--- title: Hint Summit 2021 | Elevate Your DPC Practice description: Join us at Summit 2021 to elevate your DPC practice. Discover the latest trends, strategies, and insights to take your practice to new heights. image: https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/FB%20-%201200%20x%20630.png --- ![Hint Summit](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/pages/summit-2021/word-mark.svg) ![2D](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/pages/summit-2021/logo-mark.svg) ## October ## 28-29th, 2021 # moving direct care forward #### Watch the Hint Summit 2D videos to get fresh new perspectives on Direct Primary Care, learn about new strategies and [partners](https://connect.hint.com/), and start imagining new possibilities for DPC and your business. Whether you operate a DPC or a forward-thinking [onsite/near-site](https://www.hint.com/onsite-nearsite) or [virtual-first care practice](https://www.hint.com/virtual-first), you’ll discover new opportunities for growth and learn the latest innovations in the direct care membership model. ## presented by [![logo-athena](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/pages/summit-2021/logo-athena.svg) ](https://www.athenahealth.com/) [![HINT_purple](https://summit.hint.com/hs-fs/hubfs/HINT_purple.png?width=160&height=52&name=HINT_purple.png) ](https://www.hint.com/) [![AkuteHealth_Purple](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/AkuteHealth_Purple.png) ](https://www.akutehealth.com/) [![NorthwindPharmaceuticals_Purple](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/NorthwindPharmaceuticals_Purple.png) ](https://www.nwpharma.com/) [![ZionHealth_purple](https://summit.hint.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ZionHealth_purple.png?width=250&height=83&name=ZionHealth_purple.png) ](https://zionhealth.org/) [![AAFP_purple](https://summit.hint.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AAFP_purple.png?width=120&height=53&name=AAFP_purple.png) ](https://www.aafp.org/home.html) [![ACLM_Purple](https://summit.hint.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ACLM_Purple.png?width=200&height=46&name=ACLM_Purple.png) ](https://www.lifestylemedicine.org/) [![HR_purple-1](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/HR_purple-1.png) ](https://healthrosetta.org/) [![Spruce_purple](https://summit.hint.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Spruce_purple.png?width=200&height=79&name=Spruce_purple.png) ](https://www.sprucehealth.com) [![Elation_Purple](https://summit.hint.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Elation_Purple.png?width=150&height=46&name=Elation_Purple.png) ](https://www.elationhealth.com) [![Pearl_Purple](https://summit.hint.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Pearl_Purple.png?width=150&height=65&name=Pearl_Purple.png) ](https://pearlhealth.com/) [![Quizzify Logo_Purple](https://summit.hint.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Quizzify%20Logo_Purple.png?width=153&height=75&name=Quizzify%20Logo_Purple.png) ](https://www.quizzify.com/) [![MB_logo_Purple (1)](https://summit.hint.com/hs-fs/hubfs/MB_logo_Purple%20(1).png?width=100&height=150&name=MB_logo_Purple%20(1).png) ](https://www.marketingbeaver.com/) ![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/05-brand-identity/summit/2021/logo-mark.svg) ## Watch the Videos All Day 1 Day 2 [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/play-button.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd4NsdxnJUQ) Thursday's Opening Remarks Our Rockstar Emcee, Dr. Maryal Concepcion, kicks of Hint Summit 2D. [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/play-button.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLDBVrJR5qY) Keynote: Dave Chase & Dr. Clint Flanagan: Collaborations Transforming the Health of our Nation Health Rosetta co-founder, Dave Chase, presents the pillars of local healthcare and interviews Dr. Clint Flanagan as they discuss how to lead with DPC centric plans. [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/play-button.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrF3NI5r5yY) DPC Accelerator: Lauren Tancredi and Paul Thomas: Launch, Manage & Grow Your Practice Lauren Tancredi and Dr. Paul Thomas kick off the DPC Accelerator courses by giving a framework for how to navigate direct care and sharing success stories to inspire, empower and motivate you to take action. [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/play-button.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2Dr-pw6uik) DPC Accelerator: Paul Thomas - Getting the Word Out About DPC Dr. Paul Thomas shares how to inform and educate your community, create content on your website, and leverage social media to connect with your target DPC audience. [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/play-button.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PZGFvqc-lM) Supporting Solution: Jessica Gulish - Pandemic Communication: What Has Changed Forever Jessica Gulish, Head of Sales at Spruce Health, shares how communication has changed due to the pandemic and how to navigate these new challenges. [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/play-button.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOMpJCLAp2s) DPC Accelerator: Lauren Tancredi Navigating Sales Uncertainty: Time & Money Aren't the Issue Enrolling new members is key to your Practice success, but it is not something that was taught in Med school. Shift the way you think about sales with this simple approach. [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/play-button.