Hosted in NYC, the national convening will unite healthcare leaders, government officials, innovators, and community partners to address systemic challenges and drive change
NEW YORK, April 20, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Blooming Health, the outcomes infrastructure platform powering the coordination and navigation of health-related social needs, today announced its third annual "Blooming Day", taking place on May 12, 2026, at Lavan Midtown in New York City.
This year's event marks growth in both theme and focus. Building upon the event's theme, Access to Care, Blooming Day 2026 will convene leaders across healthcare, government, and community organizations to address a more fundamental challenge: how to reliably deliver better health outcomes at scale in a system where the majority of outcomes are driven and the majority of barriers are faced by non-medical needs.
As healthcare shifts toward outcome-based models, organizations are increasingly responsible for factors they cannot solve through clinical care alone. Blooming Day will focus on how the industry can move from fragmented, manual coordination efforts to systems that ensure needs are identified, addressed, and resolved – consistently and measurably at scale.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Andy Slavitt, Former head of CMS and Town Hall Ventures cofounder
- Chirlane McCray, Writer, Activist, Former First Lady of NYC
- Shawyn Patterson-Howard, Mayor of Mt. Vernon, NY
- Kevin Fiori, MD, MPH, Vice Chair, Community Health & Engagement, Montefiore Health System
- Amie Parikh, CEO, Hudson Valley Care Coalition
- Matilde L. Roman, Esq., SVP, Chief Inclusion and Impact Officer, Westchester Medical Center
- Elizabeth Hall, LCSW, Vice President, Health Equity, Quality and Accreditation, AmeriHealth Caritas
- Domonic Hopson, MD, CEO, Neighborhood Family Practice
- Michael Hancock, Former Mayor of Denver
- Celina Sullivan, Senior Director, Program Management, Kaiser Permanente
- Pamela Mattel, CEO, Coordinated Behavioral Care
- Deborah Brown, SVP & Chief External Affairs Officer, NYC Health + Hospitals
- Zachariah Hennessey, Chief Strategy Officer at Public Health Solutions
- Andrew Mendenhall, MD, DABFM, DABPM, FASAM, President and CEO, Central City Concern
- Dr. Ashwin Vasan, Senior Fellow in the Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health.
- Diana E. Ramos, MD, MPH, MBA, FACOG, California Surgeon General
- Dr. Chelsea Clinton, Co-founder of Metrodora Ventures
"Healthcare has made enormous progress in clinical care, but we still lack the infrastructure to reliably and consistently address the non-medical needs that drive outcomes," said Nima Roohi, Co-Founder and CEO of Blooming Health. "Blooming Day is about bringing together the leaders who are not just talking about access - but actively building systems that ensure coordination happens, gaps are closed, and outcomes improve. From solving for Medicaid Redetermination administrative requirements to reduce coverage loss to making sure a patient can show up for their annual check up with a safe transportation ride."
Blooming Health will showcase its AI-forward solution, the first of its kind in the industry, designed to address social care gaps for millions of patients on its platform. The demonstration will also highlight new product capabilities and partnership announcements.
The event will feature panels, networking, and working sessions focused on:
- Proven strategies to reduce care gaps and drive measurable health outcomes
- Navigating Medicaid redeterminations and the operational realities of the 6-month eligibility cycle
- Aligning healthcare and social care to create coordinated, end-to-end systems of support
- Scaling outreach, engagement, and care coordination through AI-driven workflows
- Integrating social drivers of health into financial and risk-based care models
Blooming Day 2026 reflects a broader shift in the industry – from fragmented efforts to coordinated systems, and from measuring activity to delivering results. This event is designed not just to spark dialogue, but to catalyze partnerships and approaches that can be implemented in real-world settings.
For more information or to register, please visit:
https://gobloominghealth.com/blooming-day-2026
About Blooming Health
Blooming Health is building the operating system for social care – delivered as outcomes infrastructure. We partner with health plans, providers, and government organizations to detect, engage, coordinate, and resolve health-related social needs at population scale. By combining omnichannel engagement, AI-driven workflow automation, and a national network of community-based organizations, Blooming Health ensures care coordination is not just attempted – but executed reliably.
As healthcare shifts toward outcome-based models, our customers don't buy software – they depend on Blooming to deliver measurable improvements in access, engagement, and outcomes, and to operate critical parts of their care delivery infrastructure.
Learn more at www.gobloominghealth.com
Media Contact
Jessica DelVirginia, Blooming Health, 1 (646) 397-2640, [email protected], https://gobloominghealth.com/
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