Where the Payer Market Moves.

Speakers from NASCO, Consortium Health Plans, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan explored how payers get to affordability when non-standard and value-based payment models proliferate — addressing the billions in financial risk that arise when programs are managed outside payer infrastructure, and the strategies for containing costs without sacrificing care quality. Watch Now

Payers are adapting to CMS's evolving mandates around interoperability, price transparency, and health equity reporting — while navigating shifting Medicaid redetermination rules and heightened Medicare Advantage oversight. This session examined how leading payers balance compliance with innovation, leveraging AI, data analytics, and digital tools to deliver more transparent, equitable, and connected care. Speakers included the CMO of Oak Street Health, CMO of Medicare at Blue Shield of California, VP at Advisory Board, and Head of Healthcare at Anthropic. Watch Now

With declining reimbursement rates, Medicaid pressures, the financial volatility of value-based care models, and AI implementation costs demanding upfront capital with uncertain ROI timelines, this Power Panel put the most pressing economic realities facing health system and payer C-suites center stage. Speakers from UPMC, Geisinger, Delta Dental of California, and the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions, moderated by Forward Ventures Group. Watch Now