*This is a drafted schedule and subject to change.

Monday, August 18, 2025

The Healthcare Innovation DC Summit will bring together a constellation of healthcare leaders who are pioneering across a range of important areas, and experts who will discuss the most important strategic health IT and cybersecurity issues.

Keynote Session: The Future of Value-Based Care Delivery and Payment

Jerry Penso, M.D., MBA, President and CEO of AMGA, the American Medical Group Association, will sit down with Editor-in-Chief Mark Hagland to discuss this complex moment around federal healthcare policy, payment, and regulation, and where the future of value-based care delivery is headed.

Healthcare IT’s CIO Moment and all the Challenge-Opportunities Ahead

In a panel discussion on priorities facing CIOs and other senior healthcare IT leaders, Adam Cherrington of KLAS Research, Rajiv Leventhal of EMARKETER, and Editor-in-Chief Mark Hagland will discuss the challenges and opportunities facing CIOs, CMIOs, and other senior health IT leaders in a time of increased demands on them and an abundance of strategic possibilities.

Healthcare Innovation Innovator Awards Winning Team: Penn Medicine

At Penn Medicine, radiologists and IT specialists have developed an artificial intelligence solution, PennAInsights, that automates the workflow from image capture through AI analysis to diagnostic reporting. That team has tackled head on the twin problems of rapidly growing procedure volumes in radiology and a smaller pace of growth in the number of radiologists. Penn Medicine leaders Walter Witschey and Ameena Elahi will share what’s been learned so far on the journey.

Disruptors, AI, and the Future That’s Unfolding Right Now

Rajiv Leventhal, a Senior Analyst at EMARKETER, will sit down with Mark Hagland to share what he’s been reporting on in his research around the disruptor organizations coming into healthcare and how existing “bricks-and-mortar” health system leaders need to respond to the new entrants, and will discuss how artificial intelligence is evolving forward from the standpoint of technology development and diffusion.

Federal Healthcare Policy and the Road Ahead

Jeff Coughlin, Assistant Director, Federal Affairs, at the American Medical Association, will parse the current legislative, administrative, and regulatory issues being addressed in Congress and the Administration, and what health system leaders need to know going forward.

The Crisis of Healthcare Cybersecurity: What Everyone Needs to Know

Richard Staynings, Professor of Cybersecurity at the University of Denver, will lead a panel of cybersecurity experts, including Lucia Savage of Omada Health, Sharon Finney of Children’s National Hospital, Hugo Lai of Temple Health, Greg Garcia of the Healthcare and Public Health Coordinating Councils, and Ben Denkers of Booz Allen Hamilton, to discuss the latest trends, and what everyone needs to know going forward in this critical area of concern.