Meetings & Events

2025 Annual Membership Meeting & Luncheon

This marquee event gives members the opportunity to share knowledge and provide input to advance the health ecosystem. Programming includes opportunities to vote on nominations for the NHC Board of Directors and opportunities to hear from dynamic keynote speakers, the NHC’s Chief Executive Officer, Board leaders, and special guests on various organizational priorities.

NHC’s Board of Directors Meeting: 2025 December Meeting

Getting Ahead: Early Patient Engagement for Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program

2026 Health Leadership Conference

This annual conference is a National Health Council (NHC) marquee event that brings together Chief Executive Officers, Senior Executives, Board leaders, and other leaders from the nation’s top Patient Organizations and Partners of Patient Organizations, to cultivate connections, create space for discussions on timely leadership topics, learn best practices and trends in nonprofit organization management, and discuss emerging issues in health care policy. This year’s theme is The Urgency of Now: “Think Patient”.

March 2026 Event Professionals Affinity Group Meeting

2026 Science of Patient Engagement Summit

2026 Washington Representatives Summer Meeting

The Washington Representatives Summer Meeting will bring together leading government relations and policy professionals from the NHC’s member patient advocacy and other health nonprofit organizations. At this half-day meeting, attendees will hear from Congressional staff who are leading on timely issues that are most important to the patient advocacy community. Attendees will also have opportunities to network and discuss best practices, challenges, and opportunities in advocating the 118th Congress.

2026 Washington Representatives Retreat

The Washington Representatives Retreat is an annual National Health Council (NHC) event where patient organizations and partners of patient organizations have an opportunity to discuss policy developments, hear from prominent speakers, provide input in the developing of the NHC’s legislative priorities, and network with public policy and government relations professionals from patient advocacy groups and nonprofit organizations.

2026 Annual Membership Meeting & Luncheon

This marquee event gives members the opportunity to share knowledge and provide input to advance the health ecosystem. Programming includes opportunities to vote on nominations for the NHC Board of Directors and opportunities to hear from dynamic keynote speakers, the NHC’s Chief Executive Officer, Board leaders, and special guests on various organizational priorities.