The 15th Medicare Stars, HEDIS®, Quality & Risk Summit

Boost Performance Scores through Cross-Functional Member and
Provider Engagement While Ensuring Compliance in an Era of Uncertainty and Declining Budgets

June 2-4, 2026
Hilton Rosemont/Chicago O’Hare
Chicago, Illinois

About The Event

Join us at The 15th Medicare Stars, HEDIS®, Quality & Risk Conference—your go-to event for breakthrough strategies from 20+ Medicare Advantage plan speakers. In today’s landscape of fierce competition, constantly evolving regulations, rising costs, and changing member needs, staying ahead is everything. Learn from real-world case studies how leading plans are tackling the latest CMS and NCQA changes, driving quality outcomes, and boosting Star Ratings. Discover exactly what to focus on, when to act, and how to balance quality with cost-effectiveness. Walk away with proven tactics to engage members and providers, streamline data collection, and elevate performance in preventive care, chronic condition management, and member satisfaction. This is the can’t-miss event of the year—featuring the largest lineup of health plan leaders and an agenda packed with powerful insights, practical education, and real-world solutions you can take home and use immediately!

Here is a high-level look at what you can expect at this conference:
  • Adapting Your Stars Strategy in Real- time & Measuring & Improving Member Trust (2 pre-conference, interactive workshops)
  • Anticipate & Adapt: Navigating Regulatory Changes for Star Ratings and HEDIS®
  • Plan-Wide Collaborations to Boost Performance Scores, Increase Operational Efficiency, Lower Costs and Improve Quality of Care
  • Impacting the Changing Face of Member Experience & Expanding Access to Care
  • Tools & Strategies to Improve HEDIS® & Quality Measures
  • Re-Vitalizing Provider-Payor Partnerships to Boost Star Ratings
  • Addressing the Health Equity: Why it’s Still Important
  • Rebuilding and Restructuring Business Processes for Flexibility, Agility and to Maximize the Value of AI


Plus, back by popular demand: 4 Topic Specific Roundtable Discussion Groups – Exclusive Information Exchange Forums – gain insights behind the scenes from your peers and industry leaders.

Speakers

To Be Announced!

WHO SHOULD ATTEND


The 15th Medicare Stars, HEDIS®, Quality & Risk is designed for C-Suite Executives, Medical Directors, Vice Presidents, Directors, and Managers from Medicare Advantage Health Plans, Provider Groups and Health Systems with job functions in the following departments:

  • Star Ratings
  • Quality
  • Government Markets
  • Product
  • Risk Adjustment
  • Revenue Management
  • Product Development
  • Health Equity
  • Benefit Design
  • Operations
  • Technology
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN


Anticipate & Adapt: Navigating Regulatory Changes for Star Ratings and HEDIS®

  • Driving Outcomes and Continuously Improving in the Face of Financial Headwinds and a Wildly Erratic & Uncertain Legal and Regulatory Landscape
  • Get the Latest Technical and Regulatory Updates Impacting 2025 Star Ratings Performance
  • Examine the New 2025 Math Path With New Measures and the Health Equity Index
  • Optimizing Medicare Stars Unique Performance Levers
  • How to Improve Your Health Plan’s Star Ratings to Generate Millions of Dollars

Impacting the Changing Face of Member Experience & Expanding Access to Care

  • Practical approaches to elevating CAHPS, HOS, and member retention through targeted, equitable member engagement
  • Harnessing the Power of Incentives and Rewards to Enhance STARS Ratings
  • Customizing Member Communication to Support Access to Care – Differentiating Strategies
  • Learn Ways to Improve Experience and Health Outcomes as Members Change Formularies and Benefits
  • How to Educate Members to be Their Own Health Advocate
  • Increasing Access to Care for Underserved Communities: Rural and Urban -- Building Trust & Enhancing Health
  • Reaching Underserved Populations through CBO Partnerships

Re-Vitalizing Provider-Payor Partnerships to Boost Star Ratings

  • Unlocking the Power of HOS: Elevating Your Star Ratings Strategy
  • Best Practices: CAHPs & HOS – Managing Providers and Supporting Them to Boost Quality
  • Addressing Interoperability: A Multi-Pronged Approach to Close Gaps in Care and Drive Value
  • Defining the Health Plan’s Role in Cooperation with Providers
  • Reducing Provider Abrasion through Interdepartmental Coordinated Programs

Integrating Health Equity, Diversity, SDOH into Stars & Quality Programs

  • Real-life Implementation Tools and Strategies to Address the Health Equity Index – What Can You Actually Do Beyond Data Collection
  • Preparing for HEI Even Though Your Plan May Not Meet Demographic Requirements
  • Creating a Multi-Dimensional Member Journey that Drives Star Ratings & Health Equity
  • Addressing the Unique Needs of the D-SNP Population – Navigating State Regulations & Providing Easy to Use Tools that Support Your Members

Interdepartmental Collaborations To Boost Performance Scores

  • Increasing Resources to Expand STARS & HEDIS® Programs – Communicating the Value Story & Business Case to Your Leadership
  • Data Driven Strategies to Integrate Stars, Quality & Risk – Breaking Down Silos
  • Optimizing Your Teams: How to Help Your Stars Team and Matrix Partners Reach Their Full Collective Potential

Tools & Strategies to Improve HEDIS® & Quality Measures

  • Transitions of Care: Getting in Front of Chart Review
  • Quality & Risk Collaborations to Reduce Care Gaps
  • Innovative Approaches to Improve Part D Quality Measures


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