500+

Executive-Level Attendees

100+

Total Speakers

2 Days

of Sessions

Attending Becker's 5th Annual Payer Issues Roundtable

Transform healthcare with us – start your journey here.

Becker’s Healthcare convenes senior leaders from health plans and insurers for a focused, two-day discussion on the future of care delivery and financing. Expect candid, executive-level dialogue on value-based benefit design, virtual and at-home care models, behavioral health integration, affordability, and price transparency. Join payer leaders in Chicago to compare strategies, pressure-test assumptions, and leave with practical approaches to strengthen collaboration in 2027 and beyond.

Top reasons to join us

  • Strategic clarity on emerging payer–provider models, cost pressures, and market shifts

  • Actionable benchmarks from leading insurers and health systems on benefit design, quality, and network strategy

  • Peer-tested playbooks for advancing affordability, transparency, and value-based performance

  • Candid dialogue with senior executives navigating the same regulatory, workforce, and margin constraints

  • Focused networking that accelerates partnerships and enables real-time problem solving

Join senior leaders from health plans to hear the C-suite conversations shaping payer strategy nationwide, and leave with clear, prioritized actions to strengthen performance, partnerships, and affordability in your organization.

Celebrity Keynotes

To be announced soon!

Featured Speakers

Ceci Connolly
Ceci Connolly
President And Chief Executive Officer
ACHP
Lisa Stephens
Lisa Stephens
Senior Vice President, Operations
Humana
Jessica A. Hohman
Jessica A. Hohman
MD, MSc
Associate Chief Medical Officer, Value-Based Care, Trend And Network
Cigna Healthcare
Jennifer Kowalski
Jennifer Kowalski
Vice President
Elevance Health Public Policy Institute
Justin Stubstad
Justin Stubstad
PharmD, JD
Vice President, Operations Excellence
Centene Corporation
Bruce Rogen
Bruce Rogen
MD, MPH, FACP
Chief Medical Officer, Cleveland Clinic Employee Health Plan; Chair
Cleveland Clinic Quality Alliance
Sharon Williams
Sharon Williams
MBA
Chief Executive Officer
University of Michigan Health Plan
Jennifer Howard
Jennifer Howard
MBA, MSN, RN, NE-BC
Lead Director Value Based Care Provider Engagement
CVS Health Aetna
Latha Raja Shankar
Latha Raja Shankar
Chief Medical Officer
Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Mexico
Casey Hossa
Casey Hossa
MBA, CHCIO
Chief Information Officer
Health New England
Karen Johnson
Karen Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Clever Care Health Plan
Conrad M. Vial
Conrad M. Vial
MD, MPhil
Senior Vice President And President
Sutter Health Network

Join senior leaders from health plans and health systems to hear the C-suite conversations shaping payer-provider strategy nationwide, and leave with clear, prioritized actions to strengthen performance, partnerships, and affordability in your organization.

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