Agenda & Speakers: Becker's 10th Annual Health IT + Digital Health + RCM Annual Meeting: The Future of Business and Clinical Technologies

7:30 - 8:30 AM	Registration & Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
8:35 - 10:00 AM	Sessions
10:00 - 10:30 AM	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:35 AM - 12:05 PM	Sessions
12:15 - 1:15 PM	Networking Lunch in the Exhibit Hall

1:20 - 2:50 PM	Sessions
2:50 - 3:10 PM	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:15 - 5:00 PM	Sessions
5:00 - 6:00 PM	Happy Hour in the Exhibit Hall
6:30 - 8:30 PM	Speaker's Dinner

7:30 - 8:30 AM	Registration & Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
8:35 - 10:00 AM	Sessions
10:00 - 10:30 AM	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:35 AM - 12:05 PM	Sessions
12:15 - 1:15 PM	Networking Lunch in the Exhibit Hall

1:20 - 2:50 PM	Sessions
2:50 - 3:10 PM	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:15 - 5:00 PM	Sessions
5:00 - 6:00 PM	Happy Hour in the Exhibit Hall

Time	Track	Session Type	Name	Speakers
11:00 AM		Networking Opportunities	Registration Opens
12:00 PM - 12:40 PM	01	Keynote Panel	1. The Best Investments for a Smarter EHR	John Doulis, MD, MBBS, Grad.DIP, Vice President, Data Services and Technology Innovation, HCA Healthcare Tina Esposito, Senior Vice President and Chief Data Officer, Advocate Health David L. Reich, MD, Chief Clinical Officer, Mount Sinai Health System; President, The Mount Sinai Hospital Emily Jacobsen, Vice President, Clinical Systems and Chief, Clinical Informatics, University of Maryland Medical System
12:00 PM - 12:40 PM	02	Semi-Keynote Panel	2. Navigating the AI Compliance Maze: What Healthcare Needs to Know by 2026	Ben Kaplan, MPA, Senior Director, AI Governance and Products, Mount Sinai Health System Shane Rodabaugh, MBA, System Vice President, Information Technology Infrastructure, Baptist Health William Walders, Chief Digital and Information Officer, The Joint Commission
12:00 PM - 12:40 PM	03	Semi-Keynote Panel	3. From Hospital to Investor: How Health Systems Are Shaping the Next Wave of Innovation	rachel feinman, VP, Innovation, TGH David Heenan, Managing Director, Salinas Valley Health Ventures and Cone Health Ventures Brant Heise, Managing Director, Innovation Fund, MemorialCare Health System John Perez, Managing Director, Rex Health Ventures, UNC Health
12:00 PM - 12:40 PM	04	Semi-Keynote Panel	4. AI in Revenue Cycle: Boosting Efficiency and Profits in Healthcare Finance	Elizabeth Johnson, Senior Director, Clinical and Revenue Cycle IT, Michigan Medicine Navaneeth Nair, Chief Product Officer, Infinx Healthcare Roxi Foreman, MBA, Vice President, Delivery IS Solutions, Marshfield Clinic Health System Sunil Dadlani, Executive Vice President, Chief Information and Digital Transformation Officer, Chief Cyber Security Officer, Atlantic Health
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM	01	Panel	1. Hospital-at-Home's Next Chapter: Bringing Acute Care to Patients	Michael Nassif, MD, Medical Director, Saint Luke's Hospital In Your Home Heather O'Sullivan, APRN, President and Chief Operating Officer, Healthcare at Home, Mass General Brigham, Professor, Mass General Hospital Institute of Health Professions Sarah Schenck, MD, Executive Director, Center for Virtual Health, ChristianaCare Hemali Sudhalkar, MD, MPH, SFHM, National Medical Director of Strategy, Kaiser Permanente
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM	02	Featured Session	2. From Past to Ambient: Redefining Revenue Cycle with Context-Aware AI	Hina Pandya, MD, Associate Vice President, Medical Operations, Memorial Hermann Health System Eloy Sena, Associate Vice President, Value-Based Contracts & Operations, Ardent Health Services Megan Stright, LMSW, Chief Operating Officer, Service Lines, St. Luke's Health System Chris Samples, Head, Value Attainment, Ambience Healthcare
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM	03	Panel	3. Optimize RCM: Mastering Denials, Charge Capture and Management Excellence	Michelle Tutem Greame, PA-C, MSHS, Assistant Vice President, Revenue Integrity, Inova Kyle McElroy, Vice President, Clinical Operations, Conifer Health Shalondan Hollingshed, Corporate Director, Revenue Cycle, Johns Hopkins Medicine
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM	04	Panel	4. IT Spend Strategy to Hit 2026 Financial Targets	Aimmon Lago, MHA, MS, Executive Director, Revenue Cycle and Population Health Systems, Stanford Health Care Chris Bergman, CPA, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Dayton Children's Hospital Benjamin Cox, MBA, Chief Information Officer, Calvert Health Medical Center Kalan Blair, Senior Director, Revenue Cycle, Hartford Healthcare
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM	05	Featured Session	5. From Vision to Value: How Health Systems Advance Care Innovation	Holly Urban, MD, MBA, Vice President, Business Development-Strategy, Clinical Effectiveness, Wolters Kluwer Health Albert Villarin, MD, FACEP, MBA, Vice President and Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Nuvance Health Emily C. Webber, MD, FAAP, FAMIA, Chief Medical Information Officer, Indiana University Health and Riley Children's Health Julie V. Tsirambidis, DNP, APRN-CNP, System Director, Advanced Practice Providers, Summa Health Kali Arduini Ihde, Director, NM Ventures and Innovation, Northwestern Memorial Healthcare
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM	06	Panel	6. Balancing Budgets and Resources for Meaningful ROI on Tech	Steve Eckert, FACHE, CHCIO, MBA, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Cook Childrens Nirmit Kothari, MD, MPH, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Baptist Memorial Hospital – Memphis Shafiq Rab, MD, Executive Vice President, Chief Digital Officer and System Chief Information Officer, Tufts Medicine Will Johnson, MBA, CHCIO, FHIMSS, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Tidelands Health
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM	07	Panel	7. Harnessing Gamification to Transform Patient Engagement	Kris Seymour, MBA, Director, Transformation and Project Management Operations, WellStar Health System Mohamed Rami Nakeshbandi, MD, MHA, FACP, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Downstate Health Sciences University
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM	08	Panel	8. Ethical Boundaries in AI: Navigating Responsible Use in Healthcare	Joseph Izzo, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, San Joaquin General Hospital Juan C Rojas, MD, MS, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer and Assistant Professor, RUSH Jason Hill, MD, MMM, MS, Innovation Officer, Ochsner Health Praneetha R. Elugunti, MSHA, MBA, MSC, Administrator, Arizona Advanced AI and Innovation Hub, Center for Digital Health and Arizona Enablement Hub, Mayo Clinic Justin Coran, PHD, Chief Data and AI Officer, Medical Concepts
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM	09	Panel	9. Digital Health and AI's Role in Improving Patient Care	Madhusmita Behera, PhD, Chief Research Informatics Officer, Emory Healthcare; Chief Informatics and Data Officer, Winship Cancer Institute Manish Sapra, MD, MMM, FAPA, Executive Director, Behavioral Health Services, Northwell Health Brittany Cyriacks, MSN, RN, NI-BC, Clinical Informatics Program Director, UCHealth Nariman Heshmati, MD, MBA, FACOG, Chief Physician & Operations Executive, Lee Physician Group (Fort Myers, FL) Mimi Taylor, Principal, ECG Management Consultants
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM	10	Panel	10. Staying at the Forefront of Innovation Adoption	Gregory Bryant, Chief Information Officer, Gov Juan F Luis Hospital Isaiah Nathaniel, CPHIMS, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Delaware Valley Community Health Wendy Ross, MD, Director, Center for Autism and Neurodiversity, Jefferson Health Melissa Cohen, Former Chief Innovation and Transformation Officer, Cayuga Health System
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM	11	Panel	11. Accelerating Innovation Adoption: Transforming Healthcare with New Technologies	Afroz Hafeez, MD, MBA, Telemedicine, RUSH System for Health Judd Hollander, MD, FACEP, Senior Vice President, Healthcare Delivery Innovation, Thomas Jefferson University Elmer Laureano, BSHCA, Director, Patient Access, Inova Health Systems David L. Reich, MD, Chief Clinical Officer, Mount Sinai Health System; President, The Mount Sinai Hospital Christopher Horvat, MD, MHA, Senior Director of Clinical Informatics, UPMC
12:50 PM - 1:30 PM	12	Panel	12. Designing User-Centric Technology: Involving Nurses in IT Decision-Making	Christine Young, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Officer, Akron Children's Lois Greene, DHA, MBA, BSN, RN, NEA-BC, Senior Vice President, Wellness, Diversity, Equity and Population Health, University Hospital Patrick Healy, MBA, PMP, CPXP, Director, Innovation, Technology and Transformation, Rush University System for Health Martha Benghie Hyacinthe, PhD, MBA, MSN, FNP, CPHRM, CPPS, SSBB, Director, Patient Safety, HCA Healthcare
1:40 PM - 2:20 PM	01	Keynote Panel	1. Future-Proofing Cybersecurity: How Leaders Are Planning Ahead	Jeff Gautney, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Rush University System for Health Craig Richardville, Chief Digital and Information Officer Ryan Mackey, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, LifePoint Health Luis Taveras, PhD, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Jefferson Health
1:40 PM - 2:20 PM	02	Semi-Keynote Panel	2. AI Agents in Healthcare: What Will They Do?	Rachael Spooner, MBA, FACHE, Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, Northwell Health Tim Skeen, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Sentara Health Mark Townsend, MD, MHCM, Chief Clinical Digital Ventures Officer, Bon Secours Mercy Health Joel Vengco, MS, MA, CHCIO, CPHIMS, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Hartford HealthCare
1:40 PM - 2:20 PM	04	Semi-Keynote Panel	4. Revenue Cycle Digital Transformation: Building a Future-Ready Tech Stack	Prabhjot Grewal, MHA, Vice President, Revenue Cycle, Montefiore Health System Abhijith Godbole, Associate Vice President, Digital Solutions, Sutherland Global
1:40 PM - 2:20 PM	05	Semi-Keynote Panel	5. The Real Effects of EHR Consolidation: Thoughts and Questions for System Leaders	John Henderson, Chief Information Officer, Rady Children's Health TJ Malseed, Chief Information Officer, Keck Medicine of USC Bruce Rogen, MD, MPH, FACP, Chief Medical Officer, Cleveland Clinic Employee Health Plan; Chair, Cleveland Clinic Quality Alliance Humberto Quintanar, Former Vice President and Chief Technology Officert, Memorial Healthcare System
2:20 PM - 3:00 PM		Networking Opportunities	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:10 PM - 3:50 PM	01	Panel	1. Virtual Nursing: Successes, Setbacks and Surprises	Nancy J. Beale, PhD, RN, NI-BC, FAMIA, Vice President Clinical Informatics and Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Catholic Health Monique Diaz, MD, Region Vice President, Chief Medical Informatics Officer - California, CommonSpirit Susan Ibanez, DHA, FACHE, CHCIO, CDH-E, Chief Information Officer, Southeast Georgia Health System Reba McVay, MBA, MSN, RN, CNS-BC, CNS, Center for Nursing Excellence, Wellstar Health System
