As federal shifts and market forces reshape the healthcare landscape, the Fierce Health Payer Summit 2025 is where today’s health plan leaders gather to confront the biggest challenges—and uncover the biggest opportunities—defining the future of care.
Now in its third year, this event convenes payers, providers, and innovators for three days of strategy, insight, and collaboration. Guided by the Fierce Healthcare editorial team, this year’s agenda zeroes in on real-world solutions for managing reimbursement pressure, improving population health, and elevating member experience amid unprecedented policy change.
What You’ll Gain
With Medicaid funding shifts, reimbursement uncertainty, and new federal regulations on the horizon, payers can’t afford to sit still. Dive deep into the trends defining 2025, including:
Value-Based Care and Payment Innovation: Explore how health plans are moving beyond fee-for-service models to improve outcomes and affordability.
- Behavioral and Maternal Health: Learn how payers are addressing access, equity, and quality in two of the most critical and costly areas of care.
- Technology and Digital Innovation: From AI and data analytics to interoperability, discover how digital tools are revolutionizing communication, prior authorization, and revenue cycle management.
- Population Health and Equity: Examine how payers are tackling disparities and improving outcomes through community partnerships and SDOH-focused interventions.
- Regulatory and Compliance Updates: Hear the latest on Medicare, Medicaid, and ACA reforms, and what they mean for payer strategy moving forward.
Explore the full agenda to see how each session brings new insights to the evolving payer landscape. View the Agenda
Expert Voices Shaping the Future
Get firsthand insights from payer leaders who are driving innovation and accountability across the industry. Early confirmed speakers include:
- Meera Atkins, Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Sacha Jain, SCAN
- Ross Lagerblade, Humana
- Ali Khan, Aetna
- Nick Kings, Carelon
- Robert Westergan, EviCore (Cigna)
Plus, experts from One Medical (Amazon), Walgreens, Wellvana, and more—sharing how they’re responding to regulatory pressure, economic volatility, and shifting member expectations. Meet the full lineup of speakers shaping the conversation. View the Speaker Lineup
Why Attend
Unlike traditional payer conferences, Fierce Health Payer Summit looks at the whole ecosystem—where payers, providers, and innovators meet to solve problems together. Expect candid conversations, actionable strategies, and the connections that spark real change.
If you’re navigating funding cuts, advancing digital transformation, or rethinking member engagement, this is the one event you can’t afford to miss.
A Forum for Collaboration and Innovation
Unlike traditional payer conferences that focus solely on policy, Fierce Health Payer Summit offers a holistic view of the ecosystem—where payers, providers, vendors, and innovators meet to exchange ideas and solutions. Through keynotes, panel discussions, and interactive sessions, attendees will gain actionable strategies to strengthen partnerships, streamline operations, and drive better outcomes across populations.
Whether you’re navigating new regulations, advancing digital transformation, or reimagining member engagement, the Fierce Health Payer Summit delivers the programming, connections, and insights that move the industry forward.
Join us December 3–5 in Nashville to be part of the conversation shaping the future of healthcare.
Learn more and Register here