2026 Medicaid Policy Symposium

Breakfast & Keynote Address:
Kentucky Representative Kim Moser, Chair, Health Services Committee and Hemi Tewarson, Executive Director, National Academy for State Health Policy
Improving Health Outcomes | Solving the Behavioral Health Provider Challenge for Children and Teens:
Washington Representative Alicia Rule, Vice Chair, Health Care & Wellness Committee
Mary Giliberti, Chief Public Policy Officer, Mental Health America, Mike Underwood, Acting Director, Division of Adolescent & School Health, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Maryland Delegate Heather Bagnall, Chair, Health Committee
Katherine McGuire, Chief Advocacy Officer, The American Psychological Association
Improving Health Outcomes | Access to Non-Traditional Providers Improves Prenatal Care for Pregnant Women:
Arizona Representative Selina Bliss, Chairman, Health & Human Services Committee
Stacey Brayboy, Senior Vice President, Public Policy & Government Affairs, March of Dimes
Amy Kohl, Director of Advocacy & Government Affairs, American College of Nurse- Midwives
Prenatal Care for Pregnant Women
Improving Health Outcomes | Work without Worry: Medicaid “Buy-In” Programs Preserve Coverage for People with Disabilities:
Iowa Senator Kara Warme, Chair, Health and Human Services Committee
Jamie Sullivan, Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy, EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases
Gina Livermore, Senior Fellow, Mathematica
Nicole Jorwic, Chief Program Officer, Caring Across Generations
Lunch & Keynote Address:
Illinois Senator Mattie Hunter, Assistant Majority Leader
Susan Brock Williams, Associate Vice President, State Government Affairs, Eli Lilly and Company
Sara Kofman, Senior Director, State Government Affairs, Eli Lilly and Company
Jacquelyn I. Gulshen, Policy Advisor – Immediate Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Improving Financial Outcomes | Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) Conversions Keep Hospitals Open:
Oklahoma Representative Cindy Roe, Chair, Public Health Committee
Carrie Cochran-McClain, Chief Policy Officer, National Rural Health Association
Janice Walters, Chief Executive Officer, Rural Health Redesign Center
Improving Financial Outcomes | Wage Pass-Through Policies Retain Workforce for Long-Term Care Providers:
Tennessee Senator Becky Massey, Chair, Transportation and Safety Committee; Member, Health and Welfare Committee
Amy Robins, Senior Director of Policy, PHI
Mary Sowers, Executive Director, National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services
Improving Financial Outcomes | Relationship Between Reimbursement Rates and the Physician Shortage:
Michigan Senator Sylvia Santana, Majority Vice Chair, Health Policy Committee; Majority Vice Chair, Housing & Human Services Committee
Stephanie Quinn, Senior Vice President, External Affairs & Practice Experience, American Academy of Family Physicians
Ann Greiner, MCP, President & Chief Executive Officer, Primary Care Collaborative
Kate Massey, Executive Director, Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission