United Hospital Fund’s Annual Medicaid Conference
July 30 @ 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
United Hospital Fund’s Annual Medicaid Conference
Celebrating Medicaid’s 60th Anniversary
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
8:30 am – 4:30 pm
New York City Bar Association
42 W 44th Street, New York, NY 10036
Opening Keynote from New York State Medicaid Director Amir Bassiri.
Morning Panel Featuring:
- Robin Rudowitz, Vice President and Director of the Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured at KFF
- Leighton Ku, Professor and Director of the Center for Health Policy Research at George Washington University
- Margaret Murray, CEO of the Association for Community Affiliated Plans
- Kinda Serafi, Partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Afternoon Panel Featuring:
- Chad Shearer, Senior Vice President for Policy and Program at United Hospital Fund
- Emily Engel, Director of the Bureau of Social Care and Community Supports at the Office of Health Insurance Programs, New York State Department of Health
- Selena Hajiani, Director of Strategic Operations and Planning for the Office of Health Insurance Programs at New York State Department of Health
- Amanda Lothrop, Chief Operating Officer of New York State Medicaid
Closing Keynote from former Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Liz Fowler.
In-person attendance is fully sold out.
- If you have already reserved an in-person seat but can no longer attend in-person, please contact medicaidinstitute@uhfnyc.org so that we can offer your seat to another person.
- Seating is available in the large main room where speakers will present, and in smaller side rooms that have tables and a live cast of the event. Seating in the large main room is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Free virtual attendance via Zoom webinar is still available.
More information, including the timed agenda, can be found on our website here.