Agenda

SUMMIT AGENDA

Time Session Title & Topics Duration Moderator/ Faculty
07:30-08:30
Friday Networking Breakfast
1 hour
08:30-10:30
Combined Plenary Session – Current State of Orthopedic Practice
  • State of Disunion – Obstacles Abound
  • Current Employment Models in Orthopedic Care Delivery
  • How Recent and Upcoming Regulatory Changes are Helping and Harming our Ability to Grow
  • How Winners are Playing the Game – Leveraging Strategies to Overcome Obstacles
Keynote Address: Future of Musculoskeletal Care in the United States
  • Audience Questions and Panel Insights
2 hours
Wael Barsoum, MD
  • Michael Meneghini, MD
  • Jason Sansone, MD
  • Gary Herschman, JD
  • Michael Ast, MD
Kevin Bozic, MD, MBA, FACS, FAAOS, FAOA
10:35-10:55
Coffee Break
20 min.
11:00-12:30
From Patient Access to Payment: Optimizing the Practice Journey (Session 2a)  
  • Taking the Vitals of Your Practice Through Advanced Analytics and Dashboards
  • What Defines a Good Reimbursement Contract – Pearls and Pitfalls
  • Managing Denials and Pre-Authorization
  • Expanding and Transforming your Front Door
  • Audience Questions and Panel Insights
Financial Health for Practicing Physicians (Session 2b)
  • Anatomy of Balance Sheets, Cash Flow Statements, Income Statements, and Key Financial Ratios
  • Managing your People
  • Planning for your Future – Taxes, Investments, Trusts, Insurance
  • Audience Questions and Panel Insights
1.5 hours
Jason Scalise, MD
  • Darren Stewart
  • Tim Marshall
  • Jennifer Worthy
  • Allison Horn
Dana Jacoby
  • Chris David
  • To Be Announced
  • Lauren Oschman
12:30-13:30
Lunch Break
1 hour
13:30-14:30
Understanding Healthcare Technology Infrastructure in a Changing Landscape
  • Does your IT Stack, Stack up?
  • Infrastructure and Cyber – Are You Safe?
  • Cross Platform Communications and Data Warehouse – Opportunities and Challenges.
  • How to Drive Cross Functional Integration of Data and Systems to Power Analytics and Drive Performance
  • Patient Reported Outcomes, Patient Apps, Patient Portals, and Patient Frustration
  • Audience Questions and Panel Insights
1 hour
Ryan Staggs
  • Michael Uohara, MD
  • Paul Connely
  • Bryan Hunter
  • Darren Stewart
  • Tom Harte, MBBS
14:30-15:30
ASC and Facility Case Migration and Optimization Strategies
  • The Great Migration: Why Cases Are Leaving the Hospital
  • Building an ASC Case Migration Strategy That Actually Works
  • Financial Engineering of the Modern ASC
  • Hospital Partnerships, Competition, and Coexistence
  • The Next Wave: Hybrid Care Models and High-Acuity Outpatient Surgery
  • Audience Questions and Panel Insights
1 hour
Scott Tromanhauser, MD
  • Michael Meneghini, MD
  • To Be Announced
  • To Be Announced
  • Justin Oppenheimer, MBA
  • Arash Araghi, DO
15:35-15:55
Coffee Break
20 min.
16:00-17:00
Value Based Care 2.0
  • Evolution of value-based models
  • Hospital focus: CMS trying to lead the way
  • Ambulatory focus: Chronic Care + MSK: New Revenue Pathways Under the ACCESS Model
  • The “Accountability Era” of Value-Based Care: Are You Ready for Downside Risk?
  • Audience Questions and Panel Insights

1 hour
Rina Vertes, FSA, MAA
  • To Be Announced
  • Scott Tromanhauser, MD
  • Anthony Sorkin, MD
  • Nick Kings
Time Session Title & Topics Duration Moderator/ Faculty
07:30-08:30
Saturday Breakfast
1 hour
08:30-10:30
Combined Session – The Power and Perils of AI in Healthcare
  • Defining AI: RPA, Generative, Agentic, Intelligent
  • From Hype to ROI: Measuring the Business Value of AI
  • AI Governance, Risk, and Compliance in the Age of Regulation
  • AI as a Strategic Growth Engine in Healthcare – The Digital Front Door and Service Integration and Enhancement
  • Generative AI in Clinical and Administrative Workflows
  • AI-Powered Revenue Cycle Transformation
  • Reducing Clinician Burnout with AI
  • Audience Questions and Panel Insights
2 hours
Paul Connelly
  • To Be Announced
  • Chase Williams
  • To Be Announced
  • Craig Walker
  • To Be Announced
  • To Be Announced
  • Justin Hipps
10:35-10:55
Coffee Break
20 min.
11:00-12:30
From Expansion to Scale: Building a High-Performance MSK Platform (Session 7a)
  • Service Line Expansion Beyond Ortho
  • Physician Alignment Models That Actually Work
  • Scaling an Orthopedic Platform: What Actually Breaks at $50M+
  • Negotiating with Payers Without Losing Leverage
  • Audience Questions and Panel Insights
Financial Health for MSK Practices (Session 7b)
  • Building and Scaling an Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC)
  • ASC Ownership Models, ROI Timelines, and How to Increase Case Migration from Hospital to ASC
  • Outpatient Joint Replacement: Economics and Execution
  • Direct-to-Patient Growth: What Actually Works
  • Audience Questions and Panel Insights
1.5 hours
David Jacofsky, MD
  • James Lynch, MD
  • Michael Meneghini, MD
  • David Jacofsky, MD
  • Lana L. Lenzini
Cory Calendine, MD
12:30-13:30
Lunch Break
1 hour
13:30-14:30
Taking Advantage of Missed Opportunities
  • Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) as Force Multipliers
  • The “Retailization” of Musculoskeletal Care – Gotta Be In it to Win it
  • Variation in Care: The Hidden Profit and Quality Problem
  • Turning Hospital Relationships Into Growth Drivers
  • Audience Questions and Panel Insights
1 hour
Jason Sansone, MD
  • Summer Thompson, PA-C
  • Charles Thigpen, PhD
  • Carlos Higuera, MD
  • Jason Sansone, MD
14:30-15:30
Expert Panel – What Does the “Winning” Ortho Practice Look Like in 2030?

A forward-looking session combining issues and solutions around VBC, technology, workforce, reimbursement, consolidation, and care delivery trends.
1 hour
Michael Ast, MD
15:30-16:30
Sponsored Happy Hour in Exhibit Hall
1 hour