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EMPOWERING ACTION FOR SYSTEMS CHANGE | OCTOBER 5-6, 2023

An Initiative of

and in Collaboration with

An Initiative of It's Time Texas
and in Collaboration with The University of Texas System


PRESENTED BY BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD OF TEXAS

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Presented by BlueCross BlueShield of Texas

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EMPOWERING ACTION FOR SYSTEMS CHANGE | OCTOBER 5-6, 2023

Presented by BlueCross BlueShield of Texas


PRE-SUMMIT SHOWCASE

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Welcome to the Healthier Texas Summit Pre-Summit Showcase!

As we gear up for the main event on October 5-6, 2023, these three dynamic
webinars will provide a sneak peek into the impactful discussions and
collaborative opportunities that await you. We hope you plan to join us at the
Healthier Texas Summit, October 5-6 in Austin, TX. Join the conversation early
by tuning into our FREE virtual Pre-Summit Showcase Webinars.

Prepare for the main event with our free Pre-Summit Showcase webinars! These
interactive sessions are designed to spark excitement and drive meaningful
conversations around key health topics. Engage with expert speakers, build
collaborative partnerships, and gain valuable insights that will amplify your
impact at the Summit, in your work, and beyond.

Featured Webinars
Summit Registration

August 22, 2023


BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES WITH COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS

DESCRIPTION

In the session Building Healthy Communities with Collaborative Partnerships, the
role of collaborative partnerships is paramount in building healthier
communities. Panelists will discuss diverse perspectives on solutions to silos,
barriers, and risk to collaborative partnerships, lessons from COVID and public
health, and how to activate local, state, and federal policy solutions.
Panelists will also share their experiences on how to improve the health of
diverse populations and increase access to resources in rural communities.
Finally, they will share the recent impacts of technology and collaboration in
healthcare on patient experience, providers (e.g., mental health, wellbeing,
community stakeholders, and outcomes, sustainability, and funding.

DURATION

60 Minutes
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SPEAKERS


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Seydia Adkins
City of Lubbock Public Health Department
Speaker Bio
Victor Rivera
Loaves and Fishes of the RGV, Inc.
Speaker Bio
Stephanie Norris
Director of Federal Programs, Hays CISD
Speaker Bio
Alice Steiner
Unite Us
Speaker Bio
August 29, 2023


FOOD INSECURE PATIENTS RECEIVING PRODUCE AND WELLNESS EDUCATION

DESCRIPTION

This session, Food Insecurity and Food Literacy, will discuss San Antonio Food
Bank’s Farmacy initiative in their 29-county service area and address how
consistent access to produce impacts the social determinants of health and
reduces the risk of heart disease, stroke, and other major health problems.
Participants will learn how San Antonio Food Bank’s Farmacy addresses food needs
by connecting to programs and healthcare provides, implements a food Insecurity
Training that empowers healthcare staff, and connect patients to resources
through e-Referral system.

This session will also cover addressing the social determinants of health by
implementing Life’s Essential 8, the key measures for improving and maintaining
heart health, as defined by the American Heart Association, and that may
significantly impact how increased food literacy will build healthier
communities. Participants will leave with knowledge and tools to reduce the risk
of heart disease and stroke and be able to positively support physical and
mental health.

DURATION

60 Minutes
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SPEAKERS


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Tracy West
San Antonio Food Bank
Speaker Bio
Jamie Gonzalez
BIG FRESH Market Box
Speaker Bio
September 12, 2023


PANDEMIC LESSONS: POLICY AND ADVOCACY IN THE SAFETY-NET

DESCRIPTION

In Pandemic Lessons: Policy and Advocacy in the Safety-Net, the team from
Parkland Health, Dallas County’s safety-net hospital, will share ongoing
research about how policy structures resulted in inequitable outcomes during the
COVID pandemic. The panel will share research regarding the impact of charity
care on COVID outcomes, the burden of undiagnosed diabetes unmasked in COVID
hospitalizations, and racial/ethnic COVID disparities unique to Texas. This
session will highlight the policy and advocacy challenges revealed during the
pandemic and discuss a roadmap for change from safety-net systems.

