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Full Schedule

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Full Schedule

  • Friday, August 14, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    MEG Networking Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM PT
    Agricultural Worker Health Committee
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM PT
    AI in Healthcare Subcommittee
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM PT
    Health Center Excellence and Training Committee
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM PT
    Healthy Aging Subcommittee
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM PT
    Pharmacy Services Subcommittee
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM PT
    Public Housing Subcommittee
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM PT
    Value-Based Care Subcommittee
  • 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM PT
    Faith Based Taskforce
  • 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM PT
    Food for Health Subcommittee
  • 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM PT
    Health Center Financing & Operations Subcommittee
  • 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM PT
    Healthcare for the Homeless Subcommittee
  • 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM PT
    Medicaid Eligibility Task Force
  • 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM PT
    Pride Health Subcommittee
  • 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM PT
    Rural Health Committee
  • 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM PT
    Teaching Health Center/Graduate Medical Education Committee
  • 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Art in Health Task Force
  • 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Behavioral Health Subcommittee
  • 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Consumer Board Committee
  • 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Controlled Networks Committee
  • 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Emergency Management & Weather-Related Health Subcommittee
  • 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Healthy Children Subcommittee
  • 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Membership Committee
  • 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT
    Oral Health Subcommittee
  • 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT
    Clinical Practice Committee
  • 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT
    Finance Committee
  • 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT
    Health Center Workforce Committee
  • 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT
    Health Policy Committee
  • 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT
    Indigenous Health Task Force
  • 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT
    Veterans' Health Task Force
  • 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM PT
    Vital Conditions Committee
  • Saturday, August 15, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM PT
    House of Delegates Candidate Tables
  • 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM PT
    House of Delegates Credentialing
  • 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM PT
    Registration & Information Desk
  • 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM PT
    Registration Badge Pickup
  • 7:30 AM - 6:30 PM PT
    Multi-Faith Prayer Room
  • 7:30 AM - 6:30 PM PT
    Nursing Room
  • 7:30 AM - 6:30 PM PT
    Sensory Room
  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    Flourish and Thrive: Health Center Graduate Medical and Dental Education
  • 8:30 AM - 2:45 PM PT
    Introduction to Health Center Board Roles (Separate Registration Required)
  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT
    PCA EMAC Meeting
  • 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM PT
    Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
  • 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM PT
    Exhibitor & Sponsor Check-In
  • 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM PT
    PCA/HCCN General Session
  • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    CareMessage and VedaPoint Executive Lounge (Invite Only)
  • 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM PT
    NACHC Board of Directors Meeting
  • Sunday, August 16, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM PT
    CareMessage and VedaPoint Executive Lounge (Invite Only)
  • 7:45 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    NACHC Advocacy & Communications Networking Breakfast
  • 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM PT
    A.T. Still University & Clinical Partners: Reimagining the Hometown Scholar Pathway to Address Workforce Challenges Breakfast (Invitation Only)
  • 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM PT
    Registration & Information Desk Open
  • 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM PT
    Registration Badge Pickup
  • 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM PT
    Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
  • 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM PT
    Multi-Faith Prayer Room
  • 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM PT
    Nursing Room
  • 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM PT
    Sensory Room
  • 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM PT
    Center for Mobile Health Advisory Council
  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM PT
    NACHC House of Delegates Meeting
  • 11:00 AM - 6:30 PM PT
    The Neighborhood Open (formerly EXPO Hall)
  • 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM PT
    Solutions Spotlight: Empowering FQHCs for Value-Based Care: RHTP Initiatives, Strategic Partnerships, and Advocacy for ACO Success
