2026 Hospital Command Center Management Congress

Redefining Acute Care: Advancing Innovation, Equity, and Excellence in Hospital at Home Models to Deliver Safer, Smarter, Patient-Centered Care – Where Healing Happens Best

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

Past Sponsors/Exhibitors & Partners

Overview

In today's complex healthcare environment, operational efficiency, real-time decision-making, and coordinated care delivery are more critical than ever. Hospital command centers – often referred to as the "mission control" of modern health systems – are transforming how hospitals manage capacity, patient flow, emergency response, and resource allocation. This conference brings together healthcare executives, operational leaders, clinicians, data scientists, and technology partners to explore the evolving role of command centers in driving system-wide performance and patient-centered outcomes.

Through expert-led presentations, interactive discussions, and real-world case studies, attendees will gain deep insights into designing, implementing, and optimizing hospital command centers. Topics will include data integration and visualization, artificial intelligence and predictive analytics, care coordination, crisis management, and workforce alignment. The conference will also spotlight how command centers can support goals related to quality improvement, financial performance, patient safety, and equity across care settings. Whether you're building a new command center, enhancing an existing one, or looking to align operational excellence with clinical outcomes, this event offers a comprehensive look at the strategies, tools, and leadership models shaping the future of healthcare operations.

This is the only conference on Hospital Command Center that will equip you with innovative strategies and tools to be better prepared for 2027. By attending the 2026 Hospital Command Center Management 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 Hospitals, Health Systems & Providers:

Chief Executive Officers, Chief Medical Officers, Chief Clinical Officers, Chief Operating Officers, Chief Financial Officers

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

Also of interest to Health Plans, Payers, Employer Plans, TPAs, Managed Care Organizations Healthcare Consultants, Solution Providers, Vendors, Purchasers, Physician Groups, Behavioral Health Centers, Healthcare Technology Innovators, 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, Enrollment Brokers and More!

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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