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJKBRudtcnc) Supporting Solution: Ryan Choiniere - Members to Employers: How to Leverage Pharmacy to grow your DPC Ryan Choiniere, Vice President, Client Strategies at Northwind Pharmaceuticals shares how generating reports, communicating savings and processes, and creating a compliance plan for your onsite pharmacy can help grow your DPC. [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/play-button.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qw9XRGe2Dg) Advancing DPC: VuDang Tran - 4 Things to Protect Your Practice Business from Cybersecurity Threats Join VuDang Tran, Head of IT Security for Hint Health, as he outlines the steps businesses should take and shares important resources to assess gaps, take necessary steps, learn reporting requirements and other measures to mitigate risks for your business. [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/play-button.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU3qecxFesw) Supporting Solution: Sharud Agarwal - Startup to Growth Your practice is up and running and now you are starting to grow. How to handle growth, prioritization, and delegation. [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/play-button.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2KcOoJQDog) DPC Accelerator: Delicia Haynes_ Magnetic Marketing Unpacking Pain and Passion to Grow Dr. Delicia Haynes shares her insightful story of how her practice started growing when she found her passion through personal pain. She’ll discuss tips and best practices for how to discover your story and use it to build personal relationships and grow your practice. [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/play-button.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXhybXde_GU) DPC Accelerator: Adam Wheeler - Forward looking Care to Serve Your Patients & Grow Your Practice With mobile tech and midlevel providers, Big Tree Medical is addressing the health crisis in markets across America, starting in Missouri. Their DPC model serves as a medical home where every person has a personal relationship with a clinician that feels like a part of their family: to be a part of a medical home. [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/play-button.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2QRMGGduvM) DPC Accelerator: Jeremy VanderKnyff - Finding the Value in Value Based Care The Path to Validation Jeremy VanderKnyff shares how combining patient focused, value-based care with a rigorous focus on data can greatly impact value based primary care and independently validated health care programs. [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/play-button.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie2OHWYgZKc) DPC Accelerator: Clint Flanagan and Joel Bessmer - Advisor Partnerships to Grow Your Practice In this 2 part session you’ll hear from Dr. Clint Flanagan and Dr. Joel Bessmer on how to get employer groups and how to keep employer groups. They will share why it’s important to track and communicate the value of claims analysis and how to provide those value adds that employers are asking for. [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/play-button.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXxshq18-KU) Supporting Solution: Atha Fong & Gabriella Marquez - Build The Future of Primary Care with Elation Join Atha Fong and Gabriella Marquez and they share Elation's mission to break down traditional barriers that stand between physicians and phenomenal patient care by harnessing the power of a clinical-first EHR. They’ll share how physicians are delivering accessible, affordable, high quality care. [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/play-button.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M9_UbeuYug) Keynote:Marshall Allen and Heather Eden_ A Health Care System Ripe for Disruption Join Pulitzer finalist, investigative journalist and author of "Never Pay the First Bill", Marshall Allen, as he shares insights on changing the way we pay for healthcare. [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/play-button.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrkymbO1fQE) Supporting Solution: Michael Palantoni - Creating a Thriving Ecosystem The front door of healthcare is becoming increasingly variable and primary care as a front door is fundamentally broken. Michael Palantoni, Vice President of Product Management, Platform Services at athenahealth, will be discussing the need for a toolkit for primary care physicians and what should be included to drive member value. [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/play-button.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPRKy0gtT6s) Supporting Solution: Nathan Udy - Delivering Excellence in Healthcare Join President of Zion Health, Nathan Udy, as he discusses how providing effective, healthcare though a different model requires excellence. The strongest advocates of the DPC model is the patients themselves and their experiences. [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/play-button.