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Where Health AI Meets Outcomes
Join hundreds of healthcare executives in San Francisco for 3 days of keynotes, workshops, and product launches—all focused on driving measurable outcomes with healthcare AI.
Why attend xccelerate?
Discover how leading health systems and payers are scaling AI initiatives, driving measurable outcomes, and transforming care delivery.
Drive outcomes growth
Learn from peers
Learn how leading health systems are scaling AI and delivering measurable outcomes—practical playbooks you can bring back to your organization.
Engage in intimate workshops and peer-led discussions to see what’s working and walk away with actionable strategies to guide your own AI initiatives.
Maximize your ROI
Get curated intelligence
Discover the latest AI solutions from Innovaccer, along with best practices and real-world case studies to drive greater value realization.
Access exclusive market research, benchmarks, and analyst insights to understand how your peers are performing—and where your organization stands.
Where Health AI Meets Outcomes
Join hundreds of healthcare executives in San Francisco for 3 days of keynotes, workshops, and product launches—all focused on driving measurable outcomes with healthcare AI.
Why attend xccelerate?
Discover how leading health systems and payers are scaling AI initiatives, driving measurable outcomes, and transforming care delivery.
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Featured Speakers
Xccelerate speakers include leading health system executives, industry experts, and AI innovators — from Innovaccer and across the broader healthcare ecosystem.
Brian Cummins
Innovaccer
Vice President - Product
Vic Gupta
Coforge
EVP and Global CTO
Robert Maclay
Stanford Children's
Chief Information
Security Officer
Ashley Van Allen
Ascension
National Director, Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Services
Dima Goncharov
Metriport
Chief Executive Officer
Patrick Leonpacher
Innovaccer
Senior Vice President - Product
Jim Hong
Innovaccer
Senior Vice President of Analytics
Andre Dias
Innovaccer
Associate Vice President - Customer Success
Maddie Schults
Innovaccer
Senior Director, Product - Platform Management
Kessler Brown
Innovaccer
Associate VP - Growth Strategy
Rohit Narayan
Innovaccer
AVP, Experience
Smriti Kirubanandan
Innovaccer
Managing Director, Platform
Madhu Palkar
Innovaccer
Chief Customer Officer
Ed Clarke, MD
Banner Health Plan
Chief Medical Officer
Shyam Madabos
KP Risant
Vice President of IT
Justin Kyle
Cone Health
Referral Team Manager
Robert Wachter, MD
UCSF
Chair, Department of Medicine
Tracy Elmer
TrueCare
Chief Innovation Office
Patrick Kovalik
Snowflake
Industry Principal for Healthcare Payers and Providers
Gordon Edwards
Akron Children's
Chief Financial Officer
Gail W. Kosyla
Yale New Haven Health
Executive Vice President and CFO
Amy Gleason
U.S. DOGE Service
Acting Administrator
Nicole Kerkenbush
CHIME
Chief Learning & Member Experience Officer
Arundhati Parmar
MedCity News
Editor-in-Chief
Marina Temkin
Techcrunch
Senior Reporter
Wade Rakes
CareQuest
Chief Executive Officer
Carolyn wong-Simpkins
Zynx Health
President
Aisha Pittman
NAACOS
SVP, Government Affairs
Jacey Cooper
Former Director, President, Precision Health Strategies and Former California Medicaid Director
Kody Kinsley
Former Secretary, Senior Policy Advisor and Former North Carolina Health & Human Services Secretary
Feby Abraham
Memorial Hermann
Chief Strategy Officer
Dr. Timothy Puri
Curana Health
CMO, Population Health
Deborah Muro
El Camino Health
Chief Information Officer
James Lee
MultiCare
Chief Financial Officer
Bill Citro
Ortho Nebraska
Senior Digital Strategy Analyst
Chad Milam
Vail Health
Director of Digital Strategy & Experience
Tori Bratcher
Trinity Health
VP Population Health Operations
Jerry Penso
AMGA
Chief Executive Officer
Ash Tengshe
City of Hope
SVP Tech Infrastructure and Product Engineering
Urshila Shah
WMC Health Network
Chief Pharmacy Officer
Deepak Sadagopan
Risant Health
Business Lead, Value-based Platform
Todd Nelson
HFMA
Director, Partner Relationships & Chief Partnership Executive
John Supra
Cone Health
Chief Digital Health & Analytics Officer
Nathan Aumock
Curana Health
Chief Population Health Officer
Emily Brower
National Association of ACOs
CEO, National Association of ACOs
Luke Harris
Children's Mercy Health Network
Sr. Director of Operations and Population Health Management
Mark Angelo, MD, MHA
Penn Medicine
CMO Population Health
Jigar Thakkar
Longitude Rx
Chief Executive Officer
Phyllis Wojtusik
Real Time Medical Systems
EVP, Value Based Care
Lisa Bari
Innovaccer
Vice President of Policy and Partnerships, Innovaccer
Gregory Byrd, MD
Olympia Orthopaedic Associates
Managing Partner
Sri Bharadwaj
Longevity Health Plan
Chief Operating and Information Officer
Michelle Zilisch
Innovaccer
Vice President - Product
Agenda at a glance
This is a closed-door event. The venue will be shared upon RSVP approval.
