Laura Jacobs is managing principal at GE Healthcare Partners and has been with the firm since 1990. She has more than 30 years of experience in the areas of integrated delivery system development, payer strategy, population health management, healthcare strategic and financial planning, transactions, and governance/management systems. She is a noted speaker and industry resource on the impact of healthcare trends, most notably the requirements for success in value-based payment models, clinical integration, and creating successful integrated delivery systems.Laura has assisted organizations throughout the country with strategic and financial planning, performance improvement, merger facilitation, and affiliation strategies.

She has led the development and implementation of clinical integration and accountable care initiatives. She has led the strategic, financial, and operational redesign of health systems, including transforming the framework for decision-making and care delivery. She has led the organizational and compensation redesign for provider organizations to achieve greater integration and aligned incentives.

She has assisted academic medical centers and large multi-state health systems with implementing clinical integration strategies and transitioning to value-based models. She is a frequent speaker regarding current trends in healthcare, payer strategies, risk-based payment models, consumer expectations, clinical integration, governance, and optimizing performance

Dr. John Jenrette is the Executive Vice President at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Network. The Cedars-Sinai Medical Network includes more than 1,000 physicians and allied health professionals, 8 HMO contracts, and 1,500 employees. The Medical Network provides care to over 140,000 members.

Ms. Calhoun is a manager with GE Healthcare Camden Group and specializes in the areas of care management design and implementation, strategic and business planning analysis, and the development of clinically integrated organizations. Ms. Calhoun has supported numerous clients with the completion of Medicare Shared Savings Program applications and the development of accountable care organization implementation strategies.

Mr. Slaggert is the CEO of Children First Medical Group, a pediatric only multi- specialty IPA with 600 physicians caring for nearly 50,000 children through the California Medi-Cal managed care program. His expertise over 25 years includes health system strategic planning, physician compensation redesign, medical group operations, Clinically Integrated Network (CIN) and ACO development, health system business growth, physician leadership development and population health management. Jim holds a BS degree in Biomedical Photographic Communications from Rochester Institute of Technology and earned his MBA from the University of Cincinnati.

Previous positions include CEO, Medical Group Foundations at Providence Health and Services in Southern California and National Vice President of physician services at Catholic Health Initiatives, now part of CommonSpirit Health. Other roles in the Bay Area of Northern California included 13 years as the CEO of Alta Bates Medical Group.

Jim has also served on the APG Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Jim is an avid hockey fan and occasionally still gets on the ice for a spirited game.