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE_AaENseN4) Keynote: Karith Foster - MINT Lessons in Leadership, Listening and Laughter Karith Foster is a Diversity Engagement Specialist and creator of the groundbreaking Inversity methodology. Her program “Lessons in Leadership, Listening and Laughter” is a surefire recipe to set professionals up for success in both business and personal relationships. Karith demonstrates how reimagining leadership, active listening and of course incorporating humor into our everyday interactions sets the stage for progress and growth. [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/play-button.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4Cr-YX2pH8) Supporting Solution: Hint Happy Hour So You Think You Know Healthcare Contest + Ask the Experts Join us for a fun, interactive trivia contest, 'So You Think You Know Healthcare' hosted by Al Lewis followed by 'Ask the Experts' where you will have a chance to try to stump our Hint team experts. [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/play-button.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZSZjOD02qo) Friday Opening Remarks- Maryal Concepcion Kick off Day 2 of Hint Summit 2D with our Rockstar Emcee, Dr. Maryal Concepcion. [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/play-button.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX6c21SzLpY) Advancing DPC: Jay Keese_ Navigating the Legislative Landscape Join Jay Keese as he provides important updates to the legislative landscape of DPCs [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/play-button.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpasqWhFf0w) Advancing DPC: Adam Russo - Advancing Direct Care Models through Employer Sponsored Plans Adam Russo shares how direct care models are making advancements through employer-sponsored plans. [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/play-button.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzo-gbQi9CM) Keynote: Sen. Bill Frist - The Future of US Healthcare Retired Senator, Surgeon & now podcaster for "A Second Opinion", Bill Frist, discusses the current healthcare landscape in the U.S. and his thoughts on direct care models and telehealth, big data and the not so far off future of healthcare. [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/play-button.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMyaKQq2-jY) Advancing DPC: Ankit Patel and Jennifer Rabiner - Realigning with Medicare: Evaluating opportunities Join Jennifer Rabiner and Ankit Patel as they discuss how Medicare has evolved, how it relates to DPC community and what that means for participating in Medicare while in a DPC practice. [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/play-button.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2WH5oBPtVQ) Advancing DPC: Ernie Clevenger - Why Primary Care On site Clinics are Reducing Healthcare Costs Self funded benefits and employer-sponsored onsite clinic pioneer, Ernie Clevenger, discusses the evolution of workplace health clinics and their primary role in managing the health of your employees and their families. [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/play-button.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYsTojy_DZM) Advancing DPC: Amy Mechley - DPC Supporting Lifestyle Medicine in a Clinical Practice Dr. Amy Mechley highlights how lifestyle medicine can support DPCs. [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/play-button.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3ZJTzkg5Nc) Keynote: Ada Stewart, MD and Stacey Richter - The Future of Primary Care Host of Relentless Health Value, Stacey Richter, interviews Dr. Ada Stewart, President, American Academy of Family Physicians, as they discuss the future of primary care. [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/play-button.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaq4ReyxZ0I) Advancing DPC: AAFP Innovation Lab with Q&A AAFP is striving to identify innovative tools that decrease administrative burden, which is stifling the joy of practice and creating a physician well-being crisis. The AAFP Innovation Laboratory was created to partner with industry to drive innovation with the latest proven technologies to optimize the family medicine experience. AAFP leadership joins Hint Health COO to answer questions about the AAFP Innovation Laboratory. [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/play-button.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqesgyEWYH0) Advancing DPC: Carlos Reines, Emilie Scott and James Gaor - Integrating Specialties into Your DPC Join Carlos Reines, Dr. Emilie Scott and Dr. James Gaor as they discuss how DPCs are integrating specialties into their practice and how this has helped with growth, retention, patient satisfaction, quality, and outcomes. [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/play-button.svg)](https://youtu.be/oPvwIXDbl0o?t=5) Meeting the Moment - Hint Summit 2021 Keynote (Zak Holdsworth, Alexa Schulte, Aimee Leidich) The Hint Health keynote at the 2021 Hint Summit. #### 2020 Highlights & Attendee Survey Results ![icon-registrants](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/pages/summit-2021/icon-registrants.svg) # 711 ### Registrants ![icon-states](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/pages/summit-2021/icon-states.svg) # 46 ### States ![icon-connections](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/pages/summit-2021/icon-connections.svg) # 1.1k ### Networking Meetings ![icon-100](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/pages/summit-2021/icon-100.svg) # 100% ### Thought Hint Summit was worth the cost of admission ![icon-100](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/pages/summit-2021/icon-100.svg) # 