DURATION

60 Minutes
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SPEAKERS


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Anisha Ganguly
Parkland Health
Speaker Bio
Kavita Bhavan
Parkland Health/UTSW
Speaker Bio
Tami Gurley
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Speaker Bio
Michael Harms
Parkland Health
Speaker Bio


PREVIOUSLY RECORDED SUMMIT WEBINARS

▸Leading with Health: Unexpected Leaders within Health Collaboratives

DESCRIPTION

Accountable Communities for Health (ACHs) are led by a backbone organization.
Traditionally, this role is filled by an organization within the healthcare
sector, such as a hospital or clinic system. ACH backbone leadership from
outside the healthcare sector brings different perspectives to the work, as well
as challenges to navigate. In this session, Leaders from Texas Accountable
Communities for Health Initiative (TACHI) non-healthcare backbone sites will
share their experiences, plans, and learnings to date.

DATE

September, 2022

DURATION

60 Minutes


SPEAKERS

Debbie Bresette
Executive Director, Bastrop County Cares

Carmen Llanes Pulido
Executive Director,Go Austin Vamos Austin (GAVA)

Mary Lawler
Chief Executive Officer, Avenue CDC

C.J. Hager
Senior Research Innovation Officer, Episcopal Health Foundation


▸Creating a hunger free community: An innovative effort to improve food access

DESCRIPTION

Food access and consumption are key health indicators for communities. This
community health center established partnerships with local food banks and food
pantries to develop Food Prescription (Food Rx) and Door Dash delivery programs
that work to improve access to healthy foods and address diet-related chronic
diseases. Examine the insights gained from community partnerships & their power
to address medical & social needs for vulnerable populations.

DATE

August 30, 2022

DURATION

60 Minutes


SPEAKERS

Ijeoma Jiwuaku
Community Centered Health Home Coordinator, AccessHealth Community Center

Palak Jalan
Chief Population Health Officer, AccessHealth Community Center


▸How to Invest in Food Retail, Leverage Resources, and Change How People Eat

DESCRIPTION

El Paso County’s Healthy Food Financing Initiative invests in food retail
projects that increase the availability of healthy and affordable food in
high-need areas. This panel includes three distinct program partners who will
discuss the cross-sector partnership, roles, and lessons learned that support
private and non-profit food retail enterprises pursue projects to increase
access to healthy food.

DATE

August 18, 2022

DURATION

60 Minutes


SPEAKERS

Gabriela Gallegos
Associate Professor, UT Health School of Public Health

Valerie Venecia
Heritage Tourism Coordinator, El Paso County Economic Development

Audrey Marrufo
Training Coordinator, Small Business Development Center at El Paso Community
College

Adriana Clowe
Co-founder & Director of Operations, Desert Spoon Food Hub


▸Understanding Social Determinants of Health—A Collaborative of Healthcare
Providers, Landscape Architects, and Neighborhood Residents

DESCRIPTION

Focus on how one community clinic developed partnerships with community
organizations such as parks and recreation, local police, and a neighborhood
association to improve park conditions so that residents would have a safe place
to exercise, meet, and build community in order to reduce risk factors
associated with diabetes and other health disparities. Discussion of unusual
resources such as landscape architects can be partnered with as allies in
addressing community health.

DATE

March 14, 2022

DURATION

60 Minutes


SPEAKERS

Kari Spielgelhalter
Associate Designer, Asakura Robinson

Palak Jalan, BDS, MPH
Chief Population Health Officer, AccessHealth


▸Advancing Health Equity Through Food Access & Nutrition Education: A
Cross-Sector Dialogue

DESCRIPTION

Panelists will discuss successes/challenges related to food access and nutrition
education, how to address institutional racism and potential biases within their
organizations, and how to elevate systemic change to ensure communities are
receiving equitable food access and nutrition education.

DATE

March 7, 2022

DURATION

60 Minutes


SPEAKERS

Natasha Harper-Madison
Mayor Pro-Tem & District 1 Council Member, Austin City Council

Andrea Abel
Executive Director, Farmshare Austin

Linda Novick O’Keefe
Co-Founder & CEO, Common Threads


▸A Coordinated School Health Approach to Reduce Risk of Dental Caries Among
Elementary School Children in Texas

DESCRIPTION

Dental caries is the most common childhood disease with 68% of kindergarten
children having tooth decay. Children with poor oral health are more than two
times likely to perform poorly in school, and children with cavities in their
baby teeth are three times more likely to get cavities in their adult teeth. The
Texas 83rd legislative session added oral health as a required topic to the
state education code.

DATE

February 28, 2022

DURATION

60 Minutes


SPEAKERS

Shreela Sharma, PhD, RDN
Professor of Epidemiology, UTHealth School of Public Health

Kila Johnson, DDS
Director of Dental Health Services, Harris County Public Health

Kevin Ryan
Director, Delta Dental Community Care Foundation


▸Moment of Opportunity: Transforming Public Health and Achieving Health

DESCRIPTION

Understand the intersection of programs and policies at a federal, state and
local level to transform our public health system and advance health equity.

