Starfield Summit IV

Changing Care, a Whole Person Approach

Washington, D.C. - September 10-12, 2025

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Summit Overview

Purpose

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  • Begin/evolve a set of key criteria to inform development of person-focused questions regarding health

  • Revise/refine a framework for whole health approach to patient goal-oriented care based on what matters most

  • Consider/advance a set of potential questions to facilitate whole person care delivery for Medicare beneficiaries

Approach

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  • 2-day working conference with 40+ leaders

  • 8 working groups focused on specific aspects of development and implementation

  • Digital documentation of all group discussions

Why It Matters

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  • Aligns vision across stakeholder perspectives

  • Identifies what matters most when centering care on patient voice and interests

  • Supports better policy, practice, and patient outcomes

Conference Briefs

Suggested Reading

Steering Committee

  • Larry A. Green, MD

    Chair

  • Rebecca S. Etz, PhD

    Principle Investigator

  • Lydia A. Isaac, PhD MSc

  • Neil Korsen, MD

  • LCDR Réna Swann, PharmD

  • Susan C. Reinhard, RN, PhD, FAAN

  • Christine Bechtel

  • Jennifer Sweeney

  • Marcus Escobedo, MPA

  • Kurt Stange, MD, PhD

Acknowledgments

The Starfield Summit IX resulted from the generous collaboration of a wide range of partners and team members. Every organization and person listed here was critical to our success.

A heartfelt thank you to them all and to the Starfield IX participants.

Funders

Logo of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) with blue and yellow curved lines
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) logo with gold letters and a circular emblem on the left.

Organizational Partners

Logo of NAPRG in blue text with a dotted circular design to the left
Healing Works Foundation logo with a blue and white design and tagline 'Innovating Whole Person Care'
Colorful X4Health logo with a stylized star design.