Innovation Summit 2026

Predict. Prioritize. Perform.

Compliance to
Competitive Advantage

An invitation-only executive forum on the future of risk adjustment, quality, and coding, brought together by Invent Health at Terranea Resort.

Summit Recap

IH Innovation Summit 2026 Recap

A high-energy overview of the conversations, setting, and executive moments that defined the IH Innovation Summit 2026.
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About the summit

Where Health Plan Leaders Shape the Future of Risk

The Invent Health Innovation Summit 2026 brought together an invitation-only group of health plan executives from across Medicare Advantage, Managed Medicaid, and ACA for three days of peer exchange, honest dialogue, and shared learning at the stunning Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.

Moderated by Rohit Bhardwaj, Founder & CEO of Invent Health, the Summit focused on evolving organizations from compliance-only thinking to true competitive advantage, through AI-driven coding, prospective suspecting, and integrated risk and quality programs. 

Risk Adjustment AI & NLP Quality Programs Prospective Suspecting EMR Integration Coding Strategy

Featured Session

Opening Keynote

The Evolution of Risk Adjustment in 2026 — from retrospective reviews to prospective models, AI adoption, and the future of integrated data.
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Rohit Bhardwaj

Founder & CEO, Invent Health

Rohit opened the Summit with a forward-looking keynote on the evolution of risk adjustment as infrastructure, setting the stage for peer exchange and exploring Invent Health's vision for risk adjustment.

Key Themes

Executive Testimonials

In Their Own Words

Health plan leaders share their perspectives on risk adjustment, AI adoption, and the future of value-based care.

Rebecca Welling

VP of Risk Adjustment

“We see Invent Health thinking ahead and anticipating what our needs might be. They’ve been very responsive to customizing, as new policies come out from CMS.”

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Lisa Purnell

Director of Risk Adjustment

“I’m blown away. The amount of data we are getting from the dashboards is incredible. I couldn’t have asked for a better partner. Beyond excellent.

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Carol Chio

VP, Actuarial Services

“The team is very flexible. Constantly supporting us above and beyond, specially during submissions timelines.”

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Karen Rosen

Director of Risk Adjustment Analytics

“The depth of details is amazing. We are getting so much more data with IH than any other vendor previously. The team is very supportive.”

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Highlight Reel

One Question.
Many Perspectives.

Rich Delperdang, SVP of Sales at Invent Health, posed a single question to health plan executives across all five interviews. Watch the answers side by side — a candid window into how industry leaders are approaching the future of risk adjustment.

Executive Panelists

The Leaders in the Room

Senior leaders from across the health plan ecosystem joined Invent Health for two days of peer-led discussion, strategy sessions, and collaborative learning.

Executive Peer Panel — Planning for 2026

Moderated by Rich Delperdang, SVP of Sales, Invent Health

Lessons learned, operational wins and setbacks, and key priorities heading into 2026.
Rebecca Welling

Rebecca Welling

VP of Risk Adjustment
lisa purnell

Lisa Purnell

Director of Risk Adjustment
Carol Chio

Carol Chio

VP, Actuarial Services

Victor Marshall

Senior Manager, Risk Adjustment

Matt Ringler

Manager of Finance

Themes & Takeaways

The Conversations That Mattered

Eight conversations that ran through every panel, dinner, and hallway at Terranea and shaped how leaders are heading into 2026.

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AI in Practice
Where artificial intelligence is genuinely helping coders and risk teams — and where it's still creating friction on the ground.
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EMR Integration & Concurrent Coding
The real challenges of connecting coding workflows to live EMR data and what strong concurrent programs actually look like in practice.
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Propensity-Based Targeting
How leading plans are using member and provider propensity scoring to prioritize interventions and maximize ROI on every outreach dollar.
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Provider Engagement Realities
Honest conversations about what's working — and what isn't — in aligning providers with risk and quality program goals.
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Convergence of Risk & Quality
Why the artificial divide between risk adjustment and quality programs is breaking down, and what integrated operations look like.
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Leadership in Transformation
A fireside conversation on why healthcare transformations succeed or fail — and how executives evaluate innovation partners in a fast-moving landscape.
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Product Vision & Roadmap
Invent Health shared an exclusive preview of upcoming platform capabilities — with attendees voting on the features that matter most to them.

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