100% ### Found the sessions & content very or somewhat valuable ![icon-96](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/pages/summit-2021/icon-96.svg) # 96% ### Found networking opportunities very or somewhat valuable [![Play Button](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/pages/summit-2021/icon-play-button.svg) ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI6hxQu2ojs) ### The ZdoggMD Show w/ Marty Makary, MD [![Play Button](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/pages/summit-2021/icon-play-button.svg) ](https://youtu.be/lBXM1bP031Q) ### Our Vision for Transforming US Healthcare [![Play Button](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/pages/summit-2021/icon-play-button.svg) ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8taj0kWUcY) ### The Virtual (Direct) Primary Care Revolution [View all 2020 Videos](https://summit.hint.com/2020#videos) ## Hint Summit is the convening point for anyone doing anything with innovative delivery models for primary care." ### 2020 Attendee ## program themes ### Hint Summit 2D will feature fresh content and forward-thinking speakers that address four themes central to the future of direct primary care. The full agenda will be unveiled in early September. - Proven Strategies for DPC Growth - Working with Employers: Case Studies & Success Stories - The Legislative & Regulatory Landscape for Direct Care - Leadership, Life Lessons & Navigating Change - Trends and Innovations in Primary Care Payment & Delivery Models - The Future of Direct Care ## featured speakers We're adding new speakers every week ## Ada D. Stewart, MD ### AAFP Board Chair, HIV specialist, Col. US Army Reserves Read Bio [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/icon-twitter-black.svg)](https://twitter.com/AdaStewartMD1) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](https://www.aafp.org/about/meet-our-leadership/board/stewart.html) ## X ## Ada D. Stewart, MD Ada D. Stewart, MD, FAAFP, is a family physician with the Eau Claire Cooperative Health Centers, Columbia, South Carolina, where she has practiced since 2012. She currently serves as Board Chair for the American Academy of Family Physicians. She actively serves as lead provider and HIV Specialist. In the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, Stewart enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserves and has achieved the rank of Colonel. She is a preceptor for nurse practitioners, medical residents, and medical students, and has received numerous awards, including the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Volunteer Clinical Faculty Award for her precepting at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. ## Sen. Bill Frist, MD ### Co-chair of the Health Project at Bipartisan Policy Center Read Bio [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/linkedin-black.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/billfristmd/) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/icon-twitter-black.svg)](https://twitter.com/bfrist) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](http://billfrist.com/) ## X ## Sen. Bill Frist, MD Senator William Frist, M.D. is a nationally-acclaimed heart and lung transplant surgeon, former U.S. Senate Majority Leader, founding partner of [Frist Cressey Ventures](https://www.fcventures.com/) and chairman of the Executives Council of the health service investment firm [Cressey & Company](https://www.cresseyco.com/). He is actively engaged in the business as well as the medical, humanitarian, and philanthropic communities. He is chairman of both Hope Through Healing Hands, which focuses on maternal and child health and global poverty, and SCORE, a statewide collaborative education reform organization that has helped propel Tennessee to prominence as a K12 education reform state. As a U.S. Senator representing Tennessee from 1994 -2006 (the first practicing physician elected to the Senate since 1928), Senator Frist served on both the Health (HELP) and the Finance Committees responsible for writing all health legislation. He was elected Majority Leader of the Senate, having served fewer total years in Congress than any person chosen to lead that body in history. His leadership was instrumental in the passage of the 2003 Medicare Modernization Act and the historic PEPFAR legislation that provided life-saving treatment globally to over 12 million people and reversed the spread of HIV/AIDS worldwide.  He also held seats on the Foreign Relations Committee where he chaired the Subcommittee on Africa, the Commerce Committee, and the Banking Committee. He served six years with President Clinton and six years with President Bush. Honoring his pledge to serve just two terms, he left the Senate and his position as Majority Leader in 2006. Currently Senator Frist serves as an adjunct professor of Cardiac Surgery at Vanderbilt University. As a leading authority on healthcare, Senator Frist speaks nationally on health reform, government policy, global health, education reform, and volunteerism. In 2019 he launched “[A Second Opinion](https://asecondopinionpodcast.com/)” podcast, which addresses challenging healthcare issues of today from three distinct vantage points: policy, medicine, and innovation. He is Co-Chair of the Health Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center, and co-founder of Aspire Health. His current board service includes the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, and five publicly-traded companies: Select Medical, Teladoc Health, Smile Direct Club, Accolade, and GS Acquisitions Holdings Corp II. Aviation is one of Frist’s passions, and has proved to be essential in all aspects of his life. ## Marshall Allen ### Healthcare Investigative Reporter, Author & Pulitzer Prize Finalist Read Bio [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/linkedin-black.