Advocacy Summit Agenda

4-6 p.m.

Registration

Location: L’Enfant Ballroom Foyer

7:30-9 a.m.

Registration

Location: L’Enfant Ballroom Foyer

7:45-9 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

Location: L’Enfant Ballroom Foyer/Solarium

8-9 a.m.

Capitol Hill Day Training Session

Location: L’Enfant Ballroom

9:10-9:20 a.m.

Welcome

Location: L’Enfant Ballroom Foyer

9:20-10:05 a.m.

Keynote Session

Join Lauren Riplinger, JD, Chief Public Policy and Impact Officer, AHIMA, as she moderates a discussion with Amy Gleason, Acting Administrator, US DOGE Service and Strategic Advisor, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Lauren and Amy will discuss the CMS Interoperability Framework and how the initiative is advancing nationwide data exchange and increasing the ability for patients to access their health data.

10:05-10:35 a.m.

Networking Break

Location: L’Enfant Ballroom Foyer

10:35-11:20 a.m.

Advancing Data for Better Health^®

11:20 a.m.-12:05 p.m.

Global Policy Shaping HI at Home and Abroad

12:05-1:20 p.m.

Buffet Lunch

Location: L’Enfant Ballroom Foyer/Solarium

1:20-2:05 p.m.

A Government Affairs Outlook for 2026

Join Lauren Riplinger, JD, Chief Public Policy and Impact Officer, AHIMA, as she moderates a panel on what the political landscape looks like in 2026. Panelists include Lindsay Austin, Principal, Troutman Strategies and Stuart Chapman, Partner, Thorn Run Partners.

2:05-2:50 p.m.

The MATCH IT Act: Innovations and Challenges in Patient Matching

Join Caterina DeBarros, MPP, Manager of Government Affairs, AHIMA as she moderates a panel on patient identification and matching. Panelists include Samantha Warren, Chief of Staff, Office of Representative Bill Foster (D-IL).

2:50-3:20 p.m.

Networking Break

Location: L’Enfant Ballroom Foyer

3:20-4:05 p.m.

Healthcare Policy in the 119^th Congress

Join Kate McFadyen, MA, Senior Director of Government Affairs, AHIMA, as she moderates a panel with congressional staff on what health policy looks like in the 119th Congress. Panelists include Kassie Stagner, Professional Staff Member, House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, Reggie Darby, Professional Staff Member, House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, and Matthew Thomas, Health Policy Counsel, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

4:05-4:50 p.m.

AI’s Impact on the Future of Health Technology

Join Tara O’Donnell, MPH, Manager of Regulatory Affairs, AHIMA, as she moderates a panel discussing current innovations in artificial intelligence, policy initiatives, considerations and principles for appropriate oversight of AI, and the critical roles of HI professionals and other end-users. Panelists include Sam Meklir, Associate Director, Government Affairs, Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) and Angie Comfort, DBA, RHIA, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P, Assistant Vice President of Revenue Integrity at Montefiore Medical Center, and AHIMA Board Member.

4:50-5:00 p.m.

Closing Remarks

5:00-6:15 p.m.

Reception

Location: L’Enfant Ballroom Foyer/Solarium

7:15-8 a.m.

Breakfast

Location: L’Enfant Ballroom Foyer/Solarium

8:30 a.m.

Group Photo on US Capitol Steps

If your schedule allows, please join us on the US House of Representatives steps of the east side of the Capitol (facing the Supreme Court) for a group photo

9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Capitol Hill Day Meetings

AHIMA members meet with their members of Congress and congressional staff.