MAHA Open Data Summit

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Sep 28, 2026

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MAHA Open Data Summit

Source: MAHA Institute

‘Leading voices from federal agencies, research institutions, the White House, and the private sector unlocking the potential of open health data to drive real-world outcomes.’

Speakers:

Mark Gorton — President, MAHA Institute
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. — Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Dr. Donald Rucker — Chief Strategy Officer, 1upHealth; former National Coordinator for Health IT, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Amy Gleason — Administrator, U.S. DOGE; Deputy Administrator and Chief Product Officer, OHTP, CMS
Dr. Nasim Afsar — Health Tech Executive; Author, Intelligent Health
Dr. Carmen Messerlian — Founder & CEO, Vie Science; formerly Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Isaiah Nathaniel — CPHIMS; Vice President & Chief Information Officer, Delaware Valley Community Health, Inc.
Dr. Raymonde Uy — MD, MBA, ACHIP; Medical Director of Health Informatics, NACHC
Ryan Howells — Principal, Leavitt Partners
Dr. Nicole Kleinstreuer — Deputy Director for Program Coordination, Planning & Strategic Initiatives, NIH
Dr. Jonathan Ketcham — Former Chief Healthcare Economist, White House Council of Economic Advisers; Distinguished Research Professor, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University
Dan Brillman — Director of Medicaid & CHIP; Deputy Administrator, CMS
Dr. Jaime Bland — DNP, RN-BC; Co-Founder & CEO, Aquila Health
Dr. Matthew McCarville — Chief Information Officer, State of Nebraska
Jim Smith — Former Nebraska State Senator; Chief Strategy Officer, Platte Institute
Kim Witczak — Drug Safety Advocate; former Consumer Representative, FDA Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee

Agenda:

Welcome & Opening Remarks

Panel I: The Provider-Patient Perspective — Individual Right to Access and Navigating a Complex System on Both Sides of Care

Panel II: Federal Perspective — What the U.S. Needs to Crush Fraud and Power the Next Generation of Health Research

Panel III: Policy and Legislation at the State Level — Why Robust Data Systems Are Preventative and a Necessary Overhaul of Governance

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