Meeting the Moment

22nd Annual Mobile Health Clinics Conference

Kansas City, Missouri | September 26 – 28, 2026

Where Mobile Healthcare Moves Forward

Mobile healthcare is entering a defining moment.

Across the country, programs are being asked to expand access, strengthen partnerships, demonstrate value, support teams, invest in infrastructure, and build sustainable models of care. At the same time, health systems, public health leaders, funders, policymakers, and community partners are looking for more flexible ways to reach people where they are.

The 2026 Annual Mobile Healthcare Conference brings the field together to understand the forces reshaping access, strengthen the capabilities programs need to grow and sustain their work, and leave with practical strategies they can use right away.

Featured Main-Stage Conversations

Opening Keynote

Alan Morgan, MPA

CEO, National Rural Health Association

Rural Health Transformation and the Future of Access: Why Mobile Healthcare Matters Now

A national rural health leader will help attendees understand the policy, funding, and access landscape shaping the future of mobile healthcare.

Kevin Sowers

President, Johns Hopkins Health System Executive Vice President, Johns Hopkins Medicine

Kevin Sowers leads strategy and operations across one of the nation’s foremost academic health systems. A nationally recognized healthcare executive and nurse leader, he brings deep experience in care delivery, workforce strategy, access, and health system transformation.

Atul Grover, MD, PhD

Visiting Scholar, Stanford University Founder, Academic Health

Atul Grover is a physician, health services researcher, and nationally recognized health policy strategist. He advises health systems, academic leaders, government agencies, and emerging health technology companies on access, workforce, preparedness, and care delivery transformation.

Plenary Keynote Fireside Chat

Making Mobile Healthcare Essential Building the Evidence, Partnerships, and Models to Last

Mobile healthcare programs are trusted, flexible, and deeply rooted in the communities they serve—but their paths to partnership and sustainability vary widely. Kevin Sowers and Atul Grover will explore how programs across nonprofits, community health centers, universities, health systems, and other settings can strengthen their evidence, communicate their value, and build the partnerships and operating models needed to last.

Conference Highlights

Saturday: Intensive Training Courses for new and established programs

Monday night event at Palm Rooftop with DJ, awards and board leadership recognition

Six learning tracks focused on the capabilities strong mobile healthcare programs need

Exhibitor and sponsor connections

Peer case studies, field stories, and implementation-focused sessions

Networking with mobile healthcare leaders from across the country

Schedule at a Glance

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Day	Main Experience	Learning Tracks / Sessions	Connection + Networking	Takeaways
Saturday September 26	Intensive Training Courses Begin with focused training designed for programs at different stages of development.	Two course sections: one for new programs and one for established programs.	Connect early with faculty, peers, and colleagues facing similar challenges.	A stronger foundation, practical tools, and a clearer way to navigate the conference.
Sunday, September 27	Understand the Moment Opening remarks and keynote with Alan Morgan, CEO of the National Rural Health Association.	Learning tracks begin with practical sessions, peer case studies, and field stories.	Exhibit Hall, sponsor conversations, peer exchange, poster reception, and evening networking. Social event at the No Other Pub	A clearer view of the field, the forces shaping access, and practical ideas to bring home.
Monday, September 28	The day opens with a plenary keynote / fireside chat focused on mobile healthcare’s role in health system strategy, followed by MHA member moments, awards, and field-building updates.	Final sessions across the learning tracks focused on tools, implementation, sustainability, quality, and future-facing topics.	Final Exhibit Hall visits, partner and funder touch points, and next-step conversations.    Closing reception event at Palms Rooftop with DJ, awards and board leadership recognition.	A concrete next step, stronger peer connections, and practical strategies for growth, sustainability, and impact.

Become a Corporate Sponsor or Exhibitor

Build Relationships. Expand Your Reach. Help Advance Mobile Healthcare.

Connect with the leaders, clinicians, administrators, and operational professionals who are launching, improving, sustaining, and scaling mobile healthcare programs across the United States and Canada.

As a sponsor or exhibitor at the Mobile Healthcare Association Annual Conference, you can showcase your solutions, better understand the needs of mobile programs, and position your organization as a trusted partner to the field.

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Connect with the People Shaping Purchasing Decisions

Meet program leaders and professionals who evaluate solutions, influence purchasing decisions, and make recommendations related to vehicles, technology, equipment, supplies, connectivity, and services.

Build relationships with organizations planning new programs, expanding existing services, or redesigning how they deliver care in their communities.

Build Meaningful Relationships

Corporate sponsors and board members will have access to a dedicated lounge throughout Sunday and Monday, featuring a barista, refreshments, Wi-Fi, comfortable seating, and space for informal conversations and scheduled meetings.

