Counting Down to the Health Innovation Summit: Join Us in Atlanta

The healthcare quality event of the season is just a month away. Join us at the 2026 Health Innovation Summit in Atlanta, GA, October 4–7, to explore real-world approaches to solving today’s quality challenges. Connect directly with the experts behind the work and discover strategies you can adapt for your organization.

This year’s Health Innovation Summit theme—Quality’s Next Chapter—reflects our commitment to advancing digital quality, modernizing measurement, reducing burden and embedding equity into everything we do—in partnership with clinicians, health plans, systems and communities.

The summit brings together healthcare quality leaders to focus on what matters most: better strategies, measurable results and partnerships that move quality forward.

Keynote Sessions at the Health Innovation Summit

Don’t miss this chance to hear from leading voices in healthcare quality.

Beyond the Scorecard: Real-Time, Patient-Centered Measurement That Clinicians Trust

Clinicians do not need more measures—they need better ones. This session explores how quality measurement can shift from compliance and burden to clarity, cohesion and trust. Expect a candid conversation about what to stop doing, what to simplify and what to build next.

Keynote Speakers

• Alice Chen, Centene Corporation
• Arjun Srinivasan, Joint Commission
• Caleb Stowell, Providence St. Joseph Health
• Susannah Bernheim, The John A Hartford Foundation

Fireside Chat with Seema Verma

Hear how interoperability and real-time data exchange are building a stronger quality ecosystem—and enabling future AI-powered tools to drive efficiency and deliver insights.

Keynote Speakers

• Seema Verma, Oracle Health & Life Sciences
• Julie Murchinson, Transformation Capital

Advanced Primary Care at a Turning Point: What’s Changing, What Matters and What’s Next

This session sets the stage for where primary care is headed—and why this moment matters. Grounded in NCQA’s advanced primary care work, panelists focus on the major patterns reshaping primary care today—from evolving care models and incentives to changing expectations and the role of technology.

Keynote Speakers

• Asaf Bitton, Ariadne Labs
• Anna Flattau, Thomas Jefferson University
• Kyu Rhee, National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)
• Daniel Stein, Embold Health, Inc

Quality in Action: Health Plan Focus on Quality 

A strategic conversation with health plans about how they operationalize quality—aligning mission and measurement, leveraging data and driving performance during the most critical quality periods of the year. Panelists will also explore the future of NCQA’s Health Plan Accreditation, including how this program is evolving to reflect new expectations around outcomes.

Keynote Speakers

• Dana Erickson, Blue Cross Blue Shield of MN
• Andrew Bindman, Kaiser Permanente
• Kelvin Holloway, Georgia Department of Health Medical Assistance Plans

Aligning Payment and Measurement: Do Current Incentives Support Quality Behavioral Health Care?

This session examines the real-world challenges of integrating behavioral health into primary care, with a sharp focus on reimbursement barriers that limit adoption and scale. The discussion will also spotlight a path forward: aligning quality measurement with clinical reality to better reflect team-based, whole-person care.

Keynote Speakers

• Julie Seibert, NCQA
• Carin Skapars, Carelon Health

CMS Vision for Quality and Access

Get an insider’s view into how innovation and technology are reshaping Medicare and Medicaid to advance quality and outcomes for beneficiaries. This keynote will also highlight current initiatives, opportunities and what’s ahead across federal programs.

Keynote Speakers

• Dora Hughes, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
• Vivek Garg, NCQA

No More Hype: Turning AI into Better Quality and Outcomes

AI has dominated headlines—but many organizations still struggle to move from experimentation to meaningful impact. This keynote challenges the status quo and focuses on what it really takes to turn AI implementation into better quality and outcomes.

Keynote Speakers

• Shiv Rao, Abridge
• Mark Sendak, Vega Health
• Ari Robicsek, NCQA
• Daniel Yang, Kaiser Permanente

View the full list of sessions here.

Join Us in Atlanta!

The NCQA Health Innovation Summit is the healthcare quality conference built for industry leaders seeking practical solutions—not just theory. It is your opportunity to:

• Join conversations about today’s most pressing healthcare quality issues.
• Connect with NCQA subject matter experts during and after sessions for deeper learning.
• Take part in guided discussions that foster collaboration and actionable ideas.
• Network in the relaxed settings of the Opening Reception and Business Lounge.

Whether this is your first summit or you are returning, you will leave with new perspectives and connections that move your work forward.

Visit our website to learn more and reserve your spot today.