Name: Medicaid Innovation Competition
Start: 2025-03-11T16:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-03-11T20:00:00-07:00
Location: Brower Center

Student entrepreneurs tackle key health and equity challenges for our nation’s 80M+ Medicaid enrollees & pitch their ideas to expert judges.
About this Event

Medicaid Innovation Competition

Hosted by UC Berkeley Public Health Social Impact Team in Partnership with the Haas Healthcare Association

Date: March 11, 2025

Time: 4:00pm-8:00pm

Location: Brower Center
Website: https://sites.google.com/berkeley.edu/bph-medicaid-competition/home

The UC Berkeley School of Public Health Medicaid Innovation Competition gives student entrepreneurs the opportunity to develop innovative business solutions to the key health and equity challenges for our nation’s 80 million Medicaid enrollees.

Watch six teams from across UC Berkeley pitch their innovative business ideas to an esteemed panel of judges. Judges will be awarding the top three teams cash prizes!

Judges:

Tyler Sadwith, California State Medicaid Director
Dr. Ed Juhn, Chief Quality Officer, Inland Empire Health Plan
Melissa Buckley, Director of the Innovation Fund, California Healthcare Foundation
Nikita Singarredy, CEO, Fortuna Health

Following the competition, enjoy a reception with food and refreshments while networking with students, faculty, and leaders in health innovation.

If you require an accommodation for effective communication (ASL interpreting/CART captioning, alternative media formats, etc.) or information about campus mobility access features in order to fully participate in this event, please contact [email protected] at with as much advance notice as possible and at least 7-10 days in advance of the event.