2025 Advocacy Summit

7:30-9 a.m.

Registration

Location: L’Enfant Ballroom Foyer

7:45-9 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

Location: L’Enfant Ballroom Foyer/Solarium

8-9 a.m.

Capitol Hill Day Training Session

Location: L’Enfant Ballroom

9:10-9:30 a.m.

Welcome

Location: L’Enfant Ballroom

9:30-10:15 a.m.

Finding Approval: A Conversation on the Future of Electronic Prior Authorization

Join Lauren Riplinger, JD, Chief Public Policy and Impact Officer, AHIMA, as she moderates a fireside chat on the status of electronic prior authorization in healthcare today. Panelists include Heather McComas, Director, Administrative Simplification Initiatives, American Medical Association (AMA).

10:15-10:45 a.m.

Networking Break

L’Enfant Ballroom Foyer

10:45-11:30 a.m.

Advancing Data for Better Health®

Maria Caban Alizondo, PhD, RHIT, FAHIMA, President, AHIMA, moderates a fireside chat on health equity and social determinants of health with Jessica E. Galarraga, MD, MPH, AVP, Health Equity, MedStar Health.

11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

State of Privacy and Consent: A Conversation with the Sequoia Project’s Privacy & Consent Workgroup

Join Andrew Tomlinson, Senior Director of Regulatory and International Affairs, AHIMA, as he moderates a discussion on the issues surrounding privacy and consent with leaders of the Sequoia Project’s Privacy & Consent workgroup. Panelists include Mariann Yeager, CEO, the Sequoia Project, Chantal Worzala, VP, Strategy and Engagement, and Deven McGraw, Chief Regulatory and Privacy Officer.

12:15-1:30 p.m.

Buffet Lunch

Location: L’Enfant Ballroom Foyer/Solarium

1:30-2:15 p.m.

A Government Affairs Outlook for 2025

Join Lauren Riplinger, JD, Chief Public Policy and Impact Officer, AHIMA, as she moderates a panel on what the political landscape looks like in 2025. Panelists include Lindsay Austin, Principal, Troutman Pepper Strategies and Stuart Chapman, Partner, Thorn Run Partners.

2:15-3:00 p.m.

Ensuring Data Quality and Patient Safety by Improving Patient Matching

Join Kate McFadyen, MA, Senior Director of Government Affairs, AHIMA, as she moderates a panel on patient identification and matching. Panelists include Samantha Warren, Chief of Staff, Office of Representative Bill Foster (D-IL), Alex Sells, Legislative Assistant, Office of Representative Mike Kelly (R-PA), David Gray, Director, Government Relations & Connected Health Policy, HIMSS, and Jami Woebkenberg, MHIM, RHIA, CPHI, FAHIMA, Sr. Director, HIM Operations, Banner Health.

3:00 –3:30 p.m.

Networking Break

Location: L’Enfant Ballroom Foyer

3:30-4:15 p.m.

Healthcare Policy in the 119^th Congress

Join Kate McFadyen, MA, Senior Director of Government Affairs, AHIMA, as she moderates a panel with congressional staff on what healthcare policy looks like in the 119th Congress. Panelists include Kassie Stagner, Professional Staff Member, Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Sam Kaardal, Staff Director, Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and Rachel Dolin, PhD, Professional Staff, Subcommittee on Health, House Committee on Ways and Means.

4:15-5:00 p.m.

What’s Real and What’s the Future of Artificial Intelligence

Join Andrew Tomlinson, Senior Director of Regulatory and International Affairs, AHIMA, as he moderates a discussion on the future of artificial intelligence. Panelists include Thea Campbell, MBA, RHIA, AHIMA President/Chair Elect and Mark Sendak, MD, MPP, Population Health & Data Science Lead, Duke Institute for Health Innovation. Co-Lead, Health AI Partnership.

5:15-6:30 p.m.

Reception

Location: L’Enfant Ballroom Foyer/Solarium

7:15-8:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

Location L’Enfant Ballroom Foyer/Solarium

8:30 a.m.-9a.m.

Group Photo on US Capitol Steps

If your schedule allows, please join us on the US House of Representatives steps of the east side of the Capitol (facing the Supreme Court) for a group photo.

9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Capitol Hill Day Meetings

AHIMA members meet with their members of Congress and congressional staff.