Events · Conferences

Where you’ll find us — on the state Medicaid conference circuit.

Veridian Public participates in ten 2026 conferences where state Medicaid leadership, enterprise-system teams, MCO executives, and policy implementers gather. If you’ll be at any of these, message us in advance and we’ll set up a focused 20-minute working session — our two highest-priority events are APHSA National Human Services Summit (Jun 14–17, Arlington) and MESC 2026 (Aug 17–20, Portland).

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Upcoming

Where to meet us next.

If you’re attending either conference below, send a note in advance and we’ll set up a focused working session — on-site or in a quiet corner away from the show floor.

Jun
1417
2026
Upcoming HHS & Eligibility

APHSA National Human Services Summit 2026

Cross-functional gathering of state and county human-services leaders covering Medicaid, eligibility, workforce, benefits, and social services. Particularly relevant for community-engagement verification because requirements cross Medicaid, SNAP/TANF workforce, and social-services case management.

  • Organizer: American Public Human Services Association (APHSA)
  • Location: Arlington, VA
  • Audience: State & county human-services leaders, eligibility & workforce ops
  • Dates: Sunday June 14 — Wednesday June 17, 2026
Aug
1720
2026
Upcoming Technology & Systems

MESC 2026 — Medicaid Enterprise Systems Conference

The premier national conference for Medicaid enterprise-system professionals — state agencies, MES vendors, prime contractors, and CMS · territories sessions. Four days of pre-conference meetings, abstract presentations, and tracks across enterprise-system innovation and implementation.

  • Organizer: Medicaid Enterprise Systems Conference
  • Location: Portland, Oregon
  • Audience: Medicaid IT, MES vendors, prime contractors, state & territory enterprise-systems teams
  • Dates: Monday August 17 — Thursday August 20, 2026
Aug
2326
2026
Upcoming Economic Support

APHSA Economic Mobility & Well-Being (EMWB) Conference

APHSA’s conference for economic support services and financial well-being initiatives across state human services. Relevant for community-engagement verification because workforce, SNAP/TANF, and Medicaid eligibility intersect here.

  • Organizer: American Public Human Services Association (APHSA)
  • Location: New Orleans, LA
  • Audience: Economic support & benefits leaders, state human services directors
  • Dates: Sunday August 23 — Wednesday August 26, 2026
Sep
2730
2026
Upcoming HHS IT

APHSA IT Solutions Management (ISM) Education Conference & Expo

APHSA’s technology-focused conference for IT leaders across state and county human services agencies. Strong direct fit for verification, eligibility, and integration technology conversations — the HHS-tech counterpart to MESC.

  • Organizer: American Public Human Services Association (APHSA)
  • Location: Spokane, WA
  • Audience: State & county HHS IT directors, MES/MMIS leaders, integration architects
  • Dates: Sunday September 27 — Wednesday September 30, 2026
Sep
2830
2026
Upcoming Managed Care

MHPA26 — Medicaid Health Plans of America Conference

The annual gathering for Medicaid managed care organizations (MCOs). Strong fit for member-engagement, multilingual support, live escalation, and reducing preventable coverage loss conversations with MCO leadership.

  • Organizer: Medicaid Health Plans of America (MHPA)
  • Location: San Antonio, TX
  • Audience: Medicaid MCO executives, member-engagement leaders
  • Dates: Monday September 28 — Wednesday September 30, 2026
Oct
47
2026
Upcoming Workforce

APHSA National Staff Development & Training Association (NSDTA)

APHSA’s conference for staff development, training, and workforce capability across state and county human services. Relevant for workforce-readiness, training pipelines, and operational change management.

  • Organizer: American Public Human Services Association (APHSA)
  • Location: Salt Lake City, UT
  • Audience: HHS staff development & training directors, workforce capability leaders
  • Dates: Sunday October 4 — Wednesday October 7, 2026
Oct
47
2026
Upcoming Legal & Policy

APHSA Public Human Services Attorneys (PHSA) Education Conference

APHSA’s conference for attorneys advising state and county HHS programs. Relevant for legal, regulatory, and policy issues affecting public human services delivery — including P.L. 119-21 implementation compliance.

  • Organizer: American Public Human Services Association (APHSA)
  • Location: Salt Lake City, UT
  • Audience: State & county HHS attorneys, regulatory affairs & compliance counsel
  • Dates: Sunday October 4 — Wednesday October 7, 2026
Oct
2123
2026
Upcoming Policy & Leadership

NAMD 2026 Fall Conference

The annual gathering of state and territory Medicaid Directors and their senior agency staff — the most important policy & leadership event in the Medicaid year.

  • Organizer: National Association of Medicaid Directors
  • Location: Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Oxon Hill, MD
  • Audience: Medicaid Directors, deputy directors, and state & territory agency staff
  • Dates: Wednesday October 21 — Friday October 23, 2026
TBD
2026
 
Upcoming Innovation & AI Dates TBD

Medicaid Innovations Forum 2026

Audience spans state Medicaid agencies, Medicaid plans, health IT, eligibility/redetermination teams, and innovation/compliance leaders. Strong fit for AI/ML, data analytics, member engagement, and redetermination operations conversations.

  • Organizer: Medicaid Innovations Forum
  • Audience: State agencies, Medicaid plans, HIT, eligibility, innovation & compliance leaders
  • Status: 2026 dates & location not yet posted — check the conference site
TBD
2026
 
Upcoming Program Integrity Dates TBD

NAMPI 2026 Annual Conference

National Association for Medicaid Program Integrity. Relevant for verification, fraud/waste/abuse prevention, identity capture, documentation completeness, and audit-trail conversations — the compliance-side equivalent of MESC’s technology focus.

  • Organizer: National Association for Medicaid Program Integrity
  • Audience: State program integrity directors, compliance & audit teams, OIG staff
  • Status: 2026 dates & location not yet posted — check the conference site
Why we attend

We show up because the policy details matter.

Public Law 119-21 implementation is not a matter of generic best practice — it’s a matter of which CMS guidance came out last month, which states are leading and how, and what works in the operating context of an actual eligibility unit. The NAMD and MESC conferences are where those details get debated face-to-face.

If you’re responsible for verification operations at a state agency, or you’re a prime contractor or SI working with one, we’d like to talk in person about your specific implementation context — not to pitch, but to understand where the live policy questions are landing.