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marshallallen/) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/icon-twitter-black.svg)](https://twitter.com/marshall_allen) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](http://marshallallen.com) ## X ## Marshall Allen Marshall Allen investigates why we pay so much for health care in the United States and get so little in return. He is one of the creators of ProPublica’s Surgeon Scorecard, which published the complication rates for about 17,000 surgeons who perform eight common elective procedures. Allen’s work has been honored with several journalism awards, including the Harvard Kennedy School’s 2011 Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting and coming in as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for local reporting for work at the Las Vegas Sun, where he worked before coming to ProPublica in 2011. Before he was in journalism, Allen spent five years in full-time ministry, including three years in Nairobi, Kenya. He has a master’s degree in Theology. ## Delicia Haynes, MD ### Founder & CEO of Family First Health Center, Author, DPC coach, mental health advocate & consultant Read Bio [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/linkedin-black.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/drdeliciamd/) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/icon-twitter-black.svg)](https://twitter.com/drdeliciamd) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](http://drdeliciamd.com/) ## X ## Delicia Haynes, MD Dr. Haynes is a diplomat of the American Board of Family Medicine, the American Board of Obesity Medicine, is highly trained in medical aesthetics, laser therapy, and lifestyle medicine. She completed her specialty training at the Halifax Center for Family and Sports Medicine Residency Program. Dr. Haynes attended medical school at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biology with a minor in Spanish from the University of Louisville where she was a record holding division I track and field athlete. Today Dr. Haynes is an author, public speaker, business coach and founder and CEO of Family First Health Center, an integrative membership-based family medicine clinic in Daytona Beach, Florida.  Considered a “trailblazer” in the medical community, Dr. Haynes founded the first integrative direct primary care clinic in Volusia and Flagler counties as part of her mission to make healthcare more affordable and advocate for the sacredness of the doctor-patient relationship. Much like her approach to transforming barriers to healthcare for her patients, Dr. Haynes’ mission is to break stigmas associated with mental health in the medical community where rigorous testing, sleep deprivation and high stress often normalize symptoms of depression. Dr. Haynes has turned her story into one of hope by helping students understand the power in sharing their stories and finding guidance from someone who has walked in their shoes. As an accomplished medical physician, CEO, and award-winning business coach and mentor, Dr. Haynes speaks to a broad range of audiences, including physicians, health care providers, and organizations supporting employee health. ## Ernie Clevenger ### Co-Founder & CEO, CareHere, a Premise Health company Read Bio [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](https://carehere.com/) ## X ## Ernie Clevenger Since 1983, Ernie Clevenger has worked in the self-funded community in various capacities including: - Chairman and President of the Self-Insurance Institute of America - Chairman of the Workforce for Electronic Data Interface (WEDI) advising United States Department of Health & Human Services - President of American Progressive Benefits and Executive Vice President of Alliance Underwriters and two of the nation’s leading providers of stop loss insurance for self-insured employers. He and Ben Baker co-founded CareHere in January 2004. Ernie is a graduate of Lipscomb University and received his MBA from the Owen Graduate School of Management of Vanderbilt University. He received his FLMI from the Life Management Institute. ## Maryal Concepcion, MD ### Host, "My DPC Story" podcast; Owner & CEO, Big Trees MD [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/linkedin-black.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryal-concepcion-md-aa94ab99/) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](https://www.mydpcstory.com/) ## X ## Maryal Concepcion, MD ## Stacey Richter ### Host of the “Relentless Health Value” Podcast Read Bio [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/linkedin-black.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacey-richter-14b3234/) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](https://relentlesshealthvalue.com/) ## X ## Stacey Richter When not hosting the show, Stacey is co-president of Aventria Health Group, a marketing agency and consultancy. Aventria specializes in helping pharmaceutical, employer, pharmacy, and health system clients improve patient outcomes by creating and leveraging collaborations with other health care organizations. For more than 20 years, Stacey has innovated better-coordinated health solutions benefiting all stakeholders, and, most of all, the patient. ## Dave Chase ### Creator, Co-founder of Health Rosetta, Hope Merchant, Best-selling Author [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/linkedin-black.