Free Executive Web Briefing, Sponsored by Integrated Care Online
The transition to an integrated care delivery model doesn’t happen overnight. Merging physical and behavioral healthcare can present many financial and clinical challenges—especially during an unpredictable healthcare climate.
In this session, the NextGen® Advisors, a multidisciplinary team of healthcare experts, will dig into why it is challenging to move to integrated care and how to pursue the journey in a way that sets your organization up for success.
Learning Objectives:
- Why integrated care is so challenging
- How to leverage the differences between physical and behavioral care to your advantage
- What it takes to build a successful clinical and business model that fits organizational needs now and for the future
Featured Speakers
Jeffrey Howard
Chief Financial Officer
Cherokee Health Systems
Jeff was named Cherokee’s Chief Financial Officer in 1998 and brings over 25 years of accounting experience to his role. He has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1992 and graduated from Carson Newman College with a B.S. in Accounting in 1987. Jeff is also a graduate of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary with a master’s degree in Christian Education. He volunteers frequently at his church in Morristown in a variety of ways, including the worship, youth, and children’s ministries.
Martin Lustick, MD
Senior Vice President
NextGen® Advisors
Dr. Martin Lustick is a principal and senior vice president with NextGen Healthcare focused on supporting provider organizations in their successful transition from volume to value-based care.
Dr. Lustick earned a BA in History from Cornell and an MD from Columbia. After completing his pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital National Medical Center in Washington, DC, he was in clinical practice for 17 years with Kaiser Permanente of the Mid-Atlantic States. While there, Dr. Lustick held various management and leadership roles, including chief operating officer for the 800-physician medical group. He oversaw development of their hospitalist program, population health capability, and open access delivery model.
In 2005, Dr. Lustick assumed the role of SVP & CMO for Excellus BCBS which covers 1.6 million lives comprised of Medicare, Commercial, and Medicaid. In his 13+ year tenure there he led a variety of strategic initiatives, including a patient-centered medical home program which served as the foundation for the plan’s value-based payment strategy.
Graham Brown, MPH
Senior Vice President
NextGen® Advisors
Graham Brown is a principal and senior vice president with NextGen® Advisors focused on transforming care with provider organizations. His practice centers on accountable and value-based care strategy, population health management programs, and technology solutions for providers enabling new models of care delivery across the United States.
Mr. Brown is a former senior vice president and national practice leader for population health and clinical integration with GE Healthcare Partners (previously The Camden Group) where he led multidisciplinary client teams in strategy creation, program development, implementation, operations, and performance optimization engagements. He is an experienced leader in organizational development, managed care contracting, and change management initiatives.
Mr. Brown has over 25 years’ experience supporting provider groups, health and hospital systems, integrated delivery networks, and managed care payers to assess, design, contract, and implement systems and structures for population health management. He has worked nationally across the United States and Canada.
