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Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Doors Open 7:30 a.m. ET

Program Begins at 8:00 a.m. ET

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The Trump administration and its health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., are promising transformative change in health care policy this year, including a major shift in emphasis from infectious diseases to chronic ones. At the same time, health agencies are in unprecedented upheaval and Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency initiative are examining health spending in a search for savings in HHS’ nearly $2 trillion budget.

Lawmakers, federal agency heads, and industry leaders are trying to make sense of it and so will POLITICO at its annual health care summit on April 2, 2025.

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FEATURED SPEAKERS

Calley Means

Special Government Employee for HHS Secretary Robert F Kennedy, Jr.
Co-Founder, TrueMed

Sen. Maggie Hassan

(D-N.H.)

member

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee

Rep. Jake Auchincloss

(D-Mass.)

Member

Health Subcommittee

House Energy and Commerce Committee

Rep. Vern Buchanan

(R-Fla.)

chair

Health Subcommittee

House Ways and Means CommitteE

Rep. Diana DeGette

(D-Colo.)

Ranking Member

Health Subcommittee

House Energy and Commerce Committee

Rep. Diana Harshbarger

(R-Tenn.)

Member

Health Subcommittee

House Energy and Commerce Committee

Rep. Greg Murphy

(R-N.C.)

Co-Chair

GOP Doctors CaucuS

Dr. Atul Gawande

Former Assistant Administrator for Global Health at USAID (2022-2025)

Dr. Scott Gottlieb

Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute (AEI); Former Commissioner, US Food and Drug Administration (2017-2019)

Dr. Vanessa Kerry

Director-General

Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Bruce A. Scott, MD

President

American Medical Association (AMA)

BREAKOUT SESSION GUESTS

Attendees must be pre-registered to attend a breakout session.

Larry Bucshon

Senior Policy AdvisoR Holland & Knight

Former Representative

(R-Ind.)

Dr. Ben Carson

Former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

(2017-2021)

Dr. Stanley Goldfarb

Board Chair

Do No Harm

Emily Felder

former Director

Office of Legislation

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES

The Prognosis of AI Integration in Health Care Panel

Brian Anderson

CEO & Co-Founder

Coalition for Health AI (CHAI)

Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.)

Member

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Kev Coleman

Research Fellow

Paragon Health Institute

EXECUTIVE CONVERSATIONS

Steve Beard

Chairman and

Chief Executive Officer

ADTALEM GLOBAL EDUCATION

Rachel Loeffler

Executive Vice President

and General Manager, Professional Business,

North America

POLITICO

Robert Garrett

Chief Executive OfficeR

HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH

Heidi Sommer

Vice President

Client Partnerships

POLITICO

Patrick Conway, M.D.

Chief Executive OfficeR

Optum Rx

Cally Baute

Executive Vice President and General Manager, Media Business

POLITICO

AGENDA

Agenda is subject to change.

7:30 a.m.

Doors Open, Breakfast Served

8:00 a.m.

Welcome Remarks

The Future of the MAHA Movement

Calley Means, Special Government Employee for HHS Secretary Robert F Kennedy, Jr.; Co-Founder, TrueMed

Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.), Chair, Health Subcommittee, House Ways and Means Committee

On PBMs: Lowering Costs of Care for Patients and Professionals

Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.), Member, Health Subcommittee

Rep. Diana Harshbarger (R-Tenn.), Member, Health Subcommittee

NIH Funding Cuts

Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Health, House Energy and Commerce Committee

Executive Conversation with Adtalem Global Education

Steve Beard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Adtalem Global Education

Moderated by: Rachel Loeffler, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Professional Business, North America, POLITICO

10:00 a.m.

Break

10:10 a.m.

Breakout Sessions

(Attendees must be pre-registered to attend.)

Breakout 1: Health Equity – The Human Impact of Policy Changes

Dr. Ben Carson, Former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (2017-2021)

Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, Board Chair, Do No Harm

Breakout 2: Payment Reform Forum

Larry Bucshon, Senior Policy Advisor, Holland & Knight, Former Representative (R-Ind.)

Emily Felder, Former Director, Office of Legislation, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) (2017-2019)

10:50 a.m.

Main Stage Programing Resumes

Executive Conversation with The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association

Patrick Conway, Chief Executive Officer, Optum Rx

Medicare and Medicaid in Transition

Bruce A. Scott, MD, President, American Medical Association (AMA)

Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Member, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee

Health Care Policy Changes and Vaccines

Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute (AEI); Former Commissioner, US Food and Drug Administration (2017-2019)

Executive Conversation with Hackensack Meridian Health

Robert Garrett, Chief Executive Officer, Hackensack Meridian Health

Moderated by: Heidi Sommer, Vice President Client Partnerships, POLITICO

The Prognosis of AI Integration in Health Care Panel

Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.), Member, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

Brian Anderson, CEO & Co-founder, Coalition for Health AI (CHAI)

Kev Coleman, Visiting Research Fellow, Paragon Health Institute

Public Health and Preparedness

Dr. Vanessa Kerry, Director-General Special Envoy for Climate Change and Health, World Health Organization (WHO)

Dr. Atul Gawande, Former Assistant Administrator for Global Health at USAID (2022-2025)

1:00 pm

Closing Remarks

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