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chasedave/) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/icon-twitter-black.svg)](https://twitter.com/chasedave) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](https://healthrosetta.org/) ## X ## Dave Chase ## Clint Flanagan, MD ### Founder & CEO, Nextera Healthcare [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/linkedin-black.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/clintflanaganmd/) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](https://nexterahealthcare.com/) ## X ## Clint Flanagan, MD ## Zak Holdsworth ### Co-founder & CEO, Hint Health Read Bio [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/linkedin-black.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/zakholdsworth/) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/icon-twitter-black.svg)](https://twitter.com/zakholdsworth) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](https://www.hint.com) ## X ## Zak Holdsworth Zak is CEO and Founder of Hint Health—the leading membership management, employer direct contracting, and billing platform for healthcare providers who operate alternative payment and care delivery models—including direct primary care (DPC) clinics & networks, forward-thinking onsite/near-site groups, and virtual-first care.  Zak started his career as an Electrical Engineer / CS working on automation systems and embedded medical devices and later as a tech consultant for clients in healthcare, digital media and entertainment. More recently Zak worked as a VC at Voyager Capital focusing his efforts on early stage digital media and healthcare IT startups. A Stanford MBA graduate, Zak has worked for and advised a number of startups on product marketing, business development and strategy. ## Karith Foster ### CEO, Inversity Solutions; Speaker and Author [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/linkedin-black.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/karithfoster/) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/icon-twitter-black.svg)](https://twitter.com/KarithFoster) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](https://inversitysolutions.com/) ## X ## Karith Foster ## Aimee Leidich ### Director of Business Operations & Data Analytics, Hint Health Read Bio [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/linkedin-black.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aimeeleidich/) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](https://www.hint.com/?__hstc=45788219.06ed2f4b30d30d8432ca12444365d607.1635268990835.1635385344680.1635388529968.3&__hssc=45788219.2.1635388529968&__hsfp=2454842647) ## X ## Aimee Leidich Aimee is the Director of Business Operations and Analytics at Hint Health where she makes sure everything is running smoothly and that the numbers always add up. Prior to Hint, Aimee spent eight years doing HIV research in East and Southern Africa with UCSF before leaving academia for the allure of start ups. Aimee is based in San Francisco where she and her husband enjoy riding their bikes up very steep hills to the ocean with their one year old in town.   ### Paul Thomas, MD Founder, DPC Physician & Instructor at Plum Health [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/linkedin-black.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulthomasmd/) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/icon-twitter-black.svg)](https://twitter.com/PaulThomas2013) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](https://www.plumhealthdpc.com/) ### Jay Keese Executive Director, DPC Coalition CEO, Capitol Advocates [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/linkedin-black.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpkeese/) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/icon-twitter-black.svg)](https://twitter.com/DPCCoalition) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](https://www.dpcare.org/) ### Amy Mechley, MD CEO & Physician Integrated Family Care [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/linkedin-black.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-mechley-m-d-27510951/) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/icon-twitter-black.svg)](https://twitter.com/AMechley) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](https://ifcdirect.com/) ### Al Lewis Senior Advisor, The Validation Institute CEO & Quizmeister-in-Chief, Quizzify [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/linkedin-black.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/al-lewis-57963/) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/icon-twitter-black.svg)](https://twitter.com/whynobodybeliev) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](https://theysaidwhat.net/) ### Joel Bessmer, MD Founder & Chief Medical Officer, Strada Healthcare [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/linkedin-black.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-r-bessmer-md-facp-34063113/) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](https://www.stradahealthcare.com/) ### Jeremy VanderKnyff EVP of Health Data Science, Value & Validation, Proactive MD [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/linkedin-black.