  • 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    Film Screening Room
  • 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM PT
    InnovationEX: TechQuity Tank 1
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PT
    NACHC eClinicalWorks User Group Meeting
  • 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM PT
    Solutions Spotlight: Advanced Therapy for Patient Flow Dysfunction: Treatments Beyond the EHR
  • 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM PT
    Film Screening Room
  • 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM PT
    Film Screening Room
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Answering Your Frequently Asked Governance Questions
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Beyond the Hype: How Health Centers and HCCN's Are Making Practical, Compliant AI Decisions
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Bridging Communities Through Partnership with the Divine Nine to Advance Health Care for All
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Health Center Operations Best Practices For Graduate Medical & Dental Education
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Innovating Specialty Support, Mentorship, and Education to Improve Workforce Capacity and Quality in Community Health Centers
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    LEGACY SPONSOR PRESENTATION: Strengthening Community Health Center Sustainability: Operational Performance, Revenue Cycle Optimization, and 340B Program Strategies
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Operationalizing Food as Health: Lifestyle Medicine Shared Medical Appointments for Health Centers
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Partner of Choice: From Guidelines to Action: Advancing Cardiovascular Care in Health Centers
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Partner of Choice: SCAN FOUNDATION
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    The New FQHC CEO Playbook: Board Alignment, Smart Partnerships, and Sustainability
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    What's Happening on Capitol Hill: A Federal Affairs Update
  • 1:05 PM - 1:55 PM PT
    Timely Twenty-Minute Tips
  • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM PT
    InnovationEx: From Administrative Burden to Intelligent Care: How AI is Transforming Community Health Centers
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PT
    NACHC Membership Information Session & Social Hour
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM PT
    Refreshment Break in The Neighborhood
  • 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM PT
    Solutions Spotlight: Best Practices to Ensure Manufacturer Reporting is Accurate and Timely
  • 2:15 PM - 3:00 PM PT
    CMO Meetup
  • 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM PT
    Opening General Session
  • 4:45 PM - 6:30 PM PT
    The Block Party (NACHC Opening Reception)
  • 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM PT
    CEO Meetup
  • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM PT
    Health Center Board Member Reception
  • Monday, August 17, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 4:30 PM PT
    Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
  • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM PT
    CareMessage and VedaPoint Executive Lounge (Invite Only)
  • 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM PT
    Registration & Information Desk Open
  • 7:00 AM - 9:30 PM PT
    Multi-Faith Prayer Room
  • 7:00 AM - 9:30 PM PT
    Nursing Room
  • 7:00 AM - 9:30 PM PT
    Sensory Room
  • 7:30 AM - 8:15 AM PT
    Breakfast in The Neighborhood (included in registration)
  • 7:30 AM - 4:30 PM PT
    The Neighborhood Open (formerly EXPO Hall)
  • 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM PT
    Registration Badge Pickup
  • 8:15 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    InnovationEX: From Pilot to Scale: A Health Center’s Journey to Modernizing Language Access
  • 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT
    340B Federal and State Update
  • 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT
    A Systems Approach to AI Implementation
  • 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT
    Beyond the Clinic Walls: Clinical Partnership Models to Expand Rural Access and Whole-Person Care
  • 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT
    Building a Sustainable Maternal Workforce in Health Centers: A Leadership Panel on Integration and Innovation
  • 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT
    Building Strategic Community Partnerships: A Value‑Driven Framework for Success
  • 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT
    Development and Integration of Peer Recovery Support Specialists and the Importance of Community Engagement - Advocating Locally
  • 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT
    How to Attract, Reward & Retain Top Talent
  • 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT
    Operational Roadblocks to Value-Based Care in Community Health: A Multipronged Approach for FQHC Success
  • 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT
    Partner of Choice: From Launch to Local: Making the Triple Double Real
  • 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT
    Partner of Choice: Health Centers and the Bloomberg Fellows Scholarship Program: Bolstering the Public Health Workforce
  • 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM PT
    Practical Lessons in Board Governance: Structure, Partnership, and Performance
  • 8:30 AM - 8:50 AM PT
    Timely Twenty-Minute Tips: Responsive Postgraduate NP Training: Strategies for Success and Organizational Impact