5:30 PM
7:30 PM
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Reception
7:30 PM
9:00 PM
PT
Dinner
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7:00 AM
9:00 AM
PT
Breakfast Buffet
7:00 AM
9:00 AM
PT
Registration
9:00 AM
9:20 AM
PT
Welcome Note Day 1
Location
Grand Ballroom
Speakers
Abhinav Shashank
Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder
Innovaccer
Sandy Gupta
Chief Operating Officer & Co-founder
Innovaccer
9:20 AM
9:40 AM
PT
Healthcare Trailblazers
Location
Grand Ballroom
Moderator
Madhu Palkar
Chief Customer Officer - Customer Success
Innovaccer
Speakers
Shyam Madabos
VP of IT
KP Risant
Justin Kyle
Revenue Cycle Trainer
Cone Health
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Dr. Ed Clarke
Chief Medical Officer
Banner Health Plans & Networks
9:45 AM
11:00 AM
PT
Autonomous Healthcare Product Keynote
Location
Grand Ballroom
Speakers
Anil jain, MD
Chief Innovation Officer - Product Strategy
Innovaccer
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Ashish Singh
Senior Vice President - Platform Management
Innovaccer
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Brandon Taylor
Vice President - Product
Innovaccer
Jim Hong
Senior Vice President - Analytics
Innovaccer
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Brian Cummins
Vice President - Product
Innovaccer
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Patrick Leonpacher
Senior Vice President - Product
Innovaccer
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Michelle Zilisch
Vice President - Product
Innovaccer
Ankit Maheshwari
Chief Product & Technology Officer - Engineering & Analytics
Innovaccer
11:00 AM
11:15 AM
PT
Networking Break / Snacks
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11:15 AM
12:00 PM
PT
Strategies to Drive Enterprise-wide Healthcare Autonomy
Location
Grand Ballroom
Moderator
Marina Temkin
Senior Reporter
TechCrunch
Speakers
Karthik Raja
Chief Analytics and AI Officer
Ascension
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Mike Sutten
Chief Technology Officer
Innovaccer
Russ Branzell
Chief Executive Officer
CHIME
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
PT
Lunch
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1:00 PM
1:45 PM
PT
Leveraging Population Health Tools for All Lives
Location
Conference Theatre
Moderator
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Amy Stevens
General Manager - Front End Sales
Innovaccer
Speakers
Timothy Judson
Chief Pop Health Officer
UCSF
Tori Bratcher
VP, Population Health Operations
Trinity
John Supra
Chief Digital Health & Analytics Officer
Cone Health
1:00 PM
1:45 PM
PT
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Turning Patient Experience into a Growth Engine
Location
Grand Ballroom
Moderator
Rohit Narayan
AVP, Head of CS, Experience
Innovaccer
Speakers
Ash Tengshe
SVP Tech Infrastructure and Product Engineering
City of Hope
Chad Milam
Director of Digital Strategy & Experience
Vail Health
Bill Citro
Senior Digital Strategy Analyst
Ortho Nebraska
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1:00 PM
1:45 PM
PT
Driving Quality and Risk Outcomes for Success
Location
Warfield
Moderator
Michelle Zilisch
Vice President - Product
Innovaccer
Speakers
Sri Bharadwaj
COIO, LHP
1:00 PM
1:45 PM
PT
Creating a Unified Foundation for Enterprise-wide AI Transformation
Location
Orpheum
Moderator
Nicole Kerkenbush
Chief Exp Officer
CHIME
Speakers
Deb Muro
CIO
El Camin Health
Robert Maclay
Chief Information Security Officer
Stanford Children's
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Vic Gupta
EVP and Global CTO
Coforge
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Tracy Elmer
Chief Innovation Officer
TrueCare
1:45 PM
2:30 PM
PT
Managing Population Amid Financial Pressures
Location
Conference Theatre
Moderator
Dr. Brian Silverstein
Chief Population Health Officer - CMO
Innovaccer
Speakers
Emily Brower
Chief Executive Officer - NAACOs
Nathan Aumock
Chief Population Health Officer
Curana Health
Amy Russell, MD
Chief Medical and Population Health Officer