3:10 PM - 3:50 PM	02	Panel	2. What's Next for Ambient AI: Challenges and Opportunities for Health Systems	Penni Kyte, MBA, PMP, Digital Care Strategy Officer, Ballad Health Clara Lin, MD, Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer, Seattle Children's Hospital Tomi Kolade, MD, MS, MCSO, Assistant Chief Medical Information Officer, UTHealth Sasanka Yella Manchali, Chief Executive Officer, DeliverHealth
3:10 PM - 3:50 PM	03	Panel	3. Confronting Today's Revenue Cycle Challenges	Alena Hill, Senior Director, Pre-Service Revenue Cycle, Michigan Medicine Ashley Toney, Enterprise Director, Correspondence, Advocate Health Rachel Dallmann, Chief Ancillary Officer, Phelps Memorial Health Center Renee Coleman, MBA, Revenue Cycle Director, Miller County Hospital
3:10 PM - 3:50 PM	04	Panel	4. Health System M&A Unplugged: The Secrets to Streamlined IT Integration	Tim Heinrich, Chief Financial Officer, Thorek Memorial Hospital Christopher Horvat, MD, MHA, Senior Director of Clinical Informatics, UPMC Bob Berbeco, Chief Information Officer, Mahaska Health John Henderson, Chief Information Officer, Rady Children's Health
3:10 PM - 3:50 PM	05	Featured Session	5. From Documentation to Dollars: Where Ambient AI Delivers Measurable Value	Michael Han, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Information Officer, MultiCare Health System Gian Varbaro, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Vice President, Ambulatory Services, Bergen New Bridge Medical Center Jamie Colbert, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Commure Evan Kramer, MBA, Vice President, Strategic Execution, Compassus
3:10 PM - 3:50 PM	06	Featured Session	6. Smarter Denial Strategies Start with Smarter Documentation	Jerilyn Morrissey, MD, Chief Medical Officer, CorroHealth Annabelle Seippel, CRCR, Senior Vice President, Denials Management, CorroHealth
3:10 PM - 3:50 PM	07	Panel	7. Transforming Patient Experience: The Role of Health IT Leaders	Patrice Callagy, RN, MPH, MSN, Vice President, Emergency Services, Stanford Health Care John Supra, Chief Digital Health and Analytics Officer, Cone Health James McElligott, MD, Executive Medical Director, Center of Telehealth, MUSC Health David Lane, MBA, FHFMA, Revenue Cycle Director, Self-Employed
3:10 PM - 3:50 PM	08	Panel	8. AI Anxieties: Strategies to Reduce and Educate	Darrell Keeling, PhD, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Parkview Health Anoop Vijayan, Director, Data, Analytics, AI and Data Science, Texas Childrens Hospital Jeffrey Sattler, PharmD, DO FAMIA, System Medical Informatics Physician, CDI Physician Advisor, Hospital Medicine Division, Saint Luke's Health System Bob Gross, Executive Director, Financial Decision Support & Analysis, Cleveland Clinic
3:10 PM - 3:50 PM	09	Panel	9. Shorten Wait Times and Improve Access: What Works, What Doesn't	Lacey A Benford, MBA, AVP, Strategy & Innovation, LifePoint Health-Brentwood, TN Office Jasmine Ashley Bishop, Managing Director, Care Innovation, MedStar Health Zsolt Kulcsar, DO, MPH, MBA, Vice President, Virtual Health, Emory Healthcare Judith Olivarez Trevino, DNP, APRN FNP-BC, Chief Nursing Officer, Val Verde Regional Medical Center Nick Hilbert, MSN, RN, Director, Quality and Patient Safety, UC San Diego Health
3:10 PM - 3:50 PM	10	Panel	10. Where IT and Clinical AI Meet: Big Ideas to Spark Future Innovation	Isil Arican, MD, MHA, Executive Director, Clinical Applications and Technology, Stanford Health Care Zafar Chaudry, MD, MS, MIS, MBA, CHCIO, CDH-E, Senior Vice President, Chief Digital Officer and Chief AI and Chief Information Officer, Seattle Children's Salvatore Volpe, MD, FAAP, FACP, ABP-CI, FHIMSS, CHCQM, Chief Medical Officer, Staten Island Performing Provider System Josh Wilda, MPA, CHIO, CDH-E, Regional Chief Digital and Information Officer, Umhwest
3:10 PM - 3:50 PM	11	Panel	11. Building a Foundation: Key Considerations for Scaling AI in Healthcare	Aditya Bhasin, Vice President, Software and Chief, Web Systems, Stanford Health Care and Stanford School of Medicine Tres Leonard, Chief Information Officer, Wabash General Hospital District Ginny L. Torno, MBA, PMP, Senior Director, Innovation and IT Clinical Systems, Houston Methodist Shireen Ahmad, MBA, System Vice President, GPO Business, Financial Insights and Analytics, CommonSpirit Health
3:10 PM - 3:50 PM	12	Presentation	12. Digital Transformation Meets Financial Optimization: How CIOs and Revenue Cycle Leaders are Reshaping the Future of Healthcare	Pam Austin, MBA, CPHIMS, PMP, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Ballad Health Shana Tate, MBA, Chief Revenue Officer, Ballad Health
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	01	Celebrity Keynote	1. Celebrity Keynote - Kurt Warner	Kurt Warner, NFL Hall of Famer and Super Bowl Champion
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM		Networking Opportunities	Opening Happy Hour in the Exhibit Hall

Time	Track	Session Type	Name	Speakers
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM		Networking Opportunities	Continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	01	Keynote Panel	1. Access Wins: Health Systems' Before-and-After Stories	Eve Cunningham, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Cadence Kristine Lee, MD, Associate Executive Director, Virtual Medicine and Technology, Kaiser Permanente
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	02	Semi-Keynote Panel	2. Where Healthcare Interoperability is Headed Next	Patti Cuartas, DMSc, PA-C, MBA, PMP, FACHE, ACHIP, Executive Director and Associate Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Mount Sinai Health System April Kranz, DNP, RN, CENP, CNOR, Vice President, Procedural Operations, Emory Healthcare Michelle Stansbury, Associate Chief Innovation Officer and Vice President, IT Applications, Houston Methodist
8:35 AM - 6:00 PM	Forums / Summits	Networking Opportunities	Becker's Perioperative Summit (Separate Registration Required)
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	01	Panel	1. IT Solutions for Reducing 'Pajama Time'	Rebecca Mishuris, MD, Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer, Mass General Brigham Balazs Zsenits, MD, CMIO, Rochester Regional Health System Chris Wickersham, Assistant Vice President, Customer Support, CereCore Deepti Pandita, MD, FACP, FAMIA, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Vice President, Clinical Informatics and Associate Professor, Medicine, University of California Irvine Health
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	02	Panel	2. How to Bust AI Myths and Build Buy-In	Omkar Kulkarni, MPH, Chief Transformation and Digital Officer, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Neil Bahroos, MBA, Chief Research Informatics Officer, University of Southern California Joseph Jankowski, PhD, MBA, Director, Davidson Innovation Fellowship and Senior Advisor, Innovation, Henry Ford Health Ed Lee, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Nabla
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	03	Panel	3. How Revenue Cycle Leaders Can Strengthen Cross-Department Collaboration	Miguel Vigo IV, MBA, Chief Revenue Cycle Officer, UC San Diego Health Jamie Watson, Chief Revenue Cycle Officer, Emory Healthcare Thomasina Wilkins, Chief Revenue Officer, Sinai Chicago Neil Ray, MD, MBA, Chief Innovation and Technology Officer, Duke University Medical Center
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	04	Panel	4. A Better Revenue Cycle: Where Human Touch Beats AI — and Vice Versa	Marvin Mickelson, System Director, Shared Revenue Cycle, The University of Kansas Health System Brian Graziano, Director, User Experience, Revenue Cycle, Providence David Law, Chief Client Officer, Zotec Partners Laura Burrill, MS, Director, Revenue Cycle Management, KVC Health Systems
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	05	Panel	5. Revolutionizing Diagnostics and Care: Harnessing Technology's Innovative Potential	Matthew Breeden, MD, Director, Medical Informatics, SSM Health Pallavi Yadav, MBBS, MHA, CQPA, Director, Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, University of Toledo Medical Center Kesha Love, MSN, RN, Director, Health Information Technology and Interoperability Services, Cook County Health Babatope Fatuyi, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, UTHealth Houston
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	06	Featured Session	6. AI Infrastructure That Supports the Entire Patient Journey	Kathryn King, MD, MHS, Chief Medical Information Officer, MUSC Health Tushar Garg, Product Manager, Notable Health
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	07	Panel	7. Digital Marketing in 2026: The Most Interesting Ideas to Make a Difference	Ryan Angelo, Director, Integrated Marketing, Sanford Health Meredith Herzing, Senior Communications Manager, Digital Engagement, Kaiser Permanente Hillery Shay, MBA, Senior Vice President, Communications and Chief Marketing and Experience Officer, Children's Minnesota Rachel Felix, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing and Growth Officer, Boston Medical Center Health System
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	08	Panel	8. Healthcare AI: Successes and Best Practices	Ben Beadle-Ryby, Co-Founder, AKASA Maggie Fjetland, MSN, RN, Nurse Administrator, Practice Transformation, Nursing Department, Mayo Clinic Deepan Chandru Kamaraj, MD, PhD, Director, Data Analytics and Informatics, UPMC Enterprises Kevin Lamb, Senior Data and AI Product Leader, NYC Health + Hospitals
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	09	Panel	9. Next-Gen EHRs: Navigating the Shift to Intelligent Documentation	Carmella Cassetta, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Hoag Health System Adriana A. Guzman, MBA, MISM, MPA, Chief Information Officer, Loretto Hospital Darius J. Love, DNP, MHA, RN, CENP, Assistant Vice President, Workforce Optimization and Redesign, Orlando Health Bryon Frost, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, McLeod Health
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	10	Panel	10. Hospital at Home: Why the Top Organizations Stand Out	Michael Maniaci, MD, Chief Clinical Officer, Advanced Care at Home, Mayo Clinic Jatin Dave, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine James Stroble, MBA, Executive Director Primary Care Behavioral Health, UChicago Medicine Mayank Shah, MD, MBA, FAAFP, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Advocate Condell Medical Center, Advocate Health Stephen Dorner, MD, MPH, MSc, Chief Clinical and Innovation Officer, Mass General Brigham Healthcare at Home
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	11	Panel	11. Addressing AI Concerns in Healthcare: Strategies for Overcoming Fear	Joshua Tarkoff, MD, MBA, Medical Director, IT, Nicklaus Children's Health System Anthony Chang, MD, MBA, MPH, MS, Chief Intelligence and Innovation Officer, Rady Children’s Health Nadine Simmons, RN, MPH, VP Periop, SSUH T.Y. Alvin Liu, MD, Endowed Professor, AI Oversight Team and Inaugural Director, James P. Gills Jr. MD and Heather Gills Artificial Intelligence Innovation Center, Johns Hopkins Medicine
