ACHP is hosting its 2022 Virtual Clinical Summit on Wednesday, February 16, from 11:00am to 3:30pm. In the keynote presentation, “The Big Question: What is The Future of Chronic Disease?” Dr. Karen Hacker, Director of CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion will discuss the impact of COVID-19 on chronic disease, the challenge of addressing social factors and the opportunities this moment presents to improve the health of our communities. A live question and answer session will follow.

In “The Digital Health Revolution in Reducing Chronic Illness,” panelists Diana Gelston, Best Buy Health, Meg Horgan, MSN, R.N., Geisinger, and Annie Ideker, M.D., HealthPartners will discuss how health plans should invest and partner in new digital technologies prevent, improve and reverse chronic conditions. Moderated by Ginny Whitman, ACHP, attendees will hear insights from ACHP and industry experts on what’s critical to creating positive impact with these digital health programs and tools. Two concurrent sessions will follow. Session A, “Novel Approaches in Behavioral Health,” moderated by Pamela Greenberg, MPP, Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness, will allow attendees to hear from ACHP plans and a guest expert from National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) about exciting opportunities to advance behavioral health, including a substance use disorder bundle, value-based payment models for medication-assisted treatment (MAT) and assertive community treatment (ACT) and more. Panelists include Carlos Blanco, M.D., Ph.D., National Institute on Drug Abuse, Lori Fertall, MBA, Community Care Behavioral Health Organization, and Scott Whittle, M.D., SelectHealth. Session B, “Sticky Solutions for Medication Adherence in Patients with Chronic Disease,” will focus on ways medication adherence can improve clinical outcomes for chronic disease management and reduce mortality from chronic conditions, making it a great area of opportunity for health plans to focus on improving for the health of their members and communities. Moderator Susan Cantrell, MHL, R.Ph., AMCP, will kick off discussion with panelists Mihir Patel, Pharm.D., PacificSource, and Ben Urick, Pharm.D., Ph.D., University of North Carolina. 

After a break, attendees will join together for “A New Age of Equity and Accountability: Achieving Market Differentiation Through ACHP’s 2030 Roadmap to Reform.” Speakers Scott Atole, Presbyterian Health Plan, Rishi Manchanda, M.D., Health Begins, and Joy Marsh, UCare, will lead this session and explore emerging approaches to measuring and improving quality and experience, equity’s role in driving health plan customer decision-making and opportunities for ACHP members to collectively demonstrate their value through ACHP’s 2030 Chronic Disease Pledge. Finally, the Summit will conclude with a “Deep Dive Discussion: Meeting ACHP’s Chronic Disease Pledge,” led by senior Clinical Advisor George Isham, this will be an interactive discussion about ACHP’s chronic disease pledge and next steps in fulfilling the pledge made in ACHP’s Roadmap to Reform.