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Strategic Leadership Summit

 June 8-9, 2026

This year’s Strategic Leadership Summit advances the National Alliance’s priorities to accelerate employer-led healthcare market transformation—driving greater transparency and more direct approaches to healthcare contracting. No single organization can change the market alone. But when employers align around expectations for market and policy change, their shared voice becomes a powerful force to redefine value and accountability.

Employers and healthcare stakeholders will share actionable strategies to build a more efficient, accountable, and equitable healthcare system. Sessions will explore:

  • Direct-to-consumer and direct-to-employer pharmaceutical models that remove middlemen, increase transparency, and better align incentives around patient access and employer value
  • Employer-aligned primary care models that improve access, reduce complexity, deliver predictable costs, enhance the employee experience, and support better health outcomes
  • Onsite and nearsite clinics that give employers greater cost control while expanding primary care access, convenience, and care coordination—and reducing unnecessary spending
  • Direct contracting partnerships that move beyond traditional hospital networks to prioritize value, quality, and transparency

Agenda Summary

The following agenda summary clarifies who may attend specific events and key takeaways. 

Sunday, June 7:

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Board Meeting Lunch
12–1 p.m.

Exclusively for Board members

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Board Meeting
1–6 p.m.

Exclusively for Board members

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Board Meeting Dinner
6:30-9 p.m.

Exclusively for Board and NPLC members

Monday, June 8:

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Breakfast
8:30 a.m.–9 a.m.

Who may attend?

  • Open to NPLC members and their respective coalition leader ONLY
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National Purchaser Leadership Council Meeting
9 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Who may attend?

  • Open to NPLC employer members and their respective coalition leader 

Key Participant Benefits: 

Extend private networking opportunities with highly experienced, likeminded influencers

Align NPLC strategies to ensure maximum reach and influence

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Lunch
12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m.

Who may attend?

  • Open to NPLC members and those attending the Coalition Member meeting ONLY
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Coalition Member Meeting
1:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m.

Who may attend?

  • Employer representatives are invited to attend this meeting alongside coalition members ONLY

Key Participant Benefits:

  • Reconnect with coalition community members from across the country
  • Learn about coalition initiatives for reshaping the future of healthcare
  • Contribute to stabilizing and advancing the coalition movement to create thriving organizations
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National Health Leadership Council Dinner
6:30 p.m.–9 p.m.

Who may attend?

  • NHLC members, coalitions, employers, and invited guests

Tuesday, June 9:

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Strategic Leadership Summit
8 a.m.–1 p.m.

Who may attend?

  • ALL Strategic Leadership Summit registrants

View detailed agenda here

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National Health Leadership Council Meeting
1:15 p.m.–4 p.m.

Who may attend?

  • Coalitions, invited employers/plan sponsors, and NHLC members

Key Participant Benefits:

  • Develop joint solutions to address the effects of the current political and economic climate on employers/purchasers and the healthcare industry
  • Discover emerging and proven strategic initiatives to better leverage shared purchasing power to reshape the future of healthcare
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National Health Leadership Council Reception
4 p.m.–5 p.m

Who may attend?

  • Exclusively for NHLC members, coalitions, coalition employer members, and invited guests 
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Keynote Speaker: Insert name here

Lodging

The National Alliance has a limited number of discounted rooms available at $229/night, which will be available until May 8, 2026. 

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