Call For Speakers

Deadline Extended to July 31!

The 2023 Annual Forum of the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions will take place in Washington DC, November 13-15, 2023.  The Forum brings together over 400 employers, business coalition leaders, and healthcare stakeholders to discuss successful strategies and emerging trends in employee health, health benefits, delivery reform and health policy.

If you have any questions, please contact Margaret Rehayem at mrehayem@nationalalliancehealth.org

Topics of Interest

Healthcare Value

  • Innovations in Payment Reform 
  • Closing Gaps for Equitable Access to Affordable High-Quality Care
  • Fair Pricing in Hospital Services: Emerging Issues & Opportunities  
  • Getting ahead on High-Cost Claims Management
  • Leading Practices to Address PBM Misalignment  
  • Leveraging Advanced Primary Care to Drive Healthcare Value
  • Role of Technology to Disrupt Care Delivery End to End  
  • Balancing Quality, Safety & Value
  • Engaging C-Suite and Other Health Leaders to Advance Transformation

Benefits, Wellbeing & Health Equity Strategy

  • Innovations in Whole Person Health Across the Spectrum
  • Distinctive Leadership to Advance Wellbeing & Organizational Strategy
  • Employer Case Studies: Breaking the Mold on Benefits & Wellbeing
  • Insights from the Patient Voice to Inform an Employer’s Health Strategy
  • Innovative Strategies to Support Women’s Health Across the Lifecycle   
  • Creative Integration of Innovative Solutions  
  • Rethinking Mental Wellbeing from the Ground Up     
  • Developing Trends that Will Disrupt the Future of Health Strategy
  • Emerging Strategies to Advance Health Equity in Benefits
  • Integrating Equity into Vendor Performance Assessment
  • Building Cultural Humility as a Cornerstone of Cultural Competency

Health Policy

  • Likely Impact of the Presidential Elections
  • Empowering Fiduciary Rights and Responsibilities to Drive Market & Policy Reforms 
  • Activating on Affordability through State Health Policy 
  • The Federal Policy Agenda: What’s Possible and What Matters for Purchasers

Other topics that are relevant to the National Alliance, its members, and their employer members also will be considered.

Review Process

A Program Advisory Committee consisting of members of the National Alliance will review speaker proposals for criteria including topic relevance and importance, level of innovation, appropriate value proposition for employers, speaker expertise, and ability for audience members to learn and act on presented information. 

National Alliance staff will review Program Advisory Committee recommendations and have sole responsibility for determining final agenda content.  Applicants may be contacted to provide additional information on submission.  

Applicants will be contacted on the status of your submission by August 10, 2023 

Important Notice for Service Providers & Vendors

  • If you are a service provider or vendor, you will be required to provide financial support as a sponsor for the event. There are different levels of sponsorship available. Please check event website for details. This helps to support the industry as a whole and due to our non-profit status, allows us to provide quality education and in-demand speakers to our event.
  • Preference is given to submissions that include employers/purchasers as the main speaker.
  • At times it may be necessary for a presenter to refer to his or her business by name, but promotional efforts of any kind are considered a serious breach of the spirit of the conference. Speakers, presenters, and panelists are to refrain from promoting themselves and their businesses during presentations.