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  • What biometric data should be collected, how this is optimized, and how this enables at home care models.
  • How are healthcare systems and payers integrating remote patient monitoring across the landscape of women’s health to improve patient engagement, adherence, and access to streamline operations and reduce provider burden.
  • What areas of women’s heath are seeing the greatest application of remote patient monitoring and how will this evolve over the next 5 years.
Digital Health
Healthcare Costs and Outcomes

Author:

Matt Fickie

Senior Medical Director
Highmark

Matt Fickie

Senior Medical Director
Highmark

Author:

Mika Miyake

Business Development Manager, Women’s Health Lead
Garmin Health

Mika Miyake

Business Development Manager, Women’s Health Lead
Garmin Health

Author:

Julia Croxen

Vice President of Strategy Consulting
Rock Health

Julia is Vice President of Strategy Consulting at Rock Health, where she advises enterprise healthcare organizations on digital health and innovation strategy. She brings particular expertise supporting life sciences and pharma companies, as well as growth-stage startups. Her work focuses on go-to-market planning, commercialization, and patient activation and engagement across digital health segments and therapeutic areas, including cardio-metabolic health and women’s health. Prior to Rock Health, Julia worked in life sciences strategy consulting, driving pipeline portfolio prioritization, launch planning, and lifecycle management initiatives for biopharma clients. She studied Neurobiology and Global Health and Health Policy at Harvard University.

Julia Croxen

Vice President of Strategy Consulting
Rock Health

Julia is Vice President of Strategy Consulting at Rock Health, where she advises enterprise healthcare organizations on digital health and innovation strategy. She brings particular expertise supporting life sciences and pharma companies, as well as growth-stage startups. Her work focuses on go-to-market planning, commercialization, and patient activation and engagement across digital health segments and therapeutic areas, including cardio-metabolic health and women’s health. Prior to Rock Health, Julia worked in life sciences strategy consulting, driving pipeline portfolio prioritization, launch planning, and lifecycle management initiatives for biopharma clients. She studied Neurobiology and Global Health and Health Policy at Harvard University.

  • What are the outcomes that payers are seeing from telehealth deployment in terms of access, costs, and efficiency?
  • What is the impact of digital health on hybrid models such as pregnancy vs wider health conditions?
  • How can we maximize the deployment of telehealth in women’s health?

 

Healthcare Costs and Outcomes
  • How employers are integrating fertility, menopause, and maternal health into employee health plans.
  • Addressing workplace challenges like menstrual health, caregiving, and chronic conditions.
  • The ROI of Women's Health Investment – How employer-driven health initiatives improve retention.
Brain Health
Nutrition and Food as Medicine
Healthcare Costs and Outcomes

Author:

Maxine Carrington

Chief People Officer
Northwell Health

Maxine Carrington

Chief People Officer
Northwell Health

Author:

Jennesa Atherton

Head of Clinical Affairs
Sword Health

Jennesa Atherton

Head of Clinical Affairs
Sword Health
  • Understanding the payer mindset, what is valuable in women’s healthcare innovation. 

  • Defining clinical outcomes, cost containment, and population impact.

  • Determining Evidence for Adoption & Reimbursement, what is ‘gold standard data’.

  • Case examples of evidence that moved the needle, RWE, and how to avoid common mistakes

Reproductive Health
Healthcare Costs and Outcomes

Author:

Karolina Löfqvist

CEO & Co-Founder
Hormona

Karolina Löfqvist

CEO & Co-Founder
Hormona

Author:

Omid Toloui

Adjunct Professor, UCLA Anderson School of Management
Former VP of Innovation, Elevance Health

Omid Toloui

Adjunct Professor, UCLA Anderson School of Management
Former VP of Innovation, Elevance Health

Author:

Laura Herrera Scott

Chief Medical Officer
CareFirst BlueCross Blue Shield

Laura Herrera Scott, MD, is the Vice President and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst), one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit healthcare organizations. In this role, Dr. Herrera Scott leads CareFirst’s physician, inpatient management and healthcare policy teams, supporting efforts to achieve excellence in healthcare affordability, quality and accessibility through innovative initiatives to improve the health of CareFirst’s members and the communities it serves.
Dr. Herrera Scott brings more than 20 years of clinical and strategic leadership experience across the healthcare industry. Most recently, she served as Secretary of the Maryland Department of Health, where she led several large-scale initiatives, including maintaining coverage for more than 1.6 million Marylanders during the post-pandemic Medicaid redetermination process and advancing legislation to protect women’s health and improve healthcare access statewide.