MAHEC
Phyllis Wojtusik
EVP Value-Based Care, RTMS
1:45 PM
2:30 PM
PT
Driving Efficiency in Hospital Operations
Location
Grand Ballroom
Moderator
Todd Nelson
Director, Partner Relationships & Chief Partnership Executive
HFMA
Speakers
James Lee
Chief Financial Officer
Multicare
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Gordon Edwards
Chief Financial Officer
MulticarCFO, Akron Children'se
Gail W. Kosyla
Executive Vice President and CFO, Yale New Haven Health
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David Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
4sight Health
1:45 PM
2:30 PM
PT
Maximizing Specialty Pharmacy Performance
Location
Curran
Moderator
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Kessler Brown
Associate Vice President - Growth Strategy
Innovaccer
Speakers
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Jigar Thakkar
Chief Executive Officer - Longitude Rx
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Urshila Shah
Chief Pharmacy Officer
WMC Health Network
Michael Wascovich
Chief Pharmacy Officer
Ascension
Binita Patel
VP Pharmacy Services
Memorial Hermann
1:45 PM
2:30 PM
PT
Building Tomorrow's Healthcare Technology Ecosystem
Location
Orpheum
Moderator
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Maddie Schults
Senior Director, Product - Platform Management
Innovaccer
Speakers
Dr. Timothy Puri
CMO, Population Health
Curana
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Patrick Kovalik
Industry Principal for Healthcare Payers and Providers
Snowflake
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Dima Goncharov
Chief Executive Officer
Metriport
2:30 PM
2:45 PM
PT
Shifting Gears & Dialogues
2:45 PM
3:15 PM
PT
Innovaccer Xccelerators Awards
Location
Grand Ballroom
Speakers
Madhu Palkar
Chief Customer Officer - Customer Success
Innovaccer
Abhinav Shashank
Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder
Innovaccer
Sandy Gupta
Chief Operating Officer & Co-founder
Innovaccer
3:15 PM
3:45 PM
PT
Break
3:45 PM
4:45 PM
PT
Breakout - Population Health Excellence
Location
Conference Theatre
Speakers
Benjamin Cassity
Director of Research and Strategy - VBC, AI
KLAS Research
Jim Hong
Senior Vice President - Analytics
Innovaccer
3:45 PM
4:45 PM
PT
Breakout - Financial Growth and Efficiency
Location
Grand Ballroom
Moderator
Patrick Leonpacher
Senior Vice President - Product
Innovaccer
Brian Cummins
MD, Enterprise AI
Innovaccer
3:45 PM
4:45 PM
PT
Breakout - Payer Risk and Quality Excellence
Location
Warfield
Moderator
Michelle Zilisch
Vice President - Product
Innovaccer
3:45 PM
4:45 PM
PT
Breakout - Modern Healthcare Enterprise
Location
Orpheum
Moderator
Maddie Schults
Senior Director, Product - Platform Management
Innovaccer
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Smriti Kirubanandan
MD, Enterprise AI
Innovaccer
5:00 PM
6:00 PM
PT
Shifting Gears & Dialogues
6:00 PM
7:00 PM
PT
Cocktail Reception
7:00 PM
9:00 PM
PT
Dinner
7:00 AM
8:30 AM
PT
Breakfast
8:30 AM
8:45 AM
PT
Welcome Note Day 2
Location
Grand Ballroom
Speakers
Dr. Brian Silverstein
Chief Population Health Officer - CMO
Innovaccer
Lisa Bari
Vice President - Policy and Partnerships - CMO
Innovaccer
8:45 AM
9:15 AM
PT
AI’s Role in the Modern Healthcare Operating Model
Location
Grand Ballroom
Moderator
Arundhati Parmar
Editor-in-Chief at MedCity News
Speakers
Deepak Sadagopan
Risant Health - Business Lead: Value-based Platform
Feby Abraham
Chief Strategy Officer Memorial Hermann
Dr. Gregory Byrd
Managing Partner, Olympia Orthopaedic Associates
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Dr. Anil Jain
Chief Innovation Officer, Innovaccer
9:15 AM
9:45 AM
PT
H.R.1 Countdown and Winning Strategies for 2026
Location
Grand Ballroom
Moderator
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Lisa Bari
Vice President - Policy and Partnerships - CMO
Innovaccer
Speakers
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Kody Kinsley
Former North Carolina Secretary of Health and Human Services
Jacey Cooper
Former California Medicaid Director