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	12	Panel	12. AI + Cybersecurity: The Big Issues & Policy Updates to Know	Eric Jimenez, Chief Information Officer, Artesia General Hospital Rishi Tripathi, MBA, CISSP, Senior Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Technology Officer, Mount Sinai Health System Tremayne Smith, Chief Information Security Officer, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Greg Thompson, Chief Information Security Officer, VHC Health
9:20 AM - 3:55 PM	Forums / Summits	Networking Opportunities	Cybersecurity Forum
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM		Networking Opportunities	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	01	Fireside Chat	1. 8 Habits of High-Impact CIO-CFO Duos	Robert Flannery, Chief Financial Officer, UW Health Cherodeep Goswami, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Providence
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	02	Featured Session	2. Beyond Ambient Documentation: The Next Frontier in AI-Powered Clinical Assistance	Bryon Frost, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, McLeod Health Kevin Wang, Chief Medical Officer, Suki AI Josh Margulies, Vice President, Brand Advocacy, Suki AI
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	03	Panel	3. Tackling Revenue Cycle Hurdles	Erin Hodson, MSN, Vice President, Revenue Cycle, Inova Leyland Telford, Assistant Director, Pharmacy Revenue Cycle, Mount Sinai Health System Alla LaRoque, President and Founder, HaloMD Renee Coleman, MBA, Revenue Cycle Director, Miller County Hospital Drew Mahone, Executive Director, Revenue Cycle and Billing Operations, Johns Hopkins Health System
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	04	Panel	4. Outsourcing RCM — When and How to Find a Partner	Stacey Benson, Director, Revenue Cycle Operations, Houston Methodist Physician Organization Sarah Knodel, Senior Vice President Revenue Cycle, Baylor Scott White Health Marie Knapp, Director, Patient Financial Services, Guam Regional Medical City Michael Peterson, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	05	Featured Session	5. Enterprise-Grade Defense: Making Cybersecurity a Systemwide Priority	Anthony Locascio, MS, MBA, Chief Technology Officer, Hospital Patient Monitoring, Philips Benjamin Millmann, MSN, RN, Lead Clinical Informaticist, Design and Optimization, M Health Fairview
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	07	Panel	7. AI at the Bedside: How the Tech Actually Helps Patient Care	Sheri Strobel, MSHI, CPA, Chief Information Officer, Chapters Health System Klaus Thaler, MD, MBA, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, CHI Health Creighton University System Marcia Hodge, DNP, MSN, RN, CCNS, Assistant Vice President, Nursing Practice and Innovation, Maimonides Health Joseph MacDonald, DO, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Penn State Health
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	08	Panel	8. AI and Machine Learning: Transformative Forces in Patient Care	James Matera, DO, FACOI, ACPE, Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer, CentraState Medical Center Bryan Traughber, MD, Innovation Chair, Mayo Clinic Caitlin Rice, Regional Vice President, Healthcare North America Data Platform, Oracle Alex Carter, DMSc, PA-C, Director, Transformation, Ochsner Health
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	09	Panel	9. Regulatory Changes in Healthcare: New Norms and Ensuring Financial Health	Ghanshyam Shah, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital Diala Atassi, MBA, Vice President, Global Alliances, Boston Children's Hospital Andre Harris Sr., MD, MHA, FACHE, Chief Medical Officer, Miami Valley Hospital Monica Watson, Corporate Coding Director, Allegheny Health Network
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	10	Panel	10. Remote Patient Monitoring: Tablestakes or Game-Changer?	Priya Kumar, MD, Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer, Self Regional Healthcare Ed Moore, President, Harrington Hospital, UMass Memorial Health Debbie Trau, MSN, NEA-BC, Director, Clinical Registries, OSF HealthCare Kammie Monarch, RN, MSN, JD, Chief Nurse Executive, San Juan Regional Medical Center
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	11	Panel	11. AI and Platform Playbooks: Leaders' Wins, Pain Points and Lessons Learned	Kali Arduini Ihde, Director, NM Ventures and Innovation, Northwestern Memorial Healthcare Andrew Gostine, MD, MBA, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Artisight Penni Kyte, MBA, PMP, Digital Care Strategy Officer, Ballad Health Kaitlyn Torrence, Executive Director, Innovation, WellSpan
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	12	Panel	12. Third-Party Cyberattack Readiness: Prevention and Planning Best Practices	Sue Macut, Chief Information Technology and Security Officer, Roseland Community Hospital Shefali Mookencherry, MSMIS, MPH, RHIA, CHPS, CDH-E, HCISSP, Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Privacy Officer, University of Illinois Chicago Karen Habercoss, Vice President and Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer, The University of Chicago Medical Center Katy Howard-Rife, MS, Director, Revenue Cycle Improvement, Eskenazi Health
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	01	Panel	1. How Healthcare Marketing Leaders Use Generative AI	Andrew Chang, Chief Marketing Officer, UChicago Medicine William Hidlay, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center John Eckroth, System Vice President, Digital Marketing and Technology, Endeavor Health Tom Neumann, MBA, Interim Chief Marketing Officer, Cleveland Clinic
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	02	Panel	2. Home-Based Care Breakthroughs: Real-World Strategies and Lessons	Jared Conley, MD, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School; Associate Director, Healthcare Transformation Lab and Emergency Physician, Mass General Hospital Cheng-Kai Kao, MD, FACP, SFHM, Chief Medical Information Officer, UChicago Medicine Mandy McGowan, RN, BA, Home-Based Care Programs Director, UWHealth Margaret Paulson, DO, FACP, Medical Director, Advaced Care at Home and Home Health, Mayo Clinic Chrisanne Timpe, MD, Medical Director, Home-Based Medicine and In-Home Complex Care, HealthPartners Park Nicollet
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	03	Panel	3. Strategies to Improve Payer Relations	Robert Poznanovich, Chief Growth Officer and Senior Fellow, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation Chris Thomas, Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer, Texas Children's Hospital Lona King, MBA, Chief Financial Officer, Little Colorado Medical Center, Winslow Memorial Hospital
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	04	Featured Session	4. How Mount Sinai Used AI to Transform RCM	Richard Nagengast, Vice President, Revenue Cycle, Mount Sinai Health System Edward Peterson, Vice President, IT, Mount Sinai Health System Madhavi Bezwada, Senior Vice President, Client Success, Waystar
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	05	Featured Session	5. Clinical Documentation Integrity: Where AI Meets ROI	James M. Blum, MD, FCCM, Chief Health Information Officer, University of Iowa Health Care Andrew Lundquist, DPM, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Mankato Clinic Ed Lee, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Nabla Omkar Kulkarni, MPH, Chief Transformation and Digital Officer, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	06	Panel	6. Future-Proofing the Revenue Cycle: Innovations You Need to Know	Jennifer Lavoie, RN, CPC, Director, Revenue Cycle Integrity, Rush University Medical Center Anita Colon, MHS, Vice President, Revenue Cycle Operations, Temple University Health System Felix Segre, CPC, Director, Revenue Integrity, Memorial Hermann Health System
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	07	Panel	7. Smart Investments: Using Technology to Boost Profit Margins in Healthcare	Nonku Kunene, MPH, CPHQ, Director, Population Health Data Analytics, ChristianaCare Health System Carmelita Riley, Esq, RN, MHA, FACHE, Senior Director, System Staffing, Houston Methodist Karl Kochendorfer, MD, Chief Health Information Officer, UI Health Thomas Bentley, BSN, MS, FHIMSS, Chief Information and Digital Transformation officer, Ohio State University Hospital
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	08	Panel	8. Where the EHR and AI Meet	Yuan Luo, PhD, FACMI, FAMIA, FIAHSI, Chief AI Officer and Professor, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Deepti Pandita, MD, FACP, FAMIA, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Vice President, Clinical Informatics and Associate Professor, Medicine, University of California Irvine Health Jon Senkler, DO, Regional Chief Medical Information Officer - Des Moines, UnityPoint Health Aditya Bhasin, Vice President, Software and Chief, Web Systems, Stanford Health Care and Stanford School of Medicine
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	09	Panel	9. Real Results with Generative AI: What Leaders Measure and Value	J.D. Whitlock, Chief Information Officer, Dayton Children's Hospital Brian H. Imdieke, RN, CNP, Nurse Pratitioner, Internal Medicine and Clinical Informatics Medical Director, Primary Care and Medical Specialties, Hennepin Healthcare Tinu Tadese, MD, System Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Boston Medical Center Kathleen Fear, PhD, Senior Director, Digital Health and AI, University of Rochester Medical Center Jon Wang, Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Assort Health
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	10	Panel	10. The Hospital and Health System Marketing Campaign and Budget Trends Defining the Next 12 Months	David Simpkins, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Rochester Regional Health Hernando Ruiz-Jimenez, Chief Marketing Officer, GEISINGER HEALTH Brian Deffaa, Chief Marketing Officer, RWJBarnabas Health — West Orange
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	11	Panel	11. Generative AI Insights: Reshaping Clinical Practice and Research	Rahul Kashyap, MD, MBA, FCCM, Medical Director, Research, WellSpan Health; Assistant Professor, WellSpan Health Suken Shah, MD, Regional Director, Interventional Radiology, MSK-monmouth; Director, Digital Transformation, Innovation and Strategy, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Andrew Young, MD, FACS, Vice Chair, Quality and Patient Safety, Department of Surgery Trauma Medical Director, East Hospital Department of Surgery, Division of Trauma, Critical Care, and Burn; Associate Professor of Surgery, Ohio State University Medical Center Peter Bonis, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Wolters Kluwer Health;, Adjunct Professor, Medicine - Division of Gastroenterology, Tufts University School of Medicine
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	12	Panel	12. The Next Wave of Cyberthreats in Healthcare	Mark D. Fred, RN, BSN, MCP, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Information Officer, Kirby Medical Center Trevor Martin, CISSP, Chief Information Security Officer, UW Health Michael Schnabel, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, University of Texas Health Science Center Joseph Izzo, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, San Joaquin General Hospital
