APMC Spring Workshop: Remaining Focused on Value-Based Care Transformation

Angelica Berni is the director of the specialty pharmacy and clinical ambulatory pharmacy service line at Baptist Health South Florida in Miami. She received her doctor of pharmacy degree from Palm Beach Atlantic University and completed a post graduate year 1 and year 2 in Health System Pharmacy Administration at The University of Kansas Health System in conjunction with a master’s degree from The University of Kansas. Prior to her current role, Angelica was the Clinical Program Development manager for the specialty pharmacy at Memorial Healthcare System where she oversaw the clinical management and patient assistance programs, collaborated with health care providers to develop clinical programs for clinics and assisted with specialty pharmacy accreditation. 

In her current role, Angelica oversees the financial, quality, clinical and operational management of the specialty pharmacy. She is working on expanding the current specialty pharmacy service lines to include oncology, endocrinology, cardiology, infectious disease, and behavioral health and recently led her team in obtaining URAC specialty pharmacy accreditation. Additionally, Angelica supports the clinical ambulatory service with pharmacists in clinic and working on initiatives such as pharmacogenomics and a pharmacy led refill management program.  

Jim Donohue is a Principal in ECG’s Managed Care Services division.  The focus of Jim’s work is on assisting provider organizations in developing and implementing managed care strategies.  He has a particular interest in strategies in support of cancer programs and in the past few years has worked with multiple cancer programs to renegotiate payer contracts.  These have included The University of Kansas Health System, Moffitt Cancer Center, OH Health which includes the Stephenson Cancer Center, the practice plans of Rutgers University and others.

John Frownfelter is an internist and physician executive in Health Information Technology and is currently leading Jvion’s clinical strategy. With over 15 years’ leadership experience he has a broad range of expertise in systems management, care transformation and health information systems. Dr. Frownfelter has held a number of medical and medical informatics leadership positions over nearly two decades, highlighted by his role as Chief Medical Information Officer for Inpatient services at Henry Ford Health System and Chief Medical Information Officer for UnityPoint Health where he led clinical IT strategy and launched the analytics programs. 

Since 2015, Dr. Frownfelter has been bringing his expertise to healthcare through health IT advising to both industry and health systems. His work with Jvion has enhanced their clinical offering and their implementation effectiveness. Dr. Frownfelter has also held professorships at St. George’s University and Wayne State schools of medicine, and the University of Detroit Mercy Physician Assistant School. Dr. Frownfelter received his MD from Wayne State University School of Medicine.

Stephanie Hobbs is a Certified Medical Practice Executive, she has published articles with several professional oncology organizations, and frequently speaks at national meetings. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Cancer Executives and serves on several committees with the Association of Community Cancer Centers, Association of Academic Medical Colleges and Vizient. 

Stephanie holds a BS in Biology and an MHSM from The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.

Mark Liu is the Director of Strategic Initiatives for the oncology service line at the Mount Sinai Health System—an eight-hospital integrated health system in all five boroughs of New York City. He works closely with senior leadership to develop long-term strategy, while collaborating to drive critical projects to completion. 

He first joined Mount Sinai as part of a team to facilitate the build of Mount Sinai Health Partners, a new entity advancing population health within the health system. Prior to this, Liu managed ambulatory care operations at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center across nine different solid and hematologic cancers during his eight-year tenure. 

He received a Bachelor of Science, double majoring in Integrated Neuroscience and Sociology, from Binghamton University.  Liu was selected as a 2008 fellow for the New York University (NYU) Leadership Initiative and NYU Wagner Fellowship for Emerging Leaders in Public Service. He is currently completing his Master of Healthcare Administration at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.