2022 Primary Care Conference: Primary Care Transformation: How to Recover and Move Forward
Tuesday, May 17, 2022; 8:00 AM - 2:35 PM
Keynote Speaker: A. Seiji Hayashi, MD, MPH, FAAFP – Chief Transformation Officer and Medical Director, Mary’s Center
Dr. Hayashi is the Chief Transformation Officer and Medical Director for Mary’s Center, a community health center that provides health care, family literacy, and social services to individuals whose needs too often go unmet by the public and private systems.
Dr. Hayashi is board certified family physician and is an experienced leader in primary care, quality improvement, and health policy at the local and national levels. Prior to Mary’s Center, he was the Acting Director and Director of Medicine for the Human Diagnosis Project, an effort to enable more accurate, affordable, and accessible care for all using machine learning technology. Dr. Hayashi also spearheaded transformation at Unity Health Care, another FQHC in DC, as their Executive Vice President for Transformation and Innovation. Dr. Hayashi’s national health policy experience comes from his role as the Chief Medical Officer for the Bureau of Primary Health Care at the Health Resources and Services Administration where he oversaw the clinical quality strategy for the federal Health Center Program. Dr. Hayashi has spent almost a decade in academia teaching and conducting research on clinical medicine, public health, and health policy for medically vulnerable populations at Georgetown University and at George Washington University. At GWU’s School of Public Health, Dr. Hayashi directed their MPH program in Community Oriented Primary Care, and was the Associate Director for the Geiger Gibson Program in Community Health Policy.
Dr. Hayashi has received a number of awards and honors, including the Samuel U. Rodgers, MD Achievement Award from the National Association of Community Health Centers.
Dr. Hayashi graduated with honors in Studio Art from Vassar College, received his M.D. with Alpha Omega Alpha distinction from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completed his family medicine residency training at the University of California at San Francisco. He received his M.P.H. from the Harvard School of Public Health while a fellow with the Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University Fellowship in Minority Health Policy.
Morning Plenary: Jason Reddish, JD, Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP (FTLF)
The 340B Program – Navigating Recent Challenges and Protecting Health Center Benefits for the Future
Jason Reddish focuses his practice on the federal 340B drug discount program and the complex legal and compliance issues facing safety net providers, pharmacies, and other 340B program stakeholders. Jason began his career representing pharmaceutical manufacturers before finding his passion helping 340B program covered entities, including disproportionate share hospitals, Federally Qualified Health Centers, Ryan White HIV/AIDS clinics, and other grantees navigate the 340B program.
In addition to providing guidance on 340B program issues, Jason helps safety net providers, pharmacies, and other stakeholders by negotiating and reviewing contracts relating to the provision of pharmacy and professional services. Jason has worked on dozens of 340B program contract pharmacy and pharmacy services agreements. Jason is an authority on 340B program contract pharmacies, including transactional, operational, and compliance concerns.
2022 Bi-State Annual Awards Ceremony:
Bi-State presents its Public Service Awards and Chair Awards.
Afternoon Concurrent Sessions:
A – Event Aftermath: Now What?
Speakers from the Granite State Health Care Coalition (GSHCC), the Vermont Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Coalition (VHEPC), and the Emergency Management Advisory Coalition (EMAC)
B – Recruitment and Retention in Health Professions Education &Training
Speakers from Wipfli LLP
Closing Remarks: Tess Stack Kuenning, CNS, MS, RN - President and Chief Executive Officer of Bi-State Primary Care Association