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM		Networking Opportunities	Networking Lunch in Exhibit Hall
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	01	Keynote Panel	1. Innovative EHR Solutions to Build Smarter and More Efficiently	Chris Carmody, Chief Technology Officer, UPMC Michelle Stansbury, Associate Chief Innovation Officer and Vice President, IT Applications, Houston Methodist Deb Anderson, MBA, Chief Information Officer, Endeavor Health Danny Lee, MD, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Johns Hopkins Medicine
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	02	Semi-Keynote Panel	2. AI Bias and Ethics in Healthcare: The Latest	Matt Morton, Assistant Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, University of Chicago Charlette Stallworth, MBA, Vice President, Business Development and Innovation, Stanford Medicine Children's Health Eric Poon, MD, Chief Health Information Officer, Duke University Health System Emily C. Webber, MD, FAAP, FAMIA, Chief Medical Information Officer, Indiana University Health and Riley Children's Health
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	03	Presentation	3. Building a Systemwide Business Operations Committee: Integration and Standardization to drive Financial and Operational Outcomes	Michael Dawson, Vice President, Finance Hospital Operations, Brown University Health Robert M. Weiss, MBA, MHA, FACHE, Director, Business Operations and Optimization, Brown University Health Ryan Wicks, MBA, Director, Finance, Brown University Health
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	05	Semi-Keynote Panel	5. The CIO's Role in IT Team Transformation	Pam Austin, MBA, CPHIMS, PMP, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Ballad Health Tom Barnett, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Baptist Memorial Health Care Ellen Wiegand, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, VCU Health Luis Taveras, PhD, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Jefferson Health
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	12	Panel	12. Big Ideas to Build Better Cybersecurity Teams	Anahi Santiago, Chief Information Security Officer, ChristianaCare Katherine McPherson, MBA, CPRP, SHRM-SCP, Director, Human Resources Operations, CommonSpirit Health Wayman Cummings, Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Ochsner Health System
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	01	Panel	1. Debunking AI Myths: Strategies for Gaining Stakeholder Buy-in on AI Solutions	Reba McVay, MBA, MSN, RN, CNS-BC, CNS, Center for Nursing Excellence, Wellstar Health System Nabile M. Safdar, MD, MPH, FSIIM, Chief AI Officer, Emory University Sandeep Rustagi, PhD, Chief Data Analytics Officer, University of Mississippi Medical Center Giovanni Piedimonte, MD, FAAP, FCCP, Vice President, Research, Institutional Official, and Research Integrity Officer, Tulane University Erin Dietrich, Deputy Chief Information Officer and Senior Director, Academic IT, University of Michigan Medical School, University of Michigan
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	02	Panel	2. The Future of Ambient AI: Key Challenges and Opportunities	Toyosi Timi Olutade, MD, Chief Medical Officer, UnityPoint Health Sachin Shah, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, UChicago Medicine Hasan Ahmad, DO, MBA, MSc, FACP, Vice President and Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, Parkview Health Christopher Holland, MBA, Director, User Experience, Emory Healthcare
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	03	Panel	3. Cybersecurity and the Revenue Cycle: What RCM Leaders Need to Know	Miguel Vigo IV, MBA, Chief Revenue Cycle Officer, UC San Diego Health Michael Knipple, Chief Information Security Officer, Summit BHC Vince Crisler, Chief Information Security Officer, Celerium Julia Breaux, Business Information Security Officer and Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, Rush University System for Health
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	04	Panel	4. Interoperability and Revenue Cycle Optimization: Breaking Down Silos for Efficiency	Patrick R. Curtin, FACHE, MHA, CAGS, CHFP, LSSBB, System Vice President, Revenue Cycle, North Country Healthcare Andre Neal, MBA, PMP, Director- Revenue Cycle Strategic Partner, Ochsner Health Felix Segre, CPC, Director, Revenue Integrity, Memorial Hermann Health System
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	05	Featured Session	5. Live Agentic AI in Action: Delivering Medical Superintelligence	Lori Walker, CNP, Chief Medical Information Officer, Presbyterian Healthcare Services Jason Wells, MBA, CMPE, FACHE, President, Central California Network, Adventist Health Jason Mitchell, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Geisinger Deepthi Bathina, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, RhythmX AI
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	07	Panel	7. Digital Marketing Team Overhaul: What Health Systems and Hospitals Need Today	Jaideep Deshpande, MBA, Executive Director, Strategy and Marketing, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois Chicago Susan Fiorella, Chief Strategy and Communications Officer, Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser Permanente Kalee Hildreth, Executive Director, Marketing Operations, UChicago Medicine Richard Beatty, MBA, Executive Vice President, Ninala Medical Center Erika Putinsky, Vice President, Brand and Digital Marketing Strategy, Emory Healthcare
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	08	Panel	8. Best Tech to Relieve Clinician Burnout	Bree Andrews, MD, MPH, Chief Wellness and Vitality Officer, University of Chicago Medicine Rachel K. McEntee, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer and Associate Professor, Medicine, University of Vermont Health Nadia E. Charguia, MD, Executive Medical Director, Integrated Well-Being Program, UNC Health Jacqueline You, MD, Digital Clinical Lead, Brigham and Women's Hospital
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	09	Panel	9. Founders, Leaders and Investors - AI, Business Growth and More
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	10	Panel	10. Rules and Realities of Physician Services and RVUs	Samantha L. Klebe, DO, MBA, FACP, SFHM, Chief Physician — Sanford, Marshfield Clinic Health System Anthony Quan, MBA, Vice President, Operations, Dignity Health Dirk Steinert, MD, MBA, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Ambulatory Care, ThedaCare Monica Watson, Corporate Coding Director, Allegheny Health Network
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	11	Panel	11. How Digital Health and AI Can Improve Patient Care	Ammon Fillmore, Associate Chief Legal Officer: Information and Technology, AdventHealth Lewis W. Marshall Jr., MS, MBA, MD, JD, FACP, FACHE, CPHQ, Chief Medical Officer; Affiliate Dean; Assistant Professor, Clinical Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine at Lincoln Hospital Patrice Weiss, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Prisma Health Medical Group, Midlands and Chief Academic Officer, Prisma Health T.Y. Alvin Liu, MD, Endowed Professor, AI Oversight Team and Inaugural Director, James P. Gills Jr. MD and Heather Gills Artificial Intelligence Innovation Center, Johns Hopkins Medicine Sachin K. Gupta, MD, FAAFP, Chief Medical Officer, UNC Physicians Network
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	12	Panel	12. Buy or Build? How Health Leaders Make the Call	Anthony Anani, MD, MPH, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, Cook Children's Medical Center - Prosper TX Nikki Blaze, DHI, MBA, CPHIMS, RHIT, CCS, Assistant Vice President, Information Systems Clinical Applications, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Patrick Guffey, Chief Medical Information Officer, Children's Hospital Colorado Nickie Cappella, Director, IT and Corporate Applications, Bronson Health
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM		Networking Opportunities	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	01	Keynote Panel	1. Future-Ready EHRs: Strategic Investments for Leading Organizations	Robert Bart, Chief Medical Information Officer, UPMC Edwina Bhaskaran, MSN, RN, Chief Clinical Systems and Informatics Officer, Mayo Clinic Michael Cui, MD, MBA, MS, Associate Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Rush University Medical Center Joel Gordon, MD, FAMIA, Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer, UW Health
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	02	Semi-Keynote Panel	2. Digital Strategies to Win in Competitive Markets From Top Health Systems	Philynn Hepschmidt, MEd, Vice President, Patient Access, Penn Medicine Sarah Poncelet, MBA, Chair, Strategy Consulting, Mayo Clinic Bill Sheahan, Executive Director, MedStar Institute for Innovation; Senior Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, MedStar Health Robbie Freeman, Chief Digital Transformation Officer, Mount Sinai Health System
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	03	Semi-Keynote Panel	3. Predictive Analytics and AI-Driven Decision Making in Revenue Cycle	Michael Laukaitis, MBA, Director, Revenue Cycle Analytics, Accounting and Quality Assurance, UT Southwestern Medical Center Tami McMasters Gomez, Executive Director, Mid- Revenue Cycle, UC Davis Medical Center Cindy Otero, Senior Director Revenue Cycle, NCH Healthcare System Kimberly Carter, Vice President of Revenue Cycle, IU Health
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	05	Fireside Chat	5. Fireside Chat - Andrew Rosenberg, MD, Chief Information Officer, Michigan Medicine	Andrew Rosenberg, MD, Chief Information Officer, Michigan Medicine
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	12	Semi-Keynote Panel	12. Cybersecurity Risk Management - What Hospitals Changed After a Big Vendor Breach	Karen Habercoss, Vice President and Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer, The University of Chicago Medical Center Adrienne Chase, EJD, Chief Integrity and Compliance Officer - Area 1, Trinity Health Lisa Bazis, Chief Information Security Officer, Nebraska Medicine Patrick McDermott, Chief Revenue Officer, Geisinger
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	01	Celebrity Keynote	1. Celebrity Keynote - Alex Rodriguez	Alex Rodriguez, Former MLB Player; Chair and Chief Executive Officer, A-Rod Corp
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM		Networking Opportunities	Happy Hour in the Exhibit Hall

Time	Track	Session Type	Name	Speakers
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM		Networking Opportunities	Continental Breakfast in the Exhibit Hall
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	01	Panel	1. AI Literacy for Clinicians: Training and Upskilling That Works	James M. Blum, MD, FCCM, Chief Health Information Officer, University of Iowa Health Care Brian Patterson, MD, MPH, Physician Administrative Director, Clinical AI, UW Health Sathya Vijayakumar, MS, MBA, LSSGB, Director, Appeals and Denials, Intermountain Health
