Monday, September 28, 2026 | |||||
10:00am - 12:00pm | MHPA Committee Meetings (invitation only) | ||||
12:00pm - 5:00pm | MHPA Board of Directors Meeting (invitation only) | ||||
1:00pm - 5:00pm | Exhibitor Booth Set-up | ||||
2:00pm - 7:30pm | Registration/Information Desk Open | ||||
5:00pm - 5:50pm | Pre-Conference Workshop | ||||
6:00pm - 7:30pm | Welcome Reception | ||||
Tuesday, September 29, 2026 | |||||
7:00am - 5:00pm | Registration/Information Desk Open | ||||
7:15am - 8:30am | Networking Breakfast | ||||
8:30am - 9:45am | General Session 1 | ||||
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS | |||||
Access to Care | Complex Care | Hot Topics | Hot Topics | Policy | |
10:00am - 10:50am | From Policy to Practice: Implementing Medicaid Work Requirements in Nebraska | A Plan–Provider Playbook for Rising Medicaid Acuity: Leveraging Key Clinical Pathways | Transforming Maternal Health in Medicaid: A Tech-Enabled, MCO–FQHC Partnership Model from Texas | Salud Es Poder- Caring For The Community Through Strength In Wellness | HR 1 Implementation Status Update-Part 1, MCOs and Provider Partners (off the record/closed to press) |
10:50am - 11:30am | Networking & Refreshment Break | ||||
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS | |||||
Access to Care | Complex Care | Hot Topics | Hot Topics | Policy | |
11:30am - 12:20pm | An EPSDT- Aligned Framework for Evaluating Innovative Pediatric Treatments in Medicaid Managed Care | The Philadelphia Model: An Innovative Approach to Long Term Care and Behavioral Health | Navigating the New Medicaid Landscape: Protecting Members and Revenue Under HR1 | AI’s Impact on Strategic Workforce Redesign: Building Resilience for Teams and Organizational Culture | HR 1 Implementation Status Update-Part 2, MCOs and our State Partners (off the record/closed to press) |
12:20pm - 1:30pm | Networking Lunch | ||||
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS | |||||
Access to Care | Complex Care | Hot Topics | Hot Topics | Policy | |
1:30pm - 2:20pm | From Skepticism to Connection: Using Peer Support to Drive Members into Care | From Policy to Practice: Implementing Medicaid Housing Supports Through Cross-Sector Partnerships | Actuarial Implications of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse | Implementing H.R.1 Changes within a Hospital Owned Illinois Medicaid Managed Care Plan | Congressional Landscape Panel (off the record/closed to press) |
2:20pm - 3:30pm | Poster Session & Networking | ||||
3:30pm - 5:00pm | General Session 2 | ||||
5:00pm - 6:00pm | Conference Reception | ||||
Wednesday, September 30, 2026 | |||||
7:00am - 2:30pm | Registration/Information Desk Open | ||||
7:15am - 8:30am | Networking Breakfast | ||||
8:30am - 9:45am | General Session 3 | ||||
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS | |||||
Access to Care | Complex Care | Hot Topics | Hot Topics | Policy | |
9:45am - 10:35am | Scaling Access for Medicaid Members Through Small Provider APM Enablement: Buckeye Health Plan + Diverge Health’s Community Based Model | From Fragmented Referrals to Coordinated Care: A Medicaid MCO–Academic Partnership for Children with Developmental Complexity | Seeing the Whole Child: Using Data and Integrated Care Models to Support Vulnerable Youth and Families | Earlier Visibility, Earlier Action: Redesigning Maternity Case Management | Correcting the Record on Waste, Fraud, and Abuse: How Plans Are Acting to Safeguard Program Integrity (off the record/closed to press) |
10:35am - 11:00am | Networking & Refreshment Break | ||||
11:00am - 12:30pm | General Session 4 | ||||
12:30pm - 1:30pm | Networking Lunch | ||||
CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS | |||||
Access to Care | Complex Care | Hot Topics | Policy | ||
1:30pm - 2:20pm | Turning Medicaid Benefits into Real Access: Using Data and Retail Partnerships to Improve Utilization | Making Complex Care Work: How Medicaid Plans Manage Substance Use Disorder and Serious Mental Illness Between Visits and Across Settings | From Redeterminations to HR.1: How Highmark Wholecare Built a Medicaid Navigation Infrastructure That's Ready for What's Next | Managed Care Rate Setting Challenges: Applying Lessons Learned from Previous Periods of Rapid Change to Plan for 2027 and Beyond (off the record/closed to press) | |
1:30pm - 4:00pm | Exhibitor Booth Teardown | ||||
2:20pm | End of Conference | ||||