Health Policy News Conference Roundup 2024

The last couple of months have been busy with conferences across the country. In this round up, PCG staff shares key highlights from conferences we have attended on a range of health policy topics. Keep an eye out for additional updates for more upcoming conferences we will be at later this fall.

National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) Annual Conference

This year’s NASHP conference was themed “Amplifying Sound Health Policy,” covering a range of health policy topics, starting with “pre-conference” panels on aging, cost drivers, and workforce sustainability. During the main conference, key topics covered included health-related social need and justice-involved waivers, health equity, maternal, prenatal and pediatric health, behavioral health, public health, and effective engagement and partnerships across state agencies and with stakeholders. Click here to read more about sessions attended by our team!  

National Association of County and City Health Officials

NACCHO held its annual NACCHO360 conference in July. Sessions at NACCHO360 examined workforce and leadership challenges, the role of legal frameworks and policy approaches to addressing the country’s ongoing opioid epidemic and substance use disorder challenges and opioid settlement funds. To read more on these sessions, including the interactive event hosting by the PCG team, click here.

Academy Health Conference

The Academy Health Annual Research Meeting (#ARM24) in Baltimore included sessions highlighting the challenges of policymaking with conflicting information, research topics in clinical delivery systems issues and the impact of Medicaid VBP. To read more, click here.

National Association of State Head Injury Administrators (NASHIA)

The National Association of State Head Injury Administrators (NASHIA) hosted their 35th annual State of the States in Brain Injury Conference in September. PCG’s subject matter experts presented at the conference on Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) and Quality Metrics. Click here to read more about the session. To read the full conference takeaways, click here.