VIRTUAL V-BID SUMMIT 2026


Employing Innovative Technology to Enhance Quality & Lower Spending

Wednesday, March 11 | 12-4 PM EST

The 2026 virtual V-BID Summit invites stakeholders to address the opportunities and challenges that arise from the conceptual design to the implementation of clinically nuanced payment reform and benefit design strategies across some of today’s most relevant and challenging health care topics.


VIRTUAL SUMMIT AGENDA

  • Abe Sutton, Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation & Deputy Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
  • Gary Bacher, HHS (invited)
  • Jeremy Friese, Humata (confirmed)
  • Hannah Naprash, University of Minnesota (confirmed)
  • Richard Hughes IV, Epstein, Becker & Green (confirmed)
  • Jake Quinton, CMS (invited)
  • Robert Smith, American Cancer Society (confirmed)
  • Michael Chernew, Harvard Medical School (confirmed)
  • Mara McDermott, Accountable for Health (confirmed)
  • Farzad Mostashari, Aledade, Inc. (confirmed)
  • Cliff Goodman
  • Michael Chernew, Harvard Medical School

keynote speaker

Welcome

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Abe Sutton

Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation &
Deputy Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid

Closing remarks

Welcome

Mark Fendrick

Director
V-BID Center

Moderator

Cliff Goodman

Consultant,
Health Care Technology & Policy

Closing remarks

Michael Chernew

Director
Harvard Medical School

SUMMIT SPONSORS

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