Join the leading voices in health care at MAHP’s 2024 Annual Conference, where over 500 health care professionals will come together to discuss issues impacting the health care system in Massachusetts and across the country.
MAHP 2024 Annual Health Care Conference
Health Care Affordability at a Crossroads:
Federal and State Solutions for Change
Friday, November 15, 2024 | Seaport Hotel, Boston
Conference Agenda
7:30 a.m. – 8:10 a.m.
Registration, Breakfast and Networking
8:10 a.m. – 8:20 a.m.
Introduction and Welcome
Lora Pellegrini, President & CEO, Massachusetts Association of Health Plans
8:20 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Overview of the Day
Mallika Marshall, MD, Medical Reporter, WBZ 4, CBS News Boston
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Greetings from the Commonwealth
Governor Maura Healey (Invited)
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Conference Keynote
Observations about the 2024 Elections, the Mood of the Electorate & What the Presidency Means for Health Care
Chuck Todd, Chief Political Analyst, NBC News
10:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Cost Containment Strategies – A View from the States
Ali Hassoun, Executive Director, Oregon Public Employees’ Benefit Board and Oregon Educators Benefit Board
Cory King, Health Insurance Commissioner, Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner
Andrew York, PharmD, JD, Executive Director, Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Board
10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
The Tug of War Driving Up Drug Spending and What to Do About It
Leemore Dafny, PhD, Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, and Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
A View from the Health Policy Commission
Presentation of Massachusetts Cost Trends Data
David Auerbach, PhD, Senior Director, Research & Cost Trends, Massachusetts Health Policy Commission
Fireside Chat on Health Care Cost Containment in the Commonwealth
David Seltz, Executive Director, Massachusetts Health Policy Commission
With John McDonough, DrPH, MPA, Professor of Public Health Practice, Department of Health Policy & Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Lunch & Networking
12:45 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
A Conversation with the Secretary
Kate Walsh, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Invited)
With Lora Pellegrini, President & CEO, Massachusetts Association of Health Plans
1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
Reaction Panel – Health Care Stakeholders Respond
Abha Agrawal, MD, President & CEO, Lowell General Hospital
Juan Fernando Lopera, Chief DEI Officer, Beth Israel Lahey Health, Co-Founder, Health Equity Compact
Eileen McAnneny, President, Employer Coalition on Health
Amy Rosenthal, Executive Director, Health Care For All
Vasundhra Sangar, Senior Director of Policy, Massachusetts Biotechnology Council (Invited)
Matthew Veno, Executive Director, Group Insurance Commission (Invited)
Moderator: John McDonough, DrPH, MPA, Professor of Public Health Practice, Department of Health Policy & Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Wrap Up
Lora Pellegrini, President & CEO, Massachusetts Association of Health Plans
2:30 p.m.
Networking Reception – Plaza Ballroom Lobby
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Bronze Sponsors
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Exhibitors
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Media Partners
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