The Honorable Christi A. Grimm, who served as the sixth inspector general of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), will join RISE West 2025 in Las Vegas on Tuesday, August 26, for a fireside chat about her tenure, which abruptly ended shortly after President Trump took office.
Grimm will discuss her work at the Office of Inspector General (OIG), where she provided independent oversight of up to $2 trillion in annual expenditures across Medicare, Medicaid (including managed care), public health, biomedical research, and social services. In 2023, she spoke at RISE National, warning Medicare Advantage organizations to expect more enforcement from the OIG.
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During the fireside chat at RISE West, she’ll reflect on her tenure and share insights into the future of independent oversight, enforcement strategy, and the growing role of technology in the health care sector.
Grimm is a nationally recognized authority in health care oversight, program integrity, and organizational leadership. Over the course of her 25-year career, she has advanced accountability, innovation, and performance across the nation's largest health and human service programs.
She is deeply knowledgeable about the complexities of managed care models, home and community-based services, nursing home and hospital oversight, and fraud schemes targeting federal programs and their enrollees. Grimm also has been a trusted advisor to C-suite executives, legislators, and agency heads on emerging risks, health care technology and data use, disaster preparedness, grants and contracts, and strategies to strengthen program efficiency while protecting beneficiaries and taxpayers.
As inspector general, Grimm directed a workforce of 1,600 professionals, combining advanced analytics, cutting-edge investigations, and robust law enforcement partnerships to detect and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse. She championed actionable insights through audits, evaluations, fraud alerts, and congressional testimony to drive measurable improvements in program operations and stakeholder trust.
Prior to her appointment as inspector general, Grimm held senior leadership roles at HHS OIG, including principal deputy inspector general, deputy inspector general, and chief of staff. She was also a statutory member of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, providing independent oversight of pandemic relief funding across the federal government.
Grimm holds a Master of Public Administration from New York University, a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Colorado Denver, and is a graduate of Harvard Kennedy School’s Senior Managers in Government program. Under her leadership, HHS OIG was consistently ranked among the best places to work in the federal government. In 2024, Modern Healthcare named Grimm one of the Top Women Leaders in Healthcare.
RISE West 2025, the most anticipated Medicare Advantage (MA) senior leadership event of the year, will take place August 25-27 at Paris Las Vegas. The annual conference brings together more than 500 senior health care leaders in the managed care space. This year’s theme is pivoting from short-term adjustments to long-term strategy.
Full-day and half-day preconference workshops will take place in the morning on Monday, August 25, followed by a woman’s leadership luncheon and panel discussion and a food packing event in partnership with U.S. Hunger. Additional registration is required for all the events. The main conference will kick off in the afternoon. Grimm’s keynote fireside chat will take place at 4:10 p.m. Tuesday, August 26. For the complete agenda, roster of speakers, and registration information, click here.