The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hosted the 2026 National Women’s Health Conference from March 11 – 13, 2026, in Washington D.C. Launched at the conference was the new “Still at Risk” postpartum safety campaign; HHS will standardize postpartum wristband design in partnership with Premier, the American Heart Association, the American Medical Association and others.

More key themes from the conference included increasing access to menopause care, closing the diagnostic gaps women face, and the need to improve care for conditions that uniquely impact women and girls – like endometriosis, fibromyalgia and POTS. The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) initiative was woven throughout the conversations, with many speakers encouraging the shift towards “whole-person women’s health.”

Policy at the Conference:

• Maternal Health: “Still at Risk” Postpartum initiative announced by HHS and the Preeclampsia Foundation.
• Urology for Women: HHS and the American Urological Association announced they will collaborate to explore potential future standardization for urology clinical practice and appropriate coverage expansions.
• Diagnosis Gaps: HHS leaders strongly encouraged providers reduce time-to-diagnosis for women, especially for underdiagnosed conditions (named were endometriosis and Long COVID). CMS expressed interest in, but stopped short of proposing, new quality metrics to incentivize the reduction of diagnostic delays and whether they should be included in value-based models.