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Full Schedule

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Full Schedule

  • 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