Laura Herrera Scott

Chief Medical Officer
CareFirst BlueCross Blue Shield

Laura Herrera Scott, MD, is the Vice President and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst), one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit healthcare organizations. In this role, Dr. Herrera Scott leads CareFirst’s physician, inpatient management and healthcare policy teams, supporting efforts to achieve excellence in healthcare affordability, quality and accessibility through innovative initiatives to improve the health of CareFirst’s members and the communities it serves.
Dr. Herrera Scott brings more than 20 years of clinical and strategic leadership experience across the healthcare industry. Most recently, she served as Secretary of the Maryland Department of Health, where she led several large-scale initiatives, including maintaining coverage for more than 1.6 million Marylanders during the post-pandemic Medicaid redetermination process and advancing legislation to protect women’s health and improve healthcare access statewide.

  • How to mitigate inappropriate drug use and dosing risk, leveraging mechanisms like Pre-Approval Information Exchange (PIE) and PDUFA timelines to shape understanding of indication, value, and safety.
  • How to engage payers as early as phase 2 to build trust and tailor future value-based contracts, launching with outcomes-driven frameworks to support access and reimbursement.
Innovation and Investment
Healthcare Costs and Outcomes

Author:

Jim Kenney

Founder – JTKENNEY
Former Manager, Specialty and Pharmacy Contracts - Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Jim Kenney

Founder – JTKENNEY
Former Manager, Specialty and Pharmacy Contracts - Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
  • Discussing the financial burden associated with contraception, gaps in coverage, and how this influences retail access.
  • Sharing commercial opportunities by making low-cost contraception more available through ecosystem partnerships.
  • How can the industry operationalize OTC coverage and distribution of contraception and other women’s health medications.
Consumer Health
Healthcare Costs and Outcomes

Author:

Victoria Nichols

Senior Project Director, Free the Pill
Ibis Reproductive Health

Victoria Nichols

Senior Project Director, Free the Pill
Ibis Reproductive Health

Author:

Flavia Mason

Global Vice President, Women's Health
Perrigo

Flavia Mason

Global Vice President, Women's Health
Perrigo
  • How payers can apply AI and predictive analytics to optimize cost structures in women’s healthcare.
  • The role of structured and unstructured data in improving patient outcomes and reducing financial barriers.
  • Actionable insights for startups: what data to prioritize and how to maximize its value when working with payers and providers.

 

Healthcare Costs and Outcomes
Innovation and Investment

Author:

Angela Rastegar

CEO
Sunfish

Angela Rastegar

CEO
Sunfish

Author:

Bilikis Oladimeji

Senior Vice President, Clinical Programs
Progyny

Bilikis Oladimeji

Senior Vice President, Clinical Programs
Progyny

Author:

Ashley Campany

Associate Director, Innovative Finance
Milken Institute

Ashley Campany

Associate Director, Innovative Finance
Milken Institute
  • Navigating the financial pathways of fertility care, addressing costs and affordability in managed care, insurance and employers.
  • Exploring how leaders are using insurance innovation, employer benefits, fintech tools, and electronic health records to reduce friction, increase cost transparency, and help more patients access the care they need.
  • How will the implementation of technology, robotics, and AI impact the cost of patients?
  • What is needed from a government and policy perspective to drive affordable fertility?
Fertility
Healthcare Costs and Outcomes

Author:

Chloe Cai

CEO
New Hope Fertility Center

Chloe Cai

CEO
New Hope Fertility Center

Author:

Jared Robins

CEO
ASRM

Jared Robins

CEO
ASRM
  • Delving into how policy and insurance coverage is shaping national maternal health standards.
  • Showcasing Kaiser Permanente’s approach to value-based care models, accessibility, and population health.
  • How the ‘cocoon model’ surrounds women with holistic supportive care beyond clinical monitoring during pregnancy.
Maternal Health
Healthcare Costs and Outcomes

Author:

Esme Cullen

Chief Health Equity Officer, National Medicaid & State Programs
Kaiser Permanente

Esme Cullen

Chief Health Equity Officer, National Medicaid & State Programs
Kaiser Permanente

Author:

Jocelyn Audelo

Senior Director, National Women’s & Children’s Health Clinical Program
Kaiser Permanente

Jocelyn Audelo

Senior Director, National Women’s & Children’s Health Clinical Program
Kaiser Permanente

Author:

Jemma Nonog

Senior Director, Clinical Care Improvement
Kaiser Permanente

Jemma Nonog

Senior Director, Clinical Care Improvement
Kaiser Permanente