The annual event will be held at the Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park, April 2-4. Here’s a look at some of the exciting features we have planned for this year’s program, including preconference workshops, inspirational keynote address and fireside chats, a panel discussion with representatives from the federal government, and so much more.
Following record-breaking attendance at last year’s RISE Summit on Social Determinants of Health with over 500 attendees, RISE is thrilled to deliver more content than ever before, featuring 35 action-oriented discussions with more than 75 industry leading presenters. Gaining more momentum alongside the SDoH space each year, the 2023 summit will foster the cross-sector collaboration needed in the relentless drive for social good.
“The industry ecosystem is flush with opportunities to advance SDoH-focused legislation, funding, and programming,” said Conference Chairperson and RISE SDoH Community Chair Ellen Fink-Samnick, MSW, ACSW, LCSW, CCM, CCTP, CRP, DBH-C, EFS Supervision Strategies, LLC. “This conference provides attendees with unique opportunities to collaborate and proactively strategize on actionable industry response.”
Here's a look at some of the exciting features that RISE has planned:
Preconference workshop day: Interactive discussion, volunteer opportunity, and cocktail reception
Three preconference workshops will be offered on Sunday, April 2 leading up to the main conference:
In Workshop A, participants will learn how to build the business case for health equity and what it takes to get an SDoH project off the ground. The workshop will focus on how to gain internal buy-in, calculate estimated ROI, the metrics to illustrate success, smaller wins that can be scaled into larger programs, and how to familiarize stakeholders with your work.
Workshop B will take a data deep dive into collection, analytics, and standardization. During this interactive workshop, participants will discuss ways to improve your population health to establish interventions for high-risk populations, technology platforms organizations are using for data analytics and sharing to support cross-sector collaboration, how health care and non-health care organizations are overcoming data sharing challenges, how to apply public and proprietary data sources to the identification and addressing of SDoH needs, and how organizations are working to standardize data and opportunities for your organization to do the same.
The third workshop, Workshop C, will focus on payment models to address and sustain SDoH efforts, including value-based payment models to address SDoH, how MCOs are effectively using supplemental benefits for reimburse SDoH needs, how organizations are using blending and braiding of funds to pay for SDoH initiatives, and grant-writing and ways to make the funds last to sustain projects.
Following the workshops will be a hands-on volunteer opportunity where participants can help pack food donations in partnership with U.S. Hunger from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. There will also be a networking cocktail reception from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
The 2023 Health Care Hero Award
The recipient of the 2023 RISE Health Care Hero Award will be announced on day two of the main conference. This will mark the second year the award is given to an individual who has made a significant impact in the lives of underserved populations through health care and/or social services interventions, and through superior example of the RISE mission to promote health equity among all patients.
Inspirational fireside chats
The conference will feature two fireside chats with changemakers in the SDoH ecosystem who have used their personal experiences to catapult change for those around them.
The first chat will be on equitable health care for persons with disabilities with Chanda Hinton, executive director, Chanda Center for Health, Chanda Plan Foundation, whose life was forever changed at age 9 when she was injured in a shooting accident. Based on her own experiences with inequitable health care and health disparities, Hinton became a leader within the disabled persons community. Founder of the Chanda Center for Health, health care advocate, and policy changemaker, Hinton will discuss disability competent care and the changes needed so providers and CBOs can address health disparities within this population.
Award winning author, physician, and youth advocate Dr. Jasmine Zapata, M.D., MPH, founder, Beyond Beautiful Girls Empowerment Movement, will also sit down for a candid conversation about her personal journey outside the clinic walls to impact SDoH via upstream and innovative ways. Dr. Zapata will discuss the personal struggles she faced as a clinician limited in the ways she could personally impact SDoH and how this prompted her journey into social entrepreneurship, governmental public health, book writing, and positive youth development programming. The conversation will also delve into how investing and empowering our youth has the potential to combat the negative impacts of adverse childhood experiences and reduce future health inequities. It will end with a special creative arts piece by Dr. Zapata you don't want to miss.
Keynote address on mindful leadership
NeuroTransformational coach, speaker and facilitator, and meditation leader Rachel Tenenbaum, CNTC, PCC, CPCC, will deliver a keynote address on a practical approach to mindful leadership, sharing impactful, tactical tools to help you navigate stress, prevent burnout, and be a more effective, mindful leader. You’ll walk away empowered and inspired to implement new tactics and strategies at work and at home.
Ahead of her keynote, bright and early Tuesday morning, Tenenbaum will also lead a morning meditation and mindfulness session for any interested attendees. The meditative session requires additional registration, at no extra cost.
A federal leadership panel with CMS, VA, and CDC reps
Representatives from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will be speakers on a federal leadership panel on policy levers for advancing health equity. The panel will discuss the policy implications that states and payers can use to encourage and promote addressing social needs, how federal entities are working with states and local government organizations, as well as across sectors, to advance SDoH initiatives, and what’s coming down the pike and how your organization can tap into opportunities to influence policy.
Mikal Sutton, managing director, Medicaid policy, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, will moderate the panel, which will include John Boerstler, chief veterans experience officer, Department of Veterans Affairs; Karen Hacker, M.D., MPH, director, CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP); Sarah Downer, JD, Center for Medicare and Medicaid innovation, CMS; and Rachel Landauer, JD, MPH, clinical instructor and lecturer on law, center for health law and policy innovation, Harvard Law School.
Interactive roundtable discussions
During Monday’s networking lunch, attendees will also have the chance to participate in several interactive roundtables, which will feature the latest technologies and solutions for boosting organizational efforts. The roundtables will deliver 20-minute speed-networking styled presentations, allowing attendees to bounce between several discussions throughout the hour.
Concurrent afternoon track sessions
Both days of the main conference will feature a variety of afternoon concurrent track sessions, allowing attendees the opportunity to choose the sessions and topics most relevant to them. Here’s a breakdown of the hot topics you’ll be able to choose from on both days:
Monday, April 3
- Tactics for patient outreach and engagement
- Bumps, bruises, warts and wins–inside the SDoH journey of an integrated finance and delivery system and their initiative to build a high performing social care network
- NCQA getting serious about SDoH
- The collection, standardization, and use of race and ethnicity data to address SDoH
- Case study: Working toward maternal health equity by combining clinical and community-based support
- Case study: Approaching medical debt as an SDoH need
- Considerations for non-health care entities to successfully partner with health care
- Address SDoH challenges through innovative products, benefits, and program designs
- The different forces driving health care inequity today and considerations for the future
- Medical-legal partnerships to address SDoH
- Case study: The journey to using Z codes effectively at one IPA
- Learnings from the Trenton Neighborhood Initiative: A hyperlocal partnership built to address the needs of a community in Trenton, N.J.
Tuesday, April 4
- State leadership panel on approaches in closing the health equity gap
- Case study: Engaging and closing care gaps in rural communities through companion care
- Learnings from social needs screenings and operative processes to support those needs
- Case study: Bringing stability and hope through a Medicaid housing benefit
- Case study: A look into a unique food as medicine program
- Case study: Shared learnings from WellCare and Camden Coalition partnerships supporting vulnerable populations
Tools & tech spotlights
The conference will also offer the latest and greatest tech tools throughout three different tools and technology spotlights. During each session, leading service providers, such as Wider Circle and Season Health, will showcase their offerings in a quick pitch setting and how the tools can benefit your organizations.
The RISE Summit on Social Determinants of Health will be held at the Fairmont Chicago, Millennium Park, April 2-4. Click here to learn more, including the full agenda, roster of speakers, and registration information.