The Exchange:

A Strategy and Scenario Planning Event 

October 14-15, 2026  
Vail, Colorado

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This invitation-only roundtable brings a small group of executives together to work through real scenarios, test strategic choices and build responses to healthcare’s toughest challenges, breaking through assumptions along the way.

  • Timely scenarios explored by executives nationwide

  • Practical frameworks & tools to bring back to your work

  • Market intelligence woven into every scenario

  • Candid, relationship-building conversations

A Decade of Bold Thinking in Healthcare

The Exchange focuses on the financial and strategic realities forcing today's most difficult strategic choices. The scenario we’ll take on during our 10th anniversary roundtable is titled Mission Critical: Core Business Model Differentiation in a Changing Landscape. Participants walk away with:

  • New perspectives on how to expand the business model for greater sustainability

  • Scenarios they can use in their own roles

  • Reference materials that support market analysis and strategic planning

In Their Words

“What we cover at these roundtables is more critical to the future of our organization than anything else we do.”

“I am tired of going to conferences where I sit and listen to speaker after speaker. Here we are actively exploring the scenarios with some of the smartest people I’ve ever met.”

Agenda

Tuesday, Oct. 13:
Arrivals; Welcome Reception

Wednesday, Oct. 14/Thursday, Oct. 15:
Strategic Sessions, Rocky Mountain Collaboration Activities & Team Dinners

Friday, October 16:
Departures

Invite-only

This event is limited to senior executives at health plans and provider systems, with approximately half serving as CEOs. These sessions create a forum that doesn’t exist anywhere else in the health industry. It’s a unique environment to step back and address critical questions that are hard to reach while entrenched in the day-to-day environment.

Click here if you are interested in learning more.

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Who’s in the room

Executives come from leading regional payers and providers from around the country. Past events have included executives from Community Health Plan of Washington, Cone Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island, Driscoll Health Plan, Ochsner Health, and more.

“It’s the people. How did you get this group of people to step out of the office for two days together?”

Contributing Partners

We are grateful to the organizations that make The Exchange possible and share our commitment to the future of regional healthcare.

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