Affinity Groups

Affinity Groups are peer-to-peer role-focused discussion groups our members can join to exchange information, ideas, and brainstorm on current issues. These groups will meet four times a year with two virtual sessions and two in-person sessions that will occur at our Spring and Fall Conferences.  

You may join one or more than one depending on your current roles and responsibilities. You will need to sign up individually for each group that you would like to participate in – once you have signed up, you will receive the Zoom log-in information for the virtual meetings. Information about the conference in-person meetings will be included in the conference agendas. If you have any questions, please email Karen Fetterolf.  

Note: For participants who joined the Quality Affinity Group, you can join the Quality Implementation strike group which focuses on quality reporting implementation. (Registration link coming soon!) 

Operations and Executive Affinity Group
Meets: January 21, 2025, July 22, 2025, and January 20, 2026, from 3–4 pm ET 
Participants should include executives, directors, managers and others who oversee day-to-day aspects of running an ACO such as building provider networks, engaging patients, practice transformation, and implementing projects to achieve the ACO’s financial and strategic goals, etc. 

Data and Analytics Affinity Group
Meets: January 28, 2025, July 29, 2025, and January 27, 2026, from 3–4 pm ET. 
Participants should include managers and data and analytics staff within ACOs who are responsible for integration, using data to analyze performance, creating and integrating data from sources like EMRs, claims and registries, etc. 

Clinical and Performance Improvement Affinity Group  
Meets: February 11, 2025, August 12, 2025, and February 10, 2026, from 3–4 pm ET.
Participants should include CMOs, CNOs, Pop Health Officers, Pharmacists, those leading clinical quality improvement, clinical care redesign and others who manage patient care, etc.

Compliance and Legal Affinity Group
Meets: February 18, 2025, August 17, 2025, and February 17, 2026, from 3–4 pm ET. 
Participants should include those who ACO leaders and staff members who deal with compliance documentation, operations, or events as well as those who deal with ACO contracting with payers and participants.

Federal Government Lobbying Affinity Group  
Meets: February 20, 2025, April 17, 2025, June 18, 2025**, August 21, 2025, October 16, 2025, December 18, 2025, from 2–3 pm ET.
Participation is limited to NAACOS members and business partners that are registered federal lobbyists or policy professionals. These calls will be an informal forum for the NAACOS members to stay closely aligned on advocacy efforts in Congress and with the Administration.

Note: this group does not meet in-person at NAACOS conferences but will have in-person opportunities at NAACOS Hill Day events. 
**Date changed due to Juneteenth holiday.