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	02	Panel	2. Lessons Learned: Addressing and Mitigating AI Fears	Ryan Blackwell, Senior Vice President, IT Operations, Cloud and Cybersecurity Services, GAVS Technologies Erik Zempel, Director, Service Management and Interim Senior Director, Business IT, Michigan Medicine Howard L. Haronian, MD, FACC, Senior Vice President, Physician in Chief, Novant Health Heart & Vascular Institute Minal Shah, MD, Medical Director, Virtual Care, Hospital Medicine, System Physician Informaticist, CommonSpirit Health
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	03	Panel	3. EHR Rollout Cost Projections vs. Reality - What to Expect	Daniel Kuntzi, Director, Information Systems, Chapters Health System Julie Sarinelli, MSN, RN, Executive Director Clinical Applications, Information Services and Support, Atlantic Health Oliver Galicki, MPH, PMP, CHCIO, Vice President, Clinical Applications, Memorial Hermann Health System Tammie Rubel, MSN-ED, RN, Director, Patient Care Services, McLaren Flint Stephanie Hines, MBA, RN-BC, CHCIO, SVP/CIO, Valleywise Health
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	04	Panel	4. Reducing Noise in Revenue Cycle: Best Practices for Eliminating Unnecessary Tasks	Shana Tate, MBA, Chief Revenue Officer, Ballad Health Michele Napier, MBA, FACHE, FHFMA, Senior Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer, Orlando Health Tim Sibert, MHRM, Director, Revenue Operations, Family Care Center Henry Stokman, Principal, ECG Management Consultants Katy Howard-Rife, MS, Director, Revenue Cycle Improvement, Eskenazi Health
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	05	Panel	5. Transforming IT Teams: The Evolving Role of the CIO	Michael Archuleta, Chief Information Officer and HIPAA and Information Security Officer, Mt. San Rafael Hospital Scott Martin, MBA, Chief Information Officer, Diversus Health Michael Mistretta, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	07	Panel	7. Fresh Ideas to Ignite Patient and Employee Engagement	Kristy Haggett, DO, FAAP, Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer, SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Wentzville and St. Charles Jonna Jenkins, DNP, RN, Founder, Principal, and Chief Nurse Executive, Sano Leadership Scott James, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Beth Israel Lahey Health Gerard Pierre Jenkins, MD, MA, MA, Chief Medical Executive, Eden Medical Hospital, Sutter Health
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	08	Panel	8. Hospital Workforce AI and Automation Done Right: What Top Leaders Know Now	John Novak, Chief information Officer, Bergen New Bridge Medical Center Hiral Patel, System Director, Innovation Action and Enablement, Endeavor Health Crystal Broj, CPDHTS, Enterprise Chief Digital Transformation Officer, Medical University of South Carolina Mark Connolly, MEng, Program Director, Digital Data Solutions and Strategy, UChicago Medicine
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	09	Panel	9. Inspiring the Next Generation of Clinical Informaticists	Leo Bay, DO, FAAFP, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, Essentia Health Ameena Husain, DO, Neonatologist and Assistant Professor, Neonatology Division, University of Utah School of Medicine Thomas Spiegel, MD, MBA, MS, FACEP, Vice President and Health System Chief Quality Officer, University of Chicago Medicine Charles Emerman, MD, Chair, Emergency Medicine, MetroHealth Medical Center Ally Schroepfer, MSN, RN, NI-BC, CPN, IS Nursing Liaison, Rush University Medical Center
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	10	Panel	10. The Most Exciting Tech for the Next 12 Months	Rebecca Stametz, Vice President, Digital Transformation, Geisinger Ilir Zenku, PMP, CHCIO, FACHE, Assistant Vice President, Health System IT, University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System Fernanda C.G. Polubriaginof, MD, PhD, Associate Chief Health Informatics Officer, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Anthony Pratt, MBA, Director, IS Service Desk, Sinai Health Systems
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	11	Panel	11. Digital and Virtual Care: Strategies with Results	Kameron Ferdowsali, MD, Regional Medical Director, Altea Healthcare; Director, Tele-Critical Care, Utah Region, USACS; Division Chief, Medical Specialties, PeaceHealth Harshal Shah, MBA, MHA, Director, Virtual Care, Hackensack Meridian Health Parag Jain, Director, Clinical Research, Children's Health and University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Marie Lee, PMP, MEd, Director, Virtual Care, Henry Ford Health
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	12	Presentation	12. Outmaneuvering Insurers with AI: Reinventing Prior Authorization for Speed of Service and Payment	Ismet Sharich, Director, Access and Financial Clearance, Riverside Healthcare
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	13	Panel	13. Scaling Pilots That Work Enterprisewide: Best People and Technology Strategies	Ken Nepple, MD, FACS, Associate Chief Health Information Officer, Physician Value Officer, Clinical Documentation Improvement Advisor, Clinical Professor, Urology, University of Iowa Health Care Regan Theiler, MD, PhD, Chair, Hospital Virtual Care, Mayo Clinic Jeffrey S. Sturman, CHCIO, CDH-E, Managing Partner and Information Technology Practice Leader, WittKieffer
8:35 AM - 9:15 AM	14	Fireside Chat	14. Fireside Chat - Shakeeb Akhter, CHCIO, CDH-E, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	Shakeeb Akhter, CHCIO, CDH-E, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital and Information Officer, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
8:35 AM - 3:55 PM	Forums / Summits	Networking Opportunities	AI Summit
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	01	Keynote Panel	1. Future-Proofing AI Strategies and Governance	Michael Pfeffer, MD, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Stanford Health Care; Associate Dean and Clinical Professor, Stanford School of Medicine Sandra Elliott, MBA, Vice President, Chief Innovation and Commercialization Officer, Hackensack Meridian Health Richard Zane, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Innovation Officer, UCHealth Salim Saiyed, MD, MBA, FAMIA, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, UT Health Austin; Assistant Professor, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	02	Semi-Keynote Panel	2. Digital Playbooks to Succeed in Competitive Markets	Tesha Montgomery, RN, MHA, FACHE, Senior Vice President, System Patient Access, Houston Methodist Anuj Mehta, MD, MBA, Chief Clinical Officer, South Region, Hackensack Meridian Health Michael Hasselberg, PhD, Chief Transformation and Digital Officer, Nebraska Medicine
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	03	Presentation	3. Reducing No Auth Claim Denials: A Provider's Perspective	Regina Taylor, Access Program Director, Northwestern Medicine Noam Davidoff, Director, Access, Northwestern Medicine Rasa Ruzgas, MBA, Director, Revenue Cycle and Analytics, Northwestern Medicine
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	05	Fireside Chat	5. Fireside Chat - Jason Szczuka, Chief Digital Officer, Bon Secours Mercy Health	Jason Szczuka, Chief Digital Officer, Bon Secours Mercy Health
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM		Networking Opportunities	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	01	Panel	1. AI Off Limits: Navigating Ethical Boundaries of AI in Healthcare	Ann Cappellari, MD, System Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer, SSM Health Umberto Tachinardi, MD, Senior Vice President and Chief Health Digital Officer, UC Health Pooja Vyas, DO, MBA, CPE, System Vice President, Care Coordination and Physician Advisement, SSM Health Jaya Phookan, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Aurora Medical Center, Mount Pleasant, Advocate Health
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	02	Panel	2. AI in RCM: From Buzzword to Performance Catalyst	Jenn Mykland, MHA, Vice President, Revenue Cycle, MultiCare Health System Nicole L. Fountain, CRCE, CHAM, Vice President, Revenue Cycle, UChicago Medicine Colene Hickman, Director, Revenue Cycle, Southern Coos Hospital and Health Clinic Blake Evans, MBA, System Vice President, Revenue Cycle, Rush University Medical Center
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	03	Presentation	3. The Innovation Design Unit: How Nebraska Medicine Approached the Evolution of Healthcare	Ron Carson, Executive Director, Enterprise Applications, Nebraska Medicine Bethany Lowndes, PhD, Scientific Director Innovation, Nebraska Medicine Kara Tomlinson, DNP, RN, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, Executive Director, System Care Delivery and Innovation, Nebraska Medicine
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	04	Featured Session	4. Unlocking Data & Efficiency: How a Major Health System Transformed Workflows with Data Fabric and AI	Sarah Galyon, Senior Director, Healthcare Solutions, Intellistack Sarah Staley, Director, Billing Operations, Synergy Orthopedics Jeannie Zaemes, Vice President, Marketing, Intellistack
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	05	Panel	5. The Next Tech Must-Haves for Health Systems	Kumar Aditya, MBA, MS, MTECH, Executive Director, Information Technology, Atlantic Health Desmond D'Souza, MD, FACS, Clinical Professor, Thoracic Surgery Division and Associate Vice Chair, Quality and Patient Safety, Surgery Department, James Cancer Hospital, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Shea C. Gregg, MD, FACS, Chair, CT State Trauma Committee and Chair, Surgery Department, St. Vincent's Medical Center, Hartford HealthCare John Gachago, DHA, VP of Digital Innovation, Parrish Healthcare
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	06	Panel	6. Efficient Ideas to Elevate Patient Engagement	Gregg Nicandri, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, University of Rochester Medical Center Shahidul Mannan, MBA, MPH, CPDHTS, Chief Data Analytics and AI Officer, Orlando Health Andrew Kim, MD, MBA, Director, Physician Informatics, Baylor Scott & White Health J.B. Powell, Head of Growth, Patient Support, DoseSpot
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	07	Panel	7. Digital Engagement for Lasting Patient Connections	Preston Hodapp, BS, Director, Patient Access, Phelps Health Dawson Ballard Jr., RHIA, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-P, CPCD, CUC, RCMS, CEMC, CPMA CEMA, AAPC Fellow, Coding Auditor and Educator, Rush University Medical Center Laura Wood, BA, MSOM, Program Administrator, Northwest Regional Campus, UAMS Health Rasika Surpali, MS in Clinical Informatics from Stanford University, Ass Director Clinical Applications, UCSF Health
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	08	Panel	8. AI Governance in an Era of Constant Change	Shelly Nash, DO, FACOOG, Senior Vice President and Global Chief Medical Information Officer, Fresenius Medical Care Ashok Kurian, Assistant Vice President, Information Services, Data and Artificial Intelligence, Texas Children's Hospital Girish N. Nadkarni, MD, MPH, Fishberg Professor of Medicine; Chair, Windreich Department of AI and Human Health; Director, Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Health and Inaugural Chief AI Officer, Mount Sinai Health System Kelly Greening, JD, Associate General Counsel, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	09	Panel	9. Digital Health's Next Generation of Teams and Leaders	Lisa Stump, BSPharm, MS, FASHP, Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Information Officer, Mount Sinai Health System Teresa Ash, PharmD, MHA, BCPS, System Director, UC Health Jessica Zhang, MPH, Director, Digital Health and Strategy, Boston Children's Hospital
