Sponsors & Exhibitors
HPA’s Annual Conference attracts more than 300 managed care professionals and other high-level executives and key leaders in the health care industry. As a sponsor and exhibitor you will have an opportunity to showcase your products and services to senior management from health plans, hospitals, physician groups, business leaders, state policymakers and other key leaders in health care.
Ready to become a Sponsor or an Exhibitor?
To become a sponsor or exhibitor for this year’s event, please follow the registration link below, or click here.
Have questions? Contact Arlene Halpert at HPA by sending an email to ahalpert@nyhpa.org.
2024 Agenda
Thursday, November 21
Time | Panel |
| 7:30 – 8:00 am | Registration and Breakfast |
| 8:00 – 8:15 am | Welcome and Introductions |
| 8:15 – 9:00 am | What Decision 2024 Means for Health CareThis panel discussion will focus on the outcome of the November elections, what they mean from both a national and state perspective, their impact on policy priorities and how Decision 2024 may affect efforts to expand coverage and contain health care costs. Don Levy, Director, Siena College Research Institute Hon. John T. McDonald III, RPH, Chair, NY State Assembly Committee on Governmental Operations Hon. Karines Reyes, Chair, NY State Assembly Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force; Chair, NY State Assembly Subcommittee on Workplace Safety Hon. Josh Jensen, Ranker, NY State Assembly Committee on Health MODERATOR: Mark Levy, MD, MPH, President and CEO, Medicaid, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield |
| 9:00 – 10:00 am | The Promise of AI in Advancing Quality, Equity and AffordabilityPanelists will delve into the rapidly evolving role of AI in healthcare and the promise and risks involved with its use. They will focus on the opportunity to leverage AI to address inequities in health outcomes and making sure that its use does not widen disparities in care. Hon. Clyde Vanel, Chair, Assembly Committee on Oversight, Analysis & Investigation Tanzeem Choudhury, Ph.D., Roger and Joelle Burnell Chair in Integrated Health and Technology, Cornell Tech Julie Samuels, President and CEO, Tech:NYC MODERATOR: Michael Edbauer, D.O., Senior Vice President of Markets, Highmark Health |
| 10:00 – 10:30 am | Break |
| 10:30 – 11:15 am | Who Pays for Rising Health Care Prices?The session will focus on the impact of rising health care prices on the economy and the factors contributing to those increases, the challenge the growth in health care has on consumers, employers, labor unions and other payors, approaches being taken by government and the marketplace to restrain those costs, and additional measures that might be needed. Stuart V. Craig, Assistant Professor, Risk and Insurance, Wisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin – Madison MODERATOR: Brian O’Grady, President & CEO, Capital District Physicians’ Health Plan |
| 11:15 – 12:00 pm | A View from the MarketplaceThe panel discussion will get perspectives from key stakeholders on the potential impact the 2024 elections will have on the health care priorities of the constituencies they serve, how the use of AI in health care may affect the groups they represent, and approaches policymakers and the marketplace should consider to improve equity, affordability and access to care. Paul Zuber, Executive Vice President, The Business Council |
| 12:00 – 12:30 pm | Break |
12:30 – 1:30 pm LUNCHEON KEYNOTE
The Importance of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion | |
| 1:30 – 1:45 pm | Wrap up |
