The Platform Revolution Comes to Healthcare: A Deep Dive at the 2022 MIT Platform Strategy Summit

Enjoy a catered lunch while networking with fellow attendees and invited speakers.

• Geoffrey Parker – Digital Fellow, MIT IDE and Summit Co-chair

• Vince Kuraitis – Principal and Founder, Better Health Technologies, LLC
• Randall Williams, MD. – Managing Director, Digital Care Advisors, LLC

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• Jonathan J. Bush, Jr. -Founder and CEO, Zus Health
  
• Geoffrey Parker – Digital Fellow, MIT IDE and Summit Co-chair

Enjoy a 15-minute break

Panel 1: Investment in Digital Platform Businesses

• William Febbo –  CEO and Director, OptimizeRx
• Adam Grossman – Partner, Deerfield Management Company
• Ellen Herlacher – Principal, LRVHealth
• Bobby Sepucha – Chief Executive Officer, Cricket Health

Panel 2: Value Creation from Data

• Michael Byczkowski – Global Head of Healthcare, SAP
• Christian Howell – Vice President & General Manager, Medical Device and Diagnostic Group, Aetion
• Seth Joseph – Managing Partner, Summit Health
• Suchi Saria, PhD – Founder and CEO, Bayesian Health & Director of the Machine Learning, AI and Healthcare Lab, Johns Hopkins University
• Micky Tripathi – National Coordinator, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT for Health IT

Enjoy a 20-minute break

Panel 3: Consumerism and the Healthcare Platform Business

• Michael Cantor – Chief Medical Officer, Uber Health
• Jeff Loucks – Executive Director, Deloitte Center for Technology, Media, and Telecommunications
• Kaveh Safavi – Global Managing Director, Healthcare, Accenture
• Roy Schoenberg – President & Co-CEO, AmWell
• Susan Woods, MD, MPH – Founder and CEO, Generated Health

• Geoffrey Parker – Digital Fellow, MIT IDE and Summit Co-chair
• Randall Williams, MD. – Managing Director, Digital Care Advisors, LLC

Enjoy an hour-long networking reception

Event concludes

Jonathan J. Bush, Jr. is founder and CEO of Zus Health, a company focused on creating the  healthcare industry’s first shared development platform backed by a shared data record and  thereby empowering digital-first healthcare builders. Mr. Bush is also the Executive Chairman  of Firefly Health, a pioneer in real-time virtual primary care, and he sits on the boards of  SonderMind which provides virtual and in-person behavioral healthcare, and of Innovaccer  which is building a series of technology platform services for population health. He also chairs  the Board of the non-profit Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity which funds policy  research on how the market economy can most effectively be managed to ensure equal access  to markets by all members of society. 

Mr. Bush is the co-founder and former CEO of athenahealth. Founded originally as an effort to  reform maternity care through collaborative medical practice, athenahealth pivoted to  internet-based information services in 2000 when it could not obtain the information it needed  from providers to build its business. Athenahealth now provides internet-based billing, medical  record and care management services to over twenty percent of the US healthcare market. 

Prior to founding athenahealth, Mr. Bush served as an EMT for the City of New Orleans, was  trained as a medic in the U.S. Army, and worked as a management consultant with Booz Allen &  Hamilton. Mr. Bush obtained a Bachelor of Arts in the College of Social Studies from Wesleyan  University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Michael Byczkowski is Vice President and Global Lead of the Industry Business Unit Healthcare Providers at SAP SE.

Michael’s key motivation is to help create sustainable business value and contribute to improving people’s lives.

With more than twenty-five years of experience in IT and consulting, Michael has a broad background in customer engagements, business development, strategic alliances management, and developer/platform strategy.

After finishing his diploma in Mathematics, Michael started his professional career at a German utility company, focusing on Business Process Reengineering and Privacy/Data Security. Twenty years ago, he joined SAP’s Industry Business Unit for the utilities industry, working abroad in Singapore for three years where he was leading the regional product management for Asia-Pacific and Japan.

