US Health Best Practices for MENA Transformation
A focused four-part webinar series translating U.S. healthcare lessons for Middle East and North Africa health innovation.
First Monday of Each Month - Beginning February 2nd
16:00–17:00 AST (Saudia Arabia)
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Series Overview
From Best Practices to Breakthroughs is a focused four-part webinar series for leaders and technical experts who are shaping large investments in healthcare across the Middle East and North Africa. Each session translates practical lessons from U.S. health insurance, policy, technology, and care redesign into insights that can be adapted for diverse MENA contexts. Rather than promoting a single model, the series focuses on design choices, trade-offs, and implementation lessons that matter when building or overhauling health systems. Participants will gain structured frameworks, concrete examples, and peer discussion to support better decisions on financing, governance, technology integration, care pathways, and cost management.
Schedule (4 Sessions)
Adapting Health Insurance Models from the U.S. to the MENA Context
February 2, 2026
16:00–17:00 AST (Saudia Arabia)
As MENA countries expand mandatory coverage and health insurance schemes, there is strong interest in lessons from the U.S. experience. This session will examine core design choices— benefit packages, risk pooling, purchaser–provider relationships, and oversight—that shape performance. Participants will gain a structured lens to assess which U.S. insurance practices to adapt, avoid, or redesign for their own national and regional contexts.
Learning Objectives
Compare major U.S. health insurance models (public, private, and mixed) and identify which design elements are most relevant to the MENA Region.
Assess trade-offs between different approaches to benefit design, contribution mechanisms, and risk pooling in emerging MENA insurance markets.
Outline priority design questions and next steps for implementing or refining health insurance schemes in participants’ countries or organizations.
Health Policy and Governance Reform: Lessons from U.S. Federal and State Systems
March 2, 2026
16:00–17:00 AST (Saudia Arabia)
Large investments in MENA health systems require clear policy direction, strong governance, and effective regulation. This session will unpack how U.S. federal and state actors share responsibilities for policy, regulation, and oversight—and what can be learned for central and regional entities in the MENA Region. Participants will gain practical frameworks to clarify roles, reduce fragmentation, and strengthen accountability in evolving health systems.
Learning Objectives
Describe how roles and responsibilities are divided across U.S. federal, state, and local health authorities and regulators.
Identify governance structures and decision-making bodies that can help MENA systems align policy, financing, and delivery reforms.
Develop a high-level governance map for participants’ own context, including key gaps, overlaps, and opportunities for clarification.
Integrating and Streamlining Health Technology Across a Fragmented Landscape
April 6, 2026
16:00–17:00 AST (Saudia Arabia)
MENA systems are rapidly investing in EHRs, health information exchanges, and digital platforms—often across multiple vendors and agencies. This session will draw on U.S. experience in interoperability, data standards, and governance to address how to connect systems and avoid digital fragmentation. Participants will gain actionable insights on architecture, standards, and governance structures that support coherent national and regional health technology ecosystems.
Learning Objectives
Summarize key lessons from U.S. efforts to achieve interoperability and data sharing across diverse health IT vendors and organizations.
Identify essential components of a national or regional digital health architecture, including data standards, governance, and incentives.
Develop initial priorities for streamlining and integrating health technology investments in participants’ countries or organizations.
Designing Care Pathways and Value Strategies to Improve Outcomes and Manage Cost
May 4, 2026
16:00–17:00 AST (Saudia Arabia)
Clinical care pathways and value-focused strategies are central to improving outcomes while controlling total health system costs. This session will review U.S. examples of pathway design, care redesign, and cost management for high-burden conditions and procedures, and consider how to adapt them to MENA clinical and financial contexts. Participants will gain a clear methodology for prioritizing conditions, engaging clinicians, and embedding pathways and cost levers into daily practice.
Learning Objectives
Explain how care pathways and value-based strategies have been used in U.S. systems to improve quality and manage costs.
Identify priority conditions or services in the MENA Region that would benefit most from standardized pathways and targeted cost interventions.
Develop a stepwise plan for designing, piloting, and scaling a care pathway and associated cost-management strategies with local leadership.
In Partnership With
First Monday of Each Month • March–June 2026
08:00–09:00 EST / 16:00–17:00 AST (Saudia Arabia)
Doubletree by Hilton Doha - Al Sadd
Who Should Attend
Senior officials and advisors from Ministries of Health, Finance, and related government entities in the MENA Region
Leaders from public and private health insurance organizations and purchasers
Executives from hospital groups, health systems, and integrated delivery networks
Medical directors, clinical leaders, and quality and safety leaders
Health policy, regulation, and governance specialists
Digital health, health IT, and data and analytics leaders
Strategy, investment, and transformation leaders in regional health holdings and sovereign fund
Host
Robert Granger III
President