DATE

February 21, 2022

DURATION

60 Minutes


SPEAKERS

Dr. J. Nadine Gracia
President + CEO of Trust for America’s Health (TFAH


▸Creating Bridges to Fund Communities Towards Health Equity

DESCRIPTION

The Healthy Kids, Healthy Families grant is an initiative led by BCBSTX that’s
operating in its 10th year. This year, a pivotal change was made to focus on
funding programs that are beyond the traditional focus of nutrition and physical
activity. Learn more on the process, relationships, implementation, and impact
of this change.

DATE

February 7, 2022

DURATION

60 Minutes


SPEAKERS

Sheena Payne
Director of Community Affairs, BCBSTX

Hugo Zurita
Executive Director, Good Neighbor Settlement Home

Albert Ramirez
Executive Director, Burleson Health Resource Center

Patrick Brandt
President, Shiftsmart

Amy McGeady, PhD
CEO, It’s Time Texas


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Empowering Action for Systems Change
October 5-6, 2023


PRESENTED BY

A Division of Health Care Service Corporation, a Mutual Legal Reserve Company,
an Independent Licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association


AN INITIATIVE OF IT'S TIME TEXAS AND IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF
TEXAS SYSTEM

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 * Agenda
 * Sponsorship Opportunities
 * Exhibitor Opportunities
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 * Pre-Summit Showcase

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Empowering Action for Systems Change
October 5-6, 2023


PRESENTED BY

A Division of Health Care Service Corporation, a Mutual Legal Reserve Company,
an Independent Licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association


AN INITIATIVE OF IT'S TIME TEXAS AND IN COLLABORATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF
TEXAS SYSTEM

 * Rates & Deadlines
 * Agenda
 * Sponsorship Opportunities
 * Exhibitor Opportunities
 * Scholarship Application
 * Hotel Information
 * Frequently Asked Questions
 * Pre-Summit Showcase

Register Now




SPEAKER BIO

SEYDIA ADKINS

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Public Health Program Coordinator
City of Lubbock Public Health Department

Seydia Adkins is a Public Health Program Coordinator for the Lubbock Public
Health Department in Lubbock, Texas, a cooperative, change agent working to
promote health equity across the city Seydia functions as the coordinator for
the LBK Community Network, a collaborative alliance of partner agencies who work
together on a single platform that enables them to assess Social Determinants of
Health (SDoH) and make referrals electronically. She completed her undergraduate
degree at Texas A&M University in Commerce, Texas (2006), majoring in Sociology
with a Criminology emphasis. She later earned her master’s degree in counseling
at Lubbock Christian University in Lubbock, Texas (2011).





SPEAKER BIO

VICTOR RIVERA

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Executive Director
Loaves and Fishes of the RGV, Inc.

Victor is a graduate of UT Brownsville with a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies
and an MS in Management & Leadership from Western Governors University of Utah.
Victor launched his career in Brownsville, specializing in educational
initiatives that served the community which led to a 19-year service with
Brownsville Literacy Center, where he served as a volunteer teacher, mentor,
education coordinator, and Executive Director – providing a firm foundation for
his role at Loaves & Fishes. In this Executive Director role, his primary
mission is to function as the “mission arm” of member congregations in the area
by providing food, shelter, training, and beyond.





SPEAKER BIO

STEPHANIE NORRIS

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Stephanie Norris
Director of Federal Programs, Hays CISD

Stephanie Norris is the Director of Federal Programs and Grants and leads
homelessness & foster care efforts for Hays County ISD. Her mission is to
“change lives one student at a time” by nurturing students to become
extraordinary citizens through unique educational experiences and community
collaboration. She furthers this work as a member of the Homeless Coalition for
Hays County whose mission is to find and close housing gaps in Hays County
communities.





SPEAKER BIO

ALICE STEINER

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enior Policy Manager – Southwest
Unite Us

Alice Steiner is the Senior Policy Manager for the southwest region at Unite Us,
responsible for identifying ways and fostering opportunities for Unite Us to
support the strategic goals of government leaders. Alice brings over a decade of
experience in state healthcare policy, with a focus on Medicaid reimbursement
and Federally Qualified Health Centers. Alice holds a bachelor’s degree in
political science and a master’s in management and Organization from The
University of Colorado.