Following this assignment, Michael headed the Microsoft global alliance team at SAP for nine years and established the joint SAP-Microsoft Collaboration Technology Support Center before leading the Gateway strategy, a technology that provides a simple way to connect devices, environments and platforms to SAP software based on market standards, of SAP’s global ecosystem organization. Having spent five years, focusing on strategic customer projects to demonstrate innovative methods and approaches for creating tangible value, Michael took over the global responsibility for SAP’s Industry Business Unit Healthcare Providers.

With over 20 years of leadership experience spanning the healthcare industry, Dr. Cantor is tasked with enabling Uber Health to continue building innovative solutions that address the needs of patients, clinicians, and care coordinators. As a board-certified geriatrician, his experience designing clinical programs for older adults and vulnerable populations gives him unique insights into the most pressing gaps in care–and how technology can provide the flexible solutions needed to deliver care more efficiently.

Over the last 20 years, Will has led health service, technology and finance companies, connecting key participants in the healthcare industry. As CEO and Director of OptimizeRx, he has continued to drive innovation in healthcare, and over the last several years, he has led the transformation of OptimizeRx into a leading digital health company that facilitates communication at the point-of-care for better health outcomes.

In 1999, Will co-founded and became CEO of MedPanel, a market intelligence and communication provider to the life sciences and financial industries. MedPanel was acquired in 2007 by Merriman Capital, a leading investment bank. At Merriman, he served as COO of investment banking and CEO of the firm’s Digital Capital Network. He launched pioneering digital compliance and transparency products and was part of the management team that raised more than $500 million in banking and M&A transactions.

Will earlier held a number of M&A and international business development roles at multinational companies involved in automotive, medical, precious metals and other industries.

He currently serves as a faculty member for Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s linQ program, a collaborative initiative increasing the potential of innovative biomedical research to benefit society and the economy.

Will serves on board of The United Nations of Greater Boston, a non-profit focused on building a stronger network of global citizens in the Boston area. He also serves as a board member of Modular Medical, an early stage public medical device company.

Will earned his Bachelor of Arts in International Studies and Spanish from Dickinson College, Pennsylvania. He is fluent in Spanish, married with three children and enjoys playing soccer.

Adam Grossman is a Partner on the Healthcare Services team at Deerfield Management Company, an investment firm dedicated to advancing healthcare through information, investment, and philanthropy. Adam joined the Firm in 2017 to work on structured transactions in the healthcare services and healthcare information technology space. Prior to Deerfield, Mr. Grossman worked at The Advisory Board Company, where he spent approximately five years as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Operations. Prior to The Advisory Board Company, he spent four years at Health Evolution Partners, a leading healthcare-focused private equity firm based in San Francisco. Mr. Grossman also spent more than five years at Aetna where he worked on enterprise strategy and founded its internal venture fund. Mr. Grossman holds an A.B. in Government from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Ellen Herlacher is a healthcare investor with 10+ years of experience in investment management, healthcare operations and corporate strategy. In her role as Principal at LRVHealth, Ellen co-led the firm’s investment in Diana Health, a reimagined maternity care company, and co-leads the new care delivery vertical for the firm. Before joining LRVHealth, Ellen was director of Tufts Health Ventures. Prior to joining Tufts, she held roles including manager of Emerging Businesses at Athenahealth, investment manager at Goldman Sachs and consultant at Bain & Company. Ellen earned a B.A. from Cornell University and M.B.A. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Christian Howell is a forward-thinking healthcare industry leader with a demonstrated history of sales, marketing, product and partnership development.

Christian has presented on partnership development and commercial transformation strategies with healthcare professionals around the world and serves on an array of global councils including the Marketing Leadership Council, Digital Health Council, and Value-Based Healthcare Council.

Vince Kuraitis JD, MBA is Principal and founder of Better Health Technologies, LLC (http://e-CareManagement.com).  BHT consults in developing strategy, partnerships and business models with a unique focus on platform strategy, networks and network effects. He has worked with 150+ diverse healthcare and tech organizations.

