Sessions

Join us for back-to-back fireside chats with national healthcare policy experts who offer differing perspectives on how the GOP’s sweeping control of the federal government may impact senior housing, long-term care and health care more broadly.  We’ll explore how the new Administration’s interpretation of the Chevron ruling could influence regulatory decision-making and private sector innovation, the future of value-based care and Medicare Advantage and the implications for operators and investors, potential changes to CMS directives, strategies to address the workforce crisis, and how tax policy may impact reimbursement rates.

Dr. Martin Makary is a Fox News commentator on health policy, a surgeon, and an advisor to President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign. He is also a bestselling author of The Price We Pay: What Broke American Healthcare—and How to Fix It, as well as the newly released Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health.

Bringing an alternate point of view is Andy Slavitt, former Senior Advisor to the Biden administration on COVID response and former Acting Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services under President Obama. He is also a founder and general partner of Town Hall Ventures, which invests in companies that transform access and equitable care for underserved Americans.

Joining them in the fireside chats are, respectively, Dr. Nirav Shah, a national expert on value-based care and Senior Scholar at Stanford University School of Medicine, and Anne Tumlinson, Founder & CEO of ATI Advisory. Both interviewers understand the specific issues affecting senior housing and care and will guide a timely and relevant discussion.

Session Goals:

• Understand what the new Trump Administration, supported by GOP control of both houses of Congress, will mean for private sector investment and innovation in senior housing, long-term care and healthcare including the likely impact on the pace of mergers and acquisitions.
• Explore what actions, from immigration changes to the elimination of staffing mandates, might be taken to address the workforce crisis in both healthcare and long-term care.
• Gain insights into the Trump Administration’s perspectives on the future of Medicare Advantage (MA) plans and other value-based care payment models.