9:45 AM
10:15 AM
PT
The Next Chapter in Accountable Care
Location
Grand Ballroom
Moderator
Dr. Brian Silverstein
Chief Population Health Officer - CMO
Innovaccer
Speakers
Emily Brower
Chief Executive Officer, NAACOS
Aisha Pittman
SVP, Government Affairs, NAACOS
Sam Hiatt
Director of Medicare Program Operations, CCNC
Lisa Bari
Vice President - Policy and Partnerships - CMO
Innovaccer
10:15 AM
10:30 AM
PT
Break
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10:30 AM
11:15 AM
PT
Scaling Specialty Outcomes Through Connected Care
Location
Grand Ballroom
Moderator
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Jerry Penso
Chief Executive Officer - AMGA
Speakers
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Dr. Mark Angelo
CMO Pop Health - Penn Medicine
Luke Harris
Sr Director PHM - CMICS
Wade Rakes
Chief Executive Officer, CareQuest
Dr. Ashul Govil
Medical Director & Cofounder
Story Health by Innovaccer
10:30 AM
11:15 AM
PT
Running a Successful AI Transformation
Location
Conference Theatre
Moderator
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Andre Dias
Associate Vice President - Customer Success
Innovaccer
Speakers
John Supra
CDAO - Cone Health
Carolyn Wong
Simpkins, President - Zynx Health
Amanda Benites
Director of Ambulatory Quality, Prisma Health
Drew Albano
Vice President, AHS & President
Atlantic ACO
11:15 AM
11:30 AM
PT
Break
11:30 AM
12:00 PM
PT
Guest Speaker Session
Location
Grand Ballroom
Moderator
Abhinav Shashank
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Innovaccer
Speakers
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Amy Gleason
Acting Administrator U.S. DOGE Service
Dr. Robert Wachter
UCSF
Chair, Department of Medicine
12:00 PM
12:30 PM
PT
Closing Remarks
Location
Grand Ballroom
Speakers
Lisa Bari
Vice President - Policy and Partnerships - CMO
Innovaccer
Dr. Brian Silverstein
Chief Population Health Officer - CMO
Innovaccer
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Xccelerate ’25: By the Numbers
A Look Back at Xccelerate ’25
Experience the people and ideas that brought Xccelerate ’25 to life
A stage built for
the future.
the future.
The perfect setting for healthcare leaders to connect, collaborate, and shape the future of AI and outcomes.
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Grand Hyatt, San Francisco, CA 94108
A stage built for
the future.
the future.
The perfect setting for healthcare leaders to connect, collaborate, and shape the future of AI and outcomes.
Grand Hyatt, San Francisco, CA 94108
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Question
What is Xccelerate?
Xccelerate is Innovaccer's annual conference, designed to bring together the healthcare and AI community to shape the future of care. Join us in San Francisco on January 26-27 to learn about breakthrough AI solutions, insights from leading health systems, and deep dives into strategies that deliver measurable impact—all designed to help you unlock more value from Innovaccer.
When and where is Xccelerate taking place?
Xccelerate 2026 takes place at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco. The event kicks off with an evening program on January 25, continues with a full day of keynotes, sessions, and networking on January 26, and wraps up with a half-day program on January 27.
Can I attend Xccelerate remotely?
Xccelerate 2026 is designed as an in-person experience in San Francisco to maximize networking and peer learning, however the event will be live-streamed for those who cannot attend in-person. Select keynotes and sessions will be recorded and shared with registrants after the event. To get the most value, we recommend attending live.
How can I participate as a sponsor or partner?
To learn more about sponsorship opportunities, please submit a request here. A member of our team will reach out with further details.
Who do I contact for more information?
You can reach out anytime to xccelerate@innovaccer.com for any questions or support.
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