Rural Health: Models and Innovations

3:00-3:10
Welcome Overview of Quality & Value Innovation Consortium (QVIC)
-John A. Spertus, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA | Professor, UMKC Daniel J. Lauer / Missouri Endowed Chair in Metabolic & Vascular Disease Research; Director, UMKC Healthcare Institute for Innovations in Quality (HI-IQ) | KC Quality & Value Innovation Consortium (QVIC)

3:10-3:20
Nonprofit Perspective: Where Everyone Has a Seat at the Table and a Place to Call Home
-Lindsay B. Schwartz, Ph.D., FGSA and Matt Arvin, Co-founders of Foster Resilience Farms

3:20-3:40
Coordinated Collaborative Perspective: Rural Health Innovation and Integration
-Toniann Richard, CEO, HCC Network (Health Care Collaborative Network)

3:40 – 4:00
Provider Network Association Perspective: TBA
-Chad Austin, President & CEO, Kansas Hospital Association

-Karen Braman, Senior Vice President, Clinical and Strategic Initiatives, Kansas Hospital Association

4:00 – 4:10
Researcher Perspective: TBA
-Dr. K. Allen Greiner, MD, MPH, Nason Family Endowed Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC)

4:10-4:30
Questions & Discussion –
-Patricia Macdonald, Director, Strategic Ventures and Operations, Healthcare Institute for Innovations in Quality | KC QVIC