Call for Presentation Proposals
Thank you for your interest in submitting a presentation proposal for the Medicaid Health Plans of America's 2026 Annual Conference to be held September 28-30, 2026, at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio River Walk, San Antonio, Texas. MHPA will be accepting session presentations and research poster presentations. Information and instructions on submitting proposals follows.
Important Submission Information
The theme of the MHPA 2026 Annual Conference is “Rooted in Resilience, Flowing Forward: Navigating Medicaid’s Future Together” with session tracks devoted to Access to Care, Complex Care, and Hot Topics. Submissions should be related to the conference tracks, focus on innovative practices and proven solutions, and have relevance to the conference theme. All presentation submissions should highlight an organization’s work in collaboration with a Medicaid Managed Care Organization (MCO) that solves an issue, meets a health plan need, and/or rethinks the delivery of care. Presentation submissions should be focused on enhancing the audience’s understanding of an MCO partnership with an organization, its structure, its goals and outcomes, any potential impacts on policy issues or areas, and how Medicaid enrollees are benefitted by the partnership, etc. This is not an opportunity to directly sell or to pitch products or services, but rather an opportunity to showcase innovations deployed by MCOs to support its members and the Medicaid program broadly. The goal is to provide MHPA26 attendees with take-home knowledge to help them in their mission to positively impact their Medicaid members’ health. Submissions will be rated based on the strength of the submitted information and adherence to the criteria outlined.
TRACK SELECTION
Submission Items Needed
Presentation Title
Presentation Track
Speaker(s) Information: Name, Credentials, Organizations, Job Title, Email, Phone.
** NOTE: There MUST BE at least ONE Medicaid MCO Representative speaker in all presentation proposals. The required MCO representatives can be members or non-members of MHPA. **
Presentation Summary (limited to 200 words)
Three (3) Learning Objectives
Short Abstract for Conference Program & Social Media (50 words)
Short Biographies for all speakers (limited to 200 words)
Review and Selection
Presentation proposals should be focused exclusively on the work done in collaboration with Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) and include a Medicaid MCO representative presenter. Submissions will not be accepted without an MCO presenter listed with a name and organization.
Submit Presentation
Submissions will be reviewed and scored by the MHPA Conference Review Committee composed of health plan members, partners, and MHPA staff. Notification of acceptance will be made by the end of June. The presentation proposal acceptance rate is based on the number of submissions received but due to the available presentation slots, the acceptance rate may be less than 30%.
If you have any questions regarding the submission of your presentation proposal, please contact Cindy Martin, MHPA Events Director at cmartin@mhpa.org or 301.332.8158.
Call for Presentations FAQ
Call for Research Poster Presentations
Important Submission Information
With hundreds of attendees working in the Medicaid Managed Care space, the Medicaid Health Plans of America Annual Conference is the ideal place to disseminate your research. The MHPA26 Poster Program is a unique opportunity to showcase research visually, contribute to the spread of innovation, and expand professional networks.
At least one poster presenter is expected to register and attend the conference, print and bring the poster, actively participate during the designated conference poster session, hang up and take down the poster as instructed.
Posters should fit on 4 feet tall by 8 feet wide boards. Additional information will be shared upon acceptance.
Submission Items Needed
Poster Title
Lead Poster Presenter Designation and Contact Information
Co-Presenters and/or Contributing Author Information
Research Objective(s) (limited to 50 words)
Study Design or Methods (limited to 100 words)
Principle Findings (limited to 100 words)
Conclusions and Implications for Medicaid MCOs (limited to 100 words)
Review and Selection
Staff from the MHPA Research Department will review poster submissions. Members of the MHPA Research Committee will also be invited to review submissions. Successful abstracts will be clear and complete. Posters may summarize recently published research or may present preliminary findings.
The number of posters accepted for MHPA26 will be based on space as well as the number of quality abstracts submitted. We especially seek abstracts from plans and academics.
For more information or if you have any questions, please email research@mhpa.org .
Abstracts will be reviewed against the following criteria
- Timeliness and significance to Medicaid MCOs.
- Quality and completeness, including the explanation of quantitative or qualitative data driven results and whether it truly appears to be novel research or evaluation (abstracts that appear to highlight services or products for sale are not encouraged).
- Potential for practical, tangible, and transformative takeaways for the broadest range of conference participants and policymakers.
