Events
Join SameSky Health for our latest conferences, speaking engagements, talks and webinars with leaders in the industry. Click below to learn more and register for events. For information about our live discussion series and podcast, check Under the Same Sky.
Abner Mason to speak at Fierce Health Payer Summit
Join Abner Mason at the Fierce Health Payer Summit in Austin, TX on November 13-14, Abner will be speaking as a panelist for theTackling Health Equity, Disparity, and Inclusivity Challenges to Increase Member Engagement and Improve Care session.
NCQA Health Innovation Summit
Join Abner Mason at the NCQA Health Innovation Summit in Nashville, TN on October 31 - November 2. He will be joining Erica Galvez, CEO at Manifest MedEx for the session Innovative Partnerships with Health Information Organizations to Advance Health Equity.
Under the Same Sky with June Simmons
Join us for an Under the Same Sky discussion on Thursday, October 10 at 2:00 PM Eastern. Abner Mason will be joined by special guest, June Simmons, president and CEO of Partners in Care Foundation. They will discuss her journey to patient-centered care and her current work as a health equity leader.
Under the Same Sky with Tracy Watts
Join us for our Under the Same Sky discussion on Wednesday, September 18 at 3:00 PM Eastern. In preparation for this year’s Climate Week, September 22-29, Tracy Watts will share the tools and models that Mercer is building to help employers better protect their employees from climate change related extreme weather in hopes of bringing a health equity lens to the climate change discussion.
Under the Same Sky with Dr. David Michaels
Join us for our next Under the Same Sky discussion series event on Thursday, August 8 at 2:00 PM Eastern. Our guest speaker will be Dr. David Michaels, epidemiologist, professor, and former Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Together, Abner and David will discuss the National Commission on Climate and Workforce Health, and specifically the new OSHA initiative that President Biden recently announced.
Health Equity Predictions 2023 Year in Review: Under the Same Sky with Dr. Chris Gibbons, founder and CEO of The Greystone Group, Inc.
At the beginning of 2023, we highlighted health equity predictions for the year from more than a dozen influential health equity leaders. For the final Under the Same Sky discussion of 2023, Abner Mason, founder and CEO of SameSky Health, met with Chris Gibbons (MD, MPH), founder and CEO of The Greystone Group, Inc. During this event, Abner and Chris reviewed those 2023 predictions, broke them into 5 different categories, and discussed where the industry is at as well as where it needs to go to advance health equity.
Webinar: Closing the loop on the last mile in healthcare to improve health outcomes
SameSky Health hosted a webinar, Closing the loop on the last mile in healthcare to improve health outcomes, to discuss how we’ve enhanced member experiences, improved health outcomes, and guided members to the care, tools, and resources they need using our CultureGuide® solution. Abner Mason, founder and CEO, and Meredith Welsh, senior vice president of health operations for SameSky Health, presented strategies and tactics to effectively engage members in their health journey.
Webinar: Drive better health outcomes through increased Medicare member participation in Annual Wellness Visits
SameSky Health hosted a webinar, Drive better health outcomes through increased Medicare member participation in Annual Wellness Visits, to discuss our unique, culturally tailored approach to engage Medicare Advantage members in completing Annual Wellness Visits (AWVs). A national health plan recently partnered with SameSky Health using the CultureGuide™ solution to build member trust, increase plan satisfaction, improve data collection and resource utilization, as well as increase wellness visits. Meredith Welsh, senior vice president of health operations for SameSky Health, presented several findings from the past 12 months.
Webinar: Key Considerations for Integrating Health Equity into Your Technology and Data Practices
SameSky Health hosted a webinar to display how techquity can be interwoven into all aspects of business. Abner Mason, founder and CEO of SameSky Health, was joined by Josh Siegel, chief technology officer, and Hannah Arnson, director of data science at SameSky Health, to discuss how SameSky Health is using techquity to drive personalization at scale, to create unique, culturally tailored member experiences in order to build trust and increase member engagement.
Webinar: Effective Strategies for Collecting Health-Equity-Related Member Data to Identify and Address Health Disparities
SameSky Health hosted a webinar, Effective strategies for collecting health equity-related member data to identify and address health disparities, to discuss solutions to successfully collect critical member data to track health equity metrics and execute effective initiatives. The featured speakers were Abner Mason, founder and CEO of SameSky Health, and Meredith Welsh, SVP of health operations at SameSky Health.
MHPA Webinar: The impact of engaging members through culturally tailored outreach
The old approach to healthcare just isn’t working. People want to be treated uniquely based on their background, culture, and needs. As individuals, we all differ in how we understand, engage with, and use the healthcare system. Using culturally tailored outreach with members contributes to building trust and allows us to gather better data. We must treat members like who they are, matters.
AHIP webinar: A pragmatic approach to addressing health equity
Health equity begins with understanding the unique beliefs and behaviors of individuals to build trusted, culturally relevant connections. Listen as Abner Mason, founder and CEO of SameSky Health, and Dr. Pooja Mittal, Medical Director of Health Equity for HealthNet share a pragmatic approach to addressing health equity, focused on helping members more effectively engage within the healthcare system.