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/company/proactive-md/people/) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](https://proactive-md.com/) ### Adam Russo Co-founder and CEO, The Phia Group, LLC [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/linkedin-black.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamvrusso/) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/icon-twitter-black.svg)](https://twitter.com/adamvrusso) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](https://www.phiagroup.com/) ### Lauren Tancredi Practice Development Lead, Hint Health [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/linkedin-black.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ltanc/) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](https://www.onehealingbreath.com/) ### VuDang Tran Head of IT Security at Hint Health [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/linkedin-black.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/vudang-tran-57ba97143/) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](https://www.hint.com) ### Steven Waldren, MD VP & Chief Medical Informatics Officer, American Academy of Family Physicians [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/linkedin-black.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenwaldren/) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/icon-twitter-black.svg)](https://twitter.com/techydoc) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](http://www.aafp.org/) ### Sharud Agarwal Founder & CEO, Akute Health [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/linkedin-black.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/company/akute-health/about/) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](https://www.akutehealth.com) ### Jessica Gulish Head of Sales, Spruce Health [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/linkedin-black.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/company/spruce-health/) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](https://www.sprucehealth.com/) ### Carlos Reines President & Co-Founder, RubiconMD [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/linkedin-black.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlos-reines/) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/icon-twitter-black.svg)](https://twitter.com/CarlosReines) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](https://www.rubiconmd.com/) ### Adam Wheeler, MD Founder & CEO, Big Tree Medical [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/linkedin-black.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-wheeler-a972a039/) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](https://bigtreemedicalhome.com/) ### Emilie Scott, MD Co-founder, Family Physician, Halcyon Health Direct Primary Care [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/linkedin-black.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilie-scott-56a29178/) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](http://www.halcyonhealthdpc.com/) ### James Gaor, MD Co-founder, Family Physician, Halcyon Health Direct Primary Care [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](http://www.halcyonhealthdpc.com/) ### Jennifer Rabiner Chief Product Officer of Pearl; former Head of Product at Hint, athenahealth [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](https://pearlhealth.com/) ### Ankit Patel President, Pearl Health; former VP at Clover Health, Senior advisor at CMS [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/linkedin-black.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/company/pearl-health/) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](https://pearlhealth.com/) ### Ryan Choiniere Vice President, Client Strategies Northwind Pharmaceuticals [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/linkedin-black.svg)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-choiniere-62757b47/) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/icons/hyperlink-black.svg)](https://www.nwpharma.com/) ### schedule of events ## Thursday, October 28th, 2021 ### 7:30-3:30 PM PT ### view schedule #### 7:30 a.m. PDT ## Direct Care Experts: Meet with Solution Partners #### 7:30 a.m. PDT ## Networking: DPC Speed Dating #### 8:00 a.m. PDT ## Opening Remarks, My DPC Story #### Speakers Maryal Concepcion, MD #### Presented by [![My DPC Story](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/My%20DPC%20Story.png) ](https://www.mydpcstory.com/) #### 8:10 a.m. PDT ## Collaborations Transforming the Health of our Nation, One Community at a Time #### Speakers Dave Chase; Clint Flanagan, MD #### Presented by [![Health Rosetta logo](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Health%20Rosetta%20logo.png) ](https://healthrosetta.org/) #### 8:35 a.m. PDT ## Networking: DPC Speed Dating #### 8:50 a.m. PDT ## Direct Care Accelerator - Launch, Manage & Grow Your Practice #### Speakers Lauren Tancredi; Paul Thomas, MD #### 9:00 a.m. PDT ## Marketing Direct Care #### Speakers Paul Thomas, MD #### 9:25 a.m. PDT ## Pandemic Communication: What Has Changed Forever #### Speakers Jessica Gulish #### Presented by [![Spruce_purple](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Spruce_purple.png) ](https://www.sprucehealth.com/) #### 9:40 a.m. PDT ## Navigating Sales Uncertainty: Time & Money aren't the issue #### Speakers Lauren Tancredi #### 10:05 a.m. PDT ## From Members to Employers: How to Leverage Pharmacy to grow your DPC #### Speakers Ryan