Minimizing SDOH Confusion: How Do I Focus on What’s Needed?

Karen Iapoce, Vice President of Government Programs at ZeOmega, has 30+ years’ experience in strategic healthcare. Over the years, her titles have ranged from RN to Senior VP of Clinical Operations and Director of Government Solutions. Karen is a clinical leader, trainer, and liaison experienced in driving innovations in quality, products, metrics, revenue, and cost. She has expertise in Medicaid, Medicare, Social Determinants of Health, and federal/state regulations and their application within payer/provider environments.

Joel is the President and Founder of CODE and an internationally recognized expert on open data. His book “Open Data Now” (McGraw-Hill), written for a general audience, is considered a benchmark publication that helped define this emerging field. Before launching CODE in January 2015, he conceptualized and led the development team for the GovLab’s Open Data 500 project, the first thorough study of the use of open government data by the private sector. Joel’s background includes government, journalism, nonprofit leadership, and consumer issues. He served as Chair of the White House Task Force on Smart Disclosure, which studied how open government data can improve consumer markets, and as Chief of the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.

Dr. Keough is an experienced medical director in managed care, government utilization, and policy development, review, and implementation. He has a clinical background in pediatrics, pediatric infectious diseases, pediatric hospitalist, and urgent care. Dr. Keough is skilled in utilization, health plan policy, Medicaid, healthcare, healthcare management, clinical research, and medical education. He is a strong healthcare-services professional and board-certified pediatrician.