Payer Leadership & Strategy
- Value-based care and benefit design
- Affordability and price transparency
- Behavioral health and virtual care
- Value-based care and benefit design
- Affordability and price transparency
Why attend
Two days with the people shaping health systems right now
That kind of density changes what's possible. Two days of real conversation with peers navigating the same pressures-and willing to say what they would actually do. They're not sending delegates. They're coming themselves.
115+
Speakers
4
tracks across value-based care, affordability
2
Days of peer exchange, November 2-3
Who Attends
Built for the leaders running payer strategy and operations
Many of the executives at this event have decision-making authority and 10+ years of experience. Whether you’re leading payer strategy, accountable for network operations, or navigating the intersection of both, this is your peer group.
Inside The Room
What the conversations look like
You'll hear what's actually in production across health systems right now. What worked. What failed before it worked. And how peers are navigating the same constraints you are. Bring your own decisions into the room and leave with clearer direction on what to do next.
Explore the agenda
Find what’s relevant to you, and explore beyond it
The agenda reflects the decisions payer leaders are working through across value-based care, affordability, network strategy, and behavioral health. Start with what’s relevant to you, then move across sessions as the conversations evolve.
Examples of topic areas you’ll find across the agenda:
Celebrity Keynotes
Leadership looks the same at the top
Select sessions bring in leaders from outside healthcare who have performed at the highest level under pressure. Their perspective sits alongside a program built around hospital and health system executives.
Emmitt Smith
Pro Football Hall of Fame Running Back, Businessman and Entrepreneur
From past attendees
September 14–17, 2026 · Chicago
If you're making decisions that will shape your health system for the next decade, you should be here.
The people doing this work at your level will be in Chicago this fall. Work through the decisions you can’t solve alone, alongside peers facing the same constraints. Come with your hardest problems and leave with a clearer path forward.