Vince brings 35+ years’ experience is across a broad range of healthcare and tech companies: hospitals, physician groups, IT, medical devices, telehealth and remote patient monitoring, digital health, pharma, health plans, disease management, home health, and others.

BHT’s clients — both established organizations and early-stage companies — include:  Intel Digital Health Group, Philips Electronics, Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT, Amedisys, Alere/RMD, Joslin Diabetes Center, Ascension Health System, Matrix Medical Network, Samsung Electronics, Siemens Medical Solutions, Medtronic, Varian Medical Systems, and many others.

Jeff Loucks is the executive director of Deloitte’s Center for Technology, Media, & Telecommunications, Deloitte Services LP. In his role, he conducts research and writes on topics that help companies capitalize on technological change. An award-winning thought leader in digital business model transformation, Jeff is especially interested in the strategies organizations use to adapt to accelerating change. Jeff’s academic background complements his technology expertise. Jeff has a Bachelor of Arts in political science from The Ohio State University, and a Master of Arts and PhD in political science from the University of Toronto.

Kaveh Safavi, M.D., J.D., is a senior managing director at Accenture where he is responsible for leading, developing and driving a growth strategy that differentiates Accenture’s offerings for providers, health insurers, and public and private health systems across the globe.

A seasoned executive, Dr. Safavi brings more than three decades of leadership experience to Accenture Health. Prior to joining Accenture in 2011, Dr. Safavi led Cisco’s global healthcare practice. Before that he was chief medical officer of Thomson Reuters’ health business, vice president of medical affairs at United Healthcare, and had leadership roles at HealthSpring and Humana. Among his many accomplishments was establishing one of the Midwest’s first electronic-health-record-enabled primary care practices.

Dr. Safavi has published numerous papers and is often quoted on healthcare issues in various media publications, including The Wall Street Journal, the BBC, The New York Times, Consumer Reports, US News and World Report,Harvard Business Review and The Economist. Recently, IT Services Report named him the #1 healthcare IT executive for 2020.

Dr. Safavi earned an M.D. from Loyola University School of Medicine and a J.D. from DePaul University College of Law. He is board-certified in internal medicine and pediatrics and completed his medical residency at the University of Michigan Medical Center. An adjunct lecturer of Health Enterprise Management at Kellogg School of Management-Northwestern University, Dr. Safavi also serves on the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences’ Board of Visitors–Northwestern University and is a frequent guest scholar at the Stanford University Clinical Excellence Research Center. He is a member of the Easterseals National Board of Directors.

Dr. Safavi is a lifelong Chicagoan. Follow Kaveh Safavi at @DrKavehSafavi

Suchi Saria, PhD, is the Founder and CEO of Bayesian Health, the John C. Malone endowed chair and the Director of the Machine Learning, AI and Healthcare Lab at Johns Hopkins University. Her research has pioneered the development of next generation diagnostic and treatment planning tools that use statistical machine learning methods to individualize care. She has written several of the seminal papers in the field of ML and its use for improving patient care and has given over 250 invited keynotes and talks to organizations including the NAM, NAS, and NIH. Dr. Saria has served as an advisor to several Fortune 500 companies and her work has been funded by leading organizations including the NIH, FDA, NSF, DARPA and CDC.

Dr. Saria has been featured in Bloomberg News and PBS NOVA and she has won several awards for excellence in AI and care delivery, including IEEE’s “AI’s 10 to Watch”, Sloan Fellow, MIT Tech Review’s “35 Under 35”, National Academy of Medicine’s list of “Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine”, World Economic Forum’s 100 Brilliant Minds Under 40, Rock Health’s “Top 50 in Digital Health”, Modern Healthcare’s Top 25 Innovators, The Armstrong Award for Excellence in Quality and Safety and Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Annual Scientific Award.

