March 27, 2025
Sheraton Downtown Salt Lake
2025 Utah State of Reform Health Policy Conference
RegisterConference Overview
The 2025 Utah State of Reform Health Policy Conference will foster a dialog about the opportunities and challenges facing healthcare in the state of Utah during a time of increasing change. This conference will bring together industry experts and policymakers from across the state. Join us on March 27th, 2025 to discuss the most important healthcare activities taking place today.
State of Reform pulls together practitioners, thought leaders, and policymakers – each working to improve our healthcare system in their own way – into a unified conversation in a single place. It is sure to be one of the most diverse gatherings of senior healthcare leaders in Utah, and one of the most important statewide events in Utah healthcare.
With hundreds of attendees from all corners of healthcare and health policy, this is an event that can’t be missed! Please let us know if you have any questions, or would like to get involved!
Topical Agenda
Here is the agenda for the 2025 Utah State of Reform Health Policy Conference. This represents input from hours of conversations with our Advisory Panel and stakeholders across the spectrum of Utah healthcare over the last number of months.
If you have suggestions for speakers, please feel free to drop us a line. We would love to hear your thoughts on this! If you have not already registered, you can do so here.
Please note that all agenda times are local.
Networking Breakfast
Opening Keynote
Innovative Approaches to Public Health Reform: Population Health, Immunization & More
Utah’s Work to Provide Healthcare to the Reentry Population
The State of Health Insurance Coverage
Expanding Utah’s Healthcare Workforce Pipeline
A Look at Utah’s Efforts to Address Health-Related Social Needs
Addressing Utah’s High Suicide Rates
Networking Lunch
The Growing Role of Health Data in Care Delivery
Potential Future Changes to Healthcare with a New Federal Administration
How Can Utah Lead the Way in Caring for its Aging Population?
Collaborative Visioning: Lawmakers Discuss Outlook for Health Policy
Closing Keynote
Our Advisory Panel consists of a diverse array of experts in Utah’s health sector who advise State of Reform on the key issues in state healthcare and health policy. We rely heavily on these stakeholders to develop our agenda topics, framing, and speakers. Thank you to these esteemed individuals, without whom we wouldn’t be able to put together State of Reform’s robust, curated agendas.
- Scott Barlow: Chief Executive Officer, Revere Health
- Gary Bell: Executive Vice President, Leavitt Group
- Jeremy Bradshaw: Market President, CommonSpirit Health
- Carrie Butler: Executive Director, Utah Public Health Association
- Nate Checketts: Deputy Director, Utah Department of Health & Human Services
- Adam Cohen: Chief Executive Officer, Odyssey House
- David Cook: State Director of Systemwide Quality Improvement, Comagine Health
- Eric Cragun: Partner, Population Health, Castell
- Andrew Croshaw: Healthcare Investor & Advisor
- Rylee Curtis: Director, Community Engagement, University of Utah Health
- Colby Daily: Co-Founder, Multiplier Advisors
- Patricia Doxey: Associate Principal, Health Management Associates
- Janae Duncan: Director, Division of Population Health, Utah Department of Health & Human Services
- Navina Forsythe: Chief Data & Privacy Officer, Utah Health Information Network
- Kim Frost: Director, Government Relations & Public Affairs, Cambia Health Solutions
- Elizabeth Garbe: Vice President of Public Policy, United Way of Salt Lake
- Francis Gibson: President, Utah Hospital Association
- Niki Gledhill: Chief Strategy Officer, Granger Clinic
- Larry Hancock: Chief MHA Faculty, University of Utah
- Brandon Hendrickson: President, Molina Healthcare of Utah
- Holly Iverson: Vice President of Public Policy & Associate General Counsel, Nomi Health
- Nicole Milo: System Director of Government & Community Affairs, CommonSpirit Health
- Spencer Morrison: Associate Principal, Leavitt Partners
- Wayne Niederhauser: State Homeless Services Coordinator, Utah Office of Homeless Services
- Rebecca Nielsen: Managing Director, Health Management Associates
- Jill Parker: Executive Director, Utah Association of Local Health Departments
- Scott Pingree: Managing Principal, Health Management Associates
- John Poelman: Director, Innovation, One Utah Health Collaborative
- Greg Poulsen: Senior Vice President, Intermountain Health
- Devon Schechinger: Senior Consultant, Health Management Associates
- Ben Schooley: Associate Professor, Brigham Young University
- Matt Slonaker: Executive Director, Utah Health Policy Project
- Jennifer Strohecker: Medicaid Director, Utah Department of Health & Human Services
- Laura Summers: Senior Health Care Analyst, Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute
- Travis Tolley: Chief Clinical Officer, PEHP
- Christopher Valentine: Medical Director, Optum Care Network
- Josh Walker: Founder & Chief Operating Officer, Nomi Health
- Mary Walter: Principal, Health Management Associates
- Chris Wood: Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, DMBA