We also look forward to setting time for conversations with Mary Ellen MHA new CEO, Jason Patnosh, and MHA Board members

Showcase Your Solutions—and Strengthen the Field

The Annual Conference includes dedicated programming focused on infrastructure, capital, technology, vehicles, and operational requirements—giving sponsors and exhibitors opportunities to engage with the issues that matter most to current and future customers.

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Registration rates increase August 1

Conference Experience

A conference experience designed to help mobile healthcare programs understand the moment, strengthen their work, and prepare for what comes next.

The 2026 Annual Mobile Healthcare Conference is intentionally designed to help attendees move from insight to action.

Across three days, participants will explore the forces reshaping access, rural health, policy, funding, and care delivery — including emerging opportunities such as the Rural Health Transformation Program — while learning practical strategies to strengthen operations, build sustainable models, demonstrate value, and expand impact.

Through keynote conversations, learning tracks, peer case studies, intensive training, networking, and hands-on discussion, attendees will leave with clearer insight, stronger connections, and ideas they can put to work in their own communities.

Hotel

Book by September 4, 2026 to secure the Special Conference Guest Rate Pricing of $229/per night

Kansas City Marriott Downtown
200 West 12th Street
Kansas City, MO 64105
Phone: (816) 421-6800

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The Six Tracks:

Building High-Performing Mobile Healthcare Programs

Community Collaboration, Engagement, Partnership

Partner with communities to expand access and build trust.

Culture, Leadership, People

Lead and support the people who make the work possible.

Program Operations and Service Delivery Models

Operate efficiently to deliver high-quality, adaptable care.

Patient/Client Experience, Customer Service, Quality, Impact

Create exceptional patient experiences and demonstrate measurable impact.

Financial Sustainability

Secure sustainable funding models for long-term success.

Infrastructure, Capital Investments, Technology Solutions

Invest in infrastructure and technology to prepare for the future.

The Conference Experience

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Understand the Moment

Explore how rural health transformation, policy and funding shifts, behavioral health, public health, and changing community needs are reshaping the access landscape — and what mobile healthcare programs should be preparing for now.

Build Stronger Programs

Learn practical strategies to strengthen the people, operations, partnerships, infrastructure, and financial models needed to grow and sustain mobile healthcare programs.

Demonstrate Value and Excellence

Understand how programs can measure outcomes, improve quality, communicate impact, and prepare for emerging standards of excellence across the field.

Move the Field Forward

Connect with peers, partners, sponsors, funders, and national voices working to advance mobile healthcare as a trusted, sustainable, and measurable part of community-based care.

Don’t Leave Early: Monday Night Is Part of the Experience

Celebrate the people, programs, and momentum moving mobile healthcare forward.

Close out the 2026 Annual Mobile Healthcare Conference with a rooftop celebration at Palm Tree KC in Kansas City’s Power & Light District.

On Monday evening, we will gather for a high-energy celebration recognizing award and grant recipients, honoring board leadership, and bringing the mobile healthcare community together for one final night of connection, music, and celebration.

With rooftop energy, a DJ, and the chance to celebrate colleagues from across the country, this is designed to be more than a reception. It is the conference closing moment.

Awards, Grants & Community Recognition

Awards

Honoring outstanding contributions to mobile healthcare

Grants

Supporting member organizations and field capacity

Board Recognition

Celebrating leadership, service, and transition

Awards & Grants

Celebrate the Field. Honor the Work. Stay for the Moment.

Mobile healthcare is powered by people who show up — in communities, in partnerships, and in moments when access matters most.

On Monday evening, we will close the 2026 Annual Mobile Healthcare Conference with a rooftop celebration at Palm Tree KC, recognizing award and grant recipients, honoring board leadership, and celebrating the people moving the field forward.

This is a chance to step out of the sessions, reconnect with colleagues, celebrate impact, and leave Kansas City with the energy and relationships that make this national community so important.

Plan your travel so you can stay through Monday night.

The Jerry McLarty Connectivity Grant

The Jerry McLarty Connectivity Grant
(This grant is being provided by West Networks)

Connectivity on a mobile clinic can be a challenging process – from maintaining the security of confidential patient information to managing the challenges in rural as well as urban settings.

Proper connectivity allows for increased output, access to EHR, the opportunity for transmitting data, and the option of telemedicine.

Submission Details: Please outline the services that are provided, or that will be, and the demographic served by the mobile program. Explain specifically how the connectivity would be used to expand the effectiveness and reach of the program. Provide details on how this resource would change the program’s level of impact.

