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LOS ANGELES CA, USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- AUGUST 14, 2026: The theme of APG's forthcoming Fall Conference 2026 is From Policy To Practice: What's Next For Accountable Care? Amid evolving payment models, rising costs, mounting administrative complexity, and other pressures, success in the next chapter of accountable care will depend on physician-led organizations employing multiple strategies to deliver better patient outcomes, enhance cost-effective care, and ensure long-term sustainability.
Registration is now open for the conference, which will take place on Wednesday, November 18 to Friday, November 20, 2026, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland (just 11 miles or a quick taxi ride from downtown Washington, DC).
EXPERT SPEAKERS
Enhancing Accountability: Priorities for the Department of Health and Human Services
Chris Klomp is Director of Medicare and Chief Counselor at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and President Trump's nominee for the post of Deputy Secretary at HHS. In a keynote session at APG's fall conference, he will offer an overview of key departmental priorities to address the affordability of health care and further enhance accountability for costs and quality in traditional Medicare and Medicare Advantage.
The Midterm Checkup: Post-Election Prospects for Federal Health Policy
Just two weeks after the midterm elections, two prominent former Secretaries of Health and Human Services — one Republican and one Democrat — will examine how the executive branch, Congress, and the courts may now confront major current and looming issues, including health care affordability, declining insurance coverage, rising costs and utilization, and more. In a fireside chat with APG's President and CEO, Susan Dentzer, they will also examine how health care issues influenced the elections; assess whether movements ranging from MAHA to Medicare For All are gaining or losing support among voters; and explore what these shifting attitudes may signal for the future.
The View From The CMS Innovation Center: New Models, Key Priorities
The past year has brought a proliferation of new alternative payment models from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), testing various approaches to increasing quality, controlling costs, and eliminating low-value care, as well as harnessing the benefits of patient-facing technologies through the new Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions (ACCESS) model. CMMI says more mandatory models are in the wings, as are models focused on Medicare Advantage, rather than just achieving savings and improving quality in the traditional Medicare program. In this keynote session, Abe Sutton, Deputy Administrator and Director of the Innovation Center at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and Liz Fowler, Distinguished Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Carey Business School and former Director of CMMI, will discuss the outlook for success of these models and the challenge of holding together the longstanding bipartisan commitment to value-based care.
Super Early Bird Registration discounts are available until Friday, September 4, 2026.
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