Health Equity Trends Summit

Date: Tuesday, June 13th, 8 am-3:30 pm
Location: UMass Boston Campus Center Ballroom, 100 William T Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA 02125 (Virtual attendance available)

A convening by the Health Equity Compact of Massachusetts leaders for a public discussion on actions to accelerate and achieve breakthrough health equity reform across the Commonwealth.

The Health Equity Trends Summit will feature influential leaders from government, health, business, and other diverse sectors who are key to advancing health equity statewide.

This will be an in-person and virtual event. Video recording will also be available following the event. We hope you can join us for this critical conversation.

Agenda

Agenda
8:00 am – 8:30 am	Registration, Light Breakfast Available
8:30 am – 9:15 am	Welcome & Opening Remarks
9:15 am – 10:45 am	Perspectives on Health Equity from Healthcare Systems Leaders
10:45 am – 11:30 am	Data Presentation: Economic Cost of Health Inequities Report
11:30 am – 12:00 pm	Break
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm	Lunchtime Conversation on Health Equity with Business Leaders
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm	Perspectives on Health Equity from State Agency Leaders
2:00 pm – 2:15 pm	Break
2:15 pm – 2:25 pm	Remarks from EOHHS Secretary of Massachusetts
2:15 pm – 3:20 pm	Discussion with Health Equity Compact Members
3:20 pm – 3:30 pm	Closing Remarks

Confirmed speakers are listed below (subject to change).

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, PhD, Chancellor of University of Massachusetts Boston (via pre-recorded remarks)
The Honorable Governor Maura Healey, Governor of Massachusetts (via pre-recorded remarks)
Michael Curry, Esq., President and CEO of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, Compact Co-Founder
The Honorable Karen Spilka, Esq., President of the Massachusetts Senate
The Honorable Andrea Campbell, Esq., Attorney General of Massachusetts

Perspectives on Health Equity from Healthcare Systems Leaders

Myechia Minter-Jordan, MD, MBA, President and CEO of Carequest for Oral Health, Moderator
Alastair Bell, MD, MBA, President of Boston Medical Center
Kevin Churchwell, MD, President and CEO of Boston Children’s Hospital
Michael Dandorph, MHA, President and CEO of Tufts Medicine
Cain Hayes, MBA, President and CEO of Point32Health
Anne Klibanksi, MD, President and CEO of Mass General Brigham
Kevin Tabb, MD, President and CEO of Beth Israel Lahey Health

Data Presentation: Economic Cost of Health Inequities Report

Audrey Shelto, MMHS, President and CEO of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, Introductory Remarks
Darrell Gaskin, PhD, William C. and Nancy F. Richardson Professor in Health Policy, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Presenter
Ani Turner, MA, Program Director of Health Economics and Policy, Altarum, Presenter
Doug Howgate, MPP, President of Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, Discussant
Claire Pierre, MD, Vice President of Community Health Programs at Mass General Brigham, Discussant

Lunchtime Conversation on Health Equity with Business Leaders

Vasundhra Sanghar, Vice President of Government Affairs at Associated Industries of Massachusetts, Moderator
JD Chesloff, MS, President and CEO of the Massachusetts Business Roundtable
Tim Murray, Esq., President and CEO of the Worcester Chamber of Commerce
Nicole Obi, MS, MUP, President and CEO of the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts
Jim Rooney, President and CEO of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce

Perspectives on Health Equity from State Agency Leaders

Amie Shei, PhD, President and CEO of The Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts, Moderator
Audrey Gasteier, MS, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Health Connector
Lauren Peters, Esq., Executive Director of the Center for Health Information and Analysis
David Seltz, Executive Director of the Health Policy Commission
Matt Veno, MBA, Executive Director of the Group Insurance Commission

Remarks from Massachusetts EOHHS Secretary

Juan Fernando Lopera, Chief Diversity Officer at Beth Israel Lahey Health, Introduction
Kate Walsh, MPH, Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services

Discussion with Health Equity Compact Members

Manny Lopes, MBA, Executive Vice President of Public Markets and Government Relations at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Moderator
Joe Betancourt, MD, MPH, President of The Commonwealth Fund
Matilde “Mattie” Castiel, MD, Commissioner of Health and Human Services for the City of Worcester
Liz Miranda, Massachusetts State Senator
Kenneth Turner, President and CEO of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center

Closing Remarks

Judith Garcia, Massachusetts State Representative

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The Health Equity Compact wishes to recognize founding supporters JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc., and Foley Hoag LLP for their invaluable work: JSI for technical assistance and research from the very beginning of the Compact; and Foley Hoag for pro bono legal skill and expertise in developing and writing An Act to Advance Health Equity.

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