Grant recipient will receive:

MBX (4 SIM card) connectivity package (click here for MBX description)
all requisite antennas
on-site set up
follow up support for one (1) year is included

Submissions for this award must be sent electronically in Word format by Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Submit Application

Mobile Health Clinics Innovation Award

Mobile Health Clinics Innovation Award showcases an individual or organization that has made significant, innovative contributions to their program and the mobile healthcare field.

Submission Details: Submit a description in fewer than 500 words as to why the nominee is deserving of this honor. The nominee should demonstrate dedication to the field of mobile healthcare. Describe the innovation(s) that the person/organization has created or implemented within their program or for the field at large.

Submissions for this award must be sent electronically in Word format by Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Submit Application

Jim Goodwin Drive Excellence Award

In honor of Jim Goodwin, nominate a driver from your program to receive the Jim Goodwin Driver Excellence Award, which includes complimentary registration and hotel stay (up to three nights) to the 22nd Annual Mobile Clinics Conference (travel costs are not included).

Submission Details: Submit a description in 500 words or fewer on how this nominee goes above and beyond the performance of their duties as a mobile health vehicle driver through safe operation as well as commitment to the mobile program and the community it serves. This individual must have a personal character beyond reproach, with no disqualifying past behavior, as indicated in the award criteria.

Criteria – Nominees must have:

Nominees should represent the values of integrity and commitment.
No safety-related driving suspensions or violations in the past three years.
Mobile Healthcare Association members in good standing (with dues paid in full to date) are invited to submit a nomination (of themselves or another Mobile Healthcare Association member).

Submissions for this award must be sent electronically in Word format by Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Submit Application

Registration rates increase August 1

Track Color Legend

Track 1

Community Collaboration, Engagement, Partnership

Track 2

Culture, Leadership, People

Track 3

Program Operations and Service Delivery Models

Track 4

Patient/Client Experience, Customer Service, Quality, Impact

Track 5

Infrastructure, Capital Investments, Technology Solutions

Track 6

Financial Sustainability

Agenda 2026

All times are CT and subject to change

Saturday, September 26	Session Title
7:30am–5:00pm	Registration Desk Open
8:00am–9:00am	Pre-Conference Intensive Training Course Breakfast
9:00am-12:00pm	Pre-Conference Intensive Training Course Morning Session for New and Established Programs
12:00pm-1:00pm	Pre-Conference Intensive Training Course Lunch
1:00pm-4:00pm	Pre-Conference Intensive Training Course Afternoon Session for New and Established Programs
All Day	Conference Setup: Manufacturers' Vehicle Arrivals
All Day	Conference Setup: Exhibitors' Booths

Sunday, September 27	Session Title
7:30am–5:00pm	Registration Desk Open
8:00am–6:00pm	Exhibit Hall Hours
8:00am–9:00am	Breakfast and Opening of Exhibit Hall
9:00am–10:30am	Opening Keynote: Alan Morgan Rural Health Transformation and the Future of Access: Why Mobile Healthcare Matters Now
10:30am–10:45am	Break
10:45am–12:15pm	Breaking Barriers-How Mobile Healthcare is Changing the Face of Early Diseases detection
10:45am–12:15pm	Leading Through Change: Turning Resistance into Momentum in Mobile Healthcare
10:45am–12:15pm	Driving Sustainability: A Practical Business Planning Framework for Mobile Health Programs
10:45am–12:15pm	Advancing Public Health Quality for Mobile Clinics: A National Quality Improvement Tool
10:45am–12:15pm	Vehicle Maintenance
10:45am–12:15pm	How Mobile Health Programs Build Sustainable Funding
12:15pm–1:45pm	Lunch and Networking with Manufacturers and Exhibitors in Exhibit Hall
2:00pm–2:50pm	Meeting the Moment: Cross-Sector Collaboration to Sustain Immigrant Health During a Federal Enforcement Crisis
2:00pm–2:50pm	Bridging the Gaps: A Strategic Partnership Model to Improve Vision Care Delivery
2:00pm–2:50pm	“Right Place, Right Time: Mapping Mobile Screening for Maximum Impact”
2:00pm–2:50pm	Bridging the Gap in Pediatrics: Transition from Brick and Mortar to Mobile Care Units using Heat Map Technology
2:00pm–2:50pm	AI - Dr. Suresh and Mitra
2:00pm–2:50pm	Braided Funding Panel Moderated by Kait Guild
2:50pm-3:15pm	Break
3:15pm-4:05pm	Brain Care on Wheels: Co‑Creating Community Collaboration
3:15pm-4:05pm	From Barriers to Breakthroughs: Expanding Access to Mobile Mammography for Uninsured Women
3:15pm-4:05pm	Afternoon Session - Program Operations and Service Delivery Models
3:15pm-4:05pm	Building Bridges, Networks, and Best-Practices: Responsive Care Models for Survivors of Sexual Assault, Abuse, and Trafficking
3:15pm-4:05pm	Afternoon Session - Infrastructure, Capital Investments, Technology Solutions
3:15pm-4:05pm	Don Blanchon and Nicky Goran - RHTP/DHF and Policy Briefs
4:30pm–6:00pm	Sponsors' Recognition Program in Exhibit Hall; Poster Presentations and Judging
6:00pm–9:00pm	Evening Social: No Other Pub by Sporting KC, voted Best Local Sports Bar, is a one-of-a-kind sports bar, gaming parlor, and social lounge in downtown Kansas City’s Power & Light District.

