Ilene MacDonald

The RISE Healthy Communities Summit, formerly known as the RISE Summit on Social Determinants of Health (SDoH), will take place March 23-25 in Orlando. The event brings together leaders from across health care, public health, community organizations, government, and philanthropy for three days of learning and action-packed programming.

Don’t miss your chance to learn about the latest happenings in the managed care space. Here is everything planned so far for RISE National 2026, the mega-Medicare Advantage event taking place March 23–25 at the Orlando World Center Marriott.

In industries built around people—especially marketing, sales, and leadership—communication is the force that drives everything. Yet despite its impact, it’s still labeled a “soft skill,” often undervalued and overlooked. Communication strategist and public speaking professor Naimah Ward, who will lead a three hour workshop at the RISE Medicare Marketing & Sales Summit in Las Vegas later this month, wants to change that.

For the first time, the upcoming RISE Medicare Marketing & Sales Summit will feature a candid panel discussion with members who are navigating Medicare Advantage, original Medicare, and the complexities in between. They will take the stage to share what works, what doesn’t, and what urgently needs to change. In this article, the panelists discuss why it’s crucial for marketing and sales professionals to hear their stories.

The RISE Healthy Communities Summit, formerly the RISE Summit on SDoH, returns March 23–25, 2026, at the Orlando World Center Marriott with an expanded mission and a renewed focus on practical, scalable solutions.

Dominique Wilkins, Arjuna Swaminathan, and Edward C. Crooke will take the main stage at the 20th anniversary edition of RISE National, March 23-25 in Orlando, Fla.

Hundreds of leading health care brands and breakthrough innovators have signed on as sponsors of RISE’s annual Medicare Advantage mega-event in San Antonio, March 11-14.

Pack your bags and don’t forget a comfortable pair of shoes! RISE is headed to San Juan, Puerto Rico next week for fun, sun, and amazing learning and networking opportunities. Haven’t registered yet? There is still time!

This year features a new location, an extra day of content, and a new track. Find out what’s planned when RISE National heads to San Antonio, March 11-14.

The former cybersecurity field CTO for Microsoft and former global executive security advisor for IBM Security will kick off the second day of the conference on January 14, 2025, with a keynote presentation that addresses AI and cybersecurity in modern health care.

Ken Huang, CISSP, co-chair, AI Safety Working Groups and AI STR Working Group, will be the keynote speaker at the AI in Health Care Summit, an in-person conference designed for health care professionals to better understand the foundations of artificial intelligence and its potential, which will take place January 13-14, 2025, with preconference workshops on January 12, at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown.

On the 23rd anniversary of 9/11, Heather "Lucky" Penney will speak at RISE West 2024 about her preparation for a suicide mission that day and what it means to be a hero. In this interview with RISE, she explains why she believes that despite the anger and divisiveness across the country, the American Dream and the DNA of the greatest generation is still alive and well within us.

Five panelists who will speak about health policy at the upcoming RISE West 2022 conference join us for the latest episode of RISE Radio, our podcast series that focuses on issues that impact our three communities: Quality & Revenue; Member…