Susan J. Halpin is co-principal of the Connecticut Government Relations Group at law firm Robinson+Cole, where she focuses on healthcare, environmental, insurance and trade association issues.
She has experience in legislative and administrative lobbying, association management, coalition building and grassroots advocacy involving business and labor communities.
Halpin said healthcare clients are continuing to navigate a rapidly changing policy and regulatory environment, particularly around reimbursement, privacy, data use and artificial intelligence-enabled tools. She said one of the biggest opportunities for the industry over the next several years is the growing demand for integrated public policy, legal and advocacy guidance as legislative and regulatory activity continues.
She also pointed to increasing demand for coordinated strategies that combine public affairs, legal insight and government relations expertise to help organizations respond to evolving healthcare policy challenges.
If you could change one thing in the healthcare industry, what would it be?
It would be the fragmentation across the healthcare system. Better alignment among providers, payers, regulators and technology would improve patient access, reduce administrative burden and create more innovation, including responsible AI use.