  • 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM PT
    CFO Meetup
  • 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM PT
    InnovationEX: Innovation in Health Center Access - Direct Primary Care for Health Centers
  • 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM PT
    Refreshment Break in The Neighborhood
  • 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT
    Monday General Session
  • 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM PT
    Film Screening Room
  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PT
    Lunch in The Neighborhood (included in registration)
  • 11:40 AM - 12:10 PM PT
    Solutions Spotlight: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Lab Data to Generate Actionable Insights That Improve Care Gap Closure and Strengthen Community Health Center Value‑Based Care Performance
  • 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM PT
    COO Meetup
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PT
    InnovationEX: TechQuity Tank 2
  • 12:20 PM - 12:50 PM PT
    Solutions Spotlight: CareMessage
  • 1:00 PM PT
    Partner of Choice: Whole Person Health: From Concept to Practice in Community Health Centers
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    A Fireside Chat with BPHC: Administrative Updates and the Issues Shaping Health Centers
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Applying Quality Improvement Methods to Drive Access, Productivity, and Financial Performance
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    From Access to Outcomes: Leveraging Integrated Care Teams and Technology to Improve Population Health in Resource-Constrained FQHCs
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    LEGACY SPONSOR PRESENTATION: Expanding Patient Services: Proven Population Engagement Strategies
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Loneliness, Creativity and Workforce Well-Being: The Urgency and Opportunity
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Moving Health Outside of the Clinics: White Coats for Change
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    NextMove for Boards: Integrating Scenario Planning into Health Center Governance and Oversight
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    Partner of Choice: Protecting Patients and Revenue as Redeterminations Double Under H.R.1
  • 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PT
    What’s Next? The Realities of a 340B Rebate Model
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM PT
    Challenge Lab: Building Fair AI Partnerships in Community Health: From Data Extraction to Collaboration & Co-Ownership
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM PT
    For CEOs Only- Protecting the FQHC CEO: Strengthening Legal, Ethical, and Operational Resilience for CEOs Governance, Compliance, and Executive Risk Management in a High-Accountability Environment
  • 1:05 PM - 1:55 PM PT
    Timely Twenty-Minute Tips
  • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM PT
    CHRO Meetup
  • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM PT
    InnovationEX: Responding to Community Needs Through Health Center-led Science
  • 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM PT
    Refreshment Break in The Neighborhood
  • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM PT
    Building and Financing the Future Workforce: How CHC-Led GME Consortia Drive Sustainable, Mission-Aligned Growth
  • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM PT
    Dancing, Not Wrestling: Expanding and Enhancing SUD Services through Practice Transformation and Partnerships
  • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM PT
    Elevate 2026: Three Pathways to Accelerate Practice Transformation in Community Health Centers
  • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM PT
    Film Screening Room
  • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM PT
    Infusion Centers and 340B: a Case Study for Improved Access and Compliance
  • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM PT
    Investing in Rural Community Health Centers: An Introduction to the Rural Health Transformation Program
  • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM PT
    Leveraging Generative AI to Accelerate Strategic Planning in a Federally Qualified Health Center
  • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM PT
    Mission and Margin Under Constraint: A Practical Financial Turnaround Framework for Federally Qualified Health Center Leaders
  • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM PT
    Partner of Choice: How Agentic AI Is Helping FQHCs with Intelligent Care Delivery
  • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM PT
    Partner of Choice: Nutrition and Health
  • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM PT
    Partner of Choice: State of Mobile Health 2026: Trends, Benchmarks, and Strategies for Sustainable Mobile Care Delivery
  • 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM PT
    Understanding Today’s Financial Statements—and Preparing for What’s Next
  • 2:50 PM - 3:40 PM PT
    Timely Twenty-Minute Tips
  • 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM PT
    InnovationEX: Trust and Transparency in Community Health Care: Real-World Use of the AI Vendor Disclosure Framework
  • 3:45 PM - 4:30 PM PT
    Refreshment Break in The Neighborhood
  • 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM PT
    Film Screening Room
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PT
    1 + 1 = 3: Integrating Academic Nursing and FQHC Infrastructure for Sustainable Impact
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PT
    A Deep Dive into How Specialty Pharmacy Accreditation Can Improve Patient Care and be a New Revenue Stream at Health Centers
