2026 Artificial Intelligence for Hospitals & Health Plans Congress

Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Transform Healthcare: Bridging Hospitals and Health Plans for Smarter, Seamless, and Patient-Centered Care

October 15 – 16, 2026 • Loews Vanderbilt Hotel • Nashville, TN

Past Sponsors/Exhibitors & Partners

Overview

Artificial intelligence is no longer a concept of the future – it is rapidly becoming an essential tool for modern healthcare. This conference brings together leaders from hospitals, health systems, and health plans to explore how AI is reshaping the way care is delivered, managed, and financed. From clinical decision support and predictive analytics to claims automation and member engagement, AI is unlocking new levels of efficiency, accuracy, and personalization across the healthcare ecosystem. Attendees will hear from innovators, researchers, and industry executives who are building and deploying AI solutions that improve outcomes, reduce costs, and streamline operations in both provider and payer settings.

Through case studies, expert panels, and practical workshops, the conference will address the promise and challenges of AI adoption – examining topics such as data integration, model transparency, regulatory frameworks, and ethical considerations. Participants will leave with a deeper understanding of how to implement AI strategically and responsibly in their organizations. Whether your focus is patient care or population health, revenue cycle or risk stratification, this conference offers actionable insights into how AI can help hospitals and health plans lead the next era of healthcare transformation.

This is the only conference on AI for Hospitals and Health Plans that will equip you with innovative strategies and tools to be better prepared for 2027. By attending the 2026 Artificial Intelligence for Hospitals & Health Plans Congress you will learn what others in the revenue cycle, clinical integration, patient flow, and reimbursement arena are doing to be prepared for the challenges that lie ahead.

We look forward to greeting you in Nashville!

From Health Plans, Hospitals & Health Systems:

Chief Executive Officers, Chief Operating Officers, Chief Financial Officers, Chief Quality Officers, Chief Marketing Officers, Chief Medical Officers, Chief Strategy Officers, Chief Pharmacy Officers, Chief Information Officers, Chief Innovation Officers, Patient Safety Officers, Chief Technology Officers

Also, Presidents, Vice Presidents, Directors & Managers of:

This program is also geared towards States, Government Agencies, Vendors, Employers, Purchasers, Population Health Management Organizations, Physician Groups, Managed Care Organizations, Wellness & Prevention Companies, Healthcare Technology Innovators, Healthcare Consultants, Solution Providers, Data Analytics Providers, Pharmacy Benefit Managers, Disease Management Organizations, Home Health Care Companies, Third Party Administrators, Pharmaceutical & Medical Device Companies, IT & Business Process Outsourcing Companies and Enrollment Brokers

Day One – Thursday, October 15, 2026

Day Two – Friday, October 16, 2026

Thursday, October 15, 2026 • 5:05 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

HHH – Healthcare Happy Hour: No Wrong Door, Transforming the ED and Urgent Care into the Front Door for Integrated Health

An interactive discussion about how to leverage AI to transform the way integrated care is plugged into emergency and urgent care (with a couple of reds and whites...the original VBC).

Dave Meyer
Principal
Cogent Advisors
Lead, Risk Adjustment Practice
EBG Associates

Associate Sponsor

Solerin Labs enables hospital and health-system leaders to uncover insights within fragmented clinical, operational, financial, and community data. We combine accessible large language models with a transparent mathematical engine, allowing teams to identify key relationships, validate findings, assess uncertainty, and trace supporting evidence. Instead of adding another AI interface or reporting layer, Solerin offers an evidence-first reasoning platform that supports accountable decision-making in healthcare.

Exhibitors

Medical Technology Associates (MTA) is a national, single-source leader in healthcare operational compliance, providing specialized expertise and standardized service solutions that help ensure safety, integrity, and regulatory compliance across healthcare facilities nationwide. For more than 35 years, MTA has been at the forefront of healthcare life safety and compliance, growing into one of the nation's premier providers of testing, inspection, certification, biomedical services, medical gas services, cleanroom certification, and high-precision calibration. Through a unique family of specialized brands and business units – not subcontractors – MTA delivers consistent, premium-quality service across the United States while maintaining fast, local response times. Our integrated model allows healthcare organizations to consolidate vendors without sacrificing technical expertise, offering a single trusted partner for biomedical equipment services, medical gas inspections and maintenance, sterile processing support, cleanroom certification, calibration services, environmental testing, and regulatory compliance solutions. With more than 140 highly trained technicians nationwide, including CETA, NSF, NEBB, and ASSE-certified professionals, MTA remains committed to exceeding customer expectations by delivering responsive, reliable service and helping healthcare providers maintain safe, compliant environments for the patients and communities they serve.

Conquest Healthcare provides offshore staffing solutions for U.S. healthcare firms. We specialize in delivering Registered Nurses, Medical Coders, and compliance professionals who are U.S.-licensed, experienced, and experts in their fields. Our staff integrates seamlessly into your team, bringing U.S. experience to deliver expert-level support aligned with American healthcare standards and compliance requirements.

Edelberg and Associates is a privately held coding, auditing and healthcare consulting firm recognized as the "Gold Standard" in revenue cycle compliance, coding accuracy, and documentation improvement. We partner with hospitals, healthcare systems, academic medical centers, and private medical practices to help balance the competing demands of financial performance, regulatory compliance, operational consistency, and patient-centered care. At Edelberg and Associates we help organizations build stronger, more reliable revenue cycle operations. Our mission is to support healthcare leaders in achieving financial objectives while preserving the highest standards of compliance, accuracy, and professional excellence. Through expert auditing, meaningful education, and sustainable process improvement, we help clients turn complex revenue cycle challenges into opportunities for lasting success.

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Loews Vanderbilt Hotel
2100 West End Ave
Nashville, TN 37203

Phone: 877-879-7818

*If the Loews Vanderbilt Hotel is sold out, there are several nearby hotels - the closest one being Graduate by Hilton Nashville (which is only one block away). 

Sarah Matt, MD, MBA is a surgery-trained physician-executive and founder of Vital Werks, an advisory practice serving health systems on clinical AI governance, vendor evaluation, and implementation at scale. She continues to practice internal medicine in a charity care setting, which means she speaks from both positions at once: the executive who decides whether to deploy AI, and the physician who has to use it. She is the national best-selling author of The Borderless Healthcare Revolution and has spoken at HIMSS, ViVE, HLTH, Becker's Hospital Review, AMIA, and Weill Cornell Medicine.

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