Panelists
Session 1: Medicare 101
Amy Bassano, M.A.
Managing Director of Medicare, Health Management Associates (HMA)
abassano@healthmanagement.com
Matt Kazan, MPP
Managing Director, Avalere Health
MKazan@Avalere.com
James E. Matthews, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)
jmathews@medpac.gov
Gretchen Jacobson, Ph.D.
Vice President, Medicare, The Commonwealth Fund
gj@cmwf.org
Arielle Mir, MPA
Vice President of Health Care (Complex Care), Arnold Ventures
AMir@arnoldventures.org
Session 2: Understanding the Medicare Population and Consumer Affordability
Lindsey Copeland, J.D.
Federal Policy Director, Medicare Rights Center
lcopeland@medicarerights.org
Tricia Neuman, Sc.D.
Senior Vice President; Director, Program on Medicare Policy, KFF
TriciaN@kff.org
Eric Roberts, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health
eric.roberts@pitt.edu
Loren Saulsberry, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Health Services Research, The University of Chicago Department of Public Health Sciences
lsaulsberry@uchicago.edu
Brandon Wilson, DrPH, MHA
Director, Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation
bwilson@communitycatalyst.org
Session 3: Policy Options to Promote Medicare Sustainability
Adaeze Enekwechi, Ph.D., MPP
Operating Partner, Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe (WCAS)
AEnekwechi@WCAS.com
Bowen Garrett, Ph.D.
Economist; Senior Fellow, Health Policy Center, Urban Institute
agarrett@urban.org
Josh Gordon, Ph.D.
Director of Health Policy, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
gordon@crfb.org
Harriet Komisar, Ph.D.
Senior Strategy Policy Advisor, Public Policy Institute, American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
hkomisar@aarp.org
G. William Hoagland
Senior Vice President, Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC)
gwhoagland@bipartisanpolicy.org
Experts and Analysts
Joseph Antos, Ph.D., M.A.
Wilson H. Taylor Scholar in Health Care and Retirement Policy, American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
JAntos@aei.org
Juliette Cubanski, Ph.D., MPP, MPH
Deputy Director, Program on Medicare Policy, KFF
jcubanski@kff.org
Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow, Health Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation
Bob.Moffit@heritage.org
Solvency Experts
Robert Berenson, M.D.
Institute Fellow, Urban Institute
rberenson@urban.org
Cori Uccello, MAAA, FSA, MPP
Senior Health Fellow, American Academy of Actuaries
uccello@actuary.org
Beneficiaries
Christine Aguiar Lynch
Vice President for Medicare and MLTSS Policy, Association for Community Affiliated Plans (ACAP)
clynch@communityplans.net
Judith Stein, J.D.
Executive Director, Center for Medicare Advocacy
jstein@medicareadvocacy.org
Georgia Burke, J.D.
Directing Attorney, Justice in Aging
gburke@justiceinaging.org
Micki Nozaki, MBA
State Director, Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP)
Director, California Health Advocates
mnozaki@cahealthadvocates.org
Sophia Tripoli, MPH
Director, Health Care Innovation, Families USA
STripoli@familiesusa.org
Government
Jonathan Blum
Principal Deputy Administrator & Chief Operating Officer, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
jonathan.blum@cms.hhs.gov
Hannah Katch
Senior Policy Analyst, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
hannah.katch@cms.hhs.gov
Jeff Wu
Deputy Director for Policy, Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Jeff.Wu@cms.hhs.gov
Stakeholders
Greg Gierer, MPP
Vice President of Policy and Research, Better Medicare Alliance
GGierer@bettermedicarealliance.org
Justine Handelman
Senior Vice President, Office of Policy and Representation, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA)
Justine.Handelman@bcbs.com
Leigh Purvis, MPA
Director, Health Services Research, Public Policy Institute, American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
lpurvis@aarp.org
Cheryl Wilson, R.N., M.A., LNHA
Chief Executive Officer, St. Paul Senior Services
cwilson@stpaulseniors.org