2024 Ohio Health Policy Summit

Thursday, October 3, 2024

Registration opens at 8:30 a.m.
Program: 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Fawcett Event Center
2400 Olentangy River Rd.
Columbus, OH 43210

The Health Policy Institute of Ohio will host an inaugural statewide Health Policy Summit on Thursday Oct. 3, 2024, at the Fawcett Center in Columbus, Ohio. The Summit will provide opportunities to learn about data-driven policy solutions to address Ohio’s greatest health challenges and support the development of new evidence through innovation.

This summit builds on HPIO’s mission to advance evidence-informed policies that improve health, achieve equity, and lead to sustainable healthcare spending in Ohio.

The Summit theme is “Partnering to improve health, well-being and economic vitality."

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Pictures from the 2024 Ohio Health Policy Summit

• Professional photos from the Summit, by Ian Alexander Photography 
• Pictures shared by attendees at the Summit

Evaluations

Your feedback is important to us. After attending the Summit, please fill out the evaluation forms below:

• Plenary and overall experience evaluation
• Breakout session evaluation (10:30-11:15)
• Breakout session evaluation (11:30-12:15)
• Workshop evaluation (1:30-2:30)

Speaker biographies

Keynote & plenary sessions

Healing Our Rifts: A Vision for Health Justice

• Dave A. Chokshi, MD, MSc, Sternberg Family Professor of Leadership, City College of New York; Chair, Common Health Coalition; Primary Care Physician, Bellevue Hospital"

Structural Drivers of Health

• Sheri Johnson, PhD, Director, Population Health Institute, County Health Rankings & Roadmaps; Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin Madison School of Medicine and Public Health

State agency panel

 Moderator: Angela Dawson, MS, MRC, LPC, Executive Director, Ohio Commission on Minority Health

• LeeAnne Cornyn, JD, Director, Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services
• Jim Tassie, Esq., Director of Managed Care, Ohio Department of Medicaid
• Bruce Vanderhoff, MD, MBA, Director, Ohio Department of Health
• Kara Wente, MEd, Director, Ohio Department of Children and Youth

Partnering to improve health and well-being in Ohio: A call to action

• Angela Dawson, MS, MRC, LPC, Executive Director, Ohio Commission on Minority Health

Breakout sessions

Attendees can choose from three tracks to hear leaders from throughout Ohio who have implemented promising initiatives in the following areas:

Behavioral health promotion and prevention

• Youth mental health: Partnering with schools to drive improvement
• State of Ohio Adversity and Resilience Studies: Preliminary results and policy implications

Population health equity

• LGBTQ+ health and wellness across the life course
• Actionable & Tailored Approaches to Address SDOH by Leveraging Community Relationships and Partnerships with Local Organizations

Healthcare system and spending

• Community Partnerships with Hospital Systems
• Lessons learned from implementation of a pediatric Medicaid innovation model aimed at improved health outcomes and cost savings in rural and Appalachian Ohio

Workshops

Workshops will provide tactical training and skills. Attendees can choose from the following workshops:

• Using evaluation to move toward equity
• Putting data and evidence tools to work
• Community voice to action steps: Gaining deep understanding from lived experience

Registration has closed and this event is at capacity. No late registrations will be accepted.

For questions about the Summit or assistance with cancelling or transferring a registration, please contact Alana Clark-Kirk (aclarkkirk@hpio.net)

Reasonable Accommodations: If you require an accommodation to participate in this event, please indicate that on your registration form. HPIO will work with the venue to provide reasonable and necessary accommodations. 

Continuing Education (CE): This program is being submitted to the National Association of Social Workers, The Supreme Court of Ohio and National Commission for Health Education Credentialing for 5.0 continuing education credits. In the event the CE applications are not approved, you will receive a full refund for your payment. Individuals signing up to receive CE will need to sign in and sign out at the registration table, and complete an evaluation to receive credit. Failure to do so will result in no credits being awarded. Refunds are not issued for failure to comply with the requirements.

Cancellation Policy: The last day to cancel registration for a full refund is September 20, 2024. Cvent’s processing fee is non-refundable for all cancellation dates and registration types. Cancellations received between September 21, 2024 and September 29, 2024 will be issued a partial refund and a $50 cancellation fee will be withheld. Cancellations made after September 29, 2024 will incur a cancellation fee of $125. If you opted to pay with a check and cancel your registration after September 20, 2024, and have not remitted payment, you will be required to submit a $50 cancellation fee and an invoice will be emailed to you. Those paying with checks who cancel their registration between September 29-October 3, will be required to remit a $125 cancellation fee and an invoice will be emailed to you. Those paying with a check who cancel and do not pay the cancellation fees will be required to pay in advance for any future HPIO events.

Summit overview

Please scroll (using the forward > or backward < button) to see all of the sessions hosted at the 2024 Ohio Health Policy Summit. 

HPIO 2024 Educational Event Sponsors

The 2024 Ohio Health Policy Summit was made possible by the generous support of HPIO's 2024 Educational Events Series Sponsors.

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