Industrywide Disruption Fuels Workforce Innovation & Leadership Agility At The 2025 OPEN MINDS Executive Leadership Retreat & Workforce Summit
GETTYSBURG, PA. (July 27, 2025)—Executive teams of health care organizations nationwide are challenged daily by constant legislative disruptions, rapid technological evolution, financial strain, and widespread workforce instability. The passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill (H.R.1) on July 4, 2025, has significantly altered the Medicaid landscape even more, impacting coverage for millions, and threatening funding models that already were barely sustainable with narrow profit margins. All while, the health care field continues an ongoing struggle with severe staffing shortages, heightened burnout, and rising leadership turnover.
How can health care entities stay on the forefront of this new industry era? That’s where the 2025 OPEN MINDS Executive Leadership Retreat comes in. More than 300 executives from leading provider organizations and health plans will convene in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the hometown of OPEN MINDS, this September to master their ability to remain agile in the face of disruption, foster methods to shield their organizations from market instability, and scale strategic partnerships in a moment of heightened demand with diminished resources.
In addition to a keynote address by OPEN MINDS Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Monica E. Oss, the event will also feature Dr. Matthew Hurford, President & CEO of Community Care Behavioral Health, and Vice President Of Behavioral Health at UPMC (University Of Pittsburgh Medical Center) Insurance Services. Opening the institute on Day 2, at 8:30 am on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, Dr. Hurford will share how UPMC’s integrated care models and strategic partnerships are redefining behavioral health delivery, with a focus on health equity and quality improvement.
His keynote, “The Power Of Collaboration & Strategic Partnerships In Today’s Evolving Market: The UPMC Approach” reasserts the importance of joint initiatives among organizations in order to overcome obstacles and expand operational effectiveness. Through these partnerships, UPMC is improving outcomes, boosting efficiency, and enabling new opportunities for patient-centered care in spite of current market obstacles. In addition, the Retreat boasts an executive-level agenda designed to sharpen leadership team’s agility while building decisive and informed management teams through dynamic sessions and peer-to-peer exchanges. Attendees will specifically explore how to transform decision-makers into strategic leaders; the importance of succession planning across multigenerational teams; navigating the latest recruitment trends, including AI-powered hiring; and strengthening relationships with governing bodies for optimum policy impact.
“At a time when the foundations of health and human services are being rewritten by policy shifts, workforce disruption, and technological upheaval, these conversations aren’t just valuable—they’re vital for survival,” said Monica Oss, Chief Executive Officer at OPEN MINDS. “This retreat creates the space for bold, candid dialogue among leaders who are ready to challenge assumptions, share solutions, and reimagine how we lead through change. The future of care depends on what we’re willing to deliberate together today.”
The 2025 OPEN MINDS Executive Leadership Retreat will be hosted at the historic Gettysburg Hotel at 1 Lincoln Square, in downtown Gettysburg across the square from OPEN MINDS headquarters on September 16-18, 2025.
As a bonus, the three-day retreat will immerse attendees in historical case studies featuring Abraham Lincoln and Dwight D. Eisenhower. In addition, attendees will have the exclusive opportunity to also participate in The 2025 OPEN MINDS Health & Human Services Workforce Best Practices Summit, which will also take place on September 17th following the UPMC keynote. This full-day summit will offer a deep dive into workforce challenges and breakthrough staffing innovations. As service demand intensifies and traditional models continue to strain, the Summit is designed to deliver actionable, field-tested solutions to build resilient, future-ready teams, and leaders who can adjust quickly to environmental changes.
Registration is now open. Registration is free for OPEN MINDS Circle Market Intelligence Service subscribers. Non-members can pay and register at https://leadership.openminds.com. For more information on any of OPEN MINDS’ educational programs, upcoming sponsorship opportunities, or media inquiries, contact the Executive Education Events team at events@openminds.com or 717-334-1329.
This program is made possible by the OPEN MINDS premier partners, Alera Health, ContinuumCloud, Core Solutions, Otsuka, Netsmart and Qualifacts. Featured exhibitors also include ContinuumCloud, Grafton Integrated Health Network, and Sigmund Software. A list of all OPEN MINDS partners can found at openminds.com/partners.
About OPEN MINDS
OPEN MINDS is a national market intelligence, management consulting, and marketing services firm specializing exclusively in the markets of the health and human service field that serve consumers with chronic conditions and complex support needs. OPEN MINDS mission is to provide payers, service provider organizations, and technology and scientific firms that serve these consumers with the market and management knowledge needed to improve their organizational efficiency and effectiveness.