2025 Health Equity Forum
To equip health care leaders and organizations with practical strategies, innovative models, and actionable tools to advance health equity by adapting to evolving challenges, sustaining initiatives, and scaling impact across communities.
National
Monday, November 10 - Wednesday, November 12
Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center
Agenda
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Welcome and Networking Meet & Greet
Join your peers for an informal meet and greet and a chance to network to kick-off the Health Equity Forum.
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Networking Breakfast
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Welcome and Introductions
John Kennedy, MD, President, AMGA Foundation / Chief Medical and Quality Officer, AMGA9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Keynote Session
Adapting to Today's Rapidly Shifting EnvironmentA retrospective on 2025 with a forward-looking view into 2026. The speaker will explore how health systems responded to policy shifts, lessons learned, and the critical questions organizations must ask as they prepare for the year ahead.
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Networking Break
10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
Culturally Tailored Care Innovations
Build, Borrow and Blend WorkshopThis highly interactive workshop moves beyond translation to reimagine care delivery that truly meets patients where they are. Through small-group exchanges, real-world personas, and rapid brainstorming, participants will share, adapt, and co-create culturally tailored strategies that respond to emerging challenges like chronic conditions, and immunizations.
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Innovative Models for Community-Centered Care
Case Study Panel: Impact of Partnering with Community-Based Organizations Beyond Social ReferralsLearn from health systems partnering with community-based organizations to go beyond referrals and build lasting collaborations. This session highlights approaches to addressing SDOH such as food insecurity, housing, and transportation while leveraging community trust and resources.
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Networking Lunch
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Stratify, Interpret, Act: Why Equity Data is Not Optional & Table Discussion
This session explores why equity data is indispensable for both value-based care and fee-for-service models. Participants will examine how stratifying data by race, ethnicity, sex, insurance, and other factors, combined with SDOH insights, reveals care gaps and the "why" behind them. The discussion will highlight strategies to act on these insights even in communities with fewer resources, and consider how organizations can continue to deliver equitable care in the face of Medicare/Medicaid cuts and limited measurement requirements.
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Solution Rooms
The Solution Rooms are dynamic, participant-let sessions designed to provide just-in-time peer support. Each attendee comes prepared with one challenge or idea, and in small groups, participants exchange insights, offer feedback, and co-create practical solutions. This format fosters candid dialogue, fresh perspectives, and real-world takeaways, ensuring everyone leaves with actionable next steps and stronger peer connections.4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Wrap-up, Group Picture, and Adjourn
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Networking Breakfast
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Opening Remarks
John Kennedy, MD, President, AMGA Foundation / Chief Medical and Quality Officer, AMGA9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Breakout Session 1
Room 1: Models for Equitable Access and CareThis session explores innovative strategies to reduce geographic and racial disparities, particularly in rural and frontier communities. Discussion will highlight creative ways organizations are leveraging telehealth, virtual care, and resource-sharing to expand access while working within constrained budgets.
Room 2: How to Keep Health Equity Relevant?
Room 2: How to Keep Health Equity Relevant?
With shifting priorities, workforce strain, and fluctuating funding, maintaining organizational focus on equity can be challenging. This session creates space for candid conversation about sustaining momentum, building alignment with leadership, and ensuring equity remains central in the years ahead.
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Networking Break & Checkout
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Breakout Session 2
Room 1: Family Caregiving as SDOHCaregiving significantly impacts health equity, particularly among underserved populations. This session will address the emotional and financial toll on caregivers, opportunities to support them as part of patient care, and ways to strengthen the workforce pipeline in home health and caregiving professions.Room 2: Equity UnpluggedA candid, open-dialogue session designed to unpack pressing equity challenges in real time. Without a set agenda, participants will share emerging practices, lessons learned, and innovative ideas - leaving space for honest exchange and collaborative problem solving.
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Wrap-up and Adjourn
Hotel/Meeting Venue
Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center
201 Waterfront Street
National Harbor, MD 20745
After you register, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to reserve your hotel room. If you need assistance, please email Bruce L. Hadloc at bhadloc@amga.org.
Check-in is after 4:00 pm and Check-out is 11:00 am
201 Waterfront Street
National Harbor, MD 20745
After you register, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to reserve your hotel room. If you need assistance, please email Bruce L. Hadloc at bhadloc@amga.org.
- Room Rate: $299 per night, plus state and local taxes
- Hotel Deadline: Monday, October 13. The discounted rate and availability cannot be guaranteed after this date.
Check-in is after 4:00 pm and Check-out is 11:00 am
Corporate Partner Sponsorship Opportunities
AMGA's corporate partners are invited to support our Health Equity Initiative. Questions? Please email Danielle Casanova.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Health Equity Initiative Sponsor
Be an integral part of our collaborative health equity work by sponsoring the annual initiative. As a sponsor, you'll partner with AMGA members in developing resources, tools, and programming for medical groups and health systems in creating health equity within their workforce, patient populations and the communities they serve.A special thanks to the following sponsors for helping to put on this event:
