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Hyatt Regency Boston

1 Ave de Lafayette, Boston, MA 02111

Hyatt Regency Boston
One Avenue de Lafayette
Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 02111,
Tel: +1 617 912 1234 , Fax: +1 617 451 2198

Chilmark Research has reserved a block of sleeping rooms at the Hyatt Regency Boston at the special rate of $299.00. This rate is good until September 11. After this time, the hotel can raise the sleeping room rate. This is high-season in Boston, and conference attendees are urged to reserve their sleeping rooms early, as we expect to sell out our block of sleeping rooms. Similar hotels in the area are charging up to $500-$600 per night over our dates.

The Hyatt is centrally located downtown along the famous Freedom Trail between the Financial and Theatre Districts. It is within walking distance of many of Boston’s tourist attractions including Faneuil Hall, The Boston Commons and Public Gardens, Newbury Street, Museums, restaurants and more. It also provides easy access to public transit between South Station and Logan Airport.

Hotel sleeping rooms were recently renovated. Hotel guests will receive complimentary: Wi-Fi, access to 24-hour StayFit Gym, and guided runs & yoga classes. There is also a 52-foot heated, indoor saline pool with adjoining terrace.

If flying into Boston, you can take public transit (Silver Line) to the hotel neighborhood or take a taxi ($25), Uber or Lyft. Public transit is easy to navigate and operates throughout the city and Cambridge. Most attendees will not need to rent a car. Boston is a smaller, walkable city, and parking can be difficult and expensive. If you do decide to rent a car, the hotel valet parking is $55 per evening, and self-parking is $40.

If you do reserve a room at the hotel, be aware that the Hotel requires that they be notified of any cancellations by 6:00 pm 24 hours prior to the day of arrival to avoid being charged one night’s occupancy.

Points of Convergence: Opportunities for Innovation

Over the course of the past year, Chilmark Research has spoken with well over a hundred organizations (providers, payers, vendors and investors) to understand the current state of the market as it prepares itself for far deeper partnerships between providers and payers. Try as we might, Chilmark Research has yet to uncover any comprehensive Convergence platform. Clearly, there is an enormous opportunity.

This panel features Laurie McGraw of the AMA, Rahul Dubey from AHIP, and Jessica Zeaske from GE Ventures. Representing two of the largest lobbying groups for Convergence stakeholders, and the investment arm of one of the nation’s largest healthcare companies, these guests will highlight what they see as the most pressing opportunities for early-, mid-, and late-stage innovation. See full agenda >

Speakers:

John Moore
President
Chilmark Research

Jessica Zeaske
Director
GE Ventures

Laurie McGraw
SVP Health Solutions
AMA

Rahul Dubey
SVP Innovation
AHIP

Convergence on a Budget

Dr. Bell will share learnings and perspectives on the critical role of convergence as the BMC Health System – which includes Boston Medical Center, New England’s largest safety net hospital, and BMC HealthNet Plan, the largest Medicaid Managed Care Organization in Massachusetts – prepares for the transformation of the Massachusetts Medicaid program. See full agenda >

Speakers:

Alastair Bell, MD, MBA
EVP Strategy and Chief Operating Officer
Boston Medical Center Health System

The Convergence of Improved Health and Care Delivery: Aetna’s Joint Venture Model

Gary Loveman, President of Consumer Health and Services at Aetna, leads the company’s population health management and consumer engagement strategies. This work includes network and clinical services, care management, digital consumer health products, marketing, analytics and data science. Dr. Loveman and his team are focused on improving the health of its members by preventing individuals from being unnecessarily ill and experiencing healthcare costs that are unnecessarily high. He will deliver a thought provoking perspective on convergence by discussing Aetna’s collaborative strategy with health systems and how Aetna intends to more deeply support these partners. This model shifts the traditional paradigm between payers and providers by realigning incentives so that both parties share equally in the risk and reward of delivering quality care at a lower cost. See full agenda >

Speakers:

Gary Loveman, PhD
EVP, President
Aetna, Aetna Health and Consumer Services

Enabling Convergence: New Models for Data Sharing and App Development

Data sharing is an unnatural act in too many parts of the healthcare system. Providers and payers need each other’s data to improve systemic insights and actionability at the point of care. How this can be done and who controls access and use are unsettled questions. Existing applications weren’t designed for fluid data sharing. New approaches to application development and data integration are driving both insights and actionability outside healthcare. This session explores how new approaches to applications development and longstanding HIT technologies can begin to harness the advantages of modern distributed applications. See full agenda >

Session Moderator: Ken Kleinberg

Speakers:

Dan Nigrin
SVP & CIO, Boston Children’s Hospital

Brian Murphy
Analyst, Chilmark Research

David McCallie, MD
SVP Medical Informatics, Cerner

Aashima Gupta
Global Head – Healthcare Solutions, Google Cloud Platform, Google

Convergence: Geisinger's Perspective

The migration from fee-for-service to fee-for-value payment models is putting tremendous strain on provider organizations of all sizes. Guidelines that do not add value, lack of interoperability across providers and across provider-payer systems, ever cumbersome reporting are all taking their toll, providing questionable value to the communities served.

From the perspective of one of the leading U.S. healthcare organizations, Dr. Bulger will provide Geisinger’s perspective on the need for convergence and how Geisinger is enabling a strategy to support closer alignment with payers to better serve their community of patients and physicians. See full agenda >

Speakers:

John Bulger, DO
Chief Medical Officer Population Health , Geisinger Health System

Taking Convergence to Market: The CareMore Story

Join us for a fireside chat with Dr. Sachin Jain, President & CEO of the CareMore Health System. Dr. Jain will share lessons learned from his experiences running one of the pioneer examples of a Convergence business model.

Audience members are encouraged to submit their own questions via Twitter using the #CRConverge hashtag. See full agenda >

Speakers:

Sachin Jain, MD
President/CEO
CareMore Health System

John Moore
Founder and President
Chilmark Research