Becker’s Healthcare 14th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable 2026

Join healthcare’s top decision-makers to confront the toughest realities facing hospitals and health systems today.
At the 14th Annual CEO + CFO Roundtable, C-level executives dig into margin pressure, growth strategy, payer dynamics, workforce sustainability, technology ROI, and the future of care delivery. Focused discussions and highly curated networking help leaders benchmark against peers, pressure-test plans, and leave with clearer priorities for what comes next.

Walk-Ups not accepted, registration required.

Gain unfiltered insight on margin pressure, payer dynamics, and growth strategy from leading CEOs and CFOs
Pressure-test your strategic plan in candid discussions with peers facing similar market and regulatory realities
Compare performance and priorities with top health systems to sharpen your board and C-suite agenda
Learn where technology and AI are truly improving access, quality, and cost, and where they are not
Build a trusted executive network you can call on for ideas, benchmarking, and support long after the event

Caitlin Clark
Professional Basketball Player

Tom Brady
Seven-Time Super Bowl Champion Quarterback

Emmitt Smith
Pro Football Hall of Fame Running Back, Businessman and Entrepreneur

Mark Cuban
Owner, Cost Plus Drugs; Entrepreneur; Shark, Shark Tank; Author, How to Win at the Sport of Business

David Kirk
Chief Medical Officer
Regard

Jason Cohen
Chief Medical Officer, Inpatient
Qventus

Karline Soto
Associate Operating Officer
Vanderbilt-Ingrahm Cancer Center, Vanderbilt Health

Rajan Mohan
Chief Marketing, Conversational and Digital Experience Officer
Ascension

Keisha Mullings-Smith
Vice President and Chief Consumer Experience Officer
University of Chicago Medicine

Craig Collins
Chief Financial Officer
UK HealthCare

Bill Hudson
Chief Information Officer
Hippocratic AI

Ian Lentnek
Chief Medical Officer, Ambulatory Monitoring and Diagnostics
Philips Medical

8:30 AM	08. Care Transformation, AI, and Access in the Future of Medicine
8:30 AM	01. Healthcare Power Players: Who Will Rise to the Top?
8:30 AM	04. When Hospitals Close, Communities Feel It: Solving the Growing Access Crisis
9:20 AM	01. Jonathan Ma, EVP, CFO and Treasurer, Sutter Health
10:20 AM	01. Bending the Cost Curve Without Breaking Growth
11:10 AM	CANCELLED. AI-Powered Future of Healthcare
11:10 AM	01. Driving Innovation for Transformational Change
11:10 AM	03. Successful Strategies for Pediatric Ecosystem Partnerships
11:10 AM	02. The Politics and Economics Driving the Next Decade of Healthcare Delivery
2:00 PM	01. Expansion in a Time of Retraction: How WVU Health System Has Grown From Four Hospitals to Over Two Dozen (and Counting)
3:10 PM	01. What’s New, Next & Best in Healthcare
3:10 PM	02. Top Tactics to Succeed in Multi-State M&A Deals
4:00 PM	01. Celebrity Keynote - Caitlin Clark

8:30 AM	01. The New Era of Value-based Care
11:10 AM	01. Growth Strategies for 2031: How Top Systems Are Modeling
2:00 PM	01. Sustainable Growth and Efficiency Strategies from CEOs
3:10 PM	01. Mike Slubowski, President and CEO of Trinity Health and Sr. Mary Haddad, President and CEO of Catholic Health Association
4:00 PM	01. Celebrity Keynote - Emmitt Smith

8:30 AM	01. Leverage AI and Enterprise Intelligence as a Strategic Asset
1:10 PM	01. CFOs as Catalysts: Driving Innovation, Value and Transformation
3:10 PM	01. Eugene A. Woods, MBA, MHA, FACHE, CEO of Advocate Health
4:00 PM	01. Celebrity Keynote - Tom Brady

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