Monday, September 28	Session Title
8:00am–3:00pm	Registration Desk Open
8:00am–2:00pm	Exhibit Hall Hours
8:00am–9:00am	Breakfast and Networking with Manufacturers and Exhibitors in Exhibit Hall
9:00am–10:15am	General Session, Annual Membership Meeting, and Fireside Conversation: Kevin W. Sowers, M.S.N., R.N., F.A.A.N., President of Johns Hopkins Health System and Executive Vice President of Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Atul Grover, MD, PhD, Visiting Scholar at Stanford University and Founder of Academic Health. Making Mobile Healthcare Essential Building the Evidence, Partnerships, and Models to Last
10:15am–10:30am	Break
10:30am-11:20am	School‑based mobile asthma programs are most effective when both school districts and individual schools are fully engaged and supportive
10:30am-11:20am	Morning Session - Culture, Leadership, People
10:30am-11:20am	Nurse Led Service Model Panel
10:30am-11:20am	Maintaining Access to Care Through Trust Based, Responsive Interventions
10:30am-11:20am	Morning Session - Infrastructure, Capital Investments, Technology Solutions
10:30am-11:20am	Integrating Mobile Health into Public Health Systems: Practical Strategies for Partnerships, Collaboration, and Sustainability

11:30am-12:20pm	One Platform, Three Missions: How an HBCU Mobile Health Unit Is Advancing Health Literacy, Community Research, and Workforce Development in Underserved North Carolina Communities
11:30am-12:20pm	Morning Session - Culture, Leadership, People
11:30am-12:20pm	Bringing Newborn Care Home
11:30am-12:20pm	From Access to Impact: Transforming Mobile Healthcare Through Data-Driven Quality Improvement, Outcomes, and Education, The Sun Bus Model
11:30am-12:20pm	Morning Session - Infrastructure, Capital Investments, Technology Solutions
11:30am-12:20pm	Financial Sustainability Best Practices - Lessons Learned in 50 Years of a Free Clinic Program
12:30pm–2:00pm	Lunch and Networking with Manufacturers and Exhibitors in Exhibit Hall
2:15pm–3:05pm	Building Strategic Community Partnerships: A Value Driven Framework for Mobile Health Program Success
2:15pm–3:05pm	From Street to System: Building a Low-Barrier Mobile-to-Clinic Model for Continuity of Care
2:15pm–3:05pm	Bringing Care to Where It’s Needed: The PanCare PRIME Mobile Health Approach
2:15pm–3:05pm	Human-Centered Mobile Health Programs for the Most Underserved Communities in Mexico
2:15pm–3:05pm	Afternoon Session - Infrastructure, Capital Investments, Technology Solutions
2:15pm–3:05pm	Sustaining an HPV Vaccination Mobile Unit Through Community Engagement in Rural and Financially Challenged Communities in South Carolina

3:15pm–4:05pm	Strengthening Community Advocacy and Care Navigation for Referred Dental Patients Through Multidisciplinary Collaboration
3:15pm–4:05pm	Coaching & Mentoring: Your Playbook for Driving Performance and Accountability
3:15pm–4:05pm	Expanding Behavioral Health Access Through Telehealth in a Community-Based Mobile Health Unit
3:15pm–4:05pm	Enhancing Patient Experience Through Bilingual Care Coordination in Mobile Health
3:15pm–4:05pm	Afternoon Session - Infrastructure, Capital Investments, Technology Solutions
3:15pm–4:05pm	Shared Lessons From Mobile Postpartum Dyadic Care and Cross‑Site Strategies to Improve Maternal and Infant Health - Waiting for Rewrite
4:30pm–6:30pm	Closing Night Live Reception: Palm Tree KC, voted Kansas City’s Best New Restaurant of 2025, is a coastal vibe dining restaurant offering fresh cuisine, craft cocktails, and a vibrant atmosphere centered around laid-back luxury.