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The healthcare finance conversation is shifting and HFMA 2026 is where it happens in person. AI is rewriting revenue cycle. Interoperability is finally forcing real change. Staffing pressure isn't letting up. And the leaders who survive this moment are the ones building systems not just solving today's fires. HFMA Annual 2026 is where those leaders converge. Here are some of the voices worth following closely: 🔹 Mindy Fortson — COO, Experian Health Driving data intelligence into the heart of RCM at a scale most organizations only aspire to. 🔹 Terrance Govender, MD — VP of Medical Affairs, ClinIntell Bridging clinical documentation and financial performance with the kind of rigor that actually moves CDI outcomes. 🔹 Tim Haag — President & CEO, State Collection Service, Inc. A patient-financial-experience leader who understands that collections done right builds loyalty, not resentment. 🔹 C. Ann Jordan, J.D. — President & CEO, Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) Setting the strategic agenda for an industry navigating its most consequential inflection point in decades. 🔹 Lee Kupferman — Co-CEO, Phare Health Rethinking how health systems approach the financial operating model not just the technology layer. 🔹 @Jacob L. — Co-Founder & CCO, Payerset Bringing transparency to a payer landscape that desperately needs it and making it actionable for providers. 🔹 Steven Leonard — President & CEO, TidalHealth A health system CEO proving that mid-market providers can lead on operational innovation, not just large IDNs. 🔹 Andrew Lockhart — CEO, Fathom Leading one of the most serious AI-native plays in autonomous coding and revenue cycle the real kind, not the demo kind. 🔹 Akash Magoon — Co-Founder & CEO, Adonis Building the intelligence layer that helps providers understand and fix where revenue leaks before it becomes a write-off. 🔹 Jeff Means — CEO, Long Tail Health Solutions Solving the problem most vendors skip: the complex, edge-case claims that quietly drain margins at scale. 🔹 Steve M. — COO Solutions, Sheppard Pratt Navigating behavioral health finance at a moment when mental health is finally getting the operational attention it deserves. 🔹 Kyle Mynatt — CTO, DAS Health Building the tech backbone for independent practices to compete and win in an increasingly consolidated market. Here's the bold take most people won't say out loud: The RCM vendors still selling "efficiency gains" as their headline are already behind. The real conversation at HFMA this year is about intelligence who owns the data layer, who can predict denials before they happen, and who's still submitting claims like it's 2015. The gap between health systems that thrive and those that just survive is getting wider. Fast. Who are you most looking forward to hearing from at HFMA 2026? Drop a name below and tag someone who should be in the room. 👇 #HFMA2026 #HealthcareFinance #Revenuecycle #HealthIT #AIinHealthcare #RCM #HealthcareCFO

Proud to speak with my colleagues Michael Young M.D. and Sara Uram LCSW-C on the clinical intersections of #OCD and #autism. Understanding the mechanisms behind different behaviors and providing compassionate and neuroaffirming care can make a meaningful difference in helping people suffer less. Proud to represent Sheppard Pratt at the American Psychiatric Association conference this year and speak on this important topic!