HRSA Chief Thomas Engels to Keynote 2025 Healthcare Summit
- Health Resources and Services Administration chief Thomas Engels will deliver a keynote address at the 2025 Healthcare Summit on Feb. 12
- Engels is an expert on healthcare technologies including cloud, cybersecurity, zero trust and IT modernization
- Get your pressing questions answered by Engels after his keynote. Secure your seat today!
Potomac Officers Club, the nation’s top GovCon networking, events and media organization, is elated to announce that Thomas Engels, Health Resources and Services Administration chief, will deliver a keynote address at the 2025 Healthcare Summit on Feb. 12 (rescheduled due to the fall’s government shutdown) at the Falls Church Marriott Fairview Park in northern Virginia.
The 2025 Healthcare Summit is POC’s premier forum for evaluating partnership opportunities in the lucrative federal healthcare technology field. HRSA in FY 2026 was combined with other health agencies, including the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, to form the Administration for a Healthy America, which requested $19 billion for its FY 2026 budget.
Why Is the 2025 Healthcare Summit a Can’t-Miss Forum for GovCon Technology Executives?
The 2025 Healthcare Summit gathers leading technology professionals from GovCon to discuss the emerging technologies promising to transform the healthcare of tomorrow. Hear directly from the nation’s top healthcare officials and industry executives and get actionable business intelligence from expert-led conversations and perspectives.
Attendees can benefit from hearing directly from Engels on:
- IT modernization and data systems
- Cloud, cybersecurity and zero trust implementation
- Program management, evaluation and analytics
- Workforce enablement and training programs
- And more!
Make the most of this unique chance to engage with the critical decision-makers shaping the future of healthcare technology at the 2025 Healthcare Summit. Tickets are selling fast—get yours now!
Who Is Thomas Engels?
As HRSA chief, Engels leads the agency’s efforts to broaden access to high quality healthcare through grants awarded to state and local governments. With his guidance, HRSA serves more than 30 million Americans through 1,400 health centers, a crucial part of the national healthcare system. HRSA has 15,000 locations in poorly-served and rural areas that deliver primary care services, no matter a patient’s ability to pay.
Engels was previously HRSA chief from November 2019 to January 2021. During this initial term, he supervised efforts to address the opioid crisis by integrating behavioral health into primary care and HIV care settings.
He oversaw the $175 billion Covid-19 Provider Relief Fund, which delivered assistance and relief to hospitals and other healthcare facilities fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. Engels also directed the biggest reorganization of HRSA in its history.
Prior to federal service, Engels was deputy secretary of Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services from 2015 to 2019, where he directed a department with a $12 billion budget and more than 6,000 staffers.
Engels’ leadership and expertise make him a highly-desired expert on leveraging technology to deliver healthcare services to Americans who are geographically isolated and medically, or economically, vulnerable.
What Engels Will Address in His Keynote
Engels’ keynote at the 2025 Healthcare Summit will give GovCon technology executives a unique chance to hear directly from the federal government’s leading expert on healthcare technology.
GovCons will benefit from hearing directly from Engels about:
- How he created a statewide electronic health record system in Wisconsin
- Data interoperability across Health and Human Services and state partners
- HRSA’s approach to modernizing legacy systems
- Lessons learned from scaling digital health programs nationally
- And much more!
Why Engels’ Keynote Is Crucial for GovCons
Engels’ keynote at the 2025 Healthcare Summit is a unique opportunity for GovCon executives to hear directly from one of the leading technology experts in healthcare.
Attendees of the 2025 Healthcare Summit can look forward to:
- Spending priorities. Hear directly from Engels about investment goals in 2026
- Q&A session. Get your pressing questions answered by Engels after his keynote address.
- Networking. Have the essential face-to-face conversations with other GovCon titans that only take place at live venues.
What’s the Agenda for the 2025 Healthcare Summit?
The agenda includes:
- A keynote by Engels and a special fireside chat keynote with Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization Director Bill Tinston and FEHRM Director of Program Integration Cori Hughes
- Panels on the most essential technology topics featuring top federal officials:
- From Legacy to Leading-Edge: CMS Platform Modernization, featuring
- Gita Deo, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services senior advisor and chief of staff
- Wade Zarriello, CMS acting director for infrastructure operations
- Matt Brumley, Program Executive Office Defense Management Systems Joint Operational Medicine Information Systems chief of staff
- Streamlining Government Health Operations: Modern IT Solutions for Efficiency and Impact, featuring James Perkins, PEO DHMS deputy program officer
- Cloud-First, AI-Ready: Powering the Next Generation of Public Health Services, with Dr. Jesus Caban, Defense Health Agency chief digital and AI officer
- From Legacy to Leading-Edge: CMS Platform Modernization, featuring
- And more to come!
The 2025 Healthcare Summit on Feb. 12 is the must-attend GovCon event for professionals interested in the latest in healthcare technology and procurement. Take advantage of this opportunity to learn of new business opportunities and get an edge on your competition in 2026. Sign up today!
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