Wednesday, September 28th
Mozart Conference Room
Pre-Conference Workshop: A Multi Dimensional Approach to Hospital-to-Hospital Affiliations
- Discover Critical Success Factors for Negotiating, Managing, and Closing Hospital-to-Hospital Transactions
- Compare Affiliation Models (Sales, Member Substitutions, Service Line) and Other Joint Ventures
- Discuss Essential Strategies for Balancing the Operational Aspects of Legal Requirements
- Learn Best Practices for Deal Management Implementation, Key Stakeholder Communications, and Pre-Integration Planning
- Navigating the Federal (FTC) and State Regulatory Approval Process and Account for its Influence on Timing and Deal Points
- Exploring the Future of Transaction Approval and the Potential Impacts of Imposed Conditions on Hospital Affiliations

Alex Busto
Associate
Nixon Peabody

Jill Gordon
Partner
Nixon Peabody

Shawn Sheffield
Chief Strategy Officer
Keck Medicine of USC

Eric Themm
President
Zephyr Healthcare Advisors

Jim West
President & CEO
PIH Health
Private Speaker & Sponsor Dinner
Thursday, September 29th
General Sessions in Debussy Conference Room
Networking Breakfast
Welcome & Introductions

Eric Themm
President
Zephyr Healthcare Advisors
The Great Transformation: Will the Pandemic Expedite Value in Healthcare?
Over the past two years, we’ve witnessed transformation in our daily lives that continue to challenge convention and expedite new realities. This great transformation has introduced new players, increased access to health care providers and forced employers to question whether they are getting the high-quality care their employees deserve amid ever-increasing costs and widespread staffing changes.
Join MemorialCare President & CEO, Barry Arbuckle, Ph.D., as he provides his insights and predictions on the impact the pandemic is having on the explosion of virtual health options, changes to employee health benefits and what the future holds for our industry.

Barry Arbuckle
President & CEO
MemorialCare
Staying Competitive in the Market: Exploring Innovative Solutions to Physician Alignment Models

Alex Busto
Associate
Nixon Peabody

Jill Gordon
Partner
Nixon Peabody
Break
The State of Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions
The panel will discuss healthcare merger and acquisition trends as they affect valuations, deal structures, transaction numbers including the potential impact of AB-2080 (Health Care Consolidation and Contracting Fairness Act of 2022) on future transactions in California.
The panel is comprised of industry experts representing investment banking, M&A legal, real estate, and private equity.

Mike Low
Partner
Hardesty LLC

Jonathan Bluth
Managing Director
Brown Gibbons, Lang & Company

Matt Coursen
Executive Managing Director,
Mid-Atlantic Healthcare Lead, JLL

Naomi Nakagama Kurata
Managing Partner
Tree Capital Group

Mike McKinnon
Partner
Sheppard Mullin
Networking Lunch

Jim Jorgenson
CEO
Visante
The Best Approach to Navigating Current and Future Workforce Challenges
In order to weather the storm of the Great Resignation and the continuing workforce shortages in healthcare, leaders must combat vacancies by putting people and talent first. Successful healthcare organizations create a healthy work environment where staff members feel valued, supported and encouraged to grow. Tactics will be discussed on leadership development and innovative operational strategies that provide organizations with important tactics to drive performance improvement, decrease turnover, improve retention and workforce effectiveness, ultimately increasing the quality of care provided. The importance of these strategies as well as workforce optimization that align staffing levels, skills, and volumes as well as best practices to confront these challenges will be explored.

Stephanie Dorwart
CEO
Altius Healthcare Consulting Group
Provider Well-being: How to deal with COVID Burnout and Keep Providers Engaged
A dynamic panel of providers and executives share their thoughts on how to move forward with healing from the trauma of the pandemic and the current climate of hospital based medicine. They will share their expertise on addressing well-being and tips on retaining and recruiting providers in this challenging environment.

David Obert, MD
Medical Director - Emergency Medicine
University Medical Center

Chris Pruitt, MD
Associate CMO
Sound Physicians

Brian Treuhaft, DO
Regional CMO
Sound Physicians

Barry Wolfman
President & CEO
St. Johns Regional, Oxnard
St. Johns Hospital, Camarillo
Adjourn
Hosted Reception
Friday, September 30th
General Sessions in Debussy Conference Room
Breakfast
Reducing Clinical Variation to Improve Hospital Quality and Margin

Nancy Lakier
Senior Advisor
Clinical Intelligence
The Evolution of Value-Based Care and Navigating Forward

Vince Micucci
Senior VP, Value-Based Solutions
Alliant Insurance Services