenda for the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26675.

Peak Sen Chua

Consultant

Allison Lester

Senior Program Assistant

Suggested Citation: "Appendix E: Meeting Participants for September 28, 2021, Meeting on Multi-Payer Alignment on Value-Based Care." National Academy of Medicine. 2025. Catalyzing Innovative Health System Transformation: An Opportunity Agenda for the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26675.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix E: Meeting Participants for September 28, 2021, Meeting on Multi-Payer Alignment on Value-Based Care." National Academy of Medicine. 2025. Catalyzing Innovative Health System Transformation: An Opportunity Agenda for the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26675.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix E: Meeting Participants for September 28, 2021, Meeting on Multi-Payer Alignment on Value-Based Care." National Academy of Medicine. 2025. Catalyzing Innovative Health System Transformation: An Opportunity Agenda for the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26675.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix E: Meeting Participants for September 28, 2021, Meeting on Multi-Payer Alignment on Value-Based Care." National Academy of Medicine. 2025. Catalyzing Innovative Health System Transformation: An Opportunity Agenda for the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/26675.
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