
7:15 a.m. – 7:45 a.m.
Breakfast
7:45 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Keynote: “The No Surprises Act Is Full of Surprises to Be Discussed and Explored”
Ed Gaines (Zotec Partners)
8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Keynote: “The Future of Orthopedics: Practice Consolidation, Private Equity & the Employed Orthopedist”
David Jacofsky, MD (Healthcare Outcomes Performance Company)
9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Breakouts
Topic 1: Outpatient Migration
Theodore Schlegel, MD (American Orthopedic Partners) & Adam Bruggeman, MD (Texas Spine Care Center)
Topic 2: Direct Contracting & Consumerism
Robert Rauner, MD (OneHealth Nebraska), Steve Kros (OneHealth Nebraska) & Dutch Rojas (Nomi Health) | Robb Linafelter (Lincoln Surgical Hospital) – Moderator
Topic 3: External Pressures: Labor & Drug Shortages
Will Patterson (CareRev) & John Karkowski (JDJ Pharmacy Consultants)
10:20 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.
Breakouts
Topic 1: Press Relations: Writing Op-Eds & Placement
Chris Sheeron (Grayson & Co)
Topic 2: AI: Slaying the Dragon
Adam Bruggeman, MD (Texas Spine Care Center) & John Dietz, MD (OrthoIndy)
Topic 3: Safety – The ABCs on VBCs
Steven Schuster, MD (Moving to Value Alliance)
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Legal Roundtable
Panelists TBA