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	10	Panel	10. How to Make Telehealth and Hospital at Home Pay Off	Amber Humphrey, Senior Director, Telehealth, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Cindy Welsh, RN, FACHE, MBA, Former Vice President, TeleAcute and Respiratory Care, Advocate Health Joe Esneault, MBA, Chief Clinical Data Officer, Tulane University Medical Group Russell Fiorella, MD, MBA, FACHE, System Chief Medical Officer and Vice President, Medical Affairs, Sinai Chicago
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	11	Panel	11. What Works: Projects Making a Real Difference for Access	Indrajit Choudhuri, MD, Chief Digital Officer, Cardiovascular Quality Co-Chair and Electrophysiology Chief, Froedtert Pleasant Prairie Hospital Suzi Talarico, RN, MSN, FNP, Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer and Chief APP Leader, Providence Clinical Network Catriona Harrop, MD, FACP, SFHM, Senior Vice President, Associate Chief Physician Executive, Jefferson Medical Group, Jefferson Health Chinomnso Nnodum, MHA, Executive Director, Access, Stamford Health
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	12	Presentation	12. How Northwestern Medicine Built Its Own Generative AI	Samir Abboud, MD, Chief, Emergency Radiology, Northwestern Medicine Lanty O'Connor, Program Director, Research and Development, Northwestern Medicine
10:35 AM - 11:15 AM	13	Panel	13. Blueprint for AI Policies and Risk Management	Brian Patterson, MD, MPH, Physician Administrative Director, Clinical AI, UW Health Yasir Tarabichi, MD, MSCR, Chief Medical Informatics, Ovatient; Chief Health AI Officer, MetroHealth System John Shanahan, Director, Cancer Informatics, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	01	Panel	1. Digital Health Investments: Exploring ROI, Opportunities and Challenges	Matthew Harinstein, MD, MBA, Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Associate Chief Medical Officer, UPMC International Mark Townsend, MD, MHCM, Chief Clinical Digital Ventures Officer, Bon Secours Mercy Health Nio Queiro, Former Chief Strategy Officer, Nashville General Hospital Umberto Tachinardi, MD, Senior Vice President and Chief Health Digital Officer, UC Health
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	02	Panel	2. The Tech Tools That Are Revolutionizing Diagnosis and Care	James M. Blum, MD, FCCM, Chief Health Information Officer, University of Iowa Health Care Yasir Tarabichi, MD, MSCR, Chief Medical Informatics, Ovatient; Chief Health AI Officer, MetroHealth System Daniel J. Brat, MD, PhD, Magerstadt Professor and Chair, Pathology Department, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine; Pathologist-in-Chief, Northwestern Memorial Hospital Renald Rooney, Director, Data Analytics, Compass Health Center
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	03	Panel	3. Using Automation and AI to Ignite Revenue Cycle Teams	Melissa Koehler, DHA, MBA, RHIA, CHDA, CDIP, CCS, CCS-P, CCDS, CSBI, CRCR, CSPR, FAHIMA, Assistant Vice President, Health Information Managment, Inova Health System Michael Laukaitis, MBA, Director, Revenue Cycle Analytics, Accounting and Quality Assurance, UT Southwestern Medical Center Jennifer Liggins, Manager, Revenue Cycle, Mount Sinai Health System Michelle Myers, MHL, CPC, Senior Director, Revenue Cycle Management, Boulder Care
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	04	Panel	4. Driving Revenue Cycle Innovation: Lessons from High-Performing Health Systems	Darlene Vendittelli, MSM, Director, Digital Revenue Management, Southcoast Health Sagar Parikh, Vice President of Revenue Cycle Operations, Exellence and Innovation, Ensemble Health Partners Ismet Sharich, Director, Access and Financial Clearance, Riverside Healthcare Anneliese Fischer, MBA, Revenue Cycle Manager, The Medical Center at Ocean Reef
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	05	Panel	5. Future-Proofing EHRs: What Leaders are Planning and Doing	Karen E. Hunter, DNP, RN, NI-BC, CENP, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Adventist Health Jason Cherry, MBA, Director, IS Technology Services, Lexington Medical Center James Matera, DO, FACOI, ACPE, Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer, CentraState Medical Center Tim Calahan, MS, MBA, DBA, Chief Technology Officer, University of Michigan Health
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	06	Featured Session	6. The Value of Physician Expertise in the Revenue Cycle
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	07	Panel	7. How Healthcare Leaders Prioritize Digital Spending	Jason Szczuka, Chief Digital Officer, Bon Secours Mercy Health Dan Shields, Chief Executive Officer, Ochsner Digital Medicine Joy Brown, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Information Officer, Boston Medical Center Health System Lisa Rosenberg, Chief Operating Officer, UNC Health Medical Group
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	08	Panel	8. What Rural Healthcare Needs to Bridge the AI Divide	Benjamin Armfield, MBA, Chief Financial Officer, Sonoma Valley Hospital Will Johnson, MBA, CHCIO, FHIMSS, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Tidelands Health Scott Vaughan, MIS, CISSP, CISM, CHISL, Director, Information Services, Sauk Prairie Healthcare Kristy K. Ward, MD, MAS, Associate Professor, Medical Director, Robotic Surgery and Director, Gynecologic Oncology Division, WVU Medicine
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	09	Panel	9. Best Ideas to Build a Data Science and Analytics Team	Richard Clarke, PhD, Senior Vice President and Chief Analytics Officer, Highmark Health Albert Duntugan, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, UCLA Health Kerri Webster, MS, RN, CPHIMS, Vice President and Chief Analytics Officer, Children's Hospital Colorado
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	10	Panel	10. Data-Driven Optimization: Leveraging Meaningful Insights for Processes	Randall J. Farmer, MS, MEd, Chief Operating Officer, Delaware Health Information Network Rosalind Newton, Associate Chief, Research Informatics, Emory Healthcare Scott Briercheck, Director, AI & Product Platform Management, TeleTracking Jennifer Ledford, Director, Analytics and Financial Operations, Northeast Georgia Health Systems
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	11	Panel	11. Seamless Strategies: IT Ownership After a Deal	Jon Copley, MHA, Chief Innovation Technology Officer and Vice President, Digital Technology, Franciscan Health Alliance Rusty Yeager, Chief Information Officer, Encompass Health Corporation Krishna Tangirala, Senior Director, Information Security Operations, Temple University Health System Dave Lamar, Chief Growth Officer, MediQuant
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	12	Panel	12. Big Tech: Partner or Competitor for Health Systems?	Debi Lasswell, MHA, Senior Director, Revenue Cycle, Providence Clinical Network Fernando Small, PhD, CHCIO, Associate Vice President, Chief Academic Office Administration, Core Administration, Academic Systems and Analytics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Monica Peze, Vice President, Information Technology, Ochsner Health System Anna Flattau, MD, MSc, MS, Enterprise Chief, Primary Care and Chair, Family and Community Medicine, Jefferson Health
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	13	Presentation	13. What Health System Leaders Must Ask Before Signing an AI Vendor Contract	John Doulis, MD, MBBS, Grad.DIP, Vice President, Data Services and Technology Innovation, HCA Healthcare
11:25 AM - 12:05 PM	14	Presentation	14. AI for Small Health Systems: What Is Achievable vs. Not Affordable	J.D. Whitlock, Chief Information Officer, Dayton Children's Hospital
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM		Networking Opportunities	Networking Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	01	Panel	1. Forecasting Tomorrow: CMIOs Navigate the Future	Chris DeFlitch, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, Vice President, Chief Medical Information Officer, Penn State Health; Professor, Penn State College of Medicine, Emergency Physician, Milton S Hershey Medical Center Gregg Nicandri, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, University of Rochester Medical Center Keith Woeltje, Vice President and Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin Sashi Kodali, MD, CPHQ, FHM, Corporate Vice President and Chief Medical Information Officer, HCA
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	02	Featured Session	2. AI Meets the Mid-Revenue Cycle: Inova's Strategy for Smarter Care and Appropriate Reimbursement	Erin Hodson, MSN, Vice President, Revenue Cycle, Inova Michelle Tutem Greame, PA-C, MSHS, Assistant Vice President, Revenue Integrity, Inova Heather Bassett, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Xsolis Tanya Sanderson, RN, BSN, MBA, MHA, CLNC, CRCR, CHFP, Senior Director, Revenue Integrity, Xsolis
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	03	Panel	3. Outsourcing Revenue Cycle and IT Departments: The Pros and Cons	Angela Kobel, MBA, MAcc, Chief Financial Officer, Clay County Medical Center Lynn Ansley, Vice President, Revenue Cycle Management, Moffitt Cancer Center Darlynn Tate, MBA, Director, Revenue Cycle and Coding, Columbia University Irving Medical Center Aaron Waldie, BA, CHFP, Director, Revenue Cycle, Union General Health System
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	04	Featured Session	4. The Modern Marketing Organization: Accelerating Innovation & Impact in Healthcare	Jay Sivasailam, Chief Brand and Division Marketing Officer, Providence J. Cris Salinas, MD, Head, Industry Strategy & Marketing, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Adobe
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	05	Panel	5. Smart Hospitals and Rooms: The Latest Advances	Duane Perry, MBA, BSN, CENP, Vice President, Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer, OhioHealth Amit Patel, MSN, NI-BC, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Tampa General Hospital Chris Denman, Vice President, Nursing and Chief Nursing Officer, Sugar Land, Memorial Hermann Health System Sarah Kitchen, RN, BSN, CBN, Director, Virtual Care Strategies, INTEGRIS Health
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	06	Panel	6. Strategic Investments: Leveraging Technology to Enhance Profit Margins in Healthcare	John Revis, Director, Clinical Operations, Endeavor Health Douglas Kreis, MBA, Chief Financial Officer, Thunder Bay Community Health Service Danyelle Binko, MHA, President, Entech Advisors
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	07	Panel	7. Patient Engagement Strategies: Digital Winners and Losers	Byung Kang, Executive Director, Health IT, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Amira Welch, Vice President, System Access, Beacon Health System Nate Gladwell, RN, MHA, Executive Director, Network Development and Digital Health, University of Utah Health Nicole Rogas, President, RevSpring
