Spring Conference Schedule

Monday, March 16, 2026

7:30 am – 5:00 pm        Registration Open

7:30 am – 9:15 am        AMRPA Board of Directors Meeting & Breakfast

8:30 am – 9:15 am        Breakfast

9:30 am – 9:45 am       Welcome

• • • • • • Rhonda Abbott, PT, FACHE, Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, TIRR Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation & Research, AMRPA Board Chair

9:45 am – 10:30 am     IRF Policy Updates

• • • • • • Kate Beller, President, AMRPA
          • Troy Hillman, Director of Quality and Health Policy, AMRPA
          • Joe Nahra, Director of Government Relations and Regulatory Policy, AMRPA

10:30 am – 11:15 am   November is Coming: How the Midterms will Impact Healthcare Policy on Capitol Hill 

• • • • • • Mark Rayder, Senior Policy Advisor, Alston & Bird 
          • Jonathan Jagoda, Senior Policy Advisor, Alston & Bird 

11:15 am – 11:30 am    Networking Break w/ Exhibitors

11:30 am – 12:15 pm   The Inside Scoop: Former CMS Officials’ Perspective on IRF Policy

• • • • • • Susanne Seagrave, Ph.D., Seagrave & Smith Health Policy Consulting
          • Todd Smith, Seagrave & Smith Health Policy Consulting
          • John Pilotte, Senior Advisor to McKinsey, McKinsey & Company

12:15 pm – 1:00 pm    Lunch

1:00 pm – 1:45 pm   Perspectives from MedPAC 

• • • • • • Betty Fout, Ph.D., Principal Policy Analyst, MedPAC 

1:45 pm – 2:30 pm     TBD

2:30 pm – 3:15 pm   Antitrust Issues in Healthcare to Monitor in 2026

• • • • • • Kevin Hahm, Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

3:15 pm – 3:30 pm      Networking Break w/ Exhibitors

3:30 pm – 4:15 pm      TEAM Players: How IRFs are Positioned as Part of New Payment Model

• • • • • • Anthony Cuzzola, Vice President and Administrator, HMH JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute
          • Doug Baer, President and CEO, Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital
          • William Grey, Vice President of Post-Acute Services Rehabilitation, HCA Healthcare

4:15 pm – 5:00 pm      TBD

5:00 pm – 5:30 pm      FAIR Fund Meeting

5:30 pm – 6:30 pm      Conference Reception

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

7:30 am – 12:00 pm     Registration Open

8:30 am – 9:00 am      Breakfast

8:00 am – 9:00 am      AMRPA Political Action Committee Breakfast 

9:00 am – 9:15am       Remarks by U.S. Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne (R-TX)

9:15 am – 10:45 am    Views from the Hill: Health Policy Agenda for the 119th Congress

• • • • • • Congressional Committee Representatives TBD

10:45 am – 11:15 am   TBD

11:15 am – 11:45 am    Lunch (box lunches)

11:45 am – 12:00 pm   Leave for Capitol Hill (AMRPA Fly-In Participants Only)

12:00 pm – 5:00 pm    AMRPA Congressional Fly-In Visits

5:00 pm – 6:30 pm      Congressional Fly-In Debriefing & Farewell Reception