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Every speaker at RISE National 2026 brings deep industry expertise...from AI innovation and Stars improvement to provider partnerships and risk accuracy. Explore their sessions to gain perspective you can put into practice immediately.
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Hannah Austin
MBA, CEO/Founder/ Author
SheShatters, LLC.
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John Barkley
VP of Risk Adjustment & Data Integrity
Emblem
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Melissa Bazzo
Director, Medicare
Peak Health
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Nicole Blue
Sales Director-Arizona & Utah
Devoted Health
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Steven Boos
MBA, MHA, Director, Program Operations- Value Based Care
Piedmont
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Patty Brennan
SVP, Risk Adjustment Solutions
Datavant
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Paul Burke
Chief Product Officer
Reveleer
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Jason E. Christ
Member of the Firm
Epstein Becker Green
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Michael Clark
President & CGO
RAAPID INC
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Wynda Clayton
Director, Risk Adjustment
RAAPID INC
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Jen Coken
Executive Leadership Coach, Speaker, and Best-Selling Author
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Laura Cooley
PhD, Editor-in-Chief
Journal of Patient Experience
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Pamela Corcoran
Patient Advocate
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Judith Cox-Lee
Director of KS/MO Region
Optum Care Midwest
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John Criswell
Founder, CEO, Chairman
Porter
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Deb Curry
Director of Risk Adjustment Programs
Medical Mutual
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Shannon Decker
Principal
VBC One
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Heather Denninston
WELLFIT and FED
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Kathryn Eshelman
MD, VP, Clinical Informatics
Inovalon
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Colleen Gianatasio
Value Based Care Expert
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Mark Hassenstab
VP of Risk Adjustment & Product Optimization
Curana Health
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Liz Haynes
Risk Adjustment & Stars Government Programs
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
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Kelley Hicks
RN, Value Based Care Coordinator, Population Health
WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital
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Chanda Hinton
Executive Director
Chanda Center for Health Chanda Plan Foundation
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Nirmala Kishun
Senior VP, Population Health
MCR Health
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Tami Magruder
BSN, RN, Director Quality/Population Health
WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital and Reynolds Memorial Hospital
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Donna Malone
AAPC Approved Instructor, AHCCA, RAP, Director Risk Capture – Population Health
Mass General Brigham
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Katharine Manning
Author of The Empathetic Workplace
President of Blackbird DC
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Gregory A. Mason
Esquire
Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP
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Teresa Mason
Associate
Epstein Becker Green
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David Meyer
Medicare Advantage Expert
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Alecia Mitchell
Senior Manager of Coding Compliance and RADV Operations
Health Care Service Corporation
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Erica OIenski
Board-Certified Patient Advocate
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Swati Patel
Associate Vice President of Product Development
GeBBS Healthcare Solutions
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Jennifer Sarrett
Founder
Disruptive Inclusion
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Namita Seth Mohta
M.D., Executive Editor
NEJM Catalyst Innovations in Care Delivery
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Ray Shackelford
Medicare Product Development Partner
Select Health
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Laura Sheriff
Healthcare Expert
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Rohit Shinde
Vice President
Healow, LLC
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Claudio Stefan
VP of Enterprise Growth and Operations
Sondermind
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Celina M. Sullivan
Sr Dir, Program Management Sr Dir, Program Management Care Delivery and Operations (CDO) Central:
Kaiser Permanente
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Arati Swadi
MBA, Vice President of Risk Adjustment
Optum
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Natasha VanWright
RN, SVP Clinical Operations
Belong Health
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Max Voldman
Partner
Whistleblower Partners LLP
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Doug Wackowski
VP of Service Solutions
Advantmed
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Susan Waterman
Trainer, Director, Risk Adjustment
Baylor Scott & White
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Naomi Williams
Patient Advocate
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