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	08	Panel	8. AI in Patient Care: Real-World Impacts at the Bedside	Rob Campbell, Director, Data Science and AI, Corewell Health Lien Le, MD, MBA, Vice President Hospital Medicine and Associate Chief Medical Officer, Tampa General Hospital Ken Nepple, MD, FACS, Associate Chief Health Information Officer, Physician Value Officer, Clinical Documentation Improvement Advisor, Clinical Professor, Urology, University of Iowa Health Care Ginny L. Torno, MBA, PMP, Senior Director, Innovation and IT Clinical Systems, Houston Methodist
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	09	Panel	9. Beyond Checkboxes: How Diversity Drives Better Tech	Jason Raidbard, MPA, FACMPE, Executive Administrator, University of Chicago Marcus Speaker, MD, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, Carilion Clinic Tammie Rubel, MSN-ED, RN, Director, Patient Care Services, McLaren Flint Anil Saldanha, MS, Chief Innovation Officer, Rush University System for Health
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	10	Panel	10. From Dictation to Documentation: The Future of Ambient AI in Healthcare	Lisa Bazis, Chief Information Security Officer, Nebraska Medicine Sai Kand, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Holy Name Medical Center AKA Holy Name Health Biju Samkutty, Chief Operating Officer, International and Enterprise Automation, Mayo Clinic Gregg Miller, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Vituity
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	11	Panel	11. Streamlining Workflows: Proven Digital Solutions and Pitfalls to Avoid	Jason Misurac, MD, MS, Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics and Associate Chief Health Information Officer, University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital Sam Shen, MD, MBA, CPPS, Vice Chair, Clinical Operations, Emergency Medicine Department and Patient Safety Officer, Stanford Health Care James Solava, DO, MMM, FACP, Medical Director, Clinical Informatics, Allegheny Health Network Jody Hinton, Senior Director, Medical Revenue Operations, PDS Health
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	12	Presentation	12. Optimizing Cancer Registry Extraction with AI	Corey Arnold, PhD, Director, Biomedical Artificial Intelligence Research Lab, Professor and Vice Chair, Research, Radiological Sciences, UCLA Health Albert Duntugan, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, UCLA Health Meng Wei, MBA, Chief, Clinical Analytics and Chair, Health Integrated Analytics Group, UCLA Health
1:20 PM - 2:00 PM	13	Panel	13. ROI in Healthcare AI: Stop Guessing and Start Achieving Meaningful Results	Melissa Sousa, MBA, Corporate Director, AI Strategy, Emory Healthcare Crystal Broj, CPDHTS, Enterprise Chief Digital Transformation Officer, Medical University of South Carolina Sagar Sanghvi, Chief Financial Officer, Abridge
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	01	Keynote Panel	1. Improving Patient Experience with New Technologies and Strategies	Amy Trainor, RN, Chief Information Officer, Ochsner Health Ryan Vervack, Chief Technology Officer, University of Maryland Medical System Paul Casey, MD, MBA, FACEP, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Rush University System for Health
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	02	Semi-Keynote Panel	2. Next-Gen EHRs: Smart Choices for Progressive Health Systems	Tim Calahan, MS, MBA, DBA, Chief Technology Officer, University of Michigan Health Jawad Khan, Vice President, Enterprise Analytics, Akron Children’s Hospital Hasan Shanawani, MD, MPH, FCCP, Physician, National TeleICU Program and Physician, V10 Clinical Resource Hub and Tele-Emergency Care, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Dan Exley, MMI, FABC, ACHIP, Interim Chief Information and Innovation Officer, Sharp HealthCare
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	03	Fireside Chat	3. Fireside Chat - Michael Pfeffer, MD, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Stanford Health Care; Associate Dean and Clinical Professor, Stanford School of Medicine	Michael Pfeffer, MD, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Stanford Health Care; Associate Dean and Clinical Professor, Stanford School of Medicine
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	04	Presentation	4. Leveraging Virtual Care Teams to Expand Access in Value-Based Care	Monique Diaz, MD, Region Vice President, Chief Medical Informatics Officer - California, CommonSpirit Imad Jobah, MHA, Manager, Patient Access, CommonSpirit Health Jennifer Pennon, MSN, FNP-C, Region Director Practice Innovation, CommonSpirit Health J. Bianca Roberts, MD, Virtualist Program Medical Director, CommonSpirit Health; Family Medicine Department Chair, Mercy Medical Group
2:10 PM - 2:50 PM	14	Presentation	14. Code to Care: Driving AI Adoption, Collaboration and ROI in Healthcare	Albert Villarin, MD, FACEP, MBA, Vice President and Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Nuvance Health Salim Afshar, MD, DMD, FACS, Faculty and AI Translation Lead, Health Systems Innovation Lab, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Vice President, Innovation, Essen Health
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM		Networking Opportunities	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	01	Panel	1. From Idea to Implementation: How Health Systems Can Effectively Pilot New Technologies	Kelley Hamby, MSN, MBA, RN, System Chief Nursing Executive, Baptist Health Tom Kelly, MD, Chief Executive Officer, Heidi Health Bhrandon Harris, MD, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, University of Illinois Hospital & Health System Racheal Hernandez, MAS, MPH, Lead Director, Operations, Rush University Medical Center
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	02	Panel	2. Bold Ideas to Bridge the Healthcare Innovation Gap (Without Overspending)	Vinay Bhooma, MD, President, Southern Illinois, SSM Health Medical Group; Region Chief Medical Officer, SSM Health Illinois Ebrahim Barkoudah, MD, MPH, MBA, division chief, Baystate Health Gian Varbaro, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Vice President, Ambulatory Services, Bergen New Bridge Medical Center Anil Saldanha, MS, Chief Innovation Officer, Rush University System for Health
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	03	Panel	3. Building a Better Patient Financial Experience	Robert V. Boos, Vice President, Chief Revenue Officer, Centra Billie Jean Mounts, MBA, FHFMA, EHRC, CRCR, CSMC, Chief Revenue Officer, Bon Secours Mercy Health Kevin Sharp, Vice President, Revenue Cycle, ProMedica Health System Roxanne Lopez, Director, Patient Financial Services, Children's Hospital Colorado
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	05	Panel	5. Transforming Digital and Virtual Care to Succeed	Kolaleh Eskandanian, PhD, MBA, PMP, Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer, Childrens National Health System Garrett Olin, MBA, Chief Information Officer, Shasta Community Health Center Hemali Patel, MD, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Virtual Health, UCHealth Erica Carney, MBA, Director, Virtual Care Transformation, Virtua Health
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	07	Panel	7. Digital Strategies to Engage Patients	Kenny J Cole, MD, MS, System Vice President Clinical Improvement Medical Director Digital Medicine, Ochsner Health System Jen Jackson, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, Vice President, Operations and Chief Nursing Officer, UC Health Malik Bahar, MS, Assistant Vice President, Access Center, Virtua Health
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	08	Presentation	8. Transforming Emergency Care: The Power of Technology and Collaboration	Patrice Callagy, RN, MPH, MSN, Vice President, Emergency Services, Stanford Health Care Jennifer Fralick, Vice President, Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Laboratories, Stanford Health Care Ann-Marie Yap, CHCIO, CDH-E, Executive Director Technology and Digital Solutions, Stanford Health Care, Standford School of Medicine
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	09	Panel	9. Why Health Systems Are Teaming Up on Digital, AI	Nabil Chehade, MD, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Clinical Transformation, Innovation and Strategy Officer, MetroHealth System Richard Mulry, President and Chief Executive Officer, Northwell Holdings Ryan Ribeira, MD, MPH, Medical Director and Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford Health Care Justin Brueck, MHA, MA, System Vice President, Innovation and Research, Endeavor Health
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	10	Presentation	10. The Hospital of the Future - Emory's Journey	Jason Atkins, MBI, RN-BC, Vice President and Chief Clinical Informatics Officer, Emory Healthcare Laura Fultz, Interim Chief Information Digital Officer, Emory Healthcare
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	11	Panel	11. The Innovation Gap: Why Some Lead and Others Follow	Adil Alaoui, Director, Health Informatics, Georgetown University Medical Center Mark Helms, MBA, Executive Director, Strategy and Analytics, UChicago Medicine Eric Snyder, Executive Director Technology Innovation, University of Rochester Medical Center Lisa Carter, NE-BC, FABC, President - Southern Region, Ballad Health Ije Akunyili, MD, MBA, MPA, FACEP, Chief Medical Officer, Clinical Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Jersey City Medical Center, RWJBarnabas Health, New Jersey Medical School
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	12	Panel	12. Why Health Systems Buy vs. Build — And When That's a Mistake	Kunjan Divatia, MS, MBA, Vice President, Digital Technology Solutions, Yale New Haven Health System Aman Mahajan, MD, PhD, MBA, Senior Vice President, Health Innovation, Enterprises; Professor and Chairman, Anesthesiology and Perioperative MedicineDepartment, UPMC Health System Gulshan Mehta, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Blanchard Valley Health System
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	13	Presentation	13. Blending New & Old Tech: How to Innovate with Operational and Clinical Impact	Michael Mainiero, Chief Digital and Chief Information Officer, Senior Vice President, Catholic Health Services of Long Island
3:15 PM - 3:55 PM	14	Presentation	14. Use of Ambient Speech Technology to Reduce Administrative Burden	Samantha Coleman, Product Owner, Ambient Speech Technology, HCA Healthcare Vikesh Tahiliani, MD, MBA, Vice President and Domain Leader, Clinical Documentation Transformation, Digital Transformation and Innovation, HCA Healthcare
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	01	Celebrity Keynote	1. Celebrity Keynote - Simone Biles	Simone Biles, Athlete and Advocate Shiv Rao, MD, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Abridge
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM		Networking Opportunities	Closing Happy Hour in the Exhibit Hall

Time	Track	Session Type	Name	Speakers
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM		Networking Opportunities	Continental Breakfast in Grand Foyer