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PT
    From Food Insecurity to Food for Health: Integrating Nutrition Interventions into Community Health Centers
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PT
    From Silos to Shared Stewardship: How One Health Center Redesigned Leadership to Drive Results
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PT
    Health Center Mergers and the Impact on Value-Based Care
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PT
    HR 1 in Action: Navigating the First Round of Medicaid and Marketplace Eligibility Changes
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PT
    LEGACY SPONSOR PRESENTATION: Making Sustainability Easier: Technology Strategies Grace Health Uses to Improve Efficiency, Access, and Outcomes
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PT
    Partner of Choice: Health Center Mission & HEALTH FOR ALL: Using Data, Evidence, and Community-Centered Practice to Improve Outcomes
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PT
    Partner of Choice: Reach out and Read
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PT
    Powered Forward: A Framework to Facilitate Health Center Readiness for Power Outages and Natural Disasters
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PT
    Strategic Stewardship in an Era of Consolidation: An M&A Governance Workshop for Health Center Boards and Executives
  • 5:45 PM - 6:30 PM PT
    Center for Mobile Health Special Interest Meeting
  • 5:45 PM - 6:30 PM PT
    Nurse Meetup
  • 6:00 PM - 9:30 PM PT
    Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
  • 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM PT
    2026 CHI Theme Party
  • Tuesday, August 18, 2026
  • 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM PT
    Breakfast in The Neighborhood (included in registration)
  • 7:00 AM - 9:30 AM PT
    Exhibitor & Sponsor Check-In
  • 7:00 AM - 9:45 AM PT
    The Neighborhood Open (formerly EXPO Hall)
  • 7:00 AM - 10:00 AM PT
    Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
  • 7:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT
    Registration & Information Desk Open
  • 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM PT
    Sensory Room
  • 7:00 AM - 12:30 PM PT
    Nursing Room
  • 7:30 AM - 11:30 AM PT
    Registration Badge Pickup
  • 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM PT
    Film Screening Room
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    A Practical Approach to Practitioner Career Development in a Health Center
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    Beyond Reporting: Designing a Value-Driven Culture Through Shared Quality Language
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    Collectively our "Why" Matters: The Power of Mentorship for FQHC Board Members.
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    Employer, Provider, Partner: Turning Patient Engagement into Access, Accountability and Performance
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    From One to Many: Scaling Health Center Advocacy Through Distributive Leadership
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    Medicare Growth Without Losing Trust: What FQHC Leaders Must Put in Place First
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    Mission and Margin: Aligning Clinical, Cultural, and Financial Integrity in ACO Selection
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    Partner of Choice: NACHC & Labcorp Partner to Support Diagnostics, Data, and Innovation at CHCs
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    Partner of Choice: NACHC Cares, LLC: Progress, Priorities and the Path Forward
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    Partner of Choice: Policy Impact and Innovations in Community Health Centers: A Fireside Chat Celebrating NACHC's Special Issue
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    Patient Experience as Strategy: Designing Care That Patients Understand and Trust
  • 8:10 AM - 9:00 AM PT
    Timely Twenty-Minute Tips
  • 8:45 AM - 9:15 AM PT
    Film Screening Room
  • 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM PT
    Refreshment Break in The Neighborhood & NACHCopoly Prize Drawing (9:30am)
  • 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM PT
    Advancing State Policies under a MAHA Agenda
  • 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM PT
    Alphabet Soup: Understanding the Different Value-Based Care CMMI Models
  • 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM PT
    Community Health Workers (CHWs) and Nutrition Benefits Navigation: A National Survey of CHW Roles, Barriers, and Opportunities to Support Whole Person Care.
  • 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM PT
    Engaging Health Center Board Members for Impactful and Strategic Advocacy
  • 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM PT
    From Eligibility Churn to Revenue Stability: Health Centers Revenue Cycle Strategy
  • 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM PT
    Health Center Voices: Addressing Preventable Diseases in a Changing Landscape
  • 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM PT
    Hot Topics in Health Center Governance – A Peer-to Peer Networking Session
  • 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM PT
    No Degrees Needed: Expanding a Culturally Congruent Mental Health Workforce
  • 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM PT
    Partner of Choice: IACHC, LLC: Advancing Learning and Collaboration Across Borders
  • 9:45 AM - 10:45 AM PT
    Partner of Choice: The CIO as a Strategic Leader
  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM PT
    Film Screening Room
  • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM PT
    Tuesday General Session