MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2026

8:30am-9:30am

ATTENDEE CHECK-IN + NETWORKING BREAKFAST

9:30am-10:30am

Backpack Healthcare - No Wrong Door: Maximizing Impact Across Illinois's Behavioral Health Ecosystem

BCBS - From Metrics to Meaningful Action: Integrating Performance Oversight in Medicaid Medical Management

Cityblock Health - Scaling Compassion and AI to meet Medicaid's Toughest Challenges

The HAP Foundation - Designing Sustainability for CHWs: Organizational Processes and Billing Opportunities

10:45am-11:45am

Connect America - Bridging Care: How Managed Care and Personal Emergency Response Partnerships Drive Better Outcomes

Delta Dental - Maximizing Impact Early: What Treating Medicaid’s Youngest Patients Teaches Us About Prevention, Equity and System Design

Humana - Advancing Post-Acute Care Through Nursing Home Partnerships

Meridian - Did It Work? Building a Framework to Measure and Maximize Quality Improvement Impact

Noon - 1:30pm

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:  Laura Phelan, HFS Medicaid Director

1:45pm-2:45pm

Merck - Nia:  A Breast Health Conversational triage tool for Education, Early Detection, and Activation

Meridian - Why Trust and Friction Matter in Shaping Healthcare Engagement and Access 

Start Early - The Early Childhood System and Managed Care: Opportunities for Partnering

3:15pm-4:15pm

BCBS & Televeda - From Isolated to Connected: How Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois is Tackling Rural Loneliness and Closing Care Gaps for Medicaid Members

Illinois Collaboration on Youth (ICOY) - Improving Child and Parent Behavioral and Mental Health in the Child Welfare System Through System Collaboration and Integration

MySwaddle - Built to Last: Sustainable Infrastructure for TMaH Outcomes

Travis Strategies, LLC - Don't Lose Members in 2027! 52 Community Engagement Activities to Keep Your Medicaid Members Compliant

4:30pm-6:30pm

NETWORKING RECEPTION - Sponsored by Sellers Dorsey

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2026

NETWORKING BREAKFAST

9:30am-10:30am

HMA - Maximizing Impact: Strategic Partnerships for Illinois Medicaid Health Plans

Mae Health, Inc - Beyond the Doula Model of Care: Partnering with a Medicaid Health Plan to Address Social Determinants of Health in Pregnant Moms

Lowder Governmental Solutions, LLC - 2027 Legislative Outlook

Perspecta - Building Trust in Medicaid: Strengthening Collaboration Between Health Plans and Providers Through Better Data

10:45am-11:45am

Blueberry Pediatrics & YouthCare - From ER to Home: How Virtual Pediatric Care is Improving Health at Lower Cost for Youth in Foster Care

COUNTYCARE - CountyCare’s Approach to Operationalizing Health Equity

HFS Office of Inspector General (OIG) - An Overview of the HFS Office of Inspector General - who we are, what we do, how to contact us, as well as ways we engage with MCOs currently

Waymark - Does AI Actually Work? Building Rigorous Evaluation into Medicaid VBC Programs

Noon - 1:30pm

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:  Craig Kennedy, MHPA CEO

1:45pm-2:45pm

AETNA - Closing the Pediatric Access Gap: A Medicaid MCO's Strategy to Reduce Avoidable ED Utilization

Illinois Hospice & Palliative Care Organization - Emerging Opportunities to Improve Care for Seriously IL Medicaid Customers

Illinois Public Health Institute (IPHI) - Beyond the Closed Loop: Building Illinois’ Community Infrastructure for Health-Related Social Needs

Jukebox Health - Impacting HCBS: How Technology Can Improve Member Outcomes and Address Workforce Challenges

3:15pm-4:15pm

Illinois Autism Insurance Coalition - The Integrity Bridge: Connecting Medicaid Compliance to Better ABA Access

EndPreeclampsia & Mirvie - Aligning Policy, Prevention, and Management of Preeclampsia: Illinois Legislative Updates and Biomarker Screening for Maternal Health

Molina - Behavioral Health Network Essentials: What Providers Need to Know