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Becker's Fall Payer Issues Roundtable

500+ payer and health plan executives plus ACO and CIN leaders.

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Dates
Usually November (next dates not announced)
Where
Chicago, IL
Cost
Ticket $2,500 to $6,500. Payer, provider, health plan and ACO staff $2,500; vendors $6,500.
Type
Summit · Paid ticket
Organizer
Becker's Healthcare
Audience level
Senior, Executive
Last checked
October 23, 2026 against the event’s own site

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Speaking opportunities

Speakers are invited

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Who goes

Roles and segments the organizer or our research tag this event for.

Segments: Health plans and payers

Roles: health plan executive, payer product lead

Levels: Senior, Executive

The field it serves: Insurance

Verified open jobs
about 2,071

Source: NextChapter job data, jobs verified live in the last 7 days.

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Typical posted salary
$126,000 a year (middle half $90,000 to $174,000)

Source: NextChapter job data: salary ranges employers posted, midpoint of each range, 459 of the newest 2,071 verified open jobs.

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Entry or early-career level
38% of openings

Source: NextChapter job data: level read from the full posting, newest 2,071 verified open jobs.

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Employment, year over year
−1.1% in financial activities, the closest BLS sector

Source: BLS Current Employment Statistics, seasonally adjusted payroll employment, October 2026.

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Full Insurance snapshot: jobs, pay, layoffs and conferences

Employers at this conference

Exhibitors, sponsors and speakers we have found on the event’s own lists.

Read from the event’s own pages: conferences.beckershospitalreview.com.

Speakers and sessions

Named on the event’s own program. Titles and organizations are as the event lists them.

Keynotes

  • Emmitt Smith

    Pro Football Hall of Fame Running Back, Businessman and Entrepreneur

Speakers

  • Andreana Santangelo

    Chief Financial Officer, Aetna

  • Beth Roberts

    President and Chief Executive Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield Vermont

  • Caroline Carney, MD

    Chief Executive Officer, Magellan Health

  • Ceci Connolly

    President and Chief Executive Officer, ACHP

  • Chris Lugo

    Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

  • Conrad Vial, MD

    President, Sutter Health Network, Sutter Health

  • Cristal Gary

    President and Chief Executive Officer, Meridian Health Plan of Illinois

  • David Mao, Ph.D.

    Divisional Senior Vice President, AI, Transformation and Project Management Office, HCSC

  • Jennifer St. Thomas

    Senior Vice President, Commercial and Medicare Markets, Mass General Brigham Health Plan

  • Ken Cohen, MD

    Chief Medical Officer, Optum Health

  • Kortney Cruz

    Senior Vice President, Government Markets, Independence Blue Cross

  • Lisa Stephens

    Senior Vice President, Operations, Humana

  • Mark El-Tawil

    Chief Administration and Finance Executive, Blue Cross Blue Shield Arizona

  • Melanie Fernando

    President and Chief Executive Officer, Aetna Better Health of Illinois

  • Mia Connolly

    Director, Market P&L, Oscar Health

  • Nicholas Stefanizzi

    Chief Executive Officer, Northwell Direct

  • Nishant Anand, MD

    President and Chief Executive Officer, Altais

  • Paul Markovich

    President and Chief Executive Officer, Ascendium

  • Thomas Friedman

    Executive Administrator, North Carolina State Health Plan

Read from the event’s own pages: conferences.beckershospitalreview.com

Industries and functions

Where it is and who it is for

Held in Chicago, IL. Local jobs, employers, layoffs and other conferences nearby are on the place pages.

Past and planned editions

  • 2027: dates not announced
  • 2026: November 2, 2026 to November 3, 2026, Chicago, IL

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