Choiniere #### Presented by [![NorthwindPharmaceuticals_Purple](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/NorthwindPharmaceuticals_Purple.png) ](https://www.nwpharma.com/) #### 10:20 a.m. PDT ## 4 Things to Protect Your Practice (Business) from Cybersecurity Threats #### Speakers VuDang Tran #### 10:40 a.m. PDT ## Startup to Growth #### Speakers Sharud Agarwal #### Presented by [![AkuteHealth_Purple](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/AkuteHealth_Purple.png) ](https://www.akutehealth.com/) #### 10:55 a.m. PDT ## Tech Demos & Meet with Solution Partners #### 10:55 a.m. PDT ## Networking: DPC Speed Dating #### 11:15 a.m. PDT ## Magnetic Marketing: Unpacking Pain and Passion to Grow a Purpose-driven Practice #### Speakers Delicia Haynes, MD #### 11:40 a.m. PDT ## Forward-looking Care Delivery Models to Serve Your Patients & Grow Your Practice #### Speakers Adam Wheeler; Lauren Tancredi #### 12:05 p.m. PDT ## Finding the Value in Value-Based Care: The Path to Validation #### Speakers Jeremy VanderKnyff #### 12:30 p.m. PDT ## Physician-Advisor Partnerships to Grow Your Practice #### Speakers Clint Flanagan, MD; Joel Bessmer, MD #### 12:55 p.m. PDT ## Build The Future of Primary Care with Elation #### Speakers Atha Fong; Gabriella Marquez #### Presented by [![Elation_Purple](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Elation_Purple.png) ](https://www.elationhealth.com) #### 1:10 p.m. PDT ## A Health Care System Ripe for Disruption #### Speakers Marshall Allen; Heather Eden #### Presented by [![ZionHealth_purple](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/ZionHealth_purple.png) ](https://zionhealth.org/) #### 1:35 p.m. PDT ## Networking: DPC Speed Dating #### 1:35 p.m. PDT ## Tech Demos & Meet with Solution Partners #### 1:45 p.m. PDT ## Creating a Thriving Ecosystem #### Speakers Michael Palantoni #### Presented by [![AthenaHealth_purple](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/AthenaHealth_purple.png) ](https://www.athenahealth.com/) #### 2:05 p.m. PDT ## Zion Health Session #### Speakers Nathan Udy #### Presented by [![ZionHealth_purple](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/ZionHealth_purple.png) ](https://zionhealth.org/) #### 2:20 p.m. PDT ## MINT Lessons in Leadership, Listening and Laughter #### Speakers Karith Foster #### 2:50 p.m. PDT ## Hint Happy Hour: So You Think You Know Healthcare Contest + Ask the Experts #### Speakers Al Lewis; Lauren Tancredi; Tasha Demkiw; Alexa Schulte; Ji Xiao ## Friday, October 29th, 2021 ### 7:30-2:00 PM PT ### view schedule #### 7:30 a.m. PDT ## Direct Care Experts: Meet with Solution Partners #### 7:30 a.m. PDT ## Networking: DPC Speed Dating #### 7:30 a.m. PDT ## Direct Care Experts - Product demos, Q&A #### 8:00 a.m. PDT ## Opening Remarks #### Speakers Maryal Concepcion, MD #### Presented by [![My DPC Story](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/My%20DPC%20Story.png) ](https://www.mydpcstory.com/) #### 8:05 a.m. PDT ## Navigating the Legislative Landscape #### Speakers Jay Keese #### 8:30 a.m. PDT ## Advancing Direct Care Models through Employer-Sponsored Plans #### Speakers Adam Russo, JD #### 9:00 a.m. PDT ## The Future of US Healthcare #### Speakers Sen. Bill Frist, MD #### Presented by [![AthenaHealth_purple](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/AthenaHealth_purple.png) ](https://www.athenahealth.com/) #### 9:45 a.m. PDT ## Realigning with Medicare: Evaluating opportunities in new value-based risk models #### Speakers Ankit Patel; Jennifer Rabiner #### 10:10 a.m. PDT ## Direct Care Experts: Meet with Solution Partners #### 10:10 a.m. PDT ## Networking: DPC Speed Dating #### 10:30 a.m. PDT ## Pioneering Direct Health Plans: Where Can Technology Take Us? #### Speakers Ernie Clevenger #### Presented by [![ACLM_Purple](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/ACLM_Purple.png) ](https://www.lifestylemedicine.org/) #### 10:55 a.m. PDT ## DPC Supporting Lifestyle Medicine in a Clinical Practice #### Speakers Amy Mechley, MD #### Presented by [![ACLM_Purple](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/ACLM_Purple.png) ](https://www.lifestylemedicine.org/) #### 11:15 a.m. PDT ## Networking: DPC Speed Dating #### 11:15 a.m. PDT ## Tech Demos & Meet with Solution Partners #### 11:35 a.m. PDT ## The Future of Primary Care #### Speakers Ada D. Stewart, MD, FAAFP; Stacey Richter #### Presented by [![AAFP_purple](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/AAFP_purple.png) ](https://www.aafp.org/home.html) #### 12:15 p.m. PDT ## AAFP Innovation Lab #### Speakers Shawn Martin; Steven Waldren, MD #### 12:15 p.m. PDT ## AAFP Q&A #### Speakers Bethany Burk; Steven Waldren, MD; Mark Nolan #### 12:25 p.m. PDT ## Advanced Primary Care: Integrating Specialties into Your DPC Practice #### Speakers Carlos Reines, MBA, M.Eng.; Emilie Scott, MD; James Gaor, MD #### 12:55 p.m. PDT ## Hint Keynote: Meeting the Moment #### Speakers Zak Holdsworth; Alexa Schulte; Aimee Leidich #### 1:45 p.m. PDT ## Closing Remarks #### Speakers Zak Holdsworth ## Check out Hint Summits of yesteryear [2020](https://summit.hint.com/2020) # / [2019](https://summit.hint.com/2019) # / [2018](https://summit.hint.com/2018) # / [2017](https://summit.hint.com/2017) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/identity/logos/logomono-white-2018-400x400.svg)](https://www.hint.com/) [![](https://summit.hint.com/hubfs/Active/images/lp/summit-2020/foot-icon-email.svg)Contact Us](mailto:summit@hint.com)