2025 HGPII Annual Best Practices Forum

This year’s program featured a robust lineup of sessions showcasing the knowledge and perspectives of some of the most influential leaders in health care policy, supply chain innovation, and business ethics. Keynote Speaker John Brooks, The Centers for Medicaid and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Chief Policy and Regulatory Officer and Deputy Administrator, discussed the Trump administration’s ideas for promoting a healthy medical supply chain and reducing the regulatory challenges imposed on GPOs, hospitals, and health systems. Other highlights included:

• Introductory remarks from Senator Byron Dorgan and Congressman Phil English, National Co-Coordinators of HGPII and Co-Chairmen of the AFS Government Relations practice, as well as HGPII Steering Committee Chairman Guy Wagner;
• A statement from Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), the prime sponsor of the Medical Supply Chain Resiliency Act;
• A trade panel comprised of Meredith Broadbent, Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Mario Torrico, an International Trade associate at AFS, and Joshua Snead, Staff Director of the Ways and Means Committee’s Subcommittee on Trade, discussing the impacts of tariffs and trade developments on the health care supply chain;
• A panel covering the ways in which health care GPOs are harnessing the latest AI technologies to generate savings for the health care supply chain, featuring Dr. Brian Anderson, Chief Executive Officer of The Coalition for Health AI, AFS Partner and AI Group Co-Leader Dan Jasnow, and AFS Health Care Partner Hillary Stemple;
• A regulatory overview from Senator Dorgan, AFS Senior Government Relations Director and HGPII Executive Director Oliver Spurgeon III, and AFS Government Relations Director Daniel Sjostedt; and
• A discussion between Congressman English and Chip Kahn, President of the Federation of American Hospitals, about the challenges facing hospital finance and public policy.