SPEAKER BIO

TRACY WEST

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Farmacy/Nutritionist
San Antonio Food Bank

Tracy West holds a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition with a minor in Microbiology
from the University of Incarnate Word. Tracy has enjoyed 20 years of experience
in nutrition education and public speaking. Tracy has almost 15-year tenure with
the San Antonio Food Bank, with 3 years’ experience in San Antonio Food Bank
Farmacy Initiative and lifetime experience in agriculture and community service.
Tracy is fortunate and honored to hold a unique position in that they work both
in directly educating and empowering food insecure patients and in directly
educating and empowering healthcare staff to connect food insecure patients to
resources and services.





SPEAKER BIO

JAMIE GONZALEZ

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Culinarian
BIG FRESH Market Box

Jamie Gonzalez is a food activist, chef, and a growing force in changing the
culture of how San Antonio eats.
Jamie is the founder of the BIG FRESH Market Box Program. These produce boxes
and markets have been recognized for their ingenuity and are a catalyst for a
variety of hands-on experiences with produce and community building. Since 2020,
she has distributed over 3,000,000 pounds of produce through over 50
public/private partnerships.

Jamie is nationally recognized for her contributions to food and health equity.
She has been featured in Live from The Southside Magazine and recognized by The
Current as a Fearless Woman in the SA Food Scene. Jamie was the North SA
Chamber’s 2022-Civic Leadership Academy Campaign Winner and the SA Flavor 2022
Co-Champion. Jamie is a 2022 AHA-Empowered-Business Accelerator Finalist and the
2023 AHA-Sa-Woman of Impact. This year, Jamie was recognized by Boston Medical
Center and selected for their Vital Village National Community Food Systems
Fellowship.





SPEAKER BIO

ANISHA GANGULY

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Health Equity Fellow
Parkland Health

Anisha Ganguly, MD, MPH, is the inaugural Health Equity Fellow in the Center for
Innovation and Value at Parkland Health and the Division of General Internal
Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Her clinical interests include
primary care of the underserved, complex chronic disease management, and
addiction medicine. Dr. Ganguly holds bachelor’s degrees in biological chemistry
and Spanish literature from the University of Chicago. She received her MD from
UT Southwestern, where she concurrently completed her MPH with a focus area in
health disparities. She completed her internal medicine residency at the
University of Washington with specialized training in primary care and health
systems. Dr. Ganguly’s research interests include structural racism in policy
and system-level factors that drive health disparities. Her research focuses on
designing social and structural determinants of health interventions to address
structural inequities and advance equitable delivery of care.





SPEAKER BIO

KAVITA BHAVAN

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Chief Innovation Officer
Parkland Health/UTSW

Kavita P. Bhavan, MD, MHS, holds the titles of Associate Professor, Division of
Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical
Center and Chief Innovation Officer for Parkland Health. Dr. Bhavan developed a
self-care program for uninsured patients discharged from Parkland hospital’s
safety-net setting to self-administer outpatient parenteral antimicrobial
therapy (S-OPAT) for the treatment of a variety of infections. In the S-OPAT
model, patients from a low-literacy/low–socioeconomic status population are
taught to self-administer their IV antibiotics by gravity or IV push at home.
The first 4 years of the program resulted in >27,000 hospital bed days,
approximately $40 million in savings, and more than 3,500 patients treated for
complicated infections. Current research efforts include studying the collateral
benefits of patient engagement in the S-OPAT program on chronic disease states
and exploring other clinical settings for self-care models.





SPEAKER BIO

TAMI GURLEY

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Health Economics Professor
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Tami Gurley, Ph.D. is Professor and PhD Program Director in the O’Donnell School
of Public Health. Dr. Gurley’s research explores how policies and programs
affect health outcomes and decisions about family and work. She partners with a
wide range of federal, state, and local organizations to conduct analyses that
inform policy and program decisions including Medicaid, community health
workers, health insurance design, tax policy, and entrepreneurship. Dr. Gurley
leads development of the health economics and policy concentration for the Ph.D.
in Public Health. Students in the program will train as researchers and leaders
who use their skills to create lasting health policy impacts in Dallas and
beyond.





SPEAKER BIO

MICHAEL HARMS

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Data Scientist
Parkland Health

Michael Harms, MSBA is the Enterprise Data Scientist for the Center of
Innovation and Value at Parkland. He focuses on supporting low-cost technology
solutions for innovation projects and analyzing their impact by utilizing an
assortment of statistical approaches. These solutions are supported by a range
of enterprise tools and custom code. He received his undergrad degrees in
Information Technology and International Business at Marquette University. At
University of Texas at Dallas, he completed his master’s in business Analytics
with a focus on Data Science.