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The Future of Global Healthcare: New Models, New Partnerships, New Opportunities (Fireside Chat Keynote Session)

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the Future of Global Healthcare: New Models, New Partnerships, New Opportunities

 

This executive-level fireside chat brings together leaders across the global healthcare ecosystem—including payer, payments, platform, and accreditation perspectives—to explore how healthcare isbeing fundamentally reshaped at a global level.

 

As demand for cross-border care accelerates, governments, insurers, multinational employers, and high-net-worth individuals are all seeking more efficient, transparent, and scalable ways to access healthcare. At the same time, longstanding challenges—fragmentation, lack of trust, limited financing options, and complex patient journeys—continue to hold the industry back.

 

This session will examine how new models are emerging to address these gaps. From government-led initiatives and international insurance strategies to employer-driven healthcare access and bespoke solutions for ultra high net worth patients, the conversation will highlight how different segments of the market are evolving—and where the biggest opportunities lie.

 

The discussion will also explore the growing role of payments and financing as critical enablers of global healthcare, including how innovative payment models, cross-border financial infrastructure, and patient financing solutions are transforming access tocare.

 

Bringing together perspectives from across the ecosystem, this conversation will provide a forward-looking view of how partnerships, platforms, and new business models are converging to create a more connected, scalable, and patient-centered global healthcare system.

 

Potential takeaways

  • How governments are approaching global healthcare access and medical travel as part of national strategy
  • How global insurers are evolving to better support cross-border care
  • The role of multinational employers in driving demand for international healthcare solutions
  • How ultra high net worth patients are shaping premium global healthcare models
  • Why financing and payment innovation are becoming central to unlocking access
  • Where the biggest inefficiencies exist today across the global patient journey
  • How new platform and partnership models are solving fragmentation
  • What a truly integrated, end-to-end global healthcare experience should look like
  • Key opportunities for providers, insurers, and stakeholders to capture growth
  • What the next 3–5 years of global healthcare will look like across these segments

May 14, 2026

Jonathan Edelheit, JD

CEO

Medical Tourism Association

Jacques Fu

Head of Healthcare Commercial Payments

Mastercard

Philip Brun

Chief Executive Officer

UnitedHealthcare Global ((USNAS Business)

Renée-Marie Stephano

CEO

Global Healthcare Accreditation

Jonathan Edelheit, JD

CEO

Medical Tourism Association

Jacques Fu

Head of Healthcare Commercial Payments

Mastercard

Philip Brun

Chief Executive Officer

UnitedHealthcare Global ((USNAS Business)

Renée-Marie Stephano

CEO

Global Healthcare Accreditation

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