15th Annual State Healthcare IT Connect (HITC) Summit

15th Annual State Healthcare IT Connect (HITC) Summit is organized by Healthcare IT Connect (HITC) and will be held from Apr 30 - May 02, 2025 at Hyatt Regency New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America.

Overview:
Federal rule-making has further established the foundations for standards-based data exchange and introduced guardrails for the responsible use of artificial intelligence. CMS Streamlined Modular Certification moves further towards the alignment of Medicaid systems investments with program and beneficiary outcomes.

The next phase of HHS ecosystem transformation will be driven by states being able to leverage interoperability, AI, and automation in order to drive collaboration and coordination across health and human services, and other stakeholder groups in order to deliver on the promise whole person care. Provisioning case workers and administrators with the tools they need to be more effective and efficient in their roles.

Naturally, some states are leaning in more aggressively than others, to pilot emerging technologies in different areas, however, all states are set to benefit from these technologies as they mature and are more widely adopted. Cultivating the right data and technology talent, and vendor partnerships will prove critical in supporting such modernization programs

The 2025 State HIT Connect Summit will explore leading-edge pilots in different vertical application areas, as well as at the enterprise level, providing key insights as to the potential for driving overall ecosystem transformation.

The 2025 meeting is the 15th annual State Healthcare IT Connect Summit. The conference has grown and evolved into an important national venue for public and private sector thought leaders to share ideas and benchmark implementation strategies of State Health IT Systems.

Cross-Cutting Agenda Themes:
Actionable Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Certification, Consumer Data Access, Data Quality, Evolving Procurement Approaches, Harnessing Innovation, Health Equity, Interoperability, Outcomes, Organizational Development, Program & Business Metrics, Program Responsiveness/Agility, Public Health Modernization, Security, and Privacy, SDoH.

2025 State Track Information
In partnership with our program planning Advisory Board, we have assigned 6 Tracks for the 2025 meeting, that align with both the vertical application of technology, as well as system-wide investments across agencies.

Track 1
MES Procurement, Implementing Modularity, Outcomes-Based Transformation
Track sessions will focus on MES modernization efforts, from procurement, and implementation, to ongoing maintenance and operations (including legacy system modernization), and ongoing certification.

Track 2
Interoperability, Data Analytics & Population Health
Track sessions will focus on state investment in interoperability initiatives to both meet federal requirements, and actionable analytics to support improved policy decision-making and care coordination for the nation’s most vulnerable populations.

Track 3
Enterprise Data, Delivering Person-Centered Care across HHS
Track sessions will focus on the state strategies to leverage integrated data in order to deliver person-centric services across the HHS enterprise, including coordination with external providers, and CBOs (Community-Based Organizations).

Track 4
Program Integrity, Privacy & Security
Track sessions are divided into 2 main sub-topic areas

Program Integrity: sessions focusing on the role of technology, and data sharing in supporting state program integrity initiatives.

Privacy and Security: sessions focusing on data privacy, and security within and across state agencies and their stakeholder partners.

Track 5
State Marketplace Reform, Managed Care Optimization
Track sessions will focus on the role of SBMs (State-Based Marketplaces), in supporting a seamless coverage experience for beneficiaries transitioning in and out of Medicaid coverage, as well as how states are leveraging data, and technology to collaborate with payers and improve the performance of their managed care programs.

Track 6
AI & Automation Adoption, Emerging Technologies
Track sessions will focus on state strategies to harness AI & automation, emerging technologies. Exploring vendor innovation, the scaling of pilot projects to provide efficiencies and improve time to value, and ROI in new and emerging technology categories.