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Welcome and Opening Session

Advancing the Value of America’s Health Insurance Industry

Tens of thousands of industry professionals rely on ÐÜèÊÓƵto provide first-class advocacy, education, and information on our changing health care system. We are focused on making health care better and coverage more affordable for all Americans. In this session, you’ll hear from AHIP’s new Public Affairs leader on our educational and grassroots initiatives for consumers and health care stakeholders to stay informed and engaged on the latest developments affecting various issues and health care coverage options.

Building an Equitable Health Landscape

In this session, we'll explore the current state and future of equitable, quality care, drawing insights from AHIP's 2024 Industry Impact Strategy Survey and our own health equity journey. We'll discuss key developments including the establishment of the Health Equity Leadership Committee, the importance of demographic data standards, and the development of an industry-wide health equity impact strategy. Attendees will gain valuable insights into 2025 projections and leave with a critical understanding of health plans’ pivotal role in advancing health equity, and how their actions serve as the building blocks of creating and sustaining a more equitable health care system for all.

A Look Back to Prepare for the Future

This session will provide an environmental scan of key health insurance trends. Laying the groundwork for a day of exciting sessions, this interactive conversation will provide an understanding of how trends are intersecting in the states, in DC and the courts, all aimed to strengthen our 2025 advocacy to ensure access to affordable health care.

What Does Affordability Mean to You?

In this session, we will look at state efforts to improve affordability and examine what’s worked, what hasn’t worked, what’s challenging, and what’s on the horizon. We will also discuss health plans’ proposals to make the underlying price of health care services and medications more affordable.

2024 AI State Activity and What to Expect in 2025

Hands-on experts review and compare two leading AI bills, their policy implications, and their outcomes and futures.

Elections, Politics and Health Care

Political experts will assess both the national and state elections and their impact on health care policy.

Prior Authorization: Reducing Low-Value, Inappropriate Services & Improving Health Care Affordability

Prior authorization helps ensure that patients receive safe, evidence-based care, and that coverage is as affordable as possible. While health plans are working to further simplify and improve prior authorization, some provider-driven advocacy groups and others are lobbying to restrict or eliminate the use of this vital process. Explore current and emerging trends, challenges and opportunities related to state legislative efforts, and brainstorm effective strategies and proactive approaches to protecting this critical but much-maligned tool to reduce low-value and inappropriate services and improve health care affordability.

What Keeps You Up At Night?

During this session, we will engage with industry leaders on what keeps them up at night, including a discussion of emerging health care policy issues.

Building Successful Public Affairs Campaigns

Americans want and deserve access to affordable, high quality health care. Hear from seasoned public affairs experts on how to build educational and grassroots initiatives for consumers and health care stakeholders to stay informed and engaged on the latest state developments affecting their health care coverage.

Protecting Preemption and Engaging Allies

State policymakers continue to advance efforts to pierce longstanding federal preemption protections in the legislative, regulatory and legal arenas. This session will examine the landscape on ERISA and Part D preemption issues and how they are evolving in the states.  Speakers will share insights and explore opportunities to collaborate with aligned allies within the states, including with business interests and state and national groups.