2026 Signature Series Summit on Health Care Payment

July 22, 2026
9:00 am-

3:00 pm

2026 Signature Series Summit – Health Care Payment: Where We Are, Where We Are Going

How we pay for health care shapes what care gets delivered, to whom, and at what cost. Yet the payment conversation in Washington often moves faster than the understanding behind it.

The Signature Series Summit on Health Care Payment is your front-row seat to the critical conversations shaping the future of payment policy. This daylong, expert-led event brings together leading voices in health policy, research, and health care delivery.

This ticketed event is FREE and open to the public.

(Please note the Summit Welcome Reception on July 21st requires a separate ticket. Click here to register!)

The 2026 Signature Series Summit will take place in the Barbara Jordan Conference Center 1330 G St NW, Washington, D.C. 20005.

______________________________________________________________________________________________________

Here’s what past attendees had to say:

“The event brought together people with different perspectives and viewpoints and that was appreciated.”

“I always walk away with newfound knowledge and excitement around the health policy topics the Alliance chooses to discuss.”

“It was such an interesting, unique and fun event.”

“A great day with meaningful connections and highly enjoyable.”

Full agenda details and speakers coming soon!

Panel Details

July 22, 2026

Speaker: Jaewon Ryu, M.D., J.D., President and CEO, Risant Health

July 22, 2026

Speakers: More speakers to be announced!

July 22, 2026

Speakers: More speakers to be announced!

July 22, 2026

Speaker: Dan Mendelson, MPP, Chief Executive Officer, Morgan Health (JPMorganChase)

Agenda

9:20am – Keynote “The Transformation Opportunity Envisioning and Executing Health Care Payment Policy That Works”

Speaker:

  • Jaewon Ryu, M.D., J.D., President and CEO, Risant Health

 

9:40am – “Think Again: What We Got Wrong About Health Care Payment and Why It Matters”

Speakers:

  • Moderator: Julie Rovner, Chief Washington Correspondent, KFF Health News
  • Aisha Pittman, MPH, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, National Association of ACOs (NAACOS)
  • Alex Brill, M.A., Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
  • Richard L. Gundling, FHFMA, CMA, Healthcare Financial Management Association, Senior Vice President Professional Practice

More speakers to be announced! 

 

10:30am – “What We Learned: CMMI Leaders Reflect on 15+ Years of Payment Policy” 

Speakers:

  • Moderator: Mara McDermott, J.D., Chief Executive Officer, Accountable for Health
  • Elizabeth Fowler, Ph.D., J.D., Managing Partner, Health Transformation Strategies LLC, and Former Deputy Administrator and Director, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI)
  • Gita Deo, M.A., Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

More speakers to be announced!

11:20am – Break

 

11:30am – “Executive Insights: The Practical Impacts of Payment Policy on Incentives, Timing, and Outcomes

Speakers:

  • Moderator: Claire Sheahan, M.Sc., President and CEO, Alliance for Health Policy

More speakers to be announced! 

 

12:05 pm – Lunch

 

1:05pm – “Whose Experience? Centering Patients in Payment Policy”

Speakers to be announced! 

 

1:35pm – “Bright Spots: Payment Innovation That is Working Beyond Washington”

Speakers:

  • Moderator: Maureen-Hensley Quinn, MPA, Senior Program Director, National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP)
  • Meena Seshamani, M.D., Ph.D., Maryland Secretary of Health, Maryland Department of Health

More speakers to be announced!

 

2:25pm – Closing Keynote “The Case for Incremental but Meaningful Change in Payment Policy”

Speaker:

  • Dan Mendelson, MPP, Chief Executive Officer, Morgan Health (JPMorganChase)