Dr. Roy Schoenberg is President and CEO of Amwell. Since co-founding the company with his brother Ido Schoenberg, Amwell has grown to become one of the largest telehealth eco-systems in the world, digitally connecting healthcare’s key stakeholders – payers, providers, and millions of patients in an efficient, modern healthcare experience. Prior to Amwell, Roy was the founder of CareKey and served as Chief Information Security Officer at TriZetto, following its acquisition of CareKey. In 2013, Roy was appointed to the Federation of State Medical Boards’ Taskforce that issued the landmark guidelines for the “Appropriate Use of Telemedicine in the Practice of Medicine”. Roy was named one of Modern Healthcare’s 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare in 2020 and is the 2014 recipient of the American Telemedicine Association Industry award for leadership in the field of telemedicine. An inventor at heart, Roy holds over 50 issued US Patents in the area of healthcare technology, speaks frequently in industry and policy forums, serves on the healthcare advisory board of MIT Sloan, holds an MD from the Hebrew University and an MPH from Harvard. He is a sailor, scuba-diver, and, between September and February, a devoted football fan.

Bobby Sepucha is chief executive officer for Cricket Health, a leading value-based kidney care provider. Prior to joining Cricket in 2018, Bobby was Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs at Fresenius Medical Care North America, the nation’s largest provider of clinical services and products for people with kidney failure.  Working directly with the CEO, Bobby developed and implemented the policy, political and communications strategies necessary to transform the company from a traditional fee-for-service healthcare provider to the largest integrated renal network in the nation.

In addition to his time at Fresenius, Bobby has a wide range of experience, having served as chief of staff to U.S. Congressman Harold Ford, Jr. and general counsel of the Massachusetts Life Science Center, the agency tasked with implementing the commonwealth’s $1 billion commitment to life sciences research and development. In addition, Bobby has worked as a lawyer in private practice in Silicon Valley, Boston and Washington, D.C., representing venture capitalists and emerging growth technology companies.

Bobby is also a member of the board of ALS Therapy Development Institute, a nonprofit biotechnology organization in Cambridge, MA dedicated to developing effective therapies for people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Bobby received a J.D. from the University of Michigan and a B.A. in government and economics from Dartmouth College. He lives in Concord, Massachusetts with his wife and two daughters.

Micky Tripathi, PhD MPP

Micky Tripathi is the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where he leads the formulation of the federal health IT strategy and coordinates federal health IT policies, standards, programs, and investments.

Dr. Tripathi has over 20 years of experience across the health IT landscape. He most recently served as Chief Alliance Officer for Arcadia, a health care data and software company focused on population health management and value-based care, the project manager of the Argonaut Project, an industry collaboration to accelerate the adoption of FHIR, and a board member of HL7, the Sequoia Project, the CommonWell Health Alliance, and the CARIN Alliance.

Dr. Tripathi served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC), a non-profit health IT advisory and clinical data analytics company. He was also the founding President and CEO of the Indiana Health Information Exchange, a statewide HIE partnered with the Regenstrief Institute, an Executive Advisor to investment firm LRVHealth, and a Fellow at the Berkman-Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.

He holds a PhD in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Master of Public Policy from Harvard University, and an AB in political science from Vassar College. Prior to receiving his PhD, he was a Presidential Management Fellow and a senior operations research analyst in the Office of the Secretary of Defense in Washington, DC, for which he received the Secretary of Defense Meritorious Civilian Service Medal.

Randy is a visionary and experienced physician executive, digital health pioneer and serial entrepreneur, board member, founder and CEO.  He is the managing director of Digital Care Advisors, LLC, a healthcare strategic consulting and advisory firm. Randy received his medical training at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Susan Woods, MD, MPH is an internist, informaticist, researcher and entrepreneur who is passionate about digital health services extending care into patients’ lives while lowering resource demands. Sue is Founder and CEO of Generated Health, automating care management using low-cost, everyday technology. As the first director of patient experience at VA’s Connected Care Office, she helped develop and deploy the patient portal and mobile apps, led Open Notes and architected VA’s patient generated data solution. Formerly President of the Society of Participatory Medicine, she currently serves as Associate Professor at Tufts School of Medicine Public Health and Informatics, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Participatory Medicine, and boards at the Maine Medical Association, New England Rural Health Association, and Maine Technology Institute.