Text: NASHP 2025 - Connect, Navigate, Innovate. Riding the Waves of State Health Policy. Check out the photo album! Thank You to all our sponsors speakers and attendees.
🌊 The #NASHPCONF2025 photo album is live!
Plenaries, panels, and the in-between moments that made San Diego memorable are all here.
📸 See the full album 👉 loom.ly/Ixn5CG0
Image: Photo of Hemi Tewarson, Executive Director of NASHP. Text: Reflections from Our Executive Director on NASHP's Annual Conference. A Message from Hemi Tewarson.
Executive Director Hemi Tewarson reflects on #NASHPCONF2025 – and the ways state leaders, attendees, and partners are shaping the future of health policy.
Her full message is in today’s post. 🌟
State health policy doesn’t pause, and neither do the conversations sparked at #NASHPCONF2025 🌊
Attendees came from across the country to share, learn, and build on action already underway.
📸 If you see someone you know in these photos, tag them so we can all stay connected.
Closing Day 3 of #NASHPCONF2025 with gratitude and applause for awardees Allegra Hernandez & Wendy White Tiegreen – and for all who made this conference a success 👏
#HappeningNow: From measles to H5N1 to extreme weather, states are strengthening public health preparedness. Leaders are building partnerships, improving communications, and enhancing resilience to respond to emerging threats. #NASHPCONF2025
#HappeningNow: States are advancing rural health strategies including FQHCs, CCBHCs, telehealth, mobile clinics, and community health workers to expand access for older adults, people with disabilities, and those with behavioral health needs. #NASHPCONF2025
#HappeningNow: States share strategies to address housing, nutrition + other social needs through 1115 demos, braided funding, cross-sector partnerships, and capacity building #NASHPCONF2025
#ComingNext: States highlight strategies to improve family health – targeting resources, reducing fragmentation, and ensuring access to high-quality maternal + child health services. #NASHPCONF2025
#HappeningNow: HRSA Administrator Tom Engels shares insights on federal initiatives in primary care, behavioral health, and rural health – and how states can strengthen collaboration. #NASHPCONF2025
Welcome to Day 3 of #NASHPCONF2025 🌊 As we head into our final sessions, we can’t help but reflect on the past two days. It’s been inspiring to see new connections made, knowledge shared, and ideas sparked. Let’s close out strong together today!
That's all for Day 2 at #NASHPCONF2025 🌊 We'll be back tomorrow with more sessions and key takeaways. See you in a few!
Our legendary Blueberry Reception starts now. Don’t forget to grab a colleague and take a pic 📸 tag #NASHPCONF2025 so we can see your conference crew!
#HappeningNow: States leverage Medicaid managed care to improve behavioral health, using quality incentives, metrics, oversight, and care innovations to expand access and outcomes. #NASHPCONF2025
#HappeningNow: States advance policies to improve systems of care for children with complex needs – boosting subspecialty access, financing strategies, and cross-sector coordination. #NASHPCONF2025
#HappeningNow: States share strategies to strengthen primary care access – investing in infrastructure, workforce incentives, alternative payments, and solutions to provider burnout. #NASHPCONF2025
#ComingNext: With federal changes, rising costs, and shifting coverage dynamics, states are working to stabilize health insurance markets and keep coverage accessible for Americans. #NASHPCONF2025
#NASHPCONF2025 Tip: Policy conversations aren’t just happening in sessions. Some of the best ideas come from the hallways + coffee lines ☕💬 Don't be shy, say hello!
#HappeningNow: Data drives strong policy. State leaders share successes and lessons in modernizing systems, advancing cross-agency info sharing, and balancing confidentiality with usability. #NASHPCONF2025
#HappeningNow: From hospitals to PBMs, consolidation is reshaping health care markets. States explore policy tools to balance investment, affordability, and access in a system with fewer competitors. #NASHPCONF2025
#HappeningNow: States address maternity care deserts – from obstetric unit closures to workforce shortages and rural barriers. Leaders share policy strategies to improve maternal health and reduce mortality. #NASHPCONF2025
#ComingNext: How can states make the case for funding mental health and SUD services in tight budgets? Leaders will share strategies to show value, build cross-sector partnerships, and demonstrate fiscal and social impact. #NASHPCONF2025
Ad Council's Derrick Feldmann giving excellent social media advice at #NASHPCONF2025, including that trust multiplies reach, stories beat stats, humanize the state voice, and you cannot out shout misinformation.
Prescription drug costs remain a challenge for patients, payers, and systems.
Panelists shared lessons from nearly a decade of state policy innovation and discussed emerging approaches to high-cost treatments.
📸 Kyle Brown, Michael Leake, Matthew Lesser & Emma Turner
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#ComingNext: Communities turn to social media for health info – but what drives trust and behavior change? A leading reseacher joins state leaders to explore how social platforms can inform, engage, and shape public perception. #NASHPCONF2025
A look at today’s session on supporting family caregivers 💜
Focus points:
✔️ Reduce reliance on institutional care
✔️ Strengthen home and community-based care
✔️ Support unpaid caregivers to prevent burnout
📸MaryLee Boatwright Quinn, Becky Dragoo and Lisa Schneider
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Conference days can move fast. What’s one thing you’re taking away from today already? #StateHealthPolicy #NASHPCONF2025
📸: A quick look at everyone gathered for the Opening Reception on Day 1
#HappeningNow: States are redesigning Medicaid and child-serving systems to divert youth with complex behavioral health needs from EDs and long stays into more comprehensive care. #NASHPCONF2025
#HappeningNow: States have spent nearly a decade tackling high prescription drug costs. Leaders reflect on lessons learned, ongoing challenges, and how payers are addressing high-cost treatments. #NASHPCONF2025
#ComingNext: States are advancing housing, nutrition, and other social needs strategies through 1115 demos, braided funding, and cross-sector partnerships to improve whole person health. #NASHPCONF2025
#Highlights from today’s plenary on Medicaid at 60. Panelists brought perspectives from agencies, plans, providers, and families to reflect on six decades of impact and what comes next #NASHPCONF2025
📸 Shannon M. McMahon, Cheryl Roberts, Mark Butler, Jason Dees & Amanda Pears Kelly