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM	01	Keynote Panel	1. Navigating Cybersecurity Costs and Risks for 2026	Sunil Dadlani, Executive Vice President, Chief Information and Digital Transformation Officer, Chief Cyber Security Officer, Atlantic Health Steven Ramirez, Chief Information Security Officer, Renown Health Varun Gupta, Vice President, Data & Analytics, Beth Israel Lahey Health
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM	02	Semi-Keynote Panel	2. Data Projects Driving Operational and Clinical Impact	Nolan Chang, MD, Executive Vice President, Strategy, Corporate Development, and Finance, The Permanente Federation; Regional Medical Director, Business Management, Southern California Permanente Medical Group Puneet Freibott, DNP, RN, FACHE, NEA-BC, CCRN-K, System Chief Nursing Officer, Beth Israel Lahey Health Rob Sumter, PhD, Market Chief Operating Officer, Ascension
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM	03	Semi-Keynote Panel	3. How Virtual Nursing Will Continue to Grow	Amy Hassell, RN, MSN, Chief Nursing Officer, Virtual Health Center, UCHealth Lisa Stephenson, MSN, RN, NI-BC, Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Cedars-Sinai Health System LynnMarie Verzino, DNP, MHA, BSN, RN, CENP, NE-BC, Chief Nursing Officer, MedStar Health Jill McKinney, BSN, RN, Vice President and Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Novant Health
8:30 AM - 9:10 AM	04	Semi-Keynote Panel	4. The Most Valuable Data Analytics Projects in the Last 12 Months	Amanda Grasso, MPH, Chief Data Officer, Cook County Health Sameer Sethi, Senior Vice President and Chief AI and Insights Officer, Hackensack Meridian Health
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	01	Panel	1. To Build or To Buy?: Health Systems' Strategies on Partnering vs Building	Lynnette Clinton, Chief Information Officer, BayCare Health System Kim Gordon, Senior Vice President, DS Healthcare Services Applications, Corewell Health Frank Liao, PhD, Senior Director, Digital Health and Emerging Technologies, UW Health Sarah Pletcher, MD, System Vice President and Executive Medical Director for Strategic Innovation, Houston Methodist Hospital
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	02	Presentation	2. Mayo Clinic Nurse Virtual Assistant: A Generative AI Solution Built for Nurses by Nurses	Cheristi Cognetta-Rieke, DNP, MBOE, RN, Vice Chair Nursing, Enterprise Transformation, Mayo Clinic Megan Ploog, MSN, RN, NE-BC, Nurse Administrator, Enterprise Transformation, Mayo Clinic
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	03	Panel	3. Best Practices for AI in Denials Management	Marti Arvin, JD, Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer, Erlanger Health Shannon Cameron, MBA, MHIIM, Chief Operating Officer, Revenue Cycle, AFS of Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians Armando Silva, RHIA, Director, Revenue Integrity, South Shore Hospital Robin Allen, Director, Revenue Cycle, Dosher Memorial Hospital
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	04	Panel	4. Financial Wins and Headwinds: Leaders' Strategies and Hard Truths	Racheal Hernandez, MAS, MPH, Lead Director, Operations, Rush University Medical Center Rob Morgan, Director, Strategy - Planning & Analytics, UChicago Medicine Denise Boykin, CPA, MBA, CHFP, Vice President, System and Strategic Finance, Ascension Byron Glasgow, MBA, Vice President, Finance, Temple University Health System Patrick McDermott, Chief Revenue Officer, Geisinger
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	05	Panel	5. Driving IT Team Innovation: How CIOs Are Leading the Change	Jeanne de Vries Sands, Chief Information Officer, Summit Behavioral Healthcare Yoemy Waller, MBA, Chief Information Officer, Lake Health District Hospital Susan Ibanez, DHA, FACHE, CHCIO, CDH-E, Chief Information Officer, Southeast Georgia Health System Nayan D. Patel, CHCIO, CDH-E, FHIMSS, Senior Vice President, Transformation and Technology, FinThrive
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	06	Panel	6. Evaluating the ROI of AI in Healthcare: The Most Meaningful KPIs	Paul Lukac, MD, MS, MBA, Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer; Assistant Clinical Professor, Pediatrics, UCLA Health Cyril Philip, Vice President, Digital Ventures, Bon Secours Mercy Health Rajiv Pramanik, MD, Chief Information Officer and Chief Health Informatics Officer, Contra Costa Health Shekar Ramanathan, Executive Director, Digital Transformation, Atlantic Health
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	07	Panel	7. Patient Experience Wins: Real Tech and Tactics That Deliver	Laura Dubay, Director Digital Health, Parkview Health Michelle Moore, CRCS, Director, Patient Access, San Antonio Regional Hospital Marteen Santerre, Director, Patient Engagement, MaineHealth Scott Blanchard, Director, Digital Patient Experience, Rush University System for Health
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	08	Panel	8. Enhancing Patient Care with Digital Health and AI Innovations	Melinda Cooling, DNP, MBA, FAANP, Chief Nurse and Advanced Practice Provider Executive, OSF HealthCare Kimberly Svoboda, RN-BC, MBA, Executive Director, Digital, Cleveland Clinic Emily Warr, MSN, RN, Administrator, Telehealth, MUSC Catherine Buzzini, Executive Director of Revenue Cycle, Social Health and Mental Health, Kaiser Permanente
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM	09	Panel	9. AI in Healthcare: Understanding and Respecting Ethical Limits	Kevin Bidtah, Chief Information and Inclusion Officer, Evergreen Health New York Ken Dunham, MD, MAEd, FAPA, Executive Director Medical Operations, Behavioral Health, Sentara Health Melissa Sousa, MBA, Corporate Director, AI Strategy, Emory Healthcare Robb Wetmore, MHR, Director, Digital Healthcare, Variety Care Nicole Benitez, BSN, RN, MBA, MHA, Director Transplant Quality Compliance and Data Analytics, Emory Healthcare
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM		Networking Opportunities	Networking Break in Grand Foyer
10:25 AM - 11:05 AM	01	Panel	1. What's Next for Virtual Nursing	Jason Atkins, MBI, RN-BC, Vice President and Chief Clinical Informatics Officer, Emory Healthcare Kathy Sanford, DBA, RN, FAAN, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, CommonSpirit Health Patricia "Pidge" Lohr, DNP, RN, CENP, System Chief Nursing Officer, INTEGRIS Health
10:25 AM - 11:05 AM	02	Panel	2. Digital Health + AI: What's Really Moving the Needle on Patient Care	Reid Stephan, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, St. Luke's Health System Scott Simeone, Vice President, Experience and Digital Transformation, Ochsner Health Daniel Small, Vice President, Digital Services, Hartford HealthCare Chinomnso Nnodum, MHA, Executive Director, Access, Stamford Health
10:25 AM - 11:05 AM	03	Panel	3. Building Strong Revenue Cycle Teams in the Age of Automation	Angel Islas, MBA, FMC, CHFP, Director, Finance - Surgery, Montefiore Health System Cindy Otero, Senior Director Revenue Cycle, NCH Healthcare System Balaji Raman, MS, MBA, Director, Financial IT Systems, Catholic Health Services of Long Island, Catholic Health Carlos Valcarce, Vice President, Revenue Cycle Optimization, Jupiter Medical Center
10:25 AM - 11:05 AM	04	Panel	4. Paying the Price: Strategies for Managing Denials and Slow Payments	Sheldon Pink, MBA, FHFMA, LSSBB, Vice President, Central Business Office, Methodist Health System Andrew Steele, MD, MS, FAAP, FCCP, Medical Director, Revenue Operations, Northwell Health Jill Verina, Vice President, Revenue Cycle, Summit Behavioral Healthcare Tatyana Sushkina, Director, Revenue Cycle, Prosser Memorial Hospital Ali Madha, Corporate Chief Operating Officer, Insight Chicago Hospital & Medical Center
10:25 AM - 11:05 AM	05	Panel	5. How CMIOs Are Leading Healthcare's Next Frontier	Alaa Alsadi, MD, Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, University of Wisconsin Health Lauren Bruckner, MD/PhD, Chief Medical Information Officer, Roswell Park Bradley Locke, DO, Chief Medical Information Officer, Prevea Health Albert Villarin, MD, FACEP, MBA, Vice President and Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Nuvance Health
10:25 AM - 11:05 AM	06	Panel	6. Digital Health Investments: Evaluating ROI, Opportunities and Potential Pitfalls	Anjali Bhagra, MD, MBA, Medical Director, Automation, Mayo Clinic Kelsey Fitzgerald, MS, CSM, POPM, Director, Strategic Operations, Mayo Clinic Ololade Mitchell, MS, MSN, MPH, RN, CPHRM, CLNC, System Director, Risk Management and Patient Safety, Northwestern Medicine
10:25 AM - 11:05 AM	07	Panel	7. What's Next: How Leaders Anticipate Digital Health and AI Reshaping Care Delivery	Ben Wolfe, Senior Director, Digital Transformation, Rush University System for Health Eric Leroux, MD, Chief Quality Officer, Eisenhower Health Susan Lee, DO, MBA, Physician Executive, Hospital Based Medicine, Banner Health David Flannery, MD, Director, Telegenetics and Digital Genetics, Medical Genetics and Genomics Department, Cleveland Clinic Alonzo Sexton, MD, Physician, OrthoAtlanta
10:25 AM - 11:05 AM	08	Panel	8. Tech in Care and Diagnostics: Proven Strategies and Pitfalls to Avoid	Rubin Pillay, MD, PhD, Chief Innovation Officer, UAB Health System Sarah Greichen, Chief Information and Innovation Officer, Sedgwick County Health Center Dawson Ballard Jr., RHIA, CCS-P, CPC, CPC-P, CPCD, CUC, RCMS, CEMC, CPMA CEMA, AAPC Fellow, Coding Auditor and Educator, Rush University Medical Center Brenna Loufek, MS, Director of AI - Regulatory and Quality, Mayo Clinic
10:25 AM - 11:05 AM	09	Panel	9. How to Build an Elite Clinical Informatics Department	Lindsey Knake, MD, MS, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Neonatology Division and Associate Chief Health Information Officer, Pediatrics, University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital John Shanahan, Director, Cancer Informatics, University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center Sheri Strobel, MSHI, CPA, Chief Information Officer, Chapters Health System
11:10 AM - 11:50 AM	01	Keynote Panel	1. AI Strategies and Governance for Long-Term Success	Cheng-Kai Kao, MD, FACP, SFHM, Chief Medical Information Officer, UChicago Medicine Shahidul Mannan, MBA, MPH, CPDHTS, Chief Data Analytics and AI Officer, Orlando Health Dennis Chornenky, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Domelabs AI Reid Stephan, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, St. Luke's Health System
11:10 AM - 11:50 AM	02	Semi-Keynote Panel	2. How to Boost the Digital Patient Experience	Susan Milford, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications, OSF HealthCare Eric Smith, Senior Vice President and Chief Digital Officer, Memorial Hermann Health System Michael Han, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Information Officer, MultiCare Health System
11:50 AM		Networking Opportunities	Meeting Adjourns

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11:00 AM	Registration Opens in the Exhibit Hall
12:00 - 2:20 PM	Sessions
2:20 - 3:00 PM	Networking Break in the Exhibit Hall

7:30 - 8:30 AM	Registration & Breakfast in Grand Foyer
8:30 - 10:00 AM	Sessions
10:00 - 10:20 AM	Networking Break in the Grand Foyer

10:25 - 11:50 AM	